Argument Clinic - Monty Python - The Secret Policeman's Balls

[@keeperofthecheese]

You can tell that Cleese and Palin have done this sketch so many times that they barely even have to think about it. I kind of love that about it too.

[@rayc7192]

No you can't.

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@@rayc7192 Yes he can.

[@cldavis33]

@@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert Really though..not at all.

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@@cldavis33 Yes he can.

[@zincpatriot7227]

No they havent

[@akthehigh]

"Not necessarily, I could be arguing in my spare time" iconic! xD

[@breaddoggo586]

No it isn't.

[@avahaig8060]

no

[@avahaig8060]

@@breaddoggo586 HAHAUDB34UGF 4IJH54UT5H

[@NBT2469]

@@breaddoggo586 yes it is! 😂

[@Linkan83]

Its a shame how social media platforms have put so many argument clinics out of business.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

No it isn't.

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@@whatwouldhousedo5136 Yes, it is.

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@Brian K. Scott Yes it is! A paid professional does a better job than some random twit on twitter?

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@Brian K. Scott Yes they do!

[@nocucksinkekistan7321]

everyone but me gotta learn ur cringe

[@jenifercasey3700]

I have watched this so many dozens of times, and it never gets old. I even use it at the beginning of my unit on teaching argument in my clases. Even now, most of them find it pretty funny as well. Monty Python at it's finest. Loved these guy and all their movies and TV shows.

[@rig4365]

How they do this without making an error, or even cracking up is quite remarkable. Their timing is impeccable

[@dannycaplan6614]

"Comedy is a serious business." --W.C. Fields

[@greypilgrim228]

@@dannycaplan6614 No it isn't!

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@@greypilgrim228 Yes, it is!

[@greypilgrim228]

@@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert No, it isn't!

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

@@greypilgrim228 Yes, it is! Comedy doesn't just happen all on its own!

[@WillScarlet16]

"I only came here to make a KZbin comment!" "Oh sorry, you've got the wrong page - this is ranting!"

[@joshdavidwhitmore550]

no it isn't

[@NJGuy1973]

Stupid git.

[@wrAIth-AI]

@@joshdavidwhitmore550 ftw🤙

[@Newstarter722]

To me this is by far the most brilliant Python sketch !!!

[@kevindavidge]

No it isn't! Lol. It's my favourite too. Classic!

[@dostthouevenlogicbrethren1739]

Twitter accurately summed up some 40 years before it existed.

[@grahamlive]

No it wasn’t.

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@grahamlive I can't argue with that... Until you've paid for another 5 minutes.

[@ElectrickSoundz]

Smart 🤓

[@MikeSBrownNC]

@@ElectrickSoundz No it isnt.

[@backtobackcosmicflash]

​@@brianarbenz7206no you dont

[@heggy_69]

Man the prices have gone up, back in the good old days you could have a good five minute argument for a pound!

[@dipi71]

No no, the prices have most definitely not gone up. That'll be 3 pounds fifty, please.

[@brianarbenz7206]

It's the argument tax. Blame Thatcher.

[@mfrie]

@@brianarbenz7206 no you couldn’t

[@emgee0312]

Luxury

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@mfrie You've just contradicted me, rather than argued with me!

[@Antonicane]

I think, overall, this is the best version of this sketch I've seen. The timing and delivery are just impeccable, the little quirks of gesture and expression, it's a really first-class performance all-round. Too often, I find, the pacing is too fast that it really undersells the flow of the argument. The little moments of silence when you see the wheels turning in their heads are actually the funniest parts IMO.

[@rockamanderseb7107]

No it's not.

[@danletko]

Rockamander Seb Yes it is

[@DarkElfAlbain]

The abuse room part wasnt nearly as good without Chapman. Hard to find a replacement though for such a magnificent bastard.

[@ewan.cartwright]

Yes it was.

[@Gedsparrow81]

No it wasn't.

[@zorgo12]

Stupid git!

[@michaelsetiawan2746]

Yes it was.

[@THOMASINTHE1980S]

Was that James Woods?

[@jzerony]

I could be arguing in my spare time!! heh heh heh... funniest line of that skit!

[@Valentinwar90]

John Cleese + Michael Palin = Hilarious sketch xD

[@johntate5722]

Yes i agree they are the best two for arguments or customer servive clashes. Oddly it only just occurs to me now that python must have recognised this way back then...these two did the eric the half a bee sketch (my favourite), the parrot sketch as well and the cheese shop sketch too.

[@MikeSBrownNC]

No it isn't

[@CarnSarnit]

What happened to the original? It used to be on this channel. (And before someone says, "no it wasn't": Yes it was.)

