Monday, October 5, 2015

Monty Python's Flying Circus premiered 1969!



The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired October 5, 1969 but Americans had to wait until July 1974 for the first broadcast.  The original cast starred: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.  The series ran for four seasons, but John Cleese left the show after the third season and only returned for a cameo in the fourth.

Here is a clip from the first episode:

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