A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969)

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★ 8.3/10 October 5, 1969 4 seasons

Comedy

Creator: Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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Creators

Ian MacNaughton Ian MacNaughton John Howard Davies John Howard Davies

Cast

Graham Chapman Graham Chapman Various Michael Palin Michael Palin Various / "It's" man Terry Jones Terry Jones Various Eric Idle Eric Idle Various Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Various

User Reviews (1)

drystyx
drystyx April 3, 2023
★ 8/10

Monty Python is funny. The Flying Circus is a motley group of short skits, and often they have weird segues into each other (I hope I spelled "segue" correctly). Many of the bits have become iconic standards. The funny walks, which isn't one of my favorites, is now a clock face. The lumberjack, which is my very favorite, has a cult following, too, and would be great to sing at a bar if you had the mounties in the back doing their thing. If you don't laugh at one skit, you'll probably laugh at the one following it. It is mostly slapstick, and very much nonsense, with the humor coming out of nowhere, instead of based on straight lines. That's the Monty Python way.