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

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

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 | Absurd Humor | Eccentric | Actor Playing Female Role | Surrealism

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:

The original title of this episode was the much shorter "Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot."

Quotes:

Judge: Mr Larch, you heard the case for the prosecution. Is there anything you wish to say before I pass sentence?
Harold Larch: Well... I'd just like to say, m'lud, I've got a family... a wife and six kids... and I hope very much you don't have to take away my freedom... because... well, because m'lud freedom is a state much prized within the realm of civilized society.
[Becomes passinate, as if he were reciting Shakespeare]
Harold Larch: It is a bond wherewith the savage man may charm the outward hatchments of his soul, and soothe the troubled breast into a magnitude of quiet. It is most precious as a blessed balm, the saviour of princes, the harbinger of happiness, yea, the very stuff and pith of all we hold most dear...
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