"Monty Python's Flying Circus"
The Naked Ant (1970)

Director:

Ian MacNaughton

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Original Air Date:

4 January 1970 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Debutante | Brassiere | Upperclass | Olympics Parody

Cast

Graham Chapman	...	Letter writer against falling from a building / Alexander Hardacre / Ron Vibbentrop (Von Ribbentrop) / Yokel / Conservative candidate / Second sergeant / Rosamund's father / The Rt. Hon. Lambert Warbeck
John Cleese	...	Voice Over #1 / Second Man / Professor Tiddles / Mr. Hilter (Adolf Hitler) / Interviewer / Stockbroker / First Sergeant / Upperclass Twit / Upperclass Twit of the Year Commentator / Third Robert
Eric Idle	...	First Man / Professional Cricketer / Mr. Johnson / Pepperpot #1 / Inspector / BBC Man / Second Robert / Fairy
Terry Jones	...	Signalman / Landlady / Pepperpot #3 / A Gumby / Man in bowler / Brigadier Mainwaring Smith Smith Smith / Man with pipe / First Robert
Michael Palin	...	It's Man / Spectrum Presenter / Heimlich Bimmler (Himmler) / Pepperpot #2 / Ken Shabby
Terry Gilliam	...	Animator / Mr. Phillips / Tex
Connie Booth	...	Rosamund
Flanagan	...	Mrs. Johnson / Lovely girl

Trivia:

When the TV-series was first shown in the 1970s in Finland, "The 127th Annual Upper Class Twit of the Year competition" sketch was interpreted to mock people with cerebral palsy and thus YLE discontinued to broadcast the series after this episode.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV)