Monty Python anyone?

[Jaltus-bot]

Hi, I was wondering who here is a monty python fan? what are your favorite clip?

[JediSonic]

I like reciting the Holy Hand Grenade speech but to keep this in the General section I'll refrain from posting it

[Yojimbo]

How is it possible to see anything Monty Python and not be a fan?:P

Well the entire Holy Grail movie has been immortalized for one so that doesn't even need mentioning. The Spam, the Lumberjack, the Ministry of Silly Walks, The Paratroopers. All good stuff.

[Lunis]

I like The Holy Grail, Spam, and the The Ministry of Silly Walks. I haven't seen the others. Monty Python is so cheaply funny!

*sings the Brave Sir Robin song*

[Lightbringer]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUESITION!!!!

[Htom Sirveaux]

It's...
At the cosplay show at Otakon, some guys did the Spanish Inquisition sketch. I couldn't help myself, I was reciting the words along with them. The people around me noticed. I got a few "nice job!"s and a couple "shut the #$%& up!"s.

[Kireihana]

I've only seen The Holy Grail and Now For Something Completely Different, which is basically just a collection of skits from the television show. My favorite is the dead parrot skit. XD

[Rev. Doc]

Did somebody mention the Dead Parrot Skit?

A customer enters a pet shop.

Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: <pause> I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I
purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's
wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking
at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian
Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
(shouting at the cage)
'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if
you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!!
Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!

(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up
in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues
stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this.
That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour
ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein'
tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
C: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why
did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
O: The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit,
squire? Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home,
and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in
the first place was that it had been NAILED there.

(pause)

O: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down,
it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and
VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts
through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased
to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft
of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be
pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off
the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run
down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

(pause)

O: Well, I'd better replace it, then.
(he takes a quick peek behind the counter)
O: Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're
right out of parrots.
C: I see. I see, I get the picture.
O: <pause> I got a slug.

(pause)

C: (sweet as sugar) Pray, does it talk?
O: Nnnnot really.
C: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?
O: Look, if you go to my brother's pet shop in Bolton, he'll replace
the parrot for you.
C: Bolton, eh? Very well.

The customer leaves.

The customer enters the same pet shop. The owner is putting on a false
moustache.

C: This is Bolton, is it?
O: (with a fake mustache) No, it's Ipswitch.
C: (looking at the camera) That's inter-city rail for you.

[Ichigo_89]

I may sound extremely dense by saying this but, WHO THE HECK IS MONTY PYTHON??! Why is he so popular? I've only heard of him, and I've never seen a movie or w/e by him.

[Yojimbo]

I may sound extremely dense by saying this but, WHO THE HECK IS MONTY PYTHON??! Why is he so popular? I've only heard of him, and I've never seen a movie or w/e by him.

Oh you poor deprived person. Well Monty Python isn't a man it's a group of British comedians who started with a TV show called Monty Python's Flying Circus, on the BBC in the late 60's to mid 70's. They also did a number of movies after the show ended most notably the Holy Grail. They pretty much showed us yanks across the pond what British humor was.

[Htom Sirveaux]

There's not an actual person named Monty Python. They were a british sketch comedy group. They had a TV show called Monty Python's Flying Circus and released a few movies. Go to your local video rental place and get a couple MPFC tapes.

[Rev. Doc]

Well, Monty Python is not a person, but a group of individuals from England. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and American Terry Gilliam developed hundreds of routines on a Television show called Monty Python's Flying Circus. The group themselves have become known as Monty Python. If you get BBC America it is still running on Thursday nights. In fact I was watching it awhile ago. Also, the series is out in a DVD Box Set. Monty Python not only did the TV show but there were a number of movies which came out including the aforementioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[Htom Sirveaux]

...aaaand Rev. Doc. explains it best of all of us.

[cbwing0]

I have only seen The Quest for the Holy Grail, and Life of Brian. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any of the television skits. Of the two, the Quest for the Holy Grail is my favorite.

