The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)

Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones playing "The Spanish Inquisition" in Monty Python Live (Mostly), London, 2014

"The Spanish Inquisition" is an episode and recurring segment in the British sketch comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, specifically series 2 episode 2 (first broadcast 22 September 1970), that satirises the Spanish Inquisition. The sketches are notable for the catchphrase, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!", which has been frequently quoted and become an Internet meme.[1][2][3][4] The final instance of the catchphrase in the episode uses the musical composition "Devil's Galop" by Charles Williams. Rewritten audio versions of the sketches were included on Another Monty Python Record in 1971.

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  2. ^ Keeley, Brian L. (2006). "Chapter 8: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition! More Thoughts on Conspiracy Theory". In Coady, David (ed.). Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate (First ed.). Abingdon, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-0754652502. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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