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Summary: Good Movie
Review: A funny movie that you will want to watch over and over
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Summary: Not their best.....
Review: but still essential for a python fan. With horses jumping over the cast of The Sound of Music, the "Worst family in Britain", Mr Neutron and Teddy Salad - the man disguised as a dog, how can you go wrong?I assume they will include episode 45 in this set, but knowing them - that'll be released with the german episodes.
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Summary: Good, but no Cleese
Review: I give this 4 stars just because it IS Monty Python (note, no "Flying Circus" in the title for the last year), but the absence of John Cleese's physical humor does detract from this set as well as the relative brevity in terms of number of episodes. If you're a Python newcomer, get the earlier series first.
Rating:
Summary: Good, but no Cleese
Review: I give this 4 stars just because it IS Monty Python (note, no "Flying Circus" in the title for the last year), but the absence of John Cleese's physical humor does detract from this set as well as the relative brevity in terms of number of episodes. If you're a Python newcomer, get the earlier series first.
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Summary: Series four
Review: In 1973, the Pythons decided to do another series. But John Cleese (who had been anxious to leave for a while) decided to leave the series to the rest.
Although this isn't the best material Python could have put out, there performances are quite good in these episodes. Only a few sketches here rank with the best. I love the end of Golden Age of Balloning "I've enjoyed being in it." (Note: During the credits right after that, Jaques Mongolfier, is still trying to put his tongue in Carol's mouth.)Well here's the play-by-play for each of these episodes. 40- The worst one of the season. It just gets weak and boring during that whole stupid "It's not a ballon", and all of the bodies in the German's drawing room. Ironically, the season opener. 41-One of the few actual stories in the series. One of the strangest Python episodes (that's saying alot). I use Micheal Ellis as my fake name. 42-Probably the best of the season. Lots of strong sketches, but still a few turkies. (Note: Look for Neil Innes in the closing credits). HALFWAY BREAK- It says in different books, that there's no more it's man in this season, and "Flying Circus" isn't in the title anymore. Well that's not exactly true. The It's man is in ep.42, and in the first half, you can see flying circus on the screen, with the two strange men with breasts. 43-Another weak and boring one. The father in law is funny, but that's almost it. Almost nothing happens in this, that Hamlet thing is dumb with the recurring line. 44-MR. Neutron episode. Most of this is funny. But it's annoying to hear the Pythons trying to do American accents. 45- Last one. Not good or bad. The awful family is pretty funny, but the cartoon in this one goes on too long. Gilliams cartoons are usually good though. Well these aren't really as good as the others, and new
Python fans shouldn't start here. Cleese was a key element, and losing him (just for the series for that matter)took off a lot of force. Skip this, and get the whole set. What I decided to do, when I had no idea what I was getting myself into...
Rating:
Summary: Series four
Review: In 1973, the Pythons decided to do another series. But John Cleese (who had been anxious to leave for a while) decided to leave the series to the rest.
Although this isn't the best material Python could have put out, there performances are quite good in these episodes. Only a few sketches here rank with the best. I love the end of Golden Age of Balloning "I've enjoyed being in it." (Note: During the credits right after that, Jaques Mongolfier, is still trying to put his tongue in Carol's mouth.)Well here's the play-by-play for each of these episodes. 40- The worst one of the season. It just gets weak and boring during that whole stupid "It's not a ballon", and all of the bodies in the German's drawing room. Ironically, the season opener. 41-One of the few actual stories in the series. One of the strangest Python episodes (that's saying alot). I use Micheal Ellis as my fake name. 42-Probably the best of the season. Lots of strong sketches, but still a few turkies. (Note: Look for Neil Innes in the closing credits). HALFWAY BREAK- It says in different books, that there's no more it's man in this season, and "Flying Circus" isn't in the title anymore. Well that's not exactly true. The It's man is in ep.42, and in the first half, you can see flying circus on the screen, with the two strange men with breasts. 43-Another weak and boring one. The father in law is funny, but that's almost it. Almost nothing happens in this, that Hamlet thing is dumb with the recurring line. 44-MR. Neutron episode. Most of this is funny. But it's annoying to hear the Pythons trying to do American accents. 45- Last one. Not good or bad. The awful family is pretty funny, but the cartoon in this one goes on too long. Gilliams cartoons are usually good though. Well these aren't really as good as the others, and new
Python fans shouldn't start here. Cleese was a key element, and losing him (just for the series for that matter)took off a lot of force. Skip this, and get the whole set. What I decided to do, when I had no idea what I was getting myself into...
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Summary: Less known episodes, but also some of their funniest
Review: Maybe I'm weird too, but Mr. Neutron has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV (and this is a full 30 minute sketch). If I was to recommend a single MPFC episode to someone it would be this one. As the U.S. military chief says after bombing London..."Do we have any statistics on how scared they are?". The Michael Ellis episode is also very funny and surreal (also a full 30 minute sketch). The Golden Age of Ballooning is excellent. The Most Awful Family in Britain speaks for itself...hope you like beans. All in all an excellent set.
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Summary: Maybe I'm weird
Review: Maybe I'm weird, but I actually think "Michael Ellis" and "The Golden Age of Ballooning" are two of the funniest Python episodes of all -- and they're in this set. Everyone seems to sneer at the later episodes, but I think they're even more surreal than the earlier stuff.
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Summary: Hmmmmm..... Was it worth it?
Review: The forth series of Python is essentially the only moment when the performances outweigh the script. Terribly under-written episodes like THE GOLDEN AGE OF BALLOONING do feature some excellent performances, like the embarrassed pauses between Palin 's psuedo-French King and Idle. There are still some classic bits of writing, but they seem stranded between vast slabs of underwriten tripe. Highlights include the Most Awful Family in Britain (particulary Gilliam's bean-eater), the Courtmartial sequence in the third episode, and the wonderfully exaggerated Banter sketch. Sketches like these make the videos worth buying alone (just fast-forward throught the other sketches...)
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Summary: A must for Python Collectors
Review: The only reason that people might this particular season isn't as good as all the others is because John Cleese is gone. There is, however, in a special section of the DVD called the "Loony Bin" where you can see John Cleese do an especially funny bit. (I think this part was filmed for their 30th anniversary last year.) My favorite episode in this package is "The Light Entertainment War," which contains such sketches as "Woody and Tinny Words," and a delightful rendition of "Anything Goes" that Cole Porter obviously didn't write. I also loved the sketch with the stupid TV programmers, and Michael Palin's German Louis XVI. All in all, not as good as its predecessors, but I enjoyed it just the same.
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