Monty Python - I'd like to buy a hearing aid

[@AndreasToth]

I forgot to hit play but I still found this skit hilarious. Never seen it before, nor have I seen it at all, or heard it, for that matter.

[@thevolatiledude6537]

I see what you did there

[@tmk6022]

​@@thevolatiledude6537 what?

[@donnatate458]

I've not seen it before, either. I particularly liked the wrestling match with the display.

[@davepowell7168]

Don't bother, it's beyond you and outdated anyway

[@EternalShadow1667]

@@tmk6022It’s quarter to six. Anyway you wanted contact lenses?

[@hollywoodwerewolf]

I was waiting for Graham Chapman to walk in as a Sergeant and say: "Stop it. Stop this now. It is a silly sketch."

[@DeusExMJ12]

Silly, silly, silly. Get on with it. GET ON WITH IT!

[@titovalasques]

hollywoodwerewolf No one likes a joke more than I do except maybe my wife, and some of her friends. . . . . . Oh and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it most people enjoy a laugh more than I do but that’s beside the point!

[@JamesEtc3417]

To be fair he should do that for most of their sketches.

[@eyeeye00]

CHURCH POLICE !!!!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

That's almost exactly what I just said in my comment! Hilarious! (And true!)

[@OhFishyFish]

"Why didn't you say you're Rogers?!" "About quarter to six". This makes me laugh every time.

[@demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890]

what

[@robstarchives]

+Anal Prolapse In My Bum When I'm Filled With Cum That's one hell of a name you have there. If only more names were as wonderful and care-free.

[@E1craZ4life]

I left it in my car. Let me go get it.

[@brianlash154]

uh.. ya lost me

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

Brian lash About four foot.

[@TobinFell]

"Help! He's got me by the throat!" "It's alright, I've got him by the throat!"

[@juventusventuno9213]

This trick was genius. Fight someone while coordinating w imaginary friend. Your opponent does the same.

[@ShamelessDuck]

I was surprised when I didn't hear any laugh on background. Oh, suppose my hearing aid is broken.

[@chickybagoo9150]

I'd see what you did there but i seem to have broken my glasses

[@RazeMengsk]

Right. It's about 14 pounds.

[@LustfulMind]

yes sir, it goes off in about 15 seconds.

[@lnvenum]

haha, same

[@Apuleius_]

It doesn't have laughter on the soundtrack because it's from one of two shows the Pythons filmed in Germany for German TV, called "Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus." Both were shot on film and on location (this sketch was filmed in a genuine optometrist's shop in Munich), whereas most of the Flying Circus was shot on video in front of a studio audience. This sketch was recycled from "At Last the 1948 Show" (actually from 1967) and the original version had Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor instead of Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

[@herakleitus]

Love how Terry Jones tears into that stand and teaches it a lesson.

[@dougler500]

Ohhh, fisticuffs?!

[@j_freed]

Woah, that stand fucking had it coming!

[@adomix]

I was literarly lying on the floor when i saw this for the first time. I couldn‘t laugh no more, because my spine started to hurt after so much laughing.

[@prestonthebeston1735]

@@adomix I think you need some contact lenses.

[@adomix]

@@prestonthebeston1735 What?! I can‘t hear you. Wait a moment, i‘ll switch the radio off.

[@gilliantait8040]

I remember watching this sketch on my landlady's tv, around 1973, in Edinburgh, in the far-off days when I was a student. I was lying on a sofa at the time, and I literally, genuinely, fell off laughing, quite helplessly. It's good to see it again.

[@adomix]

This sketch teached me, that the spine can hurt from laughing. It was exactly like that.

[@johnhowells-vaughan5519]

Love everything about this sketch - so witty! Even the way Michael Palin walks into the store from out the back cracks me up every time I watch it.

[@emanuelmota7217]

Ah, yes. Witty. Indeed.

[@robertpeston6692]

Hadn't you go and tell him? no no, I better go and tell him. - Classic

[@intuit13]

yeah...."classic". fking hilarious. I'm reading these comments trying to imagine in what world this is considered at all funny. One guy can't hear another guy... omgomgomg and then there's ANOTHER guy who can't SEE the other guy! Oh lord, it's so funny I'm peeing myself!

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@@intuit13 You're being sarcastic, and we all hate you.

