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Monty Python's Flying Circus - Box Set 4
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Product Details
- Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9780767018463
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- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC
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- ISBN: 076701846X
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- Label: A&E Home Video
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- Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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- Number of Items: 3
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: A&E Home Video
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- Release Date: 1999-11-16
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- Studio: A&E Home Video
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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- Title: Monty Python's Flying Circus - Box Set 4
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- UPC: 733961174182
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Product Description: Containing more "humorous vignettes and spoofs" from the second groundbreaking season of Monty Python's Flying Circus, this boxed set contains episodes 20 through 26, available for the first time on video in chronological order. Included are signature sketches that were adapted for the Pythons' first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, such as How Not to Be Seen, Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth, the camped-up military drill, and the alleged English-Hungarian phrasebook ("The Hungarian phrase meaning 'Can you direct me to the station?' is translated by the English phrase 'Please fondle my bum'"). Also on the menu are such tasty classics as Spam; the Lifeboat and Undertaker cannibalism sketches and spam; spam, spam, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and spam; Spam, spam, The Hospital for Over-Acting and spam; spam, The Exploding Version of the Blue Danube, and spam; The Death of Mary Queen of Scots and spam. "And, of course, there's sport." Not content with foregoing traditional punch lines, Monty Python further subverted television convention with these episodes. In episode 23, for example, the credits don't appear until midway through. They further demonstrate why Entertainment Weekly ranked Monty Python No. 77 (only 77th?) among the top 100 entertainers of the last half of the 20th century. --Donald Liebenson
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Customer Reviews
A Warning for Those Who Have Bought Such Sets in Stores
I preface my remarks by stating that the one-star rating I have given this video is not a reflection of the quality of the video itself. Rather, it reflects the quality of the descriptive information provided by Amazon in regard to what the set contains.Those who have bought boxed sets of Monty Python in stores know that stores sell them with three VHS tapes to a box and that such sets are generally displayed on the shelves with the open side of the box facing out. So that the customer can easily tell which tapes are contained in the box, each tape is identified by a Volume number. When you look at the box on the shelf, all you see is the Volume numbers. The description provided here on Amazon's website indicates that this particular boxed set contains Episodes 20 through 26. Note carefully that nowhere in the description does it mention what Volume numbers the set contains. I knew that I had previously bought Volumes 1-15 in stores, but I made the critical mistake of assuming that Episode number was the same as Volume number. Therefore, I expected that this set would contain material that I didn't already have. Unfortunately, when I received the set, I was very disappointed to discover that it contains Volumes 10-12, which I do already have. Therefore, I give this warning to people who have bought boxed sets in stores in the past and are now trying Amazon for the first time. Make sure you know what you're getting, and be very careful not to assume that Episode numbers are the same as Volume numbers.
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The Avangardists Of Modern Humour
To this day, Monty Python remains THE idol and source of inspiration to humourists all around. »Monty Python's Flying Circus« made the group famous, and it is the best ever to come out, not only from Monty Python, not only from Britain... but humour in general!This particular box set contains some of the best Python ever! Highlights in this set: all of Episode Twenty (one of the best episodes ever), »Beethoven's Mynah Bird«, »Exploding Penguin On TV Set«, »Fish Licence« (one of my all-time favourites!), »'How Not To Be Seen'«, »Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook« and »Spam« (the two last ones are from another brilliant episode, Episode Twenty-Five). Own it!!!
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Monty Python- That's all I need to say.
Okay, this is a great gift item. You get three 90-minute videos packed with some classic python sketches. Most of these episodes come from the epic third season, where the exploits of the python clan leaked into america and poisoned an entire generation's minds with skits regarding dead parrots, cheese, and a strange man by the name of 'Gumby'...
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