'Pinin' for the fjords' Best line in any sketch ever for sheer ridiculousness.
@OneTrueVikingbard10 ай бұрын
1:40
@orangeaurora7 ай бұрын
top tier euphemism for death
@McRocket5 ай бұрын
Any sketch ever? That is an AWFUL lot of sketches. Perhaps you should change it to '...any sketch I have heard/seen for...'. ☮
@eduj4 ай бұрын
@@McRocket 9 year old comment. also bog off
@shaquilleoatmeal73893 ай бұрын
@@McRocket have you ever heard of exaggeration?
@NytemareQueen11 жыл бұрын
Never knew there were so many ways to describe a dead parrot. And so eloquent, too! "This is a LATE PARROT!" XD
@renestoyaction59316 жыл бұрын
Ex-parrot,
@playsbass19696 жыл бұрын
THIS PARROT IS NO MORE
@baronprocrastination17226 жыл бұрын
Parrotn't
@kaldogorath6 жыл бұрын
This parrot has checked out for good!
@myroselle6987 Жыл бұрын
“This parrot has ceased to be!!!” is my favorite.
@InterpolFL15 жыл бұрын
Wow... 40 years since Monty Python started... and still fresh. R.I.P. Graham Chapman
@BarkinsYT Жыл бұрын
Nahh he just resting
@eriksatieofficiel Жыл бұрын
And RIP Terry Jones.
@Rikki-lh2mw Жыл бұрын
The life of Brian
@ImYourHuckleberry_29 Жыл бұрын
@@BarkinsYTnah he's just stunned
@Englandwillnotfall5 ай бұрын
Ancient comment
@GFSan8 жыл бұрын
"sorry we're closing for lu-" "NEVERMIND THAT MY LAD" workinginretail.avi
@leo-16716 жыл бұрын
Charles Philip Trash if you ever sell me a dead parrot you wont have a job never mind lunch!
@1234macro9 жыл бұрын
I am ashamed to admit that I am a norwegian... who did not realize until now that there are no parrots in Norway...
@tomrogerlilleby28908 жыл бұрын
I'm a Norwegian too - and if there's anything I'm ashamed of it's that we have too many parrots living here in our country.
@Schcarraffone8 жыл бұрын
+Tom Roger Lilleby but they sleep all the days right...?
@armodder39008 жыл бұрын
+ Tom Roger Lilleby Yes but they are dead parrots, they are no longer among the living and are therefore ex-parrots!
@TheAngelOfDeath018 жыл бұрын
You're right; problem is they run the country!
@fatalharvest41358 жыл бұрын
Lord Geezmo the joke was because an African grey parrot was a common species of parrot to own in the uk in the 70s.
@archierm9 жыл бұрын
"It's not paining, It has passed on! This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff, bereft of life! It's rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! It has run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!" Beautiful, just fucking beautiful!
@NYCentralSpotter10709 жыл бұрын
Archie Manalang Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
@PhoenixPrincess109 жыл бұрын
+Kendra Marybeth Davenport Pining for the fjords? What kind of talk is that?
@NYCentralSpotter10709 жыл бұрын
PhoenixPrincess10 The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
@DieFlabbergast9 жыл бұрын
+Archie Manalang *pining
@DieFlabbergast9 жыл бұрын
+Kendra Marybeth Davenport *kippin' on its back
@ZeldaEd12310 жыл бұрын
John's voice just makes this sketch even more hilarious.
@iancurtis11527 жыл бұрын
And his choice of clothing, hair style, height, lack of geographical awareness, pretty much everything really.
@WilliamMc916 жыл бұрын
Saw him in Columbus, Ohio almost 2 years ago :)
@JimLovell-np4pv Жыл бұрын
@@WilliamMc91 you didn't!
@thomasrussell4674 Жыл бұрын
@@iancurtis1152 yeah hahahaha hair voice and that face he's pulling!
@cigoLxeL5 ай бұрын
_Paaaaaynin'_ for the fjords?!
@lebbo888 жыл бұрын
"Hello Miss." "What do you mean, 'Miss'?" "I'm sorry, I have a cold."
