"musical numbers). The theme music is the Band of the Grenadier Guards' rendition of John Philip Sousa's ""The Liberty Bell"" which was first published in 1893. Under the Berne Convention's ""country of origin"" concept, the composition was subject to United States copyright law which states that any works first published prior to 1923 was in the public domain due to copyright expiration. This enabled Gilliam to co-opt the march for the series without having to make any royalty payments. The title ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" was partly the result of the group's reputation at the BBC. Michael Mills, the BBC's"
"in a different visual style and with references to llamas, animals often mentioned in ""Flying Circus"". The subtitles were written by Michael Palin as a way to ""entertain the 'captive' audience"" at the beginning of the film. In addition to several songs written by Python regular Neil Innes, several pieces of music were licensed from De Wolfe Music Library. These include: ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"" had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 3 April 1975, followed by a United States release on 27 April 1975. It was re-released on 14 October 2015 in the United Kingdom."
"""Monty Python Sings"" versions of ""Spam Song"" and ""Lumberjack Song"". The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book is a compendium of songs by Monty Python, released in 1994 on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. The book contains the lyrics and musical scores for songs from the group's ""Flying Circus"" TV series, albums and films. Also included are ""The Ferret Song"" and ""Rhubarb Tart Song"", which originate from ""At Last The 1948 Show"". The musical scores were edited by regular Python collaborator, John Du Prez."
"The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book is a compendium of songs by Monty Python, released in 1994 on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. The book contains the lyrics and musical scores for songs from the group's ""Flying Circus"" TV series, albums and films. Also included are ""The Ferret Song"" and ""Rhubarb Tart Song"", which originate from ""At Last The 1948 Show"". The musical scores were edited by regular Python collaborator, John Du Prez. Initial copies came with a free CD single, containing the"
"Mike LeRoy Mike LeRoy (born ""Michael Robinson-Learoyd""; 18 March 1937) is a writer and singer. Mike was the singer of the theme song to the 1965 film, A High Wind in Jamaica. he also sang 'with a little love' in 1970, which was subsequently used on the Attila the hun sketch of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Mike Leroy was born in Lupset, Wakefield. His father was in the RAF and his mother was a farmers daughter – His grandfather was the well known farmer and breeder of hunters – Mark Robinson of Driffield. His mother and father separated when he"
"Monty Python's Flying Circus Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured animations by group member Terry Gilliam, often sequenced or merged with live action. The first episode was recorded on 7 September and premiered on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974,"
"for which is called ""Goons Gallop"" and is reminiscent of ""Devil's Galop""). ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" used this theme throughout its run on television, including in the famous ""The Spanish Inquisition"" sketch. Excerpts from the theme form part of the opening theme to the video game ""Monty on the Run"". The theme has featured more recently in Mitchell and Webb's ""The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar"" sketches, and the ""30 Rock"" episode ""Tracy Does Conan"". The song was also used in the CITV children's show ""ZZZap!"" and was the theme song of the character Tricky Dicky. Devil's Galop"
"and militarism in the United Kingdom (…)' Notes Bibliography Monty Python's Flying Circus Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured animations by group member Terry Gilliam, often sequenced or merged with live action. The first episode was recorded on 7 September and premiered on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45"
"Python's Flying Circus"". An extract was heard in the 2013 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""The Crimson Horror"" although that story was set in 1893, i.e., before Parry's arrangement. A punk version is heard in Derek Jarman's 1977 film ""Jubilee"". In an episode of ""Peep Show"", Jez (Robert Webb) records a track titled ""This Is Outrageous"" which uses the first and a version of the second line in a verse. A modified version of the hymn, replacing the word ""England"" with ""Neo"", is used in ""Neo Yokio"" as the national anthem of the eponymous city state. In the theatre it appears in"
