Monty Python Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of ‘Holy Grail’ | TODAY

Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and John Cleese sit down with Al Roker 40 years after “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” was released.
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Monty Python Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of ‘Holy Grail’ | TODAY

[@theminerva5326]

"Would you make the same film today? No point. People have already seen it."

[@jacobjaime9143]

stop it, stop it, this comment has been silly

[@raaaak]

If only Hollywood executives also used this logic

[@The_Ballo]

You couldn't make the same film today, nor anything Monty Python ever made. Progressives would have a fit

[@raaaak]

The Pythons were progressives. They made a whole other movie that was entirely about satirizing organized religion. The religious right threw a fit remember.

[@The_Ballo]

Whatever dude. John Cleese is currently being roasted on Twitter by an army of progressive fools for making a funny joke about women cleaning up the glass after breaking the class ceiling. SJWs are prigs!

[@romanramirez7847]

R.I.P to Terry J and Graham. You are both missed dearly.

[@citizenno.0332]

could you imagine any of these guys being your grandpa? that would be amazing

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

God has to be bursting on laughters with the jokes of Graham Chapman and Terry Jones.

[@saiyansomething73]

Only if God looks like Karl Marx.

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

@@saiyansomething73 and if he has the moustache of Castro and the hat of the pope Leo XIII

[@mandybedevere]

Mother and son finally met in Heaven😎

[@jenniferholden9397]

My kids are 42 31 and 25 all love the Python films and quote them to me regularly. Just glad I did something right as a mother. Oh that and the musical influences of course. Thanks lads.

[@busch009]

Thanks for sharing. When I was young (~40 years ago) and was down with the flu my mom rented a VCR and the Holy Grail- instant family hit. From that moment on every holiday when my 4 sisters and 2 brothers get together it always ends up with someone reciting the script. I guess were not alone!

[@subswithoutvids-dw6dv]

I just watched the movie on Netflix. I love them, they are so funny and talented. I can’t believe they could make such funny tv show 40 years ago.

[@Danimal77]

Monty Python actually started in 1969, which is 50 years old next year!

[@deckofcards87]

The best comedy is from 50 years ago or earlier. Besides a few exceptions today it's all "gross out" talentless rubbish

[@SkarKingg]

Want to year something crazy? One of the owners of Netflix is the nephew of the man named "the father of propaganda" which worked with America during the beginning of radio and tv broadcasting on how to control the masses with broadcasting. It may just be a coincidence that his nephew controls Netflix as Netflix has been getting a lot of backlash lately for the whole "go woke go broke" Netflix has had to cancel successful shows in order to recover large amounts of lost money due to their "woke/PC/the message" shows tanking. Makes you wonder how much propaganda goes on in Netflix as we know that regular TV is so full of propaganda that it's spilling out the glass.

[@jamesdettmann94]

​@@deckofcards87Monty Python adored the gross

[@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips]

Yea cause 40 years ago everyone was dumb and had no sense of humor,unlike today? Sarcasm

[@plasteredbastard]

These guys made a ripple in the pond that still exists in comedy today

[@mcaddicts]

Monty Python are like the Beatles of comedy. They have heavily influenced modern comedy.

[@scottbrady7499]

..."must be a king: ...he hasn't got sh** all over him." - priceless

[@stephensoltau2823]

As Palin once said that line may well be the only ad libed line python ever allowed.

[@OofusTwillip]

3:16 - Palin (to Cleese): Ooh, you're quick! You ought to have been a lawyer!" John Cleese had been at Cambridge, studying to be a Lawyer, until he was in a very successful Cambridge Footlights revue, and became an actor instead. Along with his classmate, Tim Brooke-Taylor, who later did "At Last, the 1948 Show" with Cleese. The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch debuted on "...1948...", which is why Brooke-Taylor has a writer credit for the sketch, in the Pythons' farewell concert.

[@jennys4562]

RIP Graham Chapman!

[@princeamongkings343]

Ah, good riddance to him ;)

[@sarahkinsey5434]

And now Terry Jones

[@dr.debajyotibose2928]

Legend.

[@danijelujcic8644]

Terry Jones tried to say something and was interrupted :-(

[@Teebiscuit12345]

I'm sure he's telling Graham everything.

[@GrizzlyDaddams]

Graham Chapman is the reason I frequently yell "JESUS CHRIST!"

