i think when they were going to make the film they were going to be on horses but then found out that the cost eg training and insurance was going to be to much and one of them said why dont we just have a couple of guys bang coconuts
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@Rar9866 love it!
@robertgomez74143 жыл бұрын
One Horse, the Killer of the Historian was on horseback!
@lorriemiller67503 жыл бұрын
@@robertgomez7414 No he was not actually on horseback as he ran pat him when he cut him so he was on foot too actually. You should check out Life of Brian and not leave out the funnier bits like you did in this one
@Mr.Ekshin3 жыл бұрын
There's NO WAY they killed that historian. The guy that killed the historian had a real horse!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Haha I didn’t even realise! I’ll have to watch it again see what I missed 😂
@orthochronicity64283 жыл бұрын
How have I never realized this...??
@simeonteitelbaum36733 жыл бұрын
@@orthochronicity6428 I'd seen it like 30 times before I noticed the knight that dispatched the Famous Historian was riding an actual horse lol
@ScreamingScallop3 жыл бұрын
@@orthochronicity6428 Right?? I first watched this back in the '80s and so many times after that, including multiple reactions, and it only _just now_ struck me that the knight who kills Frank has a real horse.
@stefanschanzenbacher95133 жыл бұрын
WTF, you are right
@josealmeida28423 жыл бұрын
The French Taunter, Tim the Enchanter and Sir Lancelot were all played by John Cleese. Aka Nearly Headless Nick. Look up “The Ministry of Silly Walks” and thank me later.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I’ll thank you now cause I just watched it 😂 oh Jesus imagine filming that 😂😂😂
@bugvswindshield3 жыл бұрын
I believe the Black Knight as well.
@williamvesey36793 жыл бұрын
He's also brilliant in A Fish Called Wanda, with fellow Monty Python member Michael Palin costarring.
@mattiaswibom47883 жыл бұрын
@@bugvswindshield Yeah, the attack scream before the black knight loses his second arm gives Cleese away for me
@kellyfehr37193 жыл бұрын
The Sheep Airplane sketch is a must if you like John's "French".
@BTAColorado3 жыл бұрын
The reason for no horses is as simple as they didn't have the budget for them. So the coconut clopping was born and is an iconic bit of movie history now 🤣(edit: fun facts: The only horse in the movie is when the historian is killed, The French refer to them as 'Kuh-nigg-its" which is a phonetic pronunciation of KNIGHTS, and the end of the movie is literally a COP OUT.)
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Ah makes sense! Very clever of them 😁
@Mr.Ekshin3 жыл бұрын
Thus proving them innocent in the slaying of that historian. The man that killed him had a real horse.
@ciaranconlon843 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX coconuts were often used in radio dramas, so they decided to make a joke of it and it was such a perfect python joke that if they found the money to use real horses they still would have used coconuts because it's so silly.
@mirozen_3 жыл бұрын
And speaking of "cops" - did you ever notice that when they weigh the witch and she actually winds up weighing the same as the duck (their test to see if she's a witch) she actually says "It's a fair cop!"? 🤣 I know people who watched this movie several times yet missed this every time! It's hard to catch all the silly bits they threw into the mix! 😊
@sifumode94603 жыл бұрын
I've watched this movie too many times and never caught the meaning of kuh-nigg-its. Thanks.
@KCohere333 жыл бұрын
The point of Castle Anthrax was that Sir Galahad was virginal and chaste and so was tempted by all these young, attractive women. You seemed to lose patience with a lot of the scenes but that’s their humor. It’s not all fast paced. They jokes are in the delivery and the absurd characters.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
The rest of the movie more than made up for the scenes that I lost patience with that’s for sure! 😁
@GallifreyeanTrailers3 жыл бұрын
Doctor Piglet and Doctor Winston have a basic medical training 😂😂😂
@BobStein3 жыл бұрын
It was definitely a guy-humor scene. A tragicomedy. A fantasy come true, but alas it's out of reach ah well.
@88wildcat3 жыл бұрын
I can defeat them single handedly. There's only a hundred and fifty of them.
@cobbycaputo33323 жыл бұрын
@@88wildcat no, there was too much peril.
@AlmightyCRJ3 жыл бұрын
"Why are they sticking the trumpets up their butts." Beyond the absurdity, that's actually a period art reference. When Monks had to hand write their own bibles they'd draw art called Marginalia which tended to be absurd or obscene - people shagging, knights fighting snails etc. One known such artwork is a herald blowing that trumpet with their butt.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s interesting! Thank you for sharing 😁
@Horus1753 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX There's actually a theory involving the knights fighting snails artwork. Many monks of that era were also gardeners/subsistence farmers and snails/slugs would have been the bane of their existence so their artwork reflected their fantasies of destroying the evil monsters that were munching on their vegetables.
@jvgreendarmok3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX There's an instagram account called "Medieval Marginalia" which collects a lot of those. :-)
@martinperry50723 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Not the rudest one. The ones where the nuns are picking cocks off the penis tree are.
@Ambaryerno3 жыл бұрын
@@radbarij I believe Terry Gilliam actually is a Medieval Historian, so he definitely would know about this (in fact, he knew that the early Middle Ages weren't a dirty, muddy cesspit like the movie depicts, but that's part of the joke).