@lewissmith60508 жыл бұрын
Well done you quoted the video
@GFSan8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Lebby Underappreciated joke.
@lebbo888 жыл бұрын
+Charles Philip Trash Thank you! Very underappreciated.
@anag.16568 жыл бұрын
That's just brilliant....hahahahah
@sufangkong7718 жыл бұрын
I think he said "complaint" than "cold"
@LittleB20078 жыл бұрын
I remember learning many English euphemisms for "dead" from this sketch... Joined the choir invisible, pushing up daisies, gone to see its maker etc. But my absolute favorites are the simple ones: This parrot is NO MORE! This is an EX-parrot!! LOL
@cailenrock18429 жыл бұрын
Favorite Monty Python sketch. This parrot wouldn't voom if you put 4 thousand volts thru it!... THIS PARROT IS NO MORE! IT CEASES TO BE... THIS IS A LATE PARROT!!!
@adamconley57698 жыл бұрын
My 8 year-old daughter adores this sketch. Never too young to appreciate British classical humour!
@John-yf7iy8 жыл бұрын
If one can never be too young to appreciate British classical humour, then it ought to be the case that your daughter also appreciated and adored this sketch when she was 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 11 months, 10 months, and so on down to 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 weeks, 1 week, 6 days, down to 1 day old, down to 1 minute old. Or is it the case that she only began to adore and appreciate it when she was 8 years old? In that case how can you say that you're never too young to do so? If you really are never too young to do so, then she should have been appreciating and adoring it since she was born.
@Fedesiete8 жыл бұрын
or even before she was born. When she was a 9 months fetus, or a 7 months fetus or even a 2 month fetus!
@BradenBest7 жыл бұрын
The Lamb On the other hand, you're _really_ never too young to appreciate a naked bod. After all, you swam up and spent 9 months inside of one ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@mydogsbestfren74906 жыл бұрын
Adam Conley bro. im sitting here thinking how i was 6-7 watching these VHS’s.. keep it up man, youre doing the lords work
@diabl2master6 жыл бұрын
The Lamb Wow, thanks for wasting everyone's time with that comment.
@lancasterII Жыл бұрын
I love my Norwegian blue, despite its odd episodes of being stunned, or laying on its side pining for the fjords, it has truly lovely plumage. Remarkable animal.
@haiden38011 күн бұрын
I tell you why it's DEAD
@tabujukes11 жыл бұрын
HELLOO PARROT! *bangs parrot on table*
@mistersneake56386 жыл бұрын
That my fav scene
@KirbyPoyo4136 жыл бұрын
That my dad and my favorite part (my dad used to watch this in college)
@theonewithdoggo6 жыл бұрын
*PETA OPEN UP!!!*
@erinstone28686 жыл бұрын
I lost my shit there!
@McRocket5 ай бұрын
I think he said 'Hello Polly/Polley'. But I agree... it is hilarious. ☮
@johnrkillick33426 жыл бұрын
I once showed this to a group of Chinese English students, using a video on a Chinese site that had Chinese subtitles. When it came to the part where he says 'shagged out', the translators wrote: 'You said he was tired because he'd been having sex'.
@yytyytg6 жыл бұрын
Were you selling them opium as well?
@jonrobbin1703 ай бұрын
@@yytyytghopefully.
@wingberry1237 күн бұрын
Actually when I heard shagged out that's what I assumed haha!
@VroodenTheGreat6 жыл бұрын
"He's probably pining for the fjords."
@Vollification6 жыл бұрын
We red the script of this in our english-books in Sweden when I was a kid. That's how good it was.
@spartangoku76109 ай бұрын
That’d be a good one.
@zelren_8 жыл бұрын
The parrot was 'Bolton' to it's perch. Turns out it was a pun.
@oz_jones8 жыл бұрын
Goddamnit.
