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Monty Python's Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons".
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) [2] [3] were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The group came to prominence for the sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, which aired on the BBC from 1969 to 1974.
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- 1969–1983, 1989, 1998–1999, 2002, 2013–2014
- British
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Created by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese. With Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
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- Monty Python's Flying Circus was influenced by Spike Milligan. Spike Milligan created The Goon Show (a favorite of The Beatles), a surrealistic radio program starring himself, Harry Secombe, and Peter Sellers before Milligan moved to television with Q...
- There were many potential titles for the series. A BBC executive originally wanted to name the series Baron von Took's Flying Circus as a nod to Barry Took, the network's comedy adviser, who was credited with bringing the Pythons and BBC together.
- The opening theme was John Philip Sousa's "The Liberty Bell." The Pythons chose John Philip Sousa's "The Liberty Bell" (as played by the Band of the Grenadier Guards) as their theme song, largely for financial reasons: Since it was in the public domain, it was free.
- The giant foot in the opening credits belongs to Cupid. The giant foot seen in the show's opening credits belongs to Cupid, and comes from Bronzino's painting "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid."
Aug 18, 2023 · The Impact and Legacy of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’. 18th August 2023. In the vast and varied realm of television comedy, few names are as universally revered as ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’. Born in Britain in 1969 and spanning four series until 1974, this groundbreaking sketch comedy show fundamentally altered the landscape ...
The Flying Circus team developed the stream of consciousness form of Spike Milligan's anarchic and absurd comedy Q5 and by adding Gilliam's cartoon links, created a loose narrative. After three ...
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who became known as "Monty Python", for BBC1.