[@andrepoiy1199]

Carn Sarnit exactly.

[@hansdampf4695]

:D

[@jonellingsen1250]

Oh, no it wasn't

[@IrvingIV]

It most certainly was not. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqGkp5Z9mKqWZs0

[@samarvora7185]

It was though.

[@adrianstunt1829]

Sheer comic genius. When Monty Python got it right, it was gold.

[@H4Z4RD5]

"now are you sure you wouldn't prefer a lengthy moist rogering."

[@SUCCESSPASS]

I was just getting interested 😂 I’m sorry I’m not allowed to argue anymore 😂😂

[@TheSeldomSeenDude]

For a live show, this is outstanding. I still enjoy the original more, however.

[@nayaka-zna]

No it isn't

[@benjamincox4211]

@@nayaka-zna yes it is

[@kellyweingart3692]

“That’s it, good morning” 😂

[@brianfinlay756]

The irony of Chris Langham in the abuse room

[@kflem80]

The irony of him calling someone a pervert

[@poulladulay1255]

Is he the guy from the biggus dickus scene.?

[@bakidk]

@@poulladulay1255 Indeed it is. The dude whose face is scrunching up trying to keep from laughing.

[@dogsvomit2]

I love Policeman's film, but haven't seen it in years. Boy, Clapton and Beck make it even better.

[@MadameSomnambule]

The arguing department is basically your average reddit thread while the abuse department is your average flame war on twitter

[@sonyaa-y5858]

I have to act something similar to this in my Speaking class next week 😭😭

[@bluestevo93]

This is simply genius

[@MikeSBrownNC]

No it isnt

[@SoapySuds63]

yes it was

[@mrsdylan77]

I think this was better with graham. I love the high pitched AAHHHHAA at the end by michael.

[@ethanstatler1827]

In this day and age, there is so much to argue about.

[@YuriyDavygora]

No, there isn't!

[@4aw50fGold]

@@YuriyDavygorayes there is.

[@Shorty10101010101010]

Yes

[@ReindeerNavy]

im arguing on my time off.

[@KZ-xt4hl]

no you're not

[@dacrlit]

Yes, I am.

[@breaddoggo586]

@@dacrlit No you aren't. (4 months late)

[@simontay4851]

yes you are.

[@kerbe3]

Look this isn't an argument!

[@terrybaby6146]

Dawn French looks so young, plus she hasn't got the comedy timing down pat yet.

[@mrkimble2618]

No, she doesn't

[@belugatoons]

What? But that was just getting interesting!

[@wolfsden3812]

Love it

[@brianarbenz7206]

To clear up the controversy, the initial argument starts at 1:46 on this video and ends at 2:57, meaning the staff arguer is wrong in his claim that the five minutes were up. So Michael deserves a refund.

[@chelseapoet3664]

No he doesn't

[@brianarbenz7206]

I'm sorry,@@chelseapoet3664 . I can't go on arguing with you until you've paid.

[@TruBeliever4Life]

yes it is. i always thought that hair style looked so cute on her

[@quizmaster85]

No you didn't.

[@mlongpre100]

0:14 with you ? no way

[@Userlevel6]

I thought it was "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball"

[@nomassastro1912]

Considering this video's length maybe argument was not 5 minute long

[@mrkimble2618]

Yes it was.

[@davep8221]

Fucking brilliant.

[@Drumsinstopmotion]

no it isnt was he the black night?

[@TallSilentGuy]

This sketch is narcissistic personality disorder in a nutshell.

[@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585]

No it isn't.

[@bigAman89]

Yes it is

[@ksc743]

Americans will Never understand Monty Python humour🤣

[@bradlittle8047]

Haha ❤

[@user-mm2tw1zr7p]

Only comment section on the whole KZbin where insulting people and arguing is considered "Respectful and following Community Guidelines"

[@mrkimble2618]

No it isn't

[@user-mm2tw1zr7p]

@@mrkimble2618 Yes it is.

[@belugatoons]

But that was never 5 minutes... Oh come on!!!

[@Mitche23]

No, it was 11 years and 5 minutes.

[@belugatoons]

Mitche23 No it wasn’t.

[@NBT2469]

@@belugatoons yes it was

[@belugatoons]

@@NBT2469 No it wasn't!

[@FilmGeek44]

@hellomynameisscen yes it was

[@TEHORANGEAVENGER]

It is an argument. If I didn't take up a contrary position we would be agreeing not arguing.

[@crissrudd4554]

No we wouldnt

[@justinfrost]

lol, subtle

[@YannickTheJoker]

@Ch3ckm4t3 She said 'A course of 10', not '10 minutes'. It's not a joke. so it's not a surprise nobody laughed at that.

