Name: Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Golden Age Of Ballooning
Uploaded: 1974-10-30T16:00:00-08:00
Duration: 28 min 15 s
Description: The Montgolfier brothers prepare for the first balloon flight.

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.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Whither Canada?

Flying Sheep, French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft, A Man With Three Buttocks, A Man With Two Noses, Musical Mice, Marriage Guidance Counselor, The Wacky Queen, Working-Class Playwright, A Scotsman on a Horse, The Wrestling Epilogue, and The Mouse Problem.

Sex And Violence

Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge.

How To Recognise Different Types Of Trees From Quite A Long Way Away

A change from street clothes to swim trunks turns into a burlesque act; a karate class exercises defense tactics against fresh fruit; a man tries to buy a book about false teeth.

Owl-Stretching Time

Confuse-a-Cat, The Smuggler, A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters on Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film, Cartoon - Charles Fatless, Silly Job Interview, Careers Advisory Board, Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman

Man's Crisis Of Identity In The Latter Half Of The 20th Century

Sketches include: a German composer with an extraordinarily long name; crooks plan an elaborate scheme to buy a watch; a chocolate-company owner markets "Crunchy Frog."

It's The Arts / The BBC Entry For The Zinc Stoat Of Budapest

Invaders from another galaxy turn Englishmen into Scotsmen. Also: a comedy about camels; a corporate board meeting.

You're No Fun Anymore

A pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot; a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men; a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.

Full Frontal Nudity

A man with double vision organizes a mountain-climbing expedition; llamas are celebrated in a rousing Spanish song; a barber is afraid to cut hair; a couple's romantic evening is ruined by uncouth visitors.

The Ant, An Introduction

Sketches include: Bank Robber in Lingerie Shop, It's a Tree, Ron Obvious, Pet Conversations, Gorilla Librarian, Strangers in the Night

Untitled

A half-inch-tall man appears on a talk show; a town's women's guild reenacts Pearl Harbor; the entire Royal Philharmonic Orchestra retires to the restroom.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes To The Bathroom

The 127th annual Twit of the Year Show. Also: Hitler and Himmler are guests for tea in a boarding house; a BBC broadcast is interrupted when a British minister falls into a fissure.

The Naked Ant

Among "historical" impersonations are Cardinal Richelieu as Petula Clark and Julius Caesar as Eddie Waring. Also: a police fairy tale; a vegetarian restaurant's menu, featuring a naked man with an apple in his mouth.

Intermission

Pluto

The Montgolfier brothers prepare for the first balloon flight.

The Golden Age Of Ballooning

In this episode, Chris Quinn enters a department store and demands to buy an ant named Marcus.

Michael Ellis

A parody of war includes the invasion of Norway by tutu-clad commandos and a plea to the public to treat the war seriously.

The Light Entertainment War

Hamlet undergoes psychoanalysis; eight Queen Victorias compete in the Queen Victoria handicap race; a boxing contender gets his head knocked off.

Hamlet

The search for Mr. Neutron, who plans to dominate the world, stretches from a London suburb to the Yukon, and results in the destruction of earthly civilization.

Mr. Neutron

A spoof of British political-party broadcasts includes the finals of "the worst family in Britain" contest, a violent cricket match and a housewife who revolutionized beekeeping.

Party Political Broadcast

From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable.

S4 E1 The Golden Age Of Ballooning

Season 4, 6 Episodes

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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S4 E1 The Golden Age Of Ballooning

Season 4, 6 Episodes

season 4 (6 episodes)

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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