@BintyMcFrazzles3 жыл бұрын
You seemed to miss the greatest line, ever: "Who's that then?" "Dunno, must be a king." "How do you know he's a king?" "Cos he ain't got shit all over him."
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I think there was just so much to take in! Apparently you see/hear something new every time you watch it 😁
@Mpshfromlowell64 Жыл бұрын
This is why movies like this have to be seen more than once….
@BintyMcFrazzles Жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Very true. x With this film, you're often laughing from the last gag and miss the next one. 🤣 (Sorry, I didn't get a notification of your reply, it's taken a year!)
@CWargh633 жыл бұрын
It took me decades to realize that the Frenchman's taunt of the "English kin-niggits" was a non-English readers's attempt to sound out the word 'knights'.
@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll3 жыл бұрын
It's referenced in Game of Thrones, when Ser Davos is learning to read. (At least I can't imagine that him tripping over the word "kuh-niggit" was anything but a deliberate, if very subtle, homage!)
@thomasharris49423 жыл бұрын
It's also pretty much how "knights" actually is pronounced in Middle English
@milo6553213 жыл бұрын
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll The rider in front of the Meereen gates also insults Daario Naharis before combat saying "Your mother is a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" in Low Valyrian.
@senhowler3 жыл бұрын
Oh thank god I wasn't the only one.
@michaelccozens3 жыл бұрын
I've heard it said that English is less a coherent language than a collection of words and grammarical rules stolen from other languages after dragging them into an alley and beating them senseless.
@LordoftheRink7262 жыл бұрын
The main joke with the Castle Anthrax is that Galahad introduces himself as "Galahad the Chaste." So his great peril that he had to overcome was the danger of being seduced. The whole sequence is meant to poke fun at the "virtue" of chastity
@vaughngrimes4374 Жыл бұрын
yea ! The "Green Knight"
@mikecronis Жыл бұрын
Also, the true Quest of the Holy Grail is only to be found by someone who is without sin whatsoever, completely pure or they would be unworthy. Terry Gilliam makes fun of every possible thing involving King Arthur and everything surrounding the UK mythos of it. There is a lot of accuracy to the witch trials, government, filth, pseudo-science, and other things as well.
@isaackellogg3493 Жыл бұрын
@@mikecronisto be fair, she not only weighed the same as a duck, but she turned John Cleese into a newt. It’s not as though a more modern court wouldn’t also have suspected her of being a witch. It may not be a capital crime today, but Polyjuicing your neighbors has got to at least count as assault and battery.
@martinhafner2201 Жыл бұрын
And then she replies that her name is "Zoot, just Zoot". As in "I am NOT chaste. Hi, there soldier.".
@SamuelBlack84 Жыл бұрын
Chastity yields absolutely no reward
@kenbarton29203 жыл бұрын
you're the only reviewer to catch that one guard at the wedding when the other guard gets run through: "...HEYY..." LOL everytime!!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Loved it! 😂
@jeffnorwood-brown84073 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Yup - my favourite line in my favourite movie. Best movie review ever for spotting that :D. I also like "I'm not" in the Life Of Brian...see if you can spot that...I also like Lancelot attacking the French castle, pointlessly, with his sword.
@ciaranconlon843 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX also only the second to notice Sir Bedeviere trying to make a swallow carry a coconut.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffnorwood-brown8407 I’ll be keeping an eye out 😏
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@ciaranconlon84 it’s the little things like this that make the movie! 😁
@reservoirdude923 жыл бұрын
Omg the first MPatHG reactor who took the time to read the opening credits thoroughly! 😂
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Haha surely not!
@GallifreyeanTrailers3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX It's true!
@GlamityJean3 жыл бұрын
I think I saw one other reactor actually do that before but it is very rare yes
@1ListerofSmeg3 жыл бұрын
A surprising number of viewers do not pay enough attention to the beginning of this or the very end of Airplane!.
@IvanToshkov3 жыл бұрын
The closing credits are quite good too!
@mattp60893 жыл бұрын
The arrow sound effect followed by "Message for you, sir" has been my SMS tone for a long time. 'Nearly Headless Nick' is also the French taunter and Tim the Enchanter and a few others in the film. It 'almost' hurts that the role you know John Cleese for is his bit part in Harry Potter! The Knights of the Round Table didn't murder the historian, they were innocent (of that murder). The murderer had a real horse.
@Spencerinio52 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the idea
@lisat97072 жыл бұрын
That is my text message notification too!
@AMortalDefiant Жыл бұрын
Oh, that is genius. LOL. I though I had a good one. I use the sound from the Zelda games when you discover a secret.
@rahulshah1408 Жыл бұрын
Goodness, I can't say how many years that was mine too.
@BintyMcFrazzles Жыл бұрын
Me, too!
@marknickols73163 жыл бұрын
It is from an actual hymn: "Pie Iesu Domine. Dona eis requiem". "Holy Lord, Jesus. Grant them rest." or perhaps in this context "Holy Jesus! Give them a break!"
@Rasputin4435563 жыл бұрын
The original poem (edit: Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath) in Latin is real fire-and-brimstone, a listing of all the sinners in Hell, and that’s the climactic end: Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Finally reading it after tittering at that for twenty years made it funnier with the juxtaposition of the damnation and the monks hitting their heads with the books.
