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It premiered on 5 October 1969 and ended on 5 December 1974, with a total of 45 episodes over the course of 4 series. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_overview">Series overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Series overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Series</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr 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8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Series_2_(1970)">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">13</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">15 September 1970</td><td style="padding:0 8px">22 December 1970</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#AE86C5;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Series_3_(1972–73)">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">13</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">19 October 1972</td><td style="padding:0 8px">18 January 1973</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#e1cc5f;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Monty_Python's_Fliegender_Zirkus_(1972)">Specials</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">2</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">3 January 1972</td><td style="padding:0 8px">18 December 1972</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#F1721D;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Series_4_(1974)">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">6</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">31 October 1974</td><td style="padding:0 8px">5 December 1974</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_1_(1969–70)"><span id="Series_1_.281969.E2.80.9370.29"></span>Series 1 (1969–70)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Series 1 (1969–70)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:white;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#1E599C;width:6%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1E599C;width:6%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />series</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1E599C;width:30%;color:white">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1E599C;width:20%;color:white">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Whither Canada?"</td><td style="text-align:center">5 October 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-10-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>It's <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a></li> <li>Famous Deaths</li> <li>Italian Lesson – written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones</li> <li>Whizzo Butter <ul><li>a parody of the commercials for <a href="/wiki/Stork_(margarine)" title="Stork (margarine)">Stork SB Margarine</a>; the word 'Whizzo' would be used throughout the series as the title of various companies and products, such as 'The Whizzo Quality Assortment' produced by the 'Whizzo Chocolate Company' (within the <a href="/wiki/Crunchy_Frog" title="Crunchy Frog">Crunchy Frog</a> sketch of Episode 6).</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><i>It's the Arts</i></li> <li>Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson – written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" title="Pablo Picasso">Picasso</a> / Cycling Race</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World" title="The Funniest Joke in the World">The Funniest Joke in the World</a> <ul><li>first appearance of The Colonel</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sex and Violence"</td><td style="text-align:center">12 October 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-10-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Flying Sheep – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft</li> <li>A Man with Three Buttocks <ul><li>first appearance of the phrase 'And now for something completely different'.</li></ul></li> <li>A Man with Two Noses</li> <li>Musical Mice</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_Guidance_Counsellor" title="Marriage Guidance Counsellor">Marriage Guidance Counsellor</a> – written by Eric Idle</li> <li>The Wacky Queen</li> <li>Working-Class Playwright</li> <li>The Wrestling Epilogue (written by Eric Idle)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>real professional wrestlers portrayed a monsignor and a college professor who debate the existence of God by wrestling.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mouse_Problem" title="The Mouse Problem">The Mouse Problem</a> (written by Cleese and Chapman)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away"</td><td style="text-align:center">19 October 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-10-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Larch" title="Larch">Larch</a></li> <li>Court Scene with <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Larch – Part 2</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Bicycle_Repair_Man"></span>Bicycle Repair Man – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>in a town full of people with the persona of <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>, a man has the secret identity of "Bicycle Repair Man" with the impressive superpower of being able to repair a bicycle with his own hands.</li></ul></li> <li>Children's Stories <ul><li>Idle starts reading children's stories that become increasingly sexual.</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Dirty_Fork" title="The Dirty Fork">Restaurant Sketch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seduced_Milkmen" title="Seduced Milkmen">Seduced Milkmen</a> <ul><li>the woman seen is often said to be <a href="/wiki/Carol_Cleveland" title="Carol Cleveland">Carol Cleveland</a>, but it is actually Thelma Taylor,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who is uncredited. Cleveland does appear in a version of this sketch, made for the film <i><a href="/wiki/And_Now_for_Something_Completely_Different" title="And Now for Something Completely Different">And Now for Something Completely Different</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li>Stolen Newsreader</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Horse-chestnut" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse-chestnut">Horse Chestnut</a></li> <li>Children's Interview</li> <li>Candid Photography (better known as "<a href="/wiki/Nudge_Nudge" title="Nudge Nudge">Nudge Nudge</a>") – written by Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Owl-Stretching Time"</td><td style="text-align:center">26 October 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-10-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Song: "<a href="/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time" title="And did those feet in ancient time">Jerusalem (And did those feet)</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Katya_Wyeth" title="Katya Wyeth">Katya Wyeth</a>)</li> <li>Art Gallery</li> <li>Art Critic</li> <li>It's a Dog's Life in the Modern Army</li> <li>Undressing in Public – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Self-Defence_Against_Fresh_Fruit" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit">Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:5_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>first appearance of the 16-Ton Weight; this would appear in several further episodes including "The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapest", "Intermission", and "Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror".</li></ul></li> <li>Secret Service Dentists</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Many sketches in this episode are ended prematurely by Chapman's army character ("<a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_characters#The_Colonel" title="List of recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus characters">The Colonel</a>"), who protests rip-offs of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army's</a> slogan, "It's a Man's Life in the Modern Army" </p><p><b>Note:</b> <i>Owl Stretching Time</i> was a proposed name for the series itself. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century"</td><td style="text-align:center">16 November 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-11-16</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Confuse-a-Cat – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Smuggler</li> <li>A Duck, A Cat and A Lizard (discussion)</li> <li>Vox Pops on Smuggling</li> <li>Police Raid</li> <li>Letters and Vox Pops</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Newsreader Arrested</li> <li>Erotic Film</li> <li>Silly Job Interview <ul><li>first appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Irritate_People" title="How to Irritate People">How to Irritate People</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li>Careers Advisory Board</li> <li>Burglar/Encyclopedia Salesman</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> BBC1 officially began broadcasting in colour on 15 November 1969; but for the previous two months, they had been broadcasting colour programmes "unofficially", so while the whole of the first series was broadcast in colour, this episode was the first to be advertised as being in colour (source: notes taken from BBC videotape operators and transmission managers made at the time). This was also the first episode where Cleese says the title in a silly voice rather than calmly in his normal voice. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"It's the Arts"<br />"The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest"</td><td style="text-align:center">23 November 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-11-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Johann Gambolputty</li> <li>Non-Illegal Robbery</li> <li>Vox Pops on Burglary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crunchy_Frog" title="Crunchy Frog">Crunchy Frog</a> (Whizzo Chocolate Company) – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker – written by Chapman and Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Red Indian in Theatre</li> <li>Policemen Make Wonderful Friends</li> <li>A Scotsman on A Horse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Vole</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>a parody of the <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Hollywood movie industry</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"You're No Fun Anymore"</td><td style="text-align:center">30 November 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-11-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Camel Spotting</li> <li>You're No Fun Anymore</li> <li>The Audit</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Science Fiction Sketch (with Donna Reading) <ul><li>Man Turns into Scotsman</li> <li>Police station</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blancmange" title="Blancmange">Blancmanges</a> Playing Tennis</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Full Frontal Nudity"</td><td style="text-align:center">7 December 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-12-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Army Protection Racket – written by Cleese and Palin<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Vox Pops on Full Frontal Nudity</li> <li>Art Critic: The Place of the Nude</li> <li>Buying a Bed</li> <li>Hermits</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Parrot_sketch" title="Dead Parrot sketch">Dead Parrot</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Flasher</li> <li>Hell's Grannies <ul><li>The theme song from the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Thunderball_(film)" title="Thunderball (film)">Thunderball</a></i> is heard.