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Flying Circus Maximus

And now for something completely differentiated... As the Monty Python-inspired ''Spamalot'' hits Broadway, we pick the comedy troupe's top 20 sketches

By Josh Wolk

Josh Wolk

Josh Wolk is a senior writer at EW and the author of ''Cabin Pressure: One Man's Desparate Attempt to Recapture His Youth as a Camp Counselor''

| Mar 21, 2005

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EW counts down Monty Python's 20 funniest sketches | 151820__si_l

PALIN, TERRY JONES, CAROL CLEVELAND AND TERRY GILLIAM IN 'THE SPANISH INQUISITION'

Monty Python's best sketches: No. 1

1 The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python's Flying Circus DVD 5, Episode 15)
Red-caped crusading cardinals threaten torture with (gasp!) the comfy chair! Unforgettable for one reason: torture by kitchen drying rack, and Michael Palin's inability to count...two! Two reasons!

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