@michaelbastraw14933 жыл бұрын
"The animator suffered a fatal heart attack." Terry Gilliam's filmic highpoint, no matter how many movies he directs. Best. Leo.
@mid-ohioguardian69276 ай бұрын
phuckingthief... thumbs down stolen video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@boarder62466 ай бұрын
I’ve argued it’s the best cameo
@3DJapan3 жыл бұрын
I love all the moose credits when there's no moose on the whole movie.
@JuandeFucaU3 жыл бұрын
obviously you didn't watch the movie on the same acid I did..... almost too many mooses for me.
@tric51223 жыл бұрын
No camels or llamas either
@BobStein3 жыл бұрын
@@tric5122 nor swallows
@col45743 жыл бұрын
@@BobStein anyway the guy has a dove tied to a coconut ,not a swallow at all .....see the witch scene
@col45743 жыл бұрын
And Scientists still have no idea of the airspeed velocity of either sort of swallow carrying coconuts
@emcsquare50453 жыл бұрын
Monty Python The Life of Brian is the must see.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I’m on it! 😁
@peterleswell66213 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX especially the stoning!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@peterleswell6621 haha don’t give too much away! I’ll be watching it tomorrow and after everyone’s comments I have high expectations 😁
@kevinthetruckdriver3533 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX - there's more jokes in Life of Brain. A complete story with an ending you'll be singing about. Oh!! *NO MOOSE or subtitles to read in the credits.*
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 you guys!! I’ll know the whole movie before I’ve even watched it 😂
@AlmightyCRJ3 жыл бұрын
"It's a person or a group." Partly correct in both. The team named themselves 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. A flying circus is a rotating ensemble of performers whilst Monty Python was the dodgiest name they could think of to give this fictional talent manager. The group are now known as Monty Python.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Oh thank you! That’s interesting to know 😁
@philsurtees2 жыл бұрын
Nope. A flying circus is NOT a rotating ensemble of performers. Not sure what cavity you pulled that from, but I can guess...
@witchking84972 жыл бұрын
Monty Python was a couple of Uni Comedy/Acting groups...they consolidated and got a show at the height of BBC TV officiousness and proceeded to give the 'highers' fits. All the movies are good but the show was best. I am a proud owner of the 16 ton DVD collection.
@5wm5622 жыл бұрын
'Monty' is the name of a fellow known by members of the troupe who was a local pub cut-up.
@asterix78422 жыл бұрын
Monty Python is the name of the group. Monty Python’s Flying Circus was their tv show in the 70s.
@bujin19773 жыл бұрын
"I don't get it! I don't understand!" Then you understand Monty Python perfectly!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Ah! I see 😂
@myst0dreamer3 жыл бұрын
You need to be fully immersed in the Monty Python universe to get the mindset of things they carry over from one skit to the next. They used those bits of artwork to transition from one scene to the next in the TV show. The presence of moose etc. is in the spirit of what they did before.
@orvoloco82613 жыл бұрын
not exactly. monty python are very understandable if you dont understand it its because you arent smart ebough to understand what they try to make understand you.
@chrispinvidic513 жыл бұрын
I think she had to be a guy to understand. Lol
@KennethSorling3 жыл бұрын
When the witch gets convicted of weighing the same as a duck, she mutters "It's a fair cop", which is an almost untranslatable meme, meaning "You got me, and I can't even be mad about it", which is a reference to the kind of 'gentleman detective' crime mysteries for which England is still so well known. Oftentimes, when the culprit was exposed, he took it in surprisingly good stride, uttering something akin to "It's a fair cop.", meaning he bore no ill will towards the detective who just sealed his fate.
@danielsmith50883 жыл бұрын
If you ever watch the tv show, which I highly recommend, you'll hear that phrase a lot.
@wadesworld62503 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure she mutters "this is a fair court" sarcastically.
@TheRaiden3163 жыл бұрын
After the crowd carries her off, you can see that the scales weren't balanced at all.
@347Jimmy5 ай бұрын
@@danielsmith5088 the show often used the extended version of the quote, "It's a fair cop, but society's to blame."
@bugvswindshield3 жыл бұрын
And a shout out to late Beatles Legend, George Harrison for his Dark Horse Productions who bank rolled those crazy Monty Python kids.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Every day is a school day 🤓
@mike-xn1qj3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX He's in a crowd scene in "Life of Brian".
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@mike-xn1qj is he really!? That’s awesome
@benmarshall4043 жыл бұрын
You’re half right...George set up Handmade films to bankroll Life Of Brian after the original production company pulled out due to the subject matter. This film was actually funded by bands like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and a few record labels of the time.
@bugvswindshield3 жыл бұрын
@@benmarshall404 ah thanks I only knew that from triva. Now i have a bit more knowledge :)
@TheBeatleman663 жыл бұрын
Monty Python just made the word “Silly” into an art form
@samsamkin46472 жыл бұрын
Most of the film was shot in Scotland. They used two castles - Doune Castle (which doubled for Castle Anthrax and Swamp Castle in the film) and Castle Stalker (which was used as Castle Aaaghh). Glen Coe was also used as a location for the film particularly for the Bridge of Death sequence. During filming it was mostly cold and rained a lot.
