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Its chief weapon is surprise!



Surprise and fear, fear and surprise... its TWO weapons... are fear and surprise! And ruthless hyperlinking! And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope! And a nice little picture of us on top.... oh DAMN.




By the time the Pythons returned for a second go-round in the fall of 1970, they had gained a base of fans that grew slowly but surely over the course of the season. The second season surely represents some of the finest work of the Pythons' careers, as they hit their stride and realized the freedom of their medium. This is very silly stuff, folks, and not nearly as fun to write about as it is to watch, so I'd best let the Pythons take over from this point on. I should note, however, that there is a simple way to tell a second-season episode from a first-season one without a scorecard. To begin with you can note that although the first few seconds of the animated titles, where flowers grow from a man's head, is recycled from the first series, the rest is new and features a man being turned into a chicken. And while the first season always began with a (sometimes lengthy) sequence with the "It's" man, his part was considerably shortened in the second series, and paired with John Cleese, sitting at a desk in some absurd location and saying "And now for something completely different."


Silence, unbeliever!! Our weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the pope, and nice red uniforms.... Oh, bloody hell.

Quiet! Silly people.


I didn't expect a kind of... Spanish Inquisition illustrated sketch transcript!



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Second Series Stuff

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 Mr Teabag of the Ministry of Silly Walks on the way to his office. John Cleese has the funniest legs on earth, doesn't he?
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 Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fantical devotion to the Pope!
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 Is that it? I suppose we make it worse by shouting alot do we? Now, old woman... CONFESS! CONFESS! CONFESS!
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 Hank and Roy Spim are tough, fearless backwards men who have chosen to live in the violent world of natures creatures. Today they are off to hunt mosquitoes.
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 Tired of the sound of dancing feet? Well, listen to the sounds of dancing teeth! Yes mothers! It's time once again for Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth!
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 Now I know some hospitals where you get the patients lying around in bed! Well that's not the way we do things here, right!
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 And now... The exploding Blue Danube!


Song Lyrics:
Spam Song
Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong
Bruces' Philosophers' Song (added to "Bruces" sketch on albums)
Eric the Half-a-Bee (added to "Fish License" sketch on albums)



The Scripts



The Spanish Inquisition: Nobody expects a full transcript of Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 2, Episode 2! But I'm sure you'll be glad to have it.



Also enjoy our Flying Circus Sketches Collection, featuring basically every sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus, all in one big ZIP.


The Soft Cushions!!
Pictures, eh?


M. P. Gumby on body rubs (2-4)

J. C. Gumby on aftershave (2-4)

Ken Shabby on rancid polecat (2-4)

The Nose (Raymond Luxury-Yacht) (2-9)

Reginald Maudling's Shin (2-9)

The Naughty Bits of Reginald Maudling (2-9)

Penguin on the telly (2-9)

Reg, our Announcer (2-2)

Reg, head borrowed for animation (2-2)

Reg, not expecting the Spanish Inquisition (2-2)

Get 17 screen grabs from Episode 2-12: Spam !



Pictures from Season 2 Episodes 5-7

Pictures from Season 2 Episodes 8-10

Pictures from Season 2 Episode 8

Pictures from Season 2 Episode 9

Pictures from Season 2 Episode 10

Pictures from all four seasons
(from Parrot Sketch Not Included)

Pictures from all four seasons
(production photos)

Miscellaneous Pics

Terry Gilliam Cartoons



From Other Sites


John Cleese's Silly Walk

A Vintage Silly Walk by Michael Palin


The Comfy Chair!!
Sounds

Visit our Flying Circus WAV directory!

The Soft Cushions! (.WAV)

The Comfy Chair! (.WAV)



MIDI Music


Synthesized versions of your Python favorites.

The Liberty Bell March : The march by John Philip Sousa better known as the Flying Circus Theme Song!

A Python Medley : Featuring Spam, the Theme and other Python favorites by the man revered as a god by a small tribe in the Himalayas, Steve Hull (STHMID@aol.com)!

Or get our entire Monty Python MIDI Collection in one ZIP! It includes what's above and much, much more. If you haven't DL'ed it yet here's your chance!



