*Monty Python and the Holy Grail* is PURE GOLD!!!

[@kenlangston3451]

When the historian is killed, the guy who kills him is on a real horse. That is how we know Arthur and his band are innocent.

[@thejamppa]

I bet it was the french knight's... They had living live stock... they framed Arthur's knights to keep the grail..

[@dubbleplusgood]

But is the evidence of their innocence in that scene the presence of a horse or is it the absence of coconuts? If only we knew a king we could get our answer.

[@tenjed4224]

Innocent ... yes. Morons on a larp before larping was officially categorized, yes.

[@tenjed4224]

​@thejamppa that's a motive I haven't thought of. But with the many thoughts in my brain, it's hard for me to categorize them. Of course, my friends think I have no thoughts. But, that's a different story for another day.

[@kenlangston3451]

Of course, innocent of that particular murder. Lancelot killed numerous innocent people later.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Before the internet, the ability to quote this movie was the ultimate test of nerdiness.

[@OhNoNotAgain42]

The internet changed nothing. “Nee!”

[@Travelinmatt1976]

Before DVDs the biggest challenge was reading the opening subtitles. They were blurry and cut off on the VHS copies.

[@jip5889]

I member.

[@josebrown5961]

I was a young neo geek in college and my elder geek roommate introduced me to Monte Python. It changed my life! This was 1983. For the next 20 years I devoured all the films and the tv shows on PBS. Then my mom got me the entire TV series on DVD. I still watch those to this day.

[@OhNoNotAgain42]

@@josebrown5961 No you didn’t

[@TheGrumpyHobo]

Fun fact, when this movie came out intermissions were still a thing in movies, and the intermission scene plays just long enough for people to stand up and start leaving the theater and then have to rush back to their seat. Such a troll!

[@briannaamore1383]

I'm old enough to remember the dancing candies at the drive-in movie theaters.

[@ReddwarfIV]

It's also only 5-10 minutes from the end of the movie

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@briannaamore1383 I've seen "dancing candies" ads in regular theaters within the past couple of decades. If anything, it makes ZERO sense for them to play such ads in drive-in theaters, lol. Those ads are meant to remind people of the concession stand within the movie theater building and since drive-in theaters don't have those, it makes no sense for those ads to be in drive-in theaters.

[@emile_jeanne]

In Iceland Intermissions are still a thing! I watched the Barbie movie there when it came out and bought some candy during the intermission (which is just some ads). It's also great to get a toilet break.

[@jameson32]

@@briannaamore1383 "Let's all go to the lobby!"

[@andrew77961]

“Message for you, sir” with the arrow in his chest will never not make me laugh.

[@pantlessreactions]

Its still my text msg notification

[@waynefinnicumbb7218]

That is my message notification on my phone. Lol😂

[@martinhafner2201]

It was my "you've got mail" message for many years.

[@MightyChewbacca]

This is also my text notification lol

[@mjelves]

@@waynefinnicumbb7218 same here!

[@jsharp3165]

"Just a flesh wound" has been a staple phrase in my family for 50 years.

[@herstoryanimated]

same!

[@suficer7827]

I hear, and use, " 'tis but a scratch" more often than that one when some rather painful looking incidents happen lol

[@AscoyneDascoyne]

As an old, old Brit I will never tire of watching this stuff vicariously through young Americans. It's the best 😆

[@holddowna]

hehhe but i am canadian!

[@eriklarsson3188]

Brit? What? You either English, Scottish or Welsh. Brit? Anyone can be a 'Brit', it's like American. Means f.. all. :)

[@stpetie7686]

As on old, old American, neither will I. This movie just stays funny.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

I'll give you my story as a then young American. Around the year 2000 BBCA had a 48 hour marathon of Python, and at 4 am on the second day some insane genius edited an episode to just play the Spam skit over and over, with the end being "and now for something completely different." I watched all 40 minutes.

[@stoneagepig3768]

@eriklarsson if you are either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish you are also British. I'm not arguing or debating the matter, I've told you the fact and it's now up to you whether you accept the fact, or if you wish to remain ignorant by ignoring the fact.

[@kellynorton]

I have spent my entire life searching for Castle Anthrax.

[@0okamino]

Are you sure you could endure such peril?!

[@chriswhinery925]

Someone should open a brothel in Nevada with that name.

[@sbpugs]

Futile. It's only a model.

[@bethh.6455]

Dude, same😢😅❤

[@MichaelBLynch]

Have you found the Castle Argggghh?

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Lancelot's approach to the wedding absolutely kills me! And the guard's response; "Hey." 😂

[@davidsmith8279]

Yeah...very few reactions I've watched pick up on the belated 'hey'. First time I seen it I was in stitches laughing at it 😂😂

[@potatusha793]

I always judge youtubers on whether they laugh at him stabbing the flowers on the stairs 😆 She passed!

