57th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus

The first episode of seminal comedy series MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS (subtitled 'Whither Canada?') was broadcast just before 11pm 57yrs ago today.

There’s loads of television anniversaries today. 1969 - first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus 1970 - first episode of The Magic Roundabout But most importantly, on this date in 1984, the first episode of The Family News was shown.

Watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time in 4th grade at a friend’s birthday party. We absolutely lost our minds. No one could believe such a thing could exist.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 5️⃣: A song that makes you laugh. 🗣️ Monty Python 🔊 Sit On My Face

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5 October 1969. Monty Python’s Flying Circus was 1st broadcast on BBC1 at 11 PM. The comedy group were left to right: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. There were 45 episodes from 1969 to 1974 and 2 episodes for German TV.

Monty Python and The Holy Grail... "If I went around saying I was emperor because some moistened bint threw a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=88DZ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. My parents had a young couple watch me for a weekend and they took me to this movie when I was 13. We all laughed so hard.

Obviously Airplane! and the Monty Python and Pink Panther movies but also this one:

I was absolutely traumatised as a tiny child by watching a huge man eat so much at a restaurant that he simply exploded on screen with blood and guts everywhere. Twenty years later, I had recently become a Monty Python fan and was watching their lower-quality backlog when...

Literally got Dark Crystal meets Monty Python vibes from this. SO fun!!! (BUT WHY KILL MR TROLL THO HE JUST WANTED TO PLAY RIDDLES T_T)

when I read the "no one expected" I instantly heard Michael Palin screaming "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!" and now i can't stop laughing.

Series 2 of Monty Python's Flying Circus is more consistently funny than almost any other sketch show and some episodes, such as ep 2 ('The Spanish Inquisition') are close to perfection.

Idk if this counts, but if they are still quoting Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I thought you meant Monty Python and the Holy Grail for a second. And I had nightmares after watching Watership Down too.