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The Cycling Tour
The travels of “Mr. Gulliver,” a chameleonic Cornish gentleman who assumes such varied identities as Leon Trotsky and Eartha Kitt. Other segments include bingo at the Chinese British Consul., In this episode, Reg Pither’s bicycle trip through the countryside is fraught with peril. He ends up in a hospital, convinced that he’s really pop star Clodagh Rogers. Resuming his journey in the company of Mr. Gulliver, Pither embarks upon a search for Lenin and Trotsky, culminating in a visit to the USSR 42nd International Clambake. Only a “scene missing” card saves our heroes from the wrath of that internationally popular ventriloquist Marshal Bulganin. One of the few episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus with an actual storyline — not to mention a genuine beginning, middle, and end — “The Cycling Tour” was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and features Carol Cleveland. The episode was first broadcast December 7, 1972., The travels of “Mr Gulliver”, a chameleonic Cornish gentleman who assumes such varied identities as Leon Trotsky and Eartha Kitt. Other segments include bingo at the Chinese British Consul.
