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Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 1 [VHS]

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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.

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.

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.

As many people know, the cast of Monty Python are comedy legends. This video has the first season of their hilarious television series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Classic sketches like "Dead Parrot", "Marrige Counsler", and "The Deadliest Joke In The World" are included. If you like their television series, you'll also like their movies like "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" and "The Life Of Brian".

These guys are almost in a religious category for me. What they did was so innovative, intelligent, silly, and most importantly, funny, that they deserve every accolade they've ever received. These early episodes reveal how inspired they were right from the gate. Inventiveness pops right off the screen at you. As a comedy writer now myself, I can honestly say that it was this stuff that made me want to do it in the first place. I know I'll never reach the heights these guys did but this collection reaffirms for me how brilliant they were together. I will always be grateful for the laughs they've given me and the inspiration they continue to provide.

This collection is a must for Monty Python fans. I didn't realize how many of their classic sketches were in the first season. I loved this collection so much that I bought the next one also. I only wish that I had more time to watch them.

To this day, Monty Python remains THE idol and source of inspiration to humourists all around. »Monty Python's Flying Circus« made the group famous, and it is the best ever to come out, not only from Monty Python, not only from Britain... but humour in general!

Highlights on this tape: »The Funniest Joke In The World«, »The Mouse Problem«, »Children's Stories«, »Restaurant Sketch«, »Undressing In Public«, the generally superb Episode Five, »The Dull Life Of A City Stockbroker«, »Man Turns Into Scotsman«, »Dead Parrot«, »Buying A Bed«, »Homicidal Barber«(/»Lumberjack Song«) and »Walk-On Part In Sketch«.

Own it!

This set is the beginning of the greatest show in all of comic history. If you have never seen Monty Python in Britcom action, then this is the first thing that should be on your list. Python fans young and old will marvel in awe at the great comic minds that form Monty Python's Flying Circus. This set contains all 13 episodes of the first glorious season of MPFC. Some of the brilliant classics it includes are:

The funniest Joke in the World, How to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away (one of my personal favorites, The Larch), Nudge Nudge, Crunchy Frog, The Dead Parrot Sketch, A Homicidal Barber Feat. The Lumberjack Song, The Upper Class Twit of the year, Albatross, and of course, Episode 6: It's The Arts, in which Terry Jones Is interviewed by John Cleese as Karl Gambolputty de von Ausfern schplenden schlitter crasscrenbon fried digger dingle dangle dongle dungle burstein von knacker thrasher apple banger horowitz ticolensic grander knotty spelltinkle grandlich grumblemeyer spelterwasser kurtslich himbleeisen bahnwagen gutenabend bitte ein nurnburger bratwustle gerspurten mitz weimache luber handsfut gumberaber shonendanker kalbsfleisch mittler aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

Overall, This is the set to get if you're starting your Monty Python collection.

Terry Jones is really hot. I mean, geeeez! He's brillant *and* funny *and* cute! ... As for this set, I highlyreccomend you order it because Terry really looks good doing a striptease...*really* good. And it always reminds me of the nude organist soon to come...and he also makes *the* sexiest Pepperpot.

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