[@mjames2117]

That is exactly like the stupid replies I get to emails at work. People just don't read them. So I'll suggest they all go and get a hearing aids!

[@HawkSlam]

Dragaan’s the sort of guy to say this isn’t funny and then piss himself laughing at the Office US.

[@oliveleaf7376]

@@intuit13 wait... who's on first?

[@ericabaffa3469]

Monty Python and Brit humor,, was and will always remain,,,, bloody Brilliant!!!! ,

[@joeviking61]

More like ...Fucking Stupid

[@personalcheeses8073]

joeviking61 I’m so happy that I have Monty Python to enhance my enjoyment of life. You have my commiserations

[@donna30044]

My hearing is not the best, so I've learned to lip read. Sometimes, I tell people, "Sorry, I didn't understand that; let me put my glasses on." Ah, the perplexed looks!

[@intuit13]

because it's not the least bit funny. No one realizes you're even trying to tell a joke. Just like this sketch. I'm not sure how any human on earth can laugh at this....

[@Spoomis]

I can't hear you, it's too dark in here.

[@egeniojaramillo9048]

Dragaan you’re a sad sad man

[@Nihlm]

@@intuit13 have you ever heard of deadpan humor

[@stevecooper7038]

@@intuit13 What a twat

[@notsandwich2322]

The single most efficient and trustworthy medical store in the entire british health system.

[@mikemagnus9447]

What? Ah, yes this is the Peabody circus. That'll be 7.40.

[@BNTmodels]

Yea, but this was shot in Germany for their German show

[@horse-yu1tl]

At least the folks there have good,affordable healthcare unlike they do here in States where it cost you " A arm and leg ( along with our souls lol ) just to get decent medical treatment.

[@samarvora7185]

@Art and Music No it isn't.

[@Weesel71]

@Big Bill O'Reilly You are welcome to move to a "better" system. Remember, you get what you pay for (directly).

[@Revorob]

As someone in the hearing aid industry, I found that to be the funniest thing I have viewed in a long time. Long live Monty Python!!!!!!

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Please speak up, those swines in the hearing aid industry have left me totally blind.

[@audiophile1024]

Now to me sketch! Amazing. My favorite line was when John shouted, "Help, Help I'm being repressed. Way before Holy Grail.

[@Knight14649]

Almost 50 yrs later and it’s still very very silly.

[@jasminarkm]

Almost 50 years and now you dont have nothing like this ,not eaven near like this

[@_S._S._]

So perfectly done! Eric's smile in the end just screams genius!

[@r0landleaf370]

Thats the Groutcho grin right there.

[@grodard9]

Just like trying to buy electronics at BestBuy or Future Shop. So many sketches fall flat after exposing an otherwise good starting idea; this one successfully piles up insanities until the end. Brilliant!

[@Dr3amtime]

Somehow, I've never seen this Python skit in my life! Thank you for posting.

[@klmullins65]

Yeah me too, I thought I'd seen the all, but I'm not familiar with this one... It's brilliant!

[@lebac]

Finding Monty Python sketch I never seen before is like discovering plutonium by accident!

[@knyppeldyna]

Dr. Wearing, you are not with anybody! Ohh, who's that talking to me then?

[@ZeXiOn26]

what ?

[@stephennicoil5225]

About quarter of six

[@66GraceWalker]

Wow, I consider myself a huge Monty Python fan, but this is the first time I've seen this.... sheesh, no flies on me! Freaking awesome though, coming across a sketch never seen before is a bit like Christmas!

[@Klaproossje]

I just had the same thing! Bloody awesome that is! I hope there are a lot more unknown pearls like this!

[@DancinDane]

Same here :)

[@BushcraftingBogan]

Same here. I have their complete seasons and I don’t remember this at all.

[@sjp6839]

I think this from a German version of the show. Utterly brilliant

[@dublinius]

2 years on and I still hadn't seen it until now! Happy Christmas!

[@swapnilnarendra]

In one neighbourhood I used to live there was this clinic owned by a Dentist and his two sons. The elder son was an ENT specialist with really THICK glasses and the younger son was a Optician who wore a hearing aid. They had a 14 year old kid as a helper. Everytime I would go to their clinic (I needed glasses and my mother went for her teeth) there would be so much confusion :P This sketch reminded me of that clinic.

[@polishpat95]

Ahahahaha wow!

[@polishpat95]

@@singu7arity not different at all. Are you high ?