Don't forget: "It's only a flesh wound!"

[Stephen]

Moved to movie board. Monty Python is hilarious. Most of it at least...some is rather....blasphemous. Life of Brian being a good example...Holy Grail was a hoot though.

[Raskle]

well, "Quest for the Holy Grail" is every MP fan's staple.
I like the tiger suit sketch from "The Meaning of Life" (some of the rest of that movie is a bit off-colour) "Spanish Inquisition" sketch, "How to Recognize a Mason" sketch (complete w/ secret handshake)... and many other Flying Circus classics.
My Daddy watched every Monty Python's Flying Circus episode, and I inherited the sense of humor and silly accents.

[bigsleepj]

What? No cheese shop?

"This is a cheese shop, isn't it?" "Finest in the district." "And what leads you that conclusion?" "Why, it's so clean." "Well, it certainly is uncontaminated by cheese."

My favourite Python sketch is the Cheese Shop. John Cleese enter's a cheese shop owned by Micheal Palin. Cleese wants to by some cheese, but uses at first such big words that Palin doesn't understand a word he's saying. Eventually they go to name about 90% of all the cheeses in the entire world...and this cheese shop has none of them. It's much funnier when you see it, but it's a long sketch; I timed it 10 minutes. Come to think of it, some people might think this sketch sucks...but it's funny.

Another funny sketch is the Penguin-on-the-TV episode, where two old ladies (actually Grahame Chapman and John Cleese) try to figure why there is a penguin on top of their television set. This is probably, on Monty Python's Flying Circus the best sketch.

I saw "Meaning of Life" which I did not like, but I liked Holy Grail. I did not see "Life of Brian", but I'm no hurry to see that one.

[bigsleepj]

Another favourite Monty Python sentance.

"I spent four hours burying the cat."

"Four hours?"

"Yes, it wouldn't keep still. The husband and I was going on a trip for two weeks and did not want to return to a dead cat. That would be so anti-climatic."

"Much better that way, I should say."

[Hitokiri]

ive only seen the Holt Grail which I just adore. I've watched it so many times, remembered every word and it never gets old or not funny.

I need to see the others though.

[Hitokiri]

ive only seen the Holt Grail which I just adore. I've watched it so many times, remembered every word and it never gets old or not funny.

I need to see the others though.

[Heart of Sword]

Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads, eat them up YUM! In the morning, laughing happy fish heads, in the evening floating in the soup...

[Lehn]

Arthur: I am your king!
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you!
Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays...]
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king!
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Dennis: Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system! Violence inherent in the system!

[PrincessZelda]

Me!

[madphilb]

Of the skits, aside from the already mentioned Dead Parrot sketch (all time clasic) one of my other favoriate sketches is the guy who goes in for an "argument," can't remember the name but it's a riot.

I've seen Holy Grail and Meaning of Life.... I didn't care for most of Meaning of Life, but most people who like British Humor (and some who don't) find Meaning of Life an alltime classic.

[Raskle]

this is sort of a detour off Monty Python, but how about Fawlty Towers? I think there are about 12 episodes in existence.

[Rev. Doc]

this is sort of a detour off Monty Python, but how about Fawlty Towers? I think there are about 12 episodes in existence.

I've always been a fan of a lot of British comedies. Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Good Neighbors, To The Manor Born, just about anything PBS would throw on I would watch including Dr. Who.

[Raskle]

ooooh, don't get me started on that... Tom Baker's 4th Doctor, and all the rest. One extremely witty science fiction series. I want a TARDIS.

[termyt]

Fish Slapping Dance!

[madphilb]

I've always been a fan of a lot of British comedies. Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Good Neighbors, To The Manor Born, just about anything PBS would throw on I would watch including Dr. Who.

Personally I'd have to add to that list Red Dwarf.

[Swordguy]

what else flots?