Editing How to Irritate People (section)

== Release ==
The television special was directed by Ian Fordyce who also directed ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'', and was made in the UK for the American market in an attempt to introduce them to the new style of British humor. For this reason, the recording is made to the [[NTSC]] color standard. The idea for the show came from [[David Frost]].

The television special never aired in the UK but was broadcast in the United States on 21 January 1969 as part of ''David Frost Presents'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1377417/index.html|title = BFI Screenonline: The Roots of Monty Python}}</ref> on [[KYW-TV]].<ref>{{cite web|title="How to irritate people"|url=http://sotcaa.org/history/ukonline/python_frame.html?/history/ukonline/python/python_irritate.html|website=SOTCAA|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> Contemporary reviews suggest a broadcast slot of 60 minutes, including commercials, which would make the version broadcast between 50 and 55 minutes, at least 10 minutes shorter than the current video release. In addition, reviews<ref>{{cite web|title="How to irritate people"|url=http://sotcaa.org/history/ukonline/python_frame.html?/history/ukonline/python/python_irritate.html|website=SOTCAA|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> refer to David Frost as appearing in the show, whereas he is absent from the video version. An audio track confirms that he originally introduced the show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Original introduction for How to irritate people|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnmG89VqJFQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/fnmG89VqJFQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=youtube|publisher=The Monty Python Museum|access-date=22 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The 1990 UK video release was overseen by Michael Palin, who explained: "I thought it had a few strengths and weaknesses, so we made a few cuts here and there and we put it out".<ref>Johnson, Kim "Howard" - ''Life Before And After Monty Python'', p.56, Plexus, 1993.</ref>

The show has since appeared on [[DVD]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}