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Monty Python's Flying Circus (UK)
Season DVD Release Schedule
(Oct. 27, 2009)
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a world before Monty Python. And just like any other great historical epoch--the Jurassic Period, the Age of Chivalry, The Dawn of Disco--scholars have invested hundreds of hours examining the Rise of Python: that brief shining moment before the world knew how brilliant buffoonery could be.
Watch, laugh and learn:
Before the Flying Circus: Rare vintage footage and interviews trace the pre-Monty Python influences that honed the wit of the future Pythons and shaped their destinies as the world's most innovative comedy partnership.
Monty Python Conquers America: This is the story of the OTHER British invasion--the funny one. Monty Python's astonishing American success was due as much to the passion of well-placed fans as it was to a string of absurdly lucky breaks. Being really, REALLY funny helped some, too. Featuring interviews with the Pythons, Hank Azaria, Jimmy Fallon, David Hyde Pierce, and others.
(Nov. 18, 2008)
Very possibly the most tragic waste of Oxbridge educations ever broadcast. The programme that made all of America sit up and say: what? That put Spam back in the national pantry, launched crossdressing as a national craze, and made Rene Descartes a household name. That dramatically streamlined the high-school geek identification process.
(Aug. 29, 2006)
These six discs contain the most famous and frequently quoted moments from the entire Flying Circus series, as selected and introduced by the very lunatics who made Monty Python the world’s premier comedy troupe. And just to prove who benevolent they are, each Python has contributed NEW material to his disc. So it doesn’t matter if you’re a complete rooky or hold a Master’s Degree in Monty, this collection has something for you. In fact, it’s the perfect package for: THE NEWCOMER: Nothing beats a nice Spanish Inquisition to get you up to speed with your Python-passionate friends. THE MONTY-CURIOUS: Satisfy that inner craving for something completely different with a warm dollop of Whizzo Butter on Spam! THE FANATIC: A concentrated blast of buffoonery--and a reunion with your favorite characters--hand-picked by your idols themselves. THE PURCHASE-RESISTANT: Seen it, liked it, but never bought it? This veritable collection features the dead parrot, Cheese Shop, Lumberjack Song, and more--and is precisely formulated to whet your appetite for more! More! MORE! DVD Features: Behind the Scenes of John Cleese’s Personal Best; Terry Gilliam’s Featurette "A Retrospective of Python’s Animation"; Personal Second-Best Featurettes from Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin; Six 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquizzes; Python Troupe Biographies and Selected Credits; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
(Mar. 28, 2006)
John Cleese's Personal Best
For more than 40 years, John Cleese has made millions--nay, billions--of fans laugh themselves into a state of near incontinence.
But have you ever asked yourself, "What makes John Cleese laugh?" You haven't, have you, you selfish git? Well, for once in your life think about someone else and pick up this copy of JOHN CLEESE'S PERSONAL BEST. It's chock full of Python bits selected by The Great Cleese himself, plus original never-before-seen material created by The Magnificent One exclusively for this sacred DVD.
Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Some say you can't take it with you. Others just refuse to go. Graham Chapman--doctor, tall actor, self-wrestler and really famous dead guy--is the latter.
Chapman has a least 8 movie and TV appearances to his credit since he passed away in 1989, making him the most prolific corpse since Elvis. This DVD, GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST, makes 9. In a comprehensive tribute written by the 5 other members of the incomparable Monty Python's Flying Circus, this program includes the sketches they believe Chapman would have called his very favorites. Of course, they could be wrong.
Eric Idle's Personal Best
Eric Idle--the outrageously successful actor, writer, composer, director, producer and Broadway impresario--is not satisfied yet.
Determined to reshape the entire entertainment world in his image, Eric has gathered what he considers to be the very best Monty Python material of the entire four-year run and squeezed it all into one convenient package. This one. He's even created all-new, never-before-seen material exclusively for this DVD.
It's amazing what some zillionaire mega-stars will do for a few extra shillings, isn't it?
Terry Jones' Personal Best
Terry Jones--writer, director, actor, political satirist, polymath genius--still can't figure out what he wants to do with his life. So he's back to bother us.
