Monty Python's Flying Circus

For quicker service, a housewife chooses death. The Ministry of Silly Walks fields a grant applicant. The crimes of the Piranha Brothers are recalled.

The Spanish Inquisition is unexpected and ill-equipped for torture. Semaphores perform "Wuthering Heights." A court case is conducted by charades.

A look at the work of cash-strapped poet Ewan McTeagle. A milkman-psychiatrist provides diagnoses, cream and yogurt. "It's the Mind" examines déjà vu.

Action hero "The Bishop" tries to stop a series of vicar attacks. The Poet Board hopes to get a poet in every home. A nude man objects to titillation.

In a show hosted from the Grill-o-Mat, the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things disbands. A butcher is alternately rude and polite.

A school prize ceremony is hijacked. A couple receives dung from the Book of the Month Club. Silly candidates sweep the Sensibles on election night.

Attila comes home to the wife and kids on "The Attila the Hun Show." Killer sheep are on a rampage. Village idiots provide a vital social function.

Height is a critical factor in a showdown between archaeologists. Australian backwoodsmen hunt mosquitoes. Beethoven can't get a moment's peace.

An Australian university's philosophy department -- all Bruces -- welcomes a Michael. "The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots" is performed on the radio.

Contractual obligations trouble an epic film production. A pet owner seeks a fish license. Gynecologists vs. Long John Silver impersonators at soccer.

A coffee ad campaign is a disaster. Crackpot Religions Ltd. has a variety of options. A government instructional film offers tips on not being seen.

The world's great communist thinkers are quizzed about sports. A hospital caters to overactors. The Green Midget Café menu leans heavily towards Spam.

The show awaits Her Majesty's royal viewing. Welsh coal miners dispute a fine point of history. Lifeboat survivors debate who they'd rather eat.