5th October 1969 was when the first episode of Python was broadcast on BBC1.

To commorate this occasion, here are the first six minutes and fourty-one seconds of Monty Python’s Flying Circus:

And now, another five minutes and twenty seconds of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

And before I end this post… almost another ten minutes* of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

* Not quite ten minutes – I mean, it’s as near as dammit, but it is technically nine minutes and fifty five seconds of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

…And now onto my next post.

55 Years Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus**

** Which is to say, the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Obviously all the other episodes are a bit less than that. The second one’s still a week away from being fifty five years old, obviously. Well, it may not be that obvious, but it doesn’t hurt to be thorough about these things…

…It has come to my attention that this post has already happened. Erm, sorry about that.

To make up for it, here’s a further nine and half minutes*** of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

*** Sorry, did I say nine and a half minutes of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus? I did of course mean nine minutes and twenty seconds of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

And now, onto my next post…

A Further Six Minutes Of The First Episode Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus

(…It has just come to my attention that the last nine minutes and twenty seconds of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus is in fact the last nine minutes and twenty-one seconds of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Again, I apologise for this error.)

(It has also just come to my attention that the further six minutes are not from the first episode at all. Again, I apologise for this additional error, and promise you it won’t happen again.)

(…And that wasn’t a full six minutes either. It was just a silly jape and a prank. I really apologise for this.)

…Oh! And, er, of course… just thought I’d mention this… the last episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was broadcast on the 5th December 1974, which makes that one only fifty years old. Which is in itself a important celebration of sorts, come to think of it. Though you can’t celebrate it until December, and obviously that would be with a rather more melancholy slant on the whole affair.

And now, onto the next post…

One More Minute Of The First Episode Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus

Sorry, It Turns Out The Last Bit Of One More Minute Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus Isn’t From The First Episode At All

And it isn’t even one more minute of it. Sorry. So, onto my next post…

Two More Minutes**** Of 55 Years Of The First Episode Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus And Almost But Not Quite 50 Years Of The Last Episode Of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, At Least At Time Of Writing. There, That’s All Sorted Out *****

**** Erm, actually there’s no more minutes of it. I’ve used all of them up. Sorry, sorry…

***** …Hang on, the fourth series was just called “Monty Python”. Does that affect things? Oh, bugger.