Monty Python - Hitler Scene

Monty Python's full Hitler scene! I do not own the copyright to this material.

[@Makaan]

"Not much fun in Stalingrad"

[@CanadianStereotype]

I always thought the funniest thing about this sketch would be to be a random person out for a walk and see the cast of monty Python dressed as the Third Reich with Cleese himself screaming into a bullhorn at you.

[@SuperChuckRaney]

He's right you know

[@matthew8153]

@@SuperChuckRaney What do you think of Mr. Hilter’s policies?

[@avners3286]

Sorry this was filmed in a studio

[@SuperChuckRaney]

@@matthew8153 Poorly thought out. Poorly implimented. His only real result was to tank his whole country. As far as the sketch here goes, it was hilarious.

[@General_Crock]

@@avners3286 I expect you don't get invited to too many parties.

[@mason000]

This is the sketch that made me realized how underrated Michael Palin is. His mugging for the camera and one-liners help MAKE this sketch.

[@bobsingh7949]

He is brilliant

[@robertmayfield8746]

MIchael Palin and Eric Idle are my favourite Monty Pythons. Not in this sketch though 🤣

[@Tareltonlives]

"Are they in business?" "Soon, baby"

[@terracottapie]

I have still never seen a more spot-on impersonation of Hitler in a movie or TV show than John Cleese in this sketch.

[@thewordlove4316]

​@@terracottapie that's 'Hilter' to you ... 🏒🚨🏒🥔👁️🍅

[@frankkirkegaardhansen2141]

a retired wiiiiindow cleaner and pacifist - without doing warcrimes. Epic!

[@bigverybadtom]

He was a chicken farmer for a time.

[@PeterSmith-bj4ml]

Love that part. Could have said any job but Window Cleaner! Window is almost impossible for a German to pronounce correctly. Attention to detail, little things. Always loved this sketch.

[@heliogabalus227]

"And was head of Gestapo for ten years. No! For five years. No! Was not head of Gestapo at all!"

[@luisreyes1963]

Almost gave the game away, he did. 😅

[@TS-1267]

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[@stevev2492]

Probably should have said "was head of the SS" which of course included the Gestapo.

[@markschildberg1667]

Oh Mr Bimmler you do have us on

[@mdiamico]

That's my favorite line in the whole sketch!

[@HopSkipLimp]

Always love Cleese when he's in 'German-Rant' mode

[@SuperChuckRaney]

He's right you know

[@skintslots]

Such as nowadays in real life on GB News.

[@imnotcreative2214]

lmao Whatever character John Cleese would play he would always hit a home run. Whether it be the parrot skit or the spam skit it never fails to make me laugh my head off. Though "Life Of Brian" I would say is one of my favorite Monty Python movies.

[@victorireland8913]

@@skintslots😊

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

@@skintslotswell that’s depressing

[@wilmanric2277]

"I'm sorry Mr. Johnson, he's a bit on edge. He hasn't slept since 1945."

[@tunneltug]

When I was younger I used to work for a company called Hilta Pumps in Coventry UK, I thought the boss was a bit strict but I had no idea that this was going on

[@SuperChuckRaney]

He's right you know

[@enkisdaughter4795]

😂😂

[@HooDatDonDar]

Nothing ongoing was! For your boss was much English and eating much of fish with chips and toads with holes and riding on Piccadilly underground, don’t you know old chap what!

[@hancar]

This world would've been a much duller place if it wasn't for Monty Python! Thank god these six enormously talented guys came along and brought joy and laughter to all of us who enjoys this kind of humor! Monty Python is the best!

[@andreawood6312]

Correct 👍🙂

[@gregoryschleitwiler9601]

​@andreawood6312 my absolute favorite is the joke. I have a dog. How does he smell? AWFUL

[@johnmanning5568]

Humour! Unless you’re American and they can’t spell anything right

[@Yogurt_Fingers]

@@johnmanning5568 Humor is closer to the Latin root.. Also the American deep south accent is closer to old British royalty than what y'all speak today.. :)

[@johnmanning5568]

@@Yogurt_Fingers the Latin root? I’m talking about how the English spell humour not Julius Caesar! Americans try to spell English properly but unfortunately fail miserably so many times.

