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Frame Captures from Monty Python's Flying Circus

"And now for something completely different."
Eric Idle
The Man With Three Buttocks, episode 2

"This man is no ordinary man."
Michael Palin, voice-over by John Cleese
Bicycle Repair Man, episode 3

"Bet she does. I bet she does. Know what I mean?"
Eric Idle (l), Terry Jones (r)
Nudge Nudge, episode 3

"What was the question again?"
Michael Palin, voice by John Cleese
Vox Pops on Smuggling, episode 5

"A-good-a-night, a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding."
Graham Chapman (l), John Cleese (r)
Silly Job Interview, episode 5

animation by Terry Gilliam
link: Dull Life of a City Stockbroker - Red Indian in Theatre, episode 6

"Soon Scotland was full of Scotsmen. The over-crowding was pitiful."
(l-r) Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, unknown actress (Connie Booth?),
John Cleese, Terry Jones, voice-over by John Cleese
Science Fiction Sketch (Man Turns Into Scotsman), episode 7

"But it's my only line!"
(l-r) Graham Chapman, Carol Cleveland, Terry Jones, John Cleese (obscured),
Michael Palin (blurred)
Buying a Bed, episode 8

"This parrot wouldn't voom if I put 4,000 volts through it."
Michael Palin (l), John Cleese (r)
Dead Parrot, episode 8

"The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon."
John Cleese
Llamas, episode 9

"Ha, ha, ha... there, I've finished."
Michael Palin (l), Terry Jones (r)
Homicidal Barber, episode 9

"I've fallen off my chair, Brian."
Eric Idle (l), John Cleese (r)
Literary Football Discussion, episode 11

"One subject... four different views ... twelve and six... in a plain wrapper."
Carol Cleveland, voice by John Cleese
Eighteenth-Century Social Legislation, episode 11
And visit Carol Cleveland's web site, you pansy!

"Thank you very much, young man."
(l-r) Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin
Batley Townswomen's Guild, episode 11

"...until I start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards, ohhhh."
Graham Chapman
The North Minehead By-election, episode 12

"Some people do talk in the most extraordinary way."
John Cleese
link: Silly Voices - Upper Class Twit of the Year, episode 12

"'Course you don't get bloody wafers with it!"
John Cleese (l), Terry Jones (r)
Albatross!, episode 13

"Yes, tonight Probe Around takes a look at crime."
Eric Idle, voice-over by Eric Idle
Probe Around on Crime, episode 13

"Cardinal, the rack!"
(l-r) Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin
The Spanish Inquisition, episode 15

"I confess."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voice by Michael Palin
link: The Spanish Inquisition - The Semaphore Version of "Wuthering Heights", episode 15

"Call the next deaf-end-ANT!"
Eric Idle (l), Graham Chapman (r)
Court Scene (Charades), episode 15

"Since then, McTeagle has developed and widened his literary scope."
John Cleese
The Poet McTeagle, episode 16

"Tonight on 'It's the Mind' we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu."
Terry Jones
Déjà Vu, episode 16

"...that strange feeling we sometimes.... mmm get."
Michael Palin
Déjà Vu, episode 16

"Let's have a look at that handshake again in slow motion."
(l-r) Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin (obscured),
Terry Jones, John Cleese, voice-over by Eric Idle
The Architects Sketch, episode 17

"Blehhhhhhhh."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voices by various
link: Current Affairs - Accidents Sketch, episode 18

"Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuitbarrel"
Michael Palin
Election Night Special, episode 19

Here are three more stills of Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim
Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuitbarrel:

"Well, things turned out all right in the end, but you musn't ask how 'cos it's naughty.
They're all married and living quite well in a council estate near Dulwich."
(l-r) Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese,
voice-over by Terry Jones
Registry Office, episode 19

"Hi, Daddy!"
Michael Palin (l), Graham Chapman (r)
The Attila the Hun Show, episode 20

"Nineteen foot three... damn you!"
Michael Palin (b), Terry Jones (m), dummy (t)
Archeology Today, episode 21

"And so on and so on and so on."
John Cleese and baby pig
link: The Man Who Contradicts People - Cosmetic Surgery, episode 22

"Ohhhh! Intercourse the penguin!"
John Cleese (l), Graham Chapman (r)
Exploding Penguin on TV Set, episode 22

