Monty Python - Science Fiction Sketch (Part2)

[@boccs9925]

There is just something so earnest about the "I'll have to do it in two go's" in response to transporting 48 million kilts that I just adore.

[@glenchapman3899]

They often found absurdity in the mundane

[@thinkbolt]

Right??

[@SteveAstesano]

I think the joke is that the Scottish are so cheap he only wants to make to trips I’m not saying they are😊

[@SteveAstesano]

Two trips

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

"Are you mad?" "No, Sir" "Well that's a relief, because if you were, your story would be less plausible."

[@bababuba]

Only monthy python could be crazy enough to make a sketch like this one, and also being able to make it so damn hillarious:) Monthy pyton's the king of all comedy.

[@golbezomega]

Blancmange, (pronounced /bl?'m?n?/ or /bl?'m??nd?/, also known as shape), is a sweet dessert commonly made with milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss, and often flavored with almonds. It is usually set in a mould and served cold. Although traditionally white, blancmanges are frequently given a pink color as well. Some similar desserts are Bavarian cream, panna cotta, and haupia.

[@bubbercakes528]

Thank you! I was totally in the dark!

[@losbexp]

thanks man! that's was helpful.

[@JGalt-em4xu]

More believable than the ubiquitous humanoid aliens. Most life on Earth isn't humanoid

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

Interesting, this is clearly a wiki quote, but it's from 15 years ago. The current intro has changed a little: - Removed "also known as shape" - Added "from French blanc-menger" - Added "popular throughout Europe" - Added "rice flour" to the "sugar thickened with" bit - Added "(a source of carrageenan)" after Irish moss. - Added "(the literal English translation of the name is 'white eating')" after "traditionally white" - Changed from "given a pink color as well" to "frequently given alternative colours" (that's a change from US to UK spelling too) - Added a paragraph about blancmange originating from "the older middle Eastern muhallebi" - Change from "Bavarian cream" to "Marie-Antoine Careme's Bavarian creme" - Addition of "Italian" and "Hawai'ian" to panna cotta and haupia respectively - Added "Turkish Tavuk Gogsu, Chinese Almond Tofu" and "Puerto Rican temleque" to the similar desserts bit

[@mattwillis9173]

Far too frequent on the menu during the 70’s.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Superb job of satirizing the elements of a sci-fi melodrama.

[@DavidAWheeler56]

Thank goodness I was fortunate enough to grow up during the Python era. :)

[@harrietlyall1991]

“Scotsmen don’t play tennis” … Andy Murray proved them wrong!

[@libertycowboy2495]

Murray isn't Scottish...he is British. Don't you know the rules?

[@1nikg]

He's only Scottish when he loses​@@libertycowboy2495

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

This was very early for Google to show up in a sketch at 4:36. One of the most prescient predictions every in Science Fiction. Edit - Turns out that its Googie Withers not Google. I had to look a better resolution version, see discussion below.

[@G45H3R]

Good eye mate. except it says Googie not Google. Still, I would never have even noticed that.....

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

@@G45H3R Sorry it does say Google Withers. One never knows that the titles will be with MP.

[@texasred2702]

Googie Withers was a well known British actress and entertainer in the 1940s and 50s. It's just more Python random absurdism.

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

@@texasred2702 I still see a lower case L not an lower case I like in Whithers. HMM let me see I might have it at higher res on my external HDs. OK yes it is an lower case I eye. So Googie Whithers it is. 640 x496 to the rescue. Had to frame advance but the Dot shows up solid in the last 10 frames.

[@danielsims6483]

My maiden name is Withers. No relation to Googie. Just funny to see it in this sketch since it's not that common.

[@raremusic2]

One of Terry Jones's ultimate performances.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

How can ultimate performances be plural?

[@WhiteJarrah]

I find it hilarious to learn that because blancmanges are not very well known in the US that the scenes of the blancmange eating people were perceived by American viewers as more horrifying than comedic.

[@batmanofni]

This is a great sketch, you've got to love Monty Python.

[@gostrum1]

Not one of their best

[@ellemjay]

"I think what has happened is terribly, terrivly funny...Tragic!"