[@phousefilms]

The line that kills me every time is: "You only killed the bride's father, thats all!" "I really didn't mean to..." "Didn't MEAN TO?!! You put your SWORD right through his head!!!" "Oh dear, is he alright?"

[@neil2444]

"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England."

[@dragons_red]

The Lancelot Story at yhe wedding is one of the funniest parts and so seldom mentioned. Lancelot storming the gate will never not make me laugh out loud.

[@MrTorgueHighFiveFlexington]

The coconut shell horses was not just a brilliant gag but was one born out of need since none of the pythons knew how to ride and even if they could ride it didn’t matter since they couldn’t afford to get horses for the shoot

[@nazfrde]

Also, The Enchanter's name was originally something else, but when the camera was rolling, Cleese had a brain fart so he just said, "Tim" because it was the most ridiculous thing he could thing of. They kept it in, of course.

[@ciaranconlon84]

Even if they could afford and ride horses, they would have still done the coconut gag because it's just too absurd not to.

[@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb]

The scene with the famous historian had a horse in it. Cheers 🍺

[@MrTorgueHighFiveFlexington]

@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sbbig difference in cost between having one horse for one scene as opposed to several horses for the entire shoot as well as stunt doubles to ride them in place of the cast

[@BillTheScribe]

More horse/coconut trivia: back int he days of radio shows, coconuts were commonly used to simulate horse hooves. This was required because there was no portable audio recording technology at the time. All sound effects had to be generated live in the the studio. When tape recordings came along in 1948-50, they were able to use real horse hooves for the sounds, but audiences had gotten so used to the sound of the fake ones that they hated the change to the "fake" hoof sounds. The preference for the special effect over the real version is known as "The Coconut Effect" for this reason, and there are still examples of it today. Shows set in space where the starts slowly drift pass the windows as the show moves at sub-light speed is wrong twice. Once because the start are so far away, any movement would be impossible to see with the unaided eye. And also because any light in the room would make the stars invisible, for the same reason you can't see starts near the full moon at night. They are too faint for the light do be noticed. Take away either of them, and the scene looks wrong, so it's intentionally done wrong to look right. Gunshots and punches are also usually dubbed over with "more realistic" sounds.

[@RealDrunkenMaster]

"Don't question anything about this movie ever" Wise words.

[@keeperofthecheese]

The Monty Python fanbase overshadows that of Star Wars.

[@kenpullig1652]

"Don't question anything about this movie, ever." You have just stated the perfect philosophical interpretation of this classic Monty Python masterpiece of cinema.

[@holddowna]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@ianp1986]

My favourite of the Monty Python films. I got the Black Knight as a tattoo on one of my stumps when I had my legs amputated

[@lanmandragoran8337]

Drama Queen. It was just a flesh wound.

[@d4mdcykey]

That's cool af.

[@MuffinHunterX]

There's a litmus test for this movie. If a reactor immediately laughs at the coconuts you're in for a good time. If they question it or worse, complain you might as well move on. This was a fun reaction.

[@michaelhall2709]

@@MuffinHunterX Yesindeed, and it has nothing to do with having a sense of humor. Many years ago my former boss handed back my DVD of GRAIL with a shrug the day after I’d lent it to him, much to my disappointment. And he was the funniest guy I ever worked for. You just never know.

[@utf59]

I've watched some other people react to this movie, and you're the only one who started getting it right away. Thank you!

[@holddowna]

this movie is amazing!

[@timhill7105]

I love the way that you get this. I watched this movie when it came out. I have it on DVD and watch it periodically. My 3 sons(born 89,91and94) loved this movie from the first time I showed it to them, and also re watch it!

[@lanmandragoran8337]

@@holddowna I'm a 35 year old American, I've been watching this movie a few times a year for the last 2 decades at least. You noticed things I've never noticed before, including with other reactors. The man swatting at the stream with a branch, for instance. I had never even noticed he was there. And for some reason, it never clicked to me that the cops were inspecting the shrubbery in that scene either. Thanks for adding something to my vision of this movie. You've enhanced it for me eternally =)

[@frankie3041]

@@timhill7105 We were shown it in our high school theatre! We were only about 13 or 14!

[@sbpugs]

My ex wife didn't think Monty Python was funny. Should have been a red flag.

[@davedove67]

When you're a king, you have to know these things.

[@holddowna]

LMAOOOO

[@hgman3920]

In Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is know as the chaste and is the purest of all the knights, which is why he ends up in Castle Anthrax in this film

[@martinhafner2201]

My name is Zoot. Just Zoot.