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> This episode repeats several running gags from Episode 4: a female cast member delivers a terrible joke, and upon protest from fellow cast members, wails 'But it's my only line!'; the use of the song "<a href="/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time" title="And did those feet in ancient time">Jerusalem</a>", and the Colonel preempting sketches–this time protesting that they are 'too silly'. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep9" style="text-align:center">9</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Ant, An Introduction"</td><td style="text-align:center">14 December 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-12-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Scene Card: Part 2</li> <li>Llamas (in Spanish with English Subtitles)</li> <li>A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilimanjaro_Expedition" title="Kilimanjaro Expedition">Kilimanjaro Expedition</a> (Double Vision) – written by Cleese and Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose</li> <li>Homicidal Barber – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:8_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lumberjack_Song" title="The Lumberjack Song">The Lumberjack Song</a> – written by Palin, Jones and Fred Tomlinson<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Letter / Britain's Joke for the Rubber Mac of Zurich Award</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumbys" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumbys">Gumby</a> Crooner <ul><li>First Gumby sketch</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The Refreshment Room at <a href="/wiki/Bletchley" title="Bletchley">Bletchley</a></li> <li>Ken Buddha and His Inflatable Knees</li> <li>Brian Islam and Brucie (animation) <ul><li>the music is "Banjoreno" by the <a href="/wiki/Dixieland_Jug_Blowers" title="Dixieland Jug Blowers">Dixieland Jug Blowers</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Hunting Film – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>the music to this is "Waltzing trumpets" by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Mortimer" title="Harry Mortimer">Harry Mortimer</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>The Visitors <ul><li>concludes with "<a href="/wiki/Ding_Dong_Merrily_on_High" title="Ding Dong Merrily on High">Ding Dong Merrily on High</a>" (possibly due to the episode being broadcast on the 45th anniversary of its publication as a <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Christmas carol</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep10" style="text-align:center">10</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Untitled <span class="anchor" id="Ron_Obvious"></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">21 December 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-12-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Walk-on Part in Sketch</li> <li>Bank Robber in a Lingerie Shop</li> <li>Trailer</li> <li>It's A Tree</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vocational_Guidance_Counsellor" title="Vocational Guidance Counsellor">Vocational Guidance Counsellor</a> <ul><li>"The Larch" (from Episode 3) reappears.</li></ul></li> <li>Ron Obvious</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Ron Obvious<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is played by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Terry Jones</a>. In his sketch, the extremely naïve Obvious, encouraged by his unscrupulous manager <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_characters#Luigi_Vercotti" title="List of recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus characters">Luigi Vercotti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>), undertakes several impossible tasks for publicity:<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>The First Man to Jump the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">Channel</a><sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chapman_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chapman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eating <a href="/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" title="Chichester Cathedral">Chichester Cathedral</a><sup id="cite_ref-Chapman_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chapman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>as the announcer mentions that Obvious is about to attempt to become the first man to eat an entire Anglican Cathedral, Obvious is shown brushing his teeth, putting on a bib and flexing his jaws, before biting into the corner of an old stone building and breaking his jaw.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Tunneling to <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Tunneling from <a href="/wiki/Godalming" title="Godalming">Godalming</a> to <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a></li></ul></li> <li>Splitting a Railway Carriage with his Nose</li> <li>Running to <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a><sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most Time Being Underground</li></ul></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Pet Conversions – written by Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gorilla Librarian</li> <li>Letters to <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i></li> <li>Strangers in the Night <ul><li>Biggles and Algy appear on the show for the first time.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> This is the first episode not to show an episode title at the beginning of the closing credits. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep11" style="text-align:center">11</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom"</td><td style="text-align:center">28 December 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-12-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Lavatorial Humour <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">RPO</a> performs the opening of <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Tchaikovsky)" title="Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)">Piano Concerto No. 1</a></i> in the bathroom.</li></ul></li> <li>Interruptions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> (Inspector Tiger)</li> <li>Literary Football Discussion</li> <li>Interesting People <ul><li>features a version of All Through The Night (misidentified as Men of Harlech) by the Rachel Toovey Bicycle Choir</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Undertakers Film</li> <li>Eighteenth-Century Social Legislation</li> <li>The Battle of Trafalgar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batley" title="Batley">Batley</a> Townswomen's Guild Presents the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Battle of Pearl Harbor</a> – written by Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Undertakers Film</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep12" style="text-align:center">12</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Naked Ant"</td><td style="text-align:center">4 January 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-01-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Falling From Building</li> <li>Spectrum – Talking About Things</li> <li>Visitors From <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a></li> <li>Mr. Hilter and the <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a> by-election – written by Cleese and Palin<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Silly Voices at the Police station</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Class_Twit_of_the_Year" title="Upper Class Twit of the Year">Upper Class Twit of the Year</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ken Shabby – sketch includes <a href="/wiki/Connie_Booth" title="Connie Booth">Connie Booth</a></li> <li>How Far Can a Minister Fall?</li> <li>Nobody Has Anything Else to Say</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep13" style="text-align:center">13</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Intermission"</td><td style="text-align:center">11 January 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-01-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1E599C"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>short intermission (music: <i><a href="/wiki/Theme_from_A_Summer_Place" title="Theme from A Summer Place">Theme from A Summer Place</a></i>)</li> <li>Restaurant Abuse / Cannibalism</li> <li>Advertisements</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albatross_(Monty_Python_sketch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albatross (Monty Python sketch)">Albatross</a></li> <li>Come Back to My Place – written by Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Me Doctor</li> <li>What Gumbys Would Like</li> <li>Historical Impersonations <ul><li>featuring <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a> as <a href="/wiki/Petula_Clark" title="Petula Clark">Petula Clark</a>; <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> as <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Waring" title="Eddie Waring">Eddie Waring</a>; <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a> as <a href="/wiki/Brian_London" title="Brian London">Brian London</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible" title="Ivan the Terrible">Ivan the Terrible</a> as a sales assistant at <a href="/wiki/Freeman,_Hardy_and_Willis" title="Freeman, Hardy and Willis">Freeman, Hardy and Willis</a>; <a href="/wiki/W._G._Grace" title="W. G. Grace">W. G. Grace</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Music_box" title="Music box">music box</a>; <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> as the <a href="/wiki/R101" title="R101">R101 disaster</a>; and <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> as <a href="/wiki/Graham_Hill" title="Graham Hill">Graham Hill</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Quiz Programme: "Wishes"</li> <li>Probe-Around on Crime</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a> and Mr. <a href="/wiki/Attila_the_Hun" class="mw-redirect" title="Attila the Hun">Attila the Hun</a></li> <li>Psychiatry – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:5_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>features "Going to the Zoo" by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Paxton" title="Tom Paxton">Tom Paxton</a>, with vocals by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Felix" title="Julie Felix">Julie Felix</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Operating Theatre</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_2_(1970)"><span id="Series_2_.281970.29"></span>Series 2 (1970)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Series 2 (1970)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CB9F34;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CB9F34;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />series</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CB9F34;width:30%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CB9F34;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep14" style="text-align:center">14</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Face the Press"<br />"Dinsdale!"