this makes me glad I avoided the repetitive, tediously dull career of accountancy, by becoming a software engineer
@pouleichel4263 жыл бұрын
But at least you master sarcasm
@SlimBarista3 жыл бұрын
That's literally me. Though I have yet to recover from being dull, timid, spineless etc.
@RayoAtra3 жыл бұрын
man Dev's are the only people in tech i know that have any freedom at all. lol.
@rifraf2763 жыл бұрын
If you're a web dev then it's not much different lol
@walterwilliams17913 жыл бұрын
lol. I went from horse taming to software engineering.
@andrewscotteames47183 жыл бұрын
As an accountant myself I can say that this video seems less like a comedy and more like a documentary.
@sharonjuniorchess3 жыл бұрын
Yes but don't you think that they are taking liberties by calling him Monty Python's accountant. The sketch implies that he already has a job that he has just come from but if he really was Monty Python's accountant he wouldn't be wasting his time doing sketches would he? Surely they would just employ an actor as they are cheaper.
@nobrainsnoheadache24343 жыл бұрын
You, sir, are irrepressibly drab and awful :)
@martinlewis8073 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha
@jenniferschmitzer2993 жыл бұрын
oh dear
@zhouwu3 жыл бұрын
@@sharonjuniorchess That's a good one!
@yatz572 жыл бұрын
Palin is straight up killing it here. His unbridled enthusiasm bouncing off of Cleese's reserved skepticism is pure comedy genius.
@chasbodaniels17442 жыл бұрын
Both of them are brilliant here, and much more practiced and polished than their original BBC TV version.
@gustavohermandio14402 жыл бұрын
ya dare kiling it
@ElvarMasson2 жыл бұрын
"Killing it" ? That's not very nice. What is it that he's killing ?
@fabriziomorris53202 жыл бұрын
@@ElvarMasson it's a way of saying that his acting was brilliant
@ElvarMasson2 жыл бұрын
@@fabriziomorris5320 "ya dare killing it" is a way of saying that his acting was brilliant ? Well, I never !! 😄
@dennisvance40044 жыл бұрын
Sadly, few make the leap from accountancy to lion taming.
@jake_runs_the_world4 жыл бұрын
Dennis Vance 😂😂
@vestibulate4 жыл бұрын
Dennis Vance Not in one go. Intermediate stages are advised. Banking. Insurance.
@tomr69554 жыл бұрын
I would say fortunately few make the leap
@seandoran22093 жыл бұрын
Dennis Vance What about if you have two hats
@michirothschadl2953 жыл бұрын
This for sure is the best comment I've ever read
@MrAnperm2 жыл бұрын
Man, I laughed when he started rattling off the tax concessions he could get for the lion taming hat...
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
The possibilities of creatively combining multiple skillsets can be quite fascinating. Ponder brick laying and ballet dancing. (Just add social media. ... Or don't. Depends on how cool your employer is.)
@effyleven2 жыл бұрын
When this sketch originally aired, recruitment to the profession of Accountancy suddenly took a serious dive. Almost nobody wanted to be an accountant anymore. The resultant staff shortage was quite long lasting, and dogged the professional body to the point where symposiums were held, such as ... "How to counter the "Python Slur."" The Financial Times reported that the damage to the profession was still noticeable 40 years on.
@MarkGoodsonCambridge2 жыл бұрын
Good. Many people saved from a fate worse than death.
@nicholasjohnson84812 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing recruitment for the profession of Lion Tamer sky rocketed
@frankmurphyburr35982 жыл бұрын
I love these type of facts, thank you
@dudeonbike8002 жыл бұрын
They all went into lumberjacking!!!!
@MrAnperm2 жыл бұрын
Someone has to put the numbers in the columns though....
@neilog7472 жыл бұрын
The way Michael Palin's accountant raves, boggle-eyed, about lion taming is sensational acting. He is almost leaping at you out the screen. Utterly compelling. You can smell his insanity!
@paulyguitary76512 жыл бұрын
Some call it insanity others call it enthusiasm for lion taming. Hell yeah, amazing scene!
