A few weeks ago we had the scoop about A&E's upcoming new 21-DVD release of the Monty Python's Flying Circus - Collector's Edition, set to arrive on November 18th. Now the studio has provided us with some more details about this big package, especially concerning the contents and extras. Here, we'll just let them do the talking:
WARNING: TOXIC JOCULARITY ENCLOSED. Inside this decorative carton lurk four seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus, two NEW-to-DVD documentaries, two Monty Python LIVE performances, and six "Personal Best" compilations. The whole great mess - Spam tins, parrot carcasses, blancmanges, and all - has been safely digitized, compressed into microscopic "funny bits," pressed onto 21 shiny discs, and sealed within this whimsy-proof receptacle.
SO DON'T OPEN IT! All right, if you must. But beware: there's new material you can't repeat verbatim (yet). "Before the Flying Circus" employs rare vintage footage to explore the influences that shaped six young lunatics into the world's most innovative comedy troupe, while "Monty Python Conquers America" documents their tremendous, yet astonishingly unlikely, American success. The six "Personal Best" collections present the best sketches and songs, as selected, arranged, and hosted by the individual Pythons themselves. And, of course, "Monty Python Live" shows what happens when absurd TV sketches are inflicted on live audiences. Now stop reading and put a disc in your DVD machine. This bloody box of buffoonery can't watch itself.
BEFORE THE FLYING CIRCUS presents an inside look at how Monty Python was born and features interviews with the Pythons, rare personal photos, home movies, University era cast recordings and much more.
MONTY PYTHON CONQUERS AMERICA chronicles the Troup's meteoric rise from its humble U.S. beginnings to changing the face of comedy as the Yanks knew it! Hank Azaria, Judd Apatow, Jimmy Fallon, Carl Reiner, David Hyde Pierce, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and many others iscuss how Monty Python changed their lives.
DVD Features Include:
- Weblink to PythonShop.com
- Meet the Chaps
- Pythonism Glossary
- Gillianimations Art Gallery
- Preview Upcoming Episodes
- Troupe Career Highlights
- Post-Python Troup Highlights
- Bleeding Critics
- Confusing Musings
- Pythonisms
- Behind the Scenes of John Cleese's Personal Best
- Terry Gilliam's Featurette "A Retrospective of Python's Animation"
- Personal Second-Best Featurettes from Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
- Six 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquizzes
- Python Troupe Biographies and Selected Credits
- Deleted Scenes
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