Story & Timeline
46 entries in the Monty Python compendium.
The Dead Parrot SketchAn exhausted man tries to return a deceased Norwegian Blue parrot to an unyielding merchanMinistry of Silly WalksWhere every step is a masterpiece of bureaucratic absurdity and ridiculous motion.The Meaning of Life AlbumA musical journey through the absurd stages of human existence.Monty Python's Life of BrianA man, a crowd, and a very bad case of mistaken identity in the wrong stable.Monty Python and the Holy GrailA round of coconuts, a few French insults, and one very stubborn knight with no limbs.The Funniest Joke in the WorldBuy the world's funniest joke, go home, laugh, and demand your money back.Vocational Guidance CounsellorA deadpan careers officer treats the world's most ridiculous jobs as perfectly reasonable The Dead Parrot (Series 1)A parrot is not dead, it is merely pining for the fjords, and the shopkeeper will not haveNudge NudgeWink, nudge, and absolutely no one is comfortable in this bedroom.SpamA couple orders lunch; a tavern full of Vikings answers with a song that cannot be ignoredThe Dead Parrot (Series 3)A pet shop owner refuses to accept that a parrot is dead, calling it merely 'an ex-parrot.The Bruces (Series 3)The suburban sitcom that defined a decade before the Pythons made the sofa explode.GazpachoA title that sounds like a Python sketch but belongs to no known episode or film.The Bruces (Series 5)Six men, one phone book, and the unresolvable mystery of who the Bruces actually are.The DuckA title that sounds like a Python sketch but belongs to no Python sketch.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 1)Six men walk into a BBC studio and never let the audience leave the nonsense.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 5)A grey-suited menace stalks the streets, threatening a punchline no one will ever hear.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 7)A man in a suit tells the world's least funny joke, and the audience's groan is the real pThe Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 6)The joke is so good the audience simply cannot survive the setup.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 9)A man tells a joke, the audience doesn't laugh, and everything goes spectacularly, gloriouThe Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 8)Two men, one question, and a punchline that isn't there at all.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 12)The grandest setup in comedy history, punctured by the laziest punchline ever delivered.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 10)Ten sketches, one un-tellable joke, and three knights who absolutely did not expect to be The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 14)A man tells the world the funniest joke ever written, and the joke is that he tells it.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 13)A parrot that has popped its clogs, a joke that never ends, and a clinic where arguing is The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 16)The greatest joke in the world is the one you will never, ever hear.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 15)A joke so perfect it makes the audience question whether they are the punchline.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 1, Ep 17)A joke so lethal the audience must be sent to the toilet before the punchline lands.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 1)One man, one deadline, and every comedian in the world failing to make him smile.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 2)One man, one bar, one last chance to make the world laugh before it ends.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 5)The world's funniest joke, told once, and you will never hear it.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 4)One joke, one killer, and a detective who should have stayed in the dark.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 6)A man walks into a room full of people, and the room walks into a bar.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 7)A man tells the funniest joke in the world, and the world laughs at absolutely nothing.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 9)One joke, one listener, one very unfortunate death—served with a straight face.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 2, Ep 10)One joke, a full pub of corpses, and a man who missed the punchline because he was alreadyThe Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 2)One simple joke, one man, and a laughter that simply refuses to stop.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 3)Two men, one bistro, and a punctuation pun that breaks all known laws of comedy.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 1)A dead parrot, a joke that isn't, and the finest argument clinic in the land.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 5)One joke, zero survivors, and absolutely no punchline for the audience.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 4)A man tells a joke, a woman dies of laughter, and the police want the punchline repeated.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 7)A man proudly delivers the funniest joke in the world, and the world is 'You've got to be The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 6)A deadpan salesman delivers the world's greatest joke, and the world loses its mind—while The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 3, Ep 8)A joke so lethal that the only question is who gets to hear it last.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 4, Ep 1)A joke so funny it kills two men, yet the teller has no idea what it is.The Funniest Joke in the World (Series 4, Ep 4)The world's greatest joke is also its most devastatingly pointless one.
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