Product Details

• Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
• Directors: Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies
• Writers: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Number of tapes: 6
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Run Time: 390 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JMPG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,738 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than met the eye, August 23, 1999

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F. Behrens "Frank Behrens" (Keene, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you saw the Monty Python episodes on commercial teevee, you expected to see a lot less than the non-commerical British stations showed for such is the fact of life in these United States. But those who saw them on PBS might have reasonably expected to see uncut versions; and until I saw the first three tapes in the upcoming series soon to be made available to the general public by the A&E people, I thought I was getting (forgive this one) the Full Monty!!! Witness my delight, then, when I saw not only parts of sketches that were never included in the PBS airings but also an entire hysterically funny sketch of home movies of Queen Victoria having a merry romp on the lawn with Gladstone. So it is not my purpose here to make you want to see these sketches which vary from utterly tasteless to genuinely Swiftian; but to advise you that they contain a considerable amount more than met your eye in the past. And if that is not a motivation to buy these tapes, then you should join a local Mouse Club and cheese it. But for something completely different, these are the sets for all lovers of Lumberjacks, Nudge Nudge, and Upper Class Twits of the Year. And thank you, A&E for making them finally available in their pristine manifestations.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You don't know why, but it's just so funny!, November 7, 1999

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This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This collection of the Monty Python TV show truly as some of their best stuff ever made, with such things as the Lumberjack Song, Nudge Nudge, Dead Parrot, and (my favorite) Crunchy Frog. I have watched this over and over and over again, and its truly a bargain to see the best comic minds of all time in the place that launched them to stardom.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classics, but only 2 episodes per tape?, April 20, 2001

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Benjamin Denes (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There's not much I can add about Monty Python - their comic legends. This box set should be owned, as each episode is hilarious. My only complaint is regarding the packaging. Although the tape quality is excellent, why package only two 30 minute episodes per tape when it is possible to pack 3 or 4? This kinda bugged me, as I was paying 15 bucks for each 1 hour tape. Keep this in mind when buying these.