The Final Rip Off
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The Final Rip Off is a compilation album by the Monty Python
troupe. The original LP was released through Virgin Records
in 1988 and consisted of two discs. Except for some brief new linking material by Michael Palin
and alternate versions of "Henry Kissinger" and "I Like Chinese", all material on the album had been previously released.
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
troupe. The original LP was released through Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
in 1988 and consisted of two discs. Except for some brief new linking material by Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
and alternate versions of "Henry Kissinger" and "I Like Chinese", all material on the album had been previously released.
Side one
- Introduction
- Constitutional Peasant
- Fish License
- Eric the Half-a-Bee Song
- Finland Song
- Travel Agent
- Are You Embarrassed Easily?
- Australian Table Wines
- Argument
- Henry Kissinger Song (extended version) (See also: Henry KissingerHenry KissingerHeinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
) - Parrot (Oh, Not Again)Dead ParrotThe "Dead Parrot Sketch", alternatively and originally known as the "Pet Shop Sketch" or "Parrot Sketch", is a popular sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, and one of the most famous in the history of British television comedy...
Side two
- Sit On My Face
- Undertaker
- Novel Writing
- String
- Bells
- Traffic Lights
- Cocktail Bar
- Four Yorkshiremen
- Election Special
- Lumberjack Song
Side three
- I Like Chinese (alternate mix)
- Spanish Inquisition, Pt. 1
- Cheese Shop
- Cherry Orchard
- Architects' Sketch
- Spanish Inquisition, Pt. 2
- SpamSpam (Monty Python)"Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are in a greasy spoon café trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes the processed meat product in almost every dish. The term spam is derived from this sketch...
- Spanish Inquisition, Pt. 3
- Comfy Chair
- Famous Person Quiz
- You Be the Actor
- Nudge, Nudge
- Cannibalism
- Spanish Inquisition Revisited
Side four
- I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the RadioI Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio" is a song performed by Eric Idle, an English comedian and member of Monty Python. It mocks radio censorship of words considered inappropriate . Another similar song, also by Idle, is "The FCC Song", whose refrain "Fuck you very much" is directed...
- Bruces
- Bookshop
- Do Wot John
- Rock Notes
- I'm So Worried
- Crocodile
- French Taunter
- Marilyn Monroe
- Swamp Castle
- French Taunter, Pt. 2
- Last Word