Amazon.com: The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16 Ton Megaset : Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Ian Davidson, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Connie Booth, Bob Raymond, Lyn Ashley, Ian MacNaughton, Terry Hughes, Angus James, David Lipscomb, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Marty Feldman: Movies & TV (original) (raw)

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Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017
OK, if you are not a fan, quit reading now. Otherwise buy this and take the voyage. Included is the complete series and two discs of extra material, live shows, and some rarities. For the most part the episodes are well presented on disc, generally high quality in color and sound, and hold up well even on my newer, larger television. Remember, I first watched the show on an old RCA 19 inch cathode so sometimes I cringe at the low quality of the image on a 40" Sony. But then you laugh so hard that you tear up so all is forgiven. This is a rarity for a British series to last this many episodes and by season four you can tell the Pythons are beginning to tire of the show and the skits are beginning to flag a bit. But even at it's worst it is much better than most of what passes for humor on television over on this side of the pond. What is lacking is any kind of informative booklet to educate the new watcher on what they are about to experience. Truly designed for the fan who wishes to binge watch a truly ground breaking series. If you really want to know what the Pythons were all about may I suggest you also purchase at least the following books. "The first 280 years of Monty Python", Kim "Howard" Johnson, St. Martin's Griffin Press., and for the true fan, "The Pythons", autobiography by the Pythons, St. Martin's Press Thomas Dunne Books. There are many other titles but these will really enlighten you on the complete Python experience. Also check out the Python members other works as solo or with various cast members such as "Fawlty Towers", "Ripping Yarns", to name a few. Then there are the movies. The pure Python moves such as "Holy Grail", "Meaning of Life", "Life of Brian", are consistently great. Some of the ancillary projects like "Yellowbeard", "Jabberwocky", and others, not so great, but you decide. Most John Cleese films were good as are many of Terry Gilliams efforts, though spotty. Still, a great time can be had by all. Get your silly on.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2009
You have to wonder just what A&E Home Video is trying to do to the fans of this show. The complaints listed in other reviews are correct, have merit, and are dead on, but let's not get into that. I, believe it or not, DIDN'T have any of the other boxed sets, so, throwing caution to the wind, I purchaed this one a while back. Due to my rather haphazard schedule, I'm just finishing this product and, for those who haven't bought any of the other collections, this is spot on!
It contains absolutely anything a "Flying Circus" fan could want, namely the historic series all in one place. It's worth having even if you're NOT a fan of the Circus, because these guys pretty much defined absurdist comedy for a generation. Some folks get it, others don't, but for us who do, and frequently quote sketches, it's a blast!
The bonus stuff is great stuff too, although I have to wonder what the point was of the "Personal Best" documentaries. We already have the sketches on the other DVD's and have seen them on the telly. They even somewhat sanitize and abrogate the classic bits they're repeating. Granted, some of the characters they portrayed in the '70s, namely anything in blackface, can't be repeated in these PC times, but do we really have to shorten them by a few words? The true fan likes them as they are. The new docs are rather amusing and somewhat fill in details for those of us not already aware of them. And, lastly, I rather liked the all-German episode and think it could play well even today on English-speaking television.
Again, repremands to A&E for trying to make us buy the same thing over and over (don't even get me started on "World at War"), but credit for putting together a good package for those of us who don't have it all already.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2004
This 14 DVD set is a Pythonphile's dream come true. Some have picked on A&E for minor editing issues, but the set, while not totally perfect, is probably the closest thing to a complete rendering of the original Monty Python television broadcasts that we will ever get. Most of the DVDs have three episodes apiece on them, and they are wonderful to watch in order, to see the development of the Python style, or at random, to be pleasantly surprised by whatever bit of insanity happens to pop up.
In addition to the shows themselves, the discs have several extras, including biographical bits illustrated with representative clips of each Python, trivia contests (for both Gumbys and Upper Class Twits), bits of Gilliam animation (which, frankly is my least favorite part of the show, so I skipped much of this), random bits from the German shows and live shows, and direct scene access that is reasonably well catalogued.
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" is without question my favorite television show of all time, and this box set does it justice. When a collection is so enormous there is bound to be something that almost anyone can complain about (for me it is the excessive Gilliam animation introductions to the chapters and extras), but all in all this is excellent, and will likely be the definitive Monty Python set for all time.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024
It's all there, but the last disc is the last disc but has previous sketches on it. For everything else grab Almost The Truth Lawyer's version too. Caution you will have John Phillips Sousa stuck in your head for weeks.Also fun was to see the original versions of the sketches that became Now For Something Completely Different.

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Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2023
Here we have all 45 episodes plus a few other items or extras. Sure, not the deleted stuff from the currently available box set of 7 DVDs. It is not blu-ray nor any other digital improvement. But it does have ENGLISH SUBTITLES -- which is important for the seniors and others hard of hearing. Also, the price is right, about a third of the latest iteration...which has NO SUBTITLES...a major boner (not bonus) from the Mother Beeb...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2024

Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2023
Wer nicht weiß, was ihn da erwartet und zudem kein Englisch spricht…wird diese Rezension sicher gar nicht lesen…
Im Ernst, ein absolutes „Must have“ für diejenigen, die es in den siebzigern wöchentlich im Fernsehen herbeigefiebert haben, qualitativ hervorragend gemacht diese Collection!!!

Reviewed in Japan on February 26, 2018
今回こちらの他にもUSから直送の中古品を購入しましたが、状態の悪さに驚きました。
特に紙製ケースや紙製のインナーケースは破れが多いです。
今後もUS直送の中古品を購入するつもりですが、日本の中古品の「可」レベルしか期待できないと今回悟りました。
それでも、安価でコンプリートセットをゲットできるのはうれしい。
こちら、映像はTVサイズでかつリマスターでもなく、テレビで見るよりも酷い状態ですが、内容がそれを凌駕してます。
いい買い物でした！

Reviewed in Spain on November 9, 2015
La obra cumbre de los Monty Python, incluso por encima de sus famosas peliculas. Humor inteligente y surrealista que hacen de cada sketch de esta serie de TV un momento memorable.
Esta edición es un lujo. Con subtitulos en español, cargada de extras y a un magnifico precio.
Ya sabes hay dos tipos de personas: las que no han visto Flying Circus y las que si...y te aseguro que las primeras son mucho más felices.
Si no la has visto ya estás tardando.