The Brand New Monty Python Bok

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The British comedy troupe Monty Python branched in to other media after their initial success on the BBC starting in 1969.

Python's second book was The Brand New Monty Python Bok (Methuen Books, 1973), edited by Eric Idle. This book contained more print-style comic pieces than their first effort, Monty Python's Big Red Book.

The white dust jacket was printed with some realistic looking smudged fingerprints on the front leading to complaints from booksellers. These complaints paled in comparison to the fuss created about the cover printed on the actual book.

The title of the fake cover was Tits 'n Bums, which also purported to be a church magazine with articles such as "Are you still a verger?", and the by-line a 'weekly study of church architecture'. The background photo for the 'magazine' consisted, however, of several intertwined naked women.

The book was released in softcover as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok, although readers of the Papperbok edition were not availed of the religious parody or flesh.

The Bok was later repackaged with Monty Python's Big Red Book as The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 - Monty Python.