Monty Python - Best Of Flying Circus & Live in Aspen

Box set of the seminal comedy show. 'Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Best of - Volume 1' contains all the best sketches from the first series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'The 127th Upperclass Twit of the Year Competition from Hurlingham Park'; 'Bicycle Repair Man'; 'Vicious Gangs of Old Ladies - the Layabouts in Lace'; 'The Man with Three Buttocks'; 'The Lumberjack Song'; 'Vocational Guidance Councillor'; and 'The Joke That Kills People'. Oh, and a sketch about a dead parrot. 'Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Best of - Volume 2' features highlights from the second series. Sketches include: 'It's in the Mind'; 'The New Cooker Sketch'; 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'; and 'The Ministry for Silly Walks'. 'Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Best of - Volume 3' features the best moments from the third and fourth series. Highlights include: 'The Finals of the All-England Summarise Proust Competition'; 'Stand and Deliver! It's That Highwayman Dennis Moore'; 'Thrust: A Quite Controversial Look at the World Around Us'; 'Whicker's Island'; and 'The Fifteenth Ideal Loon Competition'. In 'Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen', those members of the team still extant - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam - are joined by the ashes of their late colleague, Graham Chapman, for a special evening at the US Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen, recorded in October 1998. The Pythons discuss the effect that their work has had on subsequent comedy shows with presenter Robert Klein, who intersperses the conversation with film clips and sketches.