Between attempts to save the free world, Mr. "'I can't make up my ginormous mind" Jones has scrutinized the entire four-year run of Flying Circus and pretty much taken credit for all of it. Herein lie His Majesty's picks of the very best Python Sketches along with incontrovertible new evidence that it was all his doing.
So pour yourself a glass of sherry and join Terry at the piano for a silly walk down memory lane which he calls, "How I Created Monty Python's Flying Circus."
Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Terry Gilliam--the disturbed American animator who shifted Monty Python from "very strange" all the way to "totally bizarre"--has finally snapped.
From Baron Munchausen to Time Bandits to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, no project has challenged Gilliam's unstable mind like this one: building an entirely new Monty Python experience out of the best pieces of the entire four-year Flying Circus run. The results, in this tiny unassuming package, are truly devastating.
Brace yourself for the first-ever, ALL-ANIMATION Monty Python program--exactly as Gilliam would have done it if the BBC were crazy enough to put him in charge.
Michael Palin's Personal Best
Michael Palin--globe-trotting adventurer and "Comedian's Comedian"--has somehow managed to sit still just long enough to put together his compilation of the very best of MONTY PYTHON.
Of course, the perpetually peripatetic Palin found it impossible to resist a bit of free travel, so he has courteously included an all-new, never-before-seen retrospective visit to the site of the notorious Fish-Slapping Dance.
And because he's the nice Python, Michael Palin has included, on this very disc, the world-famous Cheese Shop Sketch. Let's hear it for Michael! Huzzah.
(Feb. 28, 2006)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 02/28/2006
(Feb. 28, 2006)
The SAINTS of SATIRE, The LORDS of LAUGHTER, The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY have sold out once again. For more than 40 years, John Cleese has made millions--nay, billions--of fans laugh themselves into a state of near incontinence. But have you ever asked yourself, "What makes John Cleese laugh?" You haven’t, have you, you selfish git? Well, for once in your life think about someone else and pick up this copy of JOHN CLEESE’S PERSONAL BEST. It’s chock full of Python bits selected by The Great Cleese himself, plus original never-before-seen material created by The Magnificent One exclusivey for this sacred DVD. Collect all six PERSONAL BEST collections. For the Python lover, they're concentrated joy. For the novice, a dangerously addictive substance to be administered with care. DVD Features: Behind the Scenes of JOHN CLEESE’S PERSONAL BEST; The John Cleese 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquiz; Biography and Selected Credits; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
(Feb. 28, 2006)
The LORDS of LAUGHTER--The SAINTS of SATIRE--The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY--have sold out once again. Terry Gilliam--the disturbed American animator who shifted Monty Python from "very strange" all the way to "totally bizarre"--has finally snapped. From Baron Munchausen to Time Bandits to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, no project has challenged Gilliam's unstable mind like this one: building an entirely new Monty Python experience out of the best pieces of the entire four-year Flying Circus run. The results, in this tiny unassuming package, are truly devastating. Brace yourself for the first-ever, ALL-ANIMATION Monty Python program--exactly as Gilliam would have done it if the BBC were crazy enough to put him in charge. Collect all six PERSONAL BEST collections. For the Python lover, they're concentrated joy. For the novice, a dangerously addictive substance to be administered with care. DVD Features: Terry Gilliam Featurette "A Retrospective of Python’s Animation"; The Terry Gilliam 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquiz; Biography and Selected Credits; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
(Feb. 28, 2006)