"Monty Python Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were the British surreal comedy group responsible for the sketch comedy show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, including touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles' influence on music. Their sketch show has been referred to as ""not only one of the more enduring icons of 1970s British"
"album. They comprise a mixture of Keith Prowse and De Wolfe library music, self-penned Python songs and specially composed music by Neil Innes, Andre Jacquemin and Dave Howman. Grammy Awards The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief is the fourth album by the comedy group Monty Python, released in 1973. Most of the material was newly written for the album along with a handful of sketches from the third series of ""Flying Circus"", one from the second (""Bruces"") and another from the first (""Pet Conversions""). The team were once again joined by Neil"
"can be heard, namely the 1st movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's ""3rd Brandenburg Concerto"", Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's finale from the ""Swan Lake"" and the rondo from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ""4th Horn Concerto"". Decomposing Composers ""Decomposing Composers"" is a Monty Python comedic song released on ""Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album"" and the ""Monty Python Sings"" album. It was written and composed by Michael Palin and arranged by John Du Prez. Palin sings the song in what appears to be the persona of Luigi Vercotti, a seedy character who appeared in some sketches in the TV show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", notably"
"Monty Python's Flying Circus (album) Monty Python's Flying Circus is the first album produced by the Monty Python troupe, released in both the UK and US in 1970, with the US version featuring a back cover slightly different from the original UK version. It features new versions of sketches from the first ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" television series. Next to the television show itself, the album was the first piece of media the Pythons released. It is noted that Terry Gilliam was not included as a member of Python on the album's cast listing (in spite of his brief appearance"
"were present and presented as Associate Pythons at the official Monty Python 25th-anniversary celebrations held in Los Angeles in July 1994. Neil Innes is the only non-Python besides Douglas Adams to be credited with writing material for ""Flying Circus"". He appeared in sketches and the Python films, as well as performing some of his songs in ""Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl"". He was also a regular stand-in for absent team members on the rare occasions when they recreated sketches. For example, he took the place of Cleese at the Concert for George. Gilliam once noted that if anyone"
"is in development in Los Angeles with Noble House Entertainments. With three other film scripts completed and in development Mike decided to write and sing again after requests from his still loyal fan base and at this time is writing and recording his new album. Mike LeRoy Mike LeRoy (born ""Michael Robinson-Learoyd""; 18 March 1937) is a writer and singer. Mike was the singer of the theme song to the 1965 film, A High Wind in Jamaica. he also sang 'with a little love' in 1970, which was subsequently used on the Attila the hun sketch of Monty Python's Flying"
"Fred Tomlinson (singer) Frederick Tomlinson (18 December 1927 – 17 July 2016) was a British singer, songwriter and composer. He founded the Fred Tomlinson Singers, who sang the music featured on ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", ""The Two Ronnies"" and other British television shows. Tomlinson also composed and wrote songs for Monty Python, including ""The Lumberjack Song"", which he co-wrote with Terry Jones and Michael Palin. He and his Fred Tomlinson Singers then performed ""The Lumberjack Song"" on ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" in December 1969, as well as the song ""Spam"" in 1970 while dressed as Vikings. Tomlinson was born on"
"the world's largest coconut orchestra. They led 5,567 people ""clip-clopping"" in time to the Python classic, ""Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"", for the ""Guinness World Records"" attempt. Five Monty Python productions were released as theatrical films: Monty Python Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were the British surreal comedy group responsible for the sketch comedy show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, including touring stage shows, films,"
