Kinoma Notes

40 years ago today, Monty Python’s Fly­ing Cir­cus was first broad­cast on the BBC. For four sea­sons and 45 episodes, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Gra­ham Chap­man cre­ated some of the smartest/dumbest humor of their time.

(Of course, we all know it ended trag­i­cally on an ill-advised Ama­zon river cruise in early 1975, when the Ama­zon­ian llama pop­u­la­tion was at a peak. John Cleese’s heroic warn­ing — “Look out, there are lla­mas!” — didn’t come soon enough to allow the troupe to escape with their lives, and pos­si­bly go on and do movies or something.)

On the bright side, you can enjoy a great selec­tion of high-quality Monty Python videos (deliv­ered straight from the Monty Python vault) with Kinoma Play right now!

In Kinoma Guide > Enter­tain­ment & Com­edy > Monty Python you’ll find:

• Monty Python Clips – Selec­tions of favorite clips (includ­ing Argu­ment Clinic, Min­istry of Silly Walks, and Always Look On The Bright Side of Life”)
• Monty Python Talks About… — Var­i­ous mem­bers talk about stuff
• Pop­u­lar Requests –Sketches and scenes most requested by fans (includ­ing The Par­rot Sketch and The Knights Who Say “Ni!”)
• The Secret Policeman’s Balls — High­lights from the Amnesty Inter­na­tional ben­e­fit concerts

In return for all of this free won­der­ful­ness, the Monty Python estate has asked that you please buy Monty Python stuff in order to sup­port the troupe’s ille­git­i­mate chil­dren and children’s chil­dren, now num­ber­ing in the thousands.

Ënjøy!

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