Features: DVD, Box Set
The demented maniacs responsible for such offenses as the Dead Parrot and Elephantoplasty are back for a final assault on your television, bringing with them a fresh shipment of silliness. A must have for Monty Python fans, this set contains the rarely seen shows that aired in the fourth season, after the exceptionally tall John Cleese bowed out of the show:
Episode 40-The Golden Age of Ballooning
Includes "The Montgolfier Brothers," "Louis XIV," "George III," and "Zeppelin."
Episode 41-Michael Ellis
Includes "Department Store," "Buying an Ant" (and the rest of the ant series), "Toupee" and different endings.
Episode 42 The Light Entertainment War
Includes "Trivializing the War," "The Public are Idiots" and "The Last Five Miles of the M2."
Episode 43 Hamlet
Includes "Bogus Psychiatrists," "Boxing Commentary" and "Queen Victoria Handicap."
Episode 44 Mr. Neutron
Includes "Teddy Salad," "Conjuring Today" and an appearance by Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Episode 45 Party Political Broadcast
Includes "The Man who Finishes Other People's Sentences," "The Most Awful Family in Britain" and "The Batsmen of the Kalihari."
Editor's Note
Monty Python is not a man. Monty Python is six men. Consisting of British actors Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and American Terry Gilliam, the hugely influential comedy troupe evolved from Cambridge University's Footlight Society in the late 1960s in order to become one of the most worshipped comedy acts of all time. Groundbreaking both in terms of its offbeat acting style and radical approach to the most controversial, taboo subjects (including sex, race, and politics), the legendary series MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS would forever change the face of sketch comedy. After the series' demise, the unit would go on to create several big screen classics, including MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL and MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN, as well as spawning major Hollywood careers for its members (most notably, Gilliam, director of THE FISHER KING and TWELVE MONKEYS). This release contains: "The Golden Age of Ballooning" (episode 40); "Michael Ellis" (episode 41); "The Light Entertainment War" (episode 42); "Hamlet" (episode 43); "Mr. Neutron" (episode 44); and "Party Political Broadcast (episode 45).
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