"... is to go and... Oh, sorry! Sorry, I was miles away."
Michael Palin
There's Been a Murder, episode 22

"Hi, Scotty!"
(l-r) Carol Cleveland, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, unknown actor
Scott of the Antarctic, episode 23

"Yes, once again American Defense proves its effectiveness against
international communism."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voice-over by John Cleese
link: Job Hunter - Agatha Christie Sketch (Railway Timetables)
episode 24

"Spam spam spam spam!" "Shut up! Shut up!"
(l-r) 3 unknown actors, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, 2 unknown actors
The Spam Sketch, episode 25

Karl Marx and Che Guevara
Terry Jones (l), Terry Gilliam (r)
"World Forum" reprise after closing credits, episode 25

"And don't forget the Hercules Hold-'em-in, the all-purpose concrete truss
for the man with the family hernia."
Michael Palin
Commercials, episode 26

"...and in the worst cases we can perform a total cashectomy, which is
total removal of all moneys from the patient."
Graham Chapman
Hospital run by R.S.M., episode 26

"Months of preparation followed whilst Mr. Norris continued his research in the
Putney Public Library and Mrs. Norris made sandwiches."
Michael Palin, voice-over by Eric Idle
Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, episode 28

"Ooh, he's a clever little boy. He's a clever little boy. Do you like your rattle?
Do you like your rattle?"
(l-r) John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Mrs. Niggerbater Explodes, episode 28

"This new series of 'Trim-Jeans Theatre Presents' will enable you to enjoy
the poetry of T. S. Eliot whilst losing unsightly trouser bulge."
(l-r) Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle
Trim-Jeans Theatre, episode 28

"What news flom Prymouth?"
Graham Chapman as Queen Erizabeth
Erizabeth L. / Fraud Film Squad, episode 29

"All right, it's a fair cop, but society is to blame."
(l-r) Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam (obscured),
Michael Palin, the hand of God
Salvation Fuzz (Dead Bishop), episode 29

"Pang! Right in the toast. A brief struggle and all is over. Poor breakfast."
unknown actor as The Pantomime Princess Margaret
Life or Death Struggles, episode 30

"Start again."
unknown actor, voice-over by Eric Idle
Hairdressers' Ascent up Mount Everest, episode 31

"Oh James, I could make such a fool of myself over you."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voices by Terry Jones and Carol Cleveland
A Magnificent Festering, episode 31

"Ya dig it, man?"
animation by Terry Gilliam, voice by Terry Gilliam
psychedelic advert for the Royal Navee
Expedition to Lake Pahoe, episode 32

Nude String Quartet
(l-r) Michael Palin, Eric Idle(?), John Cleese(?), Graham Chapman
intro, episode 33

Marie Anderson(?) (l) as Janet, Terry Jones (r) as Mystico
Mystico and Janet - Flats Built by Hypnosis, episode 35

"This is not an interruption at all."
Eric Idle as Mr. Badger
The Cheap Laughs, episode 35

"Ken, 25, is a mounted policeman with a difference... and what a difference."
Carol Cleveland as Mrs. Gaskell reading "Gay Boys in Bondage"
Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, episode 36

"Dicky, my lord, Captain Bruce, I hear!"
animation by Terry Gilliam, voices by Michael Palin
"Gay Boys in Bondage" by William Shakespeare, episode 36

"This kind of incoherent behaviour is really beginning to catch on down-under."
unknown actor (Eric Idle? Michael Palin?), voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"Une deux toi, une deux toi."
"They do this over four hundred times a day. Nobody knows why."
(l-r) Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin,
voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"But for sheer pointless behaviour you've got to admire Brian Broomers,
the baffling British boy who for two weeks has been suspended
over a tin of condemned veal."
Graham Chapman, voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"Always popular with the crowd is the Scotsman with Nae Trews exhibit,
and this year's no exception."
(l-r) John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, 2 unknown actors, voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"The exhibit from Italy: Italian Priests in Custard, discussing vital matters of the day."
(l-r, f-b) Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"Not far away the crowds are flocking to see a member of the famous
Royal Canadian Mounted Geese."
(l-r) unknown actor, unknown horse, unknown actor as the pantomime goose,
voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

Eric Idle as Mr. Justice Burke, winner of the judging competition
voice-over by Eric Idle
Ideal Loon Exhibition, episode 37

