Monty Python's Flying Circus: Royal Episode 13
Royal Episode 13
- 26.
- Season: 2
- Episode: 14
- First Aired: 12/22/1970
- Prod Code: 67550
Announcer reveals that the Queen will be watching this show; Royal credits; Royal Episode 13: 1st spoof, coal miners argue over historical dates; newsreader; The Toad Elevating Moment features a man who says things in a roundabout way, a man who speaks the ends of words, a man who says the beginning of words and a man who says ends of words; animation- dragon with bad breath, Crelm toothpaste, concrete truss; how to feed goldfish by an irresponsible man; tape recorder in a bush, a waiter and Herbert Mendel: a man who collects birdwatcher's eggs, butterfly catchers and races pigeon fanciers; animation- Spiny Norman, bomber and Madonna; insurance sketch; Queen tunes in and out; doctors discourage lying around hospital by patients; exploding `Blue Danube Waltz'; dorm at a girl's public school; high school girls re-enact invasion of Normandy, housewives in a submarine; animation- the firing of Mrs. Nesbitt; letter of protest; sailors in a lifeboat discuss who's for dinner; letter of protest; animation- cannibal snacks; protests; undertaker outlines alternatives for a man's dead mother, audience rebels as Queen tunes back in; credits. Add a recap »
- Director:
- Ian MacNaughton
- Stars:
- John Cleese (Various Characters [ series 1 - 3, Deutsche shows & features ])
- Eric Idle (Various Characters)
- Graham Chapman (Various Characters)
- Terry Jones (Various Characters)
- Terry Gilliam (Various Characters)
- Michael Palin (Various Characters)
- Recurring Role:
- Carol Cleveland (Ms. Rogers, Waitress)
- Ian Davidson (Fourth Miner, RSPCA Man)
- Guest Star:
- Reginald Bosanquet (Himself)
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- Reportedly, the royalty theme persuaded the BBC to never repeat this program in its entirety on their airwaves. edit »
- FOURTH MINER: Hey, gaffer, can you settle something? Morgan here says you find the abacus between the triglyphs in the frieze section of the entablature of classical Greek Doric temples.
FOREMAN: You bloody fool, Morgan, that's the metope. The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital.
MORGAN: You stinking liar!
(Fight breaks out. Fanfare plays. A management man arrives carried in sedan chair by two black flunkies. He wears a colonial governor's helmet and a large sign reading "frightfully important." All the miners prostrate themselves on the floor.)
FOREMAN: Oh, most magnificent and merciful majesty, master of the universe, protector of the meek, whose nose we are not worthy to pick and whose very feces are an untrammelled delight, and whose peacocks keep us awake all hours of the night with their noisy lovemaking, we beseech thee, tell thy humble servants the name of the section between the triglyphs in the frieze section of a classical Doric entablature.
MANAGEMENT MAN (in thick-headed voice): No idea. Sorry.
FOREMAN: Right! Everybody out! (miners all walk off, throwing down tools) edit » - At the conclusion of "How to Feed a Goldfish," John Cleese reads the following caption:
The RSPCA wish it to be known that that man was not a bona fide animal lover, and also that goldfish do not eat sausages. They are much happier with breadcrumbs, ants' eggs,… (the last four words, "AND THE OCCASIONAL PHEASANT," have been crossed out) …Who wrote that? edit » - Interviewer: Good evening. Well, we have in the studio tonight a man who says things in a very roundabout way. Isn't that so, Mr Pudifoot?
Mr Pudifoot: Yes.
Interviewer: Have you always said things in a very roundabout way?
Mr Pudifoot: Yes.
Interviewer: Well, I can't help noticing that, for someone who claims to say things in a very roundabout way, your last two answers have had very little of the discursive quality about them.
Mr Pudifoot: Oh, well, I'm not very talkative today. It's a form of defensive response to intense interrogative stimuli. I used to get it badly when I was a boy... well, when I say very badly, in fact, do you remember when there was that fashion for, you know, little poodles with small coats...
Interviewer: Ah, now you're beginning to talk in a roundabout way.
Mr Pudifoot: Oh, I'm sorry.
Interviewer: No, no, no, no. Please do carry on because that is in fact why we wanted you on the show.
Mr Pudifoot: I thought it was because you were interested in me as a human being. (gets up and leaves)
Interviewer: Well... lets move on to our guest who not only lives in Essex but also speaks only the ends of words. Mr Ohn Ith. Mr Ith, good evening.
Mr Ith: ...ood ...ing.
Interviewer: Nice to have you on the show.
Mr Ith: ...ice ...o ...e ...ere.
Interviewer: Mr Ith, don't you find it very difficult to make yourself understood?
Mr Ith: Yes, it is extremely difficult.
Interviewer: Just a minute, you're a fraud.
Mr Ith: Oh no. I can speak the third and fourth sentences perfectly normally.
Interviewer: Oh I see. So your next sentence will be only the ends of words again?
Mr Ith: ..T's ...ight.
Interviewer: Well, let's move on to our next guest who speaks only the beginnings of words, Mr J... Sm... Mr Sm... good evening.
(Enter Mr Sm.)
Mr Sm: G... e...
Interviewer: Well, have you two met before?
Mr Sm: N...
Mr Ith: ...o
Mr Sm: N...
Mr Ith: ...o
Interviewer: Well, this is really a fascinating occasion because we have in the studio Mr ... oh ... I ... who speaks only the middles of words. Good evening.
(Enter Scot.)
Scot: .... oo ...... ni...
Interviewer: Um, where do you come from?
Scot: . .. u... i... a...
Interviewer: Dunfermline in Scotland. Well let me introduce you, Mr Ohn Ith...
Mr Ith: ...ood ...ing.
Scot: ... oo ...... ni...
Interviewer: J... Sm...
Scot: ... oo ...... ni...
Mr Sm: G... Eve...
Interviewer: Yes, well, ha, ha, just a moment. Perhaps you would all like to say good evening together.
Mr Sm: G...
Scot: . .. oo...
Mr Ith: ... d
Mr Sm: Eve...
Scot: ... ni...
Mr Ith: ... ing. edit »
- Mr Martin: Shall I bring it in?
Mr Feldman: Good Lord no. Throw it away.
In the Insurance sketch, the characters are named Mr Martin and Mr Feldman, which was a nod to fellow British comedian Marty Feldman. Several of the Pythons had ties to Feldman. Graham Chapman and John Cleese gave Feldman his on-air baptism with At Last the 1948 Show. Terry Gilliam did cartoons for The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine. He died of a heart attack in Mexico, on location filming scenes for Chapman's 1983 pirate film "Yellowbeard." Feldman co-starred in the film with Pythons Eric Idle, Chapman and Cleese. edit »
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