The Epsom Furniture Race is a sketch that appears in "The Attila the Hun Show," the twentieth episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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At Epsom, a commentator (Eric Idle) describes a race at a derby racetrack, with competitors that are pieces of furniture moving with stop-animation. The finishing positions are: wash basin, WC pedestal, sofa, hat stand, standard lamp and Joanna Southcott's box.
A bishop (Michael Palin) and two vicars (Ian Davidson and Terry Gilliam) scream at the racecourse "Open the box!"