[@CaptChrispy]

The whole video was only 4 minutes and 35 seconds, ergo it couldn't have been 5 minutes! I run rings round you logically!

[@NBT2469]

No it isn’t.

[@Death5222]

This is hilarious

[@scotland7yard]

I'm afraid it was

[@ReindeerNavy]

@Frexner you did not!

[@keithlauderjr1691]

GREAT SKETCH! No it wasn't. 😁

[@ChristianR-v7j]

Yes, it was!

[@FilmGeek44]

@LadyMagnolia90 No you haven't

[@martinkoob7222]

If you wanted to represent the state of social media today you would knock down the wall between the two offices and sit the customer in the middle between pointless contradiction and rabid abuse.... done in large part by robots.

[@Thumper17]

lmao, awesome.

[@spardaking]

no he's not

[@MothJosh]

This video isn't the Argument Clinic at all.

[@_fesh]

Yes it is.

[@DidntExpect]

No it isn't.

[@instanceTu]

YES IT IS!

[@jamesbyersmusic]

If you wan't people to go on commenting, you'll have to pay for another 5 minutes!

[@Eleanor-yc6bw]

That was never 5 minutes just then

[@Wasserschloss]

He couldn't been Chapman if he would be able to do a handstand with both arms captivated :(

[@Shorty10101010101010]

Yes it is. This is a contridiction. Not an arguement.

[@KZ-xt4hl]

no it isn't XD

[@HappyHippy18]

He is NOT!

[@HumanTransformers]

i think u should put formerly at the begining of this

[@belugatoons]

No it isn't!

[@Tareltonlives]

Graham was better, I have to say

[@spardaking]

oh no he isn't!!!!

[@Kobraman35]

Ben Shapiro was out here taking notes without realizing this is supposed to be how NOT to debate.

[@chasetower6773]

Why would you listen to little Ben ??? Alt-Right much ??

[@ricarleite]

His arguments except the ones related to religious morals are pretty straightforward and he has good points.

[@nirmalranadive]

There should be actual argument clinics ... Or is there ?

[@originaluddite]

I think there are. I went onto a news site comments section today and think I encountered a try-hard John Cleese in action. :)

[@DjingoRango]

not as funny without Graham Chapman.... BUT STILL HILARIOUS!!!!!!

[@kflem80]

No it isn't

[@ehought]

@@kflem80 Yes it is

[@belugatoons]

No it wasn't!

[@RyanZoerner-yj8uc]

See Live Cattle, Sheep, Flour, Butter, Staples, Humans... Lewis... Well. If HIS name is on it... Then I'm ALL in.. Even if non-linear arguments...

[@DomesticatedApe_]

Is that dawn french?

[@sitamaja3717]

found this mentioned under a phub comment. pure gold

[@mrkimble2618]

No you didn't

[@RyanZoerner-yj8uc]

So they will bring you a series of judgements, and you can side with their judgement or against their judgement, or pass on that decision. Then. After that. The people will sit down in front of you and eat. Now their eating was the tradition among men, they worked for the thing they accomplished. And then they all after eating received according to their deeds on earth. But which strings attach to the hands of these marionettes as it pertains to their deeds on earth? Master of Puppets, I'm pulling which strings? This goes with this: It was sold to a dealer that an improper-decision equation was found and made use of.

[@MrGsteele]

Was that Dawn French as the receptionist?

[@ehought]

No it wasn't

[@MrGsteele]

@@ehought I do believe you are wrong, sir! T'was the Vicar, it was, if I ever saw one!

[@ehought]

@@MrGsteele I'm not, it wasn't, and you never did

[@MrGsteele]

@@ehought Au contraire, Mr. Wensleydale - stop that damned Bouzouki music and nail that Norwegian Blue back on 'is perch. As for Dawn, n-n, n-n, n-n . . . yes! 'T'was 'er, every bit, and you owe me another quid - time's up.

[@TEHORANGEAVENGER]

No it isn't.

[@singingway]

Was that Dawn French?

[@graciegj63]

That one guy's delivery didn't seem lively enough. Chapman IMO was better at the insults.

[@justifiable]

no he wasn't

[@adriansimpson652]

Yes he was

[@hadassah6563]

@@adriansimpson652 no he wasn’t

[@BlueSmoothie4Eva]

Is that Dawn French??? :D

[@MrT8599]

@Dylan O'Hara but it isn't

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

@@MrT8599 But it is

[@MrT8599]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 No it's not

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

@@MrT8599 ...I'm not going to waste my time arguing with an idiot... bye.

