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Monty Python's Flying Circus
Episode 29: The Money Programme
By: Monty Python
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You are hereby charged that you did willfully take part in a strange sketch. That is, a skit, spoof or humorous vignette of an unconventional nature with intent to cause grievous mental confusion to the Great British Public. Stavro Arrgolus
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Recorded December 4, 1971, first aired November 2, 1972.
This show gave us "The Money Song", the Church Police and, of course, "Argument Clinic", one of the signature Python sketches.Stavro Arrgolus
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Releases:
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | |
| 1972 | TV | BBC | | (Stavro Arrgolus) |
| 2000 | Video | A&E Home Video | | (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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| ©Python (Monty) Productions Ltd. (Stavro Arrgolus) |
| In the early '70s, it was still possible to get away with ethnic humor. This episode features a running gag in which the police are pursuing a rogue director (played by Terry Jones) who impersonates more successful directors - 'ethnically diverse' ones. The character is Japanese, but tries to pass as Michelangelo Antonioni and later in the episode actually appears in blackface- something that would get you shot repeatedly these days. Africa features prominently in this episode, so he wasn't the only one. This is an instance in which they get a pass because they're Python. (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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