"Monty Python's Flying Circus" Live from the Grill-o-Mat (1970)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Ian MacNaughton

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Original Air Date:

27 October 1970 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Comical Female Death | Doctor | Nose Joke | Classic Episode | Monty Python

Cast

Graham Chapman	...	Sir William / Butler / Headmaster / Waitress / Mr. Englebert Humperdinck / Doctor
John Cleese	...	The Announcer / Mr. Cutler / Mr. Eric Praline / Ken Clean-Air Systems / Colonel Type
Terry Gilliam	...	Nude Organist / Second German Officer / Animated Anatomical Man / Second Smith / Neddy / Teddy
Eric Idle	...	Toastmaster / Brooky / 'Prawn Salad Accidents' Man / Third Smith / Butcher who is alternately rude and polite / Mrs. Clean Air Systems / Jack
Terry Jones	...	'Blackmail' Address Reader / Member of RSFPTOTOOT / German Sergeant / Floor Manager / man in a green baize apron / First Smith / Mrs. Nellie Air-Vent / Critic
Michael Palin	...	BBC Announcer / It's Man / 'Blackmail' Presenter / Barnes / Policeman / Bishop / Schoolmaster / Padre / City Gent / Boxing documentary narrator / Trainer / Master of Ceremonies
Carol Cleveland	...	Maid / Maureen Spencer
Ian Davidson	...	Fritz
Connie Booth	...	Schoolgirl / Petula Wilcox
Lyn Ashley	...	Schoolgirl (as Mrs. Idle)

Filming Locations:

Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Goofs:

Continuity: In the sketch about the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, the shots from outside the open window show a window that is open much higher than the shots from the inside.

Quotes:

Toastmaster: Gentlemen, pray silence for the President of the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.
Sir William: Thank you, gentlemen. The year has been a good one for the society. This year, our members have put more things on top of other things than ever before. But I should warn you, this is no time for complacency. No, there are still many things, and I cannot emphasize this too strongly, *not on top of other things.* I myself, on my way here, saw a thing that was not on top of another thing in any way.
[cries of "shame!']
Sir William: Shame indeed. But we must not allow ourselves to become too despondent. For we must never forget that if there was not one thing that was not on top of another thing, our society would be nothing more than a meaningless body of men that had gathered together for no good purpose. But we flourish. This year our Australasian members and the various organisations affiliated to our Australasian branches put no fewer than twenty-two things on top of other things.
[applause]
Sir William: Well done all of you. But there is one cloud on the horizon. In this last year our Staffordshire branch has not succeeded in putting one thing on top of another.
[more cries of "shame!]
Sir William: Therefore I call upon our Staffordshire delegate to explain this weird behaviour.
Cutler: [timidly] Er, Cutler, Staffordshire. Um... well... Mr Chairman, it's just that most of the members in Staffordshire feel... the whole thing's a bit... silly.
[cries of outrage]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)