Monty Python - Kamikaze Scotsmen

[@katemctiernan7167]

Little history note: Terry Jones says that he found out later that people hurling themselves off of a castle was actually done during the Crusades. He said that it gave him a curious feeling because the sketch was written as a joke.

[@MrPjw5]

Really? Where'd you find this out?

[@katemctiernan7167]

Terry Jones did a documentary called 'The Crusades' and he was discussing the first appearace of The Assassins during the Crusades and the Assassins' leader had such a hold over his followers, if he commanded, his followers would hurl themselves off of battlement walls, and he demonstrated this to a European prince.

[@BestAnimeFreak]

Wait? Was the "leap of death" in the Assassines Creed games inspired by this? In the very first game, a scene like you described happened. The leader spoke to the enemy and some assassines jumped from a cliff by his command. Except that they did not die ... I really should take a look at that documentary

[@bezzaderbane9890]

Gave him a curious feeling? What does that mean exactly? That he felt remorseful about taking the piss about it?

[@vassalofthenight9945]

I thought this sketch was mocking british paratrooper army, since they had about 80% casualties taken during D-Day and the scots were supposed to show that suicide was better option than going on a mission

[@omikronweapon]

For the "finest kamikaze Scotsman" he's not really got the hang of being run over yet ;P

[@dennman37]

He is the finest because he is the only one left

[@Un-ht5bc]

Yes, truly one of a kind that one.

[@astra00700]

Holy fuck this is so good

[@LaMarcheFutilé101]

Well, you can't blame him, he never finished his training.

[@JohnBloggs-m8l]

Because they couldnt actually run over the person who continually lays down infront of the truck? Because they speed it up Ive often been left wondering if thats actually Chapman or a stunt double.

[@sidDkid87]

No-Time Tolouse ... the story of the wild and lawless days of the post impressionists - *PRICELESS!!!*

[@Afrikitty]

Ha ha ha -- Dead on time -- none of which is to lose. (*_*)

[@sidDkid87]

Afrikitty MP *never* gets old for me : ))))`

[@r.b.4611]

I'm clearly missing some history or context. Could someone explain this joke??

[@jacobchernack1055]

"Alright, ya yella-bellied sidewinder! Go fer yer guns!"

[@kentjg32]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

[@martilito7728]

This gives a new meaning to "the flying scotsman".

[@astra00700]

Isn't it the flying Dutchman? Or are we not thinking of the same thing?? Am I mentally disabled???

[@Innerspace100]

@@astra00700 Famous, long running (since the 1860s) express passenger rail service between London and Edinburgh, and also, the name of the first steam locomotive in the world to reach a certified 100 m.p.h. (160 km/h).

[@Senthiuz]

More like the Falling With Style Scotsman.

[@blueleadguitar]

This was filmed at Norwich castle, my home city. I remember the filming caused chaos, as drivers and shoppers alike, were stunned to see 'people' leaping from the battlements... lol my dad was a builder and actually met John Cleese, when they were filiming this..... it's a classic Python sketch

[@considerthelilies91]

Classic hilarity

[@JohnBloggs-m8l]

Yes I imagine seeing what they presumed were actually scots guards being flung from the rampart might have caused some consternation?

[@cinquine1]

"Well I don't know how sir. Our old kamikaze instructor Mr Yashimoto was so good he never left Tokyo airport." RIP my sides. Space is does not cooperate.

[@Biedrik4]

I love how much the topic can change with Monty Python. We went from kamikaze Scots to wild west post impressionists.

[@iluvcheezitsheyhey]

Eric is especially hilarious in this one - when he flips up his jacket and his alarm clock imitation!

[@jona623e]

Monty Python are really masters of weird segues

[@markmcelroy1872]

And now for something completely different.

[@matthewjohnston5032]

That whole "no time to lose" part was in pretty poor taste. My uncle suffered from no-time-to-lose-syndrome and thought the phrase meant " Look out, there's a man eating flamingo behind you!" Every time someone said it he got an awful shock and he died from shock at a "no time to lose" convention. R.I.P Esol Otemiton

[@vilaskadival]

Matthew Johnston awesome pun

[@vilaskadival]

Matthew Johnston reverse No time to lose.

