After the episode's end credits have scrolled, the BBC 1 mirror globe appears on screen, while a continuity announcer (Eric Idle) introduces "five more minutes of Monty Python's Flying Circus".

The man finally relents and pays more money for additional arguing time, but Vibrating continues to insist that he has not paid, and another argument breaks out over that issue.

At that point a Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Fox "of the Light Entertainment Police, Comedy Division, Special Flying Squad" (Chapman) intervenes and declares the two men under arrest for participating in a confusing sketch.

[4] Python author Darl Larsen believes the sketch was influenced by music hall and radio comedy, particularly that of the Goons, and notes that there is little camera movement during the original television recording.

[3] One line in the middle of the sketch, "An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition" was taken almost verbatim from the Oxford English Dictionary.

[8] A further live performance occurred in 1989 at the Secret Policeman's Ball, where Cleveland and Chapman's roles were replaced by Dawn French and Chris Langham.

[9] The sketch was performed again in July 2014 during Monty Python Live (Mostly), with Terry Jones filling in for Chapman's role and Gilliam reprising "I've Got Two Legs".

[10] The sketch has been frequently used as an example of how not to argue, because, as Palin's character notes, it contains little more than ad hominem attacks and contradiction,[11] and does not contribute to critical thinking.