[@davidwebb4451]

Also in some of the legends Galahad actually finds the grail but immediately dies after finding it so it is lost again.

[@SamuelBlack84]

He had it offered to him on a plate and the daft sod ran away

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@SamuelBlack84 He was not at all afraid to be fluffed in many ways

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

10:50 “Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?” Is such an underrated line.

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

True story! While living in Houston I was at a restaurant with my GF, after taking our order our waitress asked if we had any questions? I couldn't help myself and I asked "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" She said I don't know and walked off. When our waitress came back she said " I have to ask are you an astronaut?" My girlfriend then proceeded to blow her iced tea out of her nose.

[@r.d.hargrave8159]

Was that before or after your Girlfriend became a Dr.?

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

@@r.d.hargrave8159 Dr Girlfriend got her degree in villainy before we met.

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

@@r.d.hargrave8159 Not sure why my reply was removed! Try a different route She was a Dr before we met.

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

My replies are being deleted! Why?

[@EthanBSide]

​@McShaganpronouncedShaegen the reply asking about deleting is still here... Interesting

[@doubleubee7523]

The ending is a cop out, a literal, cop out. There is only once castle in the entire movie. It was shot from different angles.

[@adamscott7354]

So as it turns out, ‘twas ALL silly places!

[@holddowna]

LITERAL COP OUT my patron said that to me and i DIED

[@flerbus]

it's just a model

[@michaeldavid6284]

There were actually two used in the filming, as both Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam have related many times over the years.

[@jenssylvesterwesemann7980]

@@flerbus Sshh!!

[@dan_hitchman007]

"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" A-men!

[@jeffreysmith236]

"If I went 'round saying I was emperor 'cause some moistened bit had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away"

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@jeffreysmith236 Shut up , will you shut up?

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@jeffreysmith236 FYI, I'm pretty sure that's "bint," not "bit."

[@jeffreysmith236]

@@bigdream_dreambig well, that is a new word. What, precisely, is a bint?

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@jeffreysmith236 It's British slang and I'm from the U.S. so I'm the wrong person to ask, but online dictionaries tell me it just means girl or woman, though it's some degree of offensive or derogatory.

[@rickcrane9883]

And….as a former history instructor, I was particularly offended by the needless murder of the famous historian.

[@holddowna]

LOL poor dude!

[@MusikCassette]

I would have thought you were offended by placing it in 932

[@ink-cow]

"No famous historians were harmed in the making of this film"

[@arwelp]

The “Famous Historian” bore a more than passing resemblance to A.J.P. Taylor, who was a famous historian of the 60s and 70s.

[@MrHws5mp]

How do you know it was 'needless'? He might have been asking for it for years...

[@sdbruddah77]

I appreciate that you allowed yourself to just enjoy the this movie as it is. Most of the reactions to this movie I’ve seen didn’t understand the humor of Monty Python. This was a great reaction and I really enjoyed it. It’s a classic movie. I look forward to more of your reactions.

[@holddowna]

thanks for hanging out!!!!!

[@stickman1742]

Sadly, a lot of younger people I think just don't get it because they haven't been exposed to much. Most of them have just watched Hollywood shows in their life which have become about as bland as you can get. Show them something different and they don't know what to think. We used to be exposed to a wider variety which helped. Now with everyone moving to streaming they should be starting to see a wider variety again so there is hope for the future. It is quite sad to see a young person watch many of these skits with a blank look on their face not understanding what is going on.

[@MightyDrakeC]

@@stickman1742 I suspect another factor is that the Monty Python's Flying Circus series was just a couple of years previous. Quotes from it were still part of the culture. "If the bird weren't nailed to its perch it would be pushing up daisies! It's an Ex! Parrot!"

[@blakebufford6239]

I love the peasant discussing forns of government with King Arthur as they slap mud into baskets. " Help help I'm being repressed!!"

[@Diomedene]

"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"

[@fubar1217]

"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"

[@RicktheCrofter]

It’s not mud. It’s manure. They’re muckrakers. Both literally and figuratively.

[@fubar1217]

@@Diomedene Ha...you beat me to it!

[@roystoyscomics1361]

"Just because some watery tart lobs a scimitar at me...". Lol 😆

[@Billinois78]

I think you're the first to immediately recognize the "Trojan horse" as a rabbit. My favorite part is the "Brave Sir Robin" song. It put me in tears when I saw it for the first time and still kills me. Also, "One day, son, this will all be yours" "What, the curtains?" "No not the curtains!"

[@JanWyman-dv1qh]

Many years ago some friends built that Trebuchet (the rabbit) for one of our friends "the bunny lord". It actually worked, and being medieval reinactors of course we brought it with us, and used it. So all of us in armor, medieval clothes etc. Always funny every time.

[@Terribadguy.]

My favorite lines from this movie are when they are trying to burn the witch and one of them goes "She turned me into a newt!". Then everyone looks at him and he says "I got better."

[@thra-x1855]

nice to see someone really appreciate it for what it is; not a movie, but a joke about movies.

[@holddowna]

Soo good

[@ejtappan1802]

My college friends and I had this whole movie memorized. One of us would randomly start the first line of a scene and everyone else would join in and complete the whole thing, lol.

[@ronjones-6977]

This movie, Caddyshack, and Animal House are the most quotable movies I've ever seen. My children were quoting lines years before they ever saw the movie. They had no idea where they came from.

[@Peteryification]

Lancealot running through the castle just murdering everyone, and then running up the stairs and attacked the plant on the wall! XD has me in stitches everytime!

[@shawnbridges8703]

The opening credits are golden.

[@holddowna]

prob the BEST ever!

[@MrHws5mp]

@@holddowna You didn't fall for it, but it's funny watching some reactors assume that the subtitles are generated by KZbin and frantically try to adjust their settings to the right language: an extra level of comedy that the Pythons couldn't have anticipated when they made the film.

[@Urizen777]

@@MrHws5mp Yeah, I've seen this happen. An another layer added to their absurd comedy, simply by chance. It reminds me of their idea to blow up every TV in Britain by having a sketch that goes more and more silent and just when people would turn on the volume on their TV's thinking that something is wrong with it, a massive sound would blow their speakers. They never went through with it, although John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers" took the idea and did something similar in one episode.

[@JonNo86]

Every time he yells "Jesus Christ!" I just burst into a laughing fit lol.

[@Cubs-Den-Reactions]

I believe it's more JAYSUS CROIST! But I agree

[@rhondaorberson9664]

Still makes me laugh hysterically nearly 50 years on 😂

[@BGBG617]

The attack bunny gets me every time.

[@holddowna]

its tooo good

[@Ironoclasty]

Where comedy meets tabletop role playing games, it is known as the Vorpal Bunny, borrowing "vorpal" from the vorpal sword from Jabberwocky: "...his vorpal sword goes "snicker-snack.""

[@BGBG617]

@@Ironoclasty I dunno. Looks like a highly-trained Special Forces bunny to me.

[@dereknolin5986]

When I saw this for the first time at age 12, my brother and I had to pause the videotape in this scene, because we were both laughing so hard we couldn't breathe!

[@sharkdentures3247]

And Old (literally & metaphorically, they were my father's peers & played decades ago) Dungeons & Dragons table I had joined for a short while, had actually INCLUDED it in their game! In their game it was called a "Vorpal Death Bunny"! (A "monster" that extremely high-level Druids could magically "summon".)

[@DRAONWEED]

Terry Gilliam is the only American member of that group, the guardian of the gorge of eternal peril. When you're the King, you have to know these things.

[@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb]

And a true genius in his own right, too. He directed some of the best films I have ever seen. Cheers 🍺

[@DRAONWEED]

@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb 12 Monkeys, Absolutely Brilliant.

[@FloridaMugwump]

His specialty was the animation portions of the show. He rarely appeared onscreen, but his jailer in Brian with stuttering Eric was amazing.

[@MrHws5mp]

He was Patsy as well, and the animator, of course. He did all the animations for the TV series and films. His own films are superb: Brazil is one of my all-time favorites. You can see the Monty Python absurdist influence all through it, but evolved and applied to a much darker and more sophisticated story.

[@portland-182]

and also 'The Animator' who has a heart attack, Patsy, Arthur's assistant, The Green Knight (defeated by the invincible loony Black Knight), Knight of Camelot (the song part), Sir Bors, and The Gorilla Hand

[@IDLERACER]

😄👍 At 28:55, the animator who suffers a fatal heart attack is Terry Gilliam, the same guy who is knocking the coconuts together throughout the movie. 🥥

[@parissimons6385]

Director of "Time Bandits", "Brazil", "12 Monkeys", and other movies, too.

[@Galantus1964]

Thank you for watching this, im 60 years old and this movie gets me every time. some of the best burns...

[@holddowna]

i love this film so much keeps getting better! was LOLing so much still whilst editing it!

[@dunringill1747]

@@holddowna There are jokes and / or biting sarcasm in the movie that people literally hadn't caught even after they have seen the movie 20 times. I'm going to assume you are up for watching "Monty Python's Life of Brian" next?

[@ronjones-6977]

@@dunringill1747 Always look on the bright side of life.

[@pathighminded5463]

"i thought he boxed her" i almost fell out of my chair laughing at that

[@kuronos23]

Always a joy watching someone not stop laughing through this whole film.

