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dkev26 · 11-03-2000, 12:54 AM

I recieved these two discs yesterday and I'm a little baffled at A&E's presentation here...
Firstly, on disc 1, they have 2 hours of programming that was created for the Monty Python 30th anniversary (and a few other tidbits). This is a great series of documentaries which aired on A&E a while back. What makes the DVD cool is that they include the version that aired on BBC2 and NOT the version that aired on A&E. The BBC version has intros and "bumpers" filmed with all of the Pythons except, I think, Eric Idle (and Graham, of course - as John Cleese says in the intro, "I'd like to say, on behalf of the whole gang, except for the dead one, of course..."). As I recall, Eric Idle alone filmed bits for the A&E version. The BBC version is way more elaborate and funny.
Anyway, disc one is a nice surprise.
Disc two baffles me. They have one of the two German episodes of Flying Circus, but only a clip from the other German episode. One whole DVD is used for this one episode of the show. Why not include the whole of the other episode? Both of the German episodes aired on Comedy Central a few years back, and I assume that A&E video has the rights to both episodes, since there is a clip on this disc and on one of the earlier Flying Circus releases of the German language episode. If they only intend to release this one episode, why not squeeze it on the other disc?
It's cool to have these discs, regardless, but now I feel my collection is a bit incomplete, since the one episode remains unreleased. Oh well...

11-03-2000, 12:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
dkev26 Supporting Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	A&E's "The Life of Python" DVDs... I recieved these two discs yesterday and I'm a little baffled at A&E's presentation here... Firstly, on disc 1, they have 2 hours of programming that was created for the Monty Python 30th anniversary (and a few other tidbits). This is a great series of documentaries which aired on A&E a while back. What makes the DVD cool is that they include the version that aired on BBC2 and NOT the version that aired on A&E. The BBC version has intros and "bumpers" filmed with all of the Pythons except, I think, Eric Idle (and Graham, of course - as John Cleese says in the intro, "I'd like to say, on behalf of the whole gang, except for the dead one, of course..."). As I recall, Eric Idle alone filmed bits for the A&E version. The BBC version is way more elaborate and funny. Anyway, disc one is a nice surprise. Disc two baffles me. They have one of the two German episodes of Flying Circus, but only a clip from the other German episode. One whole DVD is used for this one episode of the show. Why not include the whole of the other episode? Both of the German episodes aired on Comedy Central a few years back, and I assume that A&E video has the rights to both episodes, since there is a clip on this disc and on one of the earlier Flying Circus releases of the German language episode. If they only intend to release this one episode, why not squeeze it on the other disc? It's cool to have these discs, regardless, but now I feel my collection is a bit incomplete, since the one episode remains unreleased. Oh well...