Another gratuitous spinoff from the Li band’s trip to Venice (cf. Scunthorpe and Venice, and indeed Venice: daily life in a theme park):

A lesser-known gem of Monty Python is Away from it all,

with all the lovingly recreated stereotypes eventually exposed in the escalating breakdown of John Cleese’s voiceover.

Several of us recall seeing this in the cinema as a trailer before The life of Brian.

For more drôlerie on the hapless gondolier, don’t miss my Venetian greetings.