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How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body is a sketch that appears in "How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body," the twenty-second episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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The episode begins as we pan across five women in bikinis. Eventually, we pan across to the the announcer (John Cleese) and the "It's" man (Michael Palin) also in bikinis as the opening titles begin.

Before the finishing note of the opening theme, a voiceover (Cleese) interrupts and announces "How to recognise different parts of the body". The Python foot lands and he points out "number one, the foot" and:

2. The shoulder

3. The other foot

4. The bridge of the nose

5. The naughty bits

6. Just above the elbow

7. Two inches to the right of a very naughty bit indeed

8. The kneecap

It pans out to reveal the kneecap belongs to Bruce (Eric Idle), an Australian outbacker.

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