The Man with Three Buttocks
E409526
The Man with Three Buttocks is a classic absurdist sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring a mock television interview with a man whose supposed deformity is treated with deadpan seriousness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Man with Three Buttocks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4029128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man with Three Buttocks Context triple: [Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2, hasNotableSketch, The Man with Three Buttocks]
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A.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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B.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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C.
Laughing Matter
Laughing Matter is a studio album by the American experimental rock band Wand, noted for its atmospheric sound and introspective songwriting.
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D.
The Motherfucker with the Hat
The Motherfucker with the Hat is a dark comedy stage play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores addiction, love, and loyalty among working-class New Yorkers through sharp, profane dialogue.
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E.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man with Three Buttocks Target entity description: The Man with Three Buttocks is a classic absurdist sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring a mock television interview with a man whose supposed deformity is treated with deadpan seriousness.
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A.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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B.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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C.
Laughing Matter
Laughing Matter is a studio album by the American experimental rock band Wand, noted for its atmospheric sound and introspective songwriting.
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D.
The Motherfucker with the Hat
The Motherfucker with the Hat is a dark comedy stage play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores addiction, love, and loyalty among working-class New Yorkers through sharp, profane dialogue.
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E.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
absurdist comedy work
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comedy sketch ⓘ television sketch ⓘ |
| centralCharacterTrait | man with three buttocks ⓘ |
| comedicDevice |
incongruity between form and content
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parody of serious television interview ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Monty Python ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist comedy
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satire ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Eric Idle
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Graham Chapman ⓘ John Cleese ⓘ Michael Palin ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ Terry Jones ⓘ |
| hasSubject | physical deformity treated as banal topic ⓘ |
| humorStyle | straight-faced treatment of absurd premise ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mock television interview ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contrast between mundane interview format and bizarre subject
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interviewer treats deformity with complete seriousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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surface form:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
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| partOfFranchise |
Monty Python
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surface form:
Monty Python franchise
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| performedBy |
Monty Python
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surface form:
Monty Python comedy troupe
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| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| tone | deadpan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man with Three Buttocks Description of subject: The Man with Three Buttocks is a classic absurdist sketch from the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring a mock television interview with a man whose supposed deformity is treated with deadpan seriousness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.