Monty Python - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus (Box Set)

Monty Python - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus (Box Set)

Comedy - Director: John Howard-Davies - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Vol. 1 [1969] Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Vol. 1 [1969]
The coming together of the influential Python team is regarded as a milestone for modern ... more
absurdist comedy, though each of the six members
had been doing similar sketch work prior to this
first 1969 series, of whose highlights this video
consists. The most revolutionary aspect of Python
was its eschewal of punch lines, preferring as
they did bizarre, surreal links and quantum leaps
into the imagination of animator Terry Gilliam.
Inevitably, Python has dated. Sketches such as
"The Upper Class Twit of the Year" and the
"Wink-wink, nudge nudge" man are worn down by
familiarity. There's some clunky stereotyping and
"Oo, ducky"-style gay references. That said, much
of this still stands up. "Hells Grannies" and the
race to find the world's funniest joke are fine,
the Eric Idle-driven documentary spoofs are witty
while the Batley Townswomen's Guild's re-enactment
of Pearl Harbour is intelligently ridiculous. John
Cleese, however, stands literally and
metaphorically head and shoulders above the rest.
His and Chapman's sketches, involving a
mountaineering expedition leader with double
vision and an arts TV interviewer who can't get
past the etiquette of how to refer to his guest
("Eddie baby...") are pursued to their absurd
non-conclusions with the remorseless logic of a
top-drawer barrister. --David Stubbs
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The Very Best of Monty Python: The essential gags, sketches and songs, individually selected and introduced by the Python team - Monty Python The Very Best of Monty Python: The essential gags, sketches and songs, individually selected and introduced by the Python team - Monty Python
Pages: 320, Paperback, Methuen Publishing Ltd
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The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus/Live at Aspen The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus/Live at Aspen
Release Date: 2005-10-03, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
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Review of Monty Python - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus (Box Set) by mastodonathon

Advantages: Very funny! Witty, Clever
Disadvantages: none

...what can I say? The Monty Python trully are legend's, and this dvd has all of their best bit's off their tv show Monty Python's Flying Circus. This dvd is a collection of the wittiest, funniest and best python sketches there are. This dvd is the best way to capture all of those python moments. There are plently of sketches featured on this 3 disc box set. The sketches are taken from monty python volume 1, 2 and 3, and includes clips from all the ...
...could keep all those funny Monty Python moment on 3 dvd's instead of having to go out and buy all the season box set's and all the other individual dvd's. This box set allowed me easy access to my favorite monty python sketches! I recommend this very highly, and any monty python fan out there should own this! ... Read review

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Monty Python - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus (Box Set)

Main specs

Actor(s): John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam

Director(s): John Howard-Davies

Genre: Comedy

Classification: 15 years and over

Running Time: 3 hours 9 minutes

Franchise Name: Monty Python

Video Category: Television

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC

Release date: 03/10/2005

No of Discs: 3

Catalogue No: BBCDVD 1793

Screenwriter: Connie Booth, Terry Gilliam

Animation: Terry Gilliam

Narrator: Connie Booth

Featured: Connie Booth, Carol Cleveland, Terry Gilliam

Producer: Terry Gilliam

Author: Connie Booth

DVD Description

Monty Python's endlessly influential wit and silliness is on full display in this rather large (yet not overly cumbersome) collection of classic episodes from the entire run of the show. Contained here is more than the usual more, in addition to actors, parrots, cheese shops, Spam, and other various personages, places, and edible items.

Languages

Main Language: English

Hearing Impaired Language: English

Technical information

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English

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