"Monty Python's Flying Circus" How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away (1969)

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Directors:

John Howard Davies
Ian MacNaughton

Writers:

Graham Chapman (written by) &
John Cleese (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Original Air Date:

19 October 1969 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge. |

Plot Keywords:

Nose Joke | Monty Python | Sketch Comedy | Comedy Troupe | Cult Comedy

Cast

Graham Chapman	...	Mrs. Fiona Lewis / Inspector Dim of the Yard / Second Superman / Man
John Cleese	...	Voice Over #1 / Mr. Bartlett / American Commentator / First Superman / Mungo the Cook / Newsreader / Interviewer
Terry Gilliam	...	Knight with Chicken
Eric Idle	...	Harold Larch / Storyteller / Manager / Eric / Norman Nudge
Terry Jones	...	Judge / Third Superman / Waiter / Terry / Man at Pub
Michael Palin	...	It's Man / Cardinal Richelieu / F.G. Superman / Bicycle Repair Man / Compère / Head Waiter / Michael
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carol Cleveland	...	Lady / Milkman Seducer
Ian Davidson	...	Clerk of the Court

Filming Locations:

Churchfield Road, Acton, London, England, UK

Trivia:

Carol Cleveland is often mistaken as the woman in the "Seduced Milkman" sketch , owing to a lot of misinformed books. She does NOT appear in the television version, but DOES appear in the re-filmed version for And Now for Something Completely Different (1971).

Quotes:

Mr. Nudge: [Leers, Grinning] Your wife interested in err...
[Waggles Head, Leans across]
Mr. Nudge: photographs, eh? Know what I mean? Photographs, 'he asked him knowingly'.
Man at Pub: Photography?
Mr. Nudge: Yes. Nudge, nudge. Snap, snap. Grin, grin. Wink, wink, say no more?
Man at Pub: Holiday snaps?
Mr. Nudge: Could be, could be taken on holiday. Could be yes - swimming costumes. Know what I mean. Candid photography. Know what I mean, nudge nudge.
Man at Pub: No, no we don't have a camera
Mr. Nudge: Oh. Still
[slaps hand lightly twice]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The West Wing: Here Today (#7.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Someone Else I'd Like to Be