;;; -*-fundamental-*- !title Monty Python's Flying Circus (sketches) !dvddir P/Monty Python's Flying Circus (sketches) !explen 30:10/10% ;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------- !season 1 2 Whither Canada? ‘It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’; Famous deaths Italian Lesson Whizzo butter ‘It's the Arts’ – Sir Edward Ross Arthur ‘Two-Sheds’ Jackson Picasso/cycling race The funniest joke in the world 4 Sex and Violence Flying sheep French lecture on sheep-aircraft Pepperpots discuss French philosophers Cartoon – The Thinker A man with three buttocks A man with two noses Musical mice Marriage guidance counsellor The wacky queen Working-class playwright A Scotsman on a horse Cartoon – Flying sheep The wrestling epilogue Cartoon – Cowboys, baby carriage and the musical statue The mouse problem 5 How to Recognize Different Types of Tree from Quite a Long Way Away Court scene (witness in coffin/Cardinal Richelieu) The larch Bicycle Repair Man Children's stories Cartoon – Animals and clergy Donkey rides Restaurant sketch (dirty fork) Cartoon – ‘Purchase a Past’ commercial Seduced milkmen Stolen newsreader Children's interview Nudge nudge 6 Owl-Stretching Time Live from the Cardiff Rooms, Libya/Song (‘And Did Those Feet’) Art gallery Art critic It's a man's life in the modern army Undressing in public (changing on the beach) Self-defence against fresh fruit Cartoon – Changing on the beach Rustic monologue Secret Service dentists 7 Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century Confuse-a-Cat The smuggler A duck, a cat and a lizard (discussion) Vox pops on smuggling Police raid Letters and vox pops Newsreader arrested Erotic film Cartoon – Charles Fatless Silly job interview Careers advisory board Burglar/encyclopædia salesman 8 It's the Arts Caption costs Cartoon – Autograph/Introduction to ‘It's the Arts’ Johann Gombolputty… von Hauptkopf of Ulm Cartoon – Censored Non-illegal robbery Vox pops Crunchy frog The dull life of a City stockbroker Cartoon – Superhero Red Indian in theatre Policemen make wonderful friends A Scotsman on a horse/Young Lochinvar Cartoon – Vicious baby carriage Twentieth-Century Vole (Irving C. Saltzberg) 16 You're No Fun Any More Camel spotting Cartoon – Band concert You're no fun any more The audit Science fiction sketch: Man turns into Scotsman Police station Blancmanges playing tennis 2 Full Frontal Nudity Vox pops on nudity and the permissive society Army protection racket Cartoon – Full frontal nudity More vox pops Art critic – the place of the nude Buying a bed Too silly Hermits Cartoon – Meat grinder Dead parrot The flasher Hell's Grannies 4 The Ant, an Introduction Llamas A man with a tape recorder up his nose Kilimanjaro expedition/Sir George Head (double vision) A man with a tape recorder up his brother's nose Cartoon – Clergyman selling encyclopædias Homicidal barber Lumberjack song Gumby crooner The refreshment room at Bletchley (Kenny Lust introduction) Hunting film The visitors 5 Untitled Walk-on part in sketch Bank robber (lingerie shop) Trailer (Tonight's programmes with Henry Unction) Arthur Tree Cartoon – Wooden impressions Vocational guidance counsellor (chartered accountant) David Unction link The first man to jump the Channel (Ron Obvious) Tunnelling from Godalming to Java Pet conversions Gorilla librarian Letters to ‘Daily Mirror’ Strangers in the night Cartoon – Animals eating 6 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom Letter (lavatorial humour); Cartoon – More lavatorial humour Interruptions (‘The World of History’) Agatha Christie sketch Undertakers film Literary football discussion (Jimmy Buzzard interview) Undertakers film (undertakers and naked ladies) Interesting people Tired undertakers Cartoon – Coffins Eighteenth century social legislation (‘The World of History’) The Battle of Trafalgar Batley Townswomen's Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour Undertakers film 7 The Naked Ant A signal box somewhere near Hove Falling