# Funniest "Flying Circus"-only MP sketch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864 "2017-05-17T18:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/1 "2017-05-17T18:55:10Z")
What do you think this the funniest Monty Python sketch that only appears on Flying Circus? This means nothing from _And Now For Something Completely Different_ or _Live at the Hollywood Bowl_. Sketch list for both movies [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Now_for_Something_Completely_Different) and [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/2 "2017-05-17T19:03:07Z")
Fish Slapping Dance. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/3 "2017-05-17T19:07:16Z")
Fish Slapping Dance (John Cleese agrees as I recall) ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/4 "2017-05-17T19:07:41Z")
[Kamikaze Scotsmen](https://youtu.be/Es0t50H44IE) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/5 "2017-05-17T19:08:30Z")
Pretty much every “good” sketch I can think of is in one of those two…except one: Cheese Shop. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/6 "2017-05-17T19:10:12Z")
I’d go with the Piranha Brothers. “Everyone was terrified of Doug. I seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than see Doug. Even Dinsdale was frightened of Doug.” “What did he do?” " … He used sarcasm! He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and … satire." ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/7 "2017-05-17T19:18:57Z")
I’m rather partial to Confuse-a-Cat. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/8 "2017-05-17T19:24:53Z")
The Cycling Tour, but that’s an entire episode, not a sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/9 "2017-05-17T19:30:10Z")
Silly walks and the Argument are top rated for me. Awe hell, so are Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson, Buying a Bed, and the Piranah Brothers. I don’t know about a favourite, but I do know the the Parrot Sketch is way overrated. Too many funny ones to mention. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/10 "2017-05-17T19:33:04Z")
I’ve always been a big fan of “Scott of the Antarctic” - I love the bit about the giant penguin with tentacles… ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/11 "2017-05-17T19:37:13Z")
I think there are many MP sketches from the TV show that are under-appreciated. A few that come to mind: [Army Protection Racket:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNj1dXi-z0M) Two mobsters shake down the army. That’s just a hilarious premise to me, and I love how they walk menacingly around the colonel’s office. [RAF Banter:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWWPk9jrvqk) RAF pilots during WWII inexplicably lose their ability to banter with proper lingo. [The Watch Smuggler:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPRfA6W00k) Another very simple premise carried through to its extreme. A guy going through customs behaves incredibly suspiciously. Here are two sketches with essentially the same premise that I always found funny. They are both situations in which someone is supposed to act with bravery, but go completely the other way and make only veiled attempts to hide it: [Sinking ship](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisjRgcuL9k) and [The Short Straw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNTB3yJs44) My dad was always amused by [Hell’s Grannies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/12 "2017-05-17T19:50:21Z")
I forgot about “Batley Townswomen’s Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbor.” :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/13 "2017-05-17T19:52:47Z")
The game show parodies were always fun, especially “Prejudice”. I often find myself uttering the phrase “I can’t think of anything more derogatory than _Belgian_!” ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/14 "2017-05-17T20:13:18Z")
Hell’s Grannies is definately up there. Also, not sure of the sketch title, but, the one where they are climbing the sidewalks and streets like they are scaling a mountain, complete with ropes and belt cables. The image of them clinging to the sidewalk, hugging it for dear life like they are going to fall is just hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/15 "2017-05-17T20:26:58Z")
The Dirty Fork sketch. “Mungo, never kill a customer!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/16 "2017-05-17T20:40:00Z")
The Village Idiot Senile Delinquents Blackmail The Life of Tchaikovsky Men Who Are Actually Mice The Funniest Joke in the World Anne Elk Caribou Denis Moore ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/17 "2017-05-17T20:42:08Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I’m rather partial to Confuse-a-Cat. Love Confuse-a-cat! And it seldom gets much mention. But number one for me is “It’s the Mind”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qwquMY47utA/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - It's the mind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwquMY47utA) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/18 "2017-05-17T21:06:36Z")
The undertaker sketch ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/19 "2017-05-17T21:25:10Z")
Upper-Class Twit of the Year ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864/20 "2017-05-17T21:28:28Z")
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