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Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Complete Megaset










Release Information:
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Type: Complete Series
Release Date: 10/31/2000
Number of Discs: 14
Number of Episodes: 45
Running Time: 1479 mins
Retail Price: $199.95 (US$)

Audio/Video Information:
Video: Full Frame (1.33:1)
Audio: English - Mono
Subtitles: None/Unknown

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Description:

The complete "Monty Python's Flying Circus," each and every episode of the ground-breaking series, collected together in one massive 14 disc DVD Collector's Set for the first time. All shows are digitally remastered and presented in the glorious digital DVD format so that digital aficianados can enjoy the original scratches, pops and hisses with crystal clarity.

The episodes included are:
Vol 1 - "Whither Canada", "Sex & Violence" and "How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away"
Vol 2 - "Owl-Stretching Time", "Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century" and "It's the Arts"
Vol 3 - "You're No Fun Anymore", "Full Frontal Nudity" and "The Ant, an Introduction"
Vol 4 - "Untitled", "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom", "The Naked Ant" and "Intermission"
Vol 5 - "Face the Press", "The Spanish Inquisition" and "Déjà vu"
Vol 6 - "The Buzz Aldrin Show", "Live from the Grill-O-Mat" and "It's A Living"
Vol 7 - "The Attila the Hun Show", "Archaeology Today" and "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body"
Vol 8 - "Scott of the Antarctic", "How Not to Be Seen", "Spam" and "Royal Episode 13"
Vol 9 - "Whicker's World", "Mr. And Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular" and "The Money Programme"
Vol 10 - "Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror", "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" and "The War Against Pornography"
Vol 11 - "Salad Days", "The Cycling Tour" and "The Nude Organist"
Vol 12 - "E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease", "Dennis Moore", "A Book At Bedtime" and "Grandstand"
Vol 13 - "The Golden Age Of Ballooning", "Michael Ellis" and "The Light Entertainment War"
Vol 14 - "Hamlet", "Mr. Neutron" and "Party Political Broadcast"

Features:

  • Web Links to PythonShop.com
  • Pythonisms Glossary
  • Gillianimations Art Gallery
  • Trivial Quest
  • Useless Tidbits
  • Troupe Career Highlights
  • Monty Karaoke
  • Highlights and Bits of Previous Classic Episodes

Alterations: (please read note)

  • Missing Footage (Andy Mckinney) - Pending
    at least four sketches contain edits, some of which were presented unedited in the past on Paramount's VHS tapes
              Alteration mentioned on package? No
              Alteration viewed as: Negative
  • Altered Music (Andy Mckinney) - Pending
    "Girl from Ipanema" in the "Penguin on TV" sketch is overdubbed with another song, though it was presumably done years ago for repeats as it's in Graham Chapman's voice
              Alteration mentioned on package? No
              Alteration viewed as: Neutral