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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hamlet

 

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Air Date

Thursday November 21, 1974

Production Code

95474

Episode Summary

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Act One; Hamlet pulls up in car; Hamlet on couch being interviewed by several different psychiatrists `You've got this great looking bird, her legs are up on the mantle piece...'; Dr. Bruce Genuine comments; computer psychiatrist interviews Hamlet; computer is launched and blown up; Nationwide looks at comfortable chairs, policemen accosts Nationwide reporter & others and talks about helmets, couple making love on the street; couple in bed with her father; credits; group of people in bed watching Hamlet; animation- paratroopers; a decapitated boxer's locker room; hospital workers listen to fight on radio; Mrs. Gorilla & Mrs. Non-Gorilla talk about piston engines; Mrs. Non-Smoker feeds the birds large quantities of food and talks to Mrs. Smoker about piston engines; Act Two- A Room in Polonius's House; live from Epsom, The Queen Victoria's Handicap; Several Queen Victoria's talk about soccer; animation- boy flying with balloons; Act Five- A Ham in the Castle; credits; And Then!

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  • The "Police Helmets" sketch begins at 9:05 A.M., but when the camera pans away from the policeman to start the "Father-in-law" sketch, Big Ben tolls 3 P.M. []
  • This episode, like "Michael Ellis", features material that was cut from the original draft of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, such as the headless boxer sketch and the bogus psychiatrists sketch (which originally featured Sir Lancelot instead of Shakespeare's tragic hero). []
  • John Cleese was credited with "additional blank verse" in this episode. []

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