[@IrishMan441]

God Dammit these guys are brilliant

[@michaelwilliamybarra2409]

***** Was it an arrow, may I ask?

[@formerlyprobablyawasteofspace]

Michael Ybarra No, a baguette.

[@intuit13]

HOW is this "brilliant"? It's the most brainless attempt at humor I've ever seen. I mean, maybe if this was done in cartoon form for children who are so young they are just starting to understand what humor is.... but for adults? Damn......

[@LarryHankJones]

@@intuit13 This just in: humor is subjective.

[@christophertoole6994]

Lord Castanza eh they’re alright I didn’t really laugh

[@toadelevator]

This is a superb sketch! I was cracking up....but something seemed just slightly 'off'. Then I realized that my American funny bone had been tickled since the mid-seventies by Monty Python short skits WITH LAUGHTRACK! I'm just so used to it LOL. Love it.

[@caniican]

I've been a lifelong fan Monty Python's Flying Circus movies and television show. But somehow magically and thankfully I just stumbled upon this episode that I never saw. What a great episode. I love it tomorrow's Thanksgiving. This is a great present for me

[@MistahDroory]

"Get his arms!" "I can't, he's got me by the waist!" Brilliant

[@richallenxbox1976]

36 years ago this month, when I was about 8, I had to get a hearing aid, fortunately the bloke in the shop was very good, Mr Stacy, one of this faff!

[@EthanBalkfield]

- WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WERE ROGERS?!?!? - Uhh... About quarter to six.

[@Poseiden2]

RIP Terry Jones. A great sketch, and such an influence on the likes of Fry & Laurie!

[@Darragh1]

I've never seen this before and I'm already in tears...

[@u.s.paratroops4633]

"Help, help...I'm being repressed".......classic line !!!

[@Wariushka]

I am on the ground dying of laughter please have mercy on my soul! haha

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

That's Python for you: Take a simple silly idea and carry it through to the most ridiculous ending possible. I was waiting for Captain Graham Chapman to come out at the end and say, "No, stop that. Stop that this instant. This is too silly and must end immediately!" followed by an angry letter from a viewer...

[@orefat]

I can't believe how hilarious is this sketch.

[@Jarek_73]

Neither can I. Nothing similar will be shot any more. This knowing always reduces the amount of joy the old sketches are giving me.

[@manbro3260]

4:25 Such a Brilliant End to this Sketch, The pythons are truly masters of comedy.

[@johnanthonyp]

To me, Michael Palin has to be just about the best comedy actor out there. 'Don't talk to me like that!-Right, if that's the way you want it!' and him and Terry Jones believing they're fighting each other cracks me up every time.

[@ModularLanding]

He’s absolutely brilliant. I adore him!

[@leilanizhang6916]

3:58 DO YOU SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM? COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!

[@kamenridernephilim]

Bloody optometrist.

[@marquonuk]

I love the "crunchy broken glass" sound effect dubbed on whenever Dr Waring walks near the stand that he's knocked the contact lenses off from! :-)

[@josephking4732]

Today we misunderstand each other because of autocorrect. It makes me say things I didnt nintendo.

[@Plethorality]

That was beautiful, Jo King : )

[@stephengnb]

Bravo to the both of you! Well done!

[@PeterPaul-wz5db]

@JOSEPH KING .... Autocorrect: .... things I did not nintendo to things I did nintendo ... thanks to nintendo ...

[@roberternest7289]

@@PeterPaul-wz5db I see it works as nintended

[@43painter]

Spót on, dear chap !

[@EagleOneM1953]

Brilliant in its absurdity.... only Monty Python could make this funny...

[@peterbrown6224]

Spike Milligan, with his Q series, and Daleks, is the closest I've seen to it.

[@jsinitials1488]

Did anybody hear this? I lost my contact lenses!

[@TheCobraLord]

No, thanks, just a cup of tea for me, please.

[@ruttsuco.804]

What?

[@mrbillmacneill]

down the hall and on your right sir...

[@GrandmasterofWin]

I apologize sir but I cannot read your comment. If you could help me find a hearing aid I'd be very grateful.

[@rentalsnake6542]

Uhhh about quarter to six!