</td><td style="text-align:center">15 September 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-09-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Face the Press</li> <li>New Cooker Sketch</li> <li>Tobacconist's (Prostitute Advert)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks" title="The Ministry of Silly Walks">The Ministry of Silly Walks</a> – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>La March Futile</li> <li>Ethel the Frog / <a href="/wiki/Piranha_Brothers" title="Piranha Brothers">Piranha Brothers</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> The introductory music of Ethel the Frog/<a href="/wiki/Piranha_Brothers" title="Piranha Brothers">Piranha Brothers</a>: from the <i><a href="/wiki/Karelia_Suite" title="Karelia Suite">Karelia Suite</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Sibelius" title="Jean Sibelius">Jean Sibelius</a> </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep15" style="text-align:center">15</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Spanish Inquisition"</td><td style="text-align:center">22 September 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-09-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Man-Powered Flight</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty_Python)" title="The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)">The Spanish Inquisition</a> – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jokes and Novelties Salesman</li> <li>Tax on Thingy</li> <li>Vox Pops on Taxation (including a rare piece of meaningful dialogue from the 'It's Man')</li> <li>Photos of Uncle Ted</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The Spanish Inquisition (continued)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Flag_semaphore" title="Flag semaphore">Semaphore</a> Version of <i><a href="/wiki/Wuthering_Heights" title="Wuthering Heights">Wuthering Heights</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)" title="Julius Caesar (play)">Julius Caesar</a></i> on an <a href="/wiki/Aldis_lamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldis lamp">Aldis lamp</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral_(film)" title="Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)">Gunfight at the O.K. Corral</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Morse_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="Morse Code">Morse Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoke_signal" title="Smoke signal">Smoke signal</a> version of <i><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(novel)" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</a></i></li> <li>Court Charades</li> <li>Race Against the Credits (music: <i><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Galop" title="Devil's Galop">Devil's Galop</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Williams_(composer)" title="Charles Williams (composer)">Charles Williams</a>)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The Spanish Inquisitors (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Palin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Gilliam</a>) appear seven times throughout this episode. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep16" style="text-align:center">16</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Déjà Vu"<br />"Show 5"</td><td style="text-align:center">29 September 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-09-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>A Bishop Rehearsing</li> <li>Flying Lessons – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hijacked Plane</li> <li>The Poet Ewan McTeagle</li> <li>Hand Trees (Animation)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Psychiatrist Milkman <ul><li>Chapman's character's name changes from Mrs. Ratbag to Mrs. Pim.</li></ul></li> <li>Complaints</li> <li>Déjà Vu</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>This episode introduces a running gag that is used for the next two episodes: a character says, 'Walk this way.' The character told this responds, 'If I could walk that way...' only to be stopped when the first character warns them about finishing the punchline, by raising a finger. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep17" style="text-align:center">17</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Buzz Aldrin Show"</td><td style="text-align:center">20 October 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-10-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Metamorphosis (animation) <ul><li>this is the first episode to begin with a piece of animation.</li></ul></li> <li>An Apology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumbys" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumbys">Gumby</a> announcement</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architects_Sketch" title="Architects Sketch">Architects Sketch</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:9_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>How to Recognize a <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Mason</a></li> <li>An Apology / Another Gumby announcement</li> <li>Motor Insurance Sketch</li> <li>The Bishop <ul><li>Parody of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Saint_(TV_series)" title="The Saint (TV series)">The Saint</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gunn_(song)" title="Peter Gunn (song)">Peter Gunn Theme</a> by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> is prominent.</li></ul></li> <li>Living Room on Pavement</li> <li>Poets</li> <li>A Choice of Viewing</li> <li>An Interview with a Nude Man</li> <li>The Bishop...Again?!</li> <li>An Apology</li> <li>Gumby Frog Curse / Another Another Gumby Announcement</li> <li>Chemist Sketch</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><ul><li>An Apology/Words Not to be Used Again <ul><li>the words shown on the slides are (in the following order): 'B*M', 'B*TTY', 'P*X', 'KN*CKERS' (twice consecutively, for 'knickers' and 'knockers'), 'W**-W**' and '<a href="/wiki/Alberto_Semprini" title="Alberto Semprini">SEMPRINI</a>'.</li></ul></li> <li>A Less Naughty Chemist's <ul><li>the 'walk this way' gag is used again, but this time the punchline is said completely, resulting in the character who says it being taken away by a police <a href="/wiki/Constable" title="Constable">constable</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>A Not at All Naughty Chemist's</li> <li>Vox Pops on After-shave <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty_Python)" title="The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)">Cardinal Ximénez</a> (from Episode 15) makes a cameo appearance in this episode.</li></ul></li> <li>Police Constable <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_World_Airways" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan American World Airways">Pan-Am</a> <ul><li>the chemist says 'I didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition', but, being played by Palin (as is Cardinal Ximénez), is told to shut up.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Another Apology</li> <li>End Credits</li> <li>Last Gumby Announcement (The end)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep18" style="text-align:center">18</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Live from the Grill-O-Mat Snack Bar, Paignton"</td><td style="text-align:center">27 October 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-10-27</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Live From the Grill-o-Mat Snack Bar, <a href="/wiki/Paignton" title="Paignton">Paignton</a></li> <li>The First Item...</li> <li>Blackmail – written by Palin and Jones <ul><li>first appearance of the Nude Organist, played in this season by Gilliam</li></ul></li> <li>Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things</li> <li>Escape from Film</li> <li>The Next Item (or dish)...</li> <li>Current Affairs</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Continued from "Escape from Film"</li> <li>The Next Item (...Prawn Salad...?)...</li> <li>Accidents Sketch (Prawn Salad Ltd.)</li> <li>Interruption</li> <li>Seven Brides for Seven Brothers</li> <li>The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite</li> <li>The Last Item (coffee)...</li> <li>Ken Clean-Air System</li> <li>On the Bus (end credits)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> The 'walk this way' gag is used for the last time, except the words 'I' and 'walk' are replaced with 'we' (since it is a group of people) and 'run', respectively. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep19" style="text-align:center">19</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"It's a Living"<br />"School Prizes"</td><td style="text-align:center">3 November 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-11-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"It's A Living"</li> <li>The Time on BBC 1</li> <li>School Prize-Giving</li> <li>"If....": a film by Mr. Dibley</li> <li>"Rear Window": a film by Mr Dibley</li> <li>"Finian's Rainbow" (starring the man from the off-licence)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The Foreign Secretary and Other News</li> <li>Free Dung from the "Book of the Month" Club</li> <li>Dead Indian</li> <li>Timmy Williams interview (a parody of <a href="/wiki/David_Frost" title="David Frost">David Frost</a>)</li> <li>Raymond Luxury Yacht (Throat Wobbler Mangrove) interview</li> <li>Marriage Registry office</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Night_Special" title="Election Night Special">Election Night Special</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep20" style="text-align:center">20</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Attila the Hun Show"</td><td style="text-align:center">10 November 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-11-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"The <a href="/wiki/Attila_the_Hun" class="mw-redirect" title="Attila the Hun">Attila the Hun</a> Show" <ul><li>parody of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Debbie_Reynolds_Show" title="The Debbie Reynolds Show">The Debbie Reynolds Show</a></i> (1969), recreating the opening credits shot for shot and using a knock-off of the theme "With A Little Love" by <a href="/wiki/Mike_LeRoy" title="Mike LeRoy">Mike LeRoy</a>.