The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC One on October 5, 1969.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was commissioned by David Attenborough, who was Director of Programs at BBC in 1969.
The show's title was chosen mainly because it sounded funny. Eric Idle proposed the name Monty, a stereo-typically drunk Brit, while Python was chosen simply because it sounded slippery. Others considered including Arthur Megapode's Cheap Show, Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus and Vaseline Review.
The theme music was from an American military march, "The Liberty Bell" written in 1893 by John Phillip Sousa and chosen because there were no royalties to pay as it was in the public domain.
The members of Monty Python were: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman were members of Cambridge University Footlights, which at the time included future Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden as well as Yes Minister author Jonathan Lynn.
The Pythons wrote sketches in small teams but a decision about what was used was democratic. If a majority found in idea funny, it was included.
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams appears as a surgeon in the 42nd episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The show's catchphrase "and now for something completely different" came from a real phrase used by the BBC in radio and television broadcasts.
The term 'spam' for unsolicited emails is derived from the 1970 Monty Python 'spam' sketch set in a cafe where nearly every item on the menu includes the canned luncheon meat.
The 'Dead Parrot' sketch was originally about a car salesman who had an answer for everything wrong with the vehicle he's selling.
The television show ran between 1969 and 1974. It is still well-known and watched around the world.
In 1971, the original tapes for Monty Python were almost erased and destroyed by the BBC. This was intended as a cost saving measure to reuse the tapes. Terry Gilliam bought them all and saved them.
Monty Python shot their first movie, And Now For Something Completely Different in 1971. Their final movie, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, was released in 1983.
Elvis Presley was a huge Monty Python fan. He would watch Python all night and would learn and recite their sketches. He would call people Squire from the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.
Elvis' favourite film was Monty Python and the Holy Grail – a copy was in his video machine when he died.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail originally included the characters riding on real horses but they could not afford to rent them so they were forced to add in the iconic coconut bit, which is an old radio trick.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail was originally planned to end with a massive battle between Arthur's forces, the French knights, and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. This was scrapped because the movie didn't have a big enough budget for it.
Sue Jones-Davies, who portrayed Judith in Monty Python's Life of Brian, later became Mayor of Aberystwyth. She discovered that the town had banned Life of Brian for thirty years, and her first act was to overturn the ban and stage a screening with Terry Jones and Michael Palin
Source Daily Mail
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was commissioned by David Attenborough, who was Director of Programs at BBC in 1969.
The show's title was chosen mainly because it sounded funny. Eric Idle proposed the name Monty, a stereo-typically drunk Brit, while Python was chosen simply because it sounded slippery. Others considered including Arthur Megapode's Cheap Show, Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus and Vaseline Review.
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The theme music was from an American military march, "The Liberty Bell" written in 1893 by John Phillip Sousa and chosen because there were no royalties to pay as it was in the public domain.
The members of Monty Python were: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman were members of Cambridge University Footlights, which at the time included future Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden as well as Yes Minister author Jonathan Lynn.
The Pythons wrote sketches in small teams but a decision about what was used was democratic. If a majority found in idea funny, it was included.
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams appears as a surgeon in the 42nd episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The show's catchphrase "and now for something completely different" came from a real phrase used by the BBC in radio and television broadcasts.
The term 'spam' for unsolicited emails is derived from the 1970 Monty Python 'spam' sketch set in a cafe where nearly every item on the menu includes the canned luncheon meat.
The 'Dead Parrot' sketch was originally about a car salesman who had an answer for everything wrong with the vehicle he's selling.
The television show ran between 1969 and 1974. It is still well-known and watched around the world.
In 1971, the original tapes for Monty Python were almost erased and destroyed by the BBC. This was intended as a cost saving measure to reuse the tapes. Terry Gilliam bought them all and saved them.
Monty Python shot their first movie, And Now For Something Completely Different in 1971. Their final movie, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, was released in 1983.
Elvis Presley was a huge Monty Python fan. He would watch Python all night and would learn and recite their sketches. He would call people Squire from the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.
Elvis' favourite film was Monty Python and the Holy Grail – a copy was in his video machine when he died.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail originally included the characters riding on real horses but they could not afford to rent them so they were forced to add in the iconic coconut bit, which is an old radio trick.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail was originally planned to end with a massive battle between Arthur's forces, the French knights, and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. This was scrapped because the movie didn't have a big enough budget for it.
Sue Jones-Davies, who portrayed Judith in Monty Python's Life of Brian, later became Mayor of Aberystwyth. She discovered that the town had banned Life of Brian for thirty years, and her first act was to overturn the ban and stage a screening with Terry Jones and Michael Palin
Source Daily Mail
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