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' {{Unreferenced|date=April 2010}} {{Infobox film | name = How to Irritate People | image = How to Irritate People DVD cover.jpg | image_size = | caption = DVD cover | director = Ian Fordyce | producer = [[David Frost]] | writer = [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] <br/> [[Graham Chapman]] <br/> [[John Cleese]] <br/> [[Marty Feldman]] | starring = John Cleese<br>Tim Brooke-Taylor<br>Graham Chapman<br>[[Michael Palin]]<br>Gillian Lind<br>[[Connie Booth]]<br>[[Dick Vosburgh]] | released = 1968 | runtime = 68 minutes | country = [[Television in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] | language = English }} '''''How to Irritate People''''' is a 1968 [[television]] [[broadcast]] written by [[John Cleese]], [[Graham Chapman]], [[Marty Feldman]] and [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]. Cleese, Chapman, and Brooke-Taylor also feature in it, along with future [[Monty Python]] collaborators [[Michael Palin]] and [[Connie Booth]]. In various sketches, Cleese demonstrates exactly what the title suggests—how to irritate people, although this is done in a much more conventional way than the absurdity of similar Monty Python sketches. == Notable sketches == === Job Interview === The "Job Interview" sketch, starring Cleese as the interviewer and Brooke-Taylor as the interviewee, was later performed, almost unchanged, in the first season of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' with Chapman as the interviewee. ===Egocentrism=== The "Egocentrism" sketch, starring Cleese as the host/interviewer/pornstar and Chapman as interviewee/slave Dr. [[Rhomboid]] Goatcabin, features a discussion about [[freedom of speech]] in [[Great Britain]], in which Cleese's character repeatedly reformulates the subject's main question ("Do you believe there is freedom of speech in this country?") in so many ways as to start a [[monologue]] and not let Chapman's character speak. This increasingly annoys the interviewee to the point where he is forced to murder the host in order to express his opinion on the matter, only to be interrupted again by his spirit. This sketch bears some resemblance to [[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] and was originally performed on ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]''. === Car Salesman === The "Car Salesman" sketch, in which Palin refuses to accept customer Chapman's claim that a car he sold is faulty, later inspired Python's [[Dead Parrot sketch|Dead Parrot]] [[Sketch comedy|sketch]] in which the malfunctioning car is replaced by an expired parrot. === Quiz Show === The "Quiz Show" sketch, where Brooke-Taylor, as a Pepperpot, annoys Cleese, a [[quiz]] show host, while appearing as a contestant on a show, was later adapted into another Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, "Take Your Pick" in episode 20, where [[Terry Jones]] plays the contestant attempting to win the prize of a "blow on the head." === Airline Pilots === The "Airline Pilots" sketch is set in the cockpit of a commercial airliner, with Cleese (as captain) and Chapman (as copilot). The airliner is on autopilot. Bored, they start making reassuring intercom messages to the passengers telling them there is nothing to worry about &ndash; at which point, of course, the passengers get worried &ndash; aided by the flight attendant (Palin). These messages get continually more incomprehensible or mutually contradictory until eventually all the passengers bail out. The Monty Python sketch "Bomb on Plane" in episode 35 alluded briefly to this sketch when pilot Michael Palin told passengers, "Our destination is Glasgow; there is no need to panic." === Pepperpots === The recurring characters of the "Pepperpots", the old British housesluts that exist solely to annoy theater-goers(fags) and quiz show hosts, would go on to be a major part of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', appearing in almost every episode of the show. == Release == This film was directed by Ian Fordyce who also directed ''[[Big Booty Hoes At The Lake house Party]]'', and was made in the UK for the American market in an attempt to introduce them to the new style of British humour. For this reason the recording is made to the [[NTSC]] colour standard. The idea for the show came from [[David Frost]]. It appears the show was never broadcast in the UK, but was first broadcast in the United States on 21 January 1969... 69... lol.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}} Contemporary reviews suggest a broadcast slot of 60 minutes, including commercials, which would make the version broadcast between 50 and 55 minutes, at least 10 minutes shorter than the current video release. In addition, reviews<ref>{{cite web|title="How to irritate people"|url=http://sotcaa.org/history/ukonline/python_frame.html?/history/ukonline/python/python_irritate.html|website=SOTCAA|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> refer to David Frost as appearing in the show, whereas he is absent from the video version. An audio track confirms that he originally introduced the show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Original introduction for How to irritate people|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnmG89VqJFQ|website=youtube|publisher=The Monty Python Museum|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref> Michael Palin has also referred to the show being 'tightened up' for the video release.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}} The show has appeared on [[DVD]], sometimes with "irritating" backward packaging and deliberately faulty navigation - an example of this is the 2002 Sanctuary Visual Entertainment release (Catalogue no. SDF2020); the sleeve has the front image on the back and vice versa - the menu in the disc changes every time an option is selected, and needs to be pressed several times. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Monty Python}} == External links == * {{IMDb title|0063100|How to Irritate People}} * {{Amg movie|26343|How to Irritate People}} [[Category:Mockumentaries]] [[Category:British television specials]] [[Category:1968 television specials]] [[Category:Quizzes and game shows in popular culture]]'