4 Season
45 Episode
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Season 0 Episode 13 Monty Python In Aberystwyth
And now for something completely different...
In 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian opened in cinemas around Britain, finding a place for itself in movie history. However, the film's release was plagued by controversy, causing many local authorities to ban showings of the feature. By 2009, the ban only remains in place in Aberystwyth. This documentary reveals how Sue Jones-Davies, the city's mayor — and the actor who played Brian's girlfriend in the movie — has campaigned to have the ban lifted. Includes contributions by Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Jones
- Year: 1974
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- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: surreal, satire, sketch comedy, hilarious, amused
- Director: Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies
- Cast: Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
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Monty Python is funny. The Flying Circus is a motley group of short skits, and often they have weird segues into each other (I hope I spelled "segue" correctly). Many of the bits have become iconic standards. The funny walks, which isn't one of my favorites, is now a clock face. The lumberjack, which is my very favorite, has a cult following, too, and would be great to sing at a bar if you had the mounties in the back doing their thing. If you don't laugh at one skit, you'll probably laugh at the one following it. It is mostly slapstick, and very much nonsense, with the humor coming out of nowhere, instead of based on straight lines. That's the Monty Python way.