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MovieNerd ScoreA British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
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33 episodes
S0 E3 · Jabberwocky
After the death of his father the young cooper 'Dennis Cooper' goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster? A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour.
S0 E5 · Live at the Hollywood Bowl
A collection of skits that made the Python troup famous, performed live at the Hollywood Bowl. Included are the singing philosophers, lumberjacks, the pope, and a suspiciously-male looking seabird vendor.
S0 E10 · Live at Aspen
Monty Python Live at Aspen was a reunion show featuring the five surviving members of Monty Python: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Graham Chapman was also allegedly in attendance as his "ashes" were brought out in an urn. The Pythons looked back at their work and received an American Film Industry award. It also featured some memorable moments when Gilliam 'accidentally' kicked over the urn, which Eric Idle said was their biggest audience laugh ever. It was hosted by Robert Klein and featured a cameo by Eddie Izzard.
S0 E11 · Python Night
Python Night - 30 Years of Python was a special run of Monty Python related programs broadcast on BBC2 on October 5, 1999, the 30th Anniversary of the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
S0 E12 · What the Pythons Did Next...
A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus.
S0 E13 · Monty Python In Aberystwyth
In 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian opened in cinemas around Britain, finding a place for itself in movie history. However, the film's release was plagued by controversy, causing many local authorities to ban showings of the feature. By 2009, the ban only remains in place in Aberystwyth. This documentary reveals how Sue Jones-Davies, the city's mayor — and the actor who played Brian's girlfriend in the movie — has campaigned to have the ban lifted. Includes contributions by Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Jones
S0 E14 · Birds Eye Industrial Film
A short film by Monty Python made in the early 1970s, never intended to be seen by the public, only for the employees of Birds Eye. Although these industrial films are largely aimed at the staff of said companies, the information they provide is injected by a large dose of typically Python humor and is essential viewing for the Python completeness.
S0 E15 · Harmony Hairspray Industrial Film
A short film by Monty Python made in the early 1970s, never intended to be seen by the public, only for the employees of Harmony Hairspray. Although these industrial films are largely aimed at the staff of said companies, the information they provide is injected by a large dose of typically Python humor and is essential viewing for the Python completeness.
S0 E16 · Close Up Toothpaste Industrial Film
A short film by Monty Python made in the early 1970s, never intended to be seen by the public, only for the employees of Close Up toothpaste. Although these industrial films are largely aimed at the staff of said companies, the information they provide is injected by a large dose of typically Python humor and is essential viewing for the Python completeness.
S0 E17 · The Pythons - Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
50 minute documentary, made on location in Tunisia during the shooting of Monty Python's Life of Brian. There are interviews with all of the troupe, excerpts from the TV series and their earlier films, and from some of the solo projects the individuals worked on. Some of the rehearsals for this film are shown. This is actually a fascinating documentary and a superb extra to the film. It gives an insight into the personalities of each of the performers and their relationships with one another. No Monty Python fan should be without this. From the Criterion Edition DVD.
S0 E18 · The Secret Life of Brian
A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy
S0 E19 · The Life of Python
The Life of Python was a special run of Monty Python related programs broadcast on BBC2 on October 5, 1999, the 30th Anniversary of the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
S0 E20 · Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The BBC Lawyer's Cut
To commemorate the 'Ruby Jubilee' of Monty Python, this film takes us on a journey telling the story of the Pythons from start to finish. Starting with the very humble beginnings of how the legendary British comedy troupe emerged, we learn how the cast met, their early influences and how they went on to create ground-breaking television, and their transition into movies that would change the face of comedy forever. Featuring brand new interviews with John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, and Eric Idle as well as archive interviews from Graham Chapman, this film explores the highs and the lows, and examines how Monty Python became a British institution. This is the first time the Pythons have come together for a film project since 1983's Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
S0 E21 · Olympic sketch (German)
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S0 E24 · Animated Gilliam
Terry Gilliam dissects his animated opening sequences for all four series of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
S0 E25 · Politically Incorrect
The sketch so controversial that it had to be dropped by the BBC before it could be seen again.