[@MrT8599]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 but you weren't even arguing

[@1258-Eckhart]

Not the complete sketch.

[@mrkimble2618]

Yes it was

[@gabethegreat452]

@@mrkimble2618 no it wasn't

[@remohead1066]

@DjingoRango No it isnt !!!!

[@ericr4764]

didnt th original start with the secretary asking if he's come for something racy?

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

£2 for a 5-minute argument is it these days? That's inflation for ya...

[@frankromano4902]

What would a lifetime cost?

[@LoftyThoughtsInTheDesert]

How much is a wedding these days?

[@Saint_nobody]

@xwing God is real. Let's debate. 😁

[@fabioemerim]

When was that? Mid 90s?

[@jamesbyersmusic]

Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, 1989!

[@MrT8599]

@@jamesbyersmusic So after Graham Chapman's death? Or was it when Chapman was very ill?

[@kerbe3]

'es right you know, this is just contradiction.

[@villainuday5365]

YT comments section nowadays

[@MySocksAreOnFire-b4c]

No it isn't

[@Ch3ckm4t3]

Noone from the audience got the "2 pounds for 5 mins, but 15 pounds for 10 mins" joke.

[@emjayay]

Because that's not what she said. She first referred to a course, then specifically a course of ten. So the course of ten is a savings of five pounds. And don't argue with me. Besides, I'm in the future.

[@mrkimble2618]

Yes they did

[@WildBillCox13]

(--Continued from last joke) "Der Führer's thoughts on the subject of a German response to the use of the World's Funniest Joke in contravention of the Hague Conventions are well known as this quote from "the Hitler Diaries" clearly demonstrates: Colonel Stupnagel: It seems as if our wily fox, von Stauffenburg, has escaped certain death once again. Suffice it to say that heads will roll . . . so watch your feet. You might trip and, oh, I don't know, fall on a sword or something. That's what happened to poor beloved von Schlump; fell on his own sword at least twelve times according to eyewitness reports. Ghastly business, that. It's a good thing the GeSP were there to make sure the papers didn't run away with it. It is said that von Stauffenburg was friendly with certain members of th AntiNazi resistance (you know of whom I speak: Fatty and Piggy). These men will be soon volunteering as organ donors be and that should sort them out. In the meantime, I would prefer it if Herr Unibrow died of food poisoning in his Scottish Hotel. See if you can arrange something and I will make sure you get that Hans Holbein you've got your eyes on before Fatty gets his grubby hands on it. As for the matter of who gets the electric model railroad I'm sure a plebiscite will straighten it all out in a trice. Captain von Schmundt assures me that Galland is not planning a coup and, apparently, neither are Speer or "Rocket man", who has, otherwise, set up a slave empire under the Fartz Mountains, though for what purpose I cannot imagine, since all impressed workers have got the clap. I saw to it myself, you know. Anyway, I do wish they would spend more time in the Bunker . . . it's so lonely here without my dogs. I ordered your King's Bishop to Knight's Square Two Cross with the candy canes and frilly ponies, but our jeweler has experienced a sudden, catastrophic, backlog. It was a larch, I think, but I was not given film of the event. A strategic necessity, I was told by a sweating adjutant, that it (the film) must only be shewn to officers under the rank of Uberunderscharffurer. I may, according to Schmundt, be invited to a party later on involving the matter. Maybe I'll attend. I don't get out as much as I'd like since my luggage exploded. Let me know about Unibrow, will you? I didn't even know he could fly a plane, though I was quite convinced--and rightly so, as events proved--that he's too much an ass to land one. His early retirement leaves a hole in my heart that can only be filled with Rumanian Oil. Yours, A.H.

[@OhioInWestport]

Skibidi ohio rizz

[@glaucomflecken]

Came here from house MD reference of room12A

[@chelseapoet3664]

No you didn't

[@Veggieman87]

Who were the non-Python players?

[@matthewbartlett1977]

The receptionist was Dawn French and the guy was Chris Langham.

[@chelseapoet3664]

No they weren't

[@hearmas]

It really wasn't that great without Chapman..

[@themadbadger2920]

The original is WAY better!

[@ksc743]

Where can I find the original?