[@ciaraf4158]

That’s the best part

[@deckofcards87]

"Did you think at the time?--" "Can you believe it was 40 years ago today?--" ...This is the extent of this show's journalism. I love how the guys made fun of the mundane questions with sarcasm, though. LONG LIVE MONTY PYTHON..

[@Casarzino]

Exactly 40! That was the best joke of all

[@carsonkundolf3448]

"Your arms off! No it isn't YES IT IS It's only a flesh wound

[@samsignorelli]

The funny thing is, it sounds like Cleese and Pailin were sharing the lines...."just a flesh wound" and "chicken" sound very different.

[@maxmoon2254]

Tis but a scratch.

[@chrisromero5302]

Terry Jones is reunited with Graham Chapman once again.

[@Wayzor_]

RIP Terry.. he was a very naughty boy.

[@user-ii3zs2gr6u]

I hope he got what he always wanted... The curtains.

[@aw-h3875]

Oh Wombat!! Wombat Harness!! Take me to the place where eternity knows no bounds....

[@no288]

Even Elvis Presley loved the Holy Grail ....!

[@sarahkinsey5434]

I think Pink Floyd helped finance it

[@MrNadefodder]

Yes, Pink Floyd and George Harrison financed it and The Life of Brian was financed solely by George Harrison, who mortgaged his house to pay the four million pounds for the film. None of the film companies would touch it.

[@paulmccartneystoenail4897]

Praise George for The Life of Brian

[@mcaddicts]

@@sarahkinsey5434While in studio. Pink Floyd only would take breaks from recording to watch football (soccer) and Python.

[@waynej2608]

@@MrNadefodder Yes, George said he put his money up, because he wanted to watch this film they had planned. Thus, Life of Brian was made and George got to see it. Ty, Mr. Harrison.

[@miphka66]

I love that the picture they show at 1:10 doesn’t have Graham Chapman in it, it’s Neil Innes (R.I.P.) standing between Idle and Jones

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Those were some EXTREMELY silly people .

[@pierrebegley2746]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας Quite agree. Quite agree. Silly, silly, silly! - Graham Chapman

[@kostas666lelapas3]

Pezi nai

[@vardellsfolly5200]

@@kostas666lelapas3 Χά! Έτσι, ένας ακόμη έλληνας οπαδός!

[@voodoochild1975az]

The Silliest Known humans

[@carlt9265]

Palin my fav 😀😀

[@MrKmoconne]

Rest in a very funny peace Terry Jones.😆

[@blackbird5634]

"It is hard work, and great art, to make life not so serious." -John Irving.

[@flemingcourt]

Maybe my favourite move of all time. Not a single moment in the film is without wit, humour, sarcasm, satire, truth, hilarity, temptation, silliness, moose, and so on. Brilliant in all respects.

[@usaeu11]

Cleese’s daughter took improv classes at UCB LA where I did too. At a graduation class show evening, my group had just finished and John Cleese was going into see his daughter’s performance. He was probably a good audience, but it would be caught ing to be funny at him.

[@usaeu11]

*daunting not “caught ing” (autocorrect).

[@111oooo]

I saw this in the theater when it came out. The fight with the Black Knight almost killed me I laughed so hard

[@dr.debajyotibose2928]

Holy Grail was the first Monty Python skit I saw, loved it since.

[@ilik.3188]

These guys are/were geniuses ... almost half century ago they have seen and showed the all the craziness of humanity in the past, but even more what's going in nowadays ... every scene of the Holy grail or Life of Brian are more real than ever ... they did incredibly good job ...

[@UnearthCreations]

I make sure I got back each year and watch Monty python.

[@diananaomi9452]

La risa de John es muy contagiosa

[@AR-id3bo]

0:24 ... remebers me to the Lumberjack Song...as the look around by introduce 🤗 Really nice old Gentleman Good to live in these times

[@clqudy4750]

The Holy Grail was shown in theaters just a few years ago and I went Extraordinary to see it with a live audience, especially since we could all quote it verbatim Now it's turning 50, and so am I 😮😩 God love the Python ers and the fans!

[@faerefolke]

My family and I STILL quote all their movies.

[@youmustbeaweasley8565]

2:26 Eric is just like: oh he's talking sh.. again

[@stevencoffman34]

I've never laughed so hard I love these guys

[@birddoc47]

Soooooooooooo classic!!!!

[@happydace4866]

I remember seeing this at the cinema on first release and when the film finished people started pooring out the screenroom..... before the credits came up . And totally missed the hilarious 'last part ' of the evening by doing so !

