Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

policy134 Every comedian today has been inspired by Monty Python in some way but if you look at this hour long show it's a wonder why Monty Python were ever successful. This was made a year before "Flying Circus" minus the two Terries and Eric Idle.There are some amusing skits here and there like the "Fake consideration" skit with Cleese going on and on of making sure that Connie Booth (his sweetheart at the time) is comfortable but they only produce mild giggles and to that the "Indian Restaurant" skit is embarrassing is understatement to the max.The "Job Interview" which was recreated in "Circus" truly doesn't work with an actor other than Graham Chapman and it's a darn shame that I saw this after "Circus" because it has tainted that absolutely hilarious skit. If I had seen this first I might have felt differently but I think that it is so poorly timed and executed that it's a wonder they did indeed recreate it in "Circus".So if you want to preserve the memory of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" as the truly innovative and the most hilarious comedy series ever, please do not watch this. It's a waste of time.

kevinsspam2002 Python's genius was in identifying and breaking the norms of TV, just as the Beatles broke those of music and Godard, film. But this pre-Python program follows the conventions. Rather than sketches being interrupted by the army, they build up to a conventional punchline. Sketches are self-contained; characters from one sketch do not appear in another threatening each other to stop using their lines. Credits flash on the screen as they would anywhere else. Very conventional comedy from some comedians who would soon help break the conventions, but haven't yet.If this had been included as an extra on a Python DVD, it would have been a great one. But since you have to buy it as its own title, it doesn't fare as well.

Ecnerwal This is a brilliant satirical comedy, made by John Cleese, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman before Monty Python, and it is a lot funnier. It is not too bizarre, the material is very original and the characterisations are far stronger. It basically consists of John Cleese talking about ways to irritate people, and showing sketches as examples. The sketches are hilarious, and nearly every character can be linked to someone you know. Particularly good are the annoying 'pepperpots' who sit behind you in the cinema, talking and commenting, the mother who uses emotional blackmail to persuade you to spend more time with her, the dodgy car salesman, who refuses to admit there is a fault with the car, and the job interviewer, who gets you to perform absurd tasks. All in all it is one of the funniest collection of sketches ever made.

Sam1023 This movie is so funny. It has a bunch of people that are just irriating people. My favorite is the one were there is this old lady on a game show that keeps saying she wants a battleship. I must see for anyone.