@John-yf7iy8 жыл бұрын
Huh? Shouldn't it be "bolted" to its perch, not "bolton" to its perch? How can something be bolton to something? You mean "bolted" to its perch, not "bolton". What on Earth is "bolton to its perch"?? That's neither a pun, nor a palindrome, nor any other recognised wordplay. If the parrot was flying quickly to Ipswich, then you could say that "it's boltin' to Ipswich", which would be a pun. But "bolton to its perch" is meaningless. Or, if the parrot was moving quickly to its perch, then you might say "it's boltin' to its perch". BTW its = belonging to it. It's = it is.
@John-yf7iy8 жыл бұрын
She loves me very much :) But not as much as your mother loves me.
@RedSapphireFly8 жыл бұрын
'Bolt on' to its perch
@TroyIson7 жыл бұрын
Nah, it's actually a town in Manchester England. No gag, just a location.
@Yadarfyn16 жыл бұрын
Can you believe that the beginning of the script to this sketch was one of the texts on the A level English lang&lit exam one year?! We literally analysed it when we were doing a past paper earlier today! FANTASTIC sketch :D
@lopz338 жыл бұрын
A very Monty Python classic!
@edzzup7 жыл бұрын
lopz33 -- "Monty Python" the noun, or "Monty Python" the adjective?
@An_excellent_YouTube_account6 жыл бұрын
edzzup no it's Monty Python the adverb.
@akvam90696 жыл бұрын
GET ON WITH IT!
@martinputt64216 жыл бұрын
Yes get on with it!
@oscargold15546 жыл бұрын
That's how you don't assume gender.
@drinkNjewz15 жыл бұрын
michael palin and john cleese are my two favorite pythons. I love all their sketches together, they make a great comedy pair.
@Greenballoffire Жыл бұрын
mine are Graham and Eric!
@jamiealsen9 жыл бұрын
WAKE UP POLLY PARROT
@isaackim76759 жыл бұрын
jamiealsen There, it moved.
@Omnificence20169 жыл бұрын
Isaac Kim No, it didn't. That was you pushing the cage.
@isaackim76759 жыл бұрын
Fedora Gamer I did not!
@Omnificence20169 жыл бұрын
+Isaac Kim Yes you did! Hello, Polly! POLLY! POLLY PARROT, WAKE UP! Polly! Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
@isaackim76759 жыл бұрын
Fedora Gamer It's stunned. A beautiful bird, though, lovely plumage.
@georgeparkins7778 жыл бұрын
I always lose it when he bangs the parrot on the counter.
@TomiKaski Жыл бұрын
In a reunion live show 2014, instead of saying the parrot has expired and gone to meet it's maker, John Cleese says it has expired and gone to meet dr Chapman... certainly a nice and beautiful line of dedication to their late partner and friend....
@nicandknacksandseans Жыл бұрын
This is the best 5 minutes of comedy ever put to celluloid. Monumental.
@apocyldoomer7 ай бұрын
Monty’s dead Parrot skit has to be their funniest skit, along with “it’s just a flesh wound” and so many others!
@goblinoide7 ай бұрын
It's not funny at all
@apocyldoomer7 ай бұрын
@@goblinoide I guess that you don’t appreciate English humor.
@ReinEngel9 жыл бұрын
Still tell people I'm from Notlob to this day.
@neilfroggycrompton24669 жыл бұрын
+Rein Engel i'm from yrub originally,greetings from melbourne australia :)
@comanchio19768 жыл бұрын
+neil froggy Crompton Did you know that there was a Notlob mechanical engineering company near Brisbane?
@neilfroggycrompton24668 жыл бұрын
No idea as im from victoria :)
@comanchio19768 жыл бұрын
+neil froggy crompton I'm from the UK, I googled 'notlob' and that was one of the first things that came up - thought it might be famous..
@neilfroggycrompton24668 жыл бұрын
Im from the uk originally but now live in melbourne victoria australia.
@VJAllison19748 жыл бұрын
I've seen this skit numerous times, and it still makes me laugh. :)
@oDominantBitcho15 жыл бұрын
"If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisys..It run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible..This is an ex-parrot" This line and "I've got a slug...Does it talk? Well no not really. Then its scarcely a replacement then is it." they are my favourite lines in this sketch I can never stop laughing lol.
