Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)

Buy This Item Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45) by A&E Home Video  Available from Amazon  $18.95  on 11-29-2008     This set contains the following episodes from the fourth season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Volume 19: Episode 40 "The Golden Age of Ballooning" and Episode 41 "Michael Ellis" Volume 20: Episode 42 "The Light Entertainment War" and Episode 43 "Hamlet" Volume 21: Episode 44 "Mr. Nuetron" and Episode 45 "Party Political Broadcast" Reader Reviews Conceptual comedy was not John Cleese's thing, so he left and created the physical comedy masterpiece, Fawlty Towers. The other members of Monty Python went on to create these masterpieces of broad conceptual comedy. Ever since I first saw these when I was a teenager in the mid-1970s, I knew they were special, perhaps because I was young and these episodes stretched my concept of comedy. I think it's unfair to say that these shows are not as good as those from the first or second series. To do so is to miss the point: these fourth series shows were explorations of uncharted territory, at least as far as TV sketch comedy goes. Idle and Palin and company always had one foot in postmodernity, and with these episodes they jumped in head first. Though a bit headier than shows from the first three series, these fourth series shows are every bit as silly as their predecessors. Isn't silliness the MPFC hallmark? These shows deserve your attention and support.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45) Available from Amazon Price: $18.95 Updated on 11-29-2008.

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