简介：MontyPython'sFliegenderZirkusconsistedoftwo45-minuteMontyPythonspecialsproducedbyWDRforWestGermantelevisionin1971and1972.ThetwoepisodeswerefirstbroadcastinJanuaryandDecember1972,respectively.Theywereshotentirelyonfilm,mainlyonlocationinBavariaandintheGermanlanguage,althoughthesecondepisodewasoriginallyrecordedinEnglishandthendubbedintoGerman.AccordingtothePython'sautobiographyThePythons,thiswasduetothefactthatonlyJohnCleeseandMichaelPalincouldbeeasilyunderstoodbytheGermanaudienceduringthefirstepisode.TheotherPythonperformersallhadverythickaccents(particularlyTerryJones),makingthemdifficulttounderstand.AccordingtothebookinsomecasestheepisodewasevenbroadcastwithGermansubtitles.SomeofthematerialwasreworkedfromAtLastthe1948Show.Footagefromthesespecialswasusedtofilltimebetweenlivestageperformances.Atonepointtheteamconsiderededitingthetwoshowstogether,dubbingthemcompletelyintoEnglishandreleasingthemasa90-minutefilm,butitnevercameabout.…