"We sang, 'He steals from the poor and gives to the rich.'"
John Cleese as Dennis Moore, various as singers
Off-License (including more Dennis Moore), episode 37

"No, 'to lose'... like Toulouse in France. No time Toulouse."
Eric Idle
No Time To Lose, episode 38

"For a penguin to have the same size of brain as a man the penguin would
have to be over sixty-six feet high."
Michael Palin as Dr Peaches Bartkowicz
Penguins (incl. BBC Programme Planners), episode 38

"Soon these feathery little hustlers were infiltrating important positions everywhere."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voice-over by Eric Idle
Penguins (incl. BBC Programme Planners), episode 38

"Our panel this evening... Gurt Svensson, the Swedish mammal abuser and part-time radiator."
Terry Jones, introduced by Eric Idle
Spot the Looney, episode 38

"Dame Elsie Occluded, historian, wit, bon viveur, and rear half of the Johnson brothers."
Michael Palin, introduced by Eric Idle
Spot the Looney, episode 38

"And Miles Yellowbird, up high in banana tree, the golfer and inventor of Catholicism."
Terry Gilliam, introduced by Eric Idle
Spot the Looney, episode 38

"... a stirring story of love and war, violence and chivalry."
looneys spotted: Palin, Chapman, Jones, Idle
announced by Eric Idle
historical adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe on Spot the Looney, episode 38
(notice the return of Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuitbarrel)

The Pantomime Goose and The Pantomime ("Her Royal Highness the Dummy") Princess Margaret
(l-r) unknown actors all
'Light Entertainment Awards' with Dickie Attenborough, episode 39

Michael Palin in Pasolini's Film 'The Third Test Match'
part of ongoing 'Light Entertainment Awards', episode 39

"I'm quite warm in this stick of celery, thank you, Senator Muskie."
(l-r) Terry Jones, Graham Chapman
New Brain from Curry's, episode 39

"So, on June 7th, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers had a really good wash...."
animation by Terry Gilliam, voice-over by Michael Palin
The Golden Age of Ballooning: Montgolfier Brothers, episode 40

"...Barry Zeppelin, the least talented of the fourteen Zeppelin brothers."
voice-over by Michael Palin
The Golden Age of Ballooning: Zeppelin, episode 40

"...was the father of Mike Henderson, producer and director of 'The Golden Age of Ballooning'."
graphic by Terry Gilliam(?), voice-over by Michael Palin
The Golden Age of Ballooning: Zeppelin, episode 40

"Yes this looks the sort of thing. May I just try it?"
(l-r) Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland
Department Store, episode 41

"Quite frankly the only bit I liked was this bit with me in it now."
(l-r) Eric Idle, Michael Palin
Different Endings ("Summing Up from the Panel" ending) episode 41

"How do you know you're an idiot?" "Look."
Terry Jones as Mrs. Elizabeth III
The Public Are Idiots, episode 42

"You've had your tongue down her throat and she's got her legs on the mantelpiece."
unknown actor as computer voice, Terry Jones as Hamlet
Bogus Psychiatrists, episode 43

"And the people of Epsom are a very nice class of person."
Graham Chapman
A Room in Polonius's House / Dentists (Live from Epsom), episode 43

"Che cosa è la stucciacatori di polli?"
Eric Idle as the Italian Chairman, again asking the necessary question of the sketch
Teddy Salad (CIA Agent), episode 44

"We could use the £5,000 to buy a spoon."
(l-r) Terry Jones as Mrs. S.C.U.M., Graham Chapman as Mr. Neutron
Mr. Neutron is Found, episode 44

"OK! Let's start with my office."
Michael Palin as the commander at F.E.A.R. (the Federal Egg Answering Room)
Mr. Neutron is Found, episode 44

"I've run out of beans!!"
Terry Gilliam's most memorable character, Kevin Garibaldi
The Most Awful Family in Britain, episode 45

"And when he had built up Cedron, he sent Horsemen there, and an host
of footmen to the end that issuing out they might make outroads
upon the ways of Judea, as the King commanded them."
(l-r) Eric Idle and Michael Palin
Brigadier and Bishop, episode 45

"This remarkably smutty piece of flora was used by the Turks to ram up each other's..."
Michael Palin as David Attenborough holding the Turkish Little Rude Plant
The Walking Tree of Dahomey, episode 45