🎭 Interesting fact: Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969) was built around the idea that comedy did not need structure, punchlines, or even logical endings. Sketches often stopped abruptly, shifted into animation, or dissolved into something completely unrelated, which challenged everything audiences expected from television comedy at the time. This unconventional style was partly enabled by the BBC’s confusion, as executives frequently admitted they did not fully understand the scripts but trust

The Colonel has noticed things are getting a bit too silly... #montypython | Monty Python

📺 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' Sunday 12 October 1969 -- BBC1: 23:05 'Working-Class Playwright' "There's nowt wrong wi' gala luncheons!" #montypythonsflyingcircus | Bernie Briffa