MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS WORST OF '76 GF 2LP COMEDY
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MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS THE WORST OF MONTY PYTHON 2 LP
17.77 / 2007-05-23 A asocc
TRACKS: Disc: 1 1. Apologies 2. Spanish Inquisition 3. World Forum Monty Python 4. Gumby Theatre, Etc. 5. The Architect 6. The Piranha Brothers 7. Death of Mary, Queen of Scots 8. Penguin on the TV 9. Comfy Chair/Sound Quiz 10. Be a Great Actor/Theatre Quiz 11. Royal Festival Hall Concert 12. Spam 13. The Judges/Stake Your Claim 14. Still No Sign of Land/Undertaker 15. Embarrassment/A Bed-Time Book 16. England 1747--Dennis Moore 17. Money Programme 18. Dennis Moore Continues 19. Australian Table Wines 20. Argument Clinic Monty Python 21. Putting Budgies Down 22. Eric the Half-A-Bee Song 23. Travel Agency 24. Radio Quiz Game 25. A Massage/City Noises Quiz 26. Miss Anne Elk 27. We Love the Yangtse 28. How-To-Do-It Lessons 29. A Minute Passed 30. Eclipse of the Sun Review by Lindsay Planer This double-LP collection contained no new material sans a silly cover illustration presumably from Terry Gilliam. Rather, it is a simple repackaging of Another Monty Python Record (1972) and Monty Python's Previous Record (1973). The release of The Worst of Monty Python (1976) was most likely to take advantage of the troupe's stateside successes on PBS television and their recent tour of North America. Each of the respective albums consists primarily of re-recorded sketches derived from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program, which had ceased production in 1974. However, the quintet of writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and the aforementioned Gilliam had not broken up, but moved on to creating grander visual epics such as the definitive Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Another Monty Python Record followed up the show's self-titled debut, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970), which had initially been issued by the BBC, making it harder to locate in the U.S. Keen-eared listeners who are familiar with the show will note slight variations, notably the addition of the occasional sound effect. Among the most memorable are "World Forum," where Idle quizzes the likes of Karl Marx, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Che Guevara, and Mao Tse-tung on the subject of British football, the somewhat involved story of "The Piranha Brothers," Doug and Dinsdale, and a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman, and Palin's abrupt and frequent interjections as Cardinal Ximinez during "Spanish Inquisition." Another favorite is "The Architect" sketch, featuring Cleese, whose design for a block of flats involves tenants being "carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort and past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives." Monty Python's Previous Record follows in much the same fashion with new links, such as the introductory "Embarrassment/A Bed-Time Book" and the recurring "England 1747 -- Dennis Moore" bit from the TV show. This is also the platter that hails the classic "Argument Clinic" and the cerebral wordplay of "A Minute Passed," as well as "A Fairy Tale" with Cleese and Connie Booth. The visual counterpart was never aired during any of the BBC series, but was included on the second of two Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus specials aired only in Germany and Austria. Biography by Jason Ankeny Fusing the topical satire of David Frost with the surreal outlandishness of The Goon Show, the Monty Python's Flying Circus troupe formed in England in 1969. Comprised of British performers John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, along with American animator Terry Gilliam, the group emerged as an international cult phenomenon, honing their singular blend of broad slapstick, edgy black comedy and social commentary in a string of successful television programs, films and albums. After meeting during a taping of the British children's series Do Not Adjust Your Set, the Pythons officially took shape in May 1969 when the BBC contracted the group to produce their own 13-week program. Monty Python's Flying Circus, a weekly sketch comedy series, premiered that October; after becoming a major hit throughout Europe, the troupe recorded 1970's Monty Python's Flying Circus LP, a set of new performances of television material recorded in front of a live audience (including their legendary "dead parrot" sketch, "The Pet Shop"). Their film debut, And Now for Something Completely Different -- a collection of highlights from the series -- followed in 1971.
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