Monty Python's Flying Circus: Difference between revisions
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Difference between revisions
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[John Cleese]] as the host in "The Wrestling Epilogue." ("Sex and Violence" S01E02)]]
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[John Cleese]] as the host in "The Wrestling Epilogue." ("Sex and Violence" S01E02)]]
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Michael Palin]] as a news presenter. ("Sex and Violence" S01E02)]]
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Michael Palin]] as a news presenter. ("Sex and Violence" S01E02)]]
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[John Cleese]] as RSM Teaching Self-Defense in the "Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit" sketch. ("Owl Stretching Time" S01E04)]]
[[Image:MPFS_WM4_03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[John Cleese]] as RSM Teaching Self-Defense as he shoots Mr.Harrison [[Graham Chapman]]in the "Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit" sketch. ("Owl Stretching Time" S01E04)]]
Stapleton the Bookseller (John Cleese) carries a Walther P38 in the "Secret Service Dentists" sketch. ("Owl Stretching Time" S01E04) Mr. "Hilter" (John Cleese) pulls out one as well in the "Mr. Hilter and the Minehead by-election" sketch. ("The Naked Ant" (S01E12)
Lafarge (Michael Palin) uses a Colt Official Police in the "Secret Service Dentists" sketch. ("Owl Stretching Time" S01E04). A bank robber (John Cleese) uses one in the "Bank Robber in a Lingerie Shop" sketch. ("Untitled" S01E10)
Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith (Eric Idle), Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris (Terry Jones), Nigel Incubator-Jones (John Cleese) and Gervaise Brook-Hamster (Michael Palin) use what appear to be Smith & Wesson Model 10 in the "Upper Class Twit of the Year" sketch. ("The Naked Ant" S01E12)
Michael Palin, Terry Jones and others are seen with Double Barreled Shotguns the "Hunting Film" sketch. ("The Ant, an Introduction," S01E09). They are also used in the ""Upper Class Twit of the Year" sketch. ("The Naked Ant" S01E12)
Seen in the hands of the Pythons on numerous occasions when they play WWII British soldiers. The Pythons have used the Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifle in other sketches like the Mosquito Hunting sketch and the sketch in which they play as a group of revolutionary "Pepperpots".
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe British Army tests the funniest joke in the world on an unwitting British soldier (Terry Jones) in the "Funniest Joke in the World" sketch. ("Whither Canada?" S01E01)Error creating thumbnail: File missingBritish AND German troops are armed with Enfields in the "Funniest Joke in the World" sketch. ("Whither Canada?" S01E01)Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe entire group (minus Terry Gilliam) with Enfield rifles in the "Man Turns Into Scotsman" sketch. ("You're No Fun Anymore" S01E07)
Lee-Enfield No.4 MkI* rifle
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during World War Two, however, it was supplemented heavily with the older Lee Enfield No.1 MK.III. In service between 1941–Present
Mauser Kar98k rifle
Seen in the hands of the Pythons when they play WWII German soldiers.
Russian SKS carbines were seen in the hands of a Soviet execution squad [[1]]
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. The Russian SKS has a milled receiver and a blade bayonet. The rifles were issued with hardwood or laminated stocks. This example has a hardwood stock.
Other
Panzerschreck
Brian (Terry Jones) uses a Panzerschreck in "Secret Service Dentists" sketch. ("Owl Stretching Time" S01E04)
To what most people think,this is NOT a Panzerschreck, but a M20A1 "Super Bazooka" mocked up to look like a Panzerschreck, explaining why the shield isn't mounted correctly. Also why the front sight is missing and the flared "buisness" end that is not seen on regular Panzerschrecks but on the M20A1.
MG34 machine gun
Seen in the hands of Graham Chapman's character during the Mosquito Hunting sketch.
A Mills Bomb is thrown onto a double-decker bus in "The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker" sketch. ("It's the Arts (or: The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapest)" S01E06).