@classic_movie_trailers Жыл бұрын
They were all extremely talented and blended perfectly as one team. Their feature films are remarkable.
@pedromartinez13 жыл бұрын
As an anteater tamer, I can say there is something interestingly disturbing with this sketch.
@blitsriderfield40992 жыл бұрын
As someone who has watched hood nature, I agree
@sloppyfella2 жыл бұрын
Why did this make me laugh so much? well played
@FurtiveSkeptical2 жыл бұрын
I think a strong cup of "Tiger Brand Coffee" will fix you up right. 👍
@rolandkobelbauer82802 жыл бұрын
As someone who also owns a hat, i would like to say that i can understand his motivation to tame ant eaters....🐜
@countiblis12462 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about taking up another job... accountancy perhaps?
@mstalcup4 жыл бұрын
I'm not used to seeing this without hearing a laugh track. It must be a rare version. I love it.
@wrapper24 жыл бұрын
This is the version from And Now For Something Completely Different. After Idle waves his wand, it transitions into the Blackmail sketch, with Palin as the host.
@martinputt64214 жыл бұрын
They never had a laugh track on this. Monty Python's Flying Circus studio sketches were done in front of a live audience
@mstalcup4 жыл бұрын
@@martinputt6421 Ah! Thank you. I didn't know that.
@GrifMoNeY3 жыл бұрын
@@mstalcup Additionally, the Pythons always kept going even when people were laughing. So if the audience laughed too hard or too long they might miss some of the jokes -- it conditioned them to try their best to hold it in.
@jameswoodard43043 жыл бұрын
I think it's better without the laughs. Laugh tracks or laughing audiences on recorded media feel like they're holding up a sign saying "SEE...IT'S FUNNY...YOU SHOULD LAUGH!" everytime a joke comes up. These guys were pros, let the work speak for itself.
@millertas4 жыл бұрын
I was an Accountant for twenty years but kept changing employers. I believe this sketch alone helped by putting off many that it resulted in a shortage of Accountants and higher income.
@williamthompson51904 жыл бұрын
Yeah, morons...
@obelixpfeifenreiniger28634 жыл бұрын
my aunt is an accountant in kommerzbank and she likes it very much
@mindfuldrone4 жыл бұрын
@@obelixpfeifenreiniger2863 My aunt is a lion who works for Deutsche Bank
@obelixpfeifenreiniger28634 жыл бұрын
@@mindfuldrone chacun a ca facon
@viggo82134 жыл бұрын
@@mindfuldrone i take it your uncle was a great lion tamer.
@FCBfullMatch2 жыл бұрын
Michael Palin's facial expressions while Cleese is talking at 2:36 are absolutely genius, he reacts to almost every word Cleese says! He adds so much expression to the character and the scene without even speaking
@pz1176rck2 жыл бұрын
1:27 too.
@KRETANMARKET Жыл бұрын
Indeed he is funny !
@neilbarnett30463 жыл бұрын
I spoke with a company accountant in the mid-80s, he was saying that this sketch shocked the profession by its portrayal of the public's perception of accountancy. Now my son is training to be an accountant, he thought it was going to be all brilliant people peforming amazing tricks of arithmetic, like besuited versions of Rachel Riley. He's just spent two weeks checking receipts in a buillder's offices...
@sarac.32592 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the world of work... Having worked as a PA for 20 years before changing to something more family-suited, I would say to someone starting out, get your qualifications and some good experience in but then look for an interesting environment (media, market research, whatever interests your son). I always worked in "an office" but in lively places with very bright people. Eight years for a newspaper and never two days the same or predictable. I once saw Michael Palin down the corridor (big media group with TV companies) but was too bashful to go and "bump into him". Ah well. Always seems a lovely guy.
@williamchamberlain22632 жыл бұрын
@@sarac.3259 like project management - depends a lot on the industry, and even on the particular company.
@kayEnt3rtainm3nt2 жыл бұрын
@@sarac.3259 How does one gain the credentials necessary to become a Prince Albert? (/j)
@vksasdgaming94722 жыл бұрын
Then again accountant was reason why Al Capone went to jail for long time, because tax fraud would stick.
@NYCBG2 жыл бұрын
@@vksasdgaming9472 Ouch!!!
@TheAccountingChannel3 жыл бұрын
Please note that the Companies Act of 2006 has withdrawn Paragraph 335
@peterstanton2533 жыл бұрын
@Petefirside Space Only if he trusts his wife (re Shawshank...).
@zhouwu3 жыл бұрын
@Petefirside Space Wait. So accountants double up as tax lawyers? How does that work?
@zhouwu3 жыл бұрын
@Petefirside Space Why does this sound like something straight out of Rainman?
@zhouwu3 жыл бұрын
@Petefirside Space It does to me.
@LudvigIndestrucable3 жыл бұрын
@@zhouwu Accountants deal with tax law without being tax lawyers, they essentially follow the laws and are meant to ensure 'tax efficiency' and ensuring proper records and documentation are kept and filed, whereas tax lawyers are invoked when there has been a potential breach.
@cooljazzr4 жыл бұрын
"An appallingly dull fellow, unimaginative, timid, spineless, easily dominated, tedious company, and irrepressibly drab and awful" 🤪😏😂
@jamessimpson96903 жыл бұрын
@Bill McQ Pence!
@johncotton55613 жыл бұрын
that sounds like me
@vincentkermorgant3 жыл бұрын
sounds like Trump
@jasonlast70913 жыл бұрын
@@vincentkermorgant Pence by a mile
@bobdole49163 жыл бұрын
@@vincentkermorgant Trump's far too inventively awful to be dull. Dull-witted? Maybe, but not dull.
@MarkArandjus2 жыл бұрын
I like how he just projects a clip of a lion into his mind's eye.
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
He is easily scared, so much so that stuff beyond the fourth wall does the job.
@MrBlinkee4 жыл бұрын
"what do you want to be?" I was waiting for him to say a Lumberjack! Wrong sketch.
@eizoshen75484 жыл бұрын
MrBlinkee or a window cleaner?
@bessburkhardt20934 жыл бұрын
😆
@bessburkhardt20934 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the window cleaner. But I'll look it up
@TruthNerds4 жыл бұрын
Same… "Leaping from tree to tree! As they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!"
@u.v.s.55834 жыл бұрын
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, I work all night and sleep all day!
@HiSodiumContent4 жыл бұрын
"I can say without fear of contradiction that the ideal job for you is accountancy." "But I already am an accountant!" "Jolly good, well back to the office with you!" End sketch.
@roywatling70363 жыл бұрын
...which is why the Pythons were brilliant, original & innovative sketch writers, and you, well, perhaps not.
@zhouwu3 жыл бұрын
@@roywatling7036 That's a good one!
@vibovitold3 жыл бұрын
@@roywatling7036 surely there must be other careers more suitable for him...?
@warthog913 жыл бұрын
@@roywatling7036 It's just that kids these days have the attention span of an orange. Sitting trough an entire film, and getting every second absorbed is out of the question. Constantly interrupted by their phones, only glancing up on the screen every now and then if its "loud" enough to grab their attention.
@TheNefastor2 жыл бұрын
"My job here is done !"
@candlestorms2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate 3:15. It actually makes the scene stand apart from most other comedy, including Python comedy. That little pause, that little silence is something that few directors/writers would be willing to put into their scene since they'd always want something going on for fear of losing peoples' interest. The pause doesn't give a joke and isn't funny, but helps the humour since it helps build these people as real people rather than vessels to deliver funny lines. It's just a little pause of "Do I really want to deal with this?" before he speaks.
@busking629211 ай бұрын
One of my favourite little subtleties in the sketch is when Cleese says 'well back to the office with you then' Palin,picking up hat to go then realises-'...no,you don't understand etc.
@darrenbutler1603 жыл бұрын
Never bettered . Timeless. Even made my wife laugh and she is an accountant. Been trying to get her into lion taming .
@DeenHameed3 жыл бұрын
probabaly best to do it in steps.. get her into insurance; life insurance and make out a big policy for herself before she leaps into the rrrriing
@adsterpatel22262 жыл бұрын
Cheaper than a divorce yeah?!?
@theboombody2 жыл бұрын
I watched this sketch long before I started my first accounting class. Now I have an accounting degree. Still love the sketch to this day.
@copyeditcopypaste80322 жыл бұрын
@@adsterpatel2226 I saw that... nice one
@hoodatdondar2664 Жыл бұрын
Get her a hat.
@geezerdombroadcast2 жыл бұрын
50 years ago I thought Monty Python was "just too silly". As I grew older; their absolute brilliance became profoundly clear, pure genius. They take their audience on an intellectual / social / historical journey that would be impossible by any other means than their biting humor. There's a great deal to be said for an Oxford education. Kings, serfs, accountants, psychiatrists, soldiers, emperors, lunatics, village idiots, even Jesus Christ all played to rip roaring brilliance, and viciously biting social criticism. Don't miss the other masterpieces like (Faulty Towers). Perfect. 50 years of happy laughter, and weirdness.
@myview58402 жыл бұрын
Ministry of Funny walks, and the one were he pays for an argument, are 2 of my favourites
@ThePaulv122 жыл бұрын
@@myview5840 The Four Yorkshiremen and the sketch Constitutional Peasants. I'll put the links up. The Four Yorkshiremen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5aaqIBmhqhogqc Constitutional Peasants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmPGXotufc51pMk
@flamencoprof2 жыл бұрын
You should have just got stoned.
@rbrown64762 жыл бұрын
Agreed - this is one group of comedians who never seem dated. One understands the irony better as one ages! My father, a strict Edwardian hated them but I, as a young person, was most amused by the anarchy. Still love them all now.
@CloudWalkBeta2 жыл бұрын
+ripping yarns.
@TheMotorick2 жыл бұрын
As a retired CPA I can testify (without any fear of contradiction, I might add) that accountancy is the second dullest profession in the world, surpassed only by Actuarial Science.
@JohnSmith-ey9xs2 жыл бұрын
As an actuary, I concur.
@radscorpion82 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-ey9xs As another actuary, I can also concur that I have a very boring job, and that I am a very boring man. Oh dear, 9 pm. Time for bed
@skydragon38572 жыл бұрын
@@radscorpion8 what no way... I'm quite sad to hear that, to me it seemed interesting and I thought I'd like to get into it
@skydragon38572 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-ey9xs :(
@neilcameron30212 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-ey9xs and a cricket umpire in your spare time?
@VestinVestin4 жыл бұрын
_"Enough of this gay banter!"_ - words to live by
@jayazathoth85304 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with gay banter
@connorhall704 жыл бұрын
@@jayazathoth8530 thats exactly what is wrong with it. GAY banter.
@jayazathoth85304 жыл бұрын
@@connorhall70 Lol, your username is accurate, homophobic douche.
@Earthneedsado-over1774 жыл бұрын
Yeah, words to live by if you are so fucking clueless as to not to realize that the word gay has been associated with homosexuality only recently. Far better words to live by exist, idiot. "Do unto others..." is one example.
@mellowgeekstudio4 жыл бұрын
@@Earthneedsado-over177 I don't know but "do unto others" sounds kind of gay to me.
@LN-lr4rg4 жыл бұрын
Michael Palin was flippin' adorable in this sketch.
@effyleven2 жыл бұрын
Michael Palin is adorable. He is noted for it. It is is one of his endearing traits. What's more, it's unscripted.
@fredrikstaffansson44732 жыл бұрын
I love the detail at 0:38 where his urge for a second is to just take his hat and leave and immediately accept defeat...
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
Further confirming the accuracy of his personality assessment.
@tomreid39144 жыл бұрын
This sketch inspired me to become a chartered accountant.
@lastswordfighter4 жыл бұрын
Damnit you ignored the warning at your own peril.
@tylerdurden7864 жыл бұрын
Was it worth it?