[@jeffblack5024]

Cleese's dramatic poses during the speech are wonderful.

[@baTonkaTruck]

Just the way he works that arm while yelling is so funny.

[@robertellis4938]

The Hilter sketch with Japanese subtitles... classic.

[@ErikVilde]

Scrolled down to see if anyone commented that. (And to find out if it was Chineese or Japaneese.😂)

[@larapalma3744]

Chinese

[@SlainByTheWire]

I think I'm more surprised that they're using hirogana, implying that this was meant for young Japanese kids.

[@ZeroRelevance]

@@SlainByTheWire?? Hiragana has been used in standard Japanese for hundreds of years now, what are you on about?

[@thraelyad6751]

​@ZeroRelevance sometimes children's media in japan will use minimal kanji and only hiragana, because the children might not recognize the kanji ... but these subtitles have plenty of kanji so 🤷‍♂️

[@arwelp]

Love the placard Bimmler's carrying on the bike: "Hilter for a better Meinhead", and the leaflet von Ribbentrop hands out to the little kids "Hilter fur ein besseres Meinhead"!

[@SuperChuckRaney]

RON Ribbentrop please.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@SuperChuckRaney Tsk, tsk! Ron Vibbentrop, if you don't mind!

[@DSM9]

Incredible to think it was written and filmed less than 30 years after the end of WWII.

[@dariusanderton3760]

when it was perfectly acceptable to mock the Nazis, and now, strangely, you should not mock the Nazis. They mock Trump, but they don't mock the Nazis.

[@krisstopher8259]

@@dariusanderton3760 wow these comments are very recent. this was posted 17 years ago. and i'm here now! lol

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

​@@krisstopher8259we're all here because it's all starting again in Europe.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

More incredible that you can't make a sketch like this anymore.

[@sophiepooks2174]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 Why? Because it's quite sad and boring to most people today, though it is interesting in a nostalgic way, a glimpse at the Britain of the past, that seems like yesterday sometimes.

[@sverrg]

"I am not a racialist, but, und this is a big but, we in the National Bocialist Party believe das Überleben muss gestammen sein mit der schneaky Armstrong-Jones! " - my favourite part, such crazed delivery

[@philipheath8265]

I can only remember hearing this on the radio. It's great to see the TV sketch. You could not get away with this nowadays!

[@TheAlmightyAss]

Why couldn't you do a sketch about Hitler nowadays?

[@ludditeneaderthal]

You could, but many wouldn't get it. Kinda like "the producers" play "springtime for hitler". The reference would click, but the actual joke would just go way over their heads. Rewrite it with saddam hussein, or Osama bin laden, the modern audience would relate more to it, though it would be a bit harder to layer the jokes into the bit like they did here.

[@wayneliebl1098]

How unfortunate.

[@iamkoold]

Whose Line Is It Anyway (US Drew Carey) took on the Hypocrisy of this with their “Cosby and Hitler” bit. It was for the game “Title Sequence” when the director said no. Then in the next game, Drew joked about the Hypocrisy while the other comedians made jokes. Still my favorite episode of Whose Line “He should Sprout a mustache and move to Germany” -End of “Hoedown” Ryan Stiles

[@garybeauchamp3623]

When I see this sketch I immediately recall the "Faulty Towers" "German" episode when Basil goosesteps for his German guests. His admonition not to mention "the war" is in shambles. This humor is timeless.

[@nickfisher7791]

‘Sorry Mein Fuhrer”..”I mean Dicky Old Chum”…Classic..😂😂😂

[@tomsega]

This video is priceless for those of us that grew up in Ilfracombe, Bideford, and Barnstaple...

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

The Fatherland! ❤

[@sidDkid87]

5:54 to 5:59: "well, i gave him my baby to kiss and he bit it in the head" - i love this line

[@keithwoodburn7895]

I am almost 72 and remember that sketch so well, ‘Hilter fur ein besser Minehead’.

[@jasonlast7091]

“Well I think he’d do well for the stock exchange” - I want to say they’re so ahead of their time but maybe some things just never change.

[@williamclarke58]

Brought tears to my eyes. For dessert think I'll watch "Don't mention the war"

[@SuperChuckRaney]

It's now been 14 years since you commented. IF it was 1923 and you had started the National Socialist Party .... it would now be 1937. TYME TOO GYAT ZERIOUZZ!!

