The 16-Ton Monty Python Megaset™

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Here it is -- the Big Bang of British Comedy in one beautiful box. 14 DVDs make up 45 episodes, i.e. the complete and entire Monty Python's Flying Circus television show, unadultered and totally insane. Drawing cues from Lenny Bruce, Sid Caesar, and UK comedy paratroopers Beyond the Fringe, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam et. al. created a new comedy that was as curious and lateral as it was hysterical. It's ALL here, from SPAM to "Cheese," the Lumberjack Song to the Dead ...
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Special Features

Weblink to Pythonshop.com; Meet the Chaps; Pythonism glossary; Gillianimations art gallery; Preview upcoming episodes; Troupe career highlights; Post-Python Troupe highlights; Pythonisms; Bleeding critics, confusing musings; Interactive menus; Scene selection
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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble
Here it is -- the Big Bang of British Comedy in one beautiful box. 14 DVDs make up 45 episodes, i.e. the complete and entire Monty Python's Flying Circus television show, unadultered and totally insane. Drawing cues from Lenny Bruce, Sid Caesar, and UK comedy paratroopers Beyond the Fringe, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam et. al. created a new comedy that was as curious and lateral as it was hysterical. It's ALL here, from SPAM to "Cheese," the Lumberjack Song to the Dead Parrot Sketch, the eye-spinning groundbreaking animation to special outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage . . . and so much more. Whether you're a hardcore fan or a new convert, this is the set to keep you laughing 'till kingdom come. This second iteration of the Monty Python Megaset adds two discs not included in the previous release: Monty Python Live!, previously available separately, offers vintage and more recent live performances by the troupe, including the 20-year celebration of Monty Python Parrot Sketch Not Included, and the all-German Monty Python’s Fligender Zirkus episode #1.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/27/2005
  • UPC: 733961729528
  • Source: A&E Home Video
  • Time: 29:09:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 6,959

