Monty Python- Cheese Shop

A funny Monty Python sketch. Enjoy!

[@kurtwagner350]

It’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese

[@zagor1974]

@Cary Groneveldt Definitely

[@gheumann]

no, no - I'm keen to guess.

[@misterwishart]

@Cary Groneveldt - Whereas the best delivery has to go "Now, I'm going to ask you that question once more..."

[@matthewsabo2490]

No it isn't

[@sashcroft7270]

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[@juliankasow2871]

I love all the python sketches where it's just John Cleese steadily getting angrier and angrier

[@marcusbighouse]

Perfect

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

Impressive that he memorised such a long list of unavailable cheese.

[@nickknierim3345]

0

[@nickknierim3345]

0

[@HiVizCamo]

WILL YOU SHUT THAT BLOODY DANCING UP!

[@lqtmn]

Uncontaminated by cheese is my favorite throw away line of all time

[@francesmeyer8478]

I was listening to a video about American Riviera Orchard and this popped into my mind. ARO is uncontaminated by products of any type.🇺🇸

[@nosuchthing8]

I don't care how excrementally runny is mine

[@brianarbenz1329]

I like that line, too. It's so _clean._

[@ianthesoccerref]

"I don't care how excrementally runny it is..."

[@mdmjr2468]

@@brianarbenz1329 'Well, its certainly uncontaminated by cheese

[@vampiricn1ght]

I feel nobody takes the time to appreciate how much work John Cleese had to put into memorizing basically every kind of cheese

[@NativeEffect]

Would be amazing, if it was an uncut scene. But really he’d only have to memorise 4-5 then the camera cuts to the other guy

[@madsclausen4028]

@@NativeEffect There is a recording of them doing the sketch live, if you'd like to see John Cleese performing his heart out.

[@hamburgerhelper22]

i know,correct?

[@olarisrhea2034]

John Cheese, brilliant

[@lipino7777]

he doesn't have to anymore

[@ippinekebe3238]

'Well, its certainly uncontaminated by cheese". Lmao

[@ajg8600]

McDonalds when you ask for ice cream

[@ZombiesCometh]

AJ G so I’m not the only one who has encountered 90% of McDonalds who inexplicably have broken ice cream machines?!

[@jacobhargiss3839]

@@ZombiesCometh i dont think people understand what a pain in the rear those machines are to operate, one missed step when cleaning or reassembling and it makes a horrible skreaching noise as if one thousand nails on chalk boards surrounded the area. Also, they continuously over freeze and become blocked or underfreeze and turn into milkshake.

[@greenghost2008]

My theory is that they have no way to fix it if it breaks during the day. They are just fucked if it breaks down early on.

[@dancrane3807]

But, it is great ice cream on the 10% of the days it does work.

[@watto7291]

@@ZombiesCometh our ice cream machine has never broken. We're the only macdonalds in the area to have never had the ice cream machine break. Did you know the milkshake machine is the same machine as the ice cream machine?

[@golden_pantaloons]

"The cat's eaten it!" "Has he?" "She, sir." (with that shit-eating grin, love it!)

[@theoverseer393]

a smile that could eat an entire cheese wheel in one bite

[@TheBehm08]

Even a bad guesser at the gender of the cat lol

[@redactedduetosafetyreasons]

Adrian: DAMM IT PLAGG!

[@mikemerinoff]

This is the most overlooked joke in the history of comedy

[@DrunkenCoward1]

*John Cleese death stare*

[@chucknola484]

The way he said the line "I want to buy some cheeeeessseeee" always gets me.

[@BareBandSubscription]

The inclusion of the obnoxiously pervasive music in the background is just brilliant. It absolutely ties the whole sketch together in how it’s implemented.

[@larryellisreed280]

And pray (imitating John Cleese here), what exactly IS the bouzouki music at the opening of the sketch?

[@danem2215]

I know its not, but it reminds me a lot of the melody played by the guitarists in Shadow of Chernobyl.

[@adrianstunt1829]

I must say, I really don't get it. The music ruins it, in my opinion.

[@AdmiralDG]

​@@adrianstunt1829 Its there to make you anxious/ feel the grating feeling(pardon the cheese pun). High tier comedy stuff, dont you know. Uncontaminated by "cheese" if you will ;D

[@zibberebbiz]

"Venezuelan beaver cheese?" "Not today."