[@panowa8319]

RIP to Graham Chapman and Terry Jones.

[@cowboymouth6429]

ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍

[@thereisnocontenthere]

I hate this show but I love the Pythons. At least they weren't interviewed by Matt "Lock You In My Office" Lauer.

[@mr.._.6691]

Why do you hate the show?

[@mr.._.6691]

Wait, which show?

[@adamnunavumiuq5121]

This summer working in the field, myself and other staff from their 20s through 40s spontaneously started up Python bits, especially from Holy Grail. It started with "fetchez la vache" and went on several minutes through "run away, run away", the empty wooden rabbit, and the Black Beast of Aaaaarggg. Thank you Pythons, rest in peace Graham and Terry, wish I could have met you. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great...

[@KJ-je9pm]

Legends!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

Terry and Michael. Gosh.

[@gamleskalle1]

Seen it 14 times + listened to The cd many times

[@nirmalkirtisinghe]

n00b... I've seen it more than a hundred times, and it still brings me immeasurable joy.

[@randiekay4994]

I laughed hysterically as a kid when I saw this. I still enjoy it but it's now a silly funny.

[@wldrhino]

Me too! :D

[@romo2674]

Why silly?

[@stephensoltau2823]

@@romo2674 Good question.If u look up silly for a definition I do not think it defines this humor, completely. But silly in its actual meanings is a derogatory statement of someone. I think she means silly as immature child like humor.Alot of thier silliness was satire.

[@Azoria4]

@@stephensoltau2823 although some of its silly a lot of the issues they talk about actually have a lot of weight and meaning to them, like the really politically aware peasants for example🤣 stuff like that you don’t really get the beauty of when you’re younger so I don’t know why she’s demeaning it

[@gsasfdf]

2:24 3:15

[@sumvs5992]

"John Cleess" America, time for a quick english lesson "Cleese" is Cleez

[@NewhamMatt]

1:12 That picture of the group has Neil Innes instead of Graham Chapman.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Neil was very much in the film, remember the Tale of Sir Robin? He also wrote several other songs for the movie. Anyway, this was an exceptionally poor interview...

[@mcaddicts]

Champan was off drinking a 40 of vodka.

[@romanramirez7847]

b phillip Also give credits to John Du Prez who worked with Eric on several Python projects and co wrote many Meaning Of Life songs with him including Galaxy Song.

[@thor25]

Kim Kardassian could have a slight slip walking up some stairs and get 100 million views. The genius and birth of great comedy gets 100k views

[@lpsp442]

We live in dark, greedy, click-hungry times

[@ThatDifferentDude]

I was watching Terry Jones. I read where Eric said they knew Jonesy has been ill for some time. He could speak here but not very much, but then none of them got to speak very much. Anyway, I love Monty Python. My sense of humor got me through when I was at my lowest.

[@Danimal77]

You can actually trace it back to 2009 videos on youtube of him being interviewed. It wasn't that bad at that point. He'd mix up a word, or would start to say ummmm a little bit. By 2012 there were more ummmm's before sentences, but it really became noticeable in 2013. The stuttering became more prominent and his word selection in general became more basic and he would forget things. In 2014 it was very bad. It took him a while to get out words and he tended to repeat himself a lot. There are even a few 2015 interviews of him and it's painful to watch. He could still speak, but it was difficult. By 2016 it seemed like he lost all ability to speak, other than yes and no. Today, he doesn't understand language anymore apparently. It's very sad.

[@romanramirez7847]

Dan Maler Sadly Terry passed away back in January. May he Rest In Peace. Now he’s with Graham in the great Flying Circus in the sky.

[@81Mace81]

This show needs more hosts, how do they get by with just five on a couch?

[@dylanrinker6831]

Aww terry jones...

[@NotoriusMaximus]

Goodbye Terry Jones!

[@hibob418]

The amazing thing is when the movie first aired in America in 1977 or so on the CBS Late Movie, they cut out the entire Black Knight scene where he is dismembered, and it was very confusing. Now they run the scene with the knight running around with no arms, and this aired on the Today Show at 7 o'clock in the morning.

[@aaeonkarma3717]

So I says to Carson Daly I says:" What're you, glue?"

[@christianeroberto7944]

❤

[@timsvensk8115]

"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?!"

[@FNsMadman]

SMOKE MACHINE

[@gmaccruyff55]

Last summer,in the town of Dunblane,I was asked by a typical American tourist (Baseball cap,3 cameras,sunglasses),"Sir,can you tell me where Doune Castle is?" .Yes the yanks are invading,as they love "The Holy Grail".