"chorus six times. The sound effect at the start of the theme tune, of the arrow being fired into a tree, was produced by record producer Joe Meek, who was also the recording engineer on the Gary Miller version. This song was parodied by Monty Python's Flying Circus in their Dennis Moore sketch, which depicted a masked highwayman from the 18th century (more like the Scarlet Pimpernel) stealing lupins from the rich to give to the poor. It is also played at every Nottingham Forest home match. ""Robin des Bois"" was the theme recorded for the French TV market, sung"
"like Rick would never be free to rejoin the new Mynah Birds so the band to stay alive decided to go it alone. Neil named the band The Flying Circus (this was before the Monty Python Flying Circus was formed). Signed to Harvey Glatt’s management, the group recorded a number of unreleased tracks in Toronto, including Cockburn’s “Flying Circus”, “She Wants To Know”, “I’m Leaving You Out” “Mother” "" The Elephant Song"" as well as Neil's “Last Hoorah” and Fisher and MacBain’s “Where Is All The Love”. At the same sessions, the band also recorded songs by Cockburn’s former Children"
"directed by Ian MacNaughton, reprising his role from the television series. It consisted of sketches from the first two seasons of the ""Flying Circus"", reshot on a low budget (and often slightly edited) for cinema release. Material selected for the film includes: ""Dead Parrot"", ""The Lumberjack Song"", ""Upper Class Twit of the Year"", ""Hell's Grannies"", ""Self-Defence Class"", ""How Not to Be Seen"", and ""Nudge Nudge"". Financed by ""Playboy""s UK executive Victor Lownes, it was intended as a way of breaking Monty Python into America, and although it was ultimately unsuccessful in this, the film did good business in the UK,"
"Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (referred to simply as Monty Python's Flying Circus in the game itself) is a 1990 scrolling shoot 'em up computer game developed by Core Design. It was released by Virgin Games for various computer formats including the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It is loosely based on material and characters from the 1970s British comedy series ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", in particular the Gumby character. Contemporary reviews of the game were mixed, ranging from relatively high (89% for the Atari"
"a flight of stairs to The Toy Trumpet by Raymond Scott, Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Pollack. Other tunes in the film include the first scene's Happy Ending (Pollack and Mitchell) sung by Phyllis Brooks (Temple also recorded the song for the film, but it was cut before release); You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby (Revel and Gordon) sung comically and never in its entirety by girls auditioning for the radio show in the first scene; Come and Get Your Happiness (Pokrass and Yellen) sung by Temple; and Alone with You (Pollack and Mitchell) sung by Brooks and Haley. The"
"The Lumberjack Song ""The Lumberjack Song"" is a song by the Monty Python comedy troupe. The song was written and composed by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Fred Tomlinson. It first appeared in the ninth episode of ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", ""The Ant: An Introduction"" on BBC1 on 14 December 1969. The song has since been performed in several forms, including film, stage, and LP, each time started from a different skit. At an NPR interview in 2007, Michael Palin stated the scene and the whole song were created in about 15 minutes, concluding a day's work, when the Python"
"the cover of this edition. In 2012, the album was packaged with two discs of ""Fawlty Towers"" under the title ""BBC Comedy Greats!"". In June 2014, the album was included as bonus content with the expanded re-release of 'Monty Python Sings (again)"" as a deluxe 2-CD set and digital download. Monty Python's Flying Circus (album) Monty Python's Flying Circus is the first album produced by the Monty Python troupe, released in both the UK and US in 1970, with the US version featuring a back cover slightly different from the original UK version. It features new versions of sketches from"
"riding the malfunctioning carousel. The name was a play on ""breakdown"" and the tune is similar to the traditional ""Chinese Breakdown"" as well as the children's rhyme ""Miss Susie had a steamboat"". An adapted instrumental version of the song's main tune became the staple opening and closing credits theme for the ""Looney Tunes"" series, most memorably featuring Porky Pig stuttering ""Th-th-th-that's all, folks!"" over the tune at each cartoon's end. A different vocal version, sung by Daffy Duck (voice of Mel Blanc), was heard in ""Daffy Duck and Egghead"", a 1938 entry in the ""Merrie Melodies"" series, a sister series"