from building Cartoon – Falling people, magician, opening titles ‘Spectrum’ – talking about things Visitors from Coventry Mr Hilter The Minehead by-election Police station (silly voices) Upperclass Twit of the Year Cartoon – Smoking a pipe Ken Shabby How far can a minister fall? (Party political broadcast by the Woody Party) 8 Intermission Cartoon – Intermission Restaurant (abuse/cannibalism) Advertisements (pearls for swine) Albatross Comeback to my place Me Doctor Historical impersonations Cartoon – Historical impersonations Quiz programme – ‘Wishes’ Police fairy stories ‘Probe-around’ on crime Stonehenge Mr Attila the Hun Psychiatry – silly sketch Operating theatre (squatters) ;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------- !season 2 2 ‘Face the Press’ ‘Face the Press’ New cooker sketch Cartoon – Flying European monarchs, shaving; Tobacconists (prostitute advert) The Ministry of Silly Walks The Piranha brothers (Ethel the Frog) 4 The Spanish Inquisition Man-powered flight The Spanish Inquisition Jokes and novelties salesman Cartoon – Suddenly animated head Tax on thingy Vox pops Photos of Uncle Ted (Spanish Inquisition) The semaphore version of ‘Wuthering Heights’ ‘Julius Cæsar’ on an Aldis lamp Court scene (charades) The Spanish Inquisition on a bus 5 Déjà Vu A bishop rehearsing Flying lessons Hijacked plane (to Luton) The Poet McTeagle Psychiatrist milkman Complaints Déjà vu 6 The Buzz Aldrin Show Cartoon – Metamorphosis Architect sketch How to give up being a Mason Cartoon – Anti-Masonic therapy Motor insurance sketch ‘The bishop’ Living room on pavement East Midland Poet Board A choice of viewing (nude man) Cartoon – The five frog curse Chemist sketch Words not to be used again After-shave (less naughty chemist) Vox pops Police Constable Pan-Am 7 Live from the Grill-o-mat Live from the Grill-o-mat snack bar, Paignton ‘Blackmail’ Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things Escape (from film) Cartoon – Escape Current affairs Cartoon – Escape continues Accidents sketch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Cartoon – Piggy bank hunting The man who is alternately rude and polite Documentary on boxer (Ken Clean-Air System) Host on a bus 8 It's a Living ‘It's a Living’ The time on BBC 1 School prize-giving ‘if’ – a film by Mr Dibley ‘Rear Window’ – a film by Mr Dibley ‘Finian's Rainbow’ (starring the man from the off-licence) Foreign Secretary Dung (Book of the Month Club) Dead Indian Timmy Williams interview Raymond Luxury-Yacht interview Cartoon – Sexual athletes Registry office (marriage) Cartoon – The prince and the black spot Election Night Special (Silly and Sensible parties) 16 The Attila the Hun Show ‘The Attila the Hun Show’ Attila the Nun Secretary of State striptease Vox pops on politicians Ratcatcher Wainscotting Cartoon – Killer sheep The news for parrots The news for gibbons Today in Parliament The news for wombats Cartoon – Attila the Bun The Idiot in Society Test match The Epsom furniture race ‘Take Your Pick’ (‘Spot the Brain Cell’) 2 Archæology Today Trailer (BBC autumn shows) Cartoon – Archæology ‘Archæology Today’ (flaming star) Silly vicar (appeal for sanity) Leapy Lee Registrar (wife swap) Silly doctor sketch (immediately abandoned) Cartoon – Soccer, eggs diamond, book ad Mr and Mrs Git Mosquito hunters Poofy judges Mrs Thing and Mrs Entity Beethoven's mynah bird Shakespeare Michelangelo Colin Mozart (ratcatcher) Judges again 4 How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body ‘How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body’ Bruces Naughty bits The man who contradicts people Cosmetic surgery (Raymond Luxury-Yacht) Camp square-bashing Cartoon – Killer cars Cut-price airline Batley Townswomen's Guild presents the first heart transplant The first underwater production of ‘Measure for Measure’ The Death of Mary Queen of Scots Exploding penguin on TV set There's been a murder Europolice Song Contest ‘Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong’ (song) 