FIRST TIME WATCHING *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*

[@colonelb]

The coconuts happened out of necessity - they had practically NO budget for this movie and flat out couldn't afford horses, lol

[@voxorox]

Except one. There was exactly one horse in the movie, for a few brief seconds.

[@ciaranconlon84]

What I like most is if they HAD the budget for real horses in one hand and the coconut idea in the other they would have picked the coconuts on a second for the farcical comic value.

[@wolfkniteX]

@@voxorox And it was a rental. XD

[@WorldWeave]

@@wolfkniteX the horse or the coconuts? 😜

[@adamfajita305]

@@WorldWeave what’s the difference?

[@Neckromorph]

It took me years to notice this, but King Arthur and his knights are innocent. The knight who killed the historian was on a horse, and King Arthur's crew only used coconuts, so it couldn't have been them.

[@lorettabes4553]

omg

[@qadgopthemercotan]

I saw this movie for the first time when it was first released. I've seen it at least a hundred times since. Only now do I realize that very point. This film NEVER stops giving!

[@mattslupek7988]

Holy Shiite!! How did I never notice that? Must’ve seen it a hundred times!!

[@mango4ttwo635]

Good one! Totally missed that

[@bikecaptain8015]

The witch with the carrot nose, however, really was a witch. Funny, that.

[@Gunthru]

The end of the movie is a literal "cop out". Learned this like 20 years after first watching this movie and disliked the end until I knew this. Now I think it may be the best part.

[@XeonAlpha]

And when you realize the guy who murdered the “famous historian” was riding an actual horse and thus couldn’t have been part of the movie at all… it becomes far more hysterical.

[@ssfbob456]

@@XeonAlpha I never actually thought of that...

[@XeonAlpha]

@@ssfbob456 to be fair it’s not my insight but once someone pointed it out I’ve never been able to unsee it.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I was bewildered and upset at the ending when I was a kid. I only fully appreciated the humor until I was an adult. I didn't know the cop out joke until you said it. facepalm

[@biffstrong1079]

Monty Python was famous (infamous?) for bits on their TV show that went no where. There was a surrealistic element to a lot of what they did . I have a fleeting memory of some skit with huge holes in the side of the walls of a scientists? writers ? Philosophers? house from the 1800's apparently caused by sheep who had gotten into the walls. The Python crew often tumbled one crazy element on top of another until there was no reasonable way out of the skit. They evolved a scene ending bit which involved a colonel in uniform with a riding crop who at some point would say," No Silly Silly, You have to stop this right now. You had a nice skit going on about philosophers but now there are sheep in the wall and you have gone too far. I'm afraid we will just have to end the skit now." They would stop and move on to another bit. This is well basically that. I do like how disappointed people are watching this for the first time. It's a movie among other things with knights using coconuts because they can't afford horses? or none of their actors can ride ? Or cause its a funny send up of a cut rate arthurian epic. They have one actor mentioning that Camelot is just a model. The absurdity of the whole thing hits you in the face that this is a poorly rendered attempt at arthurian legend. Why are you surprised and disappointed by no resolution of this patently false narrative. I find this fascinating, cause despite it all I had bought in to the narrative. I wanted the insulting french to get their comeuppance. I wanted Arthur to get the Grail. That first time in the theater we sat there listening to their intermission music at the end waiting for a resolution at the end or one more joke. In the end we chuckled and left because the last joke was on us. Despite the absurdity we were engaged in their movie. Nice Work Guys.

[@mattwhite2328]

This movie is soooo jam packed with historical nicknacks. My favorite is “run away” because retreat is a French word and this is set prior to the Norman invasion.

[@lordmortarius538]

As a history and language nerd, I came here to say this lol

[@majkus]

Fetchez la vache!

[@jamesalexander5623]

@Gerald H It's one of the reasons English has the Largest Vocabulary of any Language. Also why English is the only Language that has need of a Thesaurus!

[@realburglazofficial2613]

Also the monks smacking themselves in the face are saying “dear god, make it stop!” (Lord grant me rest) in Latin!

