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Monty Python's Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured Terry Gilliam's animations, often sequenced or merged with live action.
Two episodes were produced in German for WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), both entitled Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, the literal German translation of the English title. While visiting the UK in the early 1970s, German entertainer and TV producer Alfred Biolek caught notice of the Pythons. Excited by their innovative, absurd sketches, he invited them to Germany in 1971 and 1972 to write and act in two special German episodes.
The first episode, advertised as Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus: Blödeln für Deutschland ("Monty Python's Flying Circus: Clowning around for Germany"), was produced in 1971 and performed in German. The second episode, advertised as Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus: Blödeln auf die feine englische Art ("Monty Python's Flying Circus: Clowning around in the distinguished English way"), produced in 1972, was recorded in English and dubbed into German for its broadcast in Germany. The original English recording was transmitted by the BBC in October 1973.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
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BttbBob said:
Achtung! Die antwort ist zwei; The first recorded in German, the second the English and then dubbed in German. Why did the Germans want to do this in the first place? They allowed that Germans didn't possess a sense of humor and wanted to borrow the British one. All I can say is that English humor is definitely an acquired taste and with only two episodes, the German didn't find it too palatable. Understandable.
Alan J wrote:
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Adam answered:
1? 2- 2 45-min specials.
Charlie responded:
Zwei, oder zwo...
Two (2), that is...
One was recorded in German, one in English, and then dubbed.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Two episodes
Sally said:
I was on holiday (from Italy) in Germany in 1972, and remember seeing the ads for the show! Monty Python's "Fliegender Zirkus" - was a German Special. There were 2, 40-minute episodes made specially for German television. Don't know why there were not more?
PS: Today is lawn debris pick up day, and I've put out another 5 garbage cans full - but, sparing a storm or such, the yard is ready for planting! It has been really dry this winter and spring, not sure if I'm going to plant for the animals this year or not. But then, I remember my green peppers, and fresh tomatoes - cucumbers, and eggplants, you know??
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television.
I've only managed to see bits and pieces of them. A huge fan of their show!!!!!!
MAM wrote:
Two ~ Two 45-minute "Monty Python" German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972
and were shot entirely on film and mostly on location in Bavaria, with the first episode recorded in German and the second recorded in English and then dubbed into German.
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
And, Joe S answered:
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (Monty Python's Flying Circus) consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 and were shot entirely on film and mostly on location in Bavaria, with the first episode recorded in German and the second recorded in English and then dubbed into German.
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CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH'Rules Of Engagement', then a FRESH'Person Of Interest', followed by a FRESH'The Mentalist'.
On a RERUNDave (from 2/21/12) are Alec Baldwin and Eric Hutchinson.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jennifer Coolidge.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Community', followed by a FRESH'30 Rock', then a RERUN'The Office', followed by a FRESH'Up All Night', then a FRESH'Awake'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Zac Efron, Jennie Garth, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Sofia Vergara, Judd Apatow, and Walk the Moon.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Piers Morgan, "Girl Walk/All Day", and Thee Oh Sees.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Missing', followed by a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Anthony Davis, Lena Headey, and Needtobreathe.
The CW offers a RERUN'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a RERUN'The Secret Circle'.
Faux has a FRESH'American Idol', followed by a FRESH'Touch'.
MY recycles an old 'Without A Trace', followed by another old 'Without A Trace'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', then a FRESH'The First 48: Missing Persons'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Coach Carter'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 10
[9:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 3
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO-Ep 4 The Sontaran Strategem
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD
[12:00PM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED-Dominica
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 8 La Gondola
[2:00PM] GORDON RAMSAY'S F WORD-Episode 3
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[4:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 3 - Grasshopper Also
[5:00PM] DOCTOR WHO-Ep 5 The Poison Sky
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION-Ep 1 Evolution
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 4
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[11:00PM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED-Dominica
[12:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 3 - Grasshopper Also
[1:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 4 - Davide
[2:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED-Dominica
[3:00AM] THE X-FILES-Ep 18 Miracle Man
[4:00AM] THE X-FILES-Ep 19 Shapes
[5:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Shahs Of Sunset', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of OC', and another 'Real Housewives Of OC'.
Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', still another 'Futurama', yet another 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Anthony Bourdain.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Anne Rice.
FX has 'How I Met Your Mother', another 'How I Met Your Mother', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', still another '2½ Men', yet another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Role Models'.