@2opler3 жыл бұрын
The Witch is Connie Booth who was married to John Cleese for ten years. She co wrote and played `Polly` the maid in Fawlty Towers.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Interesting! 😁
@michaelbastraw14933 жыл бұрын
"Why are they sticking trumpets up their butts?" She laughs. Question asked and answered. Best. Leo.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
You’re right! 😂
@futuramayeah3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX there's a band called Butt Trumpet and they have a song called 'you're ugly'
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@futuramayeah best name ever 😂
@speleokeir3 жыл бұрын
Have you never heard of "Blowing the bowel bugle"? or a trump (short for trumpet)? Two alternative names for a fart.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@speleokeir I have heard a trump 😂 didn’t think of that
@brandonflorida10923 жыл бұрын
You should do more movies. That was fun. Monty Python was a comedy troupe that had a TV show called "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in the late 60s and early 70s. After the show, they branched out into movies. The next movie to watch would probably be "The Life of Brian." After Monty Python, John Cleese, the guy who played Nearly Headless Nick in the "Harry Potter" films had an hilarious series called "Fawlty Towers" about an incompetent hotel in rural England.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! I have heard of faulty towers but never seen it 🤷🏼♀️
@OblivionGate3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Then you need to watch Fawlty Towers ASAP!!
@Rasputin4435563 жыл бұрын
If you watch Fawlty Towers, THE episode to watch is the Germans. Don’t mention the war.
@brandonflorida10923 жыл бұрын
@@Rasputin443556 You're right. It's hysterical.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@Rasputin443556 noted! Thank you 🥰
@oscarrios60483 жыл бұрын
This movie has been trolling everyone since 1975
@AuthorGuy13 жыл бұрын
The guy who died under the Trojan Rabbit was also the monk singing "Iye, Iesu, domine" earlier, and he's Sir Robin's head minstrel as well. The scholar who gets slashed after the trojan rabbit scene is also the guy who was going to be stone dead in a moment and had to get whacked on the head to put him on the cart. The actors and settings all played multiple roles in this movie. That one castle appears three or four times as different castles.
@filipvadas76023 жыл бұрын
When it hits you that the ending is a literal 'cop out'
@jamesfield16743 жыл бұрын
best ending to a film ever
@byronlee87453 жыл бұрын
The fact that the actors portrayed more than one role in the film, that's one of the best things about the whole movie! Also, I remember hearing that they only were able to afford one horse for the movie, so they came up with the idea of using the coconuts instead!
@triple7marc9 ай бұрын
That’s because they’re not *really* actors… they’re Monty Python. Members of the comedy group.
@alankenny86503 жыл бұрын
The ending was literally a "cop-out", it took me ages to realise that. I saw it three times at the cinema when it first came out, and still didn't quite get everything. Watch Life Of Brian too.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Life of Brian coming soon! 😁
@TombstoneHeart3 жыл бұрын
You pretty much have to watch the Python movies a couple of times to get all of it. In that I mean that while you're preoccupied with what's going on the foreground of a scene, sometimes there is something absolutely absurd going in the background. "The Life of Brian" is packed with silly background activity like that.
@MrVvulf3 жыл бұрын
6:40 Many "duel" situations often came down to grappling in the era of heavy armor. Wrestling and grappling was hugely important in the medieval period. For movies though, rolling around trying to find a weak point in the opponents armor with a dagger isn't very cinematic, and is too gruesome (and frankly brutal) for audiences.
@jamesoblivion3 жыл бұрын
Hollywood swordfighting would get you killed so fast in a medieval duel. 😆
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Ambaryerno3 жыл бұрын
Probably the closest I've seen to what a REAL sword fight would look like in a major Hollywood production is the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan in the original Star Wars. LOTS of footwork, winding, and controlling the line and working for angles. It's actually beautiful. Of course, it helps that the Great Bob Anderson is in the Vader Suit.
@yellowblanka6058Ай бұрын
Ditto most Hollywood fighting - lots of showy and dramatic moves that would be impractical/wasteful in the real world.
@grogsrevenge3 жыл бұрын
I remember rewatching this movie for the nth time (and that was 15+ years ago) with a bunch of guys and the one girl who hadn't seen it before. She was all like "why are you laughing?" when we started laughing _before_ the payoffs. Thanks for letting me relive that.
@daddynitro1993 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about Python is that they weren’t afraid to go in a completely absurd conceptual direction, mostly because they also weren’t afraid to bail out of a bit they couldn’t find a punchline for. It’s something you’ll likely notice a lot as you progress through the series.
@michaelbastraw14933 жыл бұрын
The actors are, in fact, related. Just not to each other. Best. Leo.
@williamstefens3 жыл бұрын
Regarding banging coconuts for the sound of horses, that was popular during radio.