[@magusmelanie828]

Every time the french guards call them "knnnigits", they're making fun of english spelling of "knight"

[@TonyWildRiver]

4:58 "It's actually gory!" The movie: uses Koolaid. Also, did you notice that many of the actors play multiple characters? Lancelot is also the villager who says he was turned into a newt, Arthur is also the the guard on the right in the prince's room, and Robin is also Lancelot servant ("message for you, sir) and the shrub salesman, just to name a few examples!

[@prudencethewitch140]

"She turned me into a newt." "I got better." What a great film!

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

This film is a whole lot more historically accurate than you might think... from the details of Arthurian legend, to the references to the Black Death and self-flagellation, to the legal reasoning employed in trials of suspected witches... a lot of stuff that seems completely random is actually based on something

[@PhilBagels]

As is the "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!" Hamsters, like most rodents, have a very high reproductive rate. And elderberries are used to make gin. So he's essentially saying, "You're mother is a slut, and your father is a drunk!"

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

The insults make sense too

[@tau-5794]

Except witch trials weren't occurring at that point in history, they're more of an enlightenment/renaissance development.

[@k.v.7681]

@@tau-5794 They were, just not in the proportions that came to be from the late 16th century onward. The actual big spur for witch hunts starts around 1430 in the Valais region (modern day Switzerland). But isolated incidents and a more general hunt for "heretical practices" started way before that. An interesting detail is the shift in targeted victims both in terms of degree of attention, and actual historical events. "Medieval" witches were mostly men. Millers, remote shepherds, that sort of stuff. An isolated old woman from time to time. It's around the 17th century that it's flipped on it's head, and women garner most of the attention from crowds, and modern books that increase this impression beyond what's accurate (it was more balanced than people assume). "Fun" fact, they still exist today. Saudi Arabia has a death penalty for witchcraft to this day, and countries like Nigeria have re-entered a frenzy on the topic since the early 2000's because of Evangelicalism preachings.

[@lexopolis134]

Yeah, I distinctly remember watching that witch scene in my history class in high school, and my teacher basically said that it was not far off.

[@Otter-gq3fw]

I taught a bunch of 6th graders to go up to people and say in a high-pitched British accent, “we are the knights who say NEE!” The adults at that summer camp had a blast.

[@bikecaptain8015]

Next year teach them to say, "We are the Knights who say ecky ecky ecky puttang, vhoopwhong-vwrzzrvwzvr!"

[@Otter-gq3fw]

@@bikecaptain8015 I taught them that too

[@matthewzeller5026]

The meta plot is a bunch of people were LARPing and some got arrested for a murder they didn't commit. They didn't even have horses so they used coconuts, the only horse is in the scene where the historian is killed.

[@EmphaticNod]

I discovered this film in middle school and showed it once to all of my friends at a slumber party. That was probably the best year of school I ever had.😂 The 7-8 of us who watched it together quoted it _constantly_ and eventually we got almost everyone in our grade to watch it. Imagine a small army of 13 year olds yelling Monty Python lines to each other every morning across the courtyard... Our teachers probably hated us. 🤣

[@biffstrong1079]

I do remember seeing a guy come up to the entrance of a bar doing a monty python bit , I think perhaps the dead parrot sketch and the bouncer listened to him for about 5 seconds and then pre-bounced him. Nope you guys aren't getting in. Im not listening to you monty python guys go on all night. Somewhere else.

[@bettrhalf8006]

Monty Python and Princess Bride were our teenage years' main quote sources. Occasionally my sibling and I will be on a phone call and just spontaneously start quoting back and forth at each other until we can't talk through the stupid giggles! 😄 DEATH awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth! Run awayyyyyyy! Run awayyyyyyyy! 'E's not the Messiah! E's a very naughty boy! Always look on the bright side of life! Are there any women here today? "Stop that rhyming now, I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?" "I'm on the brute squad." "You are the brute squad!" Aaaaaaaaas youuuuuuuuuuu wiiiiiiiiiish! Hallo! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father, prepare to die!

[@biffstrong1079]

@@bettrhalf8006 "It's inconceivable" "You keepa using that word. I don'na think it means whatta you think it does."

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

I remember trying to show this to my class in school and everyone hated it. Probably mostly because I wasn't one of the "cool" kids.