[@EdwardM-t8p]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@Izzierocks]

Woah, does Eric Idle make a convincing woman - but you can't have doubles with five people you know!

[@cattathat]

Izzierocks Yes probably why I like pretty boys. Thanks Eric Idle! 😘😎😄☺️☺️💋

[@paulsarnik8506]

Sure you can. You just can't CALL it that!

[@davidwright8432]

Oh yes you can. Simply use large values of double.

[@whaddoiknow6519]

I always preferred Terry Jones doing women. Even here, I think the way he does the scene as Mary Podgorny is superb.

[@ManyThings26]

I love it ! I'm French but a part of my family came from Scotland ! my grand-mother's grand father was Scottish , he met her wife in WW1 ! My Grand father has a grand-father coming from Poland !

[@apospichal]

I will never be the same after seeing a blanc mange playing tennis. I have the entire Flying Circus on DVD so I have been properly warped.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

4:38 _"Now this is where Mr Podgorney could his saved his wife's life. If he'd gone to the police and told them that he'd been approached by unearthly beings from the galaxy of Andromeda, we'd have sent a man round to investigate."_ lol

[@MikeHL78]

Look, at Wimbledon, right, if Fred Stolle and Tony Roche played Charlie Passarell and Cliff Drysdale AND Peaches Bartkowicz, they wouldn't go callin' it doubles! And Terry Jones' facial expressions! Love it. XD

[@divermike8943]

I always wondered what actual Scottsmen thought of this.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

They put a large number of words in a hat and someone drew out Blancmange, Scotsman and Tennis. Then they created a sketch around those three words.

[@ihatespam2]

Don’t forget the manatees.

[@angbandsbane]

I remember they did a brief parody of this sketch in a Halloween Issue of Simpsons Comics. That was before I watched Python, so I thought it was just random hilarious humor. Now that I get it, it's even funnier. This sketch rules.

[@robertthebrute]

*angus how are you goin' to get 48 million kilts into the van?* ill have to do it in two goes!

[@fourkneekate]

Almost 40 years old and still funny BRILLIANT

[@atatterson6992]

55 years now...

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

55 years now.😊

[@ngobleus]

This is one of my favorite sketches, along with "Salad Days" from end of season 2.

[@Kervanat0r]

"aye, I'll do my best sargent!" "DETECTIVE INSPECTOR!!!" But didn't nearly all the british turn into scottsmen?

[@manbuysdog]

Always fancied Eric Idle in drag!

[@johnb1150]

He made the best young woman of the five of them

[@jamiesharp152]

You have to admit the yearning for storytelling that crept into there c.v...thankyou m p.

[@markschildberg1667]

Angus Podgorney, what DO ye mean?

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Only Monty Python can take a sketch as implausible as this one, make it wicked funny, and pull it off in getting us to susoend disbelief! 😂😂🤣🤣

[@paulforder591]

This is a sketch that rocks, satirizing sci-fi melodrama. Viva Monty Python! 😂🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@darganx]

'Scots don't know how to play tennis to save their lives'.. nobody told Andy Murray!!

[@ChicagoGirl123]

I just saw this yesterday on BBC America and I couldn't stop laughing!!!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Nothing worthwhile on BBC America these days.

[@SpottheLoonie]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329Aye. It’s shite.

[@monicamattox72]

I'm OFF heading to SCOTLAND to see Angus play the BlueMange @ Wimbledon.....cheers via Dallas xx

[@CrowTRobot-ni7zu]

You have to remember that this sketch was written and aired before decimalisation.

[@Pseudonym-aka-alias]

When was Decimalisation invented then🤷‍♂️

[@CrowTRobot-ni7zu]

@@Pseudonym-aka-alias It took affect in 1971, between the second and third seasons of this show.

[@paulm749]

It's gotta be really weird having a country like Scotland just across your northern border, with Scotsmen free to come and go whenever they please. Sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it!

[@jacquelinethompson2126]

Heh!! We Americans have a whole bunch of Canadians just a cross our Northern border .Not to speak of a whole bunch of folks further South.

[@telifonjasser]

could someone please isolate and re-upload the scene at the police station ("playing doubles with 5 people", starting at 1:39)? another classic..!

