Monty Python - History of the Joke

Full version of Monty Python's History of the Joke from Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl.

[@WillScarlet16]

Everyone talks about Terry Gilliam failing to keep a straight face. I think we should focus more on how incredible it is that Terry Jones succeeds keeping one.

[@substitute91]

Yes, true. Terry Jones can really keep on a straight face. I think he's the rarest one to corpse out. John Cleese can corpse so easily. lol.

[@WillScarlet16]

@@substitute91 Only Idle was as consistently good at it, especially as he gets older.

[@TheRealKaiProton]

I always thought that was just Terry Gilliams character

[@souldreamer9056]

@@TheRealKaiProton So did I. I always assumed it was intentionally played for comic effect.

[@richardlloyd2589]

I consider TG’s smirk is due to never being the recipient. And thus, as already noted, in character.

[@dandecastro51]

Surely still the most classic comedy skit in the history of slapstick 😀 In part, as aided by intellectual narration 😉

[@RatelHBadger]

Excessive intellectual commentary

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

@@RatelHBadger That is the joke.

[@RatelHBadger]

@@klausolekristiansen2960 juxtaposition and power imbalance

[@Garrett316]

Haven’t seen pie throwing done so accurately since ‘The Three Stooges’.

[@lastswordfighter]

On the subject a lot of the comedy here is the classic slapstick Vaudville style. They were channeling the Stooges hard here.

[@MustangPianist]

The despatch of an edible missile....

[@NaNAmbient]

The surprise deposit is my favourite.

[@gomongio]

Dispatch

[@solidaritytime3650]

"jokes were invented in the 14th century" is the most hilariously british shit ive ever heard

[@KB-ov9ke]

... somewhere in the city-state of Ankh Morpork a lecturer in the Guild of Clowns and Joculator's is preparing a lecture that is very similar to this ...

[@ketrin-fz8be]

This sketch was originally written for an ITV sketch show called "We Have Ways of Making you Laugh", which was made in 1968 - i.e., just before Python, and just before colour began on ITV. Sadly, like a lot of black and white TV shows, the entire series got wiped, so we're fortunate the Pythons chose to resurrect the sketch on stage.

[@obscure.reference]

im sure most of it was in flying circus. i saw one of the pre python shows, think it had cleese, (do not adjust your set or something?) and a lot of the sketches were reused later.

[@bensakschek615]

I also remember seeing this sketch on The Secret Policeman's Ball

[@torstenscholz6243]

@@obscure.reference Cleese and Chapman were on At Last The 1948 Show, together with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman. Palin, Idle and Jones were on Do Not Adjust Your Set with Denise Coffey and David Jason. There was also a sketch film called How to Irritate People that had Cleese, Chapman and Palin among others. All of these shows clearly foreshadowed the Flying Circus.

[@spacewarpphotography1667]

Our middle school science teachers did this during the school talent show in 1988. ... I'm so old.

[@walteredstates]

Dang, these guys are just true specialists and highly skilled professionals.

[@11equalsfish]

I concur.

[@rationalactor]

Don't try this at home, folks

[@panpolypuff]

The clinically precise prat falls might be my favorite thing about this. The gent on the right side falling forward just looks like Crossfitters getting down into a burpee.

[@PRR5406]

Terry Gilliam was meant to convey a mischevious intent. We didn't see much of T.G. in the first two seasons, but Python wouldn't have been the same without him.

[@rickyal9810]

God bless you, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman. RIP you geniuses, you.

[@LetsGetDerpy]

The look on Terry Gilliam's face is priceless. I love it. 😅

[@JohnMatayas]

I hate it. It's so off from the rest of the tone.

[@0ldFrittenfett]

This is SO good.

[@ianmclauchlin]

Thanks. Yes it's wonderful.

[@romanramirez7847]

Love how Terry Gilliam is trying so hard not to laugh!

[@torstenscholz6243]

At 5:40 Michael Palin is clearly trying to hide his laughter, too.

[@rhodesrandall]

Thus . .The Chapman world is the greatest of all . . his truly formalist, irrational academic endeavors seen to completion ~ thoroughly rigorous in application of practical lunacy; moreover, his is a systematic approach to discursive nonsense . . To this day, still setting *. . both the low AND high* bar standards . . simultaneously!!

[@necrosunderground]

Terry G's face, though. That smirk makes me lose it every time

[@exepress]

Yes, me too.

[@pennyrobinson9772]

Looks like he's really having a good time !

[@torstenscholz6243]

At 5:40 Michael Palin is clearly trying to hide his laughter, too.

[@parkerhan5836]

I love how calm they are!

[@kingmany1]

Parker Han trying so hard not to laugh

[@torstenscholz6243]

British people at their best - they stay calm and deadpan even in the most absurd situations.

[@KrautGoesWild]

Happy 80th B-Day, Terry Gilliam! (22/11/1940)

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

I have always that Terry Gilliam was the most overlooked of the Monty Python Troupe.

[@CausalityLoop]

So THIS is where the banana joke comes from! History is amazing!

[@kingmany1]

Why does he make me feel so warm inside when he speaks like that

[@ethanritterbusch8910]

asmr

[@prideofdurham4776]

How Graham Chapman keeps a straight face we will never know!