@topomusicale55803 жыл бұрын
The ending was a literal cop out. I must say it is still jarring even when you know it's coming lol.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was going to end mid charge! I was just happy to see the french guy again 😂
@RIDOLF013 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX The french guy is Sir Lancelot and Tim the enchanter and Nearly headless Nick, also Q in some Bond Films and so many more... the one and only John Cleese
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@RIDOLF01 he’s 😍
@DidierDidier-kc4nm3 жыл бұрын
Brits had so much talents ,the Pythons ,Benny hill ,so on ,i love british humour
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I only just watched the inbetweeners last year! I really need to catch up 😂
@clangiuy3 жыл бұрын
Most of the castle scenes were filmed at Doune Castle in Stirling
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
And in game of thrones apparently 😬
@clangiuy3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Yeah, the scene when Bran is pushed out the window was Doune Castle i think
@tomasjallen3 жыл бұрын
We visited the castle some years ago and they were building sets for the Outlander tv-series. You can get a headset with Terry Jones from Monty Python guiding you and talking about filming the movie. The castle is used for almost every castle scene in the movie.
@dsorichetti1543 жыл бұрын
The final castle is of course Castle Stalker.
@Steampunk-Cyclist3 жыл бұрын
Last time I visited Doune Castle, you could buy two halves of coconut in the shop...!
@williampilling21683 жыл бұрын
Definitely check out The Life of Brian. It's the perfect movie for Easter!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
It’s on the top of my list! 😁
@JohnWilliams-zu8wg3 жыл бұрын
Romanes eunt domus?
@thickerconstrictor90373 жыл бұрын
I had a 10th grade teacher named Gary Mabe in florida and I had him for world history and it was a known fact that once we got to this time period he showed this movie. I had never seen it before. And I waited until he showed it in class to see it and fell in love with it immediately. Sadly he just passed away a few weeks ago from a brain tumor. So to you Mr. Mabe I say, go away or I shall taunt you a second timeuh
@Hugin-N-Munin3 жыл бұрын
"I should maybe be writing these down" Said by A) Dawn B) Literally everyone for the last forty-ish years C) A and B
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@DarthNater2463 жыл бұрын
How could a Scottish girl like you never seen this movie??!!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
My bad! 😂 I’m working on it though!
@Pixelologist3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX 🤣🤣🤣
@jonisilk3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX It was shot in Scotland. They could only get permission to film at one castle - Doune Castle, which doubles for every other castle you see in the film barring those that were cut-outs/models (like Camelot).
@DarthNater2463 жыл бұрын
@@jonisilk I've been there. The gift shop is mostly stuff from this movie. I've got a picture of me dancing in the hall.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@jonisilk interesting! 😁
@willv78683 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. You're the first one that laughed as hard as me when he said he'll fart in your general direction! I suggest you watch Airplane! You'll laugh until your cheeks hurt.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
It’s on my list I’ve had so many comments saying to watch airplane! Thanks so much for watching 😁
@1ListerofSmeg3 жыл бұрын
And Top Secret! Same writers and directors as airplane.
@forthrightnight3 жыл бұрын
I've used that phrase, as my classic put down, since seeing that film when it came out. I'm 60. Glad you caught the humor of that bit.
@tonystark5-29-703 жыл бұрын
THE SAD THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THAT THE WITCH PART IS THE ACTUAL THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE TIME!!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I thought this! I must have seen it somewhere else
@Ambaryerno3 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. The people actually holding the trials DID know better (contrary to popular culture, learning and education didn't end with the collapse of the Roman Empire, even in the West). This was basically a way to get rid of troublemakers (mostly women who pissed off the church and local authorities by being too independent or smart, or perpetuating pre-Christian folk practices IE medicine which undermined religious and secular authority) under the illusion of a "fair trial," when really it was just a kangaroo court that manufactured evidence in such a way as no matter the outcome it would lead to a conviction. It's no accident that all of the actual tests would ultimately come out in favor of the accusers: Either the person who "passed" the test would die in the process, thus ridding them of the victim, or the victim would "fail," justifying their execution. Consider the practice of ducking: The "witch" was bound and thrown into water. If she floated, the "pure" water rejected her, proving she was a witch, and she would be convicted and executed. And since the human body is naturally buoyant, a "conviction" from this practice was virtually guaranteed. One the chance she DID sink she was innocent, but that was a small comfort considering she would be left to drown, anyway.
@88wildcat2 жыл бұрын
The best part of that scene is when John Cleese takes an ultra long pause before saying the "because they're made out of wood" line. Watch closely and you can see Eric Idle bite his sword to keep from cracking up and breaking character.
@VadulTharys3 жыл бұрын
The movie was filmed in Scotland , particularly around Doune Castle, Glen Coe, and the privately owned Castle Stalker.
@danadnauseam3 жыл бұрын
One of the variations of the Galahad legend was that he was to remain a virgin.
@simeonteitelbaum36733 жыл бұрын
It was sending up Michael Palin's reputation at the time as being kind of the Paul McCartney of the group, though in actuality he was as out there as anyone in Python
@armchaircivilian30763 жыл бұрын
i feel honoured to have witenessed this vid tbh
@jameswilson84333 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you see Arthur's knights hiding while they're still on the screen running away from the Trojan Rabbit.
@glenaleksis45893 жыл бұрын
I love how you paid attention to the opening credits, oh and a moose once bit my sister!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
They had me at the credits 😁
@johnhagan8775 Жыл бұрын
Dawn, your reaction to this classic was a classic itself. You didn't have to worry about missing anyrhing. You caught every joke. Thank you!!
@plantfeeder66773 жыл бұрын
I have a t-shirt with "It's Just A Flesh Wound" and the Black Knight with no arms on it. One of my favorite shirts.