[@ShannonFreng]

And after he says to not mention the war, he adds: "I did, but I think I got away with it."

[@Volts48]

that must have been a strange day for anybody who walked by that street when they were filming this at that time. XD

[@fatdogtavern]

Topflight humor! I've loved this skit since I first saw it at about 10 years of age.

[@TheFirefox]

The “Dickie old chum” always gets me.

[@annebeck58]

That was hilarious (as was everything they did). If anyone takes offense at it, something is wrong with THEM, because this "Mr Hilter" sketch was great!

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

Excuse me, but exactly what was "great" [sic] about it, "lampshades" [sic] and all?

[@stevencorsoe9575]

One of my favorites...along with "the deadliest joke" used in the war to beat the nazis...John Cleese portrayal of the S.S. captain that reads the joke was above the best...loved this show and love it even more today...very relevent especially the sketch where the zealot man identifies as Mary,truly ahead of its time.

[@jambec144]

@@ajarnwordsmith628 Sure you know what 'sic' means?

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

That should be "'sic'" [sic], don't ya know?@@jambec144

[@SaintSaint]

@@ajarnwordsmith628 By pointing out the contrast between the extreme villainy of Hitler and civil life, it brings absurdity. Absurdity is humor. In this instance, it's lampooning humor. The fact that I have to explain this to you makes me wonder if you had extreme trauma, or a cultural upbringing that doesn't support a model for this type of humor. @annebeck58 is only rightfully concerned that others' culture and perspective will mistake this for something other than it is--mockery. Anne seems concerned that this mockery of Hitler will be banned because someone took offense to it, whether they understood it(and they don't like Hitler being mocked), or they didn't understand it(and reel at the mention of human lampshades). The very idea is that Hitler is a repulsive clown and the tremendous juxtaposition of civility edges this satire into a poignant warning whilst lampooning a fear. The only concern is that Hitler was no clown. He was a serious threat. Nevertheless, poking fun at an enemy can deflate their attempts at intimidation. Good luck with your life and thank you for sharing your perspective.

[@willowbreezeMiyuki]

I laughed so hard at "oh you wouldn't have much fun in Stalingrad ^.^" friends don't let friends invade Russia in winter....

[@sailorv8067]

Actually Germany attacked Soviet Union in the end of June, and Stalingrad battle began in July...

[@CaptainFalcoyd]

No one ever invaded Russia in winter, they just all underestimate how long it takes to march through a country that massive. And winter always comes.

[@aarontveitsrae]

it's amazing how john cleese's german sounds a lot like his french taunting.. ;)

[@Glenn1967ful]

The Tory at the end is quite funny, like an ancestor of Jacob Rees Mogg.

[@dariusanderton3760]

"Moggy, I am your Father...."

[@mysticjen379]

I think he’s taking off an old horse racing commentator there called John McCririck who was very active at the time. I think 👍

[@PeterMayer]

It's amazing. I was 15 when I first saw python here in Cincinnati on PBS that was 1974 50 years ago.

[@InvaderJem]

Saw this on TV once. Loved it... Cleese fits the part well... oddly enough... lol Great stuff. Thanks for the add!

[@chutalotr]

Don't mention the war!

[@fatheroflatus]

Moe Howard did a pretty good Schicklgruber, too.

[@chelseapoet3664]

I haven't seen this for years. So good I just had to watch it twice in a row 🤣

[@Bob-ts2tu]

no-one has ever done it like the pythons, and i doubt ever will again - genius

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

Let’s face it… the like of Python we will never see again. Too many snowflakes would get offended

[@alanstrom2221]

I wouldn't understand any of this without the subtitles.

[@hollerinwoman]

LOL!

[@ilikezappa]

This was John Cleese`s favourite python sketch

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

Seriously? It's silly, and poorly written in parts. Perhaps he just liked the cool uniform.

[@matthew8153]

⁠​⁠@@PaIaeoCIive1684 “Silly and poorly written in parts” describes EVERY Monty Python sketch.

[@hollerinwoman]

Yes, this is what he said in a recent interview. He did those screaming angry parts so well!

