Copacetic
Comics is amazed to present
our second Depression Buster Bargain™:
A
mind-boggling box of 21 discs
featuring just about everything ever produced for television under the
aegis of Monty
Python's Flying Circus, and then some – over 36 hours
worth (and that's not even including the copious bonus material) – at an equally mind-boggling price!
The
complete series, three live films, one German television
show, six personal best shows, two NEW documentary films and bonus
galore!
What can we say about Monty Python that hasn't been said
before? Taking the angsty absurdity of post-WWII
European
existentialists across the English channel and then running it
through
the Goon Show
grinder, and, via American ex-pat and former
Harvey
Kurtzman underling,Terry Gilliam, adding a touch of Mad, the Python posse somehow
stumbled on a secret
formula involving a heretofore unseen combination
of startlingly original format, style and sense of humor that gave birth to a
once in a lifetime television experience that is now available at
may be a once in a lifetime price. Perfect timing, we say.
First
off, here’s
the official A & E hype:
The Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus Collector’s Edition Mega-Set
WARNING: TOXIC JOCULARITY ENCLOSED. Inside this decorative carton lurk
four seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, two NEW-to-DVD
documentaries, two Monty Python LIVE performances, and six “Personal
Best” compilations. The whole great mess--Spam tins, parrot carcasses,
blancmanges, and all--has been safely digitized, compressed into
microscopic “funny bits,” pressed onto 21 shiny discs, and sealed
within this whimsy-proof receptacle. SO DON’T OPEN IT! All right, if
you must. But beware: there’s new material you can’t repeat verbatim
(yet).
“Before the Flying Circus” employs rare vintage footage to explore the
influences that shaped six young lunatics into the world’s most
innovative comedy troupe, while “Monty Python Conquers America”
documents their tremendous, yet astonishingly unlikely, American
success. The six “Personal Best” collections present the best sketches
and songs, as selected, arranged, and hosted by the individual Pythons
themselves. And, of course, Monty Python Live” shows what happens when
absurd TV sketches are inflicted on live audiences. Now stop reading
and put a disc in your DVD machine. This bloody box of buffoonery can’t
watch itself.
DVD Features: Weblink to
PythonShop.com; Meet the Chaps; Pythonism Glossary; Gillianimations Art
Gallery; Preview Upcoming Episodes; Troupe Career Highlights;
Post-Python Troup Highlights; Bleeding Critics; Confusing Musings;
Pythonisms; Behind the Scenes of John Cleese’s Personal Best; Terry
Gilliam’s Featurette “A Retrospective of Python’s Animation”; Personal
Second-Best Featurettes from Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones,
and Michael Palin; Six 15-Question, 15-Ton Megaquizzes; Python Troupe
Biographies and Selected Credits; Deleted Scenes
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Here’s a fairly in-depth blog
review of the box, that will provide you with more details along with
some pros and cons for the set.
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Here's a breakdown of
the 21 Discs:
Discs 1 - 14 - Here's where
you'll find ALL 45 episodes of the original Monty Python’s Flying Circus BBC
television series that originally aired in England from m1969 through
1973, along with a bunch of oddball bonuses
Discs 15 & 16
- 2 NEW
documentaries: Before
the Flying Circus and Monty Python Conquers
America:
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BONUS FEATURES
Exclusive Featurettes with the Pythons
Terry Gilliam’s A Retrospective of Python’s
Animation
Two Megaquizzes
Troupe Highlights
Pythonisms
Bleeding Critics
Confusing Musings
Meet the Chaps
Pythonism Glossary
Gillianimations Art Gallery
Biographies and Selected Credits
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A lifetime of laughter... for less!
retail price - $159.95
copacetic
depression
buster price
- sold out AGAIN (sorry...)
>>> And, yes, you
guessed it, this is a limited,
one-time offer made possible by a special purchase. Once
these copies
– all brand new, factory sealed originals – are gone, then
that's it.
You have been warned.
prices and
availability
current as of 15 December 2009