[@zagor1974]

"Normally, sir, yes, but today the plane broke down

[@DV84nl]

Sooo good, classic!!

[@renlin8925]

@Robyn Harris you’d be surprised

[@santiagodelcastillo3241]

@Ed Norton ah yes, the transatlantic van, of course.

[@musettemusic8261]

Interesting thing here is that there are no beavers in the Venezuelan natural habitat!

[@Stubby1085]

John has said that when he and Graham wrote the skit everybody thought it was horrible except Michael Palin who fell on the floor with laughter. 😂

[@simonpeters2128]

Palin was definitly right!

[@ravensong9030]

That's what I saw in an interview as well, John Cleese wrote this sketch without even thinking it was funny

[@HiVizCamo]

It's all in the delivery, this would fall to pieces without Cleese here, at his peak.

[@ravensong9030]

@@HiVizCamo Yes, and I think this applies to a lot of Monty Python's material. Maybe Palin saw where the sketch was going when he was shown the script

[@TheGreatAtario]

Bless Michael Palin

[@Shadypelt]

I work in a cheese shop, so, a lady asked for two cheeses we don’t have then told me to watch this haha^^

[@kylew.4896]

I never been To a cheese shop...how do you serve it?

[@jamestankitwo8461]

@@kylew.4896 Extra runny

[@lemsolaris67]

Which cheese you did not have? Just in case..

[@whatawonderfulworld24]

armyyyyyyy

[@TitoRigatoni]

@@lemsolaris67 Venezuelan Beaver Cheese

[@beatlemaniac]

"Anyway..." "Who said that?!"

[@Jaryism]

There’s something so brilliantly hilarious about this that just goes straight to the heart. The veil of respectfulness and civility lasts like 95% then when he realizes there’s nothing he has no choice but to drop the veil and blast him, it’s genius lol

[@goranadamson6170]

Exactly!!

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

You wouldnt like me when I am peckish sir

[@hamburgerhelper22]

Seems a bit bereft of cheese.........

[@jamesmartinandbbccontinuities]

@@LeonardGreenpaw this show was created by the bbc

[@Kniesoor]

I like this sketch, dont get me wrong, but I dont really understand the point they're trying to make. Or is there none?

[@mariguana7918]

Blessed are the cheesemakers

[@embe1]

For whey shall inherit the earth

[@IrvingIV]

Broken be the bakers, withered be the farmers, and the pottery makers.

[@justaguy2365]

Well obviously it's not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturer of dairy products

[@beaurzaiz]

@John Stocker I wasn't picking it, I was just scratching it...

[@richardcarrier9536]

That was pretty gouda, but I do believe you could do cheddar next time.

[@twiggyb67]

"Will you shut that bloody dancing up!!?"

[@quizmaster85]

"I told you so."

[@eitanavni-heller7774]

No...

[@ScarecrOmega]

perfect timing, I lost it at that part

[@jimsj9482]

That shit gets really annoying when you're buying cheese...

[@CoffeeManiac20]

That caught me off guard

[@Snowfireblues]

5:08 I love how the man buying cheese goes from being a Moriarty styled intellectual, whom, without any hesitation whatsoever, killed a man for wasting his time with a cheese shop that has no cheese to sell at all (briefly contemplating the insignificance and futility of his victim's, now former, existence), to being a full blown cowboy in a matter of milliseconds.

[@diomedes8791]

SnowFireBlues Have you seen the original Flying Circus episode the sketch is lifted from? If not, the cowboy thing is part of the transition into the next sketch where Cleese supposedly is a character in a Western movie reviewed by Eric Idle.

[@TheRealGnolti]

This is in essence the utter genius of this five minute episode, and only Cleese & Palin could possibly pull it off. I'm sure there was a script, but it self-destructed upon performance.

[@indigoimp0446]

I don't understand what you mean.

[@deanwinchester3526]

He’s actually more of a Sherlock than a Moriarty. Sherlock’s a sociopath. Moriarty is a psychopath.

[@a-likely-story]

Yes I too love elements of the video that make it humorous.

