"Monty Python's Flying Circus"
Njorl's Saga (1972)

Director:

Ian MacNaughton

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Original Air Date:

19 October 1972 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Nose Joke | Actor Playing Female Role | Eccentric | Prank | Absurd Humor

Cast

Terry Jones	...	Nude Organist / Judge / Mrs. Varley / Alan Whicker #2 / Various (as Alan Whicker)
John Cleese	...	Announcer / Prosecuting Counsel / Mrs. Premise / Head of Drama / Alan Whicker #5 / Various (as John Cleese Whicker)
Graham Chapman	...	First Policeman / Superintendent / Mrs. Conclusion / Alan Whicker #4 / Various (as Graham Whicker Chapman)
Michael Palin	...	Icelandic Gent / 'It's' Man / Viking / Police Constable Pan-Am / Mrs. Sartre / Alan Whicker #3 / Various (as Alan Michael Palin Whicker)
Eric Idle	...	Michael Norman Randall / Usher / Mrs. Inference / Alan Whicker #1 / Various (as Eric Whicker Whicker Idle)
Terry Gilliam	...	Various (as Terry Terry Whicker Alan Gilliam)
Lyn Ashley	...	First Juror (as Mrs. Idle)
Connie Booth	...	Second Juror (as Connie Whicker Booth)
Rita Davies	...	Third Juror (as Rita Whicker Davies)
Nigel Jones	...	Various (as Nigel Whicker Jones)
Frank Williams	...	Clerk of the Court

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When the real Njorl is replaced off-screen with a dummy (in preparation for a joke later in the sketch), there is a loud thud accompanying whatever the audience is laughing at off-screen, and the police officer giving testimony (Michael Palin) can be seen stifling his laughter.

Quotes:

[Erik Njorl, son of Frothgar, has just been sworn in]
Superintendent: You are hereby charged: one, that you did, on or about 1126, conspire to publicise a London Borough in the course of a BBC saga; two, that you were wilfully and persistently a foreigner; three, that you conspired to do things not normally considered illegal; four, that you were caught in possession of an offensive weapon, viz., the big brown table down at the police station...
Judge: The big brown table down at the police station?
Superintendent: The big brown table down at the police station?
All: Assaulting a police officer!
Prosecuting Counsel: Call Police Constable Pan-Am.
[Pan-Am enters, randomly beating people with his truncheon]
Prosecuting Counsel: Into the witness box, Constable, there'll be plenty of time for that later on. Now, you are Police Constable Pan-Am?
Police Constable Pan-Am: No! I shall deny that to the last breath in my body!
[superintendent gestures to him]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Whicker's World" (1959)