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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Comedy · 1969 · Rated 8/10

Last aired: S4 E6, Party Political Broadcast · 1974-12-05

And now for something completely different: Monty Python's Flying Circus was simply the most influential comedy program television has ever seen. Five Englishmen, all working under the constraints of conventional TV shows such as The Frost Report (for which the five Englishmen wrote), gathered together with an expatriate American in the spring of 1969 to break the rules. The result, first airing on BBC-1 on October 5, 1969, has influenced countless future men and women in the media and comedy since.

Cast

John Cleese Various Characters

Eric Idle Various Characters

Terry Gilliam Various Characters

Graham Chapman Various Characters

Terry Jones Various Characters

Michael Palin Various Characters

Season 4

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4

E1 The Golden Age of Ballooning 1974-10-31 · 30 min The surprising history of "The Golden Age of Ballooning" includes Ferdinand von Zeppelin's murderous insistence that his airship is not a balloon.

E2 Michael Ellis 1974-11-07 · 30 min It's hard to get good service at the ant counter. Her Majesty visits an ant poetry reading. A toupee-less gentleman wants to complain about his ant.

E3 Light Entertainment War 1974-11-14 · 30 min Heroes of World War II can't decipher fighter-pilot banter. TV programming executives decide the public are idiots. A gentleman enjoys "woody" words.

E4 Hamlet 1974-11-21 · 30 min Hamlet consults a psychiatrist. A boxer wins the championship despite his lack of a head. Queen Victoria pulls ahead in the Queen Victoria Handicap.

E5 Mr. Neutron 1974-11-28 · 30 min The search for Mr. Neutron, who plans to dominate the world, stretches from a London suburb to the Yukon, and results in the destruction of earthly civilization.

E6 Party Political Broadcast 1974-12-05 · 30 min A spoof of British political-party broadcasts includes the finals of "the worst family in Britain" contest, a violent cricket match, and a housewife who revolutionized beekeeping.

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