[@avaemberton9004]

fail

[@damonmiller556]

Orason Bean was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show he said of his long marriage-12 years in the eyes of the lord- "I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith [or] pledge myself to you." Koresh was alleged to be involved in unproven multiple incidents of child abuse and sexual abuse. Koresh's doctrine of the House of David did lead to "marriages" with both married and single women in the group purportedly including with at least one underage girl. The underage girl was Michelle Jones, the younger sister of Koresh's legal wife Rachel and the daughter of lifelong Branch Davidians Perry and Mary Belle Jones. Koresh fathered multiple children by different women in the group. His House of David doctrine was based on a purported revelation that involved the procreation of 24 children by chosen women in the community. These 24 children were to serve as the ruling elders over the millennium after the return of Christ. In his book, James Tabor states that Koresh acknowledged on a videotape sent out of the compound during the standoff that he had fathered more than 12 children by several "wives". On March 3, 1993, during negotiations to secure the release of the remaining children, Koresh advised the Negotiation Team that: "My children are different than those others,” referring to his direct lineage versus those children previously released- A prenuptial agreement is a written contract entered into by a couple prior to marriage or a civil union that enables them to select and control many of the legal rights they acquire upon marrying, and what happens when their marriage eventually ends by death or divorce. Couples enter into a written prenuptial agreement to supersede many of the default marital laws that would otherwise apply in the event of divorce, such as the laws that govern the division of property and retirement benefits and savings, and the right to seek alimony (spousal support) with agreed-upon terms that provide certainty and clarify their marital rights. A premarital agreement may also contain waivers of a surviving spouse’s right to claim an elective share of the estate of the deceased spouse-“uh-uh-to have and to hold- In my experience marriage is a temporary sex inspired state of infatuation that fades but, loving relationships never die.

[@martinpatrick1746]

Recycled sketches from the show.

[@Coldstreamer17]

The original is better..

[@mazeman90]

I am making this comment to begin an arguement. :)

[@KZ-xt4hl]

no you are not

[@cleiven3533]

No you are.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Are you making this comment to begin a full half-hour argument, or just the five minute argument?

[@mazeman90]

@@brianarbenz7206 Apparently the full decade, from the looks of things!

[@hicranf5716]

@@mazeman90 no it’s not

[@RyanZoerner-yj8uc]

Sara-am, Sara-i, Sara-h. Eshcol. Esa-h, Esa-am, Esa-i. Bury. Berry Acai. ... And then this all linkes to Ein Col. And Ein Col, is a She. And that's: Ein Eshcol. And that's when. Nicole was OJ Simpson's girlfriend and if Kato is anything like Ace Ventura, then the mob is him and he was already there. Kato is staging a "cast into the Gehenna"? An Armageddon or a beheading of John The Baptist. The person arguing with Nicole is saying "I'm One Ventura..." "You must be Not-cole..." "You can't be, Ein-col..." He has a name. It's "Ball. The nutcase." also known as "Bane. The Boss." Only 1 Ventura and he's the whole thing and is blatant homicide. It's written on the confession that is the Ace Ventura movie. S. Him ps-on. It looks Biblical and hidden by the Simpsons show from beforehand. But if the mob from House of Blues shows up about the Ketamine and calls out to have you "individual box-car" spotted in some way. They don't know what Ace Eshcol is. Or, Berry Acai is a joke they made too. Simon Peter. OJ Simpson. Simon the Sorcerer. Pelican. Marquis Grissom. All these names are anagram-mutatable. Once you're talking about Jews and name-schemes as old as those criminal birds of Egypt that you shouldn't eat. They all took fake names to get into this perpetration. Jose Canseco as well. Cosa Nostra pertains to swap the values for the description of the black horse. The wheat is one thing one day, and another thing, another day. That's when you're guilty or not. It's name-schemes in some way linked to Scripture. Like Jonathon, David, Saul, Samuel, Goliath, Samson, Jesus, Simon Peter, James, John The Baptist, etc. Now. The Presidential Seal is a Jericho that hasn't fallen yet. It's the Presidential Seal which is suspected of killing John F. Kennedy. It's when The Presidential Seal was a 666 and someone put the line in his speech: "Ich bin ein Berliner." He kills everyone betraying the Presidential Seal like that. These people took over when Elliot Ness was busting Capone is in question. It's because Wine is in the Bible. It is part of wisdom or wise or foolish, but legal. To the Bible. But no one shall pray to any God but the king concerning alcohol, by law during prohibition. So who shut down everyone else, ended up being "All those who hate me love death". All those who hate Wisdom. It's in Proverbs. That's when they were the Presidential Seal. That's when. Lyndon Baines Johnson. Let's elect Texas. They are the ones who shot our President. Can a rich and powerful family like North East Democrat Catholics Kennedy shut down, their name-scheme secret association power-thefting. Was also in question. Publishing murder and selling it to the populace as cattle, as though the confession were just a film and the film is grass to the cattle who can chew the cud, of the witnessed murder, is a crime. Even for the Presidential Seal.