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Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26

Graham Chapman (Actor, Writer), John Cleese (Actor, Writer) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
IMDb8.8/10.0
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Format Box set, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Color
Contributor Bob Raymond, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Ian Davidson, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Lyn Ashley, Terry Jones, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, John Cleese See more
Language English
Number Of Discs 1
Runtime 3 hours and 57 minutes
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More "humorous vignettes and spoofs" from the second groundbreaking season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This set contains episodes 20 through 26, available for the first time on DVD in chronological order. Included are signature sketches that were adapted for the Pythons' first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, such as How Not to Be Seen, Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth, the camped-up military drill, and the alleged English-Hungarian phrasebook (the Hungarian phrase meaning "Can you direct me to the station?" is translated by the English phrase "Please fondle my bum"). Also on the menu are such tasty classics as Spam; the Lifeboat and Undertaker cannibalism sketches and spam; spam, spam, the Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and spam; Spam, spam, the Hospital for Over-Acting and spam; spam, The Exploding Version of the Blue Danube and spam; The Death of Mary Queen of Scots and spam. "And, of course, there's sport." Not content with forgoing traditional punch lines, Monty Python further subverted television convention with these episodes. In Episode 23, for example, the credits don't appear until midway through. They further demonstrate why Entertainment Weekly ranked Monty Python No. 77 (only 77th?) among the top 100 entertainers of the last half of the 20th century. --Donald Liebenson

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.25 x 1.25 inches; 8.8 ounces
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Box set, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Color
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 57 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 12, 1999
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ A&E Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0767018907
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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vl1024
5.0 out of 5 stars Monty Python at it's best! But..Screw A&E
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2007
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This is perhaps one of the best sets in the entire collection. Contains such classics as "How Not To Be Seen", "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook", "Spam", "Scott of the Antarctic" and quirky one's like "French Subtitled Film", and a personal favorite "It All Happened on the 11:20 From Hainault" and an apperance from Mr. Luxary Yacht..(Throat wobbler mangrove!) If you don't have this set, you are missing a ton of the greatest sketches in MP History!

****Unfortunately, A &E thinks it has the right to censor things on this set, and other sets...they totally cut the sketch with Eric Idle and Michael Palin as judges in lingerie. If you've never seen the sketch, you can tell because it just fades out in the middle of the sketch.
The original full sketch can be seen on the Live at the Hollywood Bowl version. This is insanely irritating and makes me angry that A&E would make us pay full price for so called "originals" that aren't the full versions. however..these are the only one's available, but do what I did, and write A&E a complaint letter online..it might help..who knows..peace
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Beverly
5.0 out of 5 stars British comedy at its best
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021
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Thanks to PBS I discovered Monty python. Thank you KCET. Got to see them at the Greek. Albatross!
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Andrew Zimmer
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2016
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Great stuff. Despite their age -- maybe because of it -- these are a laugh. One quarter shock humor, one quarter jokes about British radio and TV programs and the other 5 / 6ths is funny stuff.

I wasn't here for the 1970s but based on these, I'm amazed anyone survived!
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Waleed Abu-Ghazaleh
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as previous episodes
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2000
Although I am a huge Python fan, watching episodes 20-26 felt like a painful excersize in frustration. I waited to be blown away with the brilliant stupid sharp wit of the earlier episodes but instead was presented with -- gasp -- mediocre ideas and canned scripts, many of which went nowhere.
For the best laughs, go for the early stuff. You really can't go wrong with Sets 2 and 3.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The best comedy show ever made!
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2001
This 2-disc DVD contains some of the best moments in Monty Python (Spam, How Not To Be Seen, Atilla the Hun Show, Hungarian Phrase Book) as well as some that are lesser known (Communist Quiz, Poofy Judges, Crackprot Religions, The Idiot). The menus are very clever. They are a little tough to navigate through, but it's a change from other DVD menus. The extras are enormous! You get Lumberjack Kareoke, BBC sketches, quizes with video rewards, two Hollywood Bowl sketches, image gallery and tons more. However the only part that seems to suffer on this disc is the picture quality. There are tons of noticable fragements and rainbows. The VHS tapes might be a smarter buy in terms of quality, but for everlastingness (is that even a word?) choose the DVDs. So grab this DVD and order in some Egg and Spam, Egg Bacon and Spam, Egg Bacon Sausage and Spam, Spam Eggs Spam Spam and Spam, Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Baked Beans Spam Spam Spam and Spam.
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Arthur C. Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars Object in the Strongest Possible Terms
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2000
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Dear Sir,
I wish to protest in thr strongest possible terms your inclusion of this DVD by this Monty Python chap. It is well known that he is considered quite silly and is rumored to have attempted to offend every one on the planet!
And another thing -- why can't you cover the good things on the Internet, like many of the wonderful sites containing the poems of Carlton Vladivostok?
Yours, etc. Brigadier General Sir Charles Uppington Smythe (Mrs.)
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Jaha
5.0 out of 5 stars Monty Python is simply the best!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2002
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You can't get much better than Monty Python the kings of sketch comedy. Yes some British humor is hard to get as an American but for the most part it is histerical. This set is just as good as the others and I recomend purchasing them all. I love Monty Python so much I named all my pets Eric.
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dojo
5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S.........
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2016
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classic hilarity
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spectrus
5.0 out of 5 stars IT IS *** REGION 2 *** COMPATIBLE but NTSC
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2006
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Just a quick note for all of those die-hard PYTHON fans out there. These 2 DVD sets of the original Python TV series are not region encoded. i.e. they will play on your Region 2 only DVD player BUT you need a multi standard TV in order to get colour from these NTSC discs otherwise the picture will be in glorious monochrome. - Most modern TVs are multi standard and will show PAL and NTSC discs in colour - check to be sure.

** E N J O Y * *

'These digital discs are so cleverly made that they possess all of the imperfections in the original analogue broadcasts !'
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