[@holddowna]

I couldn’t stop laughing!!

[@FloridaMugwump]

Speaking of pranksters , i had a monty python live LP back in the seventies. The third time that i played it, i heard totally different skits on side two. Freaked me out. Turned out that they cut two concentric spiral grooves, side by side. What you heard depended on which groove you set the needle into.

[@jumpjet777]

The LP was 'Monty Python's Matching Tie & Hankerchief' ....... I think

[@FloridaMugwump]

@@jumpjet777 Yeah, that's it, thanks. The track listing on wiki has "side two:groove one" and "side two:groove two"

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

it was FUN watching you LOSE IT over the 3 questions bridge scene! 🤣😂😅 GREAT REACTION! 👍😁

[@holddowna]

Thank you!! 😁 I LOVED that scene so much! CR had me edit out so much ahahahah

[@HerpMcDerp89]

I love how the sigil on Sir Robin the Brave's shield is a chicken! 🤣🤣

[@LordVolkov]

"He's on a killing spree!" Lancelot is the OG Red Wedding 🤣🤣🤣 Ha-Ha!!!

[@adamscott7354]

You are correct A, Monty Python & The Holy Grail is single most hardcore medieval larp session ever

[@westcoast7429]

LARB*

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@westcoast7429 larp Life Action Role Play

[@JRsmountainretreat]

Thank you for reintroducing me to this classic.

[@keithgoode6313]

Thanks Ames! You're one of the few reactors who doesn't try to dissect every little thing in the film but just sit back and enjoy the lunacy with the rest of us. Kudos!

[@peterzerfass4609]

This is one of those movies you come back to every few years...and you laugh at the same spots. Every. Single. Time.

[@josheldridge8546]

One of the two Terrys in Monty Python, Terry Jones, was not just a co-director, but he was a medieval scholar in college-- a lot of stuff in the movie was based on history/athurian legend: a group of peasants who governed themselves because all the nobles thought the land they were on was more trouble than it was worth, Sir Lancelot's m.o. in battle to charge in and indiscriminately kill anybody in swinging distance, a religious order that would beat themselves publicly as displays of piety, there's a serious vein of legitimate research in it. Terry did a couple of series of documentaries on medieval life for the BBC, and theyre interesting stuff. I mentioned this in a reply elsewhere, but the other Terry is Terry Gilliam. He did the animations for this, and the Flying Circus tv show they had. The BBC had a kids' show that taught different, intro-level lessons to animation, and Terry guested on an episode to talk about how he made his animations. Really interesting watching for a fifteen-minute show.

[@martinhafner2201]

Terry Jones must have dug up the quote "The swallow may fly south with the sun ...", which was a translation of a phrase about migration in a 1500's falconry manual by king Frederick II of the Holy Roman empire. It was in the sketch arguing about coconuts and swallows with the tower guards. The issue in the original manual was some geese in a country that had no nests to be found anywhere. A bunch of people decided that the geese were transforming from other life forms and such foolishness. Frederick was making the sensible observation that their nests must be in another region/country and they migrate in and out seasonally. Who else would be reading a 1930s book translating a 1500s falconry manual? The line matched the book word for word.

[@shadowwynd6641]

Many French words enter English following the invasion of 1066 CE. Including the word “retreat”. Since this is prior to the invasion, they say “Run Away”. The Latin lessons in “life of Brian” are flawless as well.

[@Beesa10]

Terry Jones also authored the screenplay for the movie Labyrinth and was co-creator of the goblin characters portrayed along with conceptual designer and fantasy artist Brian Froud.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Rare to find a person of the younger generation that really gets and enjoys Monty Python. In my estimation, this is the funniest film of all time. The theatre of the absurd never shone so brightly.

[@jamesalexander5623]

No It Didn't!

[@stickman1742]

It's always been my favorite pure comedy film of all time. Nothing else really comes close.

[@MsAriesQueen]

First time i watched this i was with my dad when i was 14. The ending had me. I had a romp watching it with my dad, when that endiny happened i was repeating "thats it? There has to be more". Love those memories In high school my best friend at the time reenacted the animator having a heart attack toppling over his chair accidentally in the middle of class 😂

[@KillerManzarek]

- My name is Sir Galahad, "The Chaste" - Mine is Zoot, ... ... just Zoot

[@JasonMoir]

One of my favorite movies. "It can leap about....look at the bones!"

[@LordVolkov]

What's it do, nibble your bum?

[@fubar1217]

"What's he do? Nibble your bum?" ROFL

[@davidleedutton]

I love how the opening credits go on forever, and then at the end it just stops. I saw this movie in a theater when it first came out, and nobody was prepared for how brilliantly silly it was.