[@biffstrong1079]

@@majimasmajimemes1156 I cannot imagine anybody not liking this movie. It is my favourite comedy of all time. I am a big King Arthur fan so I am primed to enjoy a parody.

[@LordVolkov]

"That poor man!" The clapping prisoner joke is so well timed.

[@marktubeie07]

This is genuinely hysterical watching someone who has never seen this. Seb, you made me enjoy this all over again, like the first time !!😂😂. _Nie, I wish to buy a shubbery..._

[@Real_MisterSir]

Seb not even making it out of the intro subtitles without cracking up is the perfect description of what Monthy Python does to their viewers XD absolute peak chaotic comedy

[@jakewhite1760]

That gag @17:14 is my favorite comedic skit ever out to film lmaoo. The replay loop of him running over the hill, the jarring quick cut to him immediately being in stabbing range of the guard on the left, the guard on the right going “...heyyyyy” lol it’s all gold

[@vandergrad]

"Is she hitting a cat?" Nope. She's using the cat as a carpet beater, to beat the dirt off her carpet. --- "What am I watching? It seems like a bunch of random scenes." --- No! No! Well, yes.Yes. A bit... a bit.--- "This just feels like a fever dream." Yeah, well, welcome to Monty Python, lol.

[@romantic_hippie]

A bit lol

[@biffstrong1079]

Saw this when I was still in high school, by the time we got to the Black Knight I was rolling on the floor. Constitutional Peasant is still one of my favourite all time bits. "Not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"

[@ursusbavaricus4761]

"I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!" If I ever were to own a boat, I would most definitely name it the "Moistened Bint"!

[@biffstrong1079]

@@ursusbavaricus4761 I know it just flows off the tongue decades later. I have seen this movie too many times.

[@biffstrong1079]

And " How do you know he's a King? "

[@joshdavis3743]

Hey, I am 37!

[@biffstrong1079]

@@joshdavis3743 I'm not old.

[@gamingeagle19]

The ending is a LITERAL cop out. I fucking love this movie.

[@twofacetoo75]

To follow this up, check out 'Life Of Brian', which was basically a 'sequel' (in that it was the same people doing the same thing, but about religion instead of King Arthur), and if you're still interested, try 'Now For Something Completely Different', which was basically a best-of of the TV show sketches remade and stitched together into a film-length production. Just if you liked this style of comedy and wanted more of it. They did do a third movie like this, titled 'The Meaning Of Life', but... it's very odd. Some of it's hilarious, some of it's weird, some of it's just plain revolting (there's a very long sketch where the entire joke is just 'VOMITING' without anything else funny happening), and some of it's actually very moving. That's definitely up to you, but I'd highly recommend 'Life Of Brian', it's honestly just like this film but far, FAR funnier.

[@kaijingarou6526]

Yeah that film has like both the best and the worst sketches in it. The one with the Death is great.

[@Ahonya666]

Which is the one on the Spanish Inquisition appears?

[@kaijingarou6526]

@@Ahonya666 I think that's no movie, but a sketch from the show Flying Circus.

[@jb888888888]

@@Ahonya666 If you watch _And Now For Something Completely Different_ you shouldn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

[@GeeVanderplas]

I love The Meaning of Life!

[@scotthadden9816]

The bit with Tim the enchanter is even funnier, because Tim wasn't the enchanter's name in the script. When it came time to film the scene, John Cleese, the actor playing Tim, forgot the real name and so made Tim up on the spot, everyone else just went along with it.

[@LordVolkov]

What an eccentric performance...

[@circuitgamer7759]

That's a myth that has been proven wrong. I know it's quoted a lot, so I don't blame you for not knowing, but it is not accurate.

[@acrefray]

@@circuitgamer7759 As far as I'm aware, the only ad-lib bit of the movie was at the beginning when someone asks "How do you know he's a king?", with the ad-libbed line "He hasn't got shit all over him.", which apparently got huge laughs from the crew.

[@jb888888888]

@@circuitgamer7759 I think it's one of the Rules Of The Internet. If someone posts a _Holy Grail_ reaction at least one commenter must provide the Fun Fact that Tim the Enchanter's name was improvised, even though it wasn't.

