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Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC sketch comedy programme from the Monty Python comedy team, and the group's initial claim to fame. The show was noted for its surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags, and... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Bouzouki In the Cheese Shop sketch by Monty Python, one of the men in the shop is playing the Bouzouki.

Albuquerque (song) The doughnut shop scene is a homage to Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch.

Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio) "The Marriage Emporium" - Homage to Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch and Dead Parrot sketch.

Sage Derby cheese In Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch, one of the cheeses requested is "Japanese" Sage Derby, but no such cheese exists.

Muses in popular culture The John Cleese character in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch claims "I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse."

Ilchester Cheese Company In Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch, Ilchester is revealed to be the most popular cheese in the manor in which the cheese shop itself resides.

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Philip Sidney Supt. Harold Gaskell of the Metropolitan Police Vice Squad is repeatedly mistaken for Sir Philip Sidney in a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch (ep. 36).

Minehead A Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch set in Minehead, features a Mr Hilter (sic) as a 'national bocialist' (sic) candidate for mayor of Minehead and re-unification with Taunton.

You Don't Love Me Anymore The cellist accidentally throws his bow into the pianist's eye, and the pianist gets his hand cut off; later, he is shown with a bear trap on his foot (A reference to the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days").

Westminster Bridge The bridge plays a prominent role in the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch "Nationwide" ("Hamlet", Episode 43).

Alan Whicker Whicker's World was lampooned in a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch featuring a tropical island where all the inhabitants dress and act like Alan Whicker.

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Bolton Bolton is referenced in the famous Monty Python's Flying Circus Dead Parrot sketch, in which it is the location of the shopkeeper's brother's pet shop.

Colossal Cave Adventure (If you try to feed the bird:) It's not hungry (it's merely pinin' for the fjords). — a reference to Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch

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The Funniest Joke in the World "The Funniest Joke in the World" is the title most frequently used for written references to a Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy sketch, which is also known by two other phrases that appear within it, "Joke Warfare" and "Killer Joke", the latter being the most commonly used spoken title used to refer to it.

Squire This usage crops up frequently in comedy sketches by Monty Python, et. al. Example: "Yes squire, what can I do for you?".

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Road to Europe He references the Royal Albert Hall, Big Ben, the London Underground, the rock group The Dave Clark Five, Monty Python's Spam sketch and "a baby's arm holding an apple" (Lenny Bruce's description of an African-American man's penis).

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Lifeboat sketch Monty Python's Lifeboat sketch appeared on Monty Python's Flying Circus in Episode 26.

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Birds Eye Monty Python made a public information film for Birds Eye frozen peas [1] [2].

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A Bit of Fry and Laurie In addition, the show was punctuated with non-sequitur vox-pops in a similar style to those of Monty Python's Flying Circus, often making irrelevant statements, heavily based on wordplay.

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Nu Omega Omega Kappa Photobooth, dance parties, and Monty Python made their bond even stronger.

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Shrubber The term was made popular by Monty Python and the Holy Grail where knights are given the quest to obtain a shrubbery for the Knights who say Ni and happen upon a medieval shrubber "Roger the Shrubber".

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Grammar translation Monty Python made fun of the grammar translation method in their film Life of Brian.

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Culture of Yorkshire Monty Python were also known to perform the Four Yorkshiremen sketch live, which first featured on At Last the 1948 Show.

Examples of the motif of harmful sensation in fiction In 1969, Monty Python performed a joke-warfare sketch in which a writer produces a joke so funny that he, and anyone else who reads or hears it, dies laughing, while anyone who sees a few words requires a period of convalescence.

Four Yorkshiremen sketch The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch has been performed by Monty Python during their live shows, Live at Drury Lane (1974, no video recording available) and Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), each performance varying slightly in its content.

Cheese Shop sketch John Cleese (right) and Michael Palin (left) of Monty Python performing the Cheese Shop sketch.

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    Monty Python

    Python members variously appeared in or wrote, or both, the following shows before Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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    Monty Python's Flying Circus

    Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC sketch comedy programme from the Monty Python comedy team, and the group's initial claim to fame.
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    Monty Python's Flying Circus (album)

    Monty Python's Flying Circus was the first album produced by the Monty Python troupe. It was released in both the UK and the US in 1970, with the US version featuring a back cover slightly different from the original UK version.
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    List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes

    (On screen the final series was titled simply Monty Python although the full title, Monty Python's Flying Circus, is displayed at the beginning of the opening credits.)
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    John Cleese

    (1970) Nominated - BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Monty Python's Flying Circus
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    List of fictional political parties

    National Bocialist Party (led by Mr. Hilter) - from Monty Python's Flying Circus ... Monty Python's Life of Brian
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    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Monty Python's Flying Circus (Eps) · Monty Python in Deutschland · Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus · Monty Python's Personal Best
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    Monty Python mediagraphy

    The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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    Terry Gilliam

    Monty Python's Flying Circus (Eps) · Monty Python in Deutschland · Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus · Monty Python's Personal Best
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    Graham Chapman

    Monty Python's Flying Circus (Eps) · Monty Python in Deutschland · Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus · Monty Python's Personal Best

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