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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Collector's Edition Megaset [DVD]

Eric Idle (Actor), John Cleese (Actor), Terry Hughes (Director), Rated:
NR
Format: DVD
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,108 ratings
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Format Color, NTSC, Dolby, DVD, Collector's Edition, Box set
Contributor Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Hughes, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Ian MacNaughton, Carol Cleveland, John Cleese See more
Language English
Runtime 31 hours and 9 minutes
Number Of Discs 21

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Very possibly the most tragic waste of Oxbridge educations ever broadcast. The programme that made all of America sit up and say: what? That put Spam back in the national pantry, launched crossdressing as a national craze, and made Rene Descartes a household name. That dramatically streamlined the high-school geek identification process.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 8 x 6 inches; 2.75 Pounds
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Dolby, DVD, Collector's Edition, Box set
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 31 hours and 9 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Terry Jones
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ A&E HOME VIDEO
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001E77XNA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 21
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,108 ratings

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James L. Ball
5.0 out of 5 stars But even at it's worst it is much better than most of what passes ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017
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OK, if you are not a fan, quit reading now. Otherwise buy this and take the voyage. Included is the complete series and two discs of extra material, live shows, and some rarities. For the most part the episodes are well presented on disc, generally high quality in color and sound, and hold up well even on my newer, larger television. Remember, I first watched the show on an old RCA 19 inch cathode so sometimes I cringe at the low quality of the image on a 40" Sony. But then you laugh so hard that you tear up so all is forgiven. This is a rarity for a British series to last this many episodes and by season four you can tell the Pythons are beginning to tire of the show and the skits are beginning to flag a bit. But even at it's worst it is much better than most of what passes for humor on television over on this side of the pond. What is lacking is any kind of informative booklet to educate the new watcher on what they are about to experience. Truly designed for the fan who wishes to binge watch a truly ground breaking series. If you really want to know what the Pythons were all about may I suggest you also purchase at least the following books. "The first 280 years of Monty Python", Kim "Howard" Johnson, St. Martin's Griffin Press., and for the true fan, "The Pythons", autobiography by the Pythons, St. Martin's Press Thomas Dunne Books. There are many other titles but these will really enlighten you on the complete Python experience. Also check out the Python members other works as solo or with various cast members such as "Fawlty Towers", "Ripping Yarns", to name a few. Then there are the movies. The pure Python moves such as "Holy Grail", "Meaning of Life", "Life of Brian", are consistently great. Some of the ancillary projects like "Yellowbeard", "Jabberwocky", and others, not so great, but you decide. Most John Cleese films were good as are many of Terry Gilliams efforts, though spotty. Still, a great time can be had by all. Get your silly on.
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Ed Jouper
5.0 out of 5 stars Received it very quickly
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
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The product was in excellent condition. I'm very satisfied with it.
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BB
5.0 out of 5 stars What I wanted to complete my set
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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Used but playing just fine so far! Expensive, which is why I bought it used. If you like Python then it's a great set to have!
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Scot Carr
5.0 out of 5 stars For Those Who Haven't One Already - The REAL Complete Set!
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2009
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You have to wonder just what A&E Home Video is trying to do to the fans of this show. The complaints listed in other reviews are correct, have merit, and are dead on, but let's not get into that. I, believe it or not, DIDN'T have any of the other boxed sets, so, throwing caution to the wind, I purchaed this one a while back. Due to my rather haphazard schedule, I'm just finishing this product and, for those who haven't bought any of the other collections, this is spot on!

It contains absolutely anything a "Flying Circus" fan could want, namely the historic series all in one place. It's worth having even if you're NOT a fan of the Circus, because these guys pretty much defined absurdist comedy for a generation. Some folks get it, others don't, but for us who do, and frequently quote sketches, it's a blast!

The bonus stuff is great stuff too, although I have to wonder what the point was of the "Personal Best" documentaries. We already have the sketches on the other DVD's and have seen them on the telly. They even somewhat sanitize and abrogate the classic bits they're repeating. Granted, some of the characters they portrayed in the '70s, namely anything in blackface, can't be repeated in these PC times, but do we really have to shorten them by a few words? The true fan likes them as they are. The new docs are rather amusing and somewhat fill in details for those of us not already aware of them. And, lastly, I rather liked the all-German episode and think it could play well even today on English-speaking television.