[@mr.snulch]

The part where he tells them to shut the bloody music off is one of the greatest moments in sketch comedy. It has such great build up as the John Cleese slowly loses his nerve, then finally snaps.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

loses his patience you mean, not nerve

[@mr.snulch]

@@fattymcfatso1083 dancing off I mean, not music off

[@hiddenharmonicssystemforwi4484]

And it comes after we have stopped noticing it. Genius!

[@mr.snulch]

@@hiddenharmonicssystemforwi4484 Hahah I never thought of that... you're right. We tune into the music and forget about it, but he doesn't!

[@SamuelBlack84]

"Excuse me, is this a cheese shop?" "No, sir" "Well, that's that sketch knackered then, isn't it?"

[@unstableordinance]

Shoots shop owner and rides into the sunset...

[@jumb0j0ck]

Young Ones?

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Their incredible use of the language is what puts the Pythons a cut above all others

[@diomedes8791]

Amen to that. All Pythons were Oxbridge graduates, which shows (xcept Terry Gilliam).

[@TheMonarchgroup]

AND no foul language!!!

[@warrenfriel8857]

Michael Palin is from Sheffield , so am I. I was draged on gravel.. the Yorkshire man sketch.

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@TheMonarchgroup At times, there was a swear word or two, but for the most part, they were perfectly hilarious without the need for profanity.

[@adventureswithaurora]

Agreed. Same in _A Bit of Fry and Laurie._

[@BionicTem]

I lost my shit at "it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese"

[@copybook3432]

I did not understand joke. Explain please,

[@bakedbeast689]

@@copybook3432 there’s nothing to really explain... Dude wants cheese, cheese shop has no cheese. He jokes and says “it’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese” bc there’s no cheese in sight

[@fenderstratguy]

@@copybook3432 The owner was bragging about how clean his cheese shop was and Cleese grudgingly concedes that, well as a minimum, there definitely seems to be no cheese contaminating it (making it dirty). The irony is that cheese is the one thing you would expect to find plenty of in a cheese shop.

[@waynemarvin5661]

You lost your shit? Where did you have it last?

[@samuelhain2712]

Bionic Tern- Take Pepto Bismol

[@matheustran8009]

If you pay attention to the beginning the cheese shop's name is Henry Wensleydale ... So he wasn't lying

[@quaid667]

He changed it to Arthur in one of the live shows

[@qwertylello]

There's a joke on the shop banner that hardly anyone caught. It reports: "Purveyor of fine cheese to the gentry _and the poverty stricken too_ "

[@jimsj9482]

.. a proper cheese shop plays parlay and purveys to both mice and cats...

[@LMTR14]

so how is that a joke

[@MickPalaniEllis]

I don't get it...what is the significance of that name ?

[@grumpyentity2029]

‘Venezuelan beaver cheese?’ ‘Not today sir no’ The way he says it makes it sound like they normally do have it 😂

[@JamesSimmons-d1t]

too twoo.

[@thiefofa1073]

1:30 Red Leicester - Tilsit - Caerphilly (stout yeoman) - Bel Paese - Red Windsor - Stilton - Gruyere? Emmental? - Norwegian Jarlsberger - Liptauer - Lancashire - White Stilton - Danish Blue - Double Gloucester - Cheshire - Dorset Blue Vinney - Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l'Eveque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre-de-L'Est, Boursin, Bresse Bleu, Perle de Champagne - Camembert (runny) - Gouda - Edam - Caithness - Smoked Austrian - Japanese Sage Darby (you do have cheese?) - Wensleydale (name) - Greek Feta - Gorgonzola - Parmesan - Mozzarella - Pippo Creme - Danish Fimboe - Czech sheep's milk - Venezuelan Beaver Cheese (not today) - Cheddar (popular) - Illchster (popular here, expecting no, clean shop) - Limburger (ask me about it, shut that Bouzouki off!).

[@thiefofa1073]

Forgot the last one "Do you have any cheese at all?" - BANG!

[@kmarasin]

Only one is fictional, easy to guess which

[@thiefofa1073]

@@kmarasin said "Only one is fictional, easy to guess which" - I'll have you know my friend says he has had Venezuelan Beaver Cheese in real life, and it wasn't very good.

[@eliyaxue3945]

When did he say Greek feta?

[@thiefofa1073]

@@eliyaxue3945 Think he left it out in this version - I got the words from the script. But it should be in other live shows, countless live appearances, talk shows and tv versions (at least 4-5 of them), and not in this one.

[@killjoymcquire6340]

Apparently, John Cleese and Graham Chapman had the idea for this sketch after Cleese had been sea sick. Seems appropriate given the feverish tone.

[@Leebo13]

Yes, to think that it was borne from the idea that John Cleese wondered if he could buy cheese from a pharmacy.

[@ombricshalazar3869]

lol more like john cheese

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@ombricshalazar3869 That would've been John's name had his father not changed the family's surname for fear of mockery.

[@ombricshalazar3869]

@@budakbaongsiah it was DESTINY

[@lovemykiss9]

Cheeses listed: Red Leicester, Tilsit, Caerphilly, Bel Paese, Red Windsor, Stilton, Gruyere, Emmenthal, Norwegian Jarlsberg, Liptauer, Lancashire, White Stilton, Danish Blue, Double Gloucester, Cheshire, Dorset Blue Vinny, Brie, Roquefort, Pont L’Eveque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre de L’Est, Boursin, Bresse-Bleu, Perle de Champagne, Camembert, Gouda, Edam, Caithness, Smoked Austrian, Sage Derby, Wensleydale, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Mozzarella, Pipo Creme, Danish Fynboe, Czechoslovakian sheep’s milk cheese (Abertam), Venezuelan Beaver Cheese, Cheddar, Ilchester and Limburger.

[@sakellarioudimitris7439]

And no feta....

[@karabaja63]

NO

[@Muchoyo]

Nor Spanish Manchego!

[@lovemykiss9]

Mic Arsenijevic It’s a bit of a delicacy.

[@LordNumbnutsthe1st]

Oh, man, the beaver cheese is an actual THING?! *shudders* Also, can't believe I've been hearing it wrong all these decades - always thought Cleese said "Danish *BIMBO*". #SMH Smiling face with rueful eyes

[@Darkstar263]

"I don't care how excrementally runny it is"

[@kingdavid7571]

On the audio album he says "fucking runny" I think the album is "Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief". I had another of their albums, but I can't remember its Title.

[@DoctorInk20]

Ah, yes. Swearing on public service TV. 😆 I legitimately find "excremently" funnier.

[@phousefilms]

@@kingdavid7571 Its in "the Final Ripoff"that he says "fucking", still have my CD's of it. :)

[@mannywildegibbons1177]

I came here to watch the sketch because I'm eating brie, and it's very runny, quite excrementally so.

[@premanadi]

@Geo Leech I agree.

[@actionturnip395]

I’m never ready for the cowboy hat at the end.

[@MickPalaniEllis]

Ironically, the very beginning it sounds like old western music that they're playin

[@CziffraTheThird]

Does the scene actually end there? What happens after he puts the hat on? The video really cuts off with a big cliffhangar

[@MityaiKuvalda]

@@CziffraTheThird it ends with Cleese in a hat and Rough Cheddar caption

[@AceNinja2112]

"NOBODY expects the cowboy hat!" 🤠

[@zerosen1972]

He went from John Cleese to John Wayne in 5 minutes and 29 seconds.

[@rjmunguia1]

I can't believe no one has mentioned 2:23 where he starts listing cheeses in rhythm with the music in the background, probably one of my favorite parts.

[@bullsseye11]

Nice catch, never noticed!

[@AppleGazin]

Thanks! Didn't notice that.

[@gargoyle790]

Thank you for this! As a musician who's seen this sketch probably close to 100 times, I hadn't noticed.

[@guitaristdotcom]

Nice!

[@jeffmousebeans5055]

as a musician who is actually a musician, I can confirm that it is certainly not in rhythm with the music by any means

[@NewMusicWeekly]

It's funny how Palin enters at 0:26. He's waiting right behind the door, not trying to hide the set-up like an actor would normally do.

[@ripro83]

This is one of their Top 5 Sketches: a combination of a great premise and impeccable dialogue, but with a touch of weirdness to keep it off balance.

[@Evan490BC]

But with a touch of cheesiness...

[@trashAndNoStar]

...without the actual cheese, of course.

[@paul2523a]

John cleese always said he didn't find this sketch funny

[@fenderstratguy]

@@paul2523a That's insane. It's hilarious.

[@paul2523a]

@@fenderstratguy exactly

[@SeherFettProductions]

The thing that makes it so brilliant is that by everything that is holy in comedy, the very concept of this sketch just *shouldn't* work. Yet it's one of the most memorable and beloved Python sketches, and that's already saying a lot. :D

[@-8l-924]

what are the reasons it shouldn’t work?

[@paulmahoney7619]

@@-8l-924 it’s John Cleese listing off cheeses and Michael Palin saying they don’t have them until Cleese gets fed up and puts a bullet in Palin’s skull. That shouldn’t be funny, but Cleese and Palin are able to pull it off

[@JE47556]

@@-8l-924 because they’re all out, just this morning, Sir.

[@conscienceaginBlackadder]

@@-8l-924 It doesn't work for me. Because no..no..no is just a bore, it needs a clever answer to each cheese. The completely forgotten 80s series Assaulted Nuts has a shop sketch with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Sparkling Cyanide, that's similarly silly but it's logic works far better.

[@Shinkajo]

Most beloved? Is it really?

[@jack002tuber]

It's not like you're trying to return a dead parrot

[@samarvora7185]

Nah, he's just stunned, you see... Beautiful plumage...

[@reptilemama939]

@@samarvora7185 pining for the fjords...

[@poppyqueen7894]

💀💀💀

[@reptilemama939]

@@fenderstratguy yes!! I stand corrected

[@reptilemama939]

@@fenderstratguy see above 😊

[@kathrynhanson3317]

I work in a cheese department. This is actually one of the things we show people when they first start. Because it makes us giggle.

[@LPJack02]

RIP the two members of Monty Python Graham Chapman (January 8, 1941 - October 4, 1989), aged 48 Terry Jones (February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020), aged 77 You both will always be remembered as legends.

[@pressureworks]

And the Parrot.

[@Profkol0rado]

​@@pressureworksNo, He's just resting

[@shays01]

@@Profkol0rado no ... pining for the fjords

[@treasurehunter3744]

John Cleese: Peckish Me: Oh! Hungry. John Cleese: Esurient. Me: by context, a new word for hungry. John Cleese: Eaveruoodidilye Vender: Ah! Hungry. Me: !?

[@Digital-2_4_6]

Treasure Hunter couldn’t have said it better

[@matsgranqvist9928]

"I were all hungry like"

[@tessastrong1770]

@@matsgranqvist9928 from the bottom of my heart thank you lol

[@dmitriyk6465]

It's hard...Especially when you are Russian. But anyway it's my favourite British sketch.

[@Ali-gp2eq]

He says 'eee came over all hungry like' said in joke Yorkshire accent

[@MikhailKrilov]

If he had just let the shopkeeper tell him, none of it would have happened, but vehemently insisted on guessing and dragging it out for himself! Very funny

[@pauldavies152]

Cleese and Palin work so well together. The facial expressions and timing is fantastic.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

Their Parrot Sketch Live performance on the Secret Policeman's Ball is absolutely superb viewing, they both can't contain their laughing

[@nicholasdaniels780]

I currently work in a deli and when we're low on cheese, given the shortage of Boar's Head products lately, I always think of this sketch, makes me chuckle and gets me through the day a little easier, especially when customers ask about the cheese XD

[@davidrule385]

4:51 "Have you got-- WILL YOU SHUT THAT BLOODY DANCING UP?!"

[@zeef6946]

The empty display should have tipped him off.

[@markaurelius61]

"Anyway...", "Who said that?"

[@fenderstratguy]

"I'm one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse." And the Euterpean muse as well, it appears

[@Sarah-ev1gj]

indeed!

[@indigoimp0446]

...what do you mean by Euterpean muse?

[@indigoimp0446]

I seriously don't know what that is.

[@fenderstratguy]

@@indigoimp0446 I refer, of course, to one of the other 8 Muses in Greek mythology...the one presiding over music. In alphabetical order, the 9 Muses were these: Calliope - the Muse of epic poetry Clio - history Erato - love poetry Euterpe - music Melpomene - tragedy Polyhymnia - sacred poetry Terpsichore - dance Thalia - comedy Urania - astronomy Don't feel bad though....I had to look this up, too.

[@indigoimp0446]

Oh, now I get it.

[@dominicpeterson5018]

The photographic prelude adds so much

[@martinworld7214]

indeed , with the same arty music carrying on once inside , yet performed now in a slapstic manner

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

"...I curtailed my Walpolling activities..." 😆

[@johanneshe6939]

I was expecting the punchline to be that the Camembert was so runny that it ran away...

[@matheustran8009]

Same

[@thec-m]

I was expecting him to pull out a milk jug or something.

[@briang.2218]

@@thec-m Same XD

[@meot.meo.1097]

That's freakin' funny and the fact how they maybe avoid that punchline even when it's obvious. 🤣

[@SerDiesel90]

Monty Python doesn't do punchlines

"I'm keen to guess" this line made it

[@alexanderdgray]

No one else seems to have mentioned my favorite line, "I delight in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse"

[@hotelmario510]

I love how at one point the shopkeeper offers to tell him what cheese they have in stock and he refuses because he wants to GUESS what cheese the shop has

[@Zelos311]

Knowing full well they have no cheese whatsoever. 😂

[@UFOUAPMagnet]

Not'yo Cheese 🧀

[@alexandreandrade215]

No matter how many times I watch this I still laugh when Cleese yells WILL YOU STOP THAT BLOODY MUSIC.

[@Chris-wj8fz]

I always thought it was " shut that bloody bazuki up"

[@lukasgehrer680]

I always crack up at "Will you shut that bloody dancing up!!?"

[@SpikeShooter92]

It's about time they make an actual Mr. Wensleydale Cheese Emporium somewhere in London with all the cheese mentioned here and in other Monty Python performances (just have a permanent sold out on Venezuelan Beaver Cheese sign on the desk), hell have Michael Palin himself at the grand opening and have him run the desk for the first day or first hour of operations.

[@kademcarthur5362]

What’s the address?

[@charlesludwig8672]

This idea wouldn't be gouda

[@g3ar75]

@@charlesludwig8672 HALT! Stop right there and face the pun police!

[@fb30xhk]

This makes so much sense. It’s actually difficult to understand why no one has pursued this brilliant idea

[@Profkol0rado]

​@@g3ar75I'm going to pun you

[@Iggywiggywoo]

Cheese was John Cleese's surname originally. His father changed it to Cleese when he enlisted in the war as he found Cheese embarrassing.

[@MrWolfSnack]

Yes, a Brit with "Cheese" as his name during the war, it certainly rightly would be.

[@Dowlphin]

Missed opportunity to cheese his war through war.

[@Amazayne]

Actually it was his grandfather who changed the name during the first World War it was merely his father who told him about it... unless I misheard the audio book which honestly wouldn't surprise me

[@Engineer_Who]

And once John found out, he was immensely disappointed that he hadn’t gone through life named Jack Cheese.

[@lucretius39]

@@Amazayne 0

[@lindahockham5081]

When I was between 25 and 30 back in the seventies, I chummed with a group that could recite all the Monty Python skits verbatim. We were in a restaurant one day and the people at the next table chimed in as they were also fans. Wonderful memories. BTW I have wondered frequently if we have somehow found ourselves participating in an elaborate Monty Python skit while observing the decision making during this pandemic reaction. Thanks for posting one of my favourite skits.❤️🇨🇦

[@timtom4300]

who taught you to use the internet old man

[@timtom4300]

...a para-reference to Monty Python, dear Linda. And I agree, this pandemic has been surreal.

[@lindahockham5081]

@@timtom4300 Things started happening so quickly, I couldn’t wait for the book. Desperate times call for desperate measures. ❤️🇨🇦

[@ginarichards6307]

My favorite, that I quote quite regularly, (or make up new ones), is The Four Yorkshiremen. It still makes me giggle uncontrollably. "Ohhhh we used to DREAM of livin' in a corridor!"

[@ginarichards6307]

My favorite, that I quote quite regularly, (or make up new ones), is The Four Yorkshiremen. It still makes me giggle uncontrollably. "Ohhhh we used to DREAM of livin' in a corridor!"

[@kurtrueckel1254]

Certainly, one of the greatest skits of all time - anywhere.

[@amoghvikramsingh1671]

5:05 It was an act of pure optimism to pose the question in the first place 🤣🤣

[@goranadamson6170]

How elegant, how furious!

[@bobross2749]

When the shopkeeper said “no”...I felt that

[@Kelly14UK]

No.. no.. no.. no....

[@tarekmoneimsaid]

I love the signs at the beginning, "purveyor of fine cheese to the gentry and poverty stricken too" - because you won't be spending a dime! Also, "Licensed for public dancing" :D

[@siegfried7469]

Such wonderfully delightful silliness 😂

[@Vicscas]

I never knew all these cheeses existed. I love this sketch

[@Thorgnor]

1:09 Ah wont ta bie some cheeeese!

[@blackbob3358]

an apostrophe is missing, twixt n and the bleeding t. frankly, it's not good enough.

[@datdoglovesdogs]

🤣🤣

[@-8l-924]

ah! I thought you were complaining about the music.

[@JamesSimmons-d1t]

accent variation. i like to jump from cockney to received moiself.

[@LinoKilian]

You're making me laugh

[@norakbubbles]

I got to see John Cleese in person earlier this week and he said that this sketch was his absolute favorite that he did 😁😂

[@TnseWlms]

Is he now a Santa Barbarian?

[@Rcknrll666]

“Who said that?!” Haha I literally bursted out

[@terrybone5686]

here’s a fun fact - my son had the pleasure of interviewing John Cleese and asked him which was his favourite skit of all he had done… you guessed it The Cheese Shop was his answer

[@Paul-vc8on]

The best part is how long they actually wait before having Cleese scream at the musician and dancers.

[@jordanweir7187]

my favourite of all the monty python sketches, will always be

[@djbukkit]

Not much of a cheese shop really is it?

[@Kelly14UK]

Blessed Are The Cheesemakers

[@sirswearsalot1813]

The finest in the area

[@TH-fs2hm]

@@sirswearsalot1813 and what drives you to that conclusion?

[@torstenscholz6243]

@@TH-fs2hm It’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese.

[@Muth500]

@@Kelly14UK it's obviously not to be taken literally, it refers to all manufacturers of dairy products.

[@aragorn1780]

Imagine how quickly the first minute would have gone if he wasn't trying so hard to sound grandiloquently intellectual xDDD

[@negascoot23]

We grandiloquent intellectuals find ourselves profoundly indebted to Mr. Cleese for his truly staggering grammatical aptitude. His unprecedented and incomparable verbosity significantly enhances the entire vignette appreciation experience. Brava to him, and may the fates continue to show him their favor!

[@Brainwave101]

@@negascoot23 Sorry sir?

[@negascoot23]

@@Brainwave101 Us Poindexters think it's totally bad ass that J-man lays out the 50 cent words like a BOSS. This crap would suck so hard he weren't bringin' the vocab. Rock on, Johnny! You made this sketch your BITCH! WOOOO! PIE-THON 4 EVA!

[@walidraja5539]

@@negascoot23 Oh, funny!

[@zibberebbiz]

A big part of this sketch is definitely John being pompous about his English and French

[@neilthemedflyspecial]

“Well it certainly isn’t contaminated by cheese”. One of the funniest skit lines ever written. 🤣

[@anton1990]

A classic! Every time I watch this sketch I get a mad craving for cheese.

[@mercrantos3455]

The face he makes when he looks at this sign always cracks me up

[@QuintEssential-sz2wn]

The thing I’ve always found odd about this brilliant sketch is how John Cleese starts off as the campier nutty character, where Michael Palin’s character is having a hard time getting at what Cleese wants, but as soon as the cheese dialogue begins the roles switch and suddenly Cleese is playing the serious straight man to Palin’s goofy proprietor, having a hard time getting what he wants out of Palin.

[@chasgorman1086]

I still love it how Cleese loses his mind in the Dirty Fork sketch, sort of a prelim to the angry Basil of Fawlty Towers.

[@mr.youtube975]

the shop could afford the musicians but no cheese LOL.

[@Tom_Quixote]

Maybe those two facts are related somehow.

[@Vuldari]

"All we have is this box of One Dozen, Starving, Crazed Weasels"

[@portcullis5622]

"It (the shop) is so clean". "Well, it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese".

[@WerewolfGuyyy]

when he corrects him on the gender of the cat makes me giggle so much for some reason XD

[@HiVizCamo]

Modern take would be "Oh the cats eaten it" "Has zhurr..." "Ftang-ftang, sir"

[@davidsOO50]

I was shocked it didn’t get a bigger laugh.

[@kokoloism]

I want this to be played on a huge screen on my funeral

[@chucknola484]

so who will be the three people dancing to it during the service?

[@Dowlphin]

funnyeral

[@GlastoGeek7]

Pure comedy genius. That's it.

[@HMWelch76]

Venezuelan Beaver Cheese. That is all.

[@grungecrunge]

You would know about that

[@tysonmccorkle1036]

celestialcat ouch lmao

[@EduardoCruz-lk1xp]

"Not today Sir, no"

[@SBHG4991]

@@grungecrunge a very disgusting human being may I add.

[@JOHN-km8dh]

@@SBHG4991 I agree. By the way I had several helpings of Heather's beaver cheese, and found it nearly addicting!

[@0x777]

"What a senseless waste of human life" I wonder to this day whether he meant the clerk he shot or whether he meant the viewer he was looking at and the time wasted watching the sketch. Personally, I consider it time well wasted.

[@torbjornkarlsen]

The ending is a bit disappointing, it really is.

[@negascoot23]

@@torbjornkarlsen Python had a way of doing that...a lot of their sketches don't end so much as they just--stop. (Either that, or they segue into the following sketch.) No resolution, no pay-off, no punchline. It was deliberate and calculated rebellion against the expected format of a comedy sketch... ...and it was brilliant 😊 It really makes you realize how psychologically dependent you are on the traditional narrative structure: A defined beginning, middle, and end. Mess with that, and your brain doesn't know what to do with itself☺️😵

[@bigcoffee8341]

I saw it as the fact that the shop owner was so useless, his life meant nothing and his death was the same. The shop guy's existence was a senseless waste of human life.

[@Brendan-Black]

@@negascoot23 Because, let's be honest, the Python were not good at writing a satisfying ending to a sketch...ever.

[@negascoot23]

@@Brendan-Black They've talked about that--about coming up with sketch ideas and literally *not* knowing how to end them. The genius part is that they didn't trash the sketches, or make up any sort of crap that would serve as an ending, they just asked themselves: _"What if it just STOPS?"_ Noboby else ever really considered that as an option ☺️

[@kh2866]

When the teacher asks what do I know vs. me.

[@JonnyCooper]

One of their very best sketches, which means it's one of THE funniest comedy sketches ever.

[@jamesgellerman5493]

I love the buildup of tension within Cleese to the point where he just screams at the musicians!!

[@Promethium666]

"I don't care how excremently runny it is" omfg i never got that as a child haha, if/when i ever had kids, they will grow up watching Monty Python.

[@francesmeyer8478]

This is one of Monty Python's best skit.!!🇺🇸

[@torstenscholz6243]

1:08 John Cleese is so amazing. 😂👍

[@colin6768]

I remember first hearing this back in 91 or 92. Because of this sketch I had to try different cheeses. Especially the ones listed in the sketch.

[@PhillipRobinson-g6q]

Genius of a man.

[@captainsanchez4829]

"i like a nice dance your forced to" is probably the best line

[@Magmafrost13]

Ive been trying to remember the origin of the quote "what a senseless waste of human life" for so long, never would've guessed it was from Monty Python

[@sumtingwong5248]

Anybody ever notice that when John Cleese makes a funny face, he's completely unrecognizable?

[@garyknowles8378]

The best of The Best. Incomparable. IMO

[@cinemaipswich4636]

When I was young, I could quote every word of this comic sketch.

[@vdd]

The cheddar bit is always my favourite for some reason

[@FerdinandCesarano]

I love the utter contempt with which Cleese utters the words "round these parts".

[@harryfyhr4010]

This and "silly job intervew" are my favorite Python skits

[@budakbaongsiah]

GOODE NIGHTTT~ A DING A DING A DING~

[@indigoimp0446]

Five!

[@indigoimp0446]

Four!

[@indigoimp0446]

Three!

[@indigoimp0446]

Two!

[@enfieldjohn101]

One of the best comedy sketches ever.

[@PZZZyyyn]

bro snapped at talented people in the back all the while carrying a gun since he stepped in the shop. terrifying how lack of cheese made some people become.

[@iansmith8783]

I'm one who delights in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse

[@karenstickney9699]

Happy belated birthday, Michael Palin.