@babsbylow68693 жыл бұрын
I have one with the French Taunter. I fart in your general direction.
@cybercapri3 жыл бұрын
Something you missed, as I did the first several times I've enjoyed this movie over the ages, is every character is portrayed by one of 4 or 5 main Monty Python Characters. The Frenchmen you enjoyed is also Lancelot and also one of the Coconut Banger with a huge backpack. They swap roles and if as you get to know them you will see each with each skit. They were a great Bunch of Folks and I don't think there was an ego among them as they all shared in credit equally and supported each other fiercely. There are a group of men unlike no other with regards to fame of fortune...
@matthewcostello35303 жыл бұрын
The scene with the three score young virgins was hilarious
@3DJapan3 жыл бұрын
They could only use one abandoned castle so all of the castle scenes were filmed at the same castle from different sides.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I thought so! Thank you so much for watching 🥰
@Orlor3 жыл бұрын
Except for the castle at the end. That was castle Stalker.
@daviddixon99913 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Most of the movie was filmed in Scotland.
@BrianBrewer-bv1fg7 ай бұрын
I remember watching Monty Python back in the 60s. It was funny back then and I still find it funny today. Thank you for all the laughs. 😂
@BondFreek3 жыл бұрын
Regarding the "bring out your dead" scene, there was a serious plague going on during this time in our world history and people use to bring carts to collect people's dead so they can be buried in Mass Graves and bodies burned. This was a common practice in times of plague, especially among the commoners. It was very dark time.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I can imagine! Thank you so much for watching 🥰 and commenting
@mattjohn473110 ай бұрын
The castle of Ohhooooohhh. Haha I think that's Terry Jones and it reminds me of his "fishy fishy ooooh" bit. Such absurd acting
@jean-paulaudette92463 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping you'll look at "Time Bandits"
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I’m loving these recommendations! I’ll be kept busy for a while 🥰
@1nelsondj3 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX The 6 members of the group wrote, directed and starred in the film, each playing several roles. Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam shared directing duties, Gilliam is also the animator and the only American in the group. He's had a career of directing such films as "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" (watch this one), "Brazil" and "12 Monkeys".
@mvjonsson3 жыл бұрын
You would probably enjoy Terry Gilliam's first solo film Jabberwocky (1977), which stars Michael Palin. It is also a funny medieval story. It has the same visual style (The same director of photography as The holy grail).
@jean-paulaudette92463 жыл бұрын
@@mvjonsson Thanks! I saw it recently.
@Tdub091111 ай бұрын
I haven't seen this in about 30 but still remember most the fight and "It's just a flesh wound." Mr Creasote saying "I con't eat another cracker" and "Run away". Oh yeah "I fart in your general direction" and "It's just a little rabbit"
@chzzyg26983 жыл бұрын
This is one of those movies that you notice something new everytime you watch it.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I realised that! 😁
@michaelbrinton26883 жыл бұрын
I have watched it many times, i still don't have a count of the times cats are in the movie.
@jezfield8547 Жыл бұрын
Hi Dawn. The castle at the end was filmed in Scotland. Thanks Dawn
@jeffphillips95883 жыл бұрын
Airplane!, The Naked Gun, and Top Secret you need to react to and sure hope you do! Your sides will hurt from laughing so hard. Thank you for this Great reaction to this classic movie!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
All noted! Thank you so much 🥰
@ianloeb16723 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Idiocracy
@robofwonder3 жыл бұрын
I love Top Secret! I think it's very underrated within the genre.
@dexterjankaren Жыл бұрын
Monty Python was definitely something that had to grow on me. The more i watched, the more i saw.
@BigGator53 жыл бұрын
Monty Python were the 4Chan trolls of their time. If you love this movie, then "Yellowbeard" should be on your list (since everyone else is recommending other Monty Python movies). Not technically a Monty Python film, but it was a Graham Chapman (King Arthur) passion project and the humor is similar.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Noted! Thank you so much for watching 🥰
@kellyfehr37193 жыл бұрын
Also it includes Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Peter Cook, Cheech, Chong and Madeline Kahn.
@haha21348 ай бұрын
I have absolutely nothing to add, other than that I'm extremely impressed that you managed to remember that Lancelot was in Harry Potter as part of Nick's headless hunt or something, I remember him mentioning him, I've read the books about 30 times, and I still don't think I ever would've remembered that if you hadn't said it.
@gamemaster28193 жыл бұрын
The people who were in charge of writing the credits were sacked before they could write the end ones
@ClaudetteMiss Жыл бұрын
Loved that you watched all the way to the very end. Most reactors hit that last song and shut it off. You got a new subscriber!
@robovike3 жыл бұрын
Hey you know it kind of is a boy band actually, good instincts.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Well I am very intelligent 🤓
@lokithecat72253 жыл бұрын
Monty Python is great. In 2013, they lost a Lawsuit over some Royalties, and decided to hold a concert to Raise the funds for it. It sold out in 43 seconds. "Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go" Was eventually filmed and you can probably find it if you look.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’ll look 😁
@justaguy61293 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: At the premier of this movie at select theatres, they gave away coconuts to the first however many people through the gate. Some people still have them to this day.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
That’s amazing 😁
@richardjones46622 жыл бұрын
I've cut a coconut in half. And they make exactly this noise.