</li> <li>the opening sequence appears after this sketch.</li></ul></li> <li>Attila the Nun</li> <li>Secretary of State Striptease</li> <li>Vox Pops on Political Groupies</li> <li>Rat-catcher</li> <li>Wainscotting</li> <li>Killer Sheep</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The News for Parrots</li> <li>The News for Gibbons</li> <li>Today in Parliament</li> <li>The News for <a href="/wiki/Wombat" title="Wombat">Wombats</a></li> <li>Attila the Bun</li> <li>The Idiot in the Rural Society</li> <li>Test Match Against <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Epsom_Downs_Racecourse" title="Epsom Downs Racecourse">Epsom</a> Furniture Race</li> <li>"Spot The Braincell" <ul><li>a parody of the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Take_Your_Pick!" title="Take Your Pick!">Take Your Pick!</a></i>, which had been cancelled roughly two years earlier.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep21" style="text-align:center">21</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Archaeology Today"</td><td style="text-align:center">17 November 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-11-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Trailer <ul><li>the opening credits appear here: the foot at the end of the credits stays on screen for an unusually long time and then crumbles into the ground, leading into the next animation.</li></ul></li> <li>"Archaeology Today"</li> <li>Silly Vicar and <a href="/wiki/Leapy_Lee" title="Leapy Lee">Leapy Lee</a></li> <li>Registrar (wife swap)</li> <li>Silly Doctor Sketch (immediately abandoned)</li> <li>Mr. and Mrs. <a href="/wiki/Git_(slang)" title="Git (slang)">Git</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Roy and Hank Spim: <a href="/wiki/Mosquito" title="Mosquito">Mosquito</a> Hunters</li> <li>Poofy Judges</li> <li>Mrs. Thing and Mrs. Entity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beethoven" class="mw-redirect" title="Beethoven">Beethoven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Myna" title="Myna">Mynah Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelangelo" title="Michelangelo">Michelangelo</a></li> <li>Colin "Chopper" Mozart (rat-catcher)</li> <li>Judges (end credits)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep22" style="text-align:center">22</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body"</td><td style="text-align:center">24 November 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-11-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruces_sketch" title="Bruces sketch">Bruces sketch</a> – written by Cleese and Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Naughty Bits</li> <li>The Man Who Contradicts People</li> <li>Cosmetic Surgery</li> <li>Camp Square-Bashing</li> <li>Killer Cars (Animation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batley" title="Batley">Batley</a> Townswomen's Guild Presents the <a href="/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard#First_human-to-human_heart_transplant" title="Christiaan Barnard">First Heart Transplant</a> – written by Idle</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The First Underwater Production of <i><a href="/wiki/Measure_for_Measure" title="Measure for Measure">Measure for Measure</a></i></li> <li>The Death of <a href="/wiki/Mary_Queen_of_Scots" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Queen of Scots">Mary Queen of Scots</a></li> <li>Exploding <a href="/wiki/Penguin" title="Penguin">Penguin</a> on the TV Set – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>There's Been A Murder</li> <li>Sgt. Duckie's Song – Police entry for <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a></li> <li>"Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong" (song): Contest Winner from <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> – written by Chapman and Fred Tomlinson<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep23" style="text-align:center">23</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Scott of the Antarctic"</td><td style="text-align:center">1 December 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-12-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>French Subtitled Film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott" title="Robert Falcon Scott">Scott of the Antarctic</a></li> <li>Scott of the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara</a> <ul><li>the opening sequence appears after this sketch, seventeen-and-a-half minutes (out of thirty) into the episode.</li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth (Animation) <ul><li>music is <a href="/wiki/Under_the_Double_Eagle" title="Under the Double Eagle">Under the Double Eagle</a> by <a href="/wiki/Josef_Wagner_(composer)" title="Josef Wagner (composer)">Josef Wagner</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fish_Licence" title="Fish Licence">Fish Licence</a> / The Ten-Feet Tall Mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a> Council v. <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">All Blacks</a> Rugby Match (including the tall Mayor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_John_Silver" title="Long John Silver">Long John Silver</a> Impersonators v. <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> <a href="/wiki/Gynaecology" title="Gynaecology">Gynaecologists</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep24" style="text-align:center">24</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"How Not to Be Seen"</td><td style="text-align:center">8 December 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-12-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Conquistador Coffee Campaign</li> <li>Repeating Groove <ul><li>Cleese's 'And now for something completely different' and the opening sequence have a repeating groove.</li> <li>opening sequence appears here.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> Striptease</li> <li>Job Hunter</li> <li>International <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of China">Chinese Communist</a> Conspiracy (animation)</li> <li>Crelm <a href="/wiki/Toothpaste" title="Toothpaste">Toothpaste</a> / Shrill <a href="/wiki/Petrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrol">Petrol</a> (animation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> Sketch (railway timetables)</li> <li>Mr Neville Shunte-Railroad Playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Millar" title="Gavin Millar">Gavin Millarrrrrrrrr</a> Writes</li> <li>Film Director / Dentist Martin Curry (teeth)</li> <li>City Gents Vox Pops</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Crackpot Religions Ltd. <ul><li>this sketch contains a religious parody of the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i>, which had just been pitched to British television.</li> <li>a scene at the end, with crosses that are actually telegraph poles, was cut out but can be seen at the end of the episode when the whole programme is repeated on fast-forward.</li> <li>this sketch featured many famous characters from previous episodes including Arthur Name (<a href="/wiki/Nudge_Nudge" title="Nudge Nudge">Nudge Nudge</a>), Ken Shabby and Mr. Gumby. <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a> also reprised his role as the nude organist (Blackmail), a character that would be taken over by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Terry Jones</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/And_Now_for_Something_Completely_Different" title="And Now for Something Completely Different">And Now for Something Completely Different</a></i> and from the third series onwards.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/How_Not_to_Be_Seen" title="How Not to Be Seen">How Not to Be Seen</a> – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Crossing the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Tricycle" title="Tricycle">Tricycle</a></li> <li>Interview in Filing Cabinet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yummy_Yummy_Yummy" title="Yummy Yummy Yummy">"Yummy Yummy Yummy, I've Got Love in My Tummy"</a> / Music Time <ul><li>the end credits appear here.</li></ul></li> <li><i>Monty Python's Flying Circus</i> Again in Thirty Seconds <ul><li>a recap of the episode.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep25" style="text-align:center">25</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Spam"</td><td style="text-align:center">15 December 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-12-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"The Black Eagle"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Hungarian_Phrasebook" title="Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook">Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook</a> – written by Cleese<sup id="cite_ref-:6_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Court (phrasebook) <ul><li>includes another reference to <i>Take Your Pick!</i>, where the prosecutor gongs Alexander Yalt (Michael Palin) for answering 'yes' after a series of questions.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Forum/Communist_Quiz" title="World Forum/Communist Quiz">World Forum – Communist Quiz</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">Ypres 1914</a>" (abandoned) – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:11_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Art Gallery Strikes</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">Ypres 1914</a>" – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:11_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hospital for Over-Actors <ul><li>includes a <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_of_England" title="Richard III of England">Richard III</a> Ward, due in part to many exaggerations on the character over the years.</li></ul></li> <li>Gumby Flower Arranging</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spam (Monty Python)">Spam</a> – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep26" style="text-align:center">26</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Royal Episode Thirteen"</td><td style="text-align:center">22 December 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-12-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CB9F34"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">The Queen</a> Will Be Watching <ul><li>in honour of Her Majesty the Queen, a shortened and very regal animated opening sequence plays "<a href="/wiki/Pomp_and_Circumstance" class="mw-redirect" title="Pomp and Circumstance">Pomp and Circumstance</a>" in place of "The Liberty Bell".