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A fan's treasury of every script and episode from the influential British comedy series is complemented by profiles of the famous troupe members, insider interviews, anecdotes, photographs, sketches and reproductions of Terry Gilliam's iconic artwork.
Monty Python's Flying Circus remains one of the most popular, influential, and oft-quoted comedy series of all time, even forty years after the airing of its first episode. Now, Black Dog & Leventhal delivers the definitive collection that every Python fan has been waiting for. In MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: Complete and Annotated (November 13, 2012), you'll find behind-the-scenes anecdotes, photographs, iconic artwork by Terry Gilliam, and every script from all 45 episodes of the innovative, hilarious, and absurd Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Savor every silly setup, clever conceit, and snide insult from classic skits like "The Ministry of Silly Walks," "The Dead Parrot," "The Cheese Shop," "Spam," "The Funniest Joke in the World," "The Spanish Inquisition," "The Argument Sketch," "The Fish-Slapping Dance," and "The Lumberjack Song."
The scripts are helpfully annotated with notes that cover the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical references touched upon in each sketch. Profiles of the principals-Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, and John Cleese-as well as sidebars offering facts about technical concerns, set design and shooting locations; stories from on and off the set, including arguments, and accidents; goofs and gaffes; more than 2,000 photographs, and much more.
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: Complete and Annotated
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Characterized by a level of detail that firmly plants Dempsey ( A Supremely Bad Idea ), the deputy editor of Bookish.com, in the obsessive fan-boy camp, this annotated transcription of all 45 Monty Python episodes occupies a ludicrously colorful and silly space between scrapbook and bible of the absurd. Including stills of more than 2,000 key scenes, as well as a litany of trivia for each sketch, this is a perfect supplement to the British troupe's subversive comedic oeuvre. Dempsey keeps his comments and criticism to the margins of the page, allowing classic sketches like "Dead Parrot," "The Ministry of Silly Walks," and "The Lumberjack Song" to speak for themselves. But it's in those margins that readers will likely find the most gold, as Dempsey's running commentary covers everything from expected Python minutiae, gaffes, and in-jokes, to British history and culture, effectively situating the show's crisp writing and sly references in their proper context. Clocking in at nearly 900 pages, folks won't be toting this book far from the coffee table, but the engaging combination of asides, fun facts, illustrations, and screen shots (not to mention the episode transcriptions themselves) make for an immersive and addictive read; Python fans needn't look any further?it's all here, literally.
