Movie connections for
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971) (TV)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998) (TV)
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV)

Version of

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

Alternate language version of

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971) (TV)

Edited into

And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV)
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994) (VG)
From Spam to Sperm (1999) (TV)
"Monty Python's Personal Best" (2006)

Spin off

And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
The Meaning of Life (1983)

Referenced in

"The Directors: The Films of Terry Gilliam (#1.2)" (????)
 -  Mentioned in film.
The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973) (TV)
Goodies Rule - O.K.? (1975) (TV)
"Saturday Night Live: Eric Idle/Joe Cocker/Stuff (#2.3)" (1976)
 -  Mentioned by Garett Morris during the Killer Bees sketch
Gregory's Girl (1981)
"Saturday Night Live: Olivia Newton-John (#7.20)" (1982)
 -  Mentioned by Graham Chapman
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
A Private Function (1984)
 -  The big foot for Gilbert practice is the Monty Python foot from the opening credits
Clue (1985)
 -  In episode 11, there is a sketch that uses the word "body" as a pun in a murder mystery. Also involved ths switching off and on of the lights to hide a murder.
Comic Relief (1986/II) (TV)
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?: (#1.8)" (1988)
 -  Referenced by name
Life of Python (1990) (TV)
 -  mentioned in the tv-special
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Godzilla vs. Megalon (#3.12)" (1991)
 -  Spiny Norman
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (1991) (VG)
 -  The foot that takes you to the secret area is the same one from Monty Python.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
 -  "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: 'Manos' the Hands of Fate (#5.24)" (1993)
 -  "reenactment of the battle of Pearl Harbor"
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993) (TV)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (#6.5)" (1993)
 -  "It's not dead it's resting!"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Operation Double 007 (#6.8)" (1993)
 -  Crow: Splunge for me, sir.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gunslinger (#6.11)" (1993)
 -  Servo: *singing* "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, running through the night."
"The Simpsons: Homer Goes to College (#5.3)" (1993)
 -  The intro ends with the Monty Python foot and a farting noise, just like the intro of MPFC.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)
 -  Crow: Nobody suspects the Spanish Inquisition.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Angels' Revenge (#7.22)" (1995)
 -  Crow (as Eric Idle): "We continue now with international hide-and-seek!" Also, Servo: "I'm on a cycling tour of North Cornwall!"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Night of the Blood Beast (#8.1)" (1996)
 -  "They mean to win Wimbledon"
Striptease (1996)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Undead (#9.6)" (1997)
 -  Mike (as Cardinal Ximinez): "Amongst our weaponry..."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Jack Frost (#9.13)" (1997)
 -  "How not to be seen."
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
 -  Show mentioned.
Lemurs (1998) (TV)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998) (TV)
The Mighty (1998)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch of Satan (#10.8)" (1998)
 -  "Melissa Two-Sheds Strickland"
The John Cleese Interview (1998) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
"The Roseanne Show: (#1.29)" (1998)
 -  Chi McBride draws comparisons to his show "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Future War (#11.4)" (1999)
 -  Sister Ann: "I'm sorry about Terry Jones." Crow: "He was a good Python."
Goin' Down to South Park (1999) (TV)
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V)
 -  Mentioned by name
The Not the Nine O'Clock News Story (1999) (TV)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (V)
 -  Goofy flies into a shop called "Lumberjack Lingerie"
Two of Us (2000) (TV)
'The League of Gentlemen': Behind the Scenes (2000) (TV)
 -  Reference to Monty Python
Happy Birthday Shakespeare (2000) (TV)
The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000) (TV)
 -  Referenced by title
Loser (2000)
The Prime Gig (2000)
"The Human Face" (2001)
We Know Where You Live (2001) (TV)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Life Serial (#6.5)" (2001)
 -  "This mummy hand has ceased to be! It is an ex-mummy hand!" is a reference Python's "Dead Parrot" scene.
Monty Python & the Holy Grail in Lego (2001)
 -  The dead parrot
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (2001) (V)
The 51st State (2001)
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002) (TV)
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Dead End (2003/I)
 -  about halfway through the movie, the famous man-eating childcarriage scene/joke is referenced.
Red Dwarf: The Doug Naylor Interview (2003) (V)
 -  Reference to Monty Python
The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String (2003) (V)
 -  Spam spam spam spam and other references
Finding Nemo (2003)
29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003) (V)
Ian Hislop & Paul Merton (2003) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV (2004) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
Hoodwinked! (2005)
 -  "trouble at the mill?"
Paper Mario RPG (2004) (VG)
 -  it references a speech
"Peep Show: (#2.3)" (2004)
 -  Mark mentions The Lumberjack Song
Hard Candy (2005)
 -  Jeff tells Hayley that she looks like a girl who loves Monty Python episodes
"Comedy Connections: Monty Python's Flying Circus (#3.1)" (2005)
 -  Referenced by name
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Talked about
Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005) (TV)
 -  They talk about how a sketch on this show came about.
A Magical History (2005) (V)
 -  Referenced as one of Peter Lord's big influences
How's It Going to End? The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
The Unseen Spike Milligan (2005) (TV)
 -  Terry Gilliam is noted as a Python
Boosh Publicity (2006) (V)
 -  This is included in a list of surreal comedies.
"Comedy Connections: To the Manor Born (#4.5)" (2006)
 -  Referenced by name
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006) (TV)
 -  Reference to the Monty Python TV series
"Screenwipe: (#2.2)" (2006)
 -  Mentioned.
Pythonin hännällä (2006)
 -  The documentary is about Monty Python's influence to Finnish comedy
Destroy All Humans! 2 (2006) (VG)
 -  As he calls Reeny in Albion, disguised as Eddie, Crypto says, "And now for something completely different." Also, thought scans of Albion people sometimes reference "Cleese" and "Chapman"
Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 2 (2006) (V)
 -  In "Parsnips A-Plenty", there is a "Scene Missing" gag, based on a similar scene in one episode of this show
The Secret Life of Brian (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"Comedy Connections: One Foot in the Grave (#5.1)" (2007)
 -  Referenced by name
Hot Fuzz (2007)
 -  Two references to the "It's Man" from the opening sequence of Monty Python's Flying Circus TV Show: two characters are interrupted just after saying "It's ..." at different moments in the movie.
"How I Met Your Mother: Arrivederci, Fiero (#2.17)" (2007)
 -  Teenage Marshall is seen wearing a Python Ministry of Silly Walks T-Shirt.
"Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)
 -  Mentioned.
"Bones: The Priest in the Churchyard (#2.17)" (2007)
 -  The show is used to provide a nickname for a character in this episode
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: Breaking News (#1.18)" (2007)
 -  The computer software mentioned by Jack contains details of the best sketches from the show.
"Family Guy: The Former Life of Brian (#6.11)" (2008)
 -  Brian's son ties up Meg in chair and forces her to watch the other 178 hours of Monty Python that's NOT funny or memoerable.
"The Middleman: The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation (#1.6)" (2008)
 -  Wendy describes the Clotharian commander as an "inter-galactic Monty Python wanna-be".
"Comedy Connections: Ripping Yarns (#6.4)" (2008)
 -  Referenced by name
Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (2009) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name

