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S3 E13 Grandstand / The British Showbiz Awards

Comedy

TV-MA

26 minutes

Jan 17, 1973

Oscar Wilde, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, George Bernard Shaw and the future Edward VII exchange epigrams at an evening party; mechanical brain surgery fails to dramatically affect a woman's mentality.Featuring: Carol Cleveland, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Season 3, 13 Episodes

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Whicker's World / Njorl's Saga

Whicker's World / Njorl's Saga,

A courteous murderer wins a suspended sentence by virtue of his charm; a search for Paris by way of Iceland is interrupted by a plane crash and a shipwreck. Also: how to dispose of pets before going on vacation.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Mr. And Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

Mr. And Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular,

A couple investigate the cultural similarities between two London districts, seven miles apart; schoolboys' extracurricular activities are examined; a TV farming club comments on Tchaikovsky.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Money Programme

The Money Programme,

"The Money Program" features a Swiss banker, a city accountant and a song of praise.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Blood, Devastation, Death, War And Horror

Blood, Devastation, Death, War And Horror,

A program called "Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror," featuring a man who speaks exclusively in anagrams; a timorous TV announcer, before and after he undergoes psychiatric treatment; the employment of "pantomime horses."

Monty Python's Flying Circus - The All-England Summarize Proust Competition

The All-England Summarize Proust Competition,

Contestants in "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" are judged in swimsuit and evening-gown categories; an irate customer confronts his travel agent. Also: an expedition to Mount Everest, made by an international group of hairstylists.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - The War Against Pornography

The War Against Pornography,

Surgical tools applied to a mildly anesthetized patient include a power drill and a mallet; a TV program features a lecture on gastropods, highlighted by the visit of a whelk.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Salad Days

A climbing expedition negotiates a hazardous London road; an attempt is made to determine whether an urban dwelling is a house or a lifeboat. Also: a mouse's quest for cheese, which leads to the production of a Western called "Rogue Cheddar."

Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Cycling Tour

The Cycling Tour,

Mr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Nude Organist / The Nude Man

The Nude Organist / The Nude Man,

A housing project induced by hypnosis stands---as long as the tenants believe in it. Also: highlights of the Olympic Hide-and-Seek finals; suggestions for improving bullfighting, such as the use of radar.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease

E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease,

A police investigator is mistaken for Sir Philip Sidney in a Tudor-period job agency, which actually deals in pornography; King Solomon judges the case of a stray bee; a panel of dead people debates the question "Is There a Life After Death?"

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Dennis Moore

A highwayman steals "lupins" from the rich and tries to give them to the poor. Also: the first episode in a tatty, tedious 18th-century serial is brought to a screeching halt; peasants clamor for Titian paintings and Venetian glass.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - A Book At Bedtime

A Book At Bedtime,

A Book at Bedtime'; 'Red Gauntlet'; Kamikaze Highlanders; No time to lose; Penguins; BBC pro-gramme planners; Unexploded Scotsmen; 'Spot the Looney'; Rival documentaries; 'Dad's Doctors'; Dad's Pooves'.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Grandstand / The British Showbiz Awards

Grandstand / The British Showbiz Awards,

Oscar Wilde, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, George Bernard Shaw and the future Edward VII exchange epigrams at an evening party; mechanical brain surgery fails to dramatically affect a woman's mentality.

Details

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Comedy

TV-MA

4 Seasons

31 minutes

From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable.

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