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Mrs. Conclusion: Hullo, Mrs. Premise.

Mrs. Premise: Hullo, Mrs. Conclusion.

Mrs. Conclusion: Busy day?

Mrs. Premise: Busy? I just spent four hours burying the cat.

Mrs. Conclusion: *Four hours* to bury a cat?

Mrs. Premise: Yes - it wouldn't keep still.

Mrs. Conclusion: Oh - it wasn't dead, then?

Mrs. Premise: No, no - but it's not at all well, so we were going to be on the safe side.

A piece of animation in the episode, by Terry Gilliam, which depicted Jesus Christ crucified on a telegraph pole, attracted some controversy. So much, in fact, that it was cut for all repeats and no longer exists on the master tape. See more...

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Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) - 6 mistakes in season 3

starring Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones (add more)

Mistakes

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Njorl's Saga

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Audio problem: In the 'PC Pan-Am Gives Evidence' sequence (part of Series 3, Show 1), there is a loud, off-camera crash at 16'15", followed by hysterical audience laughter and a Palin visibly trying to stifle a laugh. This is because the heavily-bandaged 'Njorl', who had been replaced at that point by a dummy (enabling his head to be removed in the next scene), fell backwards off the podium, and had to be re-positioned by the crew. Filming presumably stopped, as a cutaway of Njorl appears in the middle of Pan-Am's address. The edit is also very audible, as Palin's speech suddenly plummets in volume.

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Deliberate "mistake": Eric Idle's 'Stock Exchange Report' (in Series 3, Show 1) has a very obvious edit in the middle. This is a monologue delivered without cutaways, so the jump in the video tape is very easy to spot. Whether this edit indicates material removed or a simple joining together of two takes is unclear. However, since Idle gets drenched with water at the close of the routine (and given that, under BBC constraints, there was no time for drying out), we can assume that he must have made his fluff quite early on in the piece.

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Mr. & Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

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Continuity: When Mr. Norris sets out on his expedition, it is April 24. But when we see his diary, the day is the 24th, but the month (on the top of the page) says "October."

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Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

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Visible crew/equipment: When the Merchant Banker sends Mr. Ford through the trap door, you can see a crew member waiting to catch him below the stage.

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The War Against Pornography

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Revealing: When John Cleese (as Long John Silver) falls over after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, you can see his real leg, which was tucked behind him when using the peg leg.

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Salad Days

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Continuity: In the 'Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days' sketch in Series 3, Show 7, the scene suddenly changes from a bright sunny day to a pitch black night - this was apparently due to technical delays, but the effect makes it look like an extension of the 'pretentious director' parody.

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