The Manhattan Transfer
September, 1975
In One Scene, a British government minister is seen debating a small brown patch of liquid, "possibly creosote." He is wearing a floor-length evening gown. In the next, a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman, in order to soothe the suspicions of a housewife, poses as a robber. And that's some of the saner material that's dished out weekly on public television by Monty Python's Flying Circus, a six-member troupe of British-based comedians. Having conquered the homeland on a regular basis...