Featured in

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (1979) (TV)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Life of Python (1990) (TV)
Sliding Doors (1998)
 -  The Spanish Armarda sketch is shown on TV
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998) (TV)
Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)
 -  clips from this show are used in this special
Pythonland (1999) (TV)
The 100 Greatest TV Moments (1999) (TV)
John Cleese & Anders Lund Madsen (1999) (TV)
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV)
"Top Ten: Comedy Records" (2000)
The 100 Greatest TV Ads (2000) (TV)
Night of a Thousand Shows (2000) (TV)
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
"Comedy Connections: Monty Python's Flying Circus (#3.1)" (2005)
 -  Clips are shown
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005) (TV)
 -  A clip is shown
"Favouritism: Michael Portillo's Great British Losers (#1.4)" (2005)
 -  Clips are shown
"The Story of Light Entertainment: The Comics (#1.4)" (2006)
 -  Clips featured and discussed
Pythonin hännällä (2006)
 -  There are clips of this show in the documentary.
The Secret Life of Brian (2007) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
"Comedy Connections: One Foot in the Grave (#5.1)" (2007)
 -  Clips are shown
"Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)
 -  Clips shown.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
 -  Peter watches a episode on TV
"De wereld draait door: (#4.66)" (2008)
 -  A fragment is shown.
"De wereld draait door: (#4.134)" (2009)
 -  A fragment is shown.
"De wereld draait door: (#4.166)" (2009)
 -  A fragment is shown.
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: (#1.132)" (2009)
 -  Intro with Michael Palin crawling onto a beach used to begin the episode

Spoofed in

Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
"The Simpsons: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (#5.14)" (1994)
 -  The couch gag sees the Simpsons squashed by a giant foot just like in the animated segments of this show.
"The Simpsons: The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (#7.10)" (1995)
 -  The foot that squashes the Simpsons on the couch is a spoof of the animated sketches from this show. The foot looks exactly like the one from this show.
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (1996) (VG)
 -  The "Dead Parodying Sketch"
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1997) (V)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
"Itse valtiaat: Matti Vanhasen lentävä sirkus (#8.5)" (2004)
 -  Several references to various Monty Python sketches - starting from the episode title
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
 -  When Obi-Wan crushes the Droids who were attacking him with the electric sticks by dropping that metal thing on them, it was obviously spoofing in Monty Python when a soldier asks his Drill Sargent, "What do you do if the enemy come at you with sharp, pointy sticks?" and the Drill Sargent replies, "That's easy, you just drop a thousand pount weight on them." And then a thousand pound weight falls from the sky and crushes the soldier.
"Drawn Together: The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist: Part 2 (#2.1)" (2005)
 -  Spanky Ham mentions him and is crushed by a Monty Python foot
"Doctor Who: Fear Her (#2.11)" (2006)
 -  The Doctor imitates the "Jokes and Novelties Salesman" sketch with the line "The go-anywhere creature - fits in the pocket, make friends, impresses the boss, breaks the ice at parties!"
Disaster Movie (2008)
 -  the mammoth foot crushes the caveman like the giant foot
Hells Bells Presents (2009)
 -  "Exotica: The Adult Superstore" is a parody of the famous "Parrot" sketch.

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