[@a35362]

Well, and it's just funny. Like if you decided the mysterious, powerful sorcerer should be named, I dunno, Bob. Yup, Bob the Enchanter!

[@Geth-Who]

'Well I didn't vote for you-' Hella timing, Seb. Fucking mint, mate.

[@Vaillle]

This is how I interpret the joke about why the nights of nii hate the word “it”. The reason is because the word is literally one which never needs to be used. You can always use other words in your writing. You can go your entire life without ever using the word. I image the “fear” is because as a writer, you are encouraged to avoid the use of “useless” filler words like “that” and “it”. You don’t need them. Kinda like how a public speaker practices avoiding sounds like “uh” and “um” for pauses between thoughts. They aren’t necessary at all to convey ideas.

[@robbob5302]

What word???

[@r.flores854]

"It's just a flesh wound" kills me every time!

[@ldarrow]

I quote the movie so often. I’m constantly saying “it’s merrily a flesh wound” I’m also always saying “bring out your dead” I adore this movie. In my eyes it has zero flaws

[@jamesalexander5623]

Yes It Does!

[@jb888888888]

I'm constantly saying "it" just so -The Knights Who Say "Ni!"- The Knights Who Until Recently Said "Ni!" don't get me.

[@matthewcollins4157]

I quote this movie a lot too but my go to that I either say (or type into group chat) at work almost weekly is "And there was much rejoicing. *waves flags* Yea!" whenever a shift gets filled, or something gets handled, or something similar.

[@emmapeelfan]

Terry Jones (Sir Bedevere) was a history major at uni. A lot of the stuff (costumes, taunter, bring out your dead - plague era, self-flagellating monks, etc...) in here is historically accurate (or pretty close).

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

No, not really. He even said in an interview that they didn't portray the peasants right for example. The clothing has nothing to do with real medieval clothing which had more color, even for peasants. They were also not covered in mud the entire day. When it comes to "bring out your dead" , well... they had mass graves/pits to throw victims of the plague in, usually near the church. And self-flagellation wasn't really something specific to the medieval age. It's described im the bible, ancient Christians did it just as much as medieval or early modern Christians. Some forms that are considered self-flagellation are still practiced, the pope who died in 2005 was known for it for example. And when it comes to the knights... well... there weren't really British knights in the 10th century and if there were, they would have not wear big helmets of any kind.

[@nickzaytz5712]

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei and police cars were different model as well

[@Tiresias55]

26:03 "What... is your name?" "It is Arthur, King of the Britains." "What... is your quest?" "To seek the Holy Grail." "What... Is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" "What do you mean, an African or European swallow." "I, I don't know that!" Love this exchange. Bridge of Death is definitely the best scene. With a few coming close behind.

[@NobuNobuSimp]

Fun fact any castle you see in this movie is the exact same castle shot from different sides and angles. Most castles are government owned and did not agree to shut down any castle to let the studio film this movie. They got lucky because they found a castle that was privately owned and the fella who owned it was fine with them using it.

[@joshdavis3743]

Viva la Scotland!

[@gpcheng87]

Absolute classic. Texan here - I remember watching this and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (1993; highly suggest this one) in high school with my best friend 20 years ago... we almost peed ourselves laughing. Loved seeing a Brit react, especially to material nearly 50 years old - it definitely still holds up. 😂

[@sunniejmh]

Yes! I love this movie one of my favorites growing up!

[@JeffKelly03]

One of the great comedies ever. I pretty much had every line memorized as a kid from watching it so many times. You really need to check out Life of Brian now. It might be Python’s masterpiece.

[@Lujažuja]

Life of Brian is the best!

[@deelalley5039]

Yes!

[@joshdavis3743]

I still think this is so much better to me. Life of Brian has grown on me since I turned 30, but to be it is nowhere near the genius of this movie.

[@maxpeck7382]

Elderberries are a type of berry used to make wine. He was essentially saying his father is a drunk who smells of Elderberries from drinking too much wine.

[@jackofdiamonds7303]

You gotta watch the other Python movies, they’re also utterly hilarious.