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

Saw this live, though we had to watch the big screen to see faces. They tossed can of Foster's into the expensive seats. Eric wandered around up and down aisles while streaming out the vacation rant dropping the letter C. Now he lives here in Southern Cal.

[@GeneralGandalf1620]

Man had a banana peel in his shirt half the time😆

[@tracycarver6239]

The double side swipe and return with the 2 by 8 has got to be painfully real to anyone who has worked on the job site.

[@davidbethke5463]

That part reminded me of Laurel and Hardy.

[@SuperLocrian]

Thanks! I needed that!

[@jeffhohner5878]

Year of performance. They're all so young!

[@markwells3289]

1982 film, live at the Hollywood Bowl. Filmed September 1980. They were in their late 30's to early 40's at the time.

[@yandereworshipper6963]

I did this for my year 5 play.

[@ianmclauchlin]

Wow, well done.

[@brandonobaza8610]

2:03 Oldest recorded example of "take that and rub it on your chest"

[@DodgerFanAD_23]

Ah yes the pie in the face ! 😀😂

[@AsmodeusMictian]

I needed this today. For once I'll say.... "Thanks YT al go rhythm!"

[@noamhjelm1586]

Nice video it was funny, i watched it with my class!😝

[@0The0Web0]

One of my favourites 😊 thanks!

[@mykelengieza7057]

these men are just geniuses...

[@540Baseball]

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk…

[@brianbatie6650]

Classic masterpiece. It seems as if Terry G was just a slight bit stiff delivering his pies.

[@rareraven]

Just part of the show, old boy, just part of the show, here here what what!

[@pixxelwizzard]

How have I never seen this? Reminds me of Live at the Hollywood Bowl.

[@misterprecocious2491]

That's because it is.

[@pixxelwizzard]

@@misterprecocious2491What?! I don't remember this sketch when I watched it. Interesting.

[@Rafaelsemroteiro]

Alguém mais veio por causa dos Barbixas?

[@jimmytehgeek]

Very educational!

[@chequereturned]

For the ‘surprise’ I thought Gilliam was going to get the back of his head

[@isammolina4842]

La carita de Gilliam. ..😂😃😁cosita...disfrutaba...De esto😈

[@GovertNieuwland]

This is great! Except for the apparent pig slaughter in the audience, by the sound of it.

[@932ForeverLove]

It sounds like a college thesis paper!

[@trex70]

These jokes are so dry that my eyes getting wet.

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

It's so stupid it's so funny

[@justinmanser7525]

Now I know what funny is!

[@meherbaba-godman7483]

💗💗😍😍💕💕

[@TheoryMINI]

Anthologie !

[@sommmeguy]

Terry Jones. R.I.P.

[@rustythecrown9317]

Graham Chapman R.I.P.

[@10pancada]

Vlw andy dos barbixas! curti muito

[@Bob78]

shaun

[@Blackgeoff1]

"Jape", not "joke".

[@ianism3]

fun random fact: bananas are from SE Asia, not Africa :P

[@HairyButWhole]

Bit dry. The pie I mean.

[@rationalactor]

Yeah, but pleasingly sticky

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Additionally, we have: "I don't get it." and "Did he died?"

[@chrischarman8707]

Genius. What is that screaming women in the audience?

[@ingvarhallstrom2306]

It's your standard woman in the audience screaming. Page one in the textbook of comedy explicitly states that every performance have to have at least one.

[@petosorus]

⁠now is that just american rules ?

[@ingvarhallstrom2306]

@@petosorus The Americans invented the laugh track, and all was good.

[@TernaryHound]

Great performers, really funny but what terribly hyperactive editing. Couldn't get one sentence out without two or three camera cuts...

[@markwells3289]

So, which Python(s) wrote this?

[@rdhunkins]

Had to be Chapman

[@CME_YT]

whose here for homework

[@Wallaceshead]

I'm so glad you got this as homework, you have an awesome tescher if this was your assignment. and 2 years on, I hope you got your degree.

[@CME_YT]

Wow thanks for bringing me back its been 2 years sice i saw that im preety sure i was in year 8 coz now im in year 10 thank you for reminding me@@Wallaceshead

[@erandeser5830]

I hope the audience is American ? Brits could possibly drop that low ?

[@markwells3289]

Hollywood Bowl, LA CA, filmed 1980

[@chequereturned]

Quite the annoying audience

[@jeremyreid9582]

This was obviously filmed in the US, where their sense of humour remains at the infantile 2 year old level. 🤔 And when the cream pies arrived, the audience almost began singing the US National anthem ! 🤭

[@beeble2003]

You enjoy being racist in public?

[@rdhunkins]

What's your problem? The crowd are loving it. It's hilarious!

[@4623620]

👎 Sound is abominable and out of sync❗

[@NWA-TjalfeTooStonedToAim]

You are abominable and mentally out of sync !!! :D

[@howardsend6589]

Crap

[@benjaminh958]

"hey Vance"

[@mateuszmattias]

I found out some years ago that Vance is Terry Gilliams middle name.