The last volume of the first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus packs the final three gag-filled episodes on one tape. Episode 11, "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom," features an Agatha Christie detective parody in which reenactments of the murder lead to a heaping pile of dead detectives, the recurring Dying Pallbearers skit, a man who hypnotizes bricks, and Mrs. Rita Fairbanks and the Townswomen's Guild's reenactment of The Battle of Pearl Harbor. Episode 12, "The Naked Ant," is highlighted by one of their funniest sketches ever: The Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Python's thumb in the nose at boorish yuppies. Other skits include a politician who falls through the earth's crust while making a party political speech, the rise of the Bocialist party leader Mr. Hilter (who, he insists, was never in Germany), and businessmen leaping out of office-building windows. The final episode of the season, "Intermission," features the first reference to the ever-popular Python cry "Albatross." Other bits include Cardinal Richelieu's dead-on impersonation of Petula Clark, a little boy confessing he'd like Raquel Welch dropped on top of him ("She's got a big bottom," adds his buddy), and a Special Crimes Squad that fights crime with voodoo, magic wands, and Ouija boards. Though these final episodes aren't as consistent or smooth as the midseason classics, they are full of inspired moments and infected with a brand of nonsensical comic absurdity that we've come to know and love. --Sean Axmaker Product Description Contains: Episode 11: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom, Episode 12: The Naked Art, Episode 13: Intermission. Contains bonus episode!Read full review
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