History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH'Swamp People', then a FRESH'Mudcats'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Felicia's Journey
[8:30AM] Man About Town
[10:30AM] Dancer in the Dark
[1:30PM] Felicia's Journey
[4:00PM] Man About Town
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Garage Sale
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Academic Octathalon
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Clip Show 2
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Reese's Party
[8:00PM] FF: Scoring With the American Secrets at SXSW
[8:05PM] Napoleon Dynamite
[10:05PM] Planes, Trains and Automobiles
[12:05AM] FF: Scoring With the American Secrets at SXSW
[12:10AM] Napoleon Dynamite
[2:10AM] Planes, Trains and Automobiles
[4:15AM] Action -Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington
[4:45AM] Bollywood Hero (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[7:15A] This Is Not A Robbery
[8:30A] The Father of My Children
[10:30A] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[11:45A] This Is Not A Robbery
[1:00P] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Why Jordan Can't Read (Episode 7, Season 1)
[2:00P] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Strangers in the House (Episode 8, Season 1)
[3:00P] The Father of My Children
[5:00P] Kavi
[7:00P] Love Lust & Makeup
[8:00P] Hunger
[9:40P] Miracle Fish
[10:00P] Johnny Mad Dog
[11:45P] The Wednesdays
[12:00A] Mutants
[1:30A] Hunger
[3:15A] Johnny Mad Dog
[5:00A] Love Lust & Makeup (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Gothika', followed by the movie 'White Noise'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Aziz Ansari, Christina Hendricks, and Good Old War.
Comedy show "The Colbert Report" won a prestigious Peabody Award on Wednesday for its segments on SuperPACs, in which host Stephen Colbert launched his own SuperPAC as a satirical protest against political spending.
The Peabodys, the oldest in broadcasting, recognize excellence in television and radio broadcasting, as well as by webcasters, producing organizations and individuals.
Other winners ranged from television game show "Jeopardy!" and IFC's satire "Portlandia" to news coverage of the Arab Spring popular uprisings by Al Jazeera English, CNN, CBS News and National Public Radio.
Multiple Peabodys were won by PBS, HBO, NPR and CNN, while Human Rights Watch was cited for its detailed online reports.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York on May 21 hosted by Patrick Stewart.
Producer Clive Davis and singer Aretha Franklin (R) arrive for the benefit "Songs From the Silver Screen" to raise funds for The Rainforest Trust at Carnegie Hall in New York, April 3, 2012.
Photo by Carlo Allegri
Dartmouth College has named its medical school after a famous alum: Theodor "Ted" Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
Dartmouth said Wednesday that Geisel and his wife, Audrey, have been the most significant philanthropists in its history. The school is being named the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine.
President Jim Yong Kim said Geisel, a 1925 graduate, lived out the Dartmouth ethos of thinking differently and creatively to illuminate the world's challenges, and the opportunities for understanding and surmounting them.
Audrey Geisel, who has a background as a nurse, said her husband would be proud to have his name forever connected to the school.
If Sarah Palin's star turn on the "Today" show was meant to send ratings soaring, it fell short.
The gap dividing NBC's "Today" from ABC runner-up "Good Morning America" widened by just 23,000 viewers Tuesday compared with the day before, according to the Nielsen Co.
"Good Morning America" had its own guest star, Katie Couric, back on morning TV after many years hosting "Today." But Couric, now at ABC, is filling in all week at "GMA." Palin was "Today" guest co-host on Tuesday only.
"Today" drew 5.5 million viewers, while "GMA" had 356,000 fewer tuning in. On Monday, the gap dividing them was 333,000 viewers.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during the benefit show "Songs From the Silver Screen" to raise funds for The Rainforest Trust at Carnegie Hall in New York, April 3, 2012.
Photo by Carlo Allegri
Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit.
The action star has already put his lavish home in nearby Hailey, Idaho, on the market, as well as the local bar he owns, for a combined $19 million. Now the Idaho Mountain Express (http://bit.ly/Hg4qN7) reports he's told Camas County leaders that he will gift his popular Soldier Mountain ski area in Fairfield to the right nonprofit.
Willis has owned the ski area since the late 1990s. It boasts 1,150 acres of in-bounds terrain, and its three lifts give access to a vertical rise of 1,425 feet.
The ski area is popular with families, serving as a laid-back alternative to the swanky Sun Valley ski resort about 65 miles away.
Amnesty International has urged Russia to release three members of all-woman punk band Pussy Riot who were detained after the group stormed into Moscow's main cathedral to sing a protest song against President-elect Vladimir Putin.
Amnesty said the three denied taking part in the protest launched by other members of the group who entered Christ the Savior Cathedral on February 21 and sang "Holy Mother, Throw Putin Out" wearing multi-colored masks.
Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samusevich face up to seven years in prison if they are found guilty of hooliganism following the performance, which criticized the Russian Orthodox Church's support for Putin.
The Church said in a statement on Tuesday it was under attack from "anti-Russian forces", citing the Pussy Riot protest and media allegations against Patriarch Kirill.
The Church's support for former KGB spy Putin, whose 12-year rule has been described by Kirill as a "miracle of God", has angered many members of the anti-Putin protest movement that has sprung up in the past few months.
(L-R) Elton John, Meryl Streep, Sting and James Taylor perform during the benefit "Songs From the Silverscreen" to raise funds for The Rainforest Trust at Caregie Hall in New York, April 3, 2012.
Photo by Carlo Allegri
German Nobel literature laureate Günter Grass labeled Israel a threat to "already fragile world peace" in a poem published Wednesday that drew sharp rebukes at home and from Israel.