@alan4sure3 жыл бұрын
"It's fun to charter an accountant, and sail the wide accountancy" M Python
@rewrose28383 жыл бұрын
Honestly, accountancy sounds like my kinda life.
@timmytimkins43793 жыл бұрын
This sketch inspired my best friend to become a Lion tamer.. R.I.P Ernest Scribbler .
@dwaynesbadchemicals2 жыл бұрын
“Accountancy does this to people.” Indeed.
@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp2 жыл бұрын
Classic Python!
@DarkSideChess4 жыл бұрын
I should have seen this skit before I started studying for the CPA
@malk2o3 жыл бұрын
did it put you off?
@rewrose28383 жыл бұрын
Aye man, how did it turn out?
@ldwabananattqw3 жыл бұрын
Do you have it 😂😂😂?
@NachosElectric2 жыл бұрын
"Lemming, Lemming, Lemming of the CPA! Lemming, Lemming, Lemming of the CP Lemming of the CP CP CP A-A-A!" "It's a man's life in the Certified Public Accountancy."
@LucidCoder3 жыл бұрын
"work your way *toward* lion taming like via banking or insurance" LOL. dead 😂😂😂
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
_'Do you like working with children? Because I can offer you baby steps.'_
@hughtierneytierney35853 жыл бұрын
Palin is on fire in this one! He plays the part with total conviction.
@AudieHolland3 жыл бұрын
Before they joined up with the other later Python members, he made the condition that he only join if they allowed Palin to join too. Cleese thought Palin was the funniest man he ever saw. Just look up the 'Sergeant Major' sketch from "The Meaning Of Life (1983)"
@TheEvertw2 жыл бұрын
A person reviewing a lego mindstorm set made the point that "if you are not itching to buy this set immediately, you either have your own fully equipped robotics lab, or you'd make an excellent accountant".
@Sabrowsky4 жыл бұрын
Love it when I find a Monty Python sketch I havent yet seen
@Sabrowsky3 жыл бұрын
@@simonrobbins8357 Yeah, that's the only film of theirs I haven't got around to seeing. I should free up some time to do it.
@danabrahams78923 жыл бұрын
This sketch mirrors most people in the work place today - they think they can do a job, they apply and are interviewed by people who are exactly the same as the interviewee - they take up all roles in society, with no idea how to do anything and the wheel goes round - and the wheel goes round
@stevecowart3952 жыл бұрын
Such a great sketch. And like all good comedy, It has aged well and is still very funny!
@user-hg2ih8hf7xАй бұрын
My mother was an accountant (retired now) she loved numbers and helped many companies! I love this sketch!😂
@daneyuleb Жыл бұрын
The ads obscuring the video at the end well before it was done were a great touch. Along with the annoying embedded subtitles.
@beverlywilcox43493 жыл бұрын
The only sketch where Cleese is eminently reasonable, kind, and diplomatic. The only one where he could do what he did in real life.
@GradyPhilpott3 жыл бұрын
I've seen Cleese out of character and he's not kind or reasonable, or even diplomatic. He's really quite a pompous toad.
@GradyPhilpott3 жыл бұрын
@David of Yorkshire If you're addressing me, I didn't say that comedians have to be nice.
@beverlywilcox43493 жыл бұрын
@David of Yorkshire and if you were addressing me, I didn't say it either, and I knew about his background, because I heard him live during his last US lecture tour. I'm hoping that you hit the wrong "reply" button and weren't talking to either of us. Cheers, a fellow Python fan.
@GradyPhilpott3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't addressing you.
@GradyPhilpott3 жыл бұрын
@@beverlywilcox4349 I wasn't addressing you, either.
@dannyb36632 жыл бұрын
The way John Cleese says 'yes' straight after he says 'lion tamer!!!' is priceless
@WinrichNaujoks2 жыл бұрын
"Jolly good! Back to the office with you then!" 😂😂😂
@TunaNSweetcorn3 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why KZbin has suddenly decided to recommend me Monty Python videos but i like it, carry on.
@FirsToStrike3 жыл бұрын
And now for something completely different
@GirGir1833 жыл бұрын
No, it's Monty Python.