5 Scott of the Antarctic French subtitled film (‘La Fromage Grande’) Scott of the Antarctic Scott of the Sahara Cartoon – Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth Fish licence Derby Council v. All Blacks rugby match Long John Silver Impersonators v. Bournemouth Gynæcologists 6 How Not to Be Seen Conquistador coffee campaign Repeating groove Ramsay MacDonald striptease Job hunter Cartoon – Chinese communist conspiracy, Crelm toothpaste, Shrill petrol Agatha Christie sketch (railway timetables) Mr Neville Shunt Film director (teeth) City gents vox pops ‘Crackpot Religions Ltd’ ‘How not to be seen’ Crossing the Atlantic on a tricycle Interview in filing cabinet ‘Yummy yummy’ Monty Python's Flying Circus again in thirty seconds 7 Spam ‘The Black Eagle’ Dirty Hungarian phrasebook Court (phrasebook) Cartoon – Student demonstration, World Forum opening titles Communist quiz (World Forum) ‘Ypres 1914’ – abandoned Art gallery strike Cartoon – Art gallery strike ‘Ypres 1914’ Hospital for over-actors Cartoon – Hamlet linking Gumby flowers Gumby flower arranging Spam 8 Royal Episode 13 The queen will be watching Coal mine (historical argument) The man who says things in a very roundabout way The man who speaks only the ends of words The man who speaks only the beginnings of words The man who speaks only the middles of words Cartoon – Crelm toothpaste Commercials How to feed a goldfish (fish club) The man who collects birdwatchers' eggs Cartoon – Spiny Norman, ‘Insurance sketch’ titles Insurance sketch Queen tunes in Hospital run by RSM Mountaineer; Exploding version of ‘The Blue Danube’ Girls' boarding school Submarine Lifeboat (cannibalism) Undertaker's sketch ;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------- !season 3 2 Whicker's World Court scene – multiple murderer Cartoon – Detectives examine prisoner Icelandic saga (‘Njorl's Saga’) Court scene (Viking) Stock Exchange report Mrs Premise and Mrs Conclusion visit Jean-Paul Sartre Whicker Island 4 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow Schoolboys' Life Assurance Company How to rid the world of all known diseases Mrs Niggerbaiter explodes Vicar/salesman Cartoon – Anatomy chart Farming Club: ‘Life of Tschaikowsky’ Trim-Jeans Theatre Cartoon – Compère Fish-slapping dance Cartoon – Nationalistic fish World War One (abandon ship) The BBC is short of money Puss in Boots ‘It's’ (chat show) 5 The Money Programme ‘The Money Programme’ ‘There is nothing quite so wonderful as money’ (song) Erizabeth L Fraud film squad Cartoon – Police hunt for Visconti impersonator Salvation fuzz/church police Cartoon – Heaven/women in jungle Jungle restaurant Apology for violence and nudity Ken Russell's ‘Gardening Club’ The lost World of Roiurama Six more minutes of Monty Python's Flying Circus Argument clinic Hitting on the head lessons Inspector Flying Fox of the Yard One more minute of Monty Python's Flying Circus 6 Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror ‘Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror’ The man who speaks in anagrams Anagram quiz Merchant banker Pantomime horses Life and death struggles Cartoon – The househunters Mary recruitment office Bus conductor sketch The man who makes people laugh uncontrollably Army captain as clown Gestures to indicate pauses in a televised talk (‘The Bols Story’) Neurotic announcers The news with Richard Baker (vision only) ‘The Pantomime Hose is a Secret Agent Film’ 7 The All-England Summarize Proust Competition Summarize Proust Competition Everest climbed by hairdressers Cartoon – ‘A magnificent festering’ Fire brigade Our Eamonn ‘Party Hints’ with Veronica Smalls Cartoon – Communist revolutions Language laboratory Travel agent; Watney's Red Barrel Theory on Brontosauruses by Anne Elk (Miss) 8 The War Against Pornography Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign Gumby brain specialist Cartoon – Art appreciation Molluscs – ‘live’ TV documentary The Minister for Not Listening to People Tuesday