Comedy > I Comedy > Palin, Michael > 1971

Advantages: Very silly
Disadvantages: Very silly

And now for something completely different. A very silly film. It is silly, but it is funny. It's a Monty Python film! I havn't seen all of the episodes of the Flying Circus, and apparently, alot of the scenes in this film are taken from the Flying Circus. So with this you can see two shows in one! Incase you didn't know, Monty Python's Flying Circus is a show that was on TV some decades ago. It consisted of comedy sketches and crazy cartoons made ...
...Jones, Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman. This film consistes of some of the best sketches and cartoons from the series including the Dead Parrot Sketch, Twit of the Year, The Funniest Joke in the World, Hell's Grannies and the Lumberjack Song and many, many more! Any fan of the Pythons or just British humour in general will love this, the first more so, although lots of the sketches are abit OTT with the sillyness, imo. So if you don't like silly ... Read review

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: Doesn't include all the best moments

...Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman, put together a comedy TV show called Monty Python's Flying Circus. The show consisted of comedy sketches written and performed by the troupe, bizarre animations and random songs dropped in for no apparant reason. Since all the Pythons have written and contributed, there is a wide variety of styles and jokes, giving something for everyone. The show was a huge success and so the group put together ...
...in the World, Hell's Grannies and the Lumberjack Song. Most of the Python's best known moments find their way in here, but not all. There just wasn't room for everything. This film doesn't require any prior knowledge of the Pythons or their work, just a sense of humour. Those who have seen Flying Circus will probably recognise most of the material, but those who haven't will be bowled over by the shear scale of silliness. The DVD extras aren't really ... Read review

Advantages: humor
Disadvantages: humor

Allen's gorilla warfare satire and political stabs (at J. Edgar Hoover and the likes) are memorable, one worth noting however- when trying to very discreetly, and unsuccessfully, buying a nudie magazine in small shop. The arrays of parodies are too vast to categorize- however, too often Allen dragged the burlesque of the scene. For the price stated above- it's worth it, for if by any particular reason you don't like it- you only lost max. of four ... Read review

Advantages: So Funny
Disadvantages: ---------------

...big brother used to watch friends all the time and that's when I got into it. It isn't as repetitive as some other American sitcoms. Friends is a sitcom about six friends living in New York, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, Ross, Monica and Rachel. Phoebe is a hippy guitarist. She is vegetarian and has many strong beliefs (although sometimes these are pretty stupid). She also dresses pretty wacky. Phoebe my favourite girl in friends. Throughout the ten ...
...Chandlers girlfriend. Monica has been friends with Rachel since high school. Rachel is addicted to fashion. She entered the series as a spoilt girl who had run away from her wedding. She turned up in the coffee shop in her wedding dress. She always wanted to find a job in fashion and eventually ends up working at Ralph Lauren. I am totally addicted to Friends (along with many other people). I was really sad when the final series ended but at least ... Read review

Advantages: great Humour
Disadvantages: Not suitable for all!

Family Guy comes under a lot of flak from other TV shows and fans of other TV shows, however I believe that it does not copy these other shows, but does something subtly different, and it does it darn well! Family Guy focuses on the surreal lives of a cartoon family: Peter: Moronic father with no common sense or social awareness. Lois: The patient and loving wife of Peter, who occasionally goes utterly insane. Chris: The stupid teenage boy, generally ...
...by the rest of the family for being ugly (it is funny, I promise!) Stewie: The evil baby who is permanently planning to kill Lois. Brian: The cool, intelligent, alcoholic, talking dog. The show is extremely surreal, cutting between crazy scenes which are unconnected to the real world, and random sketch-like elements to illustrate statements of the characters. The show is often much more in touch with the subtleties of pop-culture than other shows, ... Read review