[@jasonroberts271]

Why would any man want to eat flamingo though?

[@stonecrusher5726]

The meat's good.

[@rabbit35shore]

your last name is johnston tho?

[@premanadi]

Pretty sure Idle wrote the 'no time to lose' section separately (he features in it, and it's the kind of wordplay he loves), and then they just stuck it in the middle of the kamikaze Scotsman sketch. Brilliant. Chapman was so good at trying to saw his own head off.

[@GafftheHorse]

The Python team mostly wrote sketches in small teams. Members have said in interviews that Michael and Terry J wrote together, Graham and John wrote together, and Eric and Terry G worked on their own

[@premanadi]

@@GafftheHorse Yes, that's true.

[@almadora]

i think the scene peaks, hilarity-wise, when eric bursts through that little film of white paper. it gets me every time.

[@randomname285]

Surprisingly muted reaction from the audience at that point

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

reminds me of a turd that bursts through a little film of toilet paper. it too gets me every time.

[@Michael-kd1ho]

Ye olde Suicide Squad

[@bigowl9408]

Can't get our politicians to sign up for them, unless one could form the kamikaze EU brigade.

[@firelord699]

3:23 He nearly cracked.

[@McKillaboy]

That was probably the best take out of many haha

[@AltFreak25]

With their wit, I have no idea how they were able to keep straight faces to begin with.

[@bezzaderbane9890]

Because by the point of shooting they'd already said these lines 100 times over in rehearsal?

[@DrBunnyflipflopEOA]

"he's got to finish himself off by lunch time". Look at the clock. 1.15.

[@FliteWulf]

No time to lose, then!

[@kamenridernephilim]

Must have been a late lunch.

[@occamsrayzor]

You just don't see brilliant, stream of consciousness, word association comedy like this now.

[@antrimlariot2386]

This sketch has a distinct Spike Milligan feel to it, like what he had already done on TV in the Q5 series.

[@douglassun8456]

Ah, the MacKamikaze Highlanders. Peak Python absurdity! In his memoir, Graham Chapman talks about filming that bit where he keeps throwing himself under the truck. He had to keep absolutely still while the truck was rolling over him, but he was suffering from the DTs or some such condition related to his excessive drinking and he had the hardest time controlling his movements.

[@cheryld01]

I love Eric, he's hilarious. There are so many times that he almost makes one of them laugh or smirk.

[@BryanCooperOfficial]

"The money's good." 😆

[@mastercheif878]

Queen's own kamakazi battalion xD

[@elsewhere1222]

No Time To Lose Time ceases to exist and as such there is none in which to lose or I am incapable of losing For I have not the time to do so Yes as you can see this common phrase is all rather quite clearly explained.

[@jameswilkes6091]

I always thought of it as "We cannot lose any more time or else we're fucked"

[@Techiastronamo]

No time tolouse!

[@Dcastkid]

I lose it every time he busts through the "No Time To Lose" paper banner, no matter how many times I see it!

[@Daniel_Delayne]

Palin almost cracks up at 3:26, doesn't he..? :D no wonder though, Idle is just beyond hilarious :3

[@TonyEnglandUK]

He does. Another time he nearly cracks up is in the Biggus Dickus scene of Life of Brian - watch closely as he's about to say "He has a wife, you know"

[@pytheale2642]

Especially in the Parrot Sketch

[@jakubkrcma]

Love all of them. SO much fun they brought to the world! 🙂

[@vardellsfolly5200]

McDonald,was very passionate about his work.

[@kayzad11]

At 3.45 when he casually goes through the paper to deliver his line is sheer comic genius.

[@pinecone9619]

"And the waterskiing!" That gets me every time

[@bostjanjerina3625]

I always thought he said "and the water is clean! " Makes more sense to me.

[@Tojara1]

I want an alarm clock just like him. It will make my day a lot brighter.

[@wilberforce95]

I love when Idle is peeking over the box at Palin

[@xSleek34x]

Degroot Keep demomen with kabers is what I thought of instantly.

[@Ian-nl9yd]

...Should I know what that is?... I feel like I should know what that is...

