Talk:Monty Python's Flying Circus

The "It's" Man-hermit or castaway?

Unless the Pythons themselves have described this character as a hermit, I think it's more accurate that he is a castaway, from a shipwreck or some other disaster. His tattered clothes tend to indicate that he has survived some disaster and a long period of isolation and a long trek back to civilization. Consider the show openings in which he came up out of the surf onto a shore. It's a minor detail, to be sure, but I recommend reviewing and updating this.---theBaron0530 5. October 2010 12:30 ET

Transnational themes or actually American egocentrism

I fail to see trasnational themes there as section solely focuses on the US; either change it or analyze whole83.27.149.179 (talk) 13:10, 6 June 2018 (UTC) Python's creations more closely to really talk about transnational themes. 83.27.149.179 (talk) 13:10, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying that US topics in the Monty Python oeuvre don't qualify as "transnational"? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:16, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

On lead. (minor suggestion)

I was thinking of this quote:
"Their comedy is often pointedly intellectual, with..."
I absolutely agree, but perhaps the word "silly" could be included too. In a good way, naturally. What about something in line with:
"Their comedy is often consciously silly but simultaneously highly intelligent and pointedly intellectual, with..."
To be intelligent and intellectual isn't the same, but I would like to say MP indeed is both. "Intelligence" and "silly" can well be regarded as opposites I suppose, but I think MP has proven that humor can be both.
What's meant by "innuendo-laden", just by the way ? Boeing720 (talk) 05:33, 19 November 2018 (UTC) (a silly alias, by the way...)

Spot the braincell

The section on the quiz show (blow on the head) in episode 20 (The Atilla the Hun Show) seems to suggest that the entire sketch was removed for one repeat airing but is generally available otherwise (including home video). If that is true, can it be clarified? If not, was some part (for instance, the name of the show, which is never identified as Spot the Braincell in the versions of the episode I have seen) edited out permanently and considered lost? And if the name Spot the Braincell is only used outside of MPFC itself, can the section on it be renamed to avoid confusion?

On a broader note, I am trying to collect a comprehensive view of what is missing from the A&E DVDs and other widely available versions of the show, and would be happy to include my findings here (including other alterations and alternates not listed here yet), but would it would be worth it, or would it constitute sufficient "original research" that it would be taken down? 174.100.165.147 (talk) 22:40, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Possibly. The sketch "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" contains a bit where they interview a contestant, who reveals that his hobbies include "strangling animals, golf and masturbating". One of the books I've read on the TV program mentioned that this was censored in its initial airing. Until downsizing in recent years, I owned a copy of the 16-disc DVD box set and this joke was included there intact. So it sounds to me like this is pertinent information, but a number of folks on Wikipedia as of late really have a hard-on about properly cited statements. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 01:11, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

The It's Man and the Continuity Announcer

I don't want to add this more specific content to the "recurring characters" section without being sure; but am I right in thinking that these two characters are deployed as follows?

Series 1: Titles introduced by extended It's Man business (i.e., he slowly makes his way to the camera and then says "It's").

Series 2: Continuity Announcer says "And now for something completely different," then It's Man appears just long enough to say "It's," then titles roll.

Series 3: Same as series 2, except that Continuity Announcer abbreviates his bit to "And now."

Jcejhay (talk) 20:43, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Where are the episodes?

ITs a sketch series group, so where are the sketches? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 07:24, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Removed table

I've undone an edit that apparently reintroduced a table to the article from a few months back. The edit, re-added by User: 129.22.115.74 utilized the following edit summary:

"As discussed on the talk page a few months ago I'm adding detail on what version has what, arranging what I can in a tabular form. Please adjust if needed and allow for other columns for other sources! (I might add a column myself on mentions in the "complete" book of scripts. Whoever added the region 2 DVD note at the very bottom might add a column too, but for now I'm leaving the note alone".

The table contains a lot of uncited information and those particular red flags like "should", "must have", "will be", "likely", "presumably", etc. It seems like a lot of OR on the face of it. I think it should be discussed more here before re-adding any of it to the article. After all, it was removed once before, so substantial discussion should take place before any further addition of the table takes place. As per WP:BRD, the bold edit was reverted; its time to discuss it now. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2019 (UTC)