Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 3 (1998) USA
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Director:John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughton
Studio:A&E Home Video
Writer:Peter Crabbe
Rating:4.5
Rated:NR
Date Added:2006-03-19
ASIN:0767018877
UPC:0733961700473
Price:$39.95
Genre:Monty Python's Flying Circus
Release:1999-11-16
IMDb:0287570
Duration:204
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Languages:English
Subtitles:English
Features:Box set
John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughton  ...  (Director)
Peter Crabbe  ...  (Writer)
 
Robert Klein  ...  Host
John Cleese  ...  Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
Terry Gilliam  ...  Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
Eric Idle  ...  Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
Terry Jones  ...  Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
Michael Palin  ...  Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
Graham Chapman  ...  Himself / Various Roles (archive footage)
Eddie Izzard  ...  Himself / Monty Python Imposter
Carol Cleveland  ...  Various roles (archive footage)
Cathleen Summers  ...  Herself
Summary: What do you do for an encore after confounding the general public with something completely different? Simple: give them something more completely different, from a semaphore version of Wuthering Heights to the last meeting of the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things (you were expecting the Spanish Inquisition?). This two-volume set contains for the first time on DVD in chronological order the first six episodes from Monty Python's second season. No sophomore slump here. EpisodesĀ 14-19, which originally aired in 1970, contain the signature Python sketches The Ministry of Silly Walks and The Spanish Inquisition. Also in the Python pantheon are the documentary about The Piranha Brothers and their reign of violence and sarcasm, The Architect Sketch, and the scandalous game show Blackmail. While the sketches, filmed bits, and Terry Gilliam animations are enduringly silly, Monty Python's Flying Circus remains a loony marvel in the way it shattered television convention. In EpisodeĀ 15, a clueless Graham Chapman character is recruited to be the straight man in a sketch, but is not given the punch line. In the same show, the dreaded, but tardy, Spanish Inquisition races to make its entrance before the closing credits run their course. All three volumes are indispensable for Python completists. --Donald Liebenson