</li></ul></li> <li>Coal Mine in <a href="/wiki/Llanddarog" title="Llanddarog">Llanddarog</a> <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen" title="Carmarthen">Carmarthen</a></li> <li>The Toad-Elevating Moment</li> <li>Commercials</li> <li>How to Feed a Goldfish</li> <li>The Man Who Collects Birdwatcher's Eggs</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Insurance Sketch</li> <li>Hospital Run by <a href="/wiki/Regimental_sergeant_major" title="Regimental sergeant major">RSM</a></li> <li>Mountaineer</li> <li>Exploding Version of "<a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Danube" title="The Blue Danube">The Blue Danube</a>"</li> <li>Girls Boarding School</li> <li>Submarine</li> <li>A Man with a <a href="/wiki/Stoat" title="Stoat">Stoat</a> Through His Head</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifeboat_sketch" title="Lifeboat sketch">Lifeboat (cannibalism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undertakers_sketch" title="Undertakers sketch">Undertakers sketch</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Features an uncredited cameo by <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten" title="ITV News at Ten">News at Ten</a></i> presenter <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Bosanquet" title="Reginald Bosanquet">Reginald Bosanquet</a>, recorded at the studios of <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a> </p> <span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_3_(1972–73)"><span id="Series_3_.281972.E2.80.9373.29"></span>Series 3 (1972–73)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Series 3 (1972–73)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this series only, the opening sequence begins with a nude organist (played by Jones), Cleese saying 'and now', and the 'It's' Man. </p> <span class="anchor" id="E._Henry_Thripshaw's_Disease"></span><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#AE86C5;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#AE86C5;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />series</th><th scope="col" style="background:#AE86C5;width:30%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#AE86C5;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep27" style="text-align:center">27</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Whicker's World"<br />"Njorl's Saga"</td><td style="text-align:center">19 October 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-10-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Njorl's Saga / Opening Credits</li> <li>Multiple Murderer Court Scene</li> <li>Investigating the Body (animation)</li> <li>Njorl's Saga – Part II</li> <li>A Terrible Mess</li> <li>Njorl's Saga – Part II: <a href="/wiki/New_Malden" title="New Malden">North Malden</a>?</li> <li>Starting Over</li> <li>Njorl's Saga – Part II: Invest in Malden?</li> <li>Phone Conversation About the Word 'Malden' in the Saga</li> <li>Eric Njorl Court Scene (Njorl's Saga – Part III)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Stock Exchange Report</li> <li>Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at the Launderette – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:4_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at North Malden – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:4_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Back to the Saga...</li> <li>Njorl's Saga – part IV: Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit <a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre" title="Jean-Paul Sartre">Sartre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:4_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whicker%27s_World" title="Whicker's World">Whicker's World</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep28" style="text-align:center">28</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular"</td><td style="text-align:center">26 October 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-10-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Emigration from <a href="/wiki/Surbiton" title="Surbiton">Surbiton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hounslow" title="Hounslow">Hounslow</a> <dl><dd>the opening sequence follows this sketch.</dd></dl></li> <li>Schoolboys' Life Assurance Company</li> <li>How to Do It <dl><dd>a parody of <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Peter" title="Blue Peter">Blue Peter</a></i> (which was about to celebrate its 14th anniversary at the time this episode was transmitted)</dd></dl></li> <li>Mrs. Niggerbaiter Explodes</li> <li>Vicar / Salesman</li> <li>Farming Club</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"Life of <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tschaikowsky</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Jeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Slim Jeans">Trim-Jeans</a> Theatre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fish-Slapping_Dance" title="The Fish-Slapping Dance">The Fish-Slapping Dance</a> – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (animation)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">Titanic</a></i> Sinking</li> <li>The BBC is Short of Money</li> <li>SS <a href="/wiki/Mother_Goose" title="Mother Goose">Mother Goose</a></li> <li>It's Man Show</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Shown after the closing credits. <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a> appear as themselves. This is one of the few times you can hear the man say something besides 'It's'. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep29" style="text-align:center">29</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Money Programme"</td><td style="text-align:center">2 November 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-11-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Money_Programme" title="The Money Programme">The Money Programme</a></li> <li>Money Song – written by Idle and John Gould<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_R" title="Elizabeth R">Erizabeth L</a></li> <li>Fraud Film Director Squad<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hands Up (animation)</li> <li>Dead Bishop, a.k.a. Church Police or Salvation Fuzz</li> <li>Jungle Restaurant</li> <li>Apology for Violence and Nudity</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a>'s "Gardening Club"</li> <li>The Lost World of Roiurama</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the end credits appear here.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Six More Minutes of Monty Python's Flying Circus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argument_Clinic" title="Argument Clinic">Argument Clinic</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hitting on the Head Lessons</li> <li>Inspector Flying Fox of the Yard</li> <li>One More Minute of Monty Python's Flying Circus</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep30" style="text-align:center">30</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror"</td><td style="text-align:center">9 November 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-11-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror</li> <li>The Man Who Speaks in <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">Anagrams</a> – written by Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:8_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the opening sequence follows this sketch.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Anagram Quiz</li> <li>Merchant Banker – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantomime_horse" title="Pantomime horse">Pantomime Horses</a></li> <li>Life and Death Struggles</li> <li>House-hunters</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Mary Recruitment Office</li> <li>Bus Conductor Sketch</li> <li>The Man Who Makes People Laugh Uncontrollably</li> <li>Army Captain as Clown</li> <li>Gestures to Indicate Pauses in a Televised Talk</li> <li>Neurotic Announcers</li> <li>The News with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(broadcaster)" title="Richard Baker (broadcaster)">Richard Baker</a> (vision only)</li> <li>The Pantomime Horse is a Secret Agent</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Anagrams appear throughout this episode: 'Tony M. Nyphot's Flying Risccu' for the programme itself; 'Chamran Knebt' for Merchant Bank, and 'Mary Recruitment Office' for Army Recruitment Office. The end credits are all in anagrams. </p><p><b>Note:</b> Richard Baker also does gestures to indicate pauses in the news. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep31" style="text-align:center">31</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The All-England Summarize Proust Competition"</td><td style="text-align:center">16 November 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-11-16</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Summarize <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Proust" title="Marcel Proust">Proust</a> Competition – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hairdressers Climb Up <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a></li> <li>A Magnificent Festering</li> <li>Fire Brigade</li> <li>Our Eamonn</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"Party Hints" with Veronica Smalls</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_lab" title="Language lab">Language Laboratory</a></li> <li>Travel Agent – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watney_Combe_%26_Reid" title="Watney Combe & Reid">Watney's Red Barrel</a> – written by Idle<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Elk%27s_Theory_on_Brontosauruses" title="Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses">Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> A running gag throughout this episode is that whenever anyone answers the phone, they take off their shoe as if the person on the other end had asked their shoe size. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep32" style="text-align:center">32</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The War Against Pornography"</td><td style="text-align:center">23 November 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-11-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> Housewives Clean-up Campaign (a parody of <a href="/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse" title="Mary Whitehouse">Mary Whitehouse</a>)</li> <li>Gumby Brain Specialist</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the catchphrase, 'My brain hurts!' is born.