John Cleese waiting to begin when Cleese's offer arrived. Palin agreed to work with Cleese and Chapman in the meantime, bringing with him Gilliam, Jones, and Idle. "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran for four seasons from October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC Television, though Cleese quit the show after the third. Cleese's two primary characterisations were as a sophisticated and a stressed-out loony. He portrayed the former as a series of announcers, TV show hosts, and government officials (for example, "The Ministry of Silly Walks"). The latter is perhaps best represented in the "Cheese Shop" and by Cleese's Mr Praline character,
The Liberty Bell (march) foot and a noticeably flatulent "splat" sound reminiscent of a whoopee cushion. (The first 13 episodes, however, used a "hiss.") At the end of the film "Monty Python: Live At The Hollywood Bowl," the entire march was played over the closing credits. "The Liberty Bell" was used by the Foot Guards before it became associated with the television series, after which they chose another march. Nevertheless, the march remains popular with British military bands. The Liberty Bell (march) "The Liberty Bell" (1893) is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa. "The Liberty Bell" was written for Sousa's unfinished