[@WreckingWood]

"He was nay so much a man as... a blancmange!" 0.O

[@martacrawford3004]

Eddie Izard

[@martacrawford3004]

Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard

[@cattathat]

Eddie Izzard? I know he's a honorary Python but I missed the connection?

[@OxfordRowCoach]

How prophetic that (at around 3:50), Mary (Terry Jones) states that "Scotsmen donny know how to play tennis to save their lives!". Any comment, Andy Murray?

[@5nowChain5]

AND this is the inspiration for a British Pop Group Name. 😂😂😂😂🎉

[@Gdawg64]

Monty Python RULES!!!!!! MONTY PYTHON FOR THE WIN

[@Mechness]

It's Googie Withers. An actress. It just looks like the Google logo because it's a serifed typeface.

[@DarkRubberDucky]

Actually, that was "Googie". Favorite part of this sketch? When the Scot yells "Look out!" 4:21 to his wife, he pushed her forward.

[@kmcq692]

I like the book cover design of rafotre at 4:33

[@mooose123]

funny how a mere humoristic sketch could generate so much discussion about geopolitics

[@searchingforthree]

Thank you for uploaded this! It's my uniltmate Favorite!

[@thinkbolt]

There's so much great dialogue in this sketch. Its too bad it didn't work for the audience.

[@clobberella]

Holy cow! Posted 17 years ago! o_0 4:36 I wonder if this is where the name of Google came from.

[@NiravShah1982]

Detective Inspector!

[@jimroberts3009]

Andy Murray wouldn't agree that "Scots people can't play tennis to save their lives" .

[@WhiteJarrah]

This episode came out 18 years before he was born.

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

Andy Murry was not born then.😅

[@G45H3R]

Nice. Thank you for clearing that up 😊

[@aaronmicalowe]

Unlike Americans, us Brits know the difference between an alien and a blancmange. 😂

[@hellskitchen10036]

You're right ,over the years I've asked hundreds of people "What's a blancmange ?" and all I ever got was blank stares !

[@badensnaxx5804]

The scene with John Cleese, as a copper & Eric Idle in a wig & women's clothes, is a normal happening kinda thing, today.

[@BioticPlatypus]

We'll be able to buy that extension to the toilet!

[@johnbarroll1120]

Nothing is safe from python rapier wit and satire. still cannot decipher the meaning of this one as funny as it is to watch 50 years later.

[@HrothgarXII]

I love the kilt-makers hair!

[@jmm1233]

the mystery man in armour is awesome

[@Xazamas]

4.36 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Google Withers? What is this?

[@vincev2926]

My thoughts exactly!

[@nsajko1]

Art Vin I think it's googie withers

[@vincev2926]

Ah, ok. It just seemed a little eerie and funny if it were that name.

[@richardgates7479]

Googie Withers was an actress who did a couple TV series in the '70s (along with many movies) and was married to actor John McCallum. Obviously she didn't write the mentioned book which was published in 1776.

[@rorkgoose1774]

They don't seem to be able to portray Scotsmen very well, as I can still understand what they are saying.

[@computernerd1101]

Okay, so the Daleks are from Scaro. It sounds similar. I don't know how to spell the name of the planet that the blancmanges are from in the galaxy of Andromeda.

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

As a scots man i resent this sketch.😂😅😊😂

[@gribwitch]

Aye laddies, this be a grand sketch the noo.

[@marklammas2465]

We didn't get a close up shot of The Secret Cleeseman's Other Ball!!!

[@jhdgdyhi8]

If you want to prevent this from happening again keep an eye on Angus Pongorny. If you see he is working on a massive order from the Andromeda Galaxy, you know Wimbledon is in danger.

[@WingsStrings]

Bob Ross doppelganger at 3:12

[@fuzzage1]

ah monty python is not ment to be taken offencivly its just a joke and comedy im welsh and they take the mick out of us all the time i find it hilarious they poke fun at every nation not just 1. such as wales,scotland,ireland,england,america,france,poland and so on so forth

[@josephinebennington7247]

Terry Jones is knitting very expertly..