documentary/children's story/party political broadcast Apology (politicians) Expedition to Lake Pahoe The silliest interview we've ever had The silliest sketch we've ever done 16 Salad Days Biggles dictates a letter Cartoon – Flying sheep, traffic accidents Climbing the north face of the Uxbridge Road Lifeboat Old lady snoopers ‘Storage jars’ Cartoon – Television is bad for your eyes The show so far Cheese shop Philip Jenkinson on Cheese Westerns Sam Peckinpah's ‘Salad Days’ Apology The news with Richard Baker Seashore interlude film 2 The Cycling Tour Mr Pither Clodagh Rogers Trotsky Smolensk Bingo-crazed Chinese Cartoon – ‘Jack in a Box’ 4 The Nude Organist Bomb on plane A naked man Ten seconds of sex Housing project built by characters from nineteenth-century English literature M1 interchange built by characters from ‘Paradise Lost’ Mystico and Janet – flats built by hypnosis ‘Mortuary Hour’ Cartoon – Animator, flying saucers The Olympic hide-and-seek final Donkey rides The Cheap-Laughs Bull-fighting The British Well-Basically Club Cartoon – Algon opening Prices on the planet Algon 5 E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease Tudor jobs agency Pornographic bookshop Elizabethan pornography smugglers (Sir Philip Sydney) Cartoon – ‘Gay boys in bondage’ Silly disturbances (the Rev Arthur Belling) Cartoon – Shooting gallery The free repetition of doubtful words sketch, by an underrated author ‘Is there?’… life after death? The man who says words in the wrong order Thripshaw's disease Silly noises Sherry-drinking vicar 6 Dennis Moore ‘Boxing Tonight’ – Jack Bodell v. Sir Kenneth Clark Dennis Moore; Lupins What the stars foretell Doctor Cartoon – Ambulance chasers ‘TV4 or not TV4’ discussion More Dennis Moore Ideal Loon Exhibition Cartoon – Plan 38A Off-Licence Still More Dennis Moore ‘Prejudice’ 7,l=26:41 A Book at Bedtime ‘A Book at Bedtime’: ‘Redgauntlet’ McKamikaze Scotsmen No Time to Lose Cartoon – No time Toulouse More McKamikaze Scotsmen Cartoon – 2001 Penguins; BBC programme planners Unexploded Scotsman ‘Spot the Looney’ Rival documentaries ‘Dad's Doctors’ (trail) ‘Dad's Pooves’ (trail) 8,l=26:30 Grandstand Thames TV introduction ‘Light Entertainment Awards’: Dickie Attenborough The Oscar Wilde sketch Cartoon – Charwoman David Niven's fridge Pasolini's film ‘The Third Test Match’ New brain from Curry's Blood donor International Wife-Swapping Credits of the Year The dirty vicar sketch ;;;-------------------------------------------------------------------------- !season 4 2 The Golden Age of Ballooning Montgolfier Brothers Cartoon – Montgolfier brothers wash each other Louis XIV George III Zeppelin 4 Michael Ellis Department store; Buying an ant At home with the ant and other pets; Documentary on ants Ant communication Cartoon – Ants Poetry reading (ants) Toupée Different endings 5 Light Entertainment War ‘Up Your Pavement’ RAF banter Trivializing the war Courtmartial Basingstoke in Westphalia; ‘Anything Goes In’ (song) Film trailer The public are idiots The last five miles of the M2; Programme titles conference Cartoon – Television centre Woody and tinny words Show-jumping (musical) Newsflash (Germans) ‘When Does a Dream Begin?’ (song) 6 Hamlet Bogus psychiatrists ‘Nationwide’: police helmets Father-in-law Hamlet and Ophelia Cartoon – Paratroopers Boxing match aftermath Boxing commentary Piston engine (a bargain) A room in Polonius's house Dentists, live from Epsom Queen Victoria Handicap Match of the Day results 7 Mr Neutron Post box ceremony Mr Neutron arrives F.E.A.R. (or) Mr Neutron Is Missing Teddy Salad (CIA agent) Bombings Mrs S.C.U.M. ‘Conjuring Today’ 8 Party Political Broadcast ‘Most Awful Family in Britain’ Icelandic Honey Week A doctor whose patients are stabbed by his nurse Brigadier and bishop Cartoon – Opera Singer Appeal on behalf of extremely rich people The man who finishes other people's sentences David Attenborough: the walking tree of Dahomey The batsmen of the Kalahari: cricket match (assegais) BBC News (handovers)