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The title ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' was partly the result of the group's reputation at the BBC. [[Michael Mills (British producer)|Michael Mills]], the BBC's Head of Comedy, wanted their name to include the word "circus" because the BBC referred to the six members wandering around the building as a circus, in particular, "Baron Von Took's Circus", after [[Barry Took]], who had brought them to the BBC.<ref>The term ''flying circus'' first being applied to Baron von Richthofen's [[Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 1)|Jagdgeschwader 1]].</ref> The group added "flying" to make it sound less like an actual circus and more like something [[Manfred von Richthofen#Flying Circus|from World War I]]. The group was coming up with their name at a time when the 1966 [[The Royal Guardsmen]] song ''[[Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song)|Snoopy vs. the Red Baron]]'' had been at a peak. [[Manfred von Richthofen|''Freiherr'' Manfred von Richthofen]], the World War I German flying ace known as The Red Baron, commanded the [[Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War I)|Jagdgeschwader 1 fighter squadron]] known as "The Flying Circus".
The words "Monty Python" were added because they claimed it sounded like a really bad theatrical agent, the sort of person who would have brought them together, with [[John Cleese]] suggesting "[[Pythonidae|Python]]" as something slimy and slithery, and [[Eric Idle]] suggesting "Monty".<ref name="Palin 2008 650">{{cite book |last=Palin |first=Michael |title=Diaries 1969–1979 : the Python Years / Michael Palin |publisher=Griffin |year=2008 |page=650 |isbn=978-0-312-38488-3}}</ref> They later explained that the name Monty "made us laugh because Monty to us means [[Lord Montgomery]], our great general of the Second World War".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpL12ilpDnQ&t=6m20s |title=Live At Aspen |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=10 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The BBC had rejected some other names put forward by the group, including ''Whither Canada?''
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