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created in 1969 as the british broadcasting corporations answer to americas rowan & martins laugh in one of its guiding forces was bbc executive and former laugh in writer barry took monty pythons flying circus was both the title of the series and the name of the comedy troupe appearing in the show . the name was chosen precisely because it didnt mean anything the cast cambridge and oxford graduates all included john cleese graham chapman eric idle terry jones and michael palin . a sixth python american born terry gilliam provided the series zany non sequitur animated sequences and occasionally appeared on camera . most of the female roles were handled by connie booth cleeses then wife and carol cleveland . virtually indescribable to anyone who hasnt seen it the series which opened each week to the tune of john philip sousas liberty bell march was a wild irreverent collection of open ended comedy sketches sometimes tenuously tied in with a single theme . the individual sketches were usually connected only by the sonorous announcement and now for something completely different which also served as the title for the groups first theatrical feature film . favorite python targets included dull bbc talk shows and documentaries idiotic legal restrictions bean counting bureaucrats incomprehensible foreigners and venerated british traditions . for some curious reason all of the pythonites enjoyed dressing up in womens clothing usually portraying frumpy strident voiced suburban housewives . among the series more famous bits were the pet shop the lumberjack song the spanish inquisition department of silly walks the worlds deadliest joke hells grannies the annual twit of the year awards and a lengthy science fiction movie parody in which evil aliens who looked like french pastries transformed all british subjects into scotsmen the better to win the annual wimbledon tennis match a premise which in context makes perfect sense . though the 45 episode series enjoyed an enormous following in england it didnt arrive in america until 1974 when the package was picked up by pbs abc had evinced interest in the property but insisted upon cutting all the naughty bits and arbitrarily inserting commercials . in addition to making stars out of virtually all its cast members monty pythons flying circus has spawned several comedy record albums movie spin offs and many solo projects like fawlty towers . in 1999 the series long available on videocassette was picked up for yet another go round by the arts and entertainment cable network . hal erickson rovi . br br meet the chaps pythonism glossary gillianimations art gallery preview upcoming episodes troupe career highlights and weblink to pythonshop.com .
dvd rating not rated runtime 237 a & e home video 11 16 1999
actors connie booth carol cleveland graham chapman john cleese terry gilliam eric idle terry jones michael palin created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 22 21 17 08.0 duration 237 dvd region code 1 languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating not rated record label a & e home video release date 942710400000 studio & production company lionsgate