@johankaewberg81628 ай бұрын
Lancelot and “French Guy” are the same actor. “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries! Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.”
@ScreamingScallop3 жыл бұрын
The Tale of Sir Galahad is just "sworn to chastity" Galahad being repeatedly tempted by beautiful maidens (with awful names). He's on the verge of falling--and having the greatest experience of his life--when Lancelot barges in and drags him away. Weirdly, when I first saw this on PBS in the '80s, the only part that WAS cut was the whole "Get on with it!" bit.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
It really didn’t put me off watching the rest but nobody would miss it if it was cut 😁
@dannyspelman14683 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX I would! That part floored me when I saw this first. I was 15 though.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@dannyspelman1468 😂😂😂
@MysterClark3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, to each their own, I suppose, but I thought it was hilarious how many things they could fit in there to tempt him and then he was fighting his fellow knights to "face the peril single-handed."
@ScreamingScallop3 жыл бұрын
@@MysterClark "He'll beat us easily! We haven't a chance!"
@karlsmith25703 жыл бұрын
Fun fact for you, Dawn: The actress who played "The Witch" was John Cleese's wife at the time of the movie's release
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I always enjoy reading all these fun facts 😁
@williamstefens3 жыл бұрын
Karl Smith, Thought I heard she was his ex-wife at the time of the movie. Although, perhaps after that movie she became his ex-wife.🤣🤣🤣 Dawn, when you see the one character Eric Idle, holding a knife over his mouth after Sir Bedivere asks why do witches burn, it was him trying to hide him laughing. If you look closely, you can see him start to laugh right before covering his mouth..
@nativetexan97763 жыл бұрын
It takes a special sense of humour to bring out the best of a Monty Python skit.
@roucouk189 ай бұрын
If someone mentions Monty Python and you simply nod, they immediately know you've never seen any Monty Python.
@kylefrandsen26653 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. I do suggest you may want to partake of a little something before watching any Monty Python. They're the kings of non sequiturs and one scene may have nothing to do with the previous scene except a running joke like swallows and coconuts. The members of Monty Python are mostly well-educated and a lot of the scenes are based on reality rather than standard movie choreography and art. During the Black Plague, people were dying so fast that they did actually have people going through the streets with carts calling for people to bring out their dead and people in the countryside may not have known they had a king or who that king was. When you watch Life of Brian, it is actually true that there were a lot of "messiahs" and religious fervor during the period that Rome occupied the area. We're just more familiar with the religion that evolved into a religion going by the same name today.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment 🥰
@mymartianhome9 ай бұрын
A lot of the animations are based on marginalia (bits written on the sides of medieval manuscripts) inscribed by the monks who wrote them. Especially the actually fitted rumoets.
@fredklein38293 жыл бұрын
The Monty Python film to watch first is ''And Now For Something Completely Different'' (1971)
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I will be checking it out! 😁
@Rasputin4435563 жыл бұрын
It’s a redo of a number of sketches from the Flying Circus television program, which was originally unavailable in the US. If you watch the first two seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, you see all of these, though with different transitions and other little changes.
@notvalidcharacters3 жыл бұрын
The French taunter is John Cleese, who is also Launcelot, the witch crowd guy turned into a Newt (but he got better), the guy delivering the dead who's not dead, the Black Knight with no limbs left and Tim the Enchanter. Sorry you didn't appreciate Galahad, it's precious. And that look at 18:10 is the typical reaction to Terry Gilliam's illustrations. Terry Gilliam the cartoonist is also Patsy in the beginning with the coconut noises and the bridge keeper with the questions. The film was shot in some place called "Scotland". Ever heard of it? I'm sure others have already said but your next viewing has to be Life of Brian. But you'll need to run this one again to catch all the lines you missed. Thanks for this video, it's enriching to watch somebody else savour the mirth and merriment.
@SavageSarcasm3 жыл бұрын
Love this movie and your video you should do "The Princess Bride" next, you'll absolutely love it.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I’m on it 🥰
@rollomaughfling3803 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Second that!
@shangoddard12893 жыл бұрын
Well done.. U randomly popped up in my recommendations & I love monty python so I watched a bit & subscribed at 8min. Your cool, natural & funny. I look forward to future content 😊
@totomomo183 жыл бұрын
Great movie. Other great Monty Python movies are The Life Of Brian, The Meaning Of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different and sort of Monty Python movie with some of the members is A fish called Wanda
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! I’ll definitely give them a watch 😁
@keremmazman37613 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX you should watch Life of Brian next. My favorite Monty Python movie.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@keremmazman3761 this was the plan after Googling which one to watch next 😁 thank you so much for watching!
@keremmazman37613 жыл бұрын
@@DawnMarieX Are you going to keep making movie reactions after Monty Python movies?
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
@@keremmazman3761 maybe... 😏
@DaveB806 Жыл бұрын
Finding your video and hearing your laugh has just made my day.
