"Monty Python's Flying Circus"
E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease (1972)

Director:

Ian MacNaughton

Writers:

Graham Chapman (written by) &
John Cleese (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Original Air Date:

21 December 1972 (Season 3, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Nose Joke | Surrealism | Eccentric | Prank

Cast

Michael Palin	...	Superintendent Gaskell / Sir Philip Sidney / Rev. Arthur Belling / The 'It's' Man / Mr. Burrows / Vicar / Various Roles
Terry Jones	...	Tudor Job Agency Assistant / Messenger / Post Office Clerk / Various Roles
John Cleese	...	Announcer / Roger Last / Dr. E. Henry Thripshaw / Various Roles
Terry Gilliam	...	Man with Pile of Books / Messenger / Animation Voices
Graham Chapman	...	Bookstore Customer / Sergeant Maddox / Interviewer / Mr. Kirkham / Various Roles
Eric Idle	...	Second Assistant / Elizabethan Gent / Mr. Husband / Various Roles
Carol Cleveland	...	Mrs. Sidney / Disturbed Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosalind Bailey	...	Elizabethan Girl
The Fred Tomlinson Singers	...	Amantillado Chorus

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the "Is There?" sketch, one of the show's guests who is supposed to be dead (Sir Brian Hardacre) is quite noticeably breathing.

Quotes:

Superintendent Gaskell: Look. This is the last time. I'm warning you, I'm not Sir Philip-bleeding-Sidney. I am Superintendent Harold Gaskell and this is a raid.
Second Assistant: [to a customer, ignoring Gaskell] That'll be 540 quid, sir.
Man with Pile of Books: Oh, I'll just have this one then.
Superintendent Gaskell: Maddox!
[Turns to all in shop]
Superintendent Gaskell: Look, this is a raid... Honestly!

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 3, third movement