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The Flying Circus is where Monty Python started - 4 series of TV shows aired between 1969 and 1974 in the UK. Dubbed "The Fathers of Modern British Comedy", it was seen as the start of a new generation of TV comedy when it hit the mainstream and was certainly seen as controversial in its day. Topical issues were included but silliness was the main theme, and seeing the "everyday" portrayed at a tangent was the order of the day. The team's (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) classical education also is reflected in some of the more esoteric pieces. Now with a huge cult following, the Flying Circus appeals to both young and not-so-young.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play.
Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete Series 1:
1. Whither Canada?
2. Sex and Violence
3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
4. Owl-Stretching Time
5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
6. The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest
7. You're No Fun Anymore
8. Full Frontal Nudity
9. The Ant, an Introduction
10. Untitled
11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
12. The Naked Ant
13. Intermission
Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete Series 2:
1. Dinsdale!
2. The Spanish Inquisition
3. Deja Vu
4. The Buzz Aldrin Show
5. Live from the Grill-o-Mat
6. It's a Living
7. The Attila the Hun Show
8. Archaeology Today
9. How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
10. Scott of the Antarctic
11. How Not to Be Seen
12. Spam
13. Royal Episode 13
Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete Series 3:
1. Njorl's Saga
2. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
3. The Money Programme
4. Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
5. The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
6. The War Against Pornography
7. Salad Days
8. The Cycling Tour
9. The Nude Man
10. E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
11. Dennis Moore
12. A Book at Bedtime
13. The British Showbiz Awards
Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete Series 4:
1. The Golden Age of Ballooning
2. Michael Ellis
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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful
By K. Brown
Format:DVD
I grew up watching Python on PBS Television in California. Some of the skits have become so embedded in my consciousness that I use references to it not remembering where they originated. This set is fantastic because it's got all the shows, all the famous sketches and the infamous ones. I can't explain why it makes me laugh so much but it still does. I have rediscovered the origins of those catch phrases and now understand why I can't say 'Barnsley' in a normal way. It was an extra bonus to watch Terry Jones running along the road in Ealing Broadway carrying Carol Cleveland dressed as a bride on their way to buy a bed. I now live in Ealing so figure the circle is complete - from being an eight year old Californian doing bad impressions for my friends gleaned from late night viewings of Python, to actually walking the same streets used to create such loveable silliness. Buy this set. It's a great collection and an unbeatable price!
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I cannot recommend this box highly enough. Anyone with a sense of humour, nay anyone with a detectable pulse, should own this marvellous box. The picture and sound quality is excellent given the age of the material, and while the extras are - per force - limited, it is still an excellent package.
Today, 40 years after the first shows, it is hard to imagine what it must have been like when this gang of mad-men first appeared on the BBC. I don't think the viewers had any idea what had hit them. And while some of the cultural references are lost 4 decades down the line (most people will mercifully have forgotten just how dull TV otherwise was in those days!), the sheer quality of the comedy still shines through. The "Dead Parrot" knows no age. Buy this box and enjoy it - preferably together with someone new to Monty Python - as we have done with our teenaged children.
Today, 40 years after the first shows, it is hard to imagine what it must have been like when this gang of mad-men first appeared on the BBC. I don't think the viewers had any idea what had hit them. And while some of the cultural references are lost 4 decades down the line (most people will mercifully have forgotten just how dull TV otherwise was in those days!), the sheer quality of the comedy still shines through. The "Dead Parrot" knows no age. Buy this box and enjoy it - preferably together with someone new to Monty Python - as we have done with our teenaged children.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you are an old fan then the contents will need no review
Howvever the packaging is the worst I have ever seen for a boxset: looks nice but the discs cannot be removed from the slipcase without breaking it - and you may well snap or damage a disc in the process.
Really does appear to have been designed by someone who has never actually seen an actual DVD box.
Also no paper list of episodes and extras whatsoever.
Complete fail on presentation.
Howvever the packaging is the worst I have ever seen for a boxset: looks nice but the discs cannot be removed from the slipcase without breaking it - and you may well snap or damage a disc in the process.
Really does appear to have been designed by someone who has never actually seen an actual DVD box.
Also no paper list of episodes and extras whatsoever.
Complete fail on presentation.
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unfortunately it wasn`t as funny as i remembered it and apart from a few clasics such as the dead parrot ,cheese shop and room for an argument i struggled to laugh. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars
Time Travel
Takes me back to the start...! This is the perfect anthology of Monty Python. Apart from being funny, it is also a social documentary of the life and times of the nation.
Published 2 months ago by Artshed
3.0 out of 5 stars
How times change
Python shows its age - the way it looks, sounds, feels and drags. Yes there are funny sketches but a great deal which even then missed the mark. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Seoulprovider
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Nice tv serie
It's so funny. A lot of dvd's. It's a tv show from the 70's, but it's really modern for that time. Strange sketches, sometimes silly humour, sometimes intelligent humour, nice... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Zaan
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Classic tv noir
Well worth checking out. Great production values film noir cinematography, west coast sound track and location shooting! Read more
Published 2 months ago by alison@thecroc.com
1.0 out of 5 stars
It wont play
I guess I need to return it. Im sure it would be OK but when I place it in my DVD player it says. "it wont play because it is in the wrong region"??? Read more
Published 2 months ago by Irv Eichorst
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic
A very nice pack, beautifully presented and with a lot of episodes per DVD.
Tough, a guide to the chapters would have been nice, so you know where it is every... Read more
Tough, a guide to the chapters would have been nice, so you know where it is every... Read more
Published 3 months ago by imutiozabal
5.0 out of 5 stars
Something my son wanted
My son asked for this for Christmas and he loves it. So I am happy that Mum did the right thing.
Published 3 months ago by Mme Carolyn Kimber
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying circus
It's an excellent box set at a very interesting price, good to see them all again !
It's an excellent box set at a very interesting price, good to see them all again !
Published 3 months ago by Gardiner Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars
Parrot Sketch included
I remember watching these after Colditz on a Thursday night, then repeating all the sketches in school the next morning. Now my son does the same! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mark Hanington
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