In the poem titled "What must be said ("Was gesagt werden muss")," published in German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Italy's La Repubblica among others, Grass criticized what he described as Western hypocrisy over Israel's own suspected nuclear program amid speculation that it might engage in military action against Iran to stop it building a suspected atomic bomb.
The 84-year-old Grass said he had been prompted to put pen to paper by Berlin's recent decision to sell Israel a submarine able to "send all-destroying warheads where the existence of a single nuclear bomb is unproven."
"The nuclear power Israel is endangering the already fragile world peace," he wrote. His poem specifically criticized Israel's "claim to the right of a first strike" against Iran.
Grass also called for "unhindered and permanent control of Israel's nuclear capability and Iran's atomic facilities through an international body."
With Louis C.K. dropping out last month, the neutered Radio and Television Correspondents Association has chosen a new, less controversial host for its annual dinner in Washington, D.C.: comedian and "Let's Make a Deal" host Wayne Brady.
RTCA said Brady will host the RTCA dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on June 8. Brady tweeted: "Looking forward to RTCA dinner performance. I like shutting folks up and this another chance to do what I do live. Just part of the job."
Louis C.K., meanwhile, explained to TheWrap his reasons for dropping out of the dinner after Fox News host Greta Van Susteren (R-CO$) objected to months-old tweets in which he went over the top in insulting Sarah Palin (R-Quitter).
"I wasn't going to stand there and defend something I didn't really feel like doing anyway," C.K. said. "I wasn't that excited about it, I didn't want to cause them problems, I didn't think it was what they invited when they hired me. And I didn't think about it much. It was like one morning I woke up, I heard there was static. I'm in production (on his FX comedy, "Louis"), so I have no reason to be in conflict with anybody right now."
Thailand's film censors have banned an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," saying it could inflame political passions in the country where it is taboo to criticize the monarchy.
The Thai-language film "Shakespeare Must Die" tells the story of a theater group in a fictional country resembling Thailand that is staging a production of "Macbeth," in which an ambitious general murders his way to the Scottish throne.
One of the film's main characters is a dictator named "Dear Leader," who resembles former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose ouster in a 2006 coup sparked years of political turmoil between his supporters and critics.
Censors at the Culture Ministry issued a brief memo Tuesday saying that the film could not be distributed in Thailand because it "has content that causes divisiveness among the people of the nation." The memo did not specify which scenes were deemed offensive.
But, Ing K., the film's director, said the censorship committee objected to anti-monarchy overtones in the film as well as politically charged content, including a scene based on an iconic photo from Bangkok's 1976 student uprising showing a demonstrator being lynched.
Its corporate parent, Discovery Communications, announced Wednesday that the cable channel will change its emphasis on nature and ecology and focus instead on the country's spirit and culture under the new name of Destination America.
The changeover happens May 28.
Destination America will tackle subjects including American cuisine - from Tex-Mex to barbeque - and American mysteries from Jesse James' lost fortune to Area 51. Other shows will visit amusement park thrill rides and Western ghost towns.
Actor Channing Tatum (L) and musician Sir Elton John perform during the benefit show "Songs From the Silver Screen" to raise funds for The Rainforest Trust at Carnegie Hall in New York April 3, 2012.
Carlo Allegri
Tennessee, where the nation's first big legal battle over evolution was fought nearly 90 years ago, is close to enacting a law that critics deride as the "monkey bill" for once again attacking the scientific theory.
The measure passed by the Tennessee General Assembly would protect teachers who allow students to criticize evolution and other scientific theories, such as global warming. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam said this week he would likely sign it into law.
Haslam said the State Board of Education has told him the measure won't affect the state's current scientific curriculum for primary, middle or high school students. Louisiana enacted a similar law in 2008.
Scientists in Tennessee and the American Association for the Advancement of Science are asking Haslam to veto the bill, saying that evolution is established science that shouldn't be taught as a controversy.
"The Tennessee legislature is doing the unbelievable: attempting to roll the clock back to 1925 by attempting to insert religious beliefs in the teaching of science," three Tennessee scientists wrote in an op-ed column in The Tennessean.
Plans are moving forward for a Detroit statue of the fictional crime-fighting cyborg RoboCop.
The Detroit News reports Wednesday that a RoboCop model is being scanned at a studio in Canada. When the scanning process is completed, artists will create foam pieces that will be shipped to Detroit's Venus Bronze Works, where the parts of the statue will be cast.
Jerry Paffendorf, who is involved in the effort, says the statue "will have a physical, as well as conceptual, origin in Detroit." Location and a completion date are uncertain.
The movement for a RoboCop statue started last year after a social networking campaign exploded in support of the project, quickly raising $50,000 to make it happen.
Hippopotamuses cool off in a pond at a zoo on a hot day in New Delhi April 4, 2012. The temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in New Delhi, local media reported on Wednesday.
Photo by B Mathur
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Two episodes were produced in German for WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), both entitled Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, the literal German translation of the English title. While visiting the UK in the early 1970s, German entertainer and TV producer Alfred Biolek caught notice of the Pythons. Excited by their innovative, absurd sketches, he invited them to Germany in 1971 and 1972 to write and act in two special German episodes.
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