@jaykawala32703 жыл бұрын
If you'd like to stray a little bit from the pure Python (cause it can be a bit much at times), may I suggest a film: A Fish Called Wanda. It has John Cleese in it (the Frenchman from this film). It also has Michael Palin (on of the other Monty Python comedy troop members). Alternatively, of the Python movies, Life of Brian is probably their best.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
So many comments suggesting A Fish called Wanda! It’s definitely on my list and Life of Brian is coming soon 😁
@jakeimhotep48663 жыл бұрын
Most of the movie was filmed at castle Doune and if you ask at the gift shop there they have two coconut halves that you can play with. Don't ask me how I know ;-)
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Haha I won’t ask! 😂
@marleybob31573 жыл бұрын
The ending is a literal "cop out"
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I really didn’t mind! I thought it was going to end mid charge 😂
@mduncan653 жыл бұрын
I just joined your reaction channel and was dying laughing at you laughing at this movie! This is one of my favorite movies! Monty Python used to have a tv series way back in the day and if you can get ahold of those it will help with cast of comedic geniuses Monty Python truly were. If you don't watch them, I will fart in you general direction! Great reaction!! 👍
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 best line in the movie. Thank you so much for watching!
@paulmaxey63773 жыл бұрын
A great reaction and will definately look out for more from you. They couldn't afford horses hence the coconuts. The best of the 3 films imo is Life of Brian, but this one is a close second. The Meaning of Life is more hit and miss as it is basically a compilation of their series sketches but still watchable and has some of their most memorable sketches in it. Life of Brian is about a man who is mistaken for Jesus or a Jesus type of person and was quite controversial when it was made but is funny. A interesting fact if you do Life of Brian, George Harrison of The Beatles gave them the money to film it as no studios would give them the money and George said he wanted to see it after seeing the script. So he gave them the money.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! 🥰 that’s so interesting too I’m loving everyone’s comments!
@crescentfreshbret Жыл бұрын
The Meaning of Life is just plain insane! Be prepared if you decide to watch it- it’s full of graphic violence, gore, sex, nudity, copious vomit, and other sundry obscenties. It’s funny, but it’s definitely not a comfortable watch. They pushed things as far as they could in that one. The wonderful songs almost make up for it, though. I made the huge mistake of introducing a girl I was friends with to Monty Python by showing her that movie. Needless to say, it was just too much for her and didn’t exactly make her want to check out more of their stuff.
@crescentfreshbret Жыл бұрын
I see now that you already reacted to it years ago. I’ll have to watch that tonight!
@Lexyvil3 жыл бұрын
I love reactions like these! Laughing is contagious and it's as if I'm watching it for the first time again. Thanks for uploading~
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you so much! 🥰
@andyleclerc36003 жыл бұрын
Monty Python is the Gold Standard of surreal comedy. I'm a 35 year fan going back to my high school years 😁. If memory serves. This is beaten only by AIRPLANE! as the funniest movie of all time according to the AFI
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I will definitely have to check it out then 😁
@kennethcook94062 жыл бұрын
After they "sacked" the moose people, the new group were "everything" Llamas.
@darost3 жыл бұрын
And Now For Something Completely Different is an early intro movie made of several sketches
@darost3 жыл бұрын
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@diogenesagogo3 жыл бұрын
Also note that Terry Jones (R.I.P. : -( ), who played several parts & co-directed the film with Gilliam, was also a medieval historian who wrote a scholarly commentary on The Canterbury Tales. Hence there are some nuggets of authentic (if exaggerated) bits of history in there.
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Someone else commented this too! It’s very interesting 😁
@jgreen20153 жыл бұрын
The next best comedy to watch is Team America: World Police. No one else has reacted to it. Its a real gem from the early 2000s. From the creators of southpark. Using puppets!
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I did love South Park so I’ll have to look into it 😁
@justaguy61293 жыл бұрын
I second that! I was hurting all over after watching that the first time! I will sub right now just to get it on your list!
@jgreen20153 жыл бұрын
@@justaguy6129 shrooms were still legal when it came out in cinema... Kinda forgot they were puppets until the explicit and puke scenes 😂
@iansmith12863 жыл бұрын
“Lancelot is nearly headless nick from Harry Potter. That’s clever ! “.....no dear, that’s called acting ! 🤣😂🤣
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
I was calling myself clever for noticing 😂
@apokemontrainer28733 жыл бұрын
I know you skipped over it, but the killer rabbit is one of my favorite bits. Fun fact: the rabbit was actually a pet that they borrowed. The dye they used as blood was unable to be washed out, leaving the owner distraught when the rabbit was returned to him. Thankfully the dye was harmless, and the rabbit had that dye for the rest of its life.
@lewstone54302 жыл бұрын
My favorite part too, but she, or her editor, didn’t show it. I stopped watching at that point.
@GallifreyeanTrailers3 жыл бұрын
"[...] you cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters" is my favorite french insult 🤣🤣🤣
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! 😂
@johngardner40963 жыл бұрын
I use the term "K-BRAAB" (from "knees-bent running-about advancing behavior") to describe the situation of doing a whole lot to accomplish a whole little...
@reservoirdude923 жыл бұрын
Arthur: I'll have your leg! Black Knight: Chicken! Chicken! Arthur: Right! *proceeds to lop off the Black Knight's RIGHT leg* Such an undervalued joke. 😂
@DawnMarieX3 жыл бұрын
Loved the whole scene 😂
@theironherder2 жыл бұрын
Re-watched this after a year or so. Loved the movie for decades, enjoyed Dawn Marie as much the 2nd time as the 1st.