This is a list of notable and recurring
sketches from the comedy group,
Monty Python
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over fo ...
, for their series ''
Monty Python's Flying Circus
''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' (also known as simply ''Monty Python'') is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who became know ...
'' and other projects.
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Albatross!
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Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses
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Architects Sketch
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Argument Clinic
* The Bishop
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Cheese Shop sketch
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Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris
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Crunchy Frog
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Dead Bishop
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Dead Parrot sketch
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The Dirty Fork
The Dirty Fork, also known simply as Restaurant Sketch, is a Monty Python sketch that appeared in episode 3 of the first series of the television series ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', and later in the film, ''And Now For Something Completely Dif ...
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Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
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Election Night Special
"Election Night Special" is a Monty Python sketch parodying the coverage of United Kingdom general elections, specifically the 1970 general election, on the BBC by including hectic (and downright silly) actions by the media and a range of ridi ...
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Fish Licence
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The Fish-Slapping Dance
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Four Yorkshiremen sketch
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The Funniest Joke in the World
"The Funniest Joke in the World" (also "Joke Warfare" and "Killer Joke") is a Monty Python comedy sketch revolving around a joke that is so funny that anyone who reads or hears it promptly dies from laughter. Ernest Scribbler (Michael Palin), ...
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How Not to Be Seen
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Kilimanjaro Expedition
Kilimanjaro Expedition is a sketch from the episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus " The Ant, an Introduction", also appearing in the Monty Python film '' And Now For Something Completely Different''. It has been compared to a comic episode in Fra ...
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Lifeboat sketch
Monty Python's Lifeboat (Cannibalism) sketch appeared on ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' in Episode 26. It was also performed on the album, ''Another Monty Python Record'', retitled "Still No Sign Of Land". The sketch was inspired by the famous ...
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Marriage Guidance Counsellor
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The Ministry of Silly Walks
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The Mouse Problem
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Nudge Nudge
"Candid Photography", better known as "Nudge Nudge", is a sketch from the third ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' episode, "How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away" (series 1, ep. 3) featuring Eric Idle (author of the ...
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Patient Abuse
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The Philosophers' Football Match
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Piranha Brothers
"Piranha Brothers" is a Monty Python sketch that was first seen in the first episode (titled "Face the Press") of the second series of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''. Originally broadcast on television on 15 September 1970, the premise is a ...
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Ron Obvious
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Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
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Seduced Milkmen
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Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit
"Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit" is a Monty Python sketch that appeared in the episode " Owl Stretching Time". It is about an RSM-type instructor who is teaching a class about self-defence, but all he teaches is how to defend oneself against an ...
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Spam
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The Spanish Inquisition
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Undertakers
A funeral director, also known as an undertaker (British English) or mortician (American English), is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as w ...
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Upper Class Twit of the Year
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Vocational Guidance Counsellor
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World Forum/Communist Quiz
References
External links
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