The Personal Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus

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A+ Very funny stuff indeed. Six great Personal Best DVD's one for each Python (Monty) member,a must for fans of Monty Python or fans of great British Comedy in general. Pretty much all the famous Python sketches and animations are here,all on one awesome box set. Two thumbs UP. A great collection of Python's great hits/bits. Recommended.

Additionally, a few skits are truncated.

For example, the main skit I wanted (in full, thank you very much) was "The Argument Clinic". The skit itself continues on for another few minutes, and most of the truly funny parts never make it on this DVD.

Some skits seem misplaced - I had considered certain skits to be the forte of different Python members than what ended up on other member's DVD. Some selections are questionable at best (i.e., not the ones you remember as being truly hilarious), but it is a decent collection.

To add insult to injury, they stop the skit as soon as his part is over. All-in-all, this is a good sampler set but definitely falls short of capturing all the best.

I agree with another reviewer - it really would be beneficial to have some sort of index either as an insert or on the individual DVDs. Although this skit is primarily Michael Palin and John Cleese, it ends up on Graham Chapman's disc (he does appear for perhaps 60 seconds).

Gumby Brain Specialist (3:00). 7. 15. 11. Purchase-a-Past (1:47).

Cheese Shop. and much more. Confuse-a-Cat. 24. Albatross (:48). Acme Toilets (:34). Charwoman (:34).

Man with Three Buttocks. 3. Molluscs - Love TV Documentary (5:22). Graham Chapman's Personal Best. (1:31). 10.

Poets (1:17). 9. 19. The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things Escapes (:31). Confuse-a-Cat (4:26). Up Your Pavement (1:18). Fish Slapping Dance.

Johann Gambolputty De Von Ausfernschplendensch.Von Hauptkopf of Ulm (4:11). 2. 29. The Bishop (2:11). 39. 27. 26. Rogue Cheddar (:10).

Cream Toothpaste (:43). Fish-Slapping Dance (:54). 5. Exploding Version of "The Blue Danube" (1:14).

Hands Up (1:21). Jack and the Beanstalk (:32). Hermits (2:04). 11. 8.

A Little Bit of "The Cheese Shop" (:11). 20. Architect Sketch (3:52). RAF Banter (2:43). Living Room on Pavement (:42). Most of your favorite bits are here:.

A Choice of Viewing (1:07). 16. 11. The Ratcatcher (:43).

Exploding Penguin on TV Set (4:18). The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final (5:13). 5. 10.

Lumberjack Song. Come Back to My Place (:35). 13. 42. Nudge Nudge (2:41). 19. Fish-Slapping Dance (:58).

21. 3. 6. 7. 10.

Silly Olympics (1:15). Opening Titles (1:09). Bruces (3:01). Spam.

Vocational Guidance Counsellor (3:30). Reconstructing an Elephant (1:26). It's the Arts (Sir Edward Ross) (3:38). Dead Parrot Sketch. 14. 5. 12.

Bicycle Repair Man (3:01). 15. Mrs. The Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbor (1:38). (2:09). 13. Premise and Mrs. 24.

Bad for Your Eye (2:01). 15. Can I Have 50 to Mend the Shed. As of this writing, the box is still available at that price through Amazon from several sellers who bought it wholesale. Royal Navy Advert (:38). 18. (:23). Face the Press (1:41).

Cemetery (:14). Cartoon Religions Ltd. 1. 14. Climbing the Uxbridge Road (1:15). The Killer Cats (:44).

Plus, you get 45 of Terry Gilliam's best animations, amusing introductions by all of the Pythons (save the late Graham Chapman, whose best sketches the other five members chose), and several extras. Sit on My Face (7:28). 1. 3. 18. Sit on My Face. Picasso (3:30).

We're Being Watched (1:07). Blackmail (3:01). 1. 14.

Lovely Weather (1:46). Spanish Inquisition. 9. Architect Sketch. 23. 16. Terry Gilliam's Personal Best.

The Cycling Tour (Hospital Scene) (1:43). Michael Palin's Personal Best. 13. 3. 18. Greasy Comere - Kenny Lust (1:21). Schoolboys (:57). Terry Jones' Second Best: Hell's Grannies / Ron Obvious / Njorl's Saga (9:06).

The House-Hunters (3:36). 2. 16. 12.

41. Dirty Hungarian Phrase-Book. Children's Story (1:29). Ken Shabby (1:34). Agatha Christie Sketch (2:30).

34. The Semaphore Version of "Wuthering Heights" (2:54). 7. 22. Eggs Diamond (1:02). 13.

16. 22. 17. 11. 20. Introduction, Fish Slapping Dance, and Nazi Fish (1:43). Charles Fatless (2:00).

Money Programme (2:28). Rival Documentaries (Fighting Interviewers) (2:25). 5. 2. 6.

Whicker Island (2:11). 2. The Lumberjack Song (2:05). 23. Mystico and Janet - Flats Built by Hypnosis (2:53). Animation: Baby With Pacifier (1:05). Man With a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose (:48). A Fairy Tale (15:44).

