Quote by Terry Gilliam (about Monty Python's Flying Circus)

Quote by Terry Gilliam (about Monty Python's Flying Circus)

We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the group. I used to turn up on the days we recorded with a can of film under my arm, and in it went.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

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