Has Monty Python's Flying Circus ever taught you something you used in real life?
I was in World History class in the 10th grade in high school. The teacher asked if anyone knew who invented the hot air balloon. Because of Monty Python's Flying Circus, I knew the Montgolfier brothers invented the fire balloon.
That's twice British TV taught me something I used in school. The Five Doctors on Doctor Who taught me the definition of Pi.
I told my history teacher that Louis XVI had better things to do than go around all day remembering his bloody number.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please - Mark Twain
As they wete allhighly educated people, it would be nigh onimpossible if their sketches didn't include genuine facts.
shareThat if you studied at Oxford or Cambridge you stood a better chance of being in Monty Python.
I learned to always expect the Spanish Inquisition. Does that count?
shareI learned the Magna Carta was a document signed at Runnymede in 1215 by King John pledging independence to the English barons rather than a piece of chewing gum on a bedspread in Dorset.
"'Extremely High Voltage.' Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer Sim--" - Frank Grimes
It taught me that there is a Basingstoke in Westphalia.
shareIt taught me there is such a thing AS Basingstoke. Being an American fan, I'd never heard of it before.
shareNor had I!
shareSince they were obviously pointing out Basingstoke isn't in Westphalia, I had to look it up to see where it actually was back in 1994 when I first saw the episode. I had never seen that episode before, even going back to PBS in 1985. I never saw it until it aired in Comedy Central's package.
shareOk not Flying Circus TV series but Holy Grail taught me it was ridiculous to think that very small rocks could float in water.