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Monty Python's Flying Circus - Season 2
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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: 9780767020732
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- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
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- ISBN: 0767020731
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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: 6
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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 - Season 2
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- UPC: 733961174298
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Product Description: What do you do for an encore after confounding the general public with something completely different? Simple: give them more of something completely different, from a semaphore version of Wuthering Heights to the last meeting of the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things (you were expecting the Spanish Inquisition?). This six-volume set contains in chronological order the second season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. No sophomore slump here. Episodes 14 to 19, which originally aired in 1970, contain the signature Python sketches The Ministry of Silly Walks and The Spanish Inquisition. Also in the Python pantheon are the documentary about the Piranha brothers and their reign of violence and sarcasm, the Architect Sketch, and the scandalous game show Blackmail. While the sketches, filmed bits, and Terry Gilliam animations are enduringly silly, Monty Python's Flying Circus remains a loony marvel in the way it shattered television convention. In Episode 15, a clueless Graham Chapman character is recruited to be the straight man in a sketch, but is not given the punch line. In the same show, the dreaded, but tardy, Spanish Inquisition race to make their entrance before the closing credits run their course. Episodes 20 through 26 include 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
What's All That Then?
While the first season of MPFC was the start of something extremley wonderful, the audience didn't always understand the humor. They weren't used to the insane antics of Monty Python. Listening to the audience's reaction was one of the funniest parts, because you could tell they were so confused, but by the time the second season rolled around, they were sick of the other "normal" shows, and wanted something completely different. And that's just what they got... The second season is by far the best season of the 3 1/2 season run, and if you liked the first season, then you'll LOVE this one. The Hilarious skits of the second season include:The Ministry of Silly Walks(MY FAVORITE SKETCH EVER), Spam, The Spamish Inquisition(something no one ever expects), The Royal S(pam)ociety for Putting Things On Top Of Other Things, Spam, Killer (Spam) Sheep, Wife S(pam)wapping, An exploding Penguin on the Telly(covered in spam), Job Hunter, and Cannibalism (spam). If You Have the First season, or not, this is a very funny set.
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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!Highlights on this tape: »The Ministry Of Silly Walks«, »The Spanish Inquisition«, »Flying Lessons«/»Hijacked Plane (To Luton)«, »'The Bishop'«, »Accidents Sketch« and »Registry Office«. Own it!
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The troupe at their best...
Season 2 of Monty Python is truly the best of all their seasons. It was here that the boys really hit their stride. The first season, while quite good, had many moments of awkward silence from an audience that didn't quite know what to make of the anarchy before them. The show also looked cheapand many bits seemed to fall flat. In the second season, the group grew better together and came out with some of the funniest and most famous bits they ever did. The Spanish Inquisition bit is one of the most popular and is still hilarious today. The sight of them rushing on a bus to get to the studio to deliver their punchline before the credits end is classic. John Cleese as the Minister for Silly Walks is brilliant in it's lunacy. To try to introduce the group to America they re-staged some of their best sketches from Season 2 together under the title "And Now For Something Completely Different." One of my favorites from this collection (besides How Not to be Seen) is Cleese's class on How to Defend Yourself from Someone Who is Attacking You Armed with a Piece of Fresh Fruit. This set is a MUST HAVE for all Monty Python fans.
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