[@nathanielroberts1]

yep xD

[@DJgamer98]

Ian McLastname Degroot Keep: A TF2 map, it's basically a castle. Demoman: One of the classes in TF2 Cabers, also known as the Ullapool Caber: A melee weapon in tf2 that explodes on hit, deadling damage to both you and the victim.

[@Azriel_6]

I was playing chess with a huckster and he said "well, it's time for me to win" and I said "no, time to lose."

[@Renwallz]

Random, incoherent, and ridiculous... just some of the reasons why Monty Python are the greatest comedy troupe ever.

[@ryanm.191]

“The kamikaze pilot trainer was so good he never left Tokyo airport”

[@dharmaseed]

A story of the wild and lawless days of the post-impressionists!

[@numbersix100]

This was filmed at Norwich castle

[@pwade909]

when eric idle pops out of the 'no time to lose' sign... its just priceless

[@WarmSunandGreenGrass]

I can't believe the huge popup "No time to lose" sign in the desk doesn't get a bigger laugh. It's one of my favorite moments.

[@genericfakename8197]

Man if monty python was making stuff if 2016, they'd be in hate speech jail instantly.

[@Youtubesucks3]

GenericFakeName If that's true then the creators of south park should be in a concentration camp right now.

[@genericfakename8197]

Jaguar Saxophone The creators aren't in europe though, aren't they?

[@Youtubesucks3]

GenericFakeName We're talking about PC culture, right? If we are, then PC culture isn't just in Europe.

[@genericfakename8197]

Jaguar Saxophone It's pretty bad in europe. They take people to court for saying they don't like muslims. This is a skit about a different culture being used by the brits as a suicide force.

[@lieutenantyoshi5704]

Orwellian literature is pretty much now a survival guide for comedy.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

I always get a fit of giggles when the guy rips through the big panel on his desk.

[@mortarbackmusic8511]

3:25 You can see the point where Michael Palin realizes how silly the whole show has gotten and almost cracks up.

[@wiseoldfool]

I had heard of "hurling" as a sport, but I fear I now have mixed metafives. I mean metafours. Metaphors. What is a meta for anyway?

[@purklefluff]

"the water's keen" keen is typical scots colloquialism for "great, splendid or fine" as in "what a keen day" basically, it means "good"

[@TheHenryWallace]

Looks like that's Norwich Castle!

[@lordeden2732]

No it's when Norwich Castle was towed up to Edinburgh to star in monty Python show! An inflatable bouncy castle was used to fill in whilst it was gone! And the citizens of Norwich never noticed a thing! Far too busy getting angry about the bad jokes about having webbed feet and inbreeding. Those made my sister and my wife very angry. She was a lovely woman I will miss her!

[@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585]

Lord Eden I gave up being angry about the webbed feet, inbreeding and _Sale of the Century_ a long time ago. We're stuck with it, and it's something we'll never shake off, unfortunately. Mind you, some of the people you see in our fine city don't exactly help to change the reputation we're tarred with, like those bald identical twins who shout "fuck" and "cunt" at each other on the market place, and a dirty old man who stands in the street with his hand up a puppet's arse, waving said puppet frantically in time to poor-quality music.

[@lordeden2732]

I would not mind if that old pervert used puppets in his pathetic busking act. But i do draw the line at him waving a sock attached to a stick via a length of greasy string. Mind you I have yet to have the doubtful pleasure of meeting the Tourettes twins? As for the outrages number of inbreeding jokes why oh why do the least funny pair of local so called comedians contribute to that long long list? The God awful Nimmo twins. as funny as feeding a refugee from the Jungle a bucket of cold vomit.

[@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585]

Lord Eden The twins don't seem to spend as much time in the city centre as they used to. When they are around, their usual spot is by the corner market stalls near the Guildhall, by the post box and the circle of benches opposite Jarrolds. Both are bald, one is covered in tattoos, and both look the proverbial sandwich short of a picnic. Listening in to a typical conversation, one gets to learn in detail all about their visits to the types of clubs where scantily clad women dance for "entertainment" and how they're privileged enough to get into the VIP areas of said clubs (gawd knows why), and whatever's going on in the world of Ipswich Town football club. Pepper these conversations liberally with the F and C words and that's pretty much as far as the dialogue goes between them.

[@lordeden2732]

Sounds like they might be the pair of brain donors famous around Ipswich. Folk from Essex must flock over the boarder to bask in their intellectual brilliance!

[@woodgreener]

Woo! I love the random use of Norwich Castle in this sketch!!!

[@chavruta2000]

they were so insane

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

I remember seeing this on the telly, as part of the episode. It was amazing to date the image of an upside Scotsman twitching like some wretched insect remains entrenched in my mind.

[@washableburrito1995]

Man, I think the reason I like these guys is it's not political. It's just.. silly and that's not a bad thing. Like John Cease says; it's fun to be silly sometimes.

[@bagelbanana1089]

Cease your improper spelling of Cleese.

[@Bezzdor]

come now, John Cheese is a very wise man

[@carolkewley7410]

John Cease? He died yesterday. You must mean John Cleese.

[@filmandfirearms]

They did get political fairly often, they just did it in an intelligent way. Political comedy can be funny, even when it's directed at your side, as long as it's done in a clever way. So much of political "comedy" nowadays is just virtue signaling and moral lecturing with a laugh track

[@stickinthemud23]

Maybe we could establish a ministry to regulate silliness.

[@dublinius]

Yes it is, they also filmed part of a sketch in Elm Hill.

[@Lemon77UG]

Ahhh, this is one of my favorite sketches (No Time to Lose), it is maddening! And you get a bonus point including No Time Toulouse, it's a great link and pun.

[@Bennick323]

I need to find a way to resurrect these guys' humor. Well, NO TIME TO LOSE! =D

[@followingtheroe1952]

Fuck I forgot how to use "no time to lose" during this

[@nrgianni]

got to be one of the most surreal sketches they've done lulz

[@christiangibbs8534]

This show... There just aren't words. Well, I suppose there are the words "No time to lose." But other than that, there just aren't words.

[@KOakaKO]

And people WONDER why there was a vote for Scotland independence...

[@TheFlipsta97]

KOakaKO Because all the good Scottish have killed themselves.

[@Ashley5ash]

I love Graham Chapman's face when they are holding him back...

[@Zilap9]

"You see our kamikaze instructor, mr Yashimoto was so good he never left Tokyo airport"

[@zollek6]

The first part was filmed in Norwich castle mostly and at 0:30 you can see Norwich City Council Tower with the clock :]

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Starting at 3:22, I suspect Eric Idle must have been improvising, and Palin wasn't expecting it. Thus his almost bursting out laughing.

[@Hootonium242]

Norwich City Hall clock tower at 00:30 and Norwich Castle at 05:21!! Oh to recognise my hometown in a decades-old Monty Python sketch!! :D :D :D

[@KS-bq4rs]

filmed in Norwich ?

[@isaackim7675]

Well, there's no time to lose, then.

[@eveningtsar]

***** I thought it was " 't'louse" :p

[@Ferr1963]

5:44 When I was a kid I used to play with an Airfix 1/32 Bedford like this. Unfortunately, no Scots to run over were included.

[@7beers]

3:24 - 3:27 Palin is about to completely lose it. He bravely manages to hold it back, but that's the closest I can recall to a Python member coming to bursting out laughing!

[@jsfbr]

THOSE GUYS WERE ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!

[@kalsikherensk8440]

An insight into the last resort tactics of the Scottish Nationalist Party a few days before the vote for/against independance.

[@kuwabatakesanjuro1453]

0:33 I like how Monty Python acknowledges that a Sergeant Major has eyes on the back of his head.

[@garymcaleer6112]

I don't even need to watch the sketch. Just the title busted me up.

[@hazahaxa]

No time to lose! The last time someone said that it made me remember this and I just burst out laughing! They thought I was quite mad.

[@duckserenade]

The audience took 3:44 much better than I did.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Ah.Monty Pythons...i really really love them all!

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Is the No Time to Lose Advise Center hiring?

[@Fittykent]

This has to be the silliest sketch I've ever seen.

[@notshardain]

@blobby1972 In WWII the Japanese trained young pilots how to fly planes into ships and important stuff. They usually filled the planes with extra fuel so as the explosion caused when the plane collided with the target would be more destructive. These special pilots were called the Kamikaze.

