Amoeba Music

BY Tony Goldmark

When Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered on BBC1 on October 5^th, 1969, it was the end product of five British writer/performers – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – who had spent most of the sixties living in London, writing funny yet formulaic sketches for BBC personalities like David Frost and Marty Feldman, and for the children’s show Do Not Adjust Your Set (where they discovered the sixth Python, gonzo American animator Terry Gilliam). They were all tremendous fans of the landmark 1950s comedy series The Goon Show and yearned to do a similar sort of program, one where they could have creative autonomy, where no... Read More

Genre:

Comedy, Novelty Songs, Sketch Comedy

City Of Origin:

London, England

Formed Date:

1969