Communist Chinese Hoards and Chairman Mao show up with some frequency in Monty Python’s Flying Circus episodes. Why the fascination?
The episodes were filmed around the time of Nixon’s historic visit to China and meeting with Mao. This was huge news back then.
They’re just so cute and cuddly, and ready to please!
Because when you have Chinese in a skit, you want to do it again an hour later.
And because nobody expects The Chinese Inclusion.
I am Bishop of East Angria! Mathematics award goes to . . . People’s Repubric of China!
Yes yes, speakee speakee, me Blitish Consul. You like dlinkee, or game… bingo?
Note however that the director of Erizabeth L was not Chinese, but Japanese. (which was supposed to explain the motorized bicycles.)
That song has certainly dated, “there’s nine hundred million of them in the world today …”
I think the soul of Python’s humor was anti-uniformity. What could be a better target than a group of people who follow the same leader, think alike, and all read the same book.
And after they were done with Catholics, they made fun of the Chinese.
Sing Little Birdee?
I believe the members of Monty Python claim that they like Chinese food, the waiters never are rude.
If Darwin was anything to shout about, the Chinese will survive us all without any doubt!
I guess they never ate Chinese food in San Francisco!
Think of the many things they’ve done to impress.
This shouldn’t take long.
Ok, I’ll bite:
There’s Maoism, Taoism, E-Ching, and Chess!
I like Chinese, I like their tiny little trees.