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
Did you maybe watch sociological documentaries lately? 🤔
@orlanswf4 жыл бұрын
Michael Palin's face in the thumbnail is the best thing ever
@A_A_K_1233 жыл бұрын
one of the most brilliant comedy sketches of all time, a gem... career change is hard, kids, try to get it right the first time. My transition to career #2 took 10 years.
@theboombody2 жыл бұрын
It's extremely time consuming for sure. I'm on career #2, and the full transition took about 8 years.
@petyrkowalski9887 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite sketches..along with the argument sketch.
@paijwa2 жыл бұрын
The pure conviction in his voice as he says the thing has me comatose
@chuckmayoification3 жыл бұрын
I love this sketch! "Has he got his own hat?" Lololol!
@loungejay85553 жыл бұрын
1:49 how John Cleese kept a straight face there I'll never know.
@matuh111 Жыл бұрын
The acting in this sketch is absolutely top notch.
@bruce-e-bonus3 жыл бұрын
You forget (maybe it's just me) how good the performances were. Real good.
@cleatusbarncoat86422 жыл бұрын
These guys, the entire Python Crew, were bloody geniuses.
@smoothjazzandmore2 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite Monty Python sketches! Couldn't stop laughing after seeing it for the first time!🤣
@Vic2point02 жыл бұрын
It's dull, and dull, and dull. Three is the number to count, and the number of the count is three.
@cheydinal54013 жыл бұрын
This was mostly a bit like accounting, but the interaction with the cutaway shot of the lion was completely brilliant in every way, didn't expect it one bit
@premanadi2 жыл бұрын
I think in the original TV sketch, Cleese just held up a photo of a lion and made a roaring noise, which to me is actually funnier in a way.
@mikevanroy9356 Жыл бұрын
You have to remember that everyone seeing this in theaters already had the TV sketches memorized so they had to mix things up a bit.
@ericschilling90643 жыл бұрын
I love when Monty Python uses cutaways. The lion bit had me 😯
@grmpf3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how that appearance in the end caught me off guard, considering that this is exactly the type of stuff that happens in Python all the time, but it sure did.
@TnseWlms2 жыл бұрын
It's fun to charter an accountant, and sail the wide accountant sea.
@nigelskipping7941 Жыл бұрын
Woke up, got outta bed, dragged a comb across my head. Now MP could have carried on this sketch and kept twisting it into a different shape like the Fab 4 did with a Day in the Life. Comedy can take the form of music
@bertha4430 Жыл бұрын
What an interesting point of view! I agree!!
@crayzmarc3 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe the good quality of this film. So well made.
@JoeMama-vj8es2 жыл бұрын
I've been been a lion tamer for years, unfortunately when you get "chewed out" or you've just got your "head ripped off" at work it's much more serious.
@sknn497 Жыл бұрын
Ever thought about accountancy for a career change?
@CasperLCat20 күн бұрын
Michael Palin is a first-rate comic character actor, as well as a great writer. He was the Pythons’ most versatile performer, IMO. And he’s a truly kind and decent man, more than most comedians.
@mark11967AD2 жыл бұрын
These guys were absolutely geniuses. The manic facial expressions are just so British and so hilarious. Monty Python for an 8-10 year was pure hilarity.
@613aristocrat4 жыл бұрын
Hey there! Accounting is awesome! We get to watch hundreds of thousands of dollars pass us by!
@jackpatplod1743 жыл бұрын
What a great actor Michael Palin is.... bust my ribs with his “Biggus Dickus” and his “Fish Called Wanda” torture scenes..
@MM-yi9zn Жыл бұрын
Have watched this over & over. Brilliant & so original. Cleese & Palin are just too fantastic!!
@spornge Жыл бұрын
I love that insurance is somewhere between accountant and lion tamer.
@hoodatdondar2664 Жыл бұрын
Or banking. It’s a man’s life, isn’t it?
