December 5, 1973: Monty Python’s last episode airs on BBC.
The popular sketch series Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired its last episode on this day in 1973.
The groundbreaking, surreal and often satirical show aired on the BBC for five years, and the last, 45th episode included sketches such as “Britain’s Most Terrible Family,” “Patient Abuse,” “An Appeal in the Name of Extremely Right,” and “The Man Who Ends Other People’s Punishments.”
Here’s a favorite:
Also on this day:
The legendary French singer Johnny Hallyday died in 2017.
1979: Andrea McArdle, center, the original Annie on Broadway 1977, Shelley Bruce, left, the second Annie, and Sarah Jessica Parker, the current Annie, posed on stage at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. They attended a Gold Record Awards ceremony from the original cast of the Broadway musical comedy “Annie.”
December 5, 1973: Monty Python’s last episode airs on BBC.
The popular sketch series Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired its last episode on this day in 1973.
The groundbreaking, surreal and often satirical show aired on the BBC for five years, and the last, 45th episode included sketches such as “Britain’s Most Terrible Family,” “Patient Abuse,” “An Appeal in the Name of Extremely Right,” and “The Man Who Ends Other People’s Punishments.”
Here’s a favorite:
Also on this day:
The legendary French singer Johnny Hallyday died in 2017.
1979: Andrea McArdle, center, the original Annie on Broadway 1977, Shelley Bruce, left, the second Annie, and Sarah Jessica Parker, the current Annie, posed on stage at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. They attended a Gold Record Awards ceremony from the original cast of the Broadway musical comedy “Annie.”