Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)
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Actor: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesBrand: A & E
Writer: Graham Chapman
Writer: John Cleese
Writer: Terry Gilliam
Writer: Eric Idle
Writer: Terry Jones
Writer: Michael Palin
Cinematographer: Max Samett
Producer: John Howard Davies
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 180 minutes
Release Date: 2000-08-29
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Studio: A&E Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)
Movie Review: I love these episodes and believe they should be enshrined in the heart of every Monty Python fan.
Summary: 5 Stars
Conceptual comedy was not John Cleese's thing, so he left and created the physical comedy masterpiece, Fawlty Towers. The other members of Monty Python went on to create these masterpieces of broad conceptual comedy. Ever since I first saw these when I was a teenager in the mid-1970s, I knew they were special, perhaps because I was young and these episodes stretched my concept of comedy. I think it's unfair to say that these shows are not as good as those from the first or second series. To do so is to miss the point: these fourth series shows were explorations of uncharted territory, at least as far as TV sketch comedy goes. Idle and Palin and company always had one foot in postmodernity, and with these episodes they jumped in head first. Though a bit headier than shows from the first three series, these fourth series shows are every bit as silly as their predecessors. Isn't silliness the MPFC hallmark? These shows deserve your attention and support.
Movie Review: The most surreal of Monty Python's output, the most rarely seen, and just as funny as anything they produced...
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember these 6 episodes, which are famously known as "the ones without John Cleese". This is probably the main reason they've never been widely televised in the US. I remember only seeing them once in a great while, and while watching them, I didn't realise that Cleese wasn't in them, because they are absolutely hilarious, and they are just as good as anything Python ever produced. With Cleese gone, Palin and Jones took over the writing, and deliberately made long form sketches, i.e. with a story thread running throughout the whole programme. This works brilliantly in Michael Ellis, The Light Entertainment War, and Mr. Neutron. The sketch with the "anything goes" song in Light Entertainment War is side splittingly funny. The Mr. Neutron show gets in hilarious digs at the US (something the Pythons weren't really known for doing), and Michael Ellis is a brilliant one about buying an ant. I get somewhat annoyed at people who dismiss these episodes as an afterthought, because they are stand on their own with any other Python episode. After the show ended, Jones and Palin went onto do Ripping Yarns, which has many similarities with these 6 episodes. I remember taping these 6 episodes while they were on Comedy Central, because I was afraid I would never see them again. But I have the DVD now, so I'm OK. Movie Review: Series four
Summary: 4 Stars
In 1973, the Pythons decided to do another series. But John Cleese (who had been anxious to leave for a while) decided to leave the series to the rest.Although this isn't the best material Python could have put out, there performances are quite good in these episodes. Only a few sketches here rank with the best. I love the end of Golden Age of Balloning "I've enjoyed being in it." (Note: During the credits right after that, Jaques Mongolfier, is still trying to put his tongue in Carol's mouth.)Well here's the play-by-play for each of these episodes.
40- The worst one of the season. It just gets weak and boring during that whole stupid "It's not a ballon", and all of the bodies in the German's drawing room. Ironically, the season opener.
41-One of the few actual stories in the series. One of the strangest Python episodes (that's saying alot). I use Micheal Ellis as my fake name.
42-Probably the best of the season. Lots of strong sketches, but still a few turkies. (Note: Look for Neil Innes in the closing credits).
HALFWAY BREAK- It says in different books, that there's no more it's man in this season, and "Flying Circus" isn't in the title anymore. Well that's not exactly true. The It's man is in ep.42, and in the first half, you can see flying circus on the screen, with the two strange men with breasts.
43-Another weak and boring one. The father in law is funny, but that's almost it. Almost nothing happens in this, that Hamlet thing is dumb with the recurring line.
44-MR. Neutron episode. Most of this is funny. But it's annoying to hear the Pythons trying to do American accents.
45- Last one. Not good or bad. The awful family is pretty funny, but the cartoon in this one goes on too long. Gilliams cartoons are usually good though.
Well these aren't really as good as the others, and new
Python fans shouldn't start here. Cleese was a key element, and losing him (just for the series for that matter)took off a lot of force.
Skip this, and get the whole set. What I decided to do, when I had no idea what I was getting myself into...
Movie Review: Good, but no Cleese
Summary: 4 Stars
I give this 4 stars just because it IS Monty Python (note, no "Flying Circus" in the title for the last year), but the absence of John Cleese's physical humor does detract from this set as well as the relative brevity in terms of number of episodes. If you're a Python newcomer, get the earlier series first.Movie Review: Monty Python Are Still At The Top!
Summary: 5 Stars
While John is not in these last 6 episodes, the others take a different turn, making some of the most twiztid (and my personal favorite) humour ever seen by BBC audiences. This is not a set for people not familiar with Monty Python. Those people should buy one of the first two seasons. However, if you LOVE Monty, then you'll probably love these last episodes. The memorable episodes are:The golden Age of Ballooning, Michael Ellis(my favorite of the last six shows), The Light Entertainment War, Hamlet, Mr. Neutron (very funny, I love Teddy Salad, and Conjuring Today), and the final episode Party Political Brodcast.
If you like Monty, you'll still love 'em without Cleese.
Summary of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)
This set contains the following episodes from the fourth season of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Volume 19: Episode 40 "The Golden Age of Ballooning" and Episode 41 "Michael Ellis" Volume 20: Episode 42 "The Light Entertainment War" and Episode 43 "Hamlet" Volume 21: Episode 44 "Mr. Nuetron" and Episode 45 "Party Political Broadcast"Don't expect the Spanish Inquisition in these six episodes from the fourth--and final--half-season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. By this time (1974), John Cleese had departed. His absence is keenly felt, but Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam--with invaluable assist from Carol Cleveland, Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and songwriter Neil Innes--pick up the slack with some of the most surreal material Python ever produced. Like the third season's Cycling Tour, several of these episodes, including The Golden Age of Ballooning, Michael Ellis (set mostly in a very silly department store), and Mr. Neutron, are extended, near-program-length sketches. But there are memorable bits throughout: some indecipherable RAF Banter ("Bally Jerry hanged his kite right in the how's-your-father"); a Hamlet tired of people wanting him to recite "To Be or Not to Be"; a parade of bogus psychiatrists; a doctor whose nurse keeps stabbing, shooting, or garroting his patients; and The Most Awful Family in Britain competition, which achieves "the really gross awfulness that we're looking for." These episodes do not loom large in the Python legend, except perhaps as the basis for a lawsuit the troupe filed in 1975 against ABC, which aired them during late night in severely tampered-with versions. While, literally speaking, no Monty Python collection is complete without this boxed set, initiates are bound to watch these episodes with a disappointed, "Well, what's all this then?" --Donald Liebenson
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