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Related: About this forumMonty Python's Flying Circus
Silly question: Do almost all Brits love them ? I do love them.
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Monty Python's Flying Circus (Original Post)
steve2470
Aug 2014
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I'd say that this show had at least as strong a claim to be Monty's Father ....
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Sep 2014
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lob1
(3,820 posts)1. You bet your silly walk.
It's a Monty Python sketch.
Cirque du So-What
(25,988 posts)2. I knew a brit who didn't appreciate the Python
but he was a stuck-up sticky beet.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)5. Did he compete...
in the Upper Class Twit of the Year games?
bvf
(6,604 posts)3. Not a Brit, here, but
I hope so! One of the best British exports to the US, ever.
In fact, you've just inspired me to put on whatever DVD I can scare up first.
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Plus, The Goons, who were Monty Python's inspiration.
The Goon Show. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Seacomb were the original loony British comedy troup.
One of their best, Lurgi Strikes Britain: complete with Ray Ellington quartet, Max Geldray and his harmonica, the BBC grams department and the amazing Sellers, Milligan, and Seacomb.
Here: http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-episodes/the-goon-show-lurgi-strikes-britain
One of their best, Lurgi Strikes Britain: complete with Ray Ellington quartet, Max Geldray and his harmonica, the BBC grams department and the amazing Sellers, Milligan, and Seacomb.
Here: http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-episodes/the-goon-show-lurgi-strikes-britain
Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)6. So cool. My favorite show growing up.
I listened to every episode as a kid. Brilliant show, brilliant guys.
Thanks for the link.
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(4,972 posts)7. I'd say that this show had at least as strong a claim to be Monty's Father ....