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* MythologyGag: L F Dibley is a reference to one of the working titles of the programme, ''Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus''.
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* MotorMouth: The presenters for "Election Night Special" all speak with great speed, especially Cleese.
-->Just to bring you up to date with a few results, er, that you may have missed. Engelbert Humperdinck has taken Barrow-in-Furness, that's a gain from Ann Haydon-Jones and her husband Pip. Arthur Negus has held Bristols[[Note]]Bristols is cockney rhyming slang for "titties", as in "Bristol Cities"[[/note]]. That's not a result, that's a bit of gossip. Er...Mary Whitehouse has just taken umbrage. Could it be a bit of trouble there. And apparently Wales is not swinging at all. No surprise there. And, er, Monty Python has held the credits. (credits roll)

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Green link updated -Spell My Name With an S is now Inconsistent Spelling, so I updated it and moved it alphabetically


* InconsistentSpelling: Raymond Luxury-Yacht insists that his name is spelled "Luxury-Yacht", but pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Raymond Luxury-Yacht insists that his name is spelled "Luxury-Yacht", but pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".
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* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "[[TontoTalk Me heap dizzy]]."

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* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead NotQuiteDead when he says "[[TontoTalk Me heap dizzy]]."

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Despite Creator/JohnCleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results ("Election Night Special").

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First, the game show ''It's a Living''.

Despite Creator/JohnCleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results ("Election Night Special").
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* OverlyLongName: The Very Silly candidate has one. Combined with TheUnpronounceable, as various sound effects are included as part of his name.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: "No, it's ''spelt'' 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'."


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* PretentiousPronunciation: "No, it's ''spelt'' 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'."

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Eric Idle's character of Timmy Williams was ''very'' obviously based on the Python's old boss, DavidFrost. So much so that, the second Idle appears on stage in character, the audience laughed and applauded.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Eric Idle's Creator/EricIdle's character of Timmy Williams was ''very'' obviously based on the Python's old boss, DavidFrost.Creator/DavidFrost. So much so that, the second Idle appears on stage in character, the audience laughed and applauded.



* TakeThat: "The Timmy Williams Interview" involves a narcissistic actor named "Timmy Williams", played by Idle, who is constantly distracted in furthering his career from an old friend's desperate pleas for help, to the point where the friend shoots himself and Timmy takes it in stride. This is followed by credits for "The Timmy Williams Show", which - while written "entirely" by Williams - features a list of "contributors" that takes up several seconds, including Ralph Emerson, Burt Ancaster, and Monty Python. This is based largely on the Python's experiences working with Creator/DavidFrost on ''The Frost Report''.



* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "[[TontoTalk Me heap dizzy]]."

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* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "[[TontoTalk Me heap dizzy]].""
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* EitherOrTitle: "It's a Living (or: School Prizes)".

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* GagNose: Raymond Luxury-Yacht sports a ridiculously large, obviously false nose, which the interviewer points out and pulls on.

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* GagNose: Raymond Luxury-Yacht sports a ridiculously large, obviously false nose, which the interviewer points out and pulls on. Jethro Q. Walrustitty's agent also wears a false nose, albeit a smaller one.


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* TheMockbuster: In universe: L.F. Dibley directs terrible, extremely short, 8mm versions of popular films such as ''Film/{{If}}'', ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/RearWindow'', and ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow''. He, of course, insists that the famous versions are ripoffs of his own films.
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* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length ''And Now for Something Completely Different''.
* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "Me heap dizzy."

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* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised Bowdlerised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length ''And Now for Something Completely Different''.
* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "Me "[[TontoTalk Me heap dizzy.dizzy]]."
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* ItsAllAboutMe: When unemployed widower Nigel Watt wants to ask his friend, TV personality Timmy Williams, to help him and his family, Timmy is a bit occupied with greeting acquaintances. And doing an interview. And working with the writer of his autobiography. And getting publicity photos taken. And giving a fan an autograph. And being filmed for a TV documentary. And taking important phone calls. [[spoiler: He allows himself a few moments to take note of Nigel's suicide...and how it makes him (Timmy) look in the interview.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Eric Idle's character of Timmy Williams was ''very'' obviously based on the Python's old boss, DavidFrost. So much so that, the second Idle appears on stage in character, the audience laughed and applauded.
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The blob of cancer--uh, "gangrene"--meets a female blob of cancer, which is marked as female by wearing flowers on her head.

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The joke is that they actually are gay


* MistakenForGay: The sketch where a rather confused clerk kept misinterpreting his patrons' desires to get married; it ended with five men getting married to each other.

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* MistakenForGay: MarryThemAll: The sketch where a rather confused clerk kept misinterpreting his patrons' desires to get married; it ended with five men getting married to each other.



* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length ''And Now for Something Completely Different''.

