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15 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’

3. Two Separate Shows

Before Flying Circus, ITV was about to offer a show to Terry Gilliam, Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Meanwhile, buddies Chapman and Cleese were offered their own show by the BBC. Cleese — wanting a third member of the team — invited Palin, who roped in all those other crazies, and a legend was born.

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