# Monty Python humour **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320 "2002-05-10T17:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/41 "2002-05-13T19:54:36Z")
Cleese was in “Cycling Tour”, which was late in the 3rd season. Cleese left after the 3rd season and did not appear in the fourth season. He did contribute some of the material during the 4th season, though. The 4th season was, overall, not as good as the previous seasons, but there were some worthwhile moments. Douglas Adams of “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” fame has a cameo appearance in “Mr. Neutron”, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/42 "2002-05-13T20:01:07Z")
_ **The Order in Which to Experience Monty Python’s Stuff And Why** _ [ol] [li]_Holy Grail_[/li] - A True Classic, the “why” is the entire move [li]_And Now for Something Completely Different_[/li] - Greatest Hits of the Flying Circus - How not to be seen; Self defence against fresh fruit; Some of T. Gilliam’s best cartoons [li]_Live at the Hollywod Bowel_[/li] - Good stuff that’s exclusive to this show - Sit on my Face; The Drunken Philosopher’s Song; Four Yorkshiremen; The Travel Agent, with a great sub[/sub] beginning and the FULL ending [li]_Life of Brian_[/li] - Like HG, there’s a great deal of classic stuff here. [li]Every _Flying Circus_ episode[/li] - the _raison d’etre_, since everything else came afterward. [li]_The Meaning of Life_[/li] - Umm… Some really good songs in this one. Galactic Significance; the Accountancy Shanty [li]Listen to the Monty Python albums[/li] - More stuff you won’t hear elsewhere - Henry Kissinger song; String/ Ad Agency; Spectator Novel Writing [li]Books - All The Words, vols. 1 & 2 (scripts for every Flying Circus sketch) and the Monty Python Songbook (words to every song)[/li][/ol] At this point you may now [buy your own Dead Parrot and Killer Rabbit](http://www.trollandtoad.com/products/category.php?cid=671&Jumper.x=9&Jumper.y=12) - you are a full-fledged Python Geek. Congratulations, and welcome home! ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/43 "2002-05-13T20:05:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pulykamell \* > [semi-hijack] > There’s also this guy, Chris Morris, who really does some whacked-out social satire. Not sure what his show was called though…And, of course, Ali G. His earlier stuff is pure genius; but, like Chris Morris, deals with real-life situations, not stage comedy. > > [/semi-hijack] [Chris Morris has done some great stuff](http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/), and he likes to stretch the envelope. Like the time he got fired for filling a radio studio with helium between his programme and the next poor bastard’s. Some of his TV shows include _The Day Today_ and _Brass Eye_, and by a strange coincidence these are both being rerun tonight for the first time in ages. _TDT_ is a spoof of satellite TV news, so maybe you’d have to have seen some British satellite stuff to get the joke (or maybe all satellite TV is the same?). The edition of _BE_ being shown tonight is the paedophile special - angry questions were asked in Parliament about it. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/44 "2002-05-27T05:09:45Z")
alright, I purchased Holy Grail on Friday and have watched it about 4 times already and have not stopped laughing. I had no idea what to expect. My wife got on me for buying a DVD that had not yet seen but I took the chance. I got nervous at the beginning with the fake intro because I wasn’t getting it. I’m sure I just cracked the surface. It’s great with the subtitles on. Even though I work with a bunch of English guys it’s still hard to catch everything. I’m going to follow Tygr’s list. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/45 "2002-05-27T06:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Was Cleese in “The Cycling Tour”? I must have excised that from my mind, along with most of the disappointing third season. Think: “My lack of God! It’s Trotsky!” ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320/46 "2002-05-27T06:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*Then there’s the ‘Crimson Permanent Assurance’… 😃 > > Which movie was that included with? I _think_ it was _And Now For Something Completely Different_, but I’m not sure. \*\* That’s from _Meaning of Life_, of course. The best part is where the Crimson Permanent Assurance attacks the Very Big Corporation of America. [sub]Righto. Can we 'ave your liver, then?[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-humour/108320.md?page=2)