The Best of British Comedy

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A fathomless source of annoying non-sequiturs, from I'm a Lumberjack, and I'm OK, to This is an ex-parrot! Monty Python's Flying Circus has supplanted Shakespeare as the British variety act most quoted by people who haven't actually seen the original show. In fact Monty Python is nearly indistinguishable from Shakespeare, except that the lines don't rhyme and there are very few bodkins or codpieces. There are, however, British accents and men in drag - two well-known staples of Shakespearean drama. And most of the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus are still alive. So Shakespeare can just piss off.Contains the following knee-slapping episodes, unedited: Episode 7: You're No Fun Any More Camel spotting, You're no fun any more, The audit, Science fiction sketch, Man turns into Scotsman, Police station, Blancmanges playing tennis. Episode 8: Full Frontal Nudity Army protection racket, Vox pops, Art critic - the place of the nude, Buying a bed, Hermits, Dead parrot, The flasher, Hell's Grannies. Episode 9: The Ant, an Introduction Llamas, A man with a tape recorder up his nose, Kilimanjaro expedition (double vision), A man with a tape recorder up his brother's nose, Homicidal barber, Lumberjack song, Gumby crooner,The refreshment room at Bletchley, Hunting film, The visitors. Episode 10: Untitled Walk-on part in sketch, Bank robber (lingerie shop), Trailer, Arthur Tree, Vocational Guidance, Counseller, The first man to jump the Channel, Tunnelling from Godalming to Java, Pet conversions, Gorilla librarian, Letters to Daily Mirror, Strangers in the night. Episode 11: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom Letter (lavatorial humour), Interruptions, Agatha Christie sketch, Literary football discussion, Undertakers film, Interesting people, Eighteenth-century social legislation, The Battle of Trafalgar, Batley Townswomens' Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour, Undertakers film. Episode 12: The Naked Ant Falling from building, Spectrum - talking about things, Visitors from Coventry, Mr Hitler, The Minehead by-election, Police station (silly voices), Upperclass Twit of the Year, Ken Shabby, How far can a minister fall? Episode 13: Intermission Intermissions, Restaurant (abuse/cannibalism), Advertisements, Albatross, Come b