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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus [DVD]

Graham Chapman (Actor, Writer), John Cleese (Actor, Writer) Rated:

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Genre	Comedy
Format	Color, Full Screen, DVD, NTSC, Box set
Contributor	Bob Raymond, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Ian Davidson, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Lyn Ashley, Terry Jones, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, John Cleese See more
Language	English
Number Of Discs	14

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Talk about the full monty"Monty Python's Flying Circus", that is: A boxed set of 14 DVDs containing all the cerebral wit, slapstick, silly walks, and naughty bits that have made this series a comic classic. Making the deal even sweeter are these DVD extras: Meet the Chaps, a Pythonisms Glossary, Gillianimations Art Gallery, Troupe Career Highlights, trivia, web links, and more. About 24 hours 40 min. on 14 DVDs or 21 cassettes. Also available: "Seasons I-IV." Each is 13 episodes, 6-1/2 hours on 4 DVDs or 6 cassettes. Web Extra: If "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" had been a failure, the Pythons were prepared to split up. Though disputed by the group, it's said that Michael Palin is the "nice Python"Eric Idle is the "sixth nicest Python.".

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While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive, 14-volume DVD-only boxed set that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This "persistently silly" collection encompasses three-and-a-half seasons of dead parrots, cross-dressing lumberjacks, loonies, upper class twits, and spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, and spam. Click past the occasional clunker and go directly to such signature sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Spanish Inquisition, the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Dead Parrot Sketch, the Lumberjack Song, the Cheese Shop, the Argument Clinic, and Nudge, Nudge. Taken as a whole, one marvels at how Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam thoroughly subverted television convention with "something completely different," like sketches with no punch lines ("Your average TV viewer isn't going to understand this").

A warning to the uninitiated: there is much "material that some may find offensive, but which is really smashing." Violations of something called the "Strange Sketch Act" are the least of the troupe's offenses, as witness the Oscar Wilde Sketch, the Dirty Vicar Sketch, and the Most Awful Family in Britain Sketch, all of which achieve "the really gross awfulness" all Python fans are looking for. Say no more. --Donald Liebenson

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 8 x 5 inches; 3.7 Pounds
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Full Screen, DVD, NTSC, Box set
Run time ‏ : ‎ 24 hours and 39 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2000
Actors ‏ : ‎ Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ A&E Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004ZEU5
Writers ‏ : ‎ Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 14

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Joshua W. Wells

The epitome of silliness

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2023

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Now I can binge watch all winter and introduce these inventive men to my grandkids. Glad to have the entire collection in DVD format vs. VHS tape format.

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jeff k

I loved these.

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023

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All played and was in great condition. Shiooed fast. Thanks for the memories

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Tye Ellinwood

Quality DVD's

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023

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It was 'completely different'.

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Bev

A blast from the past

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023

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Ordered for my husband. He used to watch this years ago. The product is good quality and my husband is enjoying every minute. The seller sent a personal thank you on the invoice. We appreciated the added touch. Would buy from this seller again.

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Robert Badgley

Comedy as only Monty Python could do it!

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2007

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Monty Python was a very talented and smart group of six mostly university educated individuals who took established British humour and molded it into their very own creation.They took aim at anything that was stale and staid in then English
Society,shot it up,turned it upside down,flattened it and called it Mr.Gumby!!
What on the surface seems a simple enough point about the troupe but usually goes unnoticed today is their original appeal and impact.Python came out of the 60s rebellious era and while that trait alone wasn't surprising what was was their own nationality(British),their feigned attempts at portraying themselves as part of that staid and stuffy society all the while taking stabs at every English sacred cow and then some such as the police,the armed forces,the BBC,war vets,etc. which made it definitely "something completely different"! There has never been a program like it before or since.
Each program was filled with several sketches tied together more or less with animated segments by Terry Gilliam,the only Yank in the group.
Having watched the entire set with it's 16 DVDs I was favourably impressed by the quality of the transfers.They are pretty sharp and crisp.The only disappointment is the "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" film.The film is not in good condition and the colour is quite washed out.It is a full screen version and I wonder since some of the credits disappear off the screen that there isn't a widescreen version out there,hopefully in better condition than this.Time will tell.
I also noted that the sketches "Proust","Bruce" and "Biggles" have some quick moments that have slight cuts/jumps in them.I know the BBC is responsible for the first one but the other two I'm not sure of the who or why.There may be others but those are the three I noticed off hand.One will also notice that there are some film glitches and other various defects.From what I can determine these are things that are inherent in the original film and there's nothing that really can be done to excise them.
All 16 discs come in their own thin slip cases and are one sided(less chance of scratching!).Each DVD interactive menu if quite neat and each has its' own trivia spot about the particular ep you're watching and some neat special features including trivia question contests and more.There are alas no interviews with the cast mano a'mano but the 'Live at Aspen' DVD makes up a little for this.
Overall this is a set every Monty Python fan should own or a lover of good comedy.If you're one of the politically correct crowd I wouldn't advise you to buy this set as the guys leave NO stones unturned in their comedic efforts to offend and delight us all at the same time.It's a set I will certainly be watching again and again and you will too.