Eric Idle's Personal Best. 6. 24. Dirty Hungarian Phrase-Book (2:33). 18. Yes, some of the sketches are truncated, and John Cleese's introductions aren't funny, and the set could use an index, but for $9, this box is a great deal, so snap it up. 22.

7. Court-Martial (5:24). Spam (3:38). Catching a Bus (:39). 1.

1. Sexual Athletes (:20). 6. 15.

The "Pantomime Horse Is a Secret Agent" Film (1:53). 1. 31. Searching a Prisoner (2:13). Army Camps It up (:33). 8. 21. 15.

28. Post Box Ceremony (2:36). Spanish Inquisition (2:55). Wainscotting (:03). 5. Terry Jones' Personal Best.

12. Sviatoslav Richter and Rita (1:01). 38. The Killer Cars (:29). International Wife-Swapping (1:21). Upperclass Twit of the Year. Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbor. 11.

How to Do It - Rid the World of Known Diseases (1:20). Travel Agents Sketch (5:57). 8. 30. 4.

6. 3. Colin "Bomber" Harris Versus Himself (2:08). Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror (1:33). Behind the Scenes (4:57).

7. Graham Chapman's Second Best: Lifeboat (Cannibalism) / Dennis Moore (7:45). Vocational Guidance Counsellor Sketch. 19. Killer Sheep (1:47). Argument Clinic (1:58). 17. Mrs.

Working-Class Playwright (2:54). The It's Man (2:11). Michael Palin's Second Best: Beethoven / A Man with Three Buttocks / Most Awful Family in Britain (11:37) Cheese Shop (5:23). Upperclass Twit of the Year (7:05). 25.

Opening Titles (Original) (:32). 17. 18. 10. 37. 43.

Dead Parrot (1:16). 17. Full Frontal Nudity (2:11). No-time Toulouse (:59). The News for Parrots (1:32).

10. 12. Nudge Nudge. Fish Slapping Dance (:15). 7. 2. 9.

18. 4. 14. Niggerbaiter Explodes (1:13). Mosquito Hunters (2:50). 40. 12.

John Cleese's Personal Best. Raymond Luxury Yacht Interview (1:55). 16. Argument Clinic. 17. 9. Life and Death Struggles (Pantomime Horses) (2:50). The Colonel (3:14).

Caterpillar/Metamorphosis (1:02). Theory on Brontosauruses by Anne Elk (3:20). It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Famous Deaths) (1:39). Ministry of Silly Walks. Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth (1:43). 4. Powder My Nose (1:13). 19.

Homicidal Barber (1:25). 16. Exploding Penguin on TV Set. 23. 9. Pouffy Judges (1:46). 44. 32.

Fish Slapping Dance (2:46). Garden of Hands (:52). 8. Undertakers (1:15). 112. Opening Titles (Third Series) (3:38). 21.

20. 13. Flying Lessons (2:35). World Forum - Communist Quiz (2:51). Venus Dancing (:55). Philosophers' Football (5:20). Ministry of Silly Walks (2:46).

4. Gay Boys in Bondage (:31). 3. Trivializing the War (1:44). "Sit Up" Sequence (2:17). 12. 4.

Conclusion (1:25). Twentieth Century Vole (5:06). 2001 (1:13). 9.

22. Lumberjack Song (2:39). They do to me, which is why I purchased this 6-hour 6-DVD set (brand spankin' new, I might add) for the paltry sum of $8.99 (+$2.99 shipping). Man With a Tape Recorder Up His Nose (:45). The Piranha Brothers (Ethel the Frog) (13:21). Eric Idle's Second Best: Multiple Murderer Court Scene / Salad Days / Timmy Williams Interview (10:33).

Lifeboat. 25. Securicor Ambulances, Ltd. Baby Carriage (:32). 15. Shaving (:16). 17. Leaving the Army (1:07).

8. Flying European Monarchs (1:31). 35. Mount Everest - Hairdresser Expedition (2:21). A complete index follows:. 19. Five Frogs Curse (:42).

School Boys (1:23). 33. 4. The Epilogue (1:56). A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (Discussion) (:52). Scotsman on a Horse (1:24).

The Prince With the Black Spot (1:35). Funniest Joke in the World. Housing Project Built by Characters From 19th Century English Literature (:44). Queen Victoria Handicap (1:49).

8. 45. 14. 14.

20. Apology for Repetition (:44). 36. The Funniest Joke in the World (9:47). 10. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies (:27). 13. 2.

6. Flying Sheep (1:59). Never Be Rude to an Arab (:51). And Now - Music (2:22).

5. Self-Defense (Against Fresh Fruit) (4:11). 21. The Chemist Sketch (1:13).

Oscar Wilde Sketch (5:11). Do the 16 DVDs of the 16-Ton Megaset seem over-the-top to you, or at least more than you will ever watch. Terry Gilliam's Featurette (13:31).

I loved seeing the old skits and it was refreshing to see the boys as they are now. Considering the cost of the complete set this is a nice compromise and even had a few skits i'd completely forgotten about.

We ordered this set to see the best skits, not listen to endless droning on about the personal lives of the guys. We were very disappointed that there is no way to watch the skits without the interviews, and, on top of it all, the entire skits aren't even shown but frequently have the beginning or end cut off.