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What can you say about one of, if not the greatest ensemble of comedy genius to assemble and create one of British televisions greatest exports of the weird, the warped and down right controversial comedy series ever to be shown. It is as described simply because that is what you got with this extraordinary and most amazing series which broke down many restraining barriers and set a new standard for future comedy and more so British television itself forever. It tread were others feared to tread and cared little for offending many people whose imaginations had become stagnated with the old British comedy traditions that now looked somewhat jaded and old in their narative. What Monty Python did in its inception was trash old style comedy and attack the very fabric of a ever changing society and give people a hard edged but funny push toward commentary not previously dealt with on such scale. Each sketch either raising the ante or falling flat on its face but whatever path the many episodes took it took them full on and in a stride that was uncompromising as it dealt with a irony on many subject matters, including it must be said by much silliness at times. Despite the latter however that was its greatness in many ways for it still maintained both good and bad plotting without worrying about what the public liked or disliked. Chapman, Cleese, Idle, Gilliam, Jones and Palin placed heart and soul into what they believed and the cast stood firm as much of what they achieved became comedy perfection and delivery. Was it not the case that many great things must have certain flaws in order to get to the eventual pinnacle of perfection and that is exactly what Monty Python embodies. In doing what it did and in allowing these comedy greats to write and perform in a four series odyssey with the nonsensical bits blatant and therefore showing scars and all is why this comedy classic is ground breaking and as never been surpassed but many times others have attempted to imitate without success. The test of time of the four decades plus that have passed since the British public and then the world were introduced to this cult classic and also the fore father of their later wonderful movie productions which were refined to the comic perfection they became. This boxset contains every episode of this groundbreaking series and also shows the comic inklings that made all the cast become famous in their own right. The characterisation and set pieces of certain sketches showed comic genius that would later show more prevalently in individual cast members own projects away from this creative gathering. Though Cleese and Palin show greater understanding of presence and authority with the material, that does not and should not detract from the fact that without the rest of the members none of the fulfilment of this comedy gem would have worked at all. The perfection and integration of all cast members writing and performances is indeed something to behold and as the seasons move on and with each episode you see how all become better and better at their craft. I would also like to give a special mention to Terry Gilliam whose interspersed magical cartoon direction becomes a major part of what was a brilliant stroke of genius and was also an integral part of what defined this comedy series including Gilliam's openning sequence for the series which became just as iconic as everything the series itself came to represent. This dvd collection is comedy perfection.Read full review
I cried with laughter watching Monty Python as it came out. I was a young teenager, and my education was ruined by competing to repeat verbatim what we had seen that week on Python.. All comedy is derivative. Python too. But pretty much all comedy since owes the pythons. The Pythons did not start sillyness, absurdity and incongruity, but it is now hard to laugh at Tristram Shandy, or the Goons but the Python's have aged astonishingly well. Apart from the death, dementia and John Cleese.
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This is to replace the box set the neighbours stole while I was away. The item arrived on time and was excellent value. The menu is very confusing just like my old one, But that is Monty python for you.
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the sketch show that took absurdity to new heights breaking quite a few rules/ taboos and kicked off a phenomena. True some of the jokes are very dated now but some are absolutely ageless...dead parrot, lumberjack song, spanish inquisition etctera A cult classic in every sense
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The must have set for Monty Python fans, who don't have all the series..The only let down, is no list of sketches for each episode,and no booklet, with bit of a history of this iconic tv series. only a few titles listed on the menus,but its a good transfer,and nicely packaged.
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