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Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 – 1974)

8.2 | Oct 05, 1969 (GB) | Comedy

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A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
45

Cast

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Michael Palin
Various / "It's" man
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Terry Jones
Various
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Eric Idle
Various

Reviews

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drystyx
8 | Apr 03, 2023
Monty Python is funny. The Flying Circus is a motley group of short skits, and often they have weird segues into each other (I hope I spelled "segue" correctly). Many of the bits have become iconic standards. The funny walks, which isn't one of my favorites, is now a clock face. The lumberjack, which is my very favorite, has a cult following, too, and would be great to sing at a bar if you had the mounties in the back doing their thing. If you don't laugh at one skit, you'll probably laugh at the one following it. It is mostly slapstick, and very much nonsense, with the humor coming out of nowhere, instead of based on straight lines. That's the Monty Python way.