[@itachileesan]

life of brian, def

[@MidnightSt]

the river witch detection method is the other way around: if they sink (and drown), they were not a witch, and if they float, they are a witch and you need to kill them.

[@joshdavis3743]

That is what he said, gotta put those listening ears on. He did make a bad cut, he said if they float in this river (there was a cut), if they sink they are not (a witch), if they can (swim) they are.

[@simonorourke4465]

I saw saw in an interview once that when they filmed the scene with the wooden rabbit they were all really worried as they only had enough money to construct a single large prop and they had to then destroy it. They pretty much had that one take and had to go with whatever they ended up with as they only had that one chance. Also the large army at the end was made up of friends, wellwishers and pretty much any local person that they could find. They held an open casting for anyone who wanted to dress up and be in a movie.

[@jesoko6724]

The Holy Hand Grenade in the Worms Armageddon franchise is a reference to this movie. Most of the reaction videos I've watched for this movie have completely missed that, I'm so glad you caught it, XD

[@dabegmister]

This is an epic classic but it's still heavily quoted today this movie brings back great childhood memories

[@deadshields8561]

The French knight's insult is actually really clever. Hamsters, in those times at least, were known for being very sexually active and elderberries were often used as a wine ingredient. He's called their mother a sex fiend and their father a drunk.

[@secretarchivesofthevatican]

The cave is a silica mine in South Wales. I slept in it once many years ago on a camping trip with friends when we were too skint to even pay for a campsite. The most uncomfortable night ever.

[@philrob1978]

Oh this was great, sort of unique to see a younger fellow Brit react to this, as usually it's US/Canadians who've reacted to it recently. But then you're a smart lad and you picked it up pretty quickly - lots of fun, cheers Seb. Next stop - "Life Of Brian" - you won't be disappointed.

[@moonknight4053]

From this movie how would you describe the humour of the Brit’s?

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

​@@moonknight4053 Dry

[@ph8429]

I remember worms and the holy hand grenade! It was definitely a reference to this. I remember it did big damage.

[@SC457A]

The rabbit scene is one of the best in films. So dang funny.

[@bikecaptain8015]

"1, 2, 5!" is such a throwaway gag with such a needlessly long and convoluted set up. And it's so much funnier the 1500th time than the first. Every time it sends me.

[@huro1845]

It really is a cult classic. For some time, there was even a "killer rabbit" in Minecraft, white with red eyes 😂

[@ineedachachabeat1886]

The part where the knight kills everyone at the weddding is just genius. I die every time lmao

[@cometgirl217]

One of my favorite films! For a while, Comedy Central used to show it like every other weekend. My childhood best friend and I “watched” it over the phone together at least a half-dozen times in a single summer - to the point where we could recite the dialogue to each other, like understudies in the wings of a play. He passed away (car accident) the summer before sophomore year of HS and seeing someone else enjoying this movie brings up such wonderful memories! 🤗

[@atticusmcfly]

This was the first British film I ever saw and at eight years old I went through a really long phase of speaking in your dialect with my friends. Everyone thought I was mad. One of the funniest films the world will ever know!

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

The "Some call me......... Tim" was improvised. He forgot the line, hence the long pause, and just decide to go with "Tim" and the result was just too awesome to not rum with it.

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

Except that's not true.

[@thedoctor4327]

Terry Gilliam who directed this has done a number of other great films worth checking out for those that haven’t seen them: - Time Bandits - Brazil (his best work IMO) - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -12 Monkeys - The Fisher King - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

Gilliam's a genius.

[@hemingfordgrey62]

He was the animator as well.

[@TheJjcczz]

Terry Gilliam co directed the movie with Terry Jones. The movie only works as well as it does because there was someone to rain in Gilliam’s craziness

[@ursusbavaricus4761]

@@TheJjcczz *reign

[@Docktavion]

Brazil, a forgotten classic which is such a shame.

