Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus (aka Flying Circus or MPFC, known during the fourth season as Monty Python) was the popular BBC sketch comedy show from Monty Python.

Best-remembered sketches

The troupe's best-known sketches include:

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• Series 1
• The Dead Parrot sketch
• The Lumberjack Song
• Nudge nudge
• The Funniest Joke in the World
• Upper Class Twit of the Year
• Series 2
• The Ministry of Silly Walks
• The Spam sketch
• The Spanish Inquisition
• Bruces sketch
• Series 3
• Summarize Proust Competition
• The Argument Skit
• The Cheese Shop sketch

Most of these sketches appear in the first two series. A possible explanation for their fame is their inclusion in the feature film And Now For Something Completely Different, which was recorded between series 2 and 3. However, this film was little more than a regurgitation of popular sketches intended to be shown in countries that had not seen the TV series, and did very badly in most countries (the one country where it was a modest hit was the UK itself, despite – or perhaps because of – the familiarity of the material). A further reason could be that when the show is re-broadcast it is often cancelled before the later series are shown.

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