Again, repremands to A&E for trying to make us buy the same thing over and over (don't even get me started on "World at War"), but credit for putting together a good package for those of us who don't have it all already.
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1Princess
5.0 out of 5 stars A gift - recipient was thrillef
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
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Exactly as described and pictured.
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Dean Tudor
5.0 out of 5 stars This A&E set from 2005 has SUBTITLES
Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2023
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Here we have all 45 episodes plus a few other items or extras. Sure, not the deleted stuff from the currently available box set of 7 DVDs. It is not blu-ray nor any other digital improvement. But it does have ENGLISH SUBTITLES -- which is important for the seniors and others hard of hearing. Also, the price is right, about a third of the latest iteration...which has NO SUBTITLES...a major boner (not bonus) from the Mother Beeb...
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Bernd K.
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every Penny
Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2023
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Wer nicht weiß, was ihn da erwartet und zudem kein Englisch spricht…wird diese Rezension sicher gar nicht lesen…
Im Ernst, ein absolutes „Must have“ für diejenigen, die es in den siebzigern wöchentlich im Fernsehen herbeigefiebert haben, qualitativ hervorragend gemacht diese Collection!!!
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LZU
5.0 out of 5 stars Un incontournable de l'humour anglais
Reviewed in France on October 5, 2018
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Ca y est, j'ai enfin le coffret, et j'ai commencé à regarder la saison 1 : le plaisir de la VO (même s'il me faut de temps à autre les sous-titres français j'avoue)
Quel voyage en Absurdie !!! Quel délice de regarder les débilités et les non-sens de ces génies de la création et du jeu d'acteur !!!
Le coffret est certes un import hollandais, mais le principal est que la VOST soit disponible.
Par contre, le fait qu'Amazon le livre dans une simple enveloppe à bulles est désagréable au plus haut point
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Kindleユーザー
5.0 out of 5 stars 安価でゲットできて幸せ
Reviewed in Japan on February 26, 2018
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今回こちらの他にもUSから直送の中古品を購入しましたが、状態の悪さに驚きました。
特に紙製ケースや紙製のインナーケースは破れが多いです。
今後もUS直送の中古品を購入するつもりですが、日本の中古品の「可」レベルしか期待できないと今回悟りました。
それでも、安価でコンプリートセットをゲットできるのはうれしい。
こちら、映像はTVサイズでかつリマスターでもなく、テレビで見るよりも酷い状態ですが、内容がそれを凌駕してます。
いい買い物でした！
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5.0 out of 5 stars Legendary & essential
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2010
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Series One, pos the greatest comedy series in UK TV history, comes flying out of the blocks with as fine a show as they ever put together (Whither Canada? Sunday 05/10/1969 starting about 10.55pm). Running 13 episodes to 11-Jan-70, a long run for a BBC comedy season The Two Ronnies ran in series of 8 and Steptoe in series of 7) but with a six man writing team only 1 episode (4) shows any slump in quality. This was by no means a cheaply made late night show, as sometimes stated. With pristine restoration and looking fresh as a daisy, it looks relatively expensive for a comedy show and the filmed inserts are in excellent condition, unlike most British comedy.
The second 13 episode series ran Tuesday evenings, 15-Sep-70 - 22-Dec-70. Still the best show out there but detectably less good than series one. In 1969/70 John Cleese was briefly the funniest man in Britain, sublime physical comedy, verbal dexterity, authority and screen presence.
Series two ends with the most outrageous lines (about cannibalism) in any comedy show of the era!

Series 3, (13 episodes 19-Oct-72 -18-Jan-73, Thursdays) still has the energy and the appealing anarchy, but apart from Ep 1 and 3 (Whicker's World and the Money Program which are vintage Python) there is a real drop down to the level of mere mortals, still a not to be missed show but definitely no longer the best comedy on the box and by then the Goodies and a several other more conventional shows of the period were probably superior. The last show is extremely broad and sloppy, the least good show of 39 thus far.
Series Four, their 1974 swan song (31-Oct-74 - 05-Dec-74), only features six episodes and John Cleese had dropped out. Its on a par with series 3, but despite the vintage Ep 3 The Light Entertainment War, it concludes with the 2 worst shows of the 45 episode run.
The early stuff seems the most timeless, with a nationally imprinted sketch in nearly every episode. On the subject of sexism, Python was as sexist as any show in the period. Women in Python are bimbos and sex objects only. Gays are treated with complete derision. The police are always depicted as violent buffoons. Apart from Cleese and Idle who was a bit of a one-trick pony with his lovable spiv character, none of the others could act. Older women are always depicted as aggravating screeching human parrots. Palin had one endearing put-upon, down-trodden anorak character. Jones could not act at all. Gilliam's animations are always exceptional, genuinely timeless and he created different opening sequences for the 4 series. There are no real running characters. Any attempt to develop a theme or character or real satire or emotion is always tripped up by a lapse into anarchy or the broadest of farce. The tight, virtuoso word play of the parrot sketch or the argument sketch is surprisingly infrequent. A hundred other shows probably got louder and longer laughs, but Python does stimulate parts other comedy cannot reach, with its extreme lateral thinking and refusal to stick to the kind of rules and rigid formulae (and dreaded musical interludes!) that straight jacketed other shows (The Two Ronnies being a prime example of a show working a formula to death).
Value for money is 10/10 - terrific. 3 bonus features - a nice well-made documentary about the pre-python Pythons, a poor doc about marketing the show in the USA, and a very basic feature on Gilliam's animation techniques.
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