[@andrewd7586]

Hear no evil, see no evil, got no bloody idea!!!🤪🤣 I live in Australia & was brought up on Monty Python. I got my kids into it whilst young. My daughter is 22, my son 19. Lately all they seem to watch & quote is sketches like this or watch their movies! What a great influence on SANITY!🤪👏🏼

[@JimS47]

This is the single greatest comedy skit ever created.

[@stevefowler2112]

lol...I used to watch this in my undergrad Engineering College days in the late 70's/early 80's. After long hours of course work and homework, MP helped me unwind and clear my stressed out brain with their irreverent humor...Thanx Gents.

[@Gruntol5]

Never seen this one before. They don't come any more lunatic than this. Just brilliant.

[@bighuge1060]

The other German episode is included in the complete series DVD set but I've never seen the other episode or this sketch. Thank you for posting this.

[@RedfishCarolina]

This only get more hilarious the more you watch it.

[@RIUUI007]

Hot dog. I've been a Python fan for thirty years and maybe even a bit more than that. Never seen this sketch before 😲

[@greymajickjedi]

Thanks for uploading this! Hard to believe there are Python sketches i haven't seen yet. THANK THE COMEDY GODS they made this sketch when they did. If this bit was released today, you'd have the AMA and the BMA lodging vehement protests against the "insensitivity" of the writing in it, complaining that the concept makes fun of or dehumanizes theose with hearing and visual impairments.

[@klop4228]

@InfiniteMushroom I think people understand it was a product of its times. Though they used both blackface and yellowface a couple of times, which wouldn't fly (and honestly not without good reason)

[@MmadA-lg6ix]

Because *no one* was complaining about it back then. No sir, not at all. Life of Brian was most certainly *not* banned in multiple countries on release. Seriously, get off your high horses. And if you can find any actual modern examples of good shows being censored, I would be happy to hear them. But until then, stop.

[@zodiatube]

I'm glad there's no laugh track in this show.

[@OudeicratAnnachrista]

there is, but they only laugh when it's funny

[@noahblake6277]

Oh I thought there was. Better check my hearing aid.

[@zodiatube]

I must've been on quaaludes again when I wrote that... Sorry.

[@StephenBoyd21]

They don't make comedy like this any longer. That really has cheered my day up.

[@aliaslisabeth1031]

Dr. Waring has a bright future officiating sports.

[@xeproject9]

Lmao the insanity in this. Also, nice reference to Groucho Marx at the end.

[@ultimathule1000]

The best moment: John Cleese on his knees searching for the his contact lenses ...

[@RodmasterStudios]

I wear both hearing aids and contact lenses, and as a result this sketch is even funnier!

[@manonymous4737]

They are so brilliant

[@clemstevenson]

And that's why nobody in the shop expected The Spanish inquisition.

[@Kimllg88]

lol

[@clemstevenson]

@@Kimllg88 :-)

[@indigoimp0446]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@clemstevenson]

@@indigoimp0446 Always keep the doors locked, just in case.

[@11338325]

I love how unexpected and random Monty Python is

[@E1craZ4life]

I can't see you; it's too loud in here!

[@merlin5476]

Reminds me of the hearing aid sketch with Mrs Richards in fawlty towers.

[@pamelah6431]

"Yora money gwubbing quack, sah!"

[@BeowulfNorther]

Hahaha holy shit how have I never seen this? I thought I'd seen every bit 10 times, this is gold

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

My father (RIP) used to say: "Hearing aids is a disease you get by listening to too many assholes."

[@maunster3414]

lol

[@DefneDance]

Hahaha the noises Michael makes when he ushers his invisible customer in 😂😂 perfect comedians

[@halfaworldaway]

"Published on 14 Dec 2006" Ah, a rare vintage 'Tube.

[@perpetualbystander4516]

But the clip itself is way older than that, d'oh!

[@deanronson6331]

This is one of the funniest MP skits, and it's not even part of their bona fide English series.

[@ragerancher]

The little waskal has spiwit Has what sir? Spiwit Yes he did sir No no spiwit, um bwavado, a touch of dewwing do oh about 11 sir Can see the reused elements of this sketch :D

[@paulfarrell4378]

Absolutely brilliant NOTHING like British humour

[@RiffsandGin]

This is like the movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989) with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.

