Lemon Curry's "Monty Python's Flying Circus" Episode Guide
Series 1 ('69-'70)
- 101-Sex and Violence (10/12/69)
Flying sheep; a man with three buttocks; musical mice; marriage guidance counselor; a son comes home to his playwright father; men who want to be mice.
- 102-Whither Canada? (10/5/69)
Mozart's Famous Deaths; German for Germans; Whizzo butter; Eddie- baby; Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson; Picasso paints on a bicycle; the killer joke.
- 103-How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away (10/19/69)
a musical court case; Bicycle Repairman; Storytime; Restaurant sketch; the 6:00 news; Nudge Nudge.
- 104-Owl-Stretching Time (10/26/69)
Art Gallery; "It's a man's life..."; Changing on the Beach; Fruit self-defense; Tobacconist in the bookstore.
- 105-Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century (11/16/69)
Confuse-A-Cat; Customs officials; interviews with a duck, cat, and lizard; Romantic Interlude; management-training course; encyclopedia salesman.
- 106-The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest (11/23/69)
Johannes-Gambolputty-de von ausfern...; bank robbers; Crunchy Frog; the dull life of a city stockbroker; Indian attends the theatre; a Scotsman on a horse; Irving C. Saltzberg.
- 107-Oh, You're No Fun Anymore (11/30/69)
Camel spotting; the Sci-fi sketch.
- 108-Full Frontal Nudity (12/7/69)
the Vercotti Bros. harass the general who thinks it's all too silly; mattress; dead parrot; Hell's Grannies.
- 109-The Ant - An Introduction (12/14/69)
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; the Lumberjack Song; Harry Fink; a couple's romantic evening is ruined by uncouth visitors.
- 110-Untitled (12/21/69)
A bank robber mistakenly holds up a lingerie shop; a man attempts to jump the English Channel; Vocational Guidance Counselor; Strangers in the Night. Also: guests on a tree show include a rain forest, a bucket of sawdust, a Chippendale writing desk and three gum trees.
- 111-The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom (12/28/69)
Undertakers; dead detectives; Jimmy Buzzard; Interesting People; The World of History; the Battle of Pearl Harbor re-enacted.
- 112-The Naked Ant (1/4/70)
Spectrum; 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 crevice.
- 113-Intermission (1/11/70)
Among "historical" impersonations are Cardinal Richelieu as Petula Clark and Julius Caesar as Eddie Waring. Also: a police fairy tale; "Wanna come back to my place?"; Albatross; Me, doctor; a vegetarian restaurant's menu, featuring a naked man with an apple in his mouth.
Series 2 ('70-'71)
- 201-Dinsdale (9/15/70)
A sketch about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Also: a British minister---attired in a pink tulle dress---talks about housing; 30 gas-company men investigate the
installation of a stove; the Pirannha Brothers.
- 202-The Spanish Inquisition (9/22/70)
The Spanish Inquisiton; joke salesman; tax on "thingy"; Coming Attractions; Charades verdict.
- 203-Show 5 (9/29/70)
A courteous hijacker agrees to be dropped from a plane and winds up on a bus that is ordered to Cuba by an American gunman; a woman seeks psychiatric treatment at a dairy; a Scot uses poetry to beg for money; Deja-vous.
- 204-The Buzz Aldrin Show (10/20/70)
A super-sleuth bishop investigates a suspicious insurance business; an elderly
couple constructs a house that has no walls; poets are installed in houses; the Naughty Chemist.
- 205-Live from the Grillomat (10/27/70)
Contestants vie for incriminating photos in on the game show "Blackmail"; the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things; a man accidentally destroys a house and everyone in it; "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"; a boxer spars with schoolgirls.
- 206-School Prizes (11/3/70)
"It's a Living"; school prizes; free dung delivered; The Timmy Williams Show; Raymond Luxury-Yacht; "I want to get married"; Election Night Special.
- 207-The Attila the Hun Show (11/10/70)
Highlights of "The Attila the Hun Show"; a burlesque performance by government ministers; the news for parrots; a documentary study of village idiots; political groupies pursue MPs.
- 208-Archeology Today (11/17/70)
An appeal for sanity; a man wants to trade in his wife; the Git family; Roy and Hank Spim; the transvestite judges; Mrs. Thing and Mrs. Entity discuss Beethoven.
- 209-How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body (11/24/70)
The Bruces sketch; Raymond Luxury-Yacht wants a nose operation; The Second Battalion camps it up; Verri-fast Plane Company; the Killer Cars; re-enactment of the first heart transplant; Mary, Queen of Scots; the penguin on the TV set; "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong."
- 210-Scott of the Antarctic (12/1/70)
"La Fromage Grand"; the making of "Scott of the Antarctic"; Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth; Praline tries to buy a fish license; soccer match between the Bournemouth Gynecologists and the Watford Long John Silver Impersonators.
- 211-How Not to Be Seen (12/8/70)
Conquistador Coffee; a man bargains for everything; Crelm toothpaste; "It All Happened on the 11:20 from Hainault"; the playwright with enormous teeth; crackpot religions; "How Not to Be Seen."
- 212-Spam (12/15/70)
Hungarian phrase book; World Forum; Ypres, 1914; Painting walkout; Gumby Flower Arrangement; Spam.
- 213-Royal Episode 13 (12/22/70)
The Queen is going to watch the show; coal miners argue over historical trivia; "The Toad Elevating Moment"; "Fish Club"; Herbert Mental, who steals birdwatchers' eggs; St. Pooves' Hospital; "Exploding Version of the Blue Danube;" Pepperpots' submarine; "Lifeboat" sketch; the Controversial Undertaker sketch.
