monte pythe's flying circus is one of the best and most influential comedy programmes on television hereand in the u k. They performed it live at the drury lane theatre in, i think, 19 74. The four yorkshire men are all working class men who had to work very, very hard er in a difficult life in order to get rich. When old men like that get together, they always talk about how hard their lives were in the past - but now they're rich too.