The Brand New Monty Python Bok (Methuen Books, 1973) was the second book to be published by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It was edited by Eric Idle, and contained more print-style comic pieces than their first effort, Monty Python's Big Red Book.
The white dust jacket was printed with some realistic looking smudged fingerprints on the front leading to complaints from booksellers. These complaints paled in comparison to the fuss created...
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The Brand New Monty Python Bok (Methuen Books, 1973) was the second book to be published by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It was edited by Eric Idle, and contained more print-style comic pieces than their first effort, Monty Python's Big Red Book.
The white dust jacket was printed with some realistic looking smudged fingerprints on the front leading to complaints from booksellers. These complaints paled in comparison to the fuss created about the cover printed on the actual book.
The title of the fake cover was Tits 'n Bums, which purported to be a church magazine with articles such as "Are you still a verger?", and the by-line a 'weekly study of church architecture'. The background photo for the 'magazine' consisted, however, of several intertwined naked women.
The Bok was released in softcover as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok, although readers of the Papperbok edition were not availed of the religious parody or flesh. It was later repackaged with Monty Python's Big...
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