== The end of Flying Circus  (in Canada) == 

 Prior to being on PBS in the US, Monty Python's was sold to the public broadcaster CBC in Canada.  I recall as do others on the net(  ) seeing episodes in the summer of 1970 or 1971 initially on Saturday evenings during the summer then later on (after the CBC became uneasy with the shows' content) it was shown well after the evening news.  Eventually the CBC canceled showing the series in 1972 (  ) resulting in street protests that Eric Idle mentions in an interview many years later (  ).  The first Americans (in the U.S.) therefore to see it broadcast were those living close enough to the Canada-US border to receive one of the first CBC transmissions.   

 I also recall one of the cast members (some years after the breakup) joking in an (TV?) interview that Canada and India were the first to buy the show outside the UK which was much appreciated though apparently the Indians were disappointed at not seeing any circus acts.