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
John Cleese Performer
Graham Chapman Performer
Eric Idle Performer
Terry Jones Performer
Michael Palin Performer
Technical Credits
Terry Gilliam Animator
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 1
1. It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1:23]
2. Italian Lesson [2:37]
3. Whizzo Butter [2:48]
4. It's the Arts [:48]
5. Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson [3:18]
6. Picasso/Cycling Race [2:42]
7. The Funniest Joke in the World [6:20]
1. Flying Sheep [1:07]
2. French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft [2:33]
3. A Man With Three Buttocks [2:05]
4. Musical Mice [3:08]
5. Marriage Guidance Counsellor [1:36]
6. The Wacky Queen [4:24]
7. Working-Class Playwright [2:04]
8. The Wrestling Epilogue [3:58]
9. The Mouse Problem [4:07]
1. Court Scene With Richelieu [1:15]
2. Bicycle Repair Man [8:31]
3. Children's Stories [3:40]
4. Restaurant Sketch [1:53]
5. Seduced Milkman [7:13]
6. Stolen Newsreader [:58]
7. Nudge Nudge [4:05]
Disc #2 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 2
1. And Did Those Feet [1:13]
2. Art Gallery [:32]
3. Art Critic [2:10]
4. It's a Man's Life in the Modern Army [:34]
5. Undressing in Public [:59]
6. Self-Defence [5:46]
7. Secret Service Dentists [9:09]
1. Confuse-a-Cat [:43]
2. The Smuggler [7:31]
3. Police Raid [5:41]
4. Newsreader Arrested [3:11]
5. Erotic Film [1:08]
6. Silly Job Interview [3:43]
7. Careers Advisory Board [4:07]
8. Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman [:47]
1. Johann Gombolputty [1:44]
2. Non-Illegal Robbery [5:09]
3. Crunchy Frog [3:28]
4. The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker [3:34]
5. Red Indian in Theatre [3:14]
6. A Scotsman on a Horse [3:35]
7. Twentieth-Century Vole [2:14]
Disc #3 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 3
1. Camel-Spotting [1:13]
2. You're No Fun Any More [2:03]
3. The Audit [:28]
4. Science Fiction Sketch [2:38]
5. Man Turns Into Scotsman [2:16]
6. Police Station [11:23]
7. Blancmanges Playing Tennis [2:46]
1. Army Protection Racket [1:20]
2. Art Critic-the Place of the Nude [6:44]
3. Buying a Bed [:45]
4. Hermits [5:56]
5. Dead Parrot [3:15]
6. The Flasher [5:20]
7. Hell's Grannies [:32]
1. Llamas [:38]
2. A Man With a Tape Recorder Up His Nose [1:38]
3. Kilimanjaro Expedition [1:04]
4. A Man With a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose [4:52]
5. Homicidal Barber [1:34]
6. Lumberjack Song [3:50]
7. Gumby Crooner [2:40]
8. The Refreshment Room at Bletchley [:36]
9. Hunting Film [3:29]
10. The Visitors [2:27]
Disc #4 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 4
1. Walk-On Part in Sketch [:48]
2. Bank Robber in Lingerie Shop [1:40]
3. It's a Tree [1:07]
4. Vocational Guidance Counsellor [3:43]
5. Ron Obvious [6:41]
6. Tunnelling From Godalming to Java [4:08]
7. Pet Conversions [1:52]
8. Gorilla Librarian [2:01]
9. Letters to "Daily Mirror" [2:49]
10. Strangers in the Night [:55]
1. Lavatorial Humour [:42]
2. Interruptions [1:47]
3. Agatha Christie [1:38]
4. Undertakers Film [5:20]
5. Jimmy Buzzard Interview [:41]
6. Interesting People [3:37]
7. Eighteenth-Century Social Legislation [9:51]
8. The Battle of Trafalgar [2:11]
9. The Battle of Pearl Harbour [1:44]
1. Falling From Building [:46]
2. "Spectrum" Talking About Things [2:47]
3. Visitors From Coventry [1:29]
4. Mr. Hilter [1:23]
5. Silly Voices at the Police Station [6:45]
6. Upperclass Twit of the Year [2:24]
7. Ken Shabby [8:00]
8. How Far Can a Minister Fall? [2:18]
1. Restaurant Abuse [1:20]
2. Advertisements [4:14]
3. Albatross [1:30]
4. Come Back to My Place [1:19]
5. Me Doctor [:36]
6. Historical Impersonations [1:14]
7. Quiz Programme [2:43]
8. Probe-Around on Crime [1:26]
9. Mr. Attila the Hun [4:05]
10. Psychiatry [3:04]
11. Operating Theatre [4:17]
Disc #5 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 5
1. "Face the Press" [:40]
2. New Cooker Sketch [2:07]
3. Prostitute Advert [5:51]
4. The Ministry of Silly Walks [1:45]
5. The Piranha Brothers [4:56]
1. Man-Powered Flight [1:53]
2. The Spanish Inquisition [4:24]
3. Jokes and Novelties Salesman [5:49]
4. Tax on Thingy [2:43]
5. Photos of Uncle Ted [4:54]
6. The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights [2:14]
