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Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Whither Canada?

  • Episode aired Oct 2, 2018
  • TV-14
  • 32m
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John Cleese and Monty Python in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.

  • Directors
    • Ian MacNaughton
    • John Howard Davies
  • Writers
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Eric Idle
  • Stars
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Eric Idle
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    • Directors
      • Ian MacNaughton
      • John Howard Davies
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      • Graham Chapman
      • John Cleese
      • Eric Idle
    • Stars
      • Graham Chapman
      • John Cleese
      • Eric Idle
    • 4User reviews
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    Arthur Sandifer
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    • Trivia
      The funniest joke in the world is what Eric Idle refers to as "German gibberish". But for those who can handle it, it is, "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! "
    • Goofs
      During the "funniest joke in the world" sketch, when testing the joke out on Salisbury plain (during the war in the 1940's), a red 1960's car drives past in the background.
    • Quotes

      Host: Did you write this symphony in the shed?

      Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No!

      Host: Have you written any of your recent works in this shed of yours?

      Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No, no, not at all. It's just an ordinary garden shed.

      Host: I see, I see. And you're thinking of buying this second shed to write in!

      Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No, no. Look. This shed business... it doesn't really matter. The sheds aren't important. A few friends call me "Two Sheds" and that's all there is to it. I wish you'd ask me about the music. Everybody talks about the sheds. They've got it out of proportion... I'm a composer. I'm going to get rid of the shed. I'm fed up with it!

      Host: Then you'll be Arthur "No Sheds" Jackson, eh?

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits run sideways across the screen. As they run, John Cleese's voice is heard saying, "The final score, Pigs 9, British Bipeds 4. The Pigs go on to face Vikki Carr at the finals."
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version has a slightly different musical introduction to the Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson interview. Both are based on the same theme from the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, but while the TV version features an excerpt from the recapitulation, the DVD version has an excerpt from the exposition.
    • Connections
      Edited into Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Das Lied der Deutschen
      Lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben (uncredited)
      Music by Joseph Haydn (uncredited)

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    8/10

    Probably the funniest TV series ever

    I was introduced to the TV series of Monty Python back in the 1980's when they were showing repeats on BBC2 on Say nights. The only reason that I started watching them was because I was staying up to watch the season of horror films that followed, and at first I just didn't get it. But that soon changed and I became hooked. I recently bought many of the series on VHS and started from the beginning with episode 1 of series 1. The World's Funniest Joke, absolutely genius. And the evening Italian language class to a bunch of Italians, brilliant. Terry Gilliam and his crazy animation. This was a fantastic start and things were only to get better.
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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Poole Harbour, Poole, Dorset, England, UK(Michael Palin emerges from sea)
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      32 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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