[@petejones879]

Absolutely insanely brilliant

[@presleyjohnson605]

"G'night folks! Just a fairy tale," HAHA

[@ronobvious2159]

I always wondered what the germans thought of these episodes, thanks for posting

[@brantlambermont1657]

Of course, Dr Waring, is an in-joke about Doctor in the House, John and Graham Chapman (and Graham Garden and Bill Oddie and countless other foot-lights wrote for) Many people don't realize most of the Pythons were established writers before Flying Circus

[@dlanodrelda]

Idle's patience is priceless and the acting of them all is extraordinary.

[@DancinDane]

Best laugh I've had in a good while 😂

[@arthurghahramanyan3279]

I think it is even better without laughts in the background

[@cristinabumbac151]

Why don't we have anymore these amazing guys? They were and still are absolutely unique, no one till now managed to do what they did! I wonder if there will ever be another Monty Pithon sometimes in the future...and I doubt it!

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

Fragile Woke infants have ruined comedy.

[@md.nurealam6548]

2:31 "..No no I better go tell him" seems only time the hearing aid works!

[@b3rs]

I'm confused... I need Confuse-a-Cat!

[@Alwyn2112]

Terry Jones’s character isn’t taking any of it. He goes straight for a gut punch! Rest In Peace Terry Jones. (AKA Arthur Two Sheds Jackson)

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

He actually doesn't have two sheds... he was just thinking of getting a second one 😀

[@johnanthonyp]

Superb how 'two sheds' influenced British political parlance when even high-brow journals referred to the then British Deputy Prime Minister as John 'Two Jags' Prescott.

[@neilmcintosh5150]

Yes, reminds me of Mr Fawlty then shouting 'IS THIS A PIECE OF YOUR BRAIN'.

[@desleighmonaghan7220]

I had the exact same thought .....

[@admon9865]

There was an advert for specsavers after this.

[@theKabbage]

This is another reason I stick to glasses...

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

A good thing he didn't mention the dirty fork.

[@tonyiommi2380]

Well, that escalated quickly

[@chatboss000]

got a hearing aid ad at the end of this skit, DYING

[@thevideogamenerd100]

"You should see them when they had a couple of drinks. Good night everybody, just a fairy tale!"

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

Look at how much effort they put into this!! When Cleese smacks his own head, that must’ve hurt.

[@lucyinthesky4682]

I wear glasses and am practically blind without them. If someone talks to me and expects a more complex answer than yes or no, I have to put my glasses on to get my bearings. I'm only 42, lol but I've been doing it since college. If I don't have my glasses on or contacts in, there's no guarantee I heard you properly or retained any information. I'm a walking skit..

[@Kris.G]

Actually that's hilarious. Thank you, Lucy.

[@mactcampbell]

I though I had seen them all, but, this one seems to have eluded me. Freakin hilarious.

[@laurenh5519]

Sorry, what? No,no I did not catch that!!! Wow these people r just great!!!

[@thejumpyguitargamers3747]

this is so good it could be a Monty Python sketch!

[@rdm4509]

I wonder who wrote this, the utter silliness of it suggests Palin and Jones (RIP).

[@BartleyTroyan]

So wrong and yet so right.

[@sam21462]

Silly, just silly. Stop that immediately!

[@vladskiobi]

Started off as a nice sketch about a deaf hearing aid salesman, but now it's just gotten silly.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

Thanks! I have never seen this clip before.

[@toonguy85]

As someone in the contact lens field, I found it one of the funniest things I've HEARD in a long time!!

[@toonguy85]

As someone in the HEARING AID field, this is one of the funniest things I've SEEN in a long time.

[@toadelevator]

OMG! As someone in neither the Hearing Aid field nor the Contact Lens field, I sense that your response to yourself, 15 years after the fact, might be the longest wait for the punch-line in the entire history of punch-lines. Bravo Sir! Bravo.@@toonguy85

[@presidentpeter14]

I love how they don't realize they're deaf and blind, they just keep going around with ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENCE in their hearing and sight. despite the fact they can't see and hear jack shit

[@RodmasterStudios]

I'd just like to point out that you needn't worry as I wear both hearing aids AND contact lenses (or sometimes glasses). I'm 21 and I have been and will be wearing these for my entire life. The truth is, not only am I not offended and find this amusing, but I'm actually really pleased that they brought up the concept of a hearing aid in the first place. It raises awareness and, best of all, it gives me the chance to laugh at my own condition.

[@CLAudio-pn6qf]

Thanks for posting it rylxyc. Bloody brilliant. LMFAO