Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

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Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

"It's the best collection that I almost appeared in"

1989

1h 12m

7.0(20 votes)

Comedy

TV Movie

Overview

Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the Pythons.

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7 featured cast members

Starring

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Self / Various Characters

John Cleese

John Cleese

Self / Various Characters

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Self / Various Characters

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Self / Various Characters

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Self / Various Characters

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Self / Various Characters

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Self - Host

Creative team

Directed by: Ian MacNaughton
Written by: Terry Jones
John Cleese

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