Monty Python's Flying Circus
The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle , Terry Jones , Michael Palin , Carol Cleveland , John Hughman , Monty Python , Ian Davidson , The Fred Tomlinson Singers , Frank Lester , Bob Raymond , Connie Booth , Lyn Ashley , Rita Davies , Maureen Flanagan , Peter Brett
S2.E1 ∙ Dinsdale!
A sketch about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Also: a British minister---attired in a pink tulle dress---talks about housing; 30 gas-company men investigate the installation of a stove; a giant hedgehog wanders London.
S2.E2 ∙ The Spanish Inquisition
An offbeat look at the Spanish Inquisition; an unconventional version of "Wuthering Heights." Also: a jury plays charades while delivering its verdict; a man attempts to find one nontaxable pleasure.
S2.E3 ∙ Déjà Vu
Sketches include: Flying Lessons, Hijacked Plane, Psychiatrist Milkman, Complaints, Déjà vu.
S2.E4 ∙ The Buzz Aldrin Show
A supersleuth bishop investigates a suspicious insurance business; an elderly couple construct a house that has no walls.
S2.E5 ∙ Live from the Grill-o-Mat
Contestants vie for incriminating photos in "The Blackmail Game"; a boxer spars with schoolgirls.
S2.E6 ∙ It's a Living
Sketches include: The time on BBC 1, School Prize Giving, Films by Mr. Dibley, Timmy Williams Interview, Election Night Special
S2.E7 ∙ The Attila the Hun Show
"The Attila the Hun Show"; a burlesque performance by government ministers; a documentary study of village idiots. Also: political groupies pursue MPs.
S2.E8 ∙ Archaeology Today
A dissatisfied bridegroom tries to exchange his spouse; hunters pursue a terrifying mosquito; domestic problems interrupt the work of Beethoven, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and other creative geniuses.
S2.E9 ∙ How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
A University of Woolamaloo philosophy-department meeting---the members of which are all named Bruce; an exploding penguin; a radio version of "The Death of Mary Queen of Scots." Also: advice on how to pick up a cosmetic surgeon.
S2.E10 ∙ Scott of the Antarctic
Foam-rubber snow and a stuffed lion are featured in a scene from "Scott of the Antarctic"; a football match is waged between gynecologists and Long John Silver impersonators.
S2.E11 ∙ How Not to Be Seen
Conquistador coffee campaign; Repeating groove; Ramsey MacDonald striptease; Job hunter; International Chinese Communist Conspiracy; Crelm Toothpaste/Shrill petrol; Agatha Christie sketch (railway timetables); Mr Neville Shunte - railroad playwright; Gavin Millarrrrr writes; Film director/dentist Martin Curry (teeth); City gents vox pops; 'Crackpot Religions Ltd'; 'How not to be seen'; Crossing the Atlantic on a tricycle; Interview in filing cabinet; 'Yummy yummy'; Monty Python's Flying Circus again in thirty seconds.
S2.E12 ∙ Spam
World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting; Viking marauders kidnap Englishmen who ask for canned ham.
S2.E13 ∙ Royal Episode Thirteen
Miners brawl over historical facts; hospital patients serve the doctors; five shipwrecked mariners decide whom they will have for dinner.