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OEJ

Disks arrived in excellent condition.

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023

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OK, Monty Python is 50-year-old sketch comedy -- but they were seminal. And I still find them smart and funny. As mentioned, the DVDs arrived in perfect shape, no scratches or wear. And if a frog is de-boned it wouldn't be crunchy, would it.

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Alan Caylow

The *Not Quite* Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2009

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I LOVE Monty Python---they are the true Kings Of Comedy, in my opinion. I've been a fan ever since I first saw their TV series on PBS when I was a kid back in the late-70's. The TV series, the movies, the albums....I've got 'em all. However, up until now, I only had the TV series on videocassette (taped off of MTV, of all networks!). But, with Python's 40th anniversary upon us (happy anniversary, lads!), I finally forked over the bucks for this, the "16-Ton" megaset of their show. Overall, this box set of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is a real treat. SO many great laughs, and, along with it, so many great memories for me. Sure, a few sketches misfire (the alien dessert--aka blancmonge--playing tennis...sorry, but it just doesn't work), but the Pythons scored so many more comic hits than misses (the "Atilla The Hun" episode, The Upper-Class Twit Of The Year Show, Scott Of The Antarctic, The Most Awful Family In Britain, and on and on and on). Also, this is the first time I've ever gotten to see the Python show *in the correct order*! How great it was for me to finally see how the Pythons evolved over the course of their four series of shows.

BUT---this is not the "complete" Python show, as they would have you believe on the outside of the box. For some unexplained reason, four episodes have a few bits missing or censored:

"It's The Arts"---the sketch about the composer with the frighteningly long name, "Johann Gamboleputty....". Eric Idle had a brief bit as an old man who dies halfway through saying Gamboleputty's full name. It's no longer there.

"Blood, Devastation, Death, War & Horror"---in the "Bus Conductor" sketch, Graham Chapman briefly sang a spoof version of "Tonight" from "West Side Story" ("Tonight, tonight, I'm getting p----d tonight!"). It's been cut. Maybe for legal reasons? Who knows.

"A Book At Bedtime"---there were opening captions prior to Terry Gilliam's opening title animation in this episode ("Tonight we start the show straight away with the opening titles.....No you didn't, you started with that caption....Oh yes."), as well as a concluding sketch about upcoming British comedy TV shows (including "Dad's Pooves" and "Up The Palace"). Both have been cut. Why?

"The All-England Summarize Proust Competition"---in the title sketch, Graham Chapman is censored from saying the word, "masturbating". Very silly.

So, this box set is the *Not Quite* Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus, which is disappointing, but I'll still take it. It's a comedy classic by a classic comedy troupe, easily the groundbreaking comedy equivalent of The Beatles. Thank you so much, Monty Python, for all of the great laughs. Albatross!!!

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armando

Fantastico!

Reviewed in Italy on January 16, 2023

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Sempre divertente e, a tratti, ancora attuale... Se non altro nell'ironizzare sulla dabbenaggine incrollabile cui ci affidiamo nelle relazioni che intrecciamo nel mondo.
Oltretutto pagato meno di una miseria. Usato, ma in ottimo stato. Forse anche perché ancora incellofanato?

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Bernd K.

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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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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Dean Tudor

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...

John C Harvey

SADLY, STILL EDITED

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2010

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No one enjoys Monty Python more than I do -- except perhaps for my wife. And some of her friends. Oh, and Captain Johnson. But I'm afraid this particular DVD release leaves a lot to be desired. For years, I put up with A&E's Region 1 release of Monty Python, with all of its missing animated sequences, clumsy overdubs of 'offensive' words (Cancer? Really? Just saying the word 'cancer' is offensive?), and replaced music. So I was quite happy and hopeful when it was released in the UK by a different distributor (Sony), and even more so when the price came down far enough for me to reasonably gamble that they wouldn't be the edited A&E versions.

But it was not to be ...

The same edits that appear on the Region 1 discs are also on Sony's release. In addition, there's still no "play all" option, AND the video quality has suffered. As an earlier reviewer stated, the videotaped segments now look as though they were originally shot on film, then left to moulder in someone's garage for a few years; picture quality overall is grainy and washed-out.

So I wouldn't really recommend this purchase for Region 1 customers, especially since A&E's "16-Ton Megaset" is now available on Amazon US for less than $45 US. In fact, if you live in the UK, and have a region-free player, you might consider picking it up, as it includes the two "Monty Python Live" discs -- so you get the "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" concert film, as well as the first of the two German "Fliegender Zirkus" episodes from 1972.

In the end, five stars for the original content, three for the release.

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