S0 E27 · How to Irritate People
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S0 E28 · The Secret Policeman's Ball
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S0 E32 · Silly Occupations
A DVD extra from DVD 1
S0 E33 · GilliAnimations
A DVD extra
S0 E34 · Hysterical Figures
A DVD extra from Volume 1 Disc 2
S0 E35 · The Talent Show
The semaphore version of "Wuthering Heights" sketch from Episode 15 A DVD extra from DVD 3
S0 E36 · Pythonolympics
A DVD extra from DVD 4
S0 E37 · Naughty Bits
A DVD extra from DVD 5
S0 E38 · Monty Queries
A DVD extra from DVD 6
S0 E39 · Tutor Manners
A DVD extra from DVD 6
S0 E40 · Montykaraoke
A DVD extra from DVD 8
S0 E41 · And Now... The BBC
A DVD extra from DVD 8
S0 E42 · Pet Peeves
A DVD extra from DVD 9
S0 E43 · Amazing Feats
A DVD extra from DVD 10
S0 E44 · Explosive Situations
A DVD extra from DVD 11
S0 E45 · Spreichen Zie Python?
A DVD extra
S0 E46 · The Cleese Shop
A DVD extra from DVD 12
Season 1
13 episodes
S1 E1 · Whither Canada?
Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
S1 E2 · Sex and Violence
Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class playwright and The Wrestling Epilogue.
S1 E3 · How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.
S1 E4 · Owl Stretching Time
Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undress on the beach.
S1 E5 · Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
Featuring Confuse-a-Cat, discussion programme A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, the arrest of a newsreader, an erotic film, a silly job interview and a burglar/encyclopaedia salesman.
S1 E6 · It's the Arts
Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film moguls try to impress their boss.
S1 E7 · Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
Featuring camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
S1 E8 · Full Frontal Nudity
Featuring an art critic, some hermits, Hell's Grannies and the dead parrot sketch. Some newlyweds attempt to buy a bed and the mafia offer protecting to the army.
S1 E9 · The Ant, An Introduction
Featuring Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
S1 E10 · Untitled
Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.
S1 E11 · The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pearl Harbour.
S1 E12 · The Naked Ant
Featuring the North Minehead by-election, the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Ken Shabby and a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Wood Party.
S1 E13 · Intermission
Featuring some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.
Season 2
13 episodes
S2 E1 · Face the Press
Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.
S2 E2 · The Spanish Inquisition
Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
S2 E3 · Déjà Vu
Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a severe case of deja vu.
S2 E4 · The Buzz Aldrin Show
More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.
S2 E5 · Live from the Grill-O-Mat
Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.
S2 E6 · It's a Living
Featuring It's a Living and a school prize-giving. Timmy Williams presents a new chat show and the fate of the Silly Party hangs in the balance in an Election Night Special.
S2 E7 · The Attila the Hun Show
Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.
S2 E8 · Archaeology Today
Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.
S2 E9 · How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill and the Verrifast Plane Company.
S2 E10 · Scott of the Antarctic
Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.
S2 E11 · How Not to Be Seen
Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.
S2 E12 · Spam
The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.
S2 E13 · Royal Episode 13
Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.
Season 3
13 episodes
S3 E1 · Whicker's World
Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.
S3 E2 · Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.
S3 E3 · The Money Programme
Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.
S3 E4 · Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.
S3 E5 · The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.
S3 E6 · The War Against Pornography
Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.
S3 E7 · Salad Days
Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.
S3 E8 · The Cycling Tour
This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.
S3 E9 · The Nude Organist
Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet Algon.
S3 E10 · E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
Sketches include The Tudor Jobs Agency, Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Thripshaw's Disease and The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order.
S3 E11 · Dennis Moore
Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.
S3 E12 · A Book at Bedtime
Features gags and sketches such as A Book at Bedtime, Kamikaze Scotsmen, No Time to Lose, Spot the Looney and Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins.
S3 E13 · Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the Dirty Vicar Sketch.
Season 4
6 episodes
S4 E1 · The Golden Age of Ballooning
Features gags and sketches such as The Golden Age of Ballooning, Louis XVI, The Court of George III and a Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party.
S4 E2 · Michael Ellis
Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.
S4 E3 · The Light Entertainment War
More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.
S4 E4 · Hamlet
Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.
S4 E5 · Mr. Neutron
Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
S4 E6 · Party Political Broadcast
Sketches in this final episode include The Most Awful Family in Britain, Patient Abuse, Brigadier and Bishop and The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences.