Lumber jack song

[@andrewabel3927]

I remember watching this in 1969/70 when it was first shown on Monty Python. My three flatmates fell about laughing and went to the pub which was full of those who had just watched the show. what a hilarious evening.

[@coldlakealta4043]

I remember being part of a bunch of beered-up Canadians closing out a bar in Los Cabos, Mexico with a rousing version of this. The American tourists were stunned when we convinced them it was the actual Canadian national anthem. It should be, eh?

[@sergionascimentobordalo202]

Did y'all sing the song at the Pub?

[@MichaelRainey-hr3cq]

A thousand years from now they will watch this skit and laugh. Kudos to you Michael Palin

[@Android2137]

I don't know how many times I've listened to this already, but I never get tired of it.

[@KwikD1987]

Same bro

[@kowanut]

As a trucker I've known a lot of loggers over the years and only a handful of them were transvestites. All loadermen for some reason...

[@legionaireb]

Are you by any chance a Weird Al fan?

[@kowanut1]

@@legionaireb No, sorry..🤣🤣

[@legionaireb]

@@kowanut1 Well, even so, you might want to look up an original song of his called 'Drivin' a Truck.'

[@itayeldad3317]

Dear Sir, I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about the song which had just broadcast about the lumberjack who wears women's clothes. Many of my best friends are lumberjacks and only a few of them are transvestites. Yours faithfully, Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Ms.). P.S. I have never kissed the editor of the Radio Times.

[@cybertechinc.7427]

Note taken. This song only represents one lumberjack, not a generalization of all lumberjacks. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we are at least slightly bewildered by the PS you added.

[@SewSumi]

איתי אלדד Nice, I was just looking for what they cut off the end of that sketch... You saved Google from my manly one-finger typed search.

[@CorgiDaddy2]

Sew Sumi Just make sure your pinky is out when you type. Need to have proper form and all.

[@hillbillyhippie23]

What's long and hard on a lumberjack-grade one!

[@1967MLP]

Classic ignorance, good luck Brah

[@alechorn1109]

Haven’t seen this in years. Shows eternity of internet.

[@GingerSnape46]

*wiping tears* My mom made up a version of this and sang it to my dog. They'er both gone now. Bet Graham Chapman and my mom are singing a duet of this. PYTHON ROCKS!!

[@falmircamion3534]

Why Graham Chapman ? This is Michael Palin !

[@josevi5479]

@@falmircamion3534 probably because Chapman "has ceased to be" but Palin is still alive

[@falmircamion3534]

Oh, yes, sorry. I didn't catch the details (English is not my mother tongue)

[@MessiahComing]

I too, am from British Columbia, and I dress in women's clothing and hang out in bars. And by dressing as a woman and hanging out in bars, I mean I chop down trees, and eat my lunch.

[@Destruction320]

This is the reason why Monty Python is not just ordinary comedy, the cleverness of the show amuses every brain cell of mine.

[@TheDastardlyDerek]

I live in British Columbia, and I find this to be a fairly accurate demonstration of local culture .

[@RØSSETTØ.KUSTØM.MØPEDS]

lmao Right?

[@bonnienichalson5151]

Yes your from BC we chop down trees :) and go home to put a skirt on before going to the bar 🍻🥸👍🇨🇦🎈✨

[@trooperdgb9722]

On my first visit to BC I was driving back to town (Prince George) , and got stuck behind a logging truck. That song instantly started playing in my head!

[@pacificprospector]

Yes, definitely. As a British Columbian, that is what makes the song even more hilarious.

[@gringochucha]

Palin's face throughout the sketch is priceless. I don't know how many times I've seen this and it still cracks me up.

[@holymoley1920]

Wonderfull to see this again. Makes me smile. Unafraid British humour from when I was young.

[@mog398]

Dexter: The Alternate Ending

[@CBraxton]

Best comment I’ve ever seen on KZbin. 👊

[@ilayohana3150]

The writers could at least have gone off as decent if they had that at the end. Yknow just to nail in they didn't know what do do with the show.

[@Spiderman-tg9ke]

Dexter was captivating and had so many great actors!

[@dnaivnae]

hey, man ime proud to be a lumberjackie (female lumberjack, where ime from) and instead o' doin all those things he sang about, we lumberjackies go to the pub and drink our weight in beer, eat all the nachos and haggus we can consume in our guts then those who r married, like me, we go home to our spouses and have our merry ol' way with them 15 times from Sunday nite! also, we get saturdays off

[@lesliespann6420]

Classic! And GREAT!!! 💚

[@misterbeeps]

17 years later and Canada hasn't changed a bit!

[@roosterbox]

Out of all of the hilarious Python sketches (Dead Parrot included), this one is my favorite! I could sing it forever. The best part - no one looks at you funny when you sing it! They all either laugh or start singing along! It's amazing! The Power of the Python...

[@LoneWanderer101]

All rise for the stereotypical Canadian national anthem.

[@HaloFTW55]

Does Dogmeat like Poutine ?

[@thel33tpenguinftw40]

Jason Liu In Canadian Fallout we have Polarbear meat.

[@TnseWlms]

I thought it was Maple Leaf Rag.

[@hellobeautiful5225]

I once worked as a Dogwalker for A member of MP. I won’t say which one. One day, some guys were cutting down some very old trees near his property, and he went over to gripe at them about it. He wanted to save the old trees. I thought “Wow… that’s gotta be the worst thing EVER to happen to a Lumberjack! To be yelled at, by a Member of Monty Python! And too be told…YOU ARE NOT OKAY!”

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

Some of my best friends are lumberjacks, and only some of them are transvestites.

[@profilen5181]

The almighty Gaben

[@warguy233]

step down gaben there is a new Lord of videogames and his name is Lord Howard

[@GabeNewellDFTBA]

warguy233 No more sales for you then.

[@TinyHunt82]

+Lord GabeN Half Life 3 is ps4 exclusive right?

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

+Lord GabeN nah, they all r.....

[@GavinDoyleDMG]

still brilliant, no matter how many times one has seen it

[@McflyNinja]

My AP teacher showed us this clip to help us remember the 'war' between Maine and Canada. I will never forget the flapjack war now!

[@geoffreylee5199]

First saw this on TV in 1969 on a Friday night in Lakefield, Ontario. Seeing RCMP officers singing this has been imbedded for decades. This is MPFC’s Canadian corner!

[@28if]

I had a Monty shirt that read "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK". Wearing it in Hawaii and I over hear a Japanese tourist group leader trying to explain to his Countrymen what a lumberjack is. Priceless

[@annecosgrove2133]

I’m in my late 60’s - first saw this skit when I was in high school. All these years later I’m still laughin’ my butt off! I hope my great grandchildren are still gettin’ a bang out of Monty Python.

[@diehardrvdfan22]

Glad to see the work of Jones and Chapman are still being viewed and appreciated.

[@indigocheetah4172]

I had no idea where the song came from until now.

[@StarlessAH]

@1953Poppa She was also in Faulty Towers another comedy John Cleese was in

[@mbabist01]

When I was in high school, you were part of the crowd if you liked George Carlin. BUT, you were a geek if you LOVED MPFC. Man, I LOVED MPFL!

[@drystyx]

200 years from now, it will still be a classic.

[@glaxko2]

This will be loved throughout time. in 100 years, this will still be shown everywhere

[@mstrsskttn]

This is one of my fave Monty Python bits of all time! This song has a tendency to get stuck in my head quite a bit.

[@nbenefiel]

This and the Galaxy song.

[@jadeblatz]

Thanks so much for posting this, it appeared in my feed and I was like, I can use a good laugh! No matter how many times over the years I've seen this it will never not be funny!

[@radiorob7543]

You cut off the best part. The complaint letter at the end!

[@melissacline196]

Now she knows why her knickers keep disappearing...

[@musicmandon1]

One of my favorite funny songs ever. Learned it in summer camp as a teenager. Of course, the camp music teacher didn't teach it to us--a counselor did who was a Monty Python fan. In a recent survey, lumberjacks have the most well-rested profession, so in future I may say my wife sleeps like a lumberjack.

[@bengoacher4455]

This song was so ahead of it's time it included a letter of complaint at the end of it.

[@mdp311]

this is great! i love how as the song progresses the initial thought towards the lumberjack slowly changes with the song.

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

One of their finest moments, actually.

[@robertfisher6538]

I use to watch Monty Python, still remember that song.

[@varium]

I thought this instantly when the "Professional Lumberjack 2016" was announced

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

They did a fantastic recreation of this at the concert for George (Harrison). Tom Hanks was one of the Mounties😆🤣🤪

[@CrimeEnjoyer]

Monty Python is such an indispensable pioneer of comedy, it's amazing to see how it's evolved. Today if this were a Tim and Eric bit, the choir would go along with it the whole time and time would be taken to see that it's as legitimate looking as possible, and if the viewer doesn't get it, the joke's on them.

[@philisawesome1997]

"I'm a Kumber Jack and I'm ok..." KUMBER JACK!!! Six years and this guy hasn't seen his mistake LOL

[@katfishkobain8809]

They seriously changed my view of Dudley Doright……

[@1amn0tapu]

oh my god! its been 20 years since i last saw this skit.. i showed my son whos 10 and he loved it. i love you Monty Python!!

[@knittingnickel]

Nice shout out to British Columbia, love the Mountie choir!

[@PaulSaysShezam]

Every person that becomes a Canadian citizen should be required to watch this.

[@pjds88]

They should have ended the TV show Dexter with this

[@prototype6363]

Yes they should of. Better than seeinDexter just sitting there and then it ends.

[@schizescribe]

My favorite part is that the girl standing next to the barber/lumberjack can't quit laughing.

[@Krosis13]

I'm sorry, but I just can't stop singing it randomly throughout the entire day. I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay I sleep all night and I work all day!~

[@briancullimore2893]

This has to be my favorite skit, along with the Dead Parrot and the Village Idiot.

[@kitburns1665]

the Anger Clinic is my favorite along with your mentions. I can watch over and over!

[@TenriGenderless]

My dad sung me parts of this song to me quite a lot as a child, I never knew it's source until recently.

[@pathdaly]

My unrequested renditions of this at gatherings is guaranteed to have friends looking at me askance!

[@allenwallace9062]

I use to smoke Mexican grass and watch this show in the 70s. Good time

[@vamtheanomaly]

I remember the first time I saw this episode on TV. I happened to be walking by the tv and saw it. I fell out laughing when they got to the "puts on womens clothing and hangs around in bars".

[@BathSaltShaman]

The real national anthem of Canada

[@TomFynn]

He's a lumberjack, eh?

[@sudmalis100]

i love the mounties. theyre the best "he puts on women clothing, and hangs around in bar?"

[@petrus4]

I've often seen the phrase, "I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok," in a few different computer games, and came here to discover the origins of it.

[@chriscmoor]

There are only two songs in the world where if you start singing them, everyone will join in. The first is "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The second is "Monty Python's Lumberjack Song."

[@dougbowen4685]

You forgot Bohemian Rhapsody

[@SpeccyMan]

@@dougbowen4685 And show me the way to go home.

[@PRR5406]

Connie Booth is unsung as the girlfriend in this piece. Watch as she starts to melt after he mentions "likes to press wildflowers". I wonder if she and John Cleese were dating at this time. They were married to write Fawlty Towers, then later divorced. Great American actress living abroad.

[@ZapKrannigan]

From what I've gathered from Cleese's biography, he married Connie Booth before Monty Python was even assembled in 1969

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

because of this song, one of my earliest IGM names was lumberjack

[@tomr9716]

What about my bloody parrot?!

[@cutiepuppy4427]

Tom R It's probably dead... or hanging around the cheese shop.

[@xXGodEater]

Gillian Quigley Its not dead it's resting

[@dylanlennon1993]

xXGodEater after a long sqwauk I imagine?

[@Eira_]

beautiful plumage...

[@arnoldziffel1224]

+Alexis virus

[@Elric33239]

The only time that a bathroom was referred to in a song! Classic!

[@SpeccyMan]

No. It was a lavatory.

[@porobotable]

i want to be a bicycle repair man

[@eamoncorry8206]

Never gets old, timeless, gives me a lift, 😂, the pythons were a rare breed💪💪👀🙄😱😉😇🤣🤣🤣

[@shotgunman1000]

The dexter version: I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok. I kill all night and I work all day!

[@JeffreyWhelchel]

Dexter in womens underwear is truly a frightening vision.

[@shotgunman1000]

CURSE YOU 4CHAN!!!!!

[@christophersnyder1532]

Remember when John Cleese shot Ben Mulrouney at Just For Laughs, years ago? That was awesome!

[@derricgreene]

The mounties had trouble keeping a straight face. Trouble as in, they failed miserably.

[@Dunam]

Trouble is English. Can you speak you it?

[@ezrakasable]

Dunam His english is fine, the only thing missing is a 'y' after 'the' before 'failed'

[@derricgreene]

One typo. Besides, I find that there is a huge difference between English, and American.

[@ezrakasable]

Yes, however Dunam can't read

[@Dunam]

And Austrialian there is to much change two.

[@RØSSETTØ.KUSTØM.MØPEDS]

As a british Columbian i gotta say this is a pretty accurate stereotype

[@kflem80]

283 people thought he was so rugged

[@joeyzippo]

One day when I grow up I wanna be a lumber jack too!!!!

[@alexferguson6172]

Give me props... I'm 15 and I've been a lumberjack for 2 years... Although this is incredible offensive, I'm OK.

[@ProfessorTomNook]

You're a lumberjack and you're OK.

[@pokeythescowlingcat6221]

You sleep All night and you work all day!

[@pekinobo]

Just like your dear Mama?

[@Friendship1nmillion]

A survey has been carried out in Australia of the "best & worst jobs" & it list being a lumberjack as the "worst". When Paul Henry interview the lumberjack there's was no talk of this song which I recalled to memory when hearing the news or talk of the said lumberjack choice of "off duty" clothing ;).

[@lisciatoredimele8919]

1:26 Turn on subtitles

[@JordanClunn]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE...WATCHING THE SAME VIDEO FOR 6 YEARS???

[@thedoctorand]

Does he worship Treesus Christ?

[@NeidalRuekk]

Wouldn't Yew like to know?!

[@seandabest6353]

thedoctorand whoever he worships, that’s pine by me.

[@shortfuse875]

HAIL MESSIAH!

[@TnseWlms]

Which one of the singing Mounties is Fred Tomlinson? The information availability for the Fred Tomlinson Singers is nearly zilch.

[@DoctorD279]

Guarantee the dislikes are from real lumberjacks

[@Gogoroth2]

I like how Graham Chapman's Mounty takes so long to catch on.

[@itzalion]

Wolverine's song.

[@fjbutch]

She was only the wood cutter's daughter, but she gave all the boys circular saws

[@markgilbertson1564]

A rare thing. A genuinely funny Python sketch.

[@neonoir77]

Can you imagine what it's like, cutting off the same heads for EIGHT SEASONS?

[@PhilippMuellerMuellerstarke]

MONTY PHOTYN 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅

[@tommyt1971]

Always loved seeing Cleese & Chapman as Mounties...

[@bradleynewson4860]

DEXTER

[@WilloftheNinja]

It actually WAS in the German version. I saw your comment a long time ago, and couldn't help thinking of you when I saw the German episode.

[@marisollee4479]

Ted Cruz's official campaign song.

[@Shablo5]

Hey i'm from British Columbia! He's talking about Jack! He's a jolly good lumberjack.

[@dangermjort]

the larch

[@PurpleSilk]

It escalated so smoothly. XD DEAR GOD I LOVE IT.

[@mrdato116]

lol

[@georgeroberts9111]

I love Mon y Python. I'll never forget the 1st time I saw it I wasn't quite sure what was happening

[@BoyNamedSue4]

i saw this early today and it has been stuck in my head all day. it will never leave

[@uriahsw]

@RudiL94 Or at the very least, the Commonwealth, since they were huge in Australia too. Though, from what I hear, that were reasonably big in America too.

[@bluchismoon]

I don't understand a lot of what they sing, but what I do I find freaking hilarious.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Graham Chapman would be the ideal lumberjack.Think about it while you bring to your mind the song's lyrics!!

[@Sonsational1961]

I think the video needs to be seen in the light that it was; funny. I didn't find it offensive at all. I found it typically English humour and as far as I am the English have one of the most awesome sense of humour that has been aired on tv. They know how to laugh at themselves in the most innocent way and I find their humour refreshing. Keep it up BBC Nothing can beat Monty Python, Faulty Towers, Dad's Army, It Ain't Hot Mum, Are You Being Served, Two Ronnies ... need I say more

[@sighcantthinkofaname]

You have to appreciate a guy who's willing to sing about how much he likes to wear women's clothing.

[@RØSSETTØ.KUSTØM.MØPEDS]

Well they all crossdressed on that show so he's not exactly lying😅

[@cherrysmith-condon2425]

Thank you for this it really improved my day

[@smartsnco]

Still makes me laugh from the first time I watched it