@edwardmiessner6502 Жыл бұрын
Monty Python never gets old. R.I.P. Graham Chapman
@SpiffingNZ2 ай бұрын
Nah nah he's just resting.
@BleachFan98917 жыл бұрын
Who knew there were so many adjectives for dead!
@chrisperson31386 жыл бұрын
ajs1031 And also bought the farm, kicking the bucket.
@leo-16716 жыл бұрын
Chris Person wooden onesie
@WilliamMc916 жыл бұрын
He fucking snuffed it! Shuffled off his mortal coil
@nicholasemjohnson477 ай бұрын
Breathed its last and bit the dust. Went six feet under.
@elliottprice60849 ай бұрын
THE Greatest and most hilarious Python sketch ever. John Cleese and Michael Palin worked so brilliantly together. And John Cleese' voice was perfect for this masterpiece 🤣🤣
@pethaie19048 жыл бұрын
"There, it moved." :D
@chikowashere9 жыл бұрын
This is an ex parrot.
@jerichamesclammay31079 жыл бұрын
well better replace it then.
@trexlpl9 жыл бұрын
Luke Dearey If you want to get anything done in this country, you have to complain until you go blue in the mouth.
@jerichamesclammay31079 жыл бұрын
trexlpl sorry gub, we're all out of parrots.
@henrikknudsen81259 жыл бұрын
Chiko was here Its just pining
@SlinkiestPopi9 жыл бұрын
+Chiko was here no it isn't
@nintendogsfan22111 жыл бұрын
like how they both keep a straight face!
@aaronjafri90046 жыл бұрын
"That parrot is definitely deceased!" That is so verbose and superfluous I love it.
@evan91819 жыл бұрын
I took the liberty of examining that parrot, and the only reason it'd been sitting on it's perch was because it was NAILED THERE.
@rafachrzanowski2 ай бұрын
Look at Michael Palin's eyes - his character is obviously lying. What a perfect acting!
@martinwestern33348 ай бұрын
"Pinin' for the Fjords" such a funny line and such a funny sketch 🤣🤣🤣
@LuMaxQFPVАй бұрын
I was so happy to be able to meet John in an Icandic Bank commercial we were in, shot at the Walt Disney concert hall in Los Angeles around 2007.
@mattxr2i16 жыл бұрын
One of the best of Monty Python sketches! Love this one.
@jocelynhurd1719 жыл бұрын
"If you want to get anything done in this country, you've got to complain until you are blue in the mouth"
@u.v.s.55837 жыл бұрын
Blue like an ex-parrot that has ceased to be.
@E1craZ4life6 жыл бұрын
It's pining for the fjords.
@u.v.s.55836 жыл бұрын
It's not pining, it's passed on!
@HetaliaGirl16 жыл бұрын
U.V. S. No, no, it's stunned.
@stuartwells82786 жыл бұрын
"If you want to get anything done in this country, you have to complain till you're blue in the mouth." All these years later, that's still true.
@jmckenzie9626 жыл бұрын
I'm honestly surprised at the lack of Monty Python memes these days. TONS of potential for new meme formats.
@dOMINIClord-by3se3 ай бұрын
Best python sketch ever old comedy is better than alot of rubbish now
@RobertKetteringham3 ай бұрын
Yes it is better than you get today ❤❤❤
@stanleymays27102 ай бұрын
Woke destroys todays comedy !
@midnightwitch6063 ай бұрын
"Pinin for the feilds what kind of talk is that" 😂😂😂😂😂
@rikuijas635810 жыл бұрын
"This is a late parrot!"
@JoshCoombes10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! When you think about it, this sketch is reminiscent of One Foot in the Grave, with Cleese as Victor Meldrew...
@dharmapunk59 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite Montly Python sketches ever.
@rusangiza7 жыл бұрын
I could add some more..."This parrot is sleeping with the fishes. It's at peace. It's counting the worms. This parrot is caput. It's passed away and is now at rest. This parrot is defunct. It's departed and gone to reward. This parrot has perished. It's an inert parrot! It has kicked the bucket. It's not with us anymore!"