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca">Molluscs</a> – "Live" TV Documentary</li> <li>Report on the Minister Reports</li> <li>Tuesday Documentary</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Children's Story</li> <li>Match of the Day</li> <li>An Apology</li> <li>Expedition to Lake Pahoe</li> <li>The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had</li> <li>The Silliest Sketch We've Ever Done</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep33" style="text-align:center">33</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Salad Days"</td><td style="text-align:center">30 November 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-11-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Biggles Dictates a Letter</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>in some video editions, a technical glitch cuts some of the dialogue; but the complete original does exist.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Climbing the North Face of the <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_Road" title="Uxbridge Road">Uxbridge Road</a></li> <li>Lifeboat</li> <li>Old Lady Snoopers</li> <li>Storage Jars</li> <li>TV is Bad For Your Eyes (animation)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The Show so Far</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch" title="Cheese Shop sketch">Cheese Shop sketch</a> – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Jenkinson" title="Philip Jenkinson">Philip Jenkinson</a> on Cheese Westerns</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Peckinpah%27s_%22Salad_Days%22" title="Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"">Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"</a></li> <li>Apology</li> <li>The News with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(broadcaster)" title="Richard Baker (broadcaster)">Richard Baker</a></li> <li>Seashore Interlude Film</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep34" style="text-align:center">34</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Cycling Tour"</td><td style="text-align:center">7 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Mr. Pither</li> <li>Mr. Gulliver (who thinks he is <a href="/wiki/Clodagh_Rodgers" title="Clodagh Rodgers">Clodagh Rodgers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trotsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Trotsky">Trotsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a></li> <li>Bingo-Crazed Chinese</li> <li>Not Secret Police</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trotsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Trotsky">Trotsky</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eartha_Kitt" title="Eartha Kitt">Eartha Kitt</a></li> <li>Firing Squad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eartha_Kitt" title="Eartha Kitt">Eartha Kitt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a></li> <li>Narrow Escape/Credits</li> <li>Monsters Dance to "<a href="/wiki/Jack_in_the_Box_(song)" title="Jack in the Box (song)">Jack in the Box</a>"</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> This episode is the first <i>Flying Circus</i> to feature a full-length story. It is also the first that does not have a formal <a href="/wiki/Opening_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="Opening sequence">opening sequence</a>; instead, a simple caption ("The Cycling Tour") appears at the beginning. </p><p><b>Note:</b> Chapman's adopted son, John Tomiczek, makes a brief non-speaking appearance as an autograph seeker. </p><p><b>Note:</b> The episode was written by Palin and Jones with the exception of the last third which was re-written by Cleese and Chapman.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palin and Jones play only one character each throughout the whole episode (although Jones, suffering from amnesia, imagines himself as <a href="/wiki/Clodagh_Rogers" class="mw-redirect" title="Clodagh Rogers">Clodagh Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leon_Trotsky" title="Leon Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eartha_Kitt" title="Eartha Kitt">Eartha Kitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a>). </p><p><b>Note:</b> The music to which Mr. Pither cycles is the Waltz from Act II of <i><a href="/wiki/Faust_(opera)" title="Faust (opera)">Faust</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod">Charles Gounod</a>. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep35" style="text-align:center">35</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Nude Organist"<br />"The Nude Man"</td><td style="text-align:center">14 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Bomb on Plane</li> <li>A Naked Man</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the opening sequence appears after this sketch.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Ten Seconds of Sex</li> <li>Housing Project Built by Characters from Nineteenth-century English Literature</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> Interchange Built by Characters from <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i></li> <li>Mystico and Janet – Flats Built by Hypnosis</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Mortuary Hour</li> <li>The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final</li> <li>The Cheap-Laughs</li> <li>Bull-Fighting</li> <li>The British Well-Basically Club</li> <li>Prices on the Planet Algon – written by Palin and Jones<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mr. Badger Reads the Credits</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Most sketches are interrupted by Mr. Badger (Idle) right from the first sketch onwards. In addition, Palin's Compère and Gilliam's Knight both made one-time reappearances since Series 1 in this episode (there is also a reference to Episode 3 in this scene, in which there are two people carrying a <a href="/wiki/Donkey" title="Donkey">donkey</a>). </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep36" style="text-align:center">36</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease"</td><td style="text-align:center">21 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Tudor Jobs Agency</li> <li>Pornographic Bookshop</li> <li>Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers vs. Sir <a href="/wiki/Philip_Sidney" title="Philip Sidney">Philip Sidney</a></li> <li>Silly Disturbances</li> <li>The Free Repetition of Doubtful Words Sketch</li> <li>'Is There?'... Life after Death?</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order</li> <li>Thripshaw's Disease</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the footage representing the movie version of Thripshaw's Disease was taken from the Polish movie <i><a href="/wiki/Knights_of_the_Teutonic_Order_(film)" title="Knights of the Teutonic Order (film)">Knights of the Teutonic Order</a></i>, made in 1960.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Silly Noises</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherry" title="Sherry">Sherry</a>-Drinking Vicar</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> The BBC censored this episode probably more than any other, cutting three sketches (Big Nosed Sculptor, Revolting Cocktails, Wee-Wee Wine Cellar) as well as much of Gilliam's animation. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep37" style="text-align:center">37</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Dennis Moore"</td><td style="text-align:center">4 January 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-01-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"Boxing Tonight" – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bodell" title="Jack Bodell">Jack Bodell</a> v. <a href="/wiki/Sir_Kenneth_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Kenneth Clark">Sir Kenneth Clark</a></li> <li>Dennis Moore – written by Cleese and Chapman,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> obsessed with stealing <a href="/wiki/Lupinus" title="Lupinus">lupins</a> for the rural poor</li> <li>What the Stars Foretell – written by Palin and Jones (as a parody of the Cleese/Chapman writing style)<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Doctor</li> <li>TV4 or Not TV4 – Discussion</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Lupins – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ideal Loon Exhibition</li> <li>Off-Licence</li> <li>Dennis Moore Rides Again – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Prejudice</li> <li>Redistribution of Wealth – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep38" style="text-align:center">38</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"A Book at Bedtime"</td><td style="text-align:center">11 January 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-01-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)</li> <li>A Book at Bedtime – "<a href="/wiki/Redgauntlet" title="Redgauntlet">Redgauntlet</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">Kamikaze</a> Scotsmen</li> <li>No Time to Lose</li> <li>Frontiers of Medicine – Penguins</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>BBC programme planners</li> <li>Unexploded Scotsmen</li> <li>Spot the Looney</li> <li>Rival Documentaries</li> <li>Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and Other Interesting Stories</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> "Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" and "Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and Other Interesting Stories" have been cut from many versions of this episode.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A clip of "Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" has surfaced on YouTube,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while "Dad's Doctors" has been restored to the iTunes and the <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> versions of the series, as well as added to the Netflix streaming video version. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep39" style="text-align:center">39</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Grandstand"<br />"The British Showbiz Awards"</td><td style="text-align:center">18 January 1973<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1973-01-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #AE86C5"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Thames TV Introduction, with (the real) <a href="/wiki/David_Hamilton_(broadcaster)" title="David Hamilton (broadcaster)">David Hamilton</a></li> <li>"Light Entertainment Awards" with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Dickie Attenborough</a></li> <li>Dickie Attenborough</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a> Sketch</li> <li>Charwoman (Animation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Niven" title="David Niven">David Niven's</a> Fridge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini" title="Pier Paolo Pasolini">Pasolini's</a> Film "The Third Test Match"</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>New Brain from <a href="/wiki/Curry%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Curry's">Curry's</a></li> <li>Blood Donor</li> <li>International <a href="/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">Wife-Swapping</a></li> <li>Credits of the Year</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the moment when the two men are discovered in bed together is <a href="/wiki/John_Cleese" title="John Cleese">John Cleese</a>'s last appearance in the series.