7. Julius Caesar on an Aldis Lamp [:45]
8. Court Charades
1. A Bishop Rehearsing [1:55]
2. Flying Lessons [:58]
3. Hijacked Plane [4:28]
4. The Poet McTeagle [6:09]
5. Psychiatrist Milkman [6:17]
6. Complaints [2:58]
7. Déjá Vu [2:40]
Disc #6 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 6
1. Architect Sketch [1:39]
2. How to Give Up Being a Mason [5:34]
3. Insurance Sketch [1:55]
4. "The Bishop" [2:45]
5. Living Room on Pavement [3:59]
6. Poets [1:23]
7. A Choice of Viewing [1:09]
8. Chemist Sketch [3:44]
9. Police Constable Pan-Am [4:59]
1. Live From the Grill-O-Mat [:00]
2. "Blackmail" [1:11]
3. Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things [3:09]
4. Escape From Film [2:16]
5. Current Affairs [2:57]
6. Accidents [2:56]
7. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [4:08]
8. The Man Who Is Alternately Rude and Polite [3:29]
9. Ken Clean-Air System [1:36]
1. "It's a Living" [1:00]
2. The Time on BBC 1 [2:14]
3. School Prize-Giving [3:07]
4. Films By Mr. Dibley [2:14]
5. The News [2:48]
6. Free Prizes [3:26]
7. Timmy Williams Interview [3:59]
8. Raymond Luxury Yacht [1:38]
9. Getting Married [3:05]
10. Election Night Special
Disc #7 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 7
1. "The Attila the Hun Show" [3:43]
2. Secretary of State Striptease [:50]
3. Vox Pops on Politicians [1:55]
4. Ratcatcher [1:10]
5. Killer Sheep [2:11]
6. The News for Parrots [2:45]
7. The Idiot in Society [3:07]
8. Test Match [5:04]
9. "Take Your Pick" [3:18]
1. "Archaeology Today" [3:20]
2. Silly Vicar [6:27]
3. Mr. and Mrs. Git [5:03]
4. Mosquito Hunters [2:35]
5. Poofy Judges [3:05]
6. Mrs. Thing and Mrs. Entity [1:09]
7. Beethoven's Mynah Bird [1:50]
1. How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body [1:44]
2. Bruces [:45]
3. Naughty Bits [3:24]
4. The Man Who Contradicts People [:29]
5. Camp Square-Bashing [3:45]
6. Cut-Price Airline [3:32]
7. Batley Towswomen's Guild [2:48]
8. The Death of Mary Queen of Scots [2:45]
9. Exploding Penguin on the TV [2:20]
10. There's Been a Murder [2:59]
Disc #8 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 8
1. French Subtitled Film [5:45]
2. Scott of the Antarctic [12:21]
3. Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth [1:53]
4. Fish License [5:43]
5. Derby Council v. All Blacks Rugby Match [1:46]
6. Long John Silver Impersonators v. Gynaecologists [2:12]
1. Conquistador Coffee Campaign [:00]
2. It All Happened on the 11-20 From Hainault [8:23]
3. Toothy Film Director [4:52]
4. "Crackpot Religions Ltd." [3:59]
5. How Not to Be Seen [4:43]
1. "The Black Eagle" [3:27]
2. Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook [6:41]
3. Communist Quiz [5:34]
4. Art Gallery Strike [3:02]
5. "Ypres 1914" [4:56]
6. Hospital for Over-Actors [2:09]
7. Gumby Flower Arranging [:43]
8. Spam [3:46]
1. The Queen Will Be Watching [1:13]
2. Coal Mine [3:16]
3. The Man Who Says Things in a Roundabout Way [3:41]
4. How to Feed a Goldfish [4:51]
5. Insurance Sketch [1:53]
6. Hospital Run By RSM [4:27]
7. Exploding Version of the Blue Danube [:38]
8. Girls' Boarding School [3:10]
9. Lifeboat [4:00]
10. Undertaker's Sketch [2:53]
Disc #9 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 9
1. Multiple Murderer Court Scene [7:11]
2. Njorl's Saga [5:20]
3. Eric Njorl on Trial [5:51]
4. Stock Market Report [1:16]
5. Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion Visit Sartre [8:28]
6. Whicker's World [2:31]
1. Emigration From Surbiton to Hounslow [5:40]
2. Schoolboys' Life Assurance Company [1:36]
3. How to Rid the World of All Known Diseases [1:21]
4. The Mrs. Explodes [1:53]
5. Vicar/Salesman [1:25]
6. Farming Club/Life of Tchaikowsky [3:35]
7. Sviatoslav Richter and Rita [1:06]
8. Trim Jeans Theatre [3:20]
9. Fish-Slapping Dance [2:37]
10. The BBC Is Short of Money [1:33]
11. SS Mother Goose [3:39]
12. It's Man Chat Show [1:14]
1. The Money Programme [3:15]
2. Erizabeth L. [2:47]
3. Fraud Film Director's Squad [2:48]
4. Church Police [3:51]
5. Jungle Restaurant [3:06]
6. Apology/Gardening Club [:59]
7. The Lost World of Roiurama [5:28]
8. Argument Clinic [6:21]
Disc #10 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 10
1. The Man Who Speaks in Anagrams [2:10]
2. Anagram Quiz [:28]
3. Merchant Banker [4:10]
4. Pantomime Horses [1:31]
5. Life and Death Struggles [7:03]