The LORDS of LAUGHTER - The SAINTS of SATIRE - The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY - have sold out once again. Terry Jones--writer, director, actor, political satirist, polymath genius--still can’t figure out what he wants to do with his life. So he’s back to bother us. Between attempts to save the free world, Mr. "'I can't make up my ginormous mind" Jones has scrutinized the entire four-year run of Flying Circus and pretty much taken credit for all of it. Herein lie His Majesty’s picks of the very best Python Sketches along with incontrovertible new evidence that it was all his doing. So pour yourself a glass of sherry and join Terry at the piano for a silly walk down memory lane which he calls, "How I Created Monty Python’s Flying Circus." Collect all six PERSONAL BEST collections. For the Python lover, they're concentrated joy. For the novice, a dangerously addictive substance to be administered with care. DVD Features: Terry Jones' Personal Second-Best; The Terry Jones 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquiz; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
(Sep. 27, 2005)
This unassuming case is packed with 16 tons of funny: 14 discs of MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS, packed with every episode from the programme’s four year run, plus 2 MONTY PYTHON LIVE! discs featuring--well, you figure it out. While to the uninitiated they may look like ordinary .65 oz. digital video discs, due to the unique physics of comedy (it’s like quantum but with fewer dead cats), each disc actually weighs a full metaphoric ton! Please remember to lift with your knees. This 16-Ton Megaset contains every single episode of MONTY PYTHONG’S FLYING CIRCUS--four years of blood, sweat and blancmange--jammed into slivers of plastic the size of a tea plate and MONTY PYTHON LIVE!--Legendary live performances, the 20-year celebration of Monty Python Parrot Sketch Not Included, and the all-German Monty Python’s Fligender Zirkus episode #1 squashed like pancakes. Sad, really. Jump right to your favorite sketches in The Flying Circus with this index! Disc 1: The Funniest Joke in the World, The Wrestling Episode, and Nudge Nudge, Disc 2: Art Critic, Silly Job Interview, and Crunchy Frog, Disc 3: Dead Parrot, Lumberjack Song, and Vocational Guidance Counselor, Disc 4: Undertaker’s Film, Upperclass Twit of the Year, and Albatross, Disc 5: The Ministry of Silly Walks, The Spanish Inquisition, and Complaints, Disc 6: The Bishop, Blackmail, and Dung, Disc 7: Attila the Nun, Silly Vicar, and Exploding Penquin on the TV Set, Disc 8: Scott of the Antarctic, Dirty Hungarian Phrase-book, and Exploding Blue Danube, Disc 9: Icelandic Saga, Fish-Slapping Dance, and Argument Clinic, Disc 10: ‘Blood, Devastation, War, and Horror’, Mount Everest - Hairdresser Expedition, and Gumby Brain Specialists, Disc 11: Cheese Shop, A Naked Man, and The Olympic Hide and Seek Final, Disc 12: Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Kamikaze Scotsman, and Penguins, Disc 13: Montgolfier Brothers, Department Store, and RAF Banter, Disc 14: Hamlet and Ophelia, Mr. Neutron, and Most Awful Family in Britain, Disc 15: Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Monty Python Live at Aspen, Disc 16: Parrot Sketch Not Included, Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus: German Episode #1
(Nov. 07, 2000)
While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive, 14-volume DVD-only boxed set that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This "persistently silly" collection encompasses three-and-a-half seasons of dead parrots, cross-dressing lumberjacks, loonies, upper class twits, and spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, and spam. Click past the occasional clunker and go directly to such signature sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Spanish Inquisition, the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Dead Parrot Sketch, the Lumberjack Song, the Cheese Shop, the Argument Clinic, and Nudge, Nudge. Taken as a whole, one marvels at how Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam thoroughly subverted television convention with "something completely different," like sketches with no punch lines ("Your average TV viewer isn't going to understand this").
