![]() ![]() Recurring characters In contrast to many other shows, Flying Circus had only a handful of recurring characters, many of whom were involved only in titles and linking sequences. ![]() Several of these titles were later used for individual episodes. It's Colin Plint!, A Horse, a Spoon and a Basin, The Toad Elevating Moment and Owl Stretching Time. The BBC had rejected some other names put forward by the group including Whither Canada?, The Nose Show, Ow! They later explained that the name Monty '.made us laugh because Monty to us means, our great general of the Second World War'. Manfred von Richthofen, the World War I German flying ace known as The Red Baron, commanded a squadron of planes known as 'The Flying Circus.' The words 'Monty Python' were added because they claimed it sounded like a really bad theatrical agent, the sort of person who would have brought them together, with suggesting ' as something slimy and slithery, and suggesting 'Monty'. The group was coming up with their name at a time when the 1966 song had been at a peak. The group added 'flying' to make it sound less like an actual circus and more like something. ![]() ![]() Title The title Monty Python's Flying Circus was partly the result of the group's reputation at the BBC., the BBC's Head of Comedy, wanted their name to include the word 'circus' because the BBC referred to the six members wandering around the building as a circus, in particular, 'Baron Von Took's Circus', after, who had brought them to the BBC.The Complete 'I'll Bet You They Won't Play This Song. The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus theme song (The Liberty Bell March), 166K, 34 seconds. Robins minstrel sings the 'Brave Sir Robin' Song, 120K. The Knights at Camelot singing the entire 'Knights of the Round Table' song, 155K, 1 minute and 4 seconds. ![]()
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