[@tomsimons3303]

When I saw it when it came out, the film broke; we all sat in the dark for minutes before realizing this was not part of the film's jokes.

[@Raged_Consumer]

I can't recommend Flying Circus, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life enough. Monty Python really were ahead of their time.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

The weirdness in Meaning of Life outdoes anything in "Grail" or "Brian".

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

The Ministry of Silly Walks, The Twit Olympics...😝😝😝😝

[@PhilBagels]

I'd recommend starting with MPFC. A good overview of the style. Some bits are better than others, but we all remember the great ones: Argument Clinic, Bee License, Deja Vu, Detective Sketch, Architects, Book Shop, Parrot Sketch, Deja Vu, Spam, Crunchy Frog, Naval Expedition to Lake Pahoe, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge, Deja Vu, Dennis Moore, Johann Gambolputty, Njorl's Saga, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris's Ford Popular, RAF Banter, Courtroom Sketch, the other Courtroom Sketch, yet another Courtroom Sketch, and the Spanish Inquisition!

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

@@PhilBagels Don't forget Deja Vu. 😂

[@Shutterbug5269]

@@Raged_Consumer Spam spam spam spam Spam spam spam spam

[@colbyboucher6391]

The intermission is a joke that doesn't really land any more. In theaters when the intermission came up, everyone realized oh god, this movie's like two and a half hours or more, better go to the bathroom... and then the intermission's over before anyone can even walk out, and there's only fifteen minutes left.

[@Southsidestu]

Absolutely loved this reaction, i don't think i have ever seen anyone laugh so much at anything ever, it was just a joy to see you react to this movie

[@bitfenix90]

I still love the "King Meets Peasants" discussion of watery-tarts deciding gov'ts, despite the repression. And that witchcraft newts can get better.

[@KefkeWren]

The best part of the ending...it's a _literal_ cop out.

[@herstoryanimated]

I love that you got the subtitles immediately (which most people miss), but got stuck on 932ad 😂

[@axebeard6085]

10:00 A lot of people seem to miss what the suspected witch means when she says "That's a fair cop." It's a British term. She's basically saying "You caught me. I am a witch, and deserve to be punished."

[@briannaamore1383]

They also used that line in the "Dead Bishop" sketch. "It's a fair cop but society's to blame."

[@sirbobloblaws]

Sort of like when the accused agrees to cop a plea -- admitting guilt, though perhaps to a lesser charge.

[@OgreProgrammer]

I took it to mean that since she fits her society's legal definition (the fiat of the local lord) of a witch, she must be, whether she knew it or not, and that she accepts her role and fate. The community found someone they didn't like, and gussied up charges (and the victim). Their lord said "That's not good enough, you have to justify it by my standards. It plays in with the earlier scene where the sick man is inconvenient, and has to die whether he wants to or not. He protests, the witch doesn't. Which isn't really any different from what you said. Its a fair cop.

[@brianquinn8384]

There’s record precipitation wherever Tim the Enchanter is.

[@emcsquared8681]

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is my fav. It’s absolutely brilliant

[@ScottMStolz]

The 932 A.D. was written in an old style font. Numbers like 2 and 1 were the size of lowercase letters like the letter n, while other numbers like 9 and 3 had tails like the letters q and p, and numbers like 6 and 8 were like the letter h and k and were the same height as uppercase letters.

[@knojustenuftobedangerous2442]

Ms Ames, all of us nerds repeated the movie lines all thru junior high and high school. I'm so glad you enjoyed it cuz now I feel like you're one of us old school nerds. Thanks for the great reaction!

[@Pixelologist]

Hell, I STILL repeat these lines ad nauseam! 🤣

[@holddowna]

Love it!

[@flerbus]

ni

[@hkpew]

I was just a little too young to see this when it came out in the theaters, and didn't get around to watching it until well into the VHS rental era. By the time I did finally see it I was kind of disappointed, because there wasn't a line in the movie that I didn't already know.

[@Grf1556]

I have watched this movie probably 30 times in my life and it still never fails to make me laugh.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I have watched it 46 times and it still fails to make me laugh. I shall watch it another time!

[@kwams26]

According to John Cleese, the troupe wanted to write one of their movies (I forget which one) in Auschwitcz. When the guards wouldn't let them in, Graham Chapman said "tell them we're Jewish."

[@Stogie2112]

Here's the real story: The Pythons went to Germany to write some comedy skits for some German TV shows. They first went to Munich and were then given a tour of Dachau. When they arrived at the camp, it was about to close, so Chapman said, "Tell them we're Jewish".....and it worked! They were allowed in!

[@tompercy1211]

I’ve watched a lot of people react to this movie and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone laugh as genuinely hard as you did. You’re going to love the Python library.