@sagesaria6 жыл бұрын
I saw this for the first time as a teenager when there were episodes available on our instant watch. The part where he starts yelling into the dead parrot's ear and banging the body on the counter nearly killed me. I laughed so hard my dad came downstairs to watch with me XD
@CyberStalkingCr33per11 жыл бұрын
AGREED! Allot of there skits ended like this? "Police Man" pops up and there's no resolution to the story? That's absurd? It makes absolutely no sense? It is just a total cop out? >Cop Out... >COP OUT!!! It was a play on words. That was the joke my friend ;-) "They are the music makers, And they are the dreamers of dreams" They are The Beatles of Comedy!
@ljmoore75569 жыл бұрын
you know what I love? there are no troll comments here. only laughter. tx!!!
@felixcuthbert27196 жыл бұрын
John Cleese: If you want to get anything done in this country, You've got to complain until your blue in the mouth. Me: Not much as change since this sketch was made.
@billn83045 ай бұрын
Thanks Piers!
@skillabr18327 жыл бұрын
For everyone asking what makes Monty Python funny to some people, it's that the sketches are both silly and relatable. It's classic satire in the same way the Onion is funny. Monty Python pokes fun of certain aspects of life or culture. In this case, they're making fun of a situation where you have to return something, which is relatable both to people who have worked retail, or those who tend to get into arguments with people who give you bullshit answers to things. It's also the absurdity of the way he talks about the parrot. Some people don't find it funny, and that's okay.
@neil29057 жыл бұрын
my mother and my sister bought a rabbit from a pet shop near us a couple of years ago. it inexplicably died about 3 days later. my mother went back to the shop to tell the guy behind the counter. "What? No you must be mistaken. We don't even sell rabbits." true story.
@marccunningham11886 ай бұрын
"What u mean miss?" Sorry I have a cold".....Brilliant!
@cazia910 жыл бұрын
THIS! Is an EX....PARROT !!
@buddytenney71219 ай бұрын
Well, I better replace it then.
@suncore59810 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest comedic sketches of all time.
@404waffles10 жыл бұрын
THERE HE MOVED
@Andre118446 жыл бұрын
The Sketch will never Pushing the Daisies. It will never Cross the River. No way to meet the Lord...
@orangeaurora7 ай бұрын
-"I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it." -"Look my lad, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now." -"The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead." -"Alright then. If it's restin', I'll wake it up. HELLO POLLY!!! I GOT A NICE CUTTLEFISH FOR YOU WHEN YOU WAKE UP POLLY PARROT!!!" ... "HELLO POLLY!!! POLLY!!! (whack whack whack) POLLY PARROT WAKE UP!!! (whack whack) POLLY!" (resigned throw, parrot thuds onto ground) "Now that's what I'd call a dead parrot." -"That parrot is defenitely deceased." -"... Look, matey. This parrot wouldnt 'foom' if I put 4000 volts through it. It's bleedin' demised." -"It's not! It's-it's pining!" -"It's not pining, it's passed on! This parrot is no MORE! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This, is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace; if you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies! It's rolled down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This! Is an ex! Parrot!" -"... Well I better replace it then." thats 18 different ways of expressing that that parrot is dead. blue in the mouth indeed.
@balthefemroe10 жыл бұрын
"Beautiful plumage, innit?" So many ways of describing something as dead though lol XD
@MichaelHillyard9810 жыл бұрын
Proud to be a Notlobian
@PleiadesRuby10 жыл бұрын
?nainotloB A
@MichaelHillyard9810 жыл бұрын
deedni seY
@PleiadesRuby10 жыл бұрын
emosewa s'tahT
@SolaceGreer9 жыл бұрын
***** That's not a palindrome. "A nut for a jar of tuna" would be a palindrome.
@chazzbrasiel67049 жыл бұрын
***** Or... Madam I'm Adam.
@StrickenRecord6 жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I see this sketch, it’s still hilarious.
@Azurada23rd10 жыл бұрын
These days you have to complain until you're blue in the mouth to even get people aware of the issue.