6. Mary Recruitment Office [2:59]
7. Bus Conductor [:45]
8. The Man Who Makes People Laugh Uncontrollably [2:07]
9. Army Captain As Clown [:35]
10. Gestures to Indicate Pauses in a Televised Talk [1:23]
11. Neurotic Announcers/Richard Baker [3:32]
12. The Pantomime Horse Is a Secret Agent [3:02]
1. All-England Summarize Proust Competition [5:19]
2. Everest Climbed By Hairdressers [4:40]
3. Fire Brigade [5:37]
4. "Party Hints" With Veronica Smalls [2:58]
5. Language Laboratory [2:08]
6. Travel Agent [4:54]
7. Theory on Brontosaurus Uses By Anne Elk [4:53]
1. Tory Housewives Clean-Up Campaign [2:59]
2. Gumby Brain Specialist [5:17]
3. Molluscs-"Live" TV Documentary [5:27]
4. Report on the Minister Reports [1:42]
5. Tuesday Documentary/Children's Story [1:08]
6. Match of the Day [:35]
7. An Apology [1:03]
8. Expedition to Lake Pahoe [6:58]
9. The Silliest Sketch We've Ever Done [3:06]
Disc #11 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 11
1. Biggles Dictates a Letter [:57]
2. Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road [4:25]
3. Lifeboat [1:44]
4. Storage Jars [4:15]
5. The Show So Far [4:08]
6. Cheese Shop [1:16]
7. Sam Pekinpah's "Salad Days" [5:30]
8. Apology [2:58]
9. The News With Richard Baker [:47]
10. Seashore Interlude Film [:16]
1. The Cycling Tour [3:58]
2. Prescription for Directions [1:31]
3. Break-Up at the Pub [1:32]
4. Mr. Gulliver/Clodagh Rogers [3:21]
5. Trotsky [3:32]
6. Smolensk [1:18]
7. Bingo-Crazed Chinese [3:58]
8. Not Secret Police [1:05]
9. Trotsky/Eartha Kitt [2:41]
10. Firing Squad [3:55]
11. Eartha Kitt/Edward Heath [4:01]
1. Bomb on Plane [1:21]
2. A Naked Man [1:38]
3. Housing Project Built By Characters From 19th Century English Literature [1:09]
4. MI Interchange Built By Characters From Paradise Lost [:30]
5. Mystico and Janet-Flats Built By Hypnosis [3:48]
6. Mortuary Hour [5:19]
7. Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final [7:35]
8. The Cheap-Laughs [2:04]
9. Bull-Fighting [2:40]
10. Prices on then Planet Algon [3:20]
11. Reading the Credits [1:09]
Disc #12 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 12
1. Tudor Jobs Agency [1:44]
2. Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers [9:45]
3. Silly Disturbances [4:11]
4. The Free Repetition of Doubtful Words [2:13]
5. Is There?...Life After Death? [1:21]
6. Thripshaw's Disease [4:17]
7. Sherry-Drinking Vicar [4:12]
1. Boxing Tonight [1:48]
2. Dennis Moore [3:33]
3. What the Stars Foretell [3:08]
4. Doctor [4:07]
5. TV4 or Not TV4? [1:35]
6. Lupins [4:59]
7. Ideal Loon Exhibition [3:36]
8. Off-Licence [1:24]
9. Dennis Moore Etcetera [2:33]
10. Prejudice [2:30]
11. Redistribution of Wealth [2:03]
1. A Book at Bedtime [2:27]
2. Kamikaze Highlanders [2:41]
3. No Time to Lose [5:51]
4. Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins [5:13]
5. Unexploded Scotsmen [2:16]
6. Spot the Loony [2:44]
7. Rival Documentaries [3:39]
1. Light Entertainment Award [3:18]
2. Oscar Wilde [4:41]
3. David Niven's Fridge [1:53]
4. Pasolini's Film "The Third Test Match" [1:24]
5. New Brain From Curry's [5:07]
6. Blood Donor [1:43]
7. International Wife-Swapping [4:30]
8. Credits of the Year [1:02]
9. The Cast of the Dirty Vicar [2:50]
Disc #13 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 13
1. The Montgolfier Brothers [4:24]
2. Montgolfier Brothers in Love [1:37]
3. Louis XIV [5:10]
4. The Court of George III [6:55]
5. Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party [1:14]
6. Zeppelin [8:41]
1. Department Store [1:07]
2. Buying an Ant [5:32]
3. At Home With the Ant and Other Pets [4:00]
4. Documentary on Ants [1:47]
5. Ant Communication [:32]
6. The Anatomy of an Ant [1:45]
7. Complaints [2:38]
8. Ant Poetry Readings [1:09]
9. Toupees [4:50]
10. Different Endings [2:03]
1. Up Your Pavemtn [2:47]
2. RAF Banter [2:18]
3. Trivializing the War [1:54]
4. Courtmartial [1:37]
5. Anything Goes In [3:49]
6. Film Trailer [2:13]
7. The Public Are Idiots [1:23]
8. Programme Titles Conference [4:55]
9. Woody and Tinny Words [5:39]
10. Show-Jumping [1:20]
11. Newsflash-When Does a Dream Begin? [2:11]
Disc #14 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 14
1. Bogus Psychiatrists [:11]
2. Nationwide [4:43]
3. Police Helmets [1:13]
4. Father-in-Law [4:30]
5. Hamlet and Ophelia [3:30]