[@Mat698]

"YES! That's the one that killed me mary!" "Good!! His names Riley!" Lmfao!

[@borgduck]

I wonder if The Three Doctors (or actors therein) paid tribute to this sketch with the blancmange reference?

[@atomicengineer]

pause at 4:36 The author of "The rise and fall of the Roman Empire" is Google, lol

[@HrothgarXII]

Yes, a very rich kind of pudding. ...where did they come up with that one, I wonder?

[@polske322]

@ManyThings26 Yea Poland, awesome.

[@nunuvyerbizness]

4:35 I wonder if this is the actual origin of Google's name?

[@FancyPantsUSD]

Check out 4.37 - that's where google got their logo from

[@JontheBerean]

I've lived in Scotland 14yrs , I love Scotland . . . . . . . now I know why 🤔

[@AlexanderDeWolf-v7q]

Nice Afro

[@cattathat]

1:27 dying the deadliest joke... Nudge nudge

[@simonsimon325]

Almost too wee.

[@pcmasterwraith7676]

i feel that 9.5 kilts sold last year was meant to have more laughing but wasnt great

[@ManyThings26]

@Darthkoolguy no, you're not ! He was such an actor ! He could act on everything, a woman, a kid, a tramp, a prime minister, an ape, a Jewish, a roman ambassador ! he'll be everything you need !

[@johnbristow8099]

I wonder whether Andy Murray has ever watched this sketch?

[@briandavidedwards5545]

Does that mean Riley is still on the loose?

[@hntrains2]

How was the episode aired on 30-11-69 if the book at 4:36 is authored by Googie Withers ("Google with us")? The aliens are real!

[@simonsimon325]

try googling googie withers and see what happens 😁

[@yorugua97]

Yes, that's him! that's the one that ate my Mary! . . His names Riley.

[@nick2theside]

@shadesofblue2000 I quit the stuff in '88 or so. Have not seen this since "77 or so. I think it stands the test of time well compared to all the other topical acts (Cheech & Chong, Fireside Theatre, etc). It did seem more hilarious back in them days, I must admit.

[@ben909ben]

So were you....

[@foolsbetrippin]

haha my response was to the person below you? might want to take your own advice. haha

[@Greebstreebling]

Try to buy a blancmange in 2023 - nowhere to be found - the closest you can get is angel delight, and I'd rather be eaten by a blancmange than eat that stuff.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Try the related panna cotta. It's delicious!

[@richardsheils9335]

Watching this, a baby scotsman called Andy Murray.

[@mamajan99]

Monty Python made me the Man I am now. No. Wait an minute. That's not me. Yes it is. No it's not! A-ha! I caught you! I could be arguing on my own free time.

[@XtremePlaying007]

"Teribly teribly funny... urgh tragic" Lol funny =)

[@lewissmith350]

Andy Murray Scottish tennis champion

[@polske322]

@Darthkoolguy yes

[@GaminattheBarricades]

blancmange...isn't that a pudding?

[@boomerman690]

the six people who dislike this video are obvistoly from andramida and wanting 4.8 million kilts and this was their plan first but they saw this video and disliked it

[@stanleynickjedrzejczyk4533]

Chozoruins610 It's spelled A-N-D-R-O-M-E-D-A you bloody twit!

[@dharmaseed]

Clear? That's gonna take about three days. Have to read it over and over again, but thanx, tho. Are people always this helpful in Britain?

[@DiDokprzemo]

That was Cleese, not Chapman actually =] Anyway: - I'll do my best, sir - Detective Inspector! (slap!) -Then you mean... -Yes -But? -How? -Well... -Not etc etc =] Classic, LOL =]

[@Chadner]

@shadesofblue2000 Are you stoned still?

[@GaminattheBarricades]

pythonified Sci-fi? this is serious...but slightly interesting!

[@iluvcheezitsheyhey]

Angus Podgorney, what do ye mean?!?!? *raises eyebrows*

[@dharmaseed]

Now I'm more confused. If the D.I. was turned into s scotsman and no longer English, wouldn't he have had a kilt and red hair?

[@moonpawooe7134]

Invasion of the Billy Connelly's