[@valkenburgert]

@@PaIaeoCIive1684​​⁠If only you would have been around to help Monty Python a bit… Then they would have been really good I think.

[@chelseapoet3664]

@@PaIaeoCIive1684 silly? You must be very sensible. And an absolute joy at parties, no doubt.

[@ashareeoo]

LMAO xD When John did the speech, I was dying!!!!!!!!! Thanks for uploading :)

[@kathberry8]

this really is one of the funnier bits they did - I laughed - a lot of their stuff is so weird that you don't laugh so much as you are silently fascinated - 'Mr. Hilter' !

[@Hqhq-01]

Exactly. Their skits and jokes didn't always make me laugh but half the fun was the journey and never knowing where they were going to go. And when a skit did succeed it usually did so brilliantly.

[@vitoponzio2234]

Classic, classic skit, with Cleese at his best, as Hiltler.

[@EuskaltelEuskadi]

this is the best sketch I have seen so far!!!! thank you monty python!!

[@logike77]

Hitler out of a job. The fact that he isn't actually speaking German at the rant but is just screaming meaningless nonsense adds to the satirical effect. You don't find comedy like this anymore.

[@wholeworld399]

Bruno Ganz, Anthony Hopkins. .John Cleese interprets Hitler the best. 😆 🤣 😂

[@johnfoerster7533]

after almost half a century this continuous to be unique on so many levels: the sheer audacity of poking into such a topic, at the time not that long removed from the sheer horror it held for the world... the brilliance of acting, John Cleese's Oscar-worthy Hitler performance on the balcony, the capturing of stereotypes, one doesn't know where to start: it's light years above 'normal' comedy. Utter brilliance!

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Loved Monty Python's Flying Circus in the 70's. I was a teenager living in the US. I was only 16 when I started to watch. Then the Holy Grail movie. Sooooo funny those silly Brits!

[@Chloilas]

"..and over here is Mr Hilter.. Planning a little excursion are we Mr Hilter?" "Ja, Ja we make a little hike for Peterford" "Oh well you'll be wanting the A39 then... no no no you've got the wrong map there.. this i...s Stalingrad!.. you want the Ilfracombe and Barnstaple section!" Simply Brilliant.

[@tuttt99]

2:48: "Iff he opens hiss big mouth again, it's LAMPSHADE time!!!!!!!!!!"

[@ge2623]

After we first saw this in the 70's A friend, and I quote this to each other to this day.

[@premanadi]

@@ge2623 We often say "Up against ze wall, Britisher pig, you are going to die!"

[@leorospigg4520]

Jesus Christ I never picked on that!

[@blakeyonthebuses]

Was not head of Gestapo at all!

[@alecfoster4413]

Like the Japanese subtitles! Adds some "Axis" flavor in a sort of "Greater Japan-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" way!

[@lukew7343]

I'm a retired window cleaner and pacifist without doing war crimes

[@NormanMatchem]

Almost as good as Chaplin's Hynkel. If you haven't seen his movie "The Great Dictator" you should give it a go. It may be 72 years old and black and white, but the fact it was made in the early years of WWII (Before the US even joined in the fight) tells us a lot about some people's perspective on worldly events while all the characters portrayed were still kicking. Hitler seen it twice from what I hear. The movie even starts with a joke in saying something like "No actual people are portrayed".

[@kurtkensson2059]

It was/is a work of genius.

[@johntate5722]

Yes ..chaplin thought he could read hitler, as they'd both had a similar upbringing, struggles etc with life as children, family strife etc. He thought he knew something of the mans makeup

[@tomkerruish2982]

The Three Stooges beat him by a few months with 'You Nazty Spy'. Also a classic.

[@kurtkensson2059]

@@tomkerruish2982 And don't forget about Ernst Lubitsch's "To Be or Not to Be" from 1942.

[@tomkerruish2982]

@@kurtkensson2059 I've truthfully never heard of it. I'll look it up.