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* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length ''And Now for Something Completely Different''.Different''.
* YouNoTakeCandle: The dead Indian reveals that he's only mostly dead when he says "Me heap dizzy."
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Guest starring: Stanley Mason

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Guest starring: Rita Davies, Ian Davidson, Stanley Mason
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Guest starring: Stanley Mason
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* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust.

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* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust. Goes back to "cancer" when this sketch is played in the feature-length ''And Now for Something Completely Different''.
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Despite Creator/JohnCleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite Creator/JohnCleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.results ("Election Night Special").



* EpicFail: In the "Election Night Special", Kevin Phillips-[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Bong]] of the Slightly Silly Party doesn't receive a single vote, or '''Pathetic Defeat'''.

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* EpicFail: In the "Election Night Special", Kevin Phillips-[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Bong]] of the Slightly Silly Party doesn't receive a single vote, or '''Pathetic Defeat'''. Presumably, he even neglected to vote for himself.
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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese Creator/JohnCleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.
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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register who thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.
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* EverythingIsRacist: When the interviewer refuses to go on, Raymond Luxury-Yacht accuses him of being anti-Semitic, pointing at his big nose as proof that he's Jewish. The interviewer counters with the fact that it's a fake polystyrene nose.


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* GagNose: Raymond Luxury-Yacht sports a ridiculously large, obviously false nose, which the interviewer points out and pulls on.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: "You are a very silly man, and I'm not going to interview you."
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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Parodied "Election Night Special" sketch: The commentator holds his hand up to his ear expecting breaking news, but realizes it's actually a buzzing insect [[OrificeInvasion that flew into his ear]].

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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Parodied in the "Election Night Special" sketch: The commentator holds his hand up to his ear (which does not have a visible earpiece) expecting breaking news, but realizes it's actually a buzzing insect [[OrificeInvasion that flew into his ear]].
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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Parodied "Election Night Special" sketch: The commentator holds his hand up to his ear expecting breaking news, but realizes it's actually a buzzing insect [[OrificeInvasion that flew into his ear]].
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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being record by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being record recorded by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.



* AccidentalMisnaming: Raymond Luxury-Yacht, pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove". And Mrs. Crump (''Pinnett!'') in the Gas Cooker Sketch.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Raymond Luxury-Yacht, pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove". And Mrs. Crump (''Pinnett!'') in the Gas Cooker Sketch.
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Despite John Cleese not being appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being record by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese not being able to appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man trying to converse with another man while being record by other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese not being appear in the show this week, it's: multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man tries to converse with another man while being record by various other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.

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Despite John Cleese not being appear in the show this week, it's: the game show ''It's a Living'', multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man tries trying to converse with another man while being record by various other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.



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* AccidentalMisnaming: Raymond Luxury-Yacht, pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove". And Mrs. Crump (''Pinnett!'') in the Gas Cooker Sketch.
* {{Calvinball}}: The game show ''It's a Living'': "The rules are very simple: each week we get a large fee; at the end of that week we get another large fee; if there's been no interruption at the end of the year we get a repeat fee which can be added on for tax purposes to the previous year or the following year if there's no new series."
* EpicFail: In the "Election Night Special", Kevin Phillips-[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Bong]] of the Slightly Silly Party doesn't receive a single vote, or '''Pathetic Defeat'''.
* FictionalPoliticalParty: In the "Election Night Special" sketch, covering the 1970 UK General Election, all elections are mainly contested by two parties, the Sensible Party and the Silly Party; the Slightly Silly Party and Very Silly Party both vouch candidates in a few districts as well.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: "No, it's ''spelt'' 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'."
* ItsBeenDone: Mr L F Dibley is a director who keeps making films that other people have already done (''If'', ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''Rear Window''); he claims that they are ripping him off, and that those high budget movies were "rushed out" while his were still at the chemist's (i.e. being developed).
* MistakenForGay: The sketch where a rather confused clerk kept misinterpreting his patrons' desires to get married; it ended with five men getting married to each other.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Raymond Luxury-Yacht insists that his name is spelled "Luxury-Yacht", but pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove".
* TheTopicOfCancer: In an animated segment a prince sees a black spot on his face, but ignores it. Then he dies of cancer. Bowlderised in later episodes to gangrene, much to Graham Chapman's disgust.
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Title: ''It's a Living (or: School Prizes)''

Original Airdate: 3/11/1970

Despite John Cleese not being appear in the show this week, it's: multiple impersonations at a school prize giving, an interview of the filmmaker L.F. Dibley, multiple people with important sounding titles performing various activities, a dung and dead Indian delivery, a man tries to converse with another man while being record by various other people, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht that ends abruptly due to silliness, a marriage register thinks everyone wants to marry him, and the election night results.
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