@carlooblomov42553 жыл бұрын
"Anteaters don't frighten me." Actually anteaters have long razor-sharp claws they use to break open anthills. The claws are so long that they litterally walk on the "back of their hands" so the claws don't get in the way. Anteaters will rip a jaguar open with one slash. Let alone a chartered accountant.
@TheAccountingChannel3 жыл бұрын
...the type of drab explanation only an accountant can give!
@Valtieldan3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. Here in Brazil a guy managed to get killed by an anteater. His dogs were harassing the animal (which was cornered) and when the guy showed up it slashed at his upper leg, severing the artery. Shit happens, eh?
@KairuHakubi2 жыл бұрын
but they're sweet little things and make lovely pets as long as you don't mind them knocking holes in your walls looking for ants.
@rubz13903 жыл бұрын
This is no longer true for the Accounting profession, it is no longer boring- it's soul crushingly frustrating. You will spend most of your time trying to fix other people's mistakes, be yelled at by ignorant and shady clients, attempt to keep up to date with various laws so that you don't end up in jail and work hundreds of unpaid hours just to get things done. You will have 50 things to do in a week, which you will only be able to get to about 15-20. Then the next batch comes in and you have to catch up unpaid overtime on weekends just to scrape by. You will never get a sense of closure on your work as there's no time to reflect on things and you will never be completely satisfied with your output.
@ndogg203 жыл бұрын
Yes, depressing. Have you ever thought of a new field, lion taming perhaps ?
@rubz13903 жыл бұрын
@@ndogg20 No, I heard there are too many clowns involved, like you.
@ndogg203 жыл бұрын
@@rubz1390 An accountant as described in this clip: An appallingly dull fellow, unimaginative, timid, spineless, easily dominated, tedious company, and irrepressibly drab and awful" Add to that list: humorless.
@rubz13903 жыл бұрын
@@ndogg20 Atleast accoutants don't appear to be arrogant, provocative and condescending.
@ndogg203 жыл бұрын
@@rubz1390 , seems, on top of everything else, you suffer from narcissism : first you talk endlessly about your situation, then when someone makes a little joke as I did, you get very upset when you could have just simply gone along with it.
@bndllama90672 жыл бұрын
The world needs this type of humor again.
@Ohenry922 жыл бұрын
We do. They take form as youtube sketches now. Aunty Donna, Gus Johnson, and Joel Haver are all examples I like that have taken pages out of Monty Python's book.
@MilkerName3 жыл бұрын
There be that legendary Monty Python acting.. Though this skit really felt so compelling and genuine.
@Jamie-js3qw2 жыл бұрын
it was something outside of compelling. If it was just compelling it wouldn't have been funny
@willmosse36842 жыл бұрын
Haha - still the funniest comedy show there is, 50 odd years later
@TheComradeBritish2 жыл бұрын
3:36 seems to imply this simple guidance counsellor has the ability to telepathically project mental images at people.
@Jamie-js3qw2 жыл бұрын
yes
@mallow173 Жыл бұрын
Man always loved this gig!! These two are totally cool!!
@yesemitesam333 Жыл бұрын
I love how Palin imagines what lion taming might involve. The wee finger wag at 2:09 just cracks me up.
@rbdriftin3 жыл бұрын
“So you can tame them in the dark when they’re less stroppy.” Hahaha!
@neddystark33513 жыл бұрын
I used to be an Accountant and I can confirm this portrayal is bang on...
@charlietodd24513 жыл бұрын
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
@vectravi20083 жыл бұрын
And think, when this was made a hedge manager was most lightly a gardener 😂
@Dowlphin2 жыл бұрын
When this was made they were called gardeners. Also, the other ones are only called hedge fund managers, I think.
@sarcasmo573 жыл бұрын
I made the leap from accountancy to lion taming last year. Like so many before me, I have never looked back.
@myblacklab72 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry that you were eaten by a lion shortly after changing careers, but really, why didn't you listen to John Cleese and try banking?
@coffeecigarettes94223 жыл бұрын
"It's sad. But THIS is what accountancy does to people." So true :-)
@Rudizel Жыл бұрын
I like how he insulted him to no end and he did not take any of it personally. Those days are long gone.