[@CmdrShepard4Ever]

"I gave him my baby to kiss...and he bit it" LMAO

[@premanadi]

in the head

[@Morhek]

"He hasn't slept since 1945!" Brilliant! XD

[@Czechbound]

For those who don't know, Hitler and his goons started off in the 1920's like this : mouthing off in beer halls till they finally tried to take power in 1923. Hitler, coward that he was, was hiding behind his bodyguards. But just 10 short years later he was Chancellor. So this parody is very funny. And to right minded Munich people, Hitler would have looked just as daft in the early 1920's. But weirdos like this are so dangerous as there are so many people who can fall under their spell ... This is one of my favourite Monty Python sketches

[@stevev2492]

I don't want to sound like an AH fan but cowardice is probably the only negative attribute he didn't have.

[@Czechbound]

@@stevev2492 He was a coward in the skirmish in 1923.

[@christophercarbonaro5276]

So, I'm a bit late, but I have a question about British laws. Why is it that Monty Python was allowed to make this comedic sketch for BBC without legal repercussions, but Count Dankula was convicted of criminal charges for teaching a dog to do a Nazi salute as a joke on KZbin?

[@gamegladi8or669]

the laws have gotten more restrictive since monty python's time

[@ge2623]

Because today we're insane, that's why.

[@richy69ify]

because the people who actually lived through the war were not offended by humour. The irony of the Count Dankula 'offence' is that real Nazis of 1930s would've been the only ones offended.....but not enough to punish him 🤦🏻

[@georgemorley1029]

Because context has been destroyed in our society.

[@andreawood6312]

Yawn !!!!

[@mrpankau]

One of my favorites ever. Just the basic premise alone is a great joke: Hitler lives in an English B&B under the name Mr. Hilter.

[@wtfyouredoingitwrong]

LOVE IT WHEN THEY'RE ON THE BIKES!!!

[@DAVIDISCOOL1111]

omg Joh Cleese is just the best and all of the Monty python are just so funny

[@DutchGuyMaasland]

I've got this on DVD, this one is the best of all sketches!! XXD

[@neilfleming2787]

you have to wonder what the locals thought about the filming of this...I mean only 30 years after WW2.....Still, stunningly funny

[@brandonmorel2658]

The social and political satire of this little sketch from them is brutal and scathing. They are basically telling that post-war England has a problem of homegrown neo fascism.

[@calcutt4]

This sketch aged way too well with whats going on in America right now

[@donnalee.]

Sounds like 2024 italy

[@allnotathome]

Palin randomly grinning to the camera - love it.

[@Ecksterphono]

Love the gramophone in 3:50 on the back of the bicycle Funny how the music didn't skip lol😂😂😂

[@cuatro336]

"Soon baby..." from Michael Palin always gets me.

[@vasantiago3038]

Hitlers plan to invade England. . .was waiting for a Terry Gillam animation at the end. . 😆 🤣 😂

[@bringyourownsnake980]

Let's start a band called The Vindow Cleaners.

[@msteven515]

"I am retired window cleaner not doing war crimes!"

[@juliecormier2556]

This was always one of my favorite sketches. 😊😊😊

[@thelegendfamily4836]

@DoomedMages: "-he's said he's found a place where you can hire bombers by the hour." LOL!!

[@herakleitus]

Chapman-Vibbentrop’s torturous English sounds like a grammatically exact German translation 1:12

[@johnrockyryan]

John Cleese had some ball going outside in the UK looking like that when WW2 was still freah in memories of many 😂

[@Zibidynun]

"Wouldn't of had much fun in Stalingrad eh?"

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

This would never be shown today!

[@londonalibhoy673]

You wouldn't have much fun in Stalingrad! ha ha ha ha ha👌

[@Mysterioux]

Whoa. I know you posted this a month ago, but still. There are so many different aspects to Monty Python humour, almost everyone can laugh at some part of it.

[@jackson76724]

Thanks to KZbin I'm finding more Python classics 👍😂

[@spearmint47]

Brilliant sketch. Slight historical inaccuracy. I'm sure Himmler was an avid anti smoker.

[@Kristinapedia]

I have Jewish ancestry and this is freaking hilarious!

[@BOOMitsalice]

i just drone on & on & on & on & never letting anyone else get a word in edgeways until i start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards uhhhhh

[@plevyman]

I like it how they keep putting the verb at the end of the sentence.

[@MrUltrAdaman]

In my opinion this is one of if not the best videos on KZbin (boncenbation bamps)

[@michaelcincotta3844]

SO HILARIOUS, even after all of these years ! ;D

[@TheSleepLes]

The Masters at work. What a sight.

