The Brand New Monty Python Bok

The Brand New Monty Python Bok is a 1973 comedy publication from the Monty Python team, edited by Eric Idle and published by Methuen Books. The book serves as a follow-up to Monty Python's Big Red Book, featuring an increased focus on print-style comedy content. The book's packaging includes an intentionally controversial design scheme with fingerprints on the dust jacket and a hidden mock pornographic magazine cover underneath. The contents mix original written material with adaptations of sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus television series. The collection includes print pieces like the Llap Goch martial arts advertisement and interconnected wordplay jokes, alongside classic Python sketches such as Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days" and the Travel Agent routine. This publication embodies the Monty Python style of subversive humor and social commentary, challenging conventional publishing norms while delivering their trademark absurdist comedy.

Readers describe this as a chaotic collection of sketches, fake advertisements, and random humor that captures Monty Python's style. Many note it functions more as a coffee table book or bathroom reader than something to read cover-to-cover. Readers liked: - The visual gags and photo manipulations - The fake advertisements and product placements - Easter eggs and hidden jokes throughout - The high quality paper and printing of the original edition Common criticisms: - Humor doesn't translate as well to print format - Some jokes feel dated or rely on 1970s British cultural references - Later reprints had lower production quality - Content can feel random and disconnected Ratings: Goodreads: 4.1/5 (289 ratings) Amazon: 4.4/5 (31 ratings) Several readers mentioned the book works best as a companion piece to the TV series rather than a standalone work. One reviewer noted "it's like having a bit of Python chaos to flip through whenever you need a laugh."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams This science fiction comedy follows the same absurdist British humor tradition as Monty Python, with interconnected sketches and surreal situations throughout the universe.

The Complete Fawlty Towers by John Cleese, Connie Booth The scripts and behind-the-scenes content from the television series present the same style of British comedy writing that defined the Monty Python era.

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron The essays in this collection demonstrate the same type of observational humor and satirical commentary found in Python's work.

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie This spy novel parody incorporates the same mix of intellectual and slapstick humor that characterizes Python's approach to comedy.

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The novel's eccentric characters and absurd situations mirror Python's signature style of building comedy through interconnected peculiarities.

🎭 The book's controversial cover design featured a "deceased" parrot made to look like a real dead bird, causing numerous bookstores to refuse to display it prominently. 🎬 "Salad Days" was originally a TV sketch parodying Sam Peckinpah's violent directing style by applying it to a genteel British garden party - the book version included fake blood spatters on its pages. 🥋 The fictional Welsh martial art "Llap Goch" described in the book became so popular that some fans actually tried to find real Welsh martial arts schools teaching it. 📚 This was the first Python publication to feature Terry Gilliam's distinctive artwork throughout the entire book, rather than just on the cover or in selected sections. 🎨 The book's format deliberately mimicked serious academic textbooks and magazines of the era, including mock footnotes, fake citations, and scholarly-looking diagrams that led to genuine confusion among some readers and reviewers.