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>The Dirty Vicar Sketch</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> During the Light Entertainment Awards, Richard Baker briefly re-appears, saying 'Lemon Curry?' </p><p><b>Note:</b> This is the second episode without a formal opening sequence. </p><p><b>Note:</b> Cleese does not appear in the awards ceremony or in any sketch made afterward. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monty_Python's_Fliegender_Zirkus_(1972)"><span id="Monty_Python.27s_Fliegender_Zirkus_.281972.29"></span>Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Special episodes of <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Fliegender_Zirkus" title="Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus">Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus</a></i> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#e1cc5f;width:45%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#e1cc5f;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th class="summary" scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">episode 1 <i>Blödeln für Deutschland</i> (Fooling around for Germany)</th><td style="text-align:center">3 January 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-01-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #e1cc5f"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>An Introduction to Monty Python By Frau Newsreader Claudia Doren</li> <li>The Journey of The Olympic Flame</li> <li>Monty Python's Guide to <a href="/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer" title="Albrecht Dürer">Albrecht Dürer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Ekberg" title="Anita Ekberg">Anita Ekberg</a> Sings Albrecht Dürer</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" title="The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a>" as performed by a herd of cows</li> <li>Doctor Breeder</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Flashers' Love Story (animated)</li> <li>Little Red Riding Hood</li> <li>Silly Olympics</li> <li><i>Stake Your Claim</i></li> <li>The Lumberjack Song with The Austrian Border Police</li> <li>The Bavarian Restaurant</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Edited versions of the "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Silly Olympics" sketches were dubbed into English for use in the Python stage shows. The "Flashers' Love Story" animated segment was also used.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_p.190_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson_p.190-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Stake Your Claim</i> sketch was included on the English language record <i><a href="/wiki/Another_Monty_Python_Record" title="Another Monty Python Record">Another Monty Python Record</a></i>. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th class="summary" scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">episode 2 <i>Blödeln auf die feine Englische Art</i> (Fooling around in the fine English way)</th><td style="text-align:center">18 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #e1cc5f"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>William Tell</li> <li>Euro Sex Maniacs</li> <li>The Sycophancy Show</li> <li>Mouse Reserve/Fish Park</li> <li>Chicken Mining</li> <li>Heinrich Bonner, Fleabuster (animated)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Philosophers%27_Football_Match" title="The Philosophers' Football Match">The Philosophers' Football Match</a> – Greeks vs Germans, First Half</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_%22Bomber%22_Harris_vs_Colin_%22Bomber%22_Harris" title="Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris">Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Philosophers%27_Football_Match" title="The Philosophers' Football Match">The Philosophers' Football Match</a> – Greeks vs Germans, Second Half</li> <li>10 Seconds of Sex</li> <li>I Want A Hearing Aid</li> <li>The Tale of Happy Valley (The Princess with The Wooden Teeth)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> Both parts of "The Philosophers' Football Match" were included in the Python stage shows.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_p.190_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson_p.190-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An abridged version of "The Tale of Happy Valley" was recorded for the English language record <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Previous_Record" title="Monty Python's Previous Record">Monty Python's Previous Record</a></i>. "Colin 'Bomber' Harris vs Colin 'Bomber' Harris" and "I Want a Hearing Aid" were both originally performed on <i><a href="/wiki/At_Last_the_1948_Show" title="At Last the 1948 Show">At Last the 1948 Show</a></i>, which predated Monty Python. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_4_(1974)"><span id="Series_4_.281974.29"></span>Series 4 (1974)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Series 4 (1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cleese did not return for the final series. The series was broadcast under the simple banner <i>Monty Python</i> (although the old full title, <i>Monty Python's Flying Circus</i>, is displayed at the beginning of the opening sequence).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Cleese did receive writing credits on some episodes that featured material he had written for the first draft of <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail">Monty Python and the Holy Grail</a></i> (particularly in "Michael Ellis"). </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#F1721D;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#F1721D;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />series</th><th scope="col" style="background:#F1721D;width:30%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#F1721D;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep40" style="text-align:center">40</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Golden Age of Ballooning"</td><td style="text-align:center">31 October 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-10-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Montgolfier_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgolfier Brothers">Montgolfier Brothers</a></li> <li>Montgolfier Brothers in Love (Not with each other, obviously)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI" title="Louis XVI">Louis XVI</a></li> <li>The Court of <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party (subtitled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a></li> <li>The Golden Age of <a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colonic Irrigation</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>This is the third episode without a formal opening sequence. Almost the entire episode was written by Palin himself. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep41" style="text-align:center">41</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Michael Ellis"</td><td style="text-align:center">7 November 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-11-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Department Store</li> <li>Buying an Ant – written by Cleese and Chapman<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At Home with The Ant and Other Pets</li> <li>Documentary on Ants</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Ant Complaints</li> <li>Ant Poetry Reading</li> <li>Toupee Department</li> <li>Different Endings</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> This is the second episode to feature a full-length story (the other being "The Cycling Tour" from Series 3). It was mainly written by Cleese and Chapman with some help from Palin and Neil Innes.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Note:</b> The end credits appear immediately after the opening sequence. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep42" style="text-align:center">42</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Light Entertainment War"</td><td style="text-align:center">14 November 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-11-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Up Your Pavement (the title and announcer call it "Up Your Sidewalk")</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>the theme music heard is a variant of "When Does A Dream Begin?" and based very much on the theme tune to <i><a href="/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son" title="Steptoe and Son">Steptoe and Son</a></i>, a popular BBC sitcom of the time. A little later in this sequence, the theme tune for <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Peter" title="Blue Peter">Blue Peter</a></i> can be heard very briefly. <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>, who previously wrote for the series, makes a brief appearance as a doctor treating a man suffering from <a href="/wiki/Lumbago" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumbago">lumbago</a> during a small portion of this skit.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_slang" title="RAF slang">RAF Banter</a> – written by Palin and Jones</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>sketch opens with Jones climbing out of a <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> Mk. I, <i>L1592</i>, now on display at the <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Museum (London)">Science Museum</a>, London.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Trivializing the War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">Court-martial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westphalia" title="Westphalia">Westphalia</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>"Anything Goes" (song)</li> <li>Film Trailer</li> <li>The Public Are Idiots</li> <li>Programme Titles Conference</li> <li>The Last Five Miles (8 km) of the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a></li> <li>Woody and Tinny Words</li> <li>Show-Jumping</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>features Olympic silver medal-winning showjumper <a href="/wiki/Marion_Mould" class="mw-redirect" title="Marion Mould">Marion Mould</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Stroller_(horse)" title="Stroller (horse)">Stroller</a>).</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Newsflash with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Woods_(journalist)" title="Peter Woods (journalist)">Peter Woods</a></li> <li>"When Does a Dream Begin?" (song)</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>written and performed by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Innes" title="Neil Innes">Neil Innes</a>, singing to Maggie Weston, the Python make-up girl and future wife of <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> The Nude Organist and the 'It's Man' appear for the last time, in footage taken from the episode with "Dennis Moore". </p><p><b>Note:</b> Most of the sketches of the episode have a shared theme (<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>) yet no apparent narrative. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep43" style="text-align:center">43</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Hamlet"</td><td style="text-align:center">21 November 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-11-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Bogus Psychiatrists</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_(TV_programme)" title="Nationwide (TV programme)">Nationwide</a></li> <li>Police Helmets</li> <li>Father-in-Law</li> <li>Hamlet and Ophelia</li> <li>Boxing Match Aftermath</li> <li>Boxing Commentary</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Piston Engine (A Bargain)</li> <li>A Room in Polonius's House</li> <li>Dentists</li> <li>Live from Epsom – Jockey Interviews</li> <li>Queen Victoria Handicap</li> <li>And Then...</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep44" style="text-align:center">44</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Neutron"</td><td style="text-align:center">28 November 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-11-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Post-Box Ceremony</li> <li>Mr. Neutron</li> <li>F.E.A.R. / Mr. Neutron Is Missing!</li> <li>Teddy Salad</li> <li>Secretary of State and Prime Minister</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Bombing</li> <li>Mrs. Scum</li> <li>Teddy Salad Explodes</li> <li>Mr. Neutron Escapes</li> <li>Conjuring Today</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Note:</b> This is the third episode to feature a full-length story ("The Cycling Tour" and "Michael Ellis" being the earlier two). </p><p><b>Note:</b> With the exception of "Post-Box Ceremony", nearly the entire episode was co-written by Palin and Jones. </p> <span></span></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep45" style="text-align:center">45</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Party Political Broadcast"</td><td style="text-align:center">5 December 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-12-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #F1721D"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li>Most Awful Family in Britain – written by Chapman and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Innes" title="Neil Innes">Neil Innes</a><sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Icelandic Honey Week</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_Abuse" title="Patient Abuse">Patient Abuse</a> – written by Chapman and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brigadier and Bishop</li> <li>Appeal on Behalf of Extremely Rich People – written by Chapman and Innes<sup id="cite_ref-:10_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 60em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">David Attenborough</a></li> <li>The Walking Trees of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Dahomey" title="Republic of Dahomey">Dahomey</a></li> <li>Batsmen of the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari</a></li> <li>Cricket Match (<a href="/wiki/Assegai" title="Assegai">assegais</a>)</li> <li>BBC News (handovers)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>As the episode opens and closes, there are announcements relating to the "Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>". </p> <span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_episodes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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London, England: Batsford Books. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/montypythonencyc0000ross_f1a4/page/134">134</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57500-036-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57500-036-7"><bdi>978-1-57500-036-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Monty+Python+Encyclopedia&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=134&rft.pub=Batsford+Books&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-57500-036-7&rft.aulast=Ross&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmontypythonencyc0000ross_f1a4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Monty+Python%27s+Flying+Circus+episodes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.com-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHardcastleReisch2006" class="citation book cs1">Hardcastle, Gary L.; Reisch, George A. 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Who wrote it? Who writes this sort of stuff? JOHN CLEESE: Chapman and I wrote it. Yeah, yes. (...) TONY JONES: But I think I'll go to Eric here 'cause I think you actually probably wrote the Bruce skit or were chiefly ... ERIC IDLE: We wrote the Bruces sketch together.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ABC+%E2%80%93+Australian+Broadcasting+Corporation&rft.atitle=Interview%3A+John+Cleese+and+Eric+Idle%2C+founding+members+of+Monty+Python&rft.date=2016-02-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Flateline%2Fcontent%2F2015%2Fs4409569.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Monty+Python%27s+Flying+Circus+episodes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=8167">"Penguin on the Telly by Monty Python"</a>. <i>madmusic.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=madmusic.com&rft.atitle=Penguin+on+the+Telly+by+Monty+Python&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.madmusic.com%2Fsong_details.aspx%3FSongID%3D8167&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Monty+Python%27s+Flying+Circus+episodes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMonty_Python1994" class="citation book cs1">Monty Python (1994). <a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_Incomplete_%26_Rather_Badly_Illustrated_Monty_Python_Song_Book" title="The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book"><i>The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book</i></a>. 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title="Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python">Parrot Sketch Not Included</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_Aspen" title="Monty Python Live at Aspen">Live at Aspen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Python_Night_%E2%80%93_30_Years_of_Monty_Python" title="Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python">Python Night</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pythons_(film)" title="The Pythons (film)">The Pythons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Python" title="Life of Python">Life of Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_Almost_the_Truth_(Lawyers_Cut)" title="Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)">Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_And_Now_for_Something_Rather_Similar" title="Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar">And Now for Something Rather Similar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_The_Meaning_of_Live" title="Monty Python: The Meaning of Live">The Meaning of Live</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage productions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_(He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy)" title="Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)">Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_Without_Monty_Python" title="An Evening Without Monty Python">An Evening Without Monty Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Live (Mostly)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Big_Red_Book" title="Monty Python's Big Red Book">Big Red Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brand_New_Monty_Python_Bok" title="The Brand New Monty Python Bok">Brand New Bok</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_(Book)" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)">Holy Grail (Book)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Life_of_Brian_/_Monty_Python_Scrapbook" title="Monty Python's The Life of Brian / Monty Python Scrapbook">Life of Brian/SCRAPBOOK</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life_(book)" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (book)">The Meaning of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus:_Just_the_Words" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words">Just the Words</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_Incomplete_%26_Rather_Badly_Illustrated_Monty_Python_Song_Book" title="The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book">Song Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Pocketful_of_Python" title="A Pocketful of Python">A Pocketful of Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pythons_Autobiography_by_The_Pythons" title="The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons">The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live!" title="Monty Python Live!">Live!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus:_The_Computer_Game" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game">Flying Circus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Complete_Waste_of_Time" title="Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time">Complete Waste of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_%26_the_Quest_for_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail">Quest for the Holy Grail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life_(video_game)" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (video game)">The Meaning of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Cow_Tossing" title="Monty Python's Cow Tossing">Cow Tossing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks" title="Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks">The Ministry of Silly Walks</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Praline" title="Mr Praline">Mr Praline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Colonel_(Monty_Python)" title="The Colonel (Monty Python)">The Colonel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Creosote" title="Mr Creosote">Mr Creosote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_of_Caerbannog" title="Rabbit of Caerbannog">Rabbit of Caerbannog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_characters" title="List of recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus characters">Other characters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_sketches" class="mw-redirect" title="Monty Python sketches">Sketches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albatross_sketch" title="Albatross sketch">Albatross!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Elk%27s_Theory_on_Brontosauruses" title="Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses">Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses</a></li> 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