@ownpetard83798 жыл бұрын
double entendre there, mate - blue in the mouth; Norwegian blue
@annaparkinson31213 жыл бұрын
the parrot is going to pull a Holy Grail joke and say "I'm not dead yet! I'm getting better!"
@colemanadamson59436 жыл бұрын
Monty Python's best sketch! Next was the cheese shop. Incredible talent, well scripted and acted.
@cobaltfalcon94586 жыл бұрын
I love that you can see John Cleese about to break with every "dead parrot" euphemism
@comanchio197611 жыл бұрын
Just been to Notlob, it wasn't nearly as entertaining as this
@UkeGirl10012 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this available to all of us!
@DeboraBlake12 жыл бұрын
Proof of great comedy: it stands the test of time. I laughed so hard the first time I saw this sketch and over thirty years later, here I am still laughing just as hard. Thanks for sharing! Those 101 "unlikers" must be a pretty sad (clueless) bunch in my opinion...
@Multimeli12312 жыл бұрын
Okay so I'm watching this and my real Parrot, an umbrella cockatoo was cracking up watching this!
@John-yf7iy8 жыл бұрын
A Michael Palindrome?
@corryandrews223111 ай бұрын
I see what you did there 😆
@jeremysmith837011 ай бұрын
No. That would be Emordnilap Leahcim.
@smileysatanson34046 жыл бұрын
this is so true when a normal scammer tries to sneak out of problems
@KDeker11 жыл бұрын
this one and the argument room are the best
@n.k.34707 жыл бұрын
KDeker you do not remember commenting this
@reddwarfer99910 ай бұрын
No it isn't!
@Jkirk327912 жыл бұрын
You know, I'm thinking we should get Cleese to act as the Moderator for the Presidential Debates. Imagine ...
@Casarzino8 жыл бұрын
pining for the fiords
@РэйКайн6 жыл бұрын
Danilo Pochini what kind of talking is that?!
@gregoryashton6 жыл бұрын
*fjords
@WilliamMc916 жыл бұрын
PINING FOR THE FJORDS?!?!
@BeerGogglesReviews11 жыл бұрын
They missed a joke there. When John said it's irrelevant, the station assistant should have said, "No, it's a parrot."
@daveepelone62218 жыл бұрын
" It's stone dead "
@Aaravosi12 жыл бұрын
Left Monty on all day to see if i could teach my parrot some funny jokes
@guharup8 жыл бұрын
this could be the best piece of comedy ever made
@WilczekAniaАй бұрын
My absolute favourite sketch with John and Michael, comedy gold duo forever😂😅😹
@Rikki-lh2mw Жыл бұрын
For those who wonder: I used to live 100 yards away from Michael Palin.s house. He is a very humble man, he is originally from Sheffield never study at a private school,has 3 children, all of them attended a public school, Sir Michael Palin sadly lost his wife recently, He lives in the Gospel Oak NW3 area in the North part of London, and his house is surrounded by social houses (Camden Council) He is the Britain.s most humble and loving gentleman!
@xgreenjacket5 ай бұрын
I’m listening to his diaries of the python years. He also tragically lost his sister to suicide in the 80’s
@Rikki-lh2mw5 ай бұрын
@@xgreenjacket I didn't know about his late sisters situation. Thanks for the information.
@Rikki-lh2mw5 ай бұрын
@@xgreenjacket I didn't know about his late sisters situation. Thanks for the information.
@anthonymeade73455 ай бұрын
Maybe he wouldn't appreciate you telling us where he lives.
@wayfaringspacepoet5 ай бұрын
with all the illustrative and creative expressions for death listed in this sketch, tiktokkers settled for "unalive"
@SaturdayMorno8610 жыл бұрын
Pollyyy! Bang! Bang! Bang! --The bird is dead ,boney!---If he puts 4,000 volts through that bird, it'll be barbecue bird!
@nogalesmaestro14 жыл бұрын
"It's pining for the fjords!" -- aren't we all...
@snaggio6 жыл бұрын
I know good comedy when I see it and I'm looking at it right now.