The Episodes



SHOW 1 - Dinsdale, or Give Us Money, Not Awards (Recorded as show 4)
Recorded on 9th July 1970 and first shown on 15th September 1970
One of the best episodes of the entire series. The look at the violence of Doug and Dinsdale, the Pirahna brothers, is a classic. The giant hedgehog, Spiny Norman, would appear in other animations, and both Luigi Vercotti and Supt. Harry "Snapper" Organs appear. This episode is, of course, best known for Silly Walks, though. After the episode aired, John Cleese would be bothered endlessly by fans on the street wanting him to walk silly for them, and he learned to hate the bit. A great episode.

SHOW 2 - The Spanish Inquisition (Recorded as show 3)
Recorded on 2nd July 1970 and first shown on 22nd September 1970
The big news here is The Spanish Inqusition, of course, but this episode also gave us Reg, our announcer here at PythoNET. The Semaphore and Novelty sketches run way overlong; not a criticism, just an observation. The Gumby appearance here is actually the first Gumby footage ever filmed! See series 1 notes. Note that the Chemist sketch in show 4 was originally intended for this show. Cardinal Ximinez appears there also.Get the script!



SHOW 3 - Show 5 (Recorded as show 5)
Recorded on 16th July 1970 and first shown on 29th September 1970
In "Psychiatrist Milkmen", note Mrs. Ratbag's name change, to Mrs. Pim. The main event here is "It's the Mind," a very funny look at the phenomenon of Deja Vu, that "strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before."

SHOW 3 - Show 5 (Recorded as show 5)
Recorded on 16th July 1970 and first shown on 29th September 1970
In "Psychiatrist Milkmen", note Mrs. Ratbag's name change, to Mrs. Pim. The main event here is "It's the Mind," a very funny look at the phenomenon of Deja Vu, that "strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before."

SHOW 4 - The Buzz Aldrin Show (Recorded as show 8)
Recorded on 18th September 1970 and first shown on 20th October 1970
The architectural block is on "Dibbingley" Road. Sounds like Dibley, don't it? There is some clever use of the bluescreen process here to insert live Pythons into Terry Gilliam's animations. The entire show is announced by five Gumbies (all the Pythons except TG), and a Gilliam-animated Gumby is also featured. The Chemist sketch was originally intended for the Spanish Inquisition show, but it ran overlong and was moved to this one, which is why the Chemist doesn't expect them, and also why Cardinal Ximinez appears to discuss aftershave. This episode coins the term "Semprini," used as a naughty word. According to the Pythonline Field Guide the word is not even a real word at all but the name of an annoying entertainer that Graham Chapman would spout off for no obvious reason. Either way, it's very silly. As originally written, the naughty word was the more obviously naughty "Biscuit-Barrel," and in a filmed bit, when John Cleese's Gumby yells "SEMPRINI!" he can be seen to mouth the word "Biscuit-Barrel" instead...

SHOW 3 - Show 5 (Recorded as show 5)
Recorded on 16th July 1970 and first shown on 29th September 1970
In "Psychiatrist Milkmen", note Mrs. Ratbag's name change, to Mrs. Pim. The main event here is "It's the Mind," a very funny look at the phenomenon of Deja Vu, that "strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before."

SHOW 5 - Live from the Grillomat (Recorded as show 7)
First shown on 27th October 1970
The "Blackmail" sketch is a fan favorite. Note that Terry Gilliam plays the Nude Organist, played later regularly by Terry Jones. A long bit with Mr. Praline (and Brookie) was cut from this show, and they actually tell you so onscreen.

SHOW 6 - School Prizes (Recorded as show 10)
First shown on 3rd November 1970
Dibley again. Timmy Williams is another David Frost impression (probably the best of them, see first series notes). The wonderful "Prince and the Black Spot" animation is spoiled only by a nasty bit of censorship which would have the Prince die of "GANGRENE" instead of cancer. The BBC were obviously cancraphobes. The real version appears in And Now for Something Completely Different. A reference is made to Ray Millichope, the film editor of the first three series. A joke is also made at the expense of Mary Whitehouse, leader of a citizen's group for wholesome television, and (of course) sworn enemy of interesting TV like the Python shows. Keep your ears peeled.

SHOW 7 - The Attila the Hun Show (Recorded as show 11)
First shown on 10th November 1970
The "Take Your Pick" spoof "Spot the Brain Cell" features Cleese as an evil game show host, a character he had previously played in At Last the 1948 Show and the video "How to Irritate People," a David-Frost-produced effort from sometime in the stone age which showcases a very young JC, GC, and MP, and also features precursors to "Dead Parrot" and "Dirty Fork." Check your video store. The "Spot the Brain Cell" sketch was cut entirely from repeats on the BBC after Michael Miles, the real "Take Your Pick" host, died. It has only recently been put back into regular rotation.