[@dreams2xs]

There were 3 movies I made sure my sons watched growing up. #1 was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", the second was "Blazing Saddles", and the third was "Being There". All three in my option are the best comedies in my life. I saw each in the theater when they were released.

[@MrNobodee]

Defending your Life - with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep is a good choice as well.

[@Haselius00]

This is absurdist comedy at its best. The joy of skewering so many film tropes makes me giggle every time I see it. Monty Python's best work IMO.

[@pepsiman990]

There is a very subtle sight gag that most people miss, Sir Robin has the biggest shield out of all the other Knights.

[@holddowna]

I noticed the paintings but not that!

[@rydiavalentine]

Watched this on TV with my dad when I was a kid. We were like "WTF". But we laughed anyway🤣

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I took the film seriously at first.

[@triadmad]

When they asked the "enchanter" by what name he is called, John Cleese's mind went blank on the name in the script, so he said the first name that came to his head, Tim. Everyone agreed that it was much funnier than what was in the script. In the springtime, my front yard is awash with the bloom of purple violets. In the springtime, every time I look out at the flowers, I want to yell like Dennis the peasant and say "Ah!... now we see the violets inherent in the system!"

[@holddowna]

That’s awesome!!

[@ftumschk]

The Enchanter was already called "Tim" in the earliest version of the script.

[@triadmad]

@@ftumschk I saw an interview with Mr. Cleese, which was held years after the movie was made. That was what he said, so I went with it. I have a book that has the script and and the script of the deleted scenes, and it, like your source, only has him listed as Tim.

[@ftumschk]

@@triadmad Thanks! We should always be cautious with actors telling anecdotes... they have a tendency to embellish the truth and/or make things up to please the audience :)

[@bigdream_dreambig]

​@triadmad Something you have to worry about with scripts, though, is that you often get ones that are transcribed by writers after-the-fact from the film footage. Often it's impossible to get an actual pre-production or production script.

[@d4mdcykey]

I saw this at a midnight show that was big in the 70's and 80's movie theaters, we would get blazed into oblivion in the parking lot and then go watch whatever they were showing each weekend. I'd never heard of Monty Python so had no idea what was in store. Fast forward over four decades later and this remains my #1 favorite comedy film of all-time; I was laughing so hard that night I literally couldn't breathe, never experienced that before, and it changed my entire concept of what comedy could be.

[@aMulliganStew]

Coincidentally, today I watched a review of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon." I learned that some of the royalties from that album went to fund this movie. Funny how that all works out.

[@LibrarianMichael]

6:58 Excalibur is a fantastic movie!

[@DarkwolfRedsoul]

I love that the "Swedish" names included letters we dont use. We use Å Ä and Ö and not ø

[@RedSntDK]

As a Dane I noticed that as well, but Møøse does sound funnier than Mööse imo

[@norXmal]

Wasn't it targeted towards Norwegians, assumed it was with the Ø and the Norwegian Dentist from Oslo bit?

[@swagromancer]

I notice that so often when people make up fake Swedish words. On a different note, "Mööse" is even funnier when you're German.

[@ludvact1]

The most fun and ridiculous bit is Terry Jones' helmet :)

[@snowymonkey5215]

One of my favorite bits is that they say run away instead of retreat because the word retreat originates from France

[@ronjones-6977]

One of my favorite things about Brits is how stubbornly petty they can be with things French or German.

[@nnovotny7201]

Your reactions to nearly every joke mirrored mine many years ago when I first saw the film. I enjoyed another person enjoying it so heartily!🎉

[@nicholassala5195]

I will never forget the first time I saw this film... I was a freshman in high school and in a sophomore year history class. We took a field trip to Medieval Times in Orlando, FL and this was playing on the bus ride. I was too young to fully appreciate the absurdist comedy that Monty Python is known for, but this film quickly became one of my top favorites. Love the channel, Ames! 😊❤

[@holddowna]

Thanks for hanging out!!❤️❤️❤️

[@W.TX806]

I've been a subscriber for a long time, and have never commented... but this is the best overall reaction to M.P./Holy Grail of any I have seen. I've watched them all; or at least started them all. When I was a teenager, I could quote this entire movie. You have a wonderful sense of humor, and a great laugh to go with it. 😁

[@mikealvarez2322]

Ames, your reaction to the Holy Grail is absolutely precious. You actually made it more enjoy and funnier.😅

[@holddowna]

thanks MIKE! I loved this movie!! def one of my FAVE reactions ever, but the movie is pure comedy gold!

