Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 5

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Contains The Ministry of Silly Walks, a New Cooker, The Piranha Brothers, Jokes and Novelties, an emormous hedgehog saying "Dinsdale?", The Semaphore Version of "Wuthering Hieghts," soft cushions and a comfy chair, Flying Lessons, A Psychiatrist Milkman, The Poet McTeagle and Deja Vu.

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Running Time 102 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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A&E's release of the full Monty (Python, that is) continues on disc 5 with the first three episodes from the classic BBC series' second season. Episode 14 is typically silly stuff, but with the entrance of John Cleese as a ranking official in the Ministry of Silly Walks, it becomes one for the Python pantheon. This signature sketch is topped by Ethel the Frog's profile of the Piranha brothers, Doug and Dinsdale, whose reign of violence (such as nailing people's heads to the table) and sarcasm terrorized England. Bravo for Terry Jones as Inspector Harry "Snapper" Organs from Q Division, whose "bewildering series of disguises" includes an appearance as Sancho Panza from Man of La Mancha for which he earns a "right panning" from the Bath Chronicle. Episode 15 introduces another bit of classic Pythonia, The Spanish Inquisition, for whom soft cushions and a comfy chair are the ill-advised agents of torture. In addition to such loony diversions as a semaphore version of Wuthering Heights, this episode brilliantly subverts television convention for a sketch in which a clueless chap (Graham Chapman) is recruited to play the part of straight man, but is not given the punch line. Episode 16 takes off with a sketch in which aspiring pilot Terry Jones gets some very silly flying lessons from a wire-suspended Graham Chapman ("Up on the table, arms out, fingers together, knees bent... now flap your arms...."). A highlight of this episode is a profile of poet Ewan McTeagle (Jones again), the freeloading author of the epic verse "Can I Have 50 Pounds to Mend the Shed." Other amusing bits include Eric Idle as a psychiatrist milkman on his rounds, and Michael Palin as the increasingly unsettled host of It's the Mind, who is sure he has relived this episode devoted to déjà vu. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews:

nobody expects 5 stars.......2003-05-18

I can't rave enough about this dvd. If it isn't avaliable, you can find it with 13 other dvd's and 42 episodes for serious python fans. This one has the Paranah brothers skit,the spainish inquisition,deva vu',and silly walks. Great dvd.

Best of the Original Monty Python.......2000-03-23

Disk 5 contains some truely classic monty python. I have several other disks but disk 5 is my favorite. While I am a true python fan and there is not an episode I don't like, certain episodes (on other disks) have their low points. For example, the "dead parrot" sketch and "self defense against fresh fruit" start with a premise which is not all that funny, then beat it into the ground. Disk 5, however, is highly entertaining from start to finish. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" and "Poet McTeagle" are particularly good.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus - Disc 5

Manufacturer: A&E Television Networks
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Episode 14 "Face The Press"
Episode 15 "The Spanish Inquisition"
Episode 16 "Deja Vu"

ASIN: B000P4U1AU

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The irreverent Monty Python comedy troupe present a series of skits which are often surreal, baudy, uncompromising, tasteless, but inevitably hilarious. Contains Episodes14, 15, & 16 from Season 2. Episode 14 "Face The Press", Episode 15 "The Spanish Inquisition", Episode 16 "Deja Vu".

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