@benjaminoechsli1941 Жыл бұрын
Were they ever here, besides in fiction?
@BigBilly2009 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was an accountant. And knowing him I can confidently claim that this sketch is absolutely correct.
@baritony87632 жыл бұрын
I'd like to make a switch from being an accountant, to being lion food.
@dixonpinfold2582 Жыл бұрын
It's just so marvellous how Cleese's character doesn't miss a beat in asking "And these lions, how high are they?" To me the whole skit is about how he patronizes and dominates the guy throughout while maintaining a detached politeness, but just barely.
@jimtheedcguy43132 жыл бұрын
I love the surnames they pick for their characters!
@niekderooie Жыл бұрын
I saw a documentary that says anteaters have claws that can disembowel lions in one swing
@feralcyborggaming15312 жыл бұрын
"And what qualifications do you have?" "I've got a hat" Sounds like a job interview in Georgia.
@joecostner12464 жыл бұрын
could be worse, at least he's not a lawyer
@Ubersnuber4 жыл бұрын
A TAMER, not a lion scarer.
@wombataldebaran96863 жыл бұрын
Accountants are those who want to be layers but lack the needed potential for evil.
@andrewscotteames47183 жыл бұрын
The only difference between an accountant and a lawyer is that the accountant is aware that he is boring.
@evilcam3 жыл бұрын
@@wombataldebaran9686 This...might be the one single best description of anything, that I have ever heard. I can't even put into words how accurate it is. you sir, have put your mind on something and reached a state of perfection that humanity has otherwise never achieved. This is so good, it is literally ineffable. Nice job. Keep it up.
@danielvandam3 жыл бұрын
Wow you people are incredibly judgmental, as well as ignorant.
@alfredmartinangelo1611 Жыл бұрын
This style of comedy by The Pythons came out of left field,it was so different and very unique that growing up watching them on our local PBS station got us hooked right away even my very conservative father couldn’t wait for Saturday nights to come around later in the evening Saturday night live would air around 11:30!
@ivankaramasov3 жыл бұрын
It is a pleasure to see these clips in so high resolution.
@InsaneDark2 жыл бұрын
If history taught us anything is that accountants are the most creative thinkers out there. Accounting=comedy therefore the best career option :)
@wxdude19644 жыл бұрын
Palin and Cleese are a great team.
@joomlaserviceprovide3 жыл бұрын
yes, they are magic together!
@timmytimkins43793 жыл бұрын
A breath of fresh air...The days of laughter!
@bobafettjr85 Жыл бұрын
But it's fun to charter an accountant and sail the wild accountancy...
@mdl2224 жыл бұрын
🧚🏼♀️ And SO you SHALL!
@J1011915143 жыл бұрын
Despite my parents' best efforts, I never gave in to their attempts to make me an accountant. I think it was because of this sketch! Python really had it in for accountants.
@animalntelligence317010 ай бұрын
This is so damn funny: all they need is two men in suits to kick the ass of 99 percent of the funniest stuff on usa tv. This sketch holds up utterly and if anything that it was done 50 years ago makes this more remarkable. Geniuses.
@jagorussellfilm Жыл бұрын
0:13 “Enough of this gay banter” The sketch just started and I can’t breathe 😂
@Slynsmiley3 жыл бұрын
“ I’ve got a hat!” 😂😂
@beachbum46912 жыл бұрын
Being an accountant boring? "it was ever thus" I didn't turn up for my final international exams as an accountant. A few days later I went to London's Heathrow airport and got a job as cabin crew, way back in the age of the comet-4Bs 1960s stuff,. Never looked back :) my accountant now: finds accounting exciting (and I haven't the heart to say a word)
@ArcanePath3602 жыл бұрын
"And you can claim it under reasonable wear and tear under perishable allowances under paragraph 355...." - I've seen this sketch so many times, but as an older person who has looked at being self employment, this is so much funnier now.
@markvoelker6620 Жыл бұрын
Hmm .... at two minutes in, I had the sudden idea that he would make an excellent .... lumberjack!