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rough cut, 182

publicity, 185

preview, 189–90, 191

revisions, 192

and Magical Mystery Tour, 204

Magazine Critics’ showing, 206

synopsis for EMI, 206

album, 211, 214

opening, 211–13

film certificate, 212–13, 214–15

premiere, 225–6

reviews, 227

success of, 227–8

New York opening, 228–32

at Hampstead Classic, 237

success in US, 239

MP sees in Norwich, 241

shown in Yugoslavia, 248

success in France, 279, 546

book, 398, 421

re-released, 550

tax position, 564

Monty Python Productions Ltd, 31

Monty Python’s Big Red Book, 65, 106–7

Monty Python’s Brand New Book, 136, 142, 143, 147, 149, 153, 194

Monty Python’s First Farewell Tour (repeat), Drury Lane show, 150, 152–3, 154, 157, 158, 159–60

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

origins of, ix

name, 1n

first days’ filming, 1–3

tide music, 5

filming in Southwold, 9

first show, 10–11

title animation, 10

cinema film for US proposed, 13, 14, 22

success of first series, 13

second series, 15, 18–19, 21–2, 28–9, 31, 35, 37, 48–9

awards, 17, 21, 103

screened in America, 22–3, 112, 187, 194, 206, 211, 251, 417–18, 458

LPs, 23, 56, 60–2, 65, 82, 85, 109, 136–9, 153, 163, 208, 209

filming in Torquay, 24–7

repeats, 37

third series, 47, 57, 67, 72, 74–5, 79

Bavarian TV shows, 48, 59 and n, 71, 79, 85–91, 321, 356–7, 579

as a stage show, 52–3

on introduction of decimal coinage, 54–5

spin-offs, 56–7

wins Silver Rose at Montreux Festival, 59, 65

fancy-dress squash match, 64

foreign sales, 65

football matches, 83

BBC cuts third series, 88, 94–5, 99, 104

future plans discussed, 93–4, 98

‘collective responsibility’, 94

single, 94, 95–6

viewing figures, 95

‘First Farewell Tour’, 104–5, 111, 112–19, 149

Canadian tour, 119–24, 150

American tour, 121–2, 123, 124–8

fourth series, 122, 130–1, 133, 136, 143–4, 153, 162–3, 184, 186, 188, 193–7, 201, 319

business meetings, 139–40, 185, 208–9, 236, 254, 321

accounts, 140

and the oil crisis, 149

at Drury Lane, 150, 152–3, 154, 157, 158, 159–60

Live at Drury Lane album, 163, 180, 185, 208

BBC censors, 193, 194

financial problems at Charisma Records, 194, 195

possible fifth series, 197–8, 228

demise of, 209–11, 214

US publicity tour, 215–24

New York stage show, 266–7

court case against ABC, 267 and n, 269–79, 289, 319, 323, 324–5, 355

New York show, 280, 284, 301–14

video rights, 355

BBC wipes tapes, 362 and n

in Japan, 362

asked to appear on Royal Variety Performance, 399

in Penguin Dictionary of Modem Quotations, 421

‘Complete Monty Python’ fan book, 475

Los Angeles stage show, 544

Royal 10th Anniversary of Python celebration in New York, 558

BBC documentary on, 560 and n

The Secret Policeman’s Ball, 561, 562, 563

tax position, 563, 564

plans for fourth film, 572, 579, 581, 584, 598, 599, 602

‘Python Sings’, 605

see also individual films, books and albums

Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketches

‘Argument’, 69, 113, 301, 308

‘Bicycle Repairman’, 1

‘Big Boots’, 126

‘Black Eagle’, 49

‘Blackmail’, 280, 306

‘Book of the Month Club Dung’, 28n

‘Bruces’, 280

‘Celebrity Sketch’, 563

‘Changing on the Beach’, 2

‘Cheese Shop’, 561 and n, 562

‘Children’s Story’, 126

‘Cocktail Bar’, 280

‘Co-Ed’, 36

‘Confuse-a-Cat’, 9

‘Court Martial’, 277

‘Court Sketch’, 297, 300, 301, 306

‘Crunchy Frog’, 280, 301

‘Custard Pie’, 113, 159–60, 561

‘The Death of Mary Queen of Scots’, 306

‘Derby Council v. The All Blacks’, 25

‘Election’, 160

‘Eric the Half-Bee’, 94, 114

‘Fairy Story’, 252

‘Fish Licence’, 251

‘Four Yorkshiremen’, 160

‘Gambolputty’, 58

‘Golden Age of Ballooning’, 319 and n

‘Gorn’, 277

‘Grimsby Fish-Slapping dance’, 57

‘Gumby Flower Arranging’, 52, 58, 126

‘Hearing-Aid’, 87–8

‘Hilter’, 22, 23

‘How Not to be Seen’, 41

‘Hungarian Phrase Book’, 29

‘Idiot Song’, 117

‘It’s Man’, 35 and n

‘Joke’, 41

‘Little Red Riding Hood