[@Avaruusmurkku]

This is how I play Civ 5 with England.

[@Thejigholeman]

how would you like a nice tall glass of no time to lose?

[@theblackbaron4119]

No time Toulouse.

[@GastonBoucher]

"No time Toulouse" is when you nuke Toulouse so much that it gets warped into a different dimension in which there is no time.

[@u.v.s.5583]

Great men think alike. There are so many uses of this technology. (India has completed the Kamikaze project)

[@areopwn21]

@tarael86 kamikaze actually means divine wind It was given to all of the kamikaze pilots in WWII that sacrificed their lives in order to protect their country and prevent US troops from advancing through the pacific ocean

[@2old4gamez]

You can also see the Norwich City Hall clock from the top of Edinburgh Castle... Apparently :)

[@theblackbaron4119]

"Kamikaze instructor , so good he never left Tokyo airport" haha

[@macawtopia]

LOL, Graham's face at 1.26 and for the rest of that scene never fails to have me falling out of my chair =]

[@tashamorriss8997]

I'm Scottish / Irish - this clip is hilarious. I luv the tartan troosers !

[@TheAgProv]

Norwich Castle Keep, I notice.... brings back memories of UEA. I wonder if people waiting for buses at Castle Meadow Bus Station (right underneath the keep) on the day were disconcerted by the sight of what looked like a procession of suicidal bagpipers hurling themselves into oblivion from 150 feet up?

[@estherford7941]

This is how I first heard and discovered the meaning of kamikaze, My mum then explained it to me

[@almightyjarve]

6.22 "The time is now 1942 Hrs" - The only reference to the japanese in the entire sketch.

[@76juno]

"What makes thise young Scotemen so keen to kill themselves?" "The money's good..." "..and the water skiing" Classic Python!

[@joshuabessire9169]

I took scream "NO!" When the alarm clock rings. I never thought to add "time to lose." I reserve that phrase for poker.

[@____Ai____]

I always loved that no time to lose bit with eric :D how he has this "no time to lose" wall and breaks right through it :D

[@dharmaseed]

The architect sketch! Up there!! Up there!!!

[@jonnyqwst]

This show was nuts

[@angloaust1575]

The flying Scotsman! A play on words describing A steam train which is on Rails!

[@Endrawnia]

gods the stuff these guys came up with LMFAO i love it

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

'The instructor was so good he never left Tokyo airport.'

[@alexanderx33]

6:08-6:10

[@armandomontesdeocaiii8669]

The Bag Pipes are cryin me a river thanks for your service son.

[@simongarrettmusic]

Fucking awesome shit

[@mnbro4lax]

Anyone else catch the "To lose, in France, no time to lose" WWII joke thrown in at 4:22? I burst out laughing even though it wasn't the punchline and there was no laughing from the audience... My history nerdyness may have just hit new levels

[@schmaltzythegolem4828]

I believe it's " Toulouse " , that's the joke . Not a WWII joke .

[@mnbro4lax]

I think it's funnier the other way but thats just me

[@cynicalcabbage]

John H how is it funnier the other way? I don't get it as a wwII joke

[@schmaltzythegolem4828]

Toulouse is a city in France. No time to lose , like in France ...is the joke. Which is funnier than mocking the French defeat at the hands of the Nazis in 1940 which cost some 90,000 French soldiers lives with a lame joke about "to lose" and "France". The Python cast would never be so cheap or derisive as that.

[@mnbro4lax]

Well let us hope. Granted a joke that is funny on multiple levels is funnier to more audiences sadly I found the darker branch of the joke funnier... Shame on me....

[@PATTHECATMCD]

There is actually a book called "I was a Kamikaze pilot" by Yasuo Kuwahara. You would think impossible, but you'll have to read it to find out what happened.

[@TheWildgoth]

"I'LL MAKE IT A GUD'UN SARG!!"

[@lawrencebishton9071]

we made te scotch walk the plank this year 🤣 walk 1 before you build 1 🤣

[@NGS712]

THE: "Painter, eh? That bein' pastel or oil, cowboy?" ;)