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Article: MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS sundaybriefing
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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FORTY years ago tomorrow a new programme was broadcast on TV.
It changed the face of comedy, created a team of superstars, and
gained cult status around the world.
The surreal creation that was Monty Python's Flying Circus was
first shown by the BBC on October 5 1969, and it was, in short,
something completely different.
Featuring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin,
Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman, the bizarre sketch show pushed the
boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content and continues
to have an impact today.
In fact the Pythons' in. uence on comedy has been compared to
that of the Beatles on music, with 'Pythonesque' often used to
describe sketches by later ...