[@fcruz43215]

Duuuuuude! I remember seeing this when I was a kid. Funny!

[@Promethesis]

Thanks for posting, Monty Python is AWESOME!

[@ianwallace16]

A Michael Palin masterpiece 😂

[@zachjones6944]

Himmler didn't smoke.

[@glenmorgan4597]

It's not Himmler

[@ClaudiaGonzalezKinkyFloyd]

@@glenmorgan4597 yes, it's bimmler

[@IntelligenceCorn]

The most unrealistic part of this sketch is seeing a 6"5' Hitler.

[@gabbyhyman1246]

That's Hilter's height!

[@pardusardens]

Best part of the whole sketch: ...no. ...not much fun in Stalingrad. -_-

[@imnotcreative2214]

lol "I'm a retired vindow cleaner!" They could not do this comedy today without getting cancelled.

[@adoredpariah]

Couldn't do a sketch making fun of nazis without getting cancelled? By who? Trump supporters?

[@imnotcreative2214]

@@adoredpariah lol Why would Trump supporters want this to be cancelled? I am a Trump supporter and I love Monty Python skits and movies. The only people who want to cancel stuff are the far left cultists. I know because they have tried and failed to cancel my 5 times up to now. And I don't know any Trump supporters that are nazis stop drinking the kool aid the real world is where I am. That is why you failed.

[@TheAlmightyAss]

Only bigoted right wing weirdos would be upset that high ranked nazis were being mocked.

[@imnotcreative2214]

@@TheAlmightyAss Right wingers are not weirdos. I know because I am as right wing as they come and I think this stuff is funny as hell. Nazis are not right wing they are alt left. Plus I don't know anybody that is upset over anything monty python skits/movies made. I know the far left hates comedy and they could not make this not politically correct comedy that was my point. Just ask Dave Chappelle he made fun of something they thought he wasn't supposed to and they attacked him literally for it.

[@omosango7870]

​@@adoredpariahno, leftists and wokies.

[@MOHICAN1956]

Not much fun in Stalingrand,no...hahahahahaha !!!!They are always so funny!Thanks for the video.

[@mollyfilms]

It’s a shame the nice Mr Hilter didn’t stand for the council in Bideford ( he should have taken the A39), as he would have fitted well in with the rest of the councillors!

[@ge2623]

Not much fun in Stalingrad.

[@eddyd8745]

You wouldn't be able to do this now. We're not allowed to do dark humour anymore.

[@Tareltonlives]

IF HE OPENS HIS BIG MOUTH AGAIN IT'S LAPSHIG TIME! Truly a classic.

[@davidcottee2808]

I think he said lampshade

[@grahamking4280]

@@davidcottee2808 They made lampshades of out .

[@premanadi]

Lampshade...as it what the Nazis made out of human skin of Holocaust victims. A rather dark joke indeed.

[@SwissCheese667]

@@premanadi You know that's a myth, do you?

[@premanadi]

@@SwissCheese667 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampshades_made_from_human_skin

[@TheSpritz0]

@Volts48 you're right! They NEVER stopped traffic for the show, random people walked by MANY shows!!!

[@Unit403]

Wouldn't this make a perfect sitcom? That crazy Hitler and his friends trying to plot world domination and being stopped arch time by the landlady. Sometimes assisted by his dim-witted drinking buddies from the Axis café.

[@marylou3995]

Try showing this today on the telly 😂

[@greggstrasser5791]

NEIN!

[@CailenCambeul]

I was intending to make a comment on this video, but KZbin has banned me from making comments. Sorry about that, chaps.

[@jacksimpsonguitar253]

Sorry to hear that Dickie old chum

[@walterhoenig6569]

Sure glad there’s subtitles.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Every one of them had talent and charisma on screen😊

[@apteryx01]

@mphello Actually, it varies throughout America, pretty inconsistently. In Southern California, people refer to "the 10", "the 405", "the 101", "the Santa Monica freeway", etc., but also "PCH" to refer highway 1, which also doesn't get an article even in its numerical and spelled-out forms. There's also "the Pennsylvania Turnpike".

[@afronathan]

Japanese subtitles, how come? I love this sketch, one of my favourites.