Contractual obligation album full of retreads that it may be, Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album still has some very funny bits, such as:
- The Bookshop sketch lets John Cleese play deadpan to Graham Chapman's Unsatisfiable Customer, and while Cleese's increasing mania is funny in itself, his response when he finds out who sent him this customer is a beautifully funny piece of acting.Proprietor: No, well we don't have 'Rarnaby Budge' by Charles Dikkens with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I should add that we don't have 'Karnaby Fudge' by Darles Chickens, or 'Farmer of Sludge' by Marles Pickens, or even 'Stickwick Stapers' by Farles Wickens with four M's and a silent Q!!!!! Why don't you try W. H. Smith's?
Customer: I did. They sent me here.
Proprietor (icily cold): Did they. - "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio" sometimes tells a story with its sound effects:You can't say (klaxon) on the radio. Or (arrow in flight) or (arrow striking target) or (scream of agony).