@bertferri-5685 Жыл бұрын
It didn't even live long enough for him to name it Eric.
@anthonymeade73455 ай бұрын
3:26 No one laughed at "Similar Pet Shops Ltd."
@dionysuskiss16 жыл бұрын
I don't know how this was on my feed, but it is one of my absolute favorite MP skits
@herakleitus8 жыл бұрын
"I've got a slug?"
@Mitche238 жыл бұрын
Does it talk?
@bturner9998 жыл бұрын
... not really
@Firebreath56 Жыл бұрын
"Pining for the fjords" actually makes more sense when you remember it's a Norwegian parrot.
@zacharoninoodle6 жыл бұрын
This is the best rendition of this sketch. the versions from "And Now For Something Completely Different" and that was performed live are weaker in timing etc than this.
@thhseeking Жыл бұрын
I've heard an audio-only live version of this sketch, and a prop failure sent the crowd into hysterics. I think the head flew off when John was banging the parrot on the bench. I can't remember the next comment :P
@andysteinbock9636 Жыл бұрын
This sketch is what got me interested in Monty Python in the first place. So, to me, this sketch is the one I call "The Sketch That Started It All"
@t-mobileuser5 ай бұрын
2:47 THIS IS A EX PARROT!
@richardconner156 жыл бұрын
THIS IS AN ANALOGY ABOUT HOW POLITICIANS CAN TALK US INTO BELIEVING ANYTHING THEY SAY.
@juttaweise Жыл бұрын
dec 2023, more true today than ever!
@irishelk39 жыл бұрын
They had a very unique sense of humor with this, not like regular British humor, a kind of world of their own.
@ishmaelforester98256 жыл бұрын
People think this because they don't know the tradition of comedy. They are kind of hypnotised by the television because Monty Python were one of the first and greatest set of comics to appear on it. But this sort of comedy is ancient and universal. Apart from the trippy seventies affectation which isn't particularly funny.
@ishmaelforester98256 жыл бұрын
Peoples do not have different senses of humour, generally speaking. Humour exists, it is based in tragic irony - laughter itself - it has fundamental laws. You either have good comics and people who appreciate them or not.
@namsallison20726 жыл бұрын
Can't say I agree. There are many types of sense of humor. From the disgusting sense of humor of young children from natural body functions, adult jokes which delight many men, physical humor from pain and injury, humor of when something is just completely 'out there', dry humor, puns, jokes, etc. Different things make different people laugh. I find dry humor to be my cup of tea, but I know many people who never find dry humor funny and prefer things that are more obviously jokes. There is very little I find funny about physical humor, but I have family who yuk it up when watching Britain's Funniest Home Videos. Many examples of different senses of humor exist. What works for one might not work for another.
@ishmaelforester98256 жыл бұрын
You are right. I spoke too generally and strongly in my original comments. It is a matter of taste, context, nuance and degree etc whether laughter is effectively invoked in one case or another. But if you look into what makes all those types of humour funny per se, you will find it is basically the same innate human tendency and trait, only indefinitely differing manifestations. It is always a kind of sudden juxtaposition of expectation and surprise. If you study comedy and humour deeply, that is what you find. I suppose that is a platitude really.
@ishmaelforester98256 жыл бұрын
Apparently humour comes increasingly with the self-reflective faculty. A few other animals seem to enjoy some humour but we revel in it and sing. There is a kind of uncontrollable delight whenever the surprising absurdity of our situation is immediately brought to our attention, though it effects different people in different ways. Human beings love to laugh and arguably it is our characteristic sound, like the neigh of a horse or something.
@727Rays3 ай бұрын
Let's not ignore the boss move of "nevermind that my lad" when the shop owner tried to kick him out.
@audreym85910 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks Michael Palin was really handsome?
@neptunestardust7 жыл бұрын
Audrey yes he so was
@РэйКайн7 жыл бұрын
yeaaah he's hot as hell
@vanessaladolcetta66606 жыл бұрын
Audrey no your not
@sonanovakova82376 жыл бұрын
I still can't decide between Michael Palin and Eric Idle...