Monty Python's Flying Circus

Season 3

TV-14

87%

The irreverent Monty Python comedy troupe present a series of skits which are often surreal, bawdy, uncompromising and/or tasteless, but nearly always hilarious.

13 Episodes

Whicker's World
E1
Whicker's WorldA courteous murderer wins a suspended sentence by virtue of his charm; a search for Paris by way of Iceland is interrupted by a plane crash and a shipwreck. Also: how to dispose of pets before going on vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
E2
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford PopularFeatures Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.
The Money Programme
E3
The Money ProgrammeFeatures The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
E4
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and HorrorA program called "Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror," featuring a man who speaks exclusively in anagrams; a timorous TV announcer, before and after he undergoes psychiatric treatment; the employment of "pantomime horses."
The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
E5
The All-England Summarise Proust CompetitionContestants in "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" are judged in swimsuit and evening-gown categories; an irate customer confronts his travel agent. Also: an expedition to Mount Everest, made by an international group of hairstylists.
The War Against Pornography
E6
The War Against PornographySketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.
Salad Days
E7
Salad DaysA climbing expedition negotiates a hazardous London road; an attempt is made to determine whether an urban dwelling is a house or a lifeboat. Also: a mouse's quest for cheese, which leads to the production of a Western called "Rogue Cheddar."
The Cycling Tour
E8
The Cycling TourThis episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.
The Nude Organist
E9
The Nude OrganistA housing project induced by hypnosis stands---as long as the tenants believe in it. Also: highlights of the Olympic Hide-and-Seek finals; suggestions for improving bullfighting, such as the use of radar.
E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
E10
E. Henry Thripshaw's DiseaseA police investigator is mistaken for Sir Philip Sidney in a Tudor-period job agency, which actually deals in pornography; King Solomon judges the case of a stray bee; a panel of dead people debates the question "Is There a Life After Death?"
Dennis Moore
E11
Dennis MooreA highwayman steals "lupins" from the rich and tries to give them to the poor. Also: the first episode in a tatty, tedious 18th-century serial is brought to a screeching halt; peasants clamor for Titian paintings and Venetian glass.
A Book at Bedtime
E12
A Book at Bedtime'A Book at Bedtime'; 'Red Gauntlet'; Kamikaze Highlanders; No time to lose; Penguins; BBC pro-gramme planners; Unexploded Scotsmen; 'Spot the Looney'; Rival documentaries; 'Dad's Doctors'; Dad's Pooves'.
Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
E13
Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)Oscar Wilde, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, George Bernard Shaw and the future Edward VII exchange epigrams at an evening party; mechanical brain surgery fails to dramatically affect a woman's mentality.