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  • Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 8
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Nov 2008
  • Run Time: 1327 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001EY5VNC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 190 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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This collector's set contains every single episode of the sketch comedy genius that was showcased on Monty Python's Flying Circus. Watch the cult British comedians, who have inspired obsessive fandom on the international level, for over 22 hours! For the Python fan, this comprehensive box set is an incredible opportunity to own what is arguably the most innovative, brilliant sketch comedy ever performed.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have, 4 Mar 2009
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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.
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29 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "It Isn't Easy Stretching These Things Out to Thirty Minutes.", 2 Jan 2009
Monty Python is so famous and its sketches are so well known that I almost wonder if there's any point in ANYONE writing a review. But although they were possibly the greatest comedy team in history and Graham Chapman's genius was equalled only by Spike Milligan, (may they both rest in peace,) the best thing about these DVD's is that they allow you to skip past the rubbish.

After the response that I received for my BTVS review, I'm already strapping on my safety helmet, preparing for the hoards of hardcore `Pythonists' who will accuse me of heresy and of drawing the wrong conclusions.

"When two or more are gathered in his name, they shall perform the Dead Parrot Sketch."

But in the end, the sad truth is that even six of the greatest comedy geniuses to ever walk the earth couldn't produce solid gold every time. Their contractual obligation to fill thirty minutes every week meant that they had no choice but to pad out most of the episodes. And after a while, their inability to come up with a punchline for some sketches literally became a punchline in itself.

Even the title of this review is a quote from the original Dead Parrot Sketch.

When John Cleese travels to Bolton to claim his replacement parrot, Terry Jones is playing the role of a Train Station Attendant and is ranting about the fact that he's a qualified brain surgeon. And when John Cleese asks him what the heck he's talking about, Terry Jones drops the act for a moment and whispers "It isn't easy stretching these things out to thirty minutes."

And the examples don't end there.

The Colonel who keeps interrupting the sketches because they are "Getting Silly."

The police officer who arrests the entire show for breaching the "Trying to get out of a sketch without using a proper punchline Act."

The episode that ends with a view of the sea, and John Cleese dressed as a Conquistador announcing that the programme ran a little short that week.

In the words of Mel Smith on `Not the Nine O'clock News,' "Don't they remember how often the sketches failed? I mean, Monty Python DIED for us! Repeatedly!"

As I stated in my introduction though, because they are now on DVD, I would strongly recommend that everyone buy this box set to see the sketches that have been criminally ignored by history.

Everyone remembers the Dead Parrot Sketch and `Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!' But who remembers the Working Class Playwright? The Sheep Who Believe That They Are Birds? Climbing Both Peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro? (The joke there being that Kilimanjaro does actually have two peaks.) The Expedition to Lake Pahoe or "Bing Diddle Diddle Bang?"

The glory of these hilarious sketches would be worth ten times this price.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most essential purchase for any real comedy fan!, 12 Feb 2009
It's Monty Python. It's the funniest, most important and exciting sketch show ever.

Ignore the much lauded sketches that people who don't really like Python bang on about (i.e) Parrot Sketch and instead enjoy gems such as The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Confuse-A-Cat, The Bols Story, Njorl's Saga, Climbing the North face of the Uxbridge Road, Prejudice, It's The Mind, Argument Sketch and Rival Documentaries.

And let's not forget some of Gilliam's truly off the wall animations, "I confess" and "the men escaping from 'the society for putting things on top of other things' meeting" are two that spring to mind.

A true masterclass in comedy writing and performing. Awesome.
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