[@agarvin1687]

They had such a limited budget filming the movie that they used one castle for a bunch of scenes in the movie - if you ever visit Scotland, over near Stirling, Doune Castle can still be visited (it also served as Castle Leoch in Outlander)... you'll recognize a bunch of spots there from the movie and their gift shop even sells coconut halves to use like in the movie! I went a few years ago and it was super fun to check out as someone who grew up watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail XD

[@wh0aheavy]

My high school boyfriend introduced me to this movie, and I'll always be grateful to him for that. LOVE this movie.

[@joshdavis3743]

You are welcome.

[@scalefree]

quite a lot of the decisions in making the film were made because they were making it on the cheap & didn't have the budget. for instance trained horses are really expensive so they thought up the coconut gag. also they could only find one castle willing to let them shoot so all the castles are actually that one castle shot from different perspectives.

[@Purple_Buffalo]

Back in Wisconsin in 1987, my dad rented this VHS and showed my brother and I at about the age of 6 and 9. We were gobsmacked. We immediately committed most of the lines to memory and started to act out the scenes(to my moms amazement) with our favorite being the, “non shall pass” scene. We pulled that out at every family gathering for years! My personal favorite jokes were the prisoner clapping, the witch scene, “she turned me into a newt!..... I got betta” and the “run away!” lines. But really it’s all genius. I must have watched this film about 500 times now and it always brings me back to my youth. It was rad experiencing this with you mate. The only other one that gets close to this level of comedy IMO is LIFE OF BRIAN which taught me very early on to...... ‘Always look on the bright side of life”! Until the next one! Cheers mate!

[@RandomFandomDragon]

I love this movie, so many quotable line. Definitely a classic, and required viewing when I was growing up. I think one of my favorites is when they are leaving Castle Anthrax, and Galahad says "Can't I have just a little peril?", and Lancelot responds "No, it's too perilous".

[@CourtneyIsGoblin]

I grew up with this film and can honestly say it is the funniest one I know. For some reason, I keep encountering people who don't get the humor so I was super glad that you did!

[@chaosspear0195]

The french knight by saying his mother was a hamster and his dad smelled of elder berries was basically saying his mom was promiscuous and his father a drunk. The black knight got but a flesh wound and that rabbit was dynamite. The end was a total copout XD

[@bootz8775]

I don't know about funniest moment. But I do still yell "run away!" "Tis but a flesh wound." And , "you may call me....Tim". Jokes are on point, and it really is one of the most quotable movies of all time.

[@cherrycola8217]

Monty python is such a classic. I still say tis but a scratch/fleshwound since my dad shown me the movie when I were young. Gotta do life of brian next!

[@chriskola3822]

I used to watch this stuff when I was a kid. Genuinely formed the basis of my sense of humor I think. whenever I have some weird bit of knowledge that fixes something I will often say, "You have to know these things when you're a king you know." Occasionally it gets a chuckle out of someone who knows the reference.

[@Danny-tf3fd]

If you ever get the chance, go see Spamalot. It's a Broadway musical based on this movie, but they change a couple of things. For one, they actually find the grail in the musical.

[@charliefarmer4365]

"Did they just use that as an excuse to burn people they didn't like?" Unfortunately, yes. In fact, there were more people being burnt that were falsely accused of being witches.

[@dannjp75]

Ask Alexa “what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?” Brilliant

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

This is my all-time favourite comedy film. I first watched this film when I was about 17, and I couldn't stop laughing at the sheer ridiculous nature of it. I must have seen it a dozen times since. I now laugh when I know what's coming, and obviously, quote it all the time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Ni!

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

At least here in America, you can walk in on just about any game of Dungeons and Dragons and you will hear this movie quoted. It’s been quite a while since my first game of D&D and a similar amount of time since I first saw this movie, and I can’t remember not knowing all the funniest lines. I knew it would be a laugh to watch someone experiencing this for the first time, with fresh eyes and ears.

[@StyxRiverGynoid]

I'm still trying to figure out how come there are people in 2022 who haven't seen Monty Python. Or Blazing Saddled. Or Airplane! I mean, did IQ's drop suddenly while I was gone???

[@johnniekight1879]

Saw it 7 times when it came out. Once at a matinee when my friend and I were the only adults. Those kids were rolling in the aisles.