A warning to the uninitiated: there is much "material that some may find offensive, but which is really smashing." Violations of something called the "Strange Sketch Act" are the least of the troupe's offenses, as witness the Oscar Wilde Sketch, the Dirty Vicar Sketch, and the Most Awful Family in Britain Sketch, all of which achieve "the really gross awfulness" all Python fans are looking for. Say no more. --Donald Liebenson
(Oct. 31, 2000)
And now for Monty Python fans who think they have seen everything, the BBC commemorates the 30th anniversary of the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus with this treasure trove of new sketches performed by the Pythons (minus spoilsport Eric Idle, and, of course, ex-Python Graham Chapman); new interviews with all the surviving members; classic clips; and recently discovered and rarely seen Python material unearthed from the BBC archives. Volume 1, It's... the Monty Python Story, is a sketchy history, recalling the highs (the first two seasons of the groundbreaking TV series and The Life of Brian) and the lows (the death of Chapman, who in a poignant clip from his memorial service is eulogized by John Cleese as a "freeloading bastard"). Volume 2 really delivers the goods, including a long-lost 10-minute film Monty Python created for the 1971 Pan-European May Day Festival. Michael Palin spoofs his travel shows by giving viewers a tour of "Pythonland." He revisits the actual locations where such classic Python sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Fish Slapping Dance were filmed. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone offer an animated tribute (the Dead Kenny sketch), while Meatloaf goes behind the music to reveal the inspiration behind the Python's most memorable songs. Volume 3 contains "The Lost German Episode" of Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, which was created for German television (don't worry; it's in English) and has never been broadcast in the United States. This is comedy's equivalent to a surviving-Beatles reunion, and though the new sketches and animations are hit and miss, it is heartening to see that the Pythons are still loony after all these years. It is a particular pleasure to see the Gumbys banging bricks once again. And Python sexpot Carol Cleveland is holding up rather well, if you know what I mean, say no more, nudge nudge. --Donald Liebenson
(Aug. 29, 2000)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2000 Run time: 204 minutes Rating: Nr
(May. 02, 2000)
Contains the following Season 3 episodes:#33 ?Salad Days?; #34 ?The Cycling Tour?; #35 ?The Nude Organist?; #36 ?E. Henry Thripshaw?s Disease?; #37 ?Dennis Moore?; #38 ?A Book at Bedtime?; #39 ?Grandstand? Do not adjust your set. It just doesn?t get any better than this. The silly noises and cheap laughs you hear emanating from your expensive stereo speakers are intentional. The jerky, sometimes spastic movements of the characters on your television screen are actually an advanced form of the comedic arts, developed by the British virtuosos of Monty Python?s Flying Circus. In fact, this is how television was intended to look and sound. If your television ever produces the sight or sound of rich drama or accomplished acting, there is most assuredly something drastically wrong with your set. Pop one of these discs into your DVD player immediately to avoid further degradation of your telly.With:GRAHAM CHAPMAN as Mrs. TrepidatiusJOHN CLEESE as DorisTERRY GILLIAM as The Swiss MountaineerERIC IDLE as Mr. Customer ManTERRY JONES as Mr. Cheap Laughand MICHAEL PALIN as Mr. Very BigliarConceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Animations by Terry Gilliam. Produced and directed by Ian MacNaughton.
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/16/1999 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Nr
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/16/1999 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Nr
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Infested with Conquistador Coffee and Crelm Toothpaste, as well as 'Crackpot Religions Ltd.', Long John Silver Impersonators v. Bournemouth Gynaecologists, a Fish License, An Interview With A Filing Cabinet, an Exploding Version of the Blue Danube, A Man Who Collects Birdwatchers' Eggs and SPAM.
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Contains: spam the idiot in society the bruces killer sheep an exploding penguine on the telly scott of the antarctic and the conquistador coffee campaign. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 237 minutes Rating: Nr
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 11/16/1999 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Nr
(Nov. 16, 1999)
Contains: the ministry of silly walks the spanish inquisition the bishop and the semaphore version of wuthering heights. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 204 minutes Rating: Nr
(Sep. 28, 1999)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 09/28/1999 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Nr
(Sep. 28, 1999)
This volume contains ample duck, Cat and Lizard, Clocks Smuggled Directly From Switzerland, erotic film, the finest crunchy raw unboned real dead frog, Excerpts From The Dull Life Of A City Stockbroker, a very silly job interview, Scotsman On A Horse, The Flemish Masters Of The Renaissance, a man undressing in public, self-defense against fresh fruit and Secret Service Denistry.
(Sep. 28, 1999)
Complete with The Lumberjack Song Dead Parrot - deceased, bereft of life, expired and gone to meet its maker, an ex-parrot - as well as Camel Spotting, Aliens Turning Humans Into Scotsmen, Hell's Grannies, full frontal nudity, the Army Protection Racket, The Place of the Nude in Art, Blancmanges Playing Tennis, and A Man With A Tape Recorder Up His Nose.
(Sep. 28, 1999)
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 09/28/1999 Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Nr
(Sep. 28, 1999)
Contains: candid photos (nudge nudge-say no more) the funniest joke in the world a bicycle repairman and crunch frog. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 204 minutes Rating: Nr
(Sep. 28, 1999)
Contains: the lumberjack song a dead parrot the upperclass twit of the year and hells grannies. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 237 minutes Rating: Nr
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