6. Boxing Match Aftermath [:59]
7. Boxing Commentary [1:59]
8. Piston Engine (A Bargain) [2:03]
9. A Room in Polonius's House [2:02]
10. Live From Epsom [:24]
11. Queen Victoria Handicap [1:45]
1. Post-Box Ceremony [:38]
2. Mr. and Mrs. Entrail (Or) Mr. Reutron [3:05]
3. F.E.A.R. (Or) Mr. Neutron Is Missing [2:07]
4. Teddy Salad [4:19]
5. Secretary of State and Prime Minister [6:26]
6. Bombing [2:54]
7. Mrs. Scum [1:07]
8. Teddy Salad Explodes [2:19]
9. Mr. Neutron Escapes [1:27]
10. Conjuring Today [2:13]
1. Most Awful Family in Britain [6:50]
2. Icelandic Honey Week [2:17]
3. Patient Abuse [3:07]
4. Brigadier and Bishop [4:04]
5. Appeal on Behalf of Extremely Rich People [1:07]
6. The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences [2:52]
7. The Walking Tree of Dahomey [2:29]
8. Batsmen of the Kalahari vs. Warwickshire [3:40]
9. BBC News [1:44]
Disc #15 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 15
1. "Sit on My Face" [2:43]
2. Colin 'Bomber' Harris [3:41]
3. The Last Supper [3:52]
4. Silly Olympics [2:56]
5. Bruces' Philosopher's Song [4:03]
6. Silly Walks [2:39]
7. Two Camp Judges [2:54]
8. World Forum [5:17]
9. Crunchy Frog [5:58]
10. Nudge Nudge [2:42]
11. International Philosophy [1:51]
12. Four Yorkshiremen [5:13]
13. Argument [7:54]
14. Travel Agent [6:24]
15. Custard Pies [6:53]
16. Little Red Riding Hood [2:27]
17. Salvation Fuzz/Church Police [4:10]
18. The "Lumberjack Song" [5:09]
1. Sketch Montage [:01]
2. What's in a Name [8:35]
3. Cut Out Masterbating [5:21]
4. Kicking Graham [1:44]
5. Most Mysterious Python [2:42]
6. Parrot Sketch [5:41]
7. Fliegender Zirkus [3:25]
8. Feature Films [2:52]
9. Live Performances [8:58]
10. Life After Death Character [7:30]
11. AFI Award [3:37]
12. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" [3:46]
Disc #16 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 16
1. Nutty Zany Crazy [9:25]
2. "How Not to Be Seen" [6:08]
3. Philosphers Soccer [4:11]
4. Golden Age of Ballooning [7:03]
5. Silly Walks [3:30]
6. Queen Victoria Handicap [5:40]
7. Mosquito Hunting [9:34]
8. "I'm a Lumberjack" [3:39]
9. Spam [7:56]
10. Argument [3:29]
11. Spanish Inquisition [4:20]
12. The Visitors [4:31]
13. Raymond Luxury Yacht [:40]
14. TV Bad for Your Eyes [1:03]
15. Where Are They Now? [:42]
1. Announcer [2:07]
2. Albrecht Durer [3:10]
3. Merchant of Venice [1:12]
4. A Word From a Frenchwoman [8:14]
5. Animated Flasher [2:35]
6. Little Red Riding Hood [6:09]
7. Silly Olympics [3:47]
8. Stake Your Claim [4:24]
9. "Lumber Jack Song" [3:49]
10. Bavarian Restaurant [6:02]
11. Credits/Announcer [2:32]
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         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Lumberjack Live!
      The Talent Show
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #4 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 4
   Episode 10: Untitled
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 11: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 12: The Naked Ant
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 13: It's the Arts
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trivial Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Pythonolympics
      Monty Karaoke
      Albatross Live!
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #5 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 5
   Episode 14: Face the Press
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 15: The Spanish Inquisition
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 16: Déjá Vu
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Silly Walk Live!
      Naughty Bits
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #6 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 6
   Episode 17: The Buzz Aldrin Show
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 18: Live From the Grill-O-Mat
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 19: It's a Living
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trivial Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Monty Queries
      Tutor Manners
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #7 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 7
   Episode 20: The Attila the Hun Show
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 21: Archaeology Today