SHOW 8 - Archaeology Today (Recorded as show 12)
First shown on 17th November 1970
Terry Jones is singing for the notoriously unmusical John Cleese in "Archaeology Today." This show was recorded last but was rearranged to fall just before "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body." This is probably because that show features the Australian "Bruces" sketch, and this one offers a different take on Aussie life in Roy and Hank Spim, who hunt mosquitos with bazookas. Spiny Norman appears. "Poof" is slang for a male homosexual. "Flaming Star" is also the title of an Elvis movie.

SHOW 3 - Show 5 (Recorded as show 5)
Recorded on 16th July 1970 and first shown on 29th September 1970
In "Psychiatrist Milkmen", note Mrs. Ratbag's name change, to Mrs. Pim. The main event here is "It's the Mind," a very funny look at the phenomenon of Deja Vu, that "strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before."

SHOW 9 - How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body (Recorded as show 9)
First shown on 24th November 1970
The Bruces and Penguin bits are classics; the Bruces themselves would become fixtures at the stage shows. They toss Foster's Lager into and on the audience in the Hollywood Bowl. Raymond Luxury-Yacht appears again, along with his enormous fake nose. Both the "It's Man" and the Announcer appear in bikinis. The Killer Cars ranks among the best of TG's animations. A slightyl different version appears in And Now for Something Completely Different. Reginald Maudling was a British politician who actually died shortly after these Python shows aired. The Batley Townswomen's guild are doing an encore of their bit in Series One. Sergeant Duckie is an awful singer. "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong" is actually rather catchy. The show spoofs the Eurovision song contest that runs in Europe every year ... so does the series 3 episode "The Cycling Tour." Graham Chapman and John Cleese are having trouble not laughing in "Penguin on the TV set." This show is a fan favorite.

SHOW 10 - Scott of the Antarctic (Recorded as show 10)
First shown on 1st December 1970
The French film spoofs "Zabriskie Pont." The titles occur really late in the show here, which would become a pattern later. Conrad Poohs is an animated favorite. The "Eric the Half a Bee" song is added to the end of "Fish License" on the records. It is one of the few Python songs sung entirely by John Cleese, the self-proclaimed "Most Unmusical Man in Britain." This is one of Python girl Carol Cleveland's favorite episodes. Personally, I think it bites.

SHOW 11 - How Not to Be Seen (Recorded as show 6)
First shown on 8th December 1970
Several recurring Python characters get their own religions here. "How Not to Be Seen" is the first sketch in And Now for Something Completely Different. The Crelm Toothpaste animation is another classic, and also appears in that film. The entire show is reprised at light speed at the end, and you can see a couple of frames from a Satan-and-Jesus Gilliam animation that was edited out of the episode after its first broadcast for being too blasphemous. The "Conquistador Coffee" scene was also cut slightly.

SHOW 12 - Spam (Recorded as show 1)
First shown on 15th December 1970
This entire show is great, I think. The Black Eagle opening is one of the Python's most successful fakeouts. This was originally the first show of the series. The Tobacconist sketch, with the dirty Hungarian phrasebook, is the first verbal sketch in And Now for Something Completely Different. The Colonel in the Ypres sketch looks familiar, but does not stop the show. Get 17 screen grabs from this episode!

SHOW 13 - Royal Episode 13 (Recorded as show 13)
First shown on 22nd December 1970
There are some great moments in this show, but it was too naughty to get by the censors - the Pythons could perform the "Undertaker" sketch only if they asked the audience to boo them and storm the stage, making it clear that the BBC didn't allow this sort of thing! Which is really funny in its own right. This is due to the rampant cannibalism at the end (the "Lifeboat" and "Undertaker" cannibal bits are fan favorites) as well as the royalty theme. Spiny Norman and Crelm toothpaste appear in animation. This is the last episode of a great series.

SHOW 3 - Show 5 (Recorded as show 5)
Recorded on 16th July 1970 and first shown on 29th September 1970
In "Psychiatrist Milkmen", note Mrs. Ratbag's name change, to Mrs. Pim. The main event here is "It's the Mind," a very funny look at the phenomenon of Deja Vu, that "strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before."


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