There was an actual programme on the BBC called _The Money Programme,_ and Monty Python used its actual title sequence to confused viewers to think that the programme was being preempted, but then once Idle's face was on screen, it became clearer that this was a folly.
@@mikemessner1680 their names arent said but you can read their name plates at about 0:34 not in this version unfortunately due to it being low quality
I remember the beginning of the '80th when I first saw Monty Pithon on video tapes! It was unbelievable and my husband and I instantly loved them. Now in 2023 I still love them and consider that their parodies are of great actuality!
I love this sketch, even if it does come across as a re-write of The Lumberjack Sketch. I mean, the naming of the currencies then turning to song, it's the same format.
@@jjones7699 Meanwhile she has the most dynamic verse on the song and rap nighas stay wanting her on they songs and will even let her write for them like she did with Thug on "Anybody".
@@theholk All you have to do is find the youtube vid where Eric himself, the writer of the sketch and the song, talks about this...which is why I'm here. He states emphatically that The Money Show really was a show on Brit TV at the time. So, there's that.
@@lochlaird924Oh, greed crops up everywhere! What is a phenomenon peculiar to modern America is to structure a whole society on a basis of materialistic values.