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 22: How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Communist Quiz Live!
      Pepperpots
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #8 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 8
   Episode 23: Scott of the Antarctic
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 24: How Not to Be Seen
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 25: Spam
      Plat It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 26: Royal Episode 13
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trival Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Poofy Judges Live!
      Monty Karaoke
      And Now...The BBC
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #9 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 9
   Episode 27: Whicker's World
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 28: Mr. & Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 29: The Money Programme
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Argument Sketch Live!
      Pet Peeves
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #10 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 10
   Episode 30: Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 31: The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 32: The War Against Pornography
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trivial Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Travel Agent Live!
      Amazing Feats
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #11 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 11
   Episode 33: Salad Days
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 34: The Cycling Tour
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 35: The Nude Organist
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Spriechen Zie Python?
      Explosive Situations
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #12 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 12
   Episode 36: E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 37: Dennis Moore
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 38: A Book at Bedtime
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 39: Grandstand
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trivial Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Spriechen Zie Python?
      Monty Karaoke
      The Cleese Shop
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #13 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 13
   Episode 40: The Golden Age of Ballooning
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 41: Michael Ellis
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 42: The Light Entertainment War
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Py.thon.isms
      Gillianimations
      Fliegender Zirkus
      Linguistic Lashings
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #14 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 14
   Episode 43: Hamlet
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 44: Mr. Neutron
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Episode 45: Party Political Broadcast
      Play It
      Useless Tidbits
      The Sketches
   Loony Bin
      Meet the Chaps
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      A Trivial Quest
      Gilliam's Attic
      Life of Python
      Babbling Blokes
      www.pythonshop.com
   Play 'Em All
Disc #15 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 15
   Live at the Hollywood Bowl
   Live at Aspen
   Sketches
      Live at the Hollywood Bowl
      Live at Aspen
   Loony Bin
      Pithy Post Python Performances
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Never Before Seen Py.thon.isms
      Bleeding Critics
   Play 'Em Both
Disc #16 -- Monty Python's: Flying Circus, Disc 16
   20 Years of Python
   Fliegender Zirkus #1
   Sketches
      20 Years of Python
      Fliegender Zirkus #1
   Loony Bin
      Pithy Post Python Performances
         Graham Chapman
         Eric Idle
         Terry Jones
         John Cleese
         Michael Palin
         Terry Gilliam
      Bleeding Critics Encore
      Confusing Musings
   Play 'Em Both
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Stop that! It's silly!