"The Mouse Problem ""The Mouse Problem"" is a Monty Python sketch, first aired in 1969 as part of ""Sex and Violence"", the second episode of the first season of ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"". In the sketch, an interviewer (Terry Jones) and linkman (Michael Palin) for a fictional programme called ""The World Around Us"", investigate the phenomenon of ""men [who] want to be mice"". The programme bears a striking similarity to an episode of ""Panorama""; even its theme tune, the fourth movement of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1, was the theme tune of ""Panorama"" at the time. A ""confessor"" (John Cleese) is"
"The show's theme tune was ""Where I Find My Heaven"" by the Gigolo Aunts. The single reached number 29 in the UK singles chart in May 1995, when the series debuted, and was also included in the soundtrack to the film ""Dumb and Dumber"" at the same time. Among other music included was ""Dogs of Lust"" by The The, ""Screamager"" by Therapy?, ""From Despair to Where"" by Manic Street Preachers, ""Girls & Boys"" by Blur, ""God! Show Me Magic"" by Super Furry Animals, ""The View From Here"" by Dubstar and Oasis. A fourth series was initially considered. Writer Bernadette Davis"
"extra pieces of music, composed by Paul Chihara, range from soft piano music to a string-plucked rendition of Edvard Grieg's ""In the Hall of the Mountain King"". The original Japanese opening theme is , and the ending theme is , both performed by Yumi Matsutoya (credited as Yumi Arai). The original opening and ending theme songs were replaced by two new songs, ""Soaring"" and ""I'm Gonna Fly"", written and performed for the English dub by Sydney Forest. The depiction of the cat, Jiji, is changed significantly in the Disney version. In the Japanese version Jiji is voiced by Rei Sakuma,"
"Monty Python's Previous Record Monty Python's Previous Record is the third album by Monty Python. Released in 1972, it marked the group's first collaborations with regular sound engineer Andre Jacquemin and musician Neil Innes. It contains many sketches from the third series of ""Flying Circus"", one (Fish Licence) from the second as well as an abridged version of ""The Tale of Happy Valley"" from the second German show. The album was released midway through the broadcast of Series 3, whose sketches featured on the album were all from its first half, with the exception of ""Dennis Moore"" which aired a"
"Holy Flying Circus Holy Flying Circus (2011) is a 90-minute BBC television comedy film first broadcast in 2011, written by Tony Roche and directed by Owen Harris. The film is a ""Pythonesque"" dramatisation of events following the completion of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", culminating in the televised debate about the film broadcast in 1979. At a meeting in the offices of their film distributor, the members of Monty Python discuss allowing the film ""Life of Brian"" to be released in America first because of America's first amendment. John Cleese voices his support for the idea, and says that he"
"Canadian Forces Public Affairs Branch. The march follows the standard form of AABBCDCDC. The trio (sections C and D) uses tubular bells to symbolize the Liberty Bell ringing. The bells usually begin during the first breakstrain (section D), but some bands use them at the first trio (section C). The march is often associated with the British TV comedy program ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" (1969–74), which used the version performed by the Band of the Grenadier Guards as a signature tune. The British comedy troupe Monty Python's use of the melody is ironic; the bouncy melody of the march may"
"spinning next to the carousel; the carousel spins around the moon and bats fly out past the riders. The moon becomes a witch, a mask, an Olmec head, and more until turning into a cat. A boy reaches out to the cat and it turns into the Sphinx, which turns into a lion jumping through a hoop in the circus. Trapeze artists and acrobats fly through the air and several clowns amuse the children. The film's preshow song, ""Makin' Memories"" and the film's theme song, ""Magic Journeys,"" can be found on the 1991 CD ""The Official Album of Disneyland and"
"was re-promoted following the successful reissue of ""Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"" in 1991 when it reached No.62 in the UK album chart. On 30 June 2014, the album was re-released as ""Monty Python Sings (Again)"" on CD and as a digital download, expanded with six additional recordings – three out-takes from ""Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album"" and three new tracks from Eric Idle, recorded for inclusion in the team's reunion shows ""Monty Python Live (Mostly)"". A deluxe edition in both formats also included the 1970 ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" album. This version of the album reached"