[@perrin6]

Was this interview really aired exactly as it is here, with very brief cutaway scenes missing punchlines etc ?

[@jasonregan365]

They are alive

[@mollytsanadis1323]

What I would do just have one conversation with these guys

[@Casarzino]

EXACTLY 40 lol

[@deaconjohn6838]

3 down 2 to go

[@davidt9238]

So glad I introduced my Canadian 6 year-old to Fawlty Towers. Now 19, he absolutely loves The Holy Grail. Some people just don’t get the humour. Sad!

[@susn1987]

Did you think that it would become so iconic... Seriously, those are idiotic questions, of course they realistically have to say no.

[@lewisgermany5666]

“All the living member and surving cast of Monty python” too soon man. Too soon

[@voiceguy3635]

Is that Urkle interviewing the guys?

[@lpsp442]

Wish I didn't have to see Lena Dunham's face at the end of this great interview

[@rebeccaduncan5366]

Monty Python was cool and funing and odd for them as each of them had be a team too and seeing it now,

[@MsBillysunday]

Where was Carol Cleveland?

[@stevencoffman34]

A movie like that probably would not work. But dam it's so funny every Python movie was

[@mikedonovan8811]

It was released on Graham Chapman's 37th birthday?

[@SlyJak2]

nah, that would've been January 8th, 1978, and the movie was released in April 3rd, 1975.

[@bobupndowns4270]

I think it was released in 1978, but was MADE in 1975. Don't know why the wait was so long.

[@EmileJoulbert]

It was filmed mostly in May 1974. It premiered the next spring. On January 8th 1978 the Pythons were on Barbados writing Life of Brian. According to Michael Palin's diary, that evening they toasted the recently sober Graham in fruit juice. Whether Holy Grail had a re-release in 1978, I don't know. It might have been released in your particular country that year. Life of Brian, for instance, didn't premiere in my country until 1980.

[@deanpd3402]

@@bobupndowns4270 I remember seeing it in 75.

[@mustafacom6378]

3:03

[@JornBjerregaard]

What a superficial and bad interview...

[@romo2674]

Suspension points are so trascendental.

[@stevejones1318]

That smoke is just ridiculous.

[@glumgatsby9812]

That smoking jacket.

[@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips]

Ahh but in less than 2 years its the 50th!!!

[@cooljackster7390]

Your title was supposed to be 45th

[@rakariwilliams]

No this video was made in 2015

[@NxDoyle]

Say Cheese, then say Cleese. It's a z sound. Why? Because John's family name was Cheese and his grandfather changed it.

[@mcbillygoat]

Monty Python is funny, but they don’t hold a candle to Al Roker’s comedic timing.

[@robf6105]

I like the films but their albums were always the funniest to me. The skits were more cerebral.

[@sreeharimv9456]

i dont understand american television 🤔 do they need 5 people to report that 🤔??

[@MohamedEzekiel]

Biggus Dikas hahaha

[@Teebiscuit12345]

I think this whole video was rather silly.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Monty pythons cast are somewhat indelible to the success of PBS. Otherwise people would have just blown up their television sets and lived in the woods and worn grass skirts 😂

[@chadwindham2979]

what a horrible interview

[@koleberdinoch926]

Americans never pronounce Cleese correctly. It rhymes with cheese, not fleece.

[@matthewstetson1840]

Absurdity.

[@ciaraf4158]

Bring out ya dead

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Al Roker's fake laugh annoys me.

[@1wwc45]

Even then you could see that AIDs had affected Terry. He was lucky to hang on another 4 years.

[@jbawn]

AIDS?

[@kingstannisbaratheon7974]

It wasn't AIDS, it was dementia. Besides i'm pretty sure they cured AIDS by the time this came out.

[@kingstannisbaratheon7974]

Terry Jones died of a rare form of dementia literally a few days ago. I guarantee you he did not die of HIV.

[@aw-h3875]

Disgusting comment from a person with a disgusting mind.

[@HansDelbruck53]

The Holy Grail was fine, but they should be celebrating The Life of Brian, they're funniest movie, instead. I love the Pythons, but can't stand to see them "interviewed" by these early-morning American TV twits.

[@aw-h3875]

I agree. Although I personally prefer series 2 and 3 to the films Just sayin

[@timdavies4679]

television presenting at it's finest - poor...

[@1truthplease]

Terrible interview