[@moonfisher]

What a delight watching someone experience this classic for the first time and actually get it and appreciate it. For Halloween each year, if we can’t think of anything special, my husband dresses as Tim the Enchanter and I wear bunny ears and fangs.

[@TacoBlend]

These are the kinds of reaction videos I love. Watching someone enjoy a movie as legendary as this for the first time is amazing!

[@beatooze8025]

The history of how 'Tim' the Enchanter got his name is another hilarious tidbit. The Actor forgot his line and just said Tim.... So they kept it. Another version is he was asking 'Tim' what his line was. The name Tim has hit every form of fantasy game and it all generated from this movie.

[@--CHARLIE--]

Thats a myth

[@beatooze8025]

@@--CHARLIE-- yes, but still interesting that a myth came from it. That's also why I gave 2 examples, both are the official stories but still stories none the less.

[@OfficialMondSly]

bro I had no idea you'd never before watched this! You got my legit hurting my ribs, cause Im just laughing at your laughing at these jokes- Its so fun to know this was your first time seeing this, it was like watching it with my friends way back when we first saw this.

[@hertzeid]

As you liked this so much, you'll love Monthy Python's Life of Brian as well. Same humor, but more cohesive as an actual movie.

[@CacoQueen]

One detail I love is that all the Knight's chainmail, aside from Arthur, is woolen sweaters painted silver

[@Ausecko1]

the original Worms (on Amiga at least) had a voice pack which was all quotes from this film, I had that before I ever saw the film, and still remember those quotes better than any of the others :) "consult the Book of Armaments!"

[@joniroxanne96]

Shame they got rid of the "Hallelujah!" Before the Holy Hand Grenade goes boom in the later games! 🥺

[@thurianwanderer]

Finally, after odd 20 years, I'm no longer the only loony that always thought of a Bush instead of a shrubber, watching this scene. XD

[@gggiiillllllyyy]

Best line is, some call me *pauses forgotten stupidly long name* Tim? Everyone else just rolls with it.

[@joel5644]

Seb: "And his nostrils what?" Exactly. lmao

[@lainsechoes]

i can quote this movie all day.

[@scottsaltman]

Love this movie!!! The first time I saw this, the part with the Black Knight and the rabbit in the cave made me laugh so hard, I could not breathe.

[@andymac2276]

You missed out my favourite joke. ‘Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?’ 😂😂 When he adds another layer of illogical madness on top of the previous illogical madness 😂😂 Cracks me up every time 😂😂

[@snowymonkey5215]

One of my alltime favorite movies. I've seen it countless times and not until recently did I notice the shrubber's cart is being pulled by people. Just shows how much there is in this movie.

[@MisterKargar]

My favourite part is the pause before Cleese says ‘Tim’ is him having forgot his line, being an incredibly long and complicated name and they just decided to run with Tim.

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

Well, that's not actually true, it's just a common myth.

[@MisterKargar]

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei it’s a great myth. Don’t spoil it.

[@contranimal]

Such a great movie, as soon as I saw this was posted I HAD to stop everything I was doing and see how you reacted to this masterpiece.

[@XeonAlpha]

When they arrest everyone at the end for murdering the “famous historian” it couldn’t have been anyone from the film because he was riding an _actual_ horse. Took me *years* to pick up on that joke.

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Their "Life of Brian" is a must :D

[@mena94x3]

How is he resisting? He’s Sir Galahad the Chaste! (though when his defenses finally crumbled, his dad stepped in to defend his purity)

[@marykatezehr1074]

Seb, may I say that the mustache and the beard are WORKING!!!!

[@matthewzeller5026]

22:06 almost every reactor cuts the Holy Hand Grenade scene even though it's one of my favorite bits, I'm so glad you kept it in.