    Finally, collected in one place for the first time for the last time, in this special executive shrink-wrapped non-leather-bound boxed set are all 45 episodes of the classic BBC comedy series ''Monty Python's Flying Circus.'' All your favorite sketches are here, along with the bonus features ''Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl,'' the reunion special ''Live at Aspen,'' and the first of their two ''Fliegender Zirkus'' specials for German TV. Definitely worth every penny!

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    less entertaining than remembered

    I watched the series when a teen and enjoyed it late on a Saturday night without parental supervision: now, I am the parent and wanted to laugh at TV with my kids... I had forgotten all of the scantily clad women "cut-outs" (not like magazine pics) and the like... Am embarassed to be in the room when some things come onscreen and my 18-year-old son is also present. Suggest to others that they expect to show only to adults as my memory did not remeber it to be less than family fare.

    1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    more from this reviewer

    A 16-Ton DVD Collection Of Monty Python? RIGHT!!!

    The Lumberjack Song. The Ministry Of Silly Walks. The Piranha Brothers. How Not To Be Seen. Hell's Grannies. The Dead Parrot. Self-Defense With Fresh Fruit. Adolf Hilter And Heinrich Bimmler. The Spanish Inquisition. The Funniest Joke In The World. The Upper Class Twit Of The Year. Nudge Nudge. Blackmail. Mr. Gumby.

    All you have to do is mention these things and you know that we're talking about Monty Python's Flying Circus. Clearly the funniest British television show ever made, this series has managed to be funnier, better written and better acted than "SCTV" or "Saturday Night Live". Though it was only on the air for five years, the success of its stars---John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, animator Terry Gilliam and the late Graham Chapman---proves what a groundbreaking show it was.

    A&E Home Video has assembled the entire series in what is called a "16 Ton DVD Edition". Watching the series from beginning to end, I noticed something I never knew before. In the first two or three episodes, it was as if the audience didn't know what to make of the series. It was silly, yes. It was also rude and irrelevant. It was almost as if people knew all this but were afraid to laugh at it. By the time the first season was over, you can sense that the audience is enjoying it and perhaps even encouraging it.

    Aside from the fact that Monty Python was so hilarious was the way it played with our conventional wisdom and challenged us on what we expect from TV shows. Here was program that played its theme fifteen or twenty minutes into the show. Sometimes it didn't play its theme at all! Skits come and go and blend into one another like a great Fireside Theater album. Cartoons that look like they were animated by Salvador Dali pop up. The guys plays girls. And the girls, well...they're gorgeous.
    Even when John Cleese left the series before the fifth and final season, The Pythons still came up with hilarious routines such as Mr. Neutron and The Bike Ride.