Series 3 ('72-'73)
- 301-Njorl's Saga (10/19/72)
Defendant apologizes to judge and jury; "Njorl's Saga"; "Stock Market Report"; Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion; "Whicker's World."
- 302-Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular (10/26/72)
Students run an insurance scam; "How to Do It"; Mrs. Nigger-Baiter explodes; "Farming Club's" Tchaikovsky; Trim-Jeans Theater; The Fish-Slapping Dance; Red Indians, spacemen, and Flemish merchants first; the BBC is going broke; The "It's" Man Show.
- 303-The Money Programme (11/2/72)
The Money Song; Inspector Leopard; Church Police; Expedition; Argument Clinic.
- 304-Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror (11/9/72)
"Beat the Clock"; Pantomime horses must be fired; "Mary Recruitment Office"; a dull businessman gets laughs; "Bols Story"; new BBC announcer; "The Pantomime Horse is a Secret Agent."
- 305-"The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" (11/16/72)
Hairdressers climb Mt. Everest; Mrs. Little calls the Fire Brigade; "Party Hints by Veronica Smalls"; language lab; Travel Agency sketch; Anne Elk (Ms.)
- 306-The War Against Pornography (11/23/72)
Pepperpots fight against immorality using military tactics; Gumby brain surgery; door-to-door documentaries; TV shows change to other TV shows without warning; Naval expedition to Lake Pahoe.
- 307-Salad Days (11/30/72)
The adventures of Biggles; climbing Uxbridge Road; pepperpots on a boat delivering sandwiches; "Storage Jars;" The Show So Far; cheese shop; "Salad Days."
- 308-The Cycling Tour (12/7/72; first episode to tell a whole story)
Pither goes on a cycling tour and meets up with a man who thinks he's Trotsky, then meets up with real Communists later.
- 309-The Nude Man (12/14/72)
A man threatens to interrupt a sketch unless he's paid; apartments put up by hypnosis; radio show for mortuaries; Olympic Hide-and-Seek; the Cheap-Laughs; lingerie prices on other planets.
- 310-E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease (12/21/72)
A Tudor shop sells pornography; the silly vicar; "The Free Repetiton of Doubtful Words, Skits, Spoofs, Japes, and Vignettes by a Very Underrated Writer"; a discussion of life after death with dead bodies; the "Peripeteia" sketch; silly noises; sherry-drinking vicar.
- 311-Dennis Moore (1/4/73)
"Boxing Tonight"; Dennis Moore robs from the rich and gives to the poor, but then robs from the poor and gives to the rich; pepperpots discuss astrology; a doctor takes money from his patients until they're broke; "Great Debate"; Ideal Loon Exhibition; "Prejudice".
- 312-A Book at Bedtime (1/11/73)
A book reader on TV can't read; Kamikaze Highlanders; No Time to Lose Advice Centre; penguins are discovered to be the smartest animals in the world; "Spot the Looney"; documentary introducers fight over a microphone; new comedy on the BBC.
- 313-The British Royal Awards Programme (1/18/73)
Thames announcer introduces a BBC show; Richard Attenborough introduces a sketch awards program; Oscar Wilde and company insult the prince; suggestive cricket film; pepperpots order a new brain; a man wants to give urine instead of blood; Wife-Swapping competition; the Dirty Vicar sketch.
Note: This is John Cleese's last episode and brings back running gags from earlier in the 3rd series.
Series 4 ('74)
- 401-The Golden Age of Ballooning (10/31/74)
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier discuss bathing on the eve of their first flight; "Louis XIV" comes to meet Joseph; King George III is met by "Louis XVII"; the Montgolfier's butler steals the show; a party political broadcast for the Norwegian party; Ferdinand Von Zeppelin throws his party guests out of his "balloon" and they all land in a German couple's house.
Note: The title of the show changed simply to "Monty Python" with this episode.
- 402-Michael Ellis (11/7/74)
Chris buys a pet ant from some silly Harrod's salesmen; Chris tries to figure out who Michael Ellis is; Chris tries to complain and is directed to the Toupee Hall; Chris ends up at the End of the Show Department.
Note: Some of this material in this show and 404 were cut out of the script to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
- 403-Anything Goes - The Light Entertainment War (11/14/74)
A squadron leader speaks in banter no one can understand; the enemy dresses up with halos and wands; a new version of "Anything Goes" is introduced in a court; pepperpots complain about what's on television; programmers begin a show about the M4 Motorway; rich people discuss pleasant and woody-sounding words; a woman on a horse jumps over the casts of "Sound of Music" and "Ben-Hur."
- 404-Hamlet (11/21/74)
Hamlet goes to a psychiatrist; "Nationwide" studies sitting in a comfortable chair; a married couple must live with the bride's father; a boxer keeps having his head fall off; pepperpots begin to repeat themselves; a sportscaster interviews very short jockeys; the Queen Victoria handicap.
- 405-Mr. Neutron (11/28/74)
Mr. Neutron, the most dangerous and deadly man in the world, helps a housewife with her gardening, while the government desperately searches for him.
- 406-Party Political Broadcast (12/5/74)
"Worst Family in Britain" finals; another awful family are visited by an Icelandic honey salesman; a doctor makes a patient who is bleeding profusely fill out a long and involved form before he can be treated; a brigadier and a bishop ponder about what's permissible on television; an appeal on behalf of Very Rich People; a pepperpot gets instructions on how to finish her sentences; a quest to find the legendary Walking Trees of Dahomey ends up finding the Batsmen of the Kalahoni; the 9:00 News is read, which leads into a series of silly cuts.
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