[@marianadamasceno5499]

My dad introduced me to Monty Python when I was 10, I've watched their movies so many times and I still laugh my but off! Your video was amazing, I laughed twice as hard with your reactions :) The other films are really good too, I particularly enjoy Life of Brian - but even just the sketches (where they began) are super funny. Btw, you were spot on - many scenes of the film started as sketches. So in a way, the film really is a bunch of random scenes stitched together :)

[@SamRegan610]

The crew had one of the smallest budgets of any film ever made but that was a major part of what made it so iconic

[@Arrynek01]

Medieval armor was anything but what modern movies might make you think. It was surprisingly light (they could sprint and swim) and tightly fit (a playing card couldn't be inserted between the plates). The myth of heavy armor comes from jousting. Those armors had a heavy frontal plate to protect the wearer because it was a sport. Suits of armor were the equivalent of a Rolls-Royce today. The only way to kill a knight was to either get one on the ground and stab in the weakpoints (like eyes), or blunt force trauma. They were borderline immortal when fighting an unskilled opponent (ask the Aztecs...).

[@JeccaJ]

The Worm (Armageddon I believe) Holy hand grenade was a tribute to the one in this film. and yes, Monty Python have done a few films; the Life of Brian caused an uproar with Christians and was banned for a time, which just made it more appealing. Great review!

[@joniroxanne96]

What overly religious peeps don't like, they ban it...naturally. 🙄

[@calmsquirrel7124]

I cannot reccoemnd enough the other monty python stuff such as life of brian, and also another series of absolutely hilarious films, the pink panthers films with Herbert lom and Peter Sellers

[@kimiserrano4097]

This review is one of my favorites by you, it was so great seeing you have such a fantastic time. The rabbit scene with them yelling "Run Away" is my favorite part of the movie.

[@McRino1]

My favourite joke is a throwaway visual gag of sir Bedivere attaching coconuts to a bird

[@METerrell]

They had a series - Monty Python's Flying Circus that ran from 1969 to 1974, that you should check out. There's also The Meaning Of Life and also The Life of Brian. John Cleese starred in a series - Fawlty Towers and has made a few other movies, one of the best being A Fish Called Wanda with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and another member of the Monty Python troupe, Michael Palin.

[@zmarko]

It's impossible to count the number of hilarious things in this movie as there are too many. It's SO good.

[@martinoresnik5518]

This was the first of their movies I saw when I was younger so this will always be my favorite. but all of their other ones are worth watching too. Life of Brian is fantastic as well. and their show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is worth a watch too.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

Most of my university friends knew the entirety of the speach “Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…”. I mostly know, “Help, help, I’m being oppressed.” I’m a fan of the lines: “I’m 37.” “What?” “I’m 37. I’m not old.” “Well, I can’t just call you ‘man.’ “ “You could call me Dennis.” “I didn’t know you were called Dennis.” I first watched this in the ‘80s as a teenager. I think my older brother was watching it and I watched it too. My brother watched all the MP shows too. I watched several. Ministry of Silly Walks is a great skit! And yes, Ready Player One does reference the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, which is used in the final battle scene of RPO!

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

There isn’t anything else that’s ever been made that manages to make fun of so many things in one go. The ending itself is literally a COP OUT.

[@matthewzeller5026]

I highly recommend following this up with the film "Life of Brian" also by Monty Python. It has more of an actual plot and it's my favorite of their movies. Very similar humor but it's just more cohesive.

[@KurvaNedaSeSemNicDat]

Fun fact the guy who killed the historian was literally the only person in the entire movie who had an actual horse ...the shrubber had 2 people pulling the cart and every single one of Arthur's people including the big army at the end had imaginary horse with coconuts ... therefore they were framed

[@StarkRG]

An absolute classic. Monty Python's Flying Circus was a sketch comedy show so the movie ended up being more like a loosely cohesive series of sketches rather than a proper narrative. As others have pointed out, they didn't know how to end the movie so they just wrote their cop-out ending. Their second movie, Monty Python's Life of Brian, is a much more cohesive story with a proper ending. Personally, I find it hard to compare the two, the Life of Brian story is more fulfilling, but it isn't quite literally constant jokes like Holy Grail is, so I'd say they're about equal in my eyes.

[@thomasharris4942]

Two fun facts: Elderberry wine was not uncommon. So he's implying Arthur's father got drunk on it and fucked a hamster. The guys with the trumpets up their bums were taken directly from medieval art, probably from some illuminated manuscript.

[@FallenAngel9979]

This is my fave Monty Pyrhon film. Absolutely bloody hilarious!🤣🤣🤣🤣