    In addition to the entire series, there are two other discs of extra material, including a retrospective, a German episode they did in 1971 and an appearance at The Hollywood Bowl in the mid-1980's to a much appreciative crowd. After all these years, Monty Python is still the benchmark of subversive hilarity.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    Monty Python Box Set

    This Review is Spam

    Only for the true Monty Python fan! This box set, almost weighing 16-tons itself, is a wonderful gift to yourself, or to a friend.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Monty Python Never Gets Old

    I bought this set for each of my two kids. They had been watching reruns on BBC TV and were thrilled to have the whole series to watch and share whenever they like.

    Great Bargain Too!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    If you hadn't watched this, then you're no fun anymore!

    "Monty Python's Flying Circus" truly has some hilarious sketches and characters. Along with this, my collection includes "Holy Grail" DVD and Michael Palin's "Diaries 1969-1979." My only complaint from this box set was in the "Summarize Proust Competition" sketch, they cut out a little section where a contestant was asked what his hobbies are. His reply was "Strangling animals, golf, and masturbating." After he said golf, they cut to another shot but you can hear a little bit of the huge laugh it got. I'm sure it'll leave some viewers confused, although I know the story of how the group have fought the BBC to keep the masturbating in.

    Other than that, this is must own collection for any Python fan. My favorite sketches include "The Spanish Inquisition," "The Cheese Shop" "Argument Clinic" and some others as well.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Timeless

    Wonderful set. What's to say. Monty Python is fabulous and there's always someone you can introduce to MP.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Classic British Humor

    How could any fan of Monty Python not want this set? Its! All the skits that you have been quoting for the last 30 years in one box for less than $7.00 per DVD! The picture quality and sound quality are very good. Timeless classic comedy. Monty Python fans must own this and any fan of British humor would enjoy it as well.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    AWESOME!!!

    JUST AWESOME!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    A Classic for Python Enthusiasts

    When PBS first brought Monty Python to these shores, I became an instant fan of the show and later the movies. That was 35 years ago and I can still be counted as a great fan and this is the essential collection for any enthusiast. Though finding individual skits and such is daunting, the body of work is impressive and one of the cornerstones of my video collection. Arguably not for anyone, I still continue to laugh and find things I have missed before--they're still silly, witty, odd, and quotable. A must for any Pythonophile.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
    The Rutles: All You Need is Cash

    A Silly Walk Back In Time

    This is a must have for all fans of Monty Python. Remember the first time you saw an old man crawl toward you and say .... "It's".... Visit the Larch, Polly the Resting Parrot, the Lumberjack, the Comfy Chair (the forerunner of waterboarding), and of course the Spam that you want in your in-box (bloody vikings). All the episodes when you need a laugh..not when the networks want you to laugh. A boxed set to be savored ... like a cup of tea.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Fun gift box set!

    I was so exited when I saw this for sale, I ended up buying it as a holiday gift. It is a humorous DVD box set and great for those people in your life that grew up watching this kind of satirical humor...it's a little slap stick and you gotta love the accents! It's all good fun- who doesn't mind a rambunctious sword fight at the old bridge? Nothing better than fake blood and limbs flying off in every direction to go along with that brittish banter...it's definateley a fun gift for anyone that watched the show/movies from the Monty Python series. Enjoy!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A Must Have

    If you love Monty Python, then you must have this set. Every episode is here is one place.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Monty Python

    This was a Christmas present to my brother who was completly thrilled with the gift. He has always been a fan and the 16 disk set was a complete success.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    FUNNY-FUNNY-FUNNY

    I am old enough to say that I watched Monty Python's Flying Circus when first televised, here in the U.S. It remains sharply current, funny and very insightful of "human behavior" and foibles. When we can poke fun at ourselves in this way, we are better human beings as a result.

    The_Flying_Foot!

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    Posted October 15, 2009

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    Posted February 13, 2010

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