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QUOTE (happysmiles007 @ Jan 30 2005, 09:21 PM)
ohmy.gif did John really leave early?! why??

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It was between series 3 and 4. I'll transcribe a short passage from my 2001 edition of the Monty Python Encyclopedia:

 

"The time had finally come for John Cleese to have the courage of his convictions and leave Monty Python, finally totally fed up with 'being told to turn up at 8am on Monday morning at Wakefiels railway station, dressed as a penguin'. He had been very unhappy doing series 3, got bored with the format during series 2 and even as early as midway through series 1 experimented with breaking up the writting formats to dispel the familiarity of comedy. So, it was a long time coming, but eventually with the proposed series4 Cleese opted out of any more television Monty Python."

 

And from another part...

 

"The first to leave Python, although he always returned for the film reunions, Cleese enjoyed the biggest success of the team with the seminal situation comedy Fawlty Towers."

 

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QUOTE (Sodoff Baldrick @ Jan 31 2005, 09:49 AM)
No, that's not the one I was looking for. I hope there weren't two sketches.

Hint: Number is one digit.

In series 3, episode 3, there's a skit that's "The Elizebeth I drama, but with speech impediments"... is that it? At the begining of this skit, it shows a superimposed caption that reads:

 

'ERIZABETH L'

'EPISODE THREE'

'THE ALMALDA'

 

Is that it, maybe?

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Here's a multiple choice:

 

Which of the following titles was NOT an alternative suggested title for the show?

 

A)Aurthur Megapode's Cheap Show

B)Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot

C)The Full Moon Show

D)A Horse, A Spoon, and A Basin

E)Myrtle Buzzard's Flying Circus

F)Norman St. John Polevaulter's Flying Circus

G)The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

H)The Sparkling Music and Stars Interview

I)The Venus De Milo Panic Show

J)Whither Canada?

 

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QUOTE (afansince74 @ Jan 31 2005, 11:48 AM)
Here's a multiple choice:

Which of the following titles was NOT an alternative suggested title for the show?

A)Aurthur Megapode's Cheap Show
B)Bunn, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot
C)The Full Moon Show
D)A Horse, A Spoon, and A Basin
E)Myrtle Buzzard's Flying Circus
F)Norman St. John Polevaulter's Flying Circus
G)The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
H)The Sparkling Music and Stars Interview
I)The Venus De Milo Panic Show
J)Whither Canada?

Hint #1 (big hint!):

 

The 'made-up' show title appears, in part, in a skit that appears in both episode 22 and the album 'Monty Python's Previous Record'.

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