| The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset | 
 enlarge | Directors: Ian Macnaughton, Terry Hughes
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $99.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 351
Format: Box Set, Color, Closed-captioned, Subtitled
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 16
Running Time: 1749
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 4.5
MPN: AAED72952D
ISBN: 0767085515
UPC: 733961729528
EAN: 9780767085519
ASIN: B0009XRZ92
Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 1982
Release Date: September 27, 2005
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Product Description
14 discs of the complete monty pythons flying circus packed with every episode from the series 4 year run 2 additional discs filled with legendary live performances the 20 years of python retrospective hosted by steve martin the pythons 1st all german episode & more! Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 09/27/2005 Run time: 1749 minutes
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New for 2005, The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset packs together the original 14-DVD megaset with the two-disc Monty Python Live in space-saving Thinpaks. While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive megaset that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This "persistently silly" collection encompasses three-and-a-half seasons of dead parrots, cross-dressing lumberjacks, loonies, upper class twits, and spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, and spam. Click past the occasional clunker and go directly to such signature sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Spanish Inquisition, the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Dead Parrot Sketch, the Lumberjack Song, the Cheese Shop, the Argument Clinic, and Nudge, Nudge. Taken as a whole, one marvels at how Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam thoroughly subverted television convention with "something completely different," like sketches with no punch lines ("Your average TV viewer isn't going to understand this"). A warning to the uninitiated: there is much "material that some may find offensive, but which is really smashing." Violations of something called the "Strange Sketch Act" are the least of the troupe's offenses, as witness the Oscar Wilde Sketch, the Dirty Vicar Sketch, and the Most Awful Family in Britain Sketch, all of which achieve "the really gross awfulness" all Python fans are looking for. Say no more. Monty Python TV shows, movies, records, and books are a time capsule of their anarchic lunacy. But more precious is an audience with Python, and as close as we can get is Live at the Hollywood Bowl, the long-sought-after 1982 concert film in which the Fab Six perform their greatest hits before a wildly enthusiastic crowd. Robert Klein moderates Live at Aspen, the irreverent 1998 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival tribute that reunited John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, and Terry Jones onstage for the first time in 18 years on the occasion of the troupe's 30th anniversary. Highlights include a shockingly funny moment involving Graham Chapman's ashes, and a joyous "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" sing-along. Less essential is 1989's clip show Parrot Sketch Not Included: 20 Years of Python, which also does not include "The Oscar Wilde Sketch," "Cheese Shop," "Nudge-Nudge," and many other signature sketches. --Donald Liebenson
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 Don't Blame A&E November 15, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a brief correction to Vlad48's review, "Wiped Clean by A&E" -- Just to set the record straight, A&E (the releasing agent for this set) is not responsible for bowdlerizing the contents. The programs here are taken from the US distribution versions, not the original BBC masters. These are the versions shown on PBS back in the 1970s, and in America ever since.
I wish A&E had used the original masters, or that the BBC would release its own set, especially with extended commentary etc., as other reviewers wish for. Censorship of any kind sucks, especially with material this classic. I rate it 4, not 5, stars for this reason. All things being equal, however, it's Monty, so what's to cry about for the price? 16 dvds for under $60 is a bargain--it comes out to around ten laughs for every penny spent. Snap 'em up!
 Cleese and them October 24, 2008
Flying Circus is fun and funny, unfailingly. Not like what we gots over this side of the pond.
The more than complete Flying Circus October 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This collection is great - so far I found each and every episode. It is great that this DVD set is code free, so that it can be played on any DVD player. Last but not least: the subtitles are very good - help me (as a non-native speaker) to brush up my English.
For Monty Python Lovers October 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great set. It's no longer available in stores and this is a great collection for any Monty Python fan.
Monty Python - wow October 13, 2008
All the episodes and all the laughs. Two movies, how can you go wrong.
Nudge nudge wink wink say no more...
The fish slapping dance alone was worth the price...
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