Monty Python’s Flying Circus

Hello, and welcome to the first in a series of ongoing episodic reviews of the beloved comedy television program, Mon…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, nominal heir to the throne, ghost-seer,…

“Michael Ellis” (season 4, episode 2; originally aired 11/7/74)

• The logo that opens the show is for Thames Television, the third U.K. channel at the time Flying Circus …

A word, then, about language. About eloquence. About loquacious, effusive, articulate, exuberant pontification.…

You see, the thing is, I never set out to be a “reviewer of comedy.” That’s a label, and as a general rule I don’t…

Is it possible to overthink a joke?

“The All-England Summaraize Proust Competition” (season 3, episode 5; originally aired 11/16/1972)

“Argument Clinic” is a perfect sketch.

Here’s one of my favorite Kids In The Hall sketches.

The final episode of Do Not Adjust Your Set, the British children’s comedy program that ran for two seasons starting…

“How Not To Be Seen” (season two, episode 11; originally aired 12/8/1970)

“How To Recognize Different Parts Of The Body” (season 2, episode 9; originally aired 11/24/1970)

“The Attila the Hun Show” (season 2, episode 7; originally aired 11/10/70)

Watching the short chunks of animation sprinkled throughout every episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it’s hard…

The first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was about seeing what the Pythons could get away with. In The…

The first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was about seeing what the Pythons could get away with. In The…

“The Naked Ant” (season 1, episode 12; originally aired 1/4/1970)

A digression, just to start things off on the wrong foot. I’m going to get into some big spoilers for the third…

Judging by the contents on the Tango Entertainment DVD set, At Last The 1948 Show was a decent sketch comedy…