[@billrab1890]

​@@holddownaYour reaction was fantastic but if you really love this movie I highly recommend that you watch their TV show "Monty Pythons Flying Circus". It was absolutely hysterical. It ran for five seasons on the BBC and was shown in the United States on PBS in the early 1970's which is how I was introduced to Monty Python as a kid. In my opinion it was the funniest TV show ever made and when this movie came out I couldn't wait to go see it in the theater.

[@randy_n]

The gag with the cats...they are beating the dust out of the cats like it was a rug. 😆

[@davidwebb4451]

Cats were associated with Satan (and later with witches) and myth has it that a Papal bull in 1233 AD on this subject led to mass purges and torture of cats. This killing of cats has been associated with the spreading of the black death as there supposedly weren't enough cats to kill all the rats. This is largely a myth as the Papal Bull was issued a hundred years before the black death and probably had little real long term effect on the numbers of cats. Cats are also susceptible to Yersinia pestis so were likely being killed by the black death along with the people.

[@QuisletEsq]

Great reaction. One thing I noticed only after multiple viewings was during Lancelot’s attack the dancers not killed continued dancing.

[@holddowna]

omg i missed that!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

This is the funniest movie ever made and one of the best overall, in my top 5 for sure!

[@leisastalnaker3790]

My doormat. “What is the air speed of an unladen swallow?”

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

African or European?

[@reanimated]

Your frankly unhinged laugh about the witch scene and "testing the coconut theory" is delightful. This is taking me back to my first watch as a teen in the 90s. This movie is so nuts and so stupid-brilliant. Classic.

[@holddowna]

I loved this movie so MUCH! Thanks for watching!

[@geraldherrmann787]

Logical follow-up; „The Life of Brian“ 🙃

[@holddowna]

Only logical!

[@justsmashing4628]

@@holddownayep, Life of Brian 😊

[@moleratical1232]

@@holddowna Well, not that logical

[@sbpugs]

Life of Brian is not as outrageously funny (close though) but it is BETTER satire. More thought provoking.

[@HemlockRidge]

Sir Galahad the Pure was the joke at Castle Anthrax.

[@jordonvh91]

My 7th grade history teacher had us play a fun little game where we split up into kingdoms and could politic and deal with the other kingdoms as part of our European history unit. And at the end of playing the game we had a pizza party and watched this movie, I've loved it ever since and probably watched a few dozen times since that first watch 20 years ago.

[@hairyheartsmith8513]

​@MrDearmonBlazing Saddles it is then

[@jordonvh91]

@@hairyheartsmith8513 this guy gets it!

[@Blue-qr7qe]

I love the ease with which you navigated through MP absurdist humor. You just rolled right on through, where so many others are visibly perturbed by the nonsensical premises. I'm seriously impressed. Thanks for being so much fun. 'Looking forward to more.

[@jimperry6463]

The look on your face when the intermission hit was worth it.

[@jerryward3311]

The joke with the intermission was that people saw that in the theater and got up to use the restrooms or get snacks but it was so short they would have to rush back to their seats.

[@stevencolatrella3257]

It was so much fun watching you have so much fun watching this movie! My generation memorized almost every line in this film. Great to see someone enjoy it as much as we did even today.

[@DJBell1986]

21:58 for the longest time I used the arrow hitting sound followed by “Message for your sir!” As my text notification sound.

[@polyglot12]

You can't go wrong with Monty Python. They raised silly to an art form. "Bring out your dead!" is one of my favorite parts.

[@spiveym]

YOU have been the best reactor to this movie. YOU get it!

[@herstoryanimated]

You'll notice that the historian was murdered by a knight on horseback- as the only genuine horse riding knight in the film, it could'nt have been any of Arthur's men, so they were falsely arrested!

[@Stogie2112]

Can't give enough praise to Carol Cleveland (Zoot & Dingo), the "other" member of the Python troupe. She had so many awesome parts in the Flying Circus TV series as well as the films. 👍👍

[@burni82]

The ending was the best (literal) cop out in film history.

[@callumwarren115]

The cop scene ending is quite literally a "cop out" meaning avoiding taking responsibility or honouring a commitment. In this case the film cops out of getting the grail.

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

One of the most hilarious comedies of all time. Will never forget the day I first saw it. Was 13 years old and had a couple of teeth extracted earlier in the day. Needed a laugh and watched this movie. Never laughed as hard at any movie. Non-stop laughfest.🤣

[@JPDillon]

Laughing hard with fresh stitches in your mount! That must have hurt!

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

@@JPDillon There was going to be discomfort no matter what. But laughing at and enjoying the Monty Python movie made the time considerably more pleasant.😃

[@joeruskamp1590]

"wait they just walked across? " at the end sold me no one-one ever mentions that... LOL subbed

[@ajivins1]

This is technically The Pythons' second movie. The first was 'And Now For Something Completely Different' which was basically a collection of sketches from their TV show.