On this day in 1969, MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS premiered on the BBC and sketch comedy has never looked the same.

What THE BEATLES were to music, THE PYTHONs were to humor. GRAHAM CHAPMAN, ERIC IDLE, TERRY GILLIAM, TERRY JONES, JOHN CLEESE and MICHAEL PALIN first took Britain and then took the world.

A little clippage follows…check it out: