Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Party Political Broadcast”
Hello, and welcome to the first in a series of ongoing episodic reviews of the beloved comedy television program, Monty…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Hamlet”/“Mr. Neutron”
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, nominal heir to the throne, ghost-seer, revenge-plotter,…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Michael Ellis”/“The Light Entertainment War”
“Michael Ellis” (season 4, episode 2; originally aired 11/7/74)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Grandstand (Or The British Showbiz Awards)” / “The Golden Age Of Ballooning”
- The logo that opens the show is for Thames Television, the third U.K. channel at the time Flying Circus was…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Dennis Moore”/“A Book At Bedtime”
A word, then, about language. About eloquence. About loquacious, effusive, articulate, exuberant pontification. About…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “The Nude Organist”/“Henry Thripshaw’s Disease”
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…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Salad Days”/“The Cycling Tour”
Is it possible to overthink a joke?
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “The All-England Summarize Proust Competition”/“The War Against Pornography”
“The All-England Summaraize Proust Competition” (season 3, episode 5; originally aired 11/16/1972)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Royal Episode 13 (Or: The Queen Will Be Watching)”
The final episode of Do Not Adjust Your Set, the British children’s comedy program that ran for two seasons starting in…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “How Not To Be Seen”/“Spam”
“How Not To Be Seen” (season two, episode 11; originally aired 12/8/1970)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “How To Recognize Different Parts Of The Body”/“Scott Of The Antarctic”
“How To Recognize Different Parts Of The Body” (season 2, episode 9; originally aired 11/24/1970)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “The Attila The Hun Show”/“Archaeology Today”
“The Attila the Hun Show” (season 2, episode 7; originally aired 11/10/70)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Live From The Grill-O-Mat”/“It’s A Living”
Watching the short chunks of animation sprinkled throughout every episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it’s hard to…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Déjà Vu”/“The Buzz Aldrin Show”
The first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was about seeing what the Pythons could get away with. In The Pythons’…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Face The Press”/“The Spanish Inquisition”
The first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was about seeing what the Pythons could get away with. In The Pythons’…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “The Naked Ant”/“It’s The Arts (Or: Intermission)”
“The Naked Ant” (season 1, episode 12; originally aired 1/4/1970)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Untitled”/“The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes To The Bathroom”
A digression, just to start things off on the wrong foot. I’m going to get into some big spoilers for the third season…
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: “Full Frontal Nudity”/“The Ant, An Introduction”
Judging by the contents on the Tango Entertainment DVD set, At Last The 1948 Show was a decent sketch comedy program.…