Monty Python - Non-Illegal Robbery

from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Season 1 - Episode 06
The BBC Entry To The Zinc Stoat Of Budapest
Recorded 05-11-69, Aired 23-11-69
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[@Skavennnn]

If there were fewer robbers, there wouldn't be so many of them, numerically speaking. Wise words.

[@markh.6687]

It's thinking like that which leads to absolutely so little that one could say the amount is almost naught.

[@NivMizzet89]

Mock it all you want, but you've got to admit this kind of robbery has quite a high success rate.

[@crystalsheep1434]

True

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

A tip from an experienced robber: If you want to make sure the victim stays silent then tell them they can keep the money left over (in the event that you payed with a sum that was larger than the value of the object).

[@pricesmith3417]

John Cleese's slamming the desk at the parking meter is one of the best and most believable things ever

[@think4986]

"If there were fewer robbers, there wouldn't be so many of them - numerically speaking." The man does have a point.

[@miikavihersaari3104]

And, as such, there wouldn't be as many of them. Now, I might be overreaching here, but wouldn't that mean that their quantity would be lower?

[@mklnrdn5383]

@@miikavihersaari3104 The number in terms of quantity, you mean? I'm not an expert but it makes sense to my layman mind.

[@miikavihersaari3104]

@@mklnrdn5383 Yes, and perhaps in some sense in terms of amount as well? Although I feel very unqualified to present these suggestions as I'm not a professor of numbers.

[@AdamantLightLP]

@@miikavihersaari3104 While were at it, if we make it so nothing is illegal, there will be no more crime.

[@SofaKingShit]

It's rude to point.

[@TheAtomicEwok]

Now I know what to do in Payday 2. Thanks Monty Python.

[@victonewton6434]

Inkeldink a

[@darkprose]

"I think sexual ecstasy is overrated." LOL I love this show.

[@tv2109]

If only all robbers were this polite and conscientious!

[@isaackim7675]

Well they can't, it's illegal.

[@tv2109]

Isaac Kim Well, I think being illegal makes it more exciting!

[@isaackim7675]

Todd Victorson If they want to go straight, might as well a vicar or something.

[@tv2109]

Isaac Kim Oh no, I think the parking meter is overdue. I better leave the country.

[@isaackim7675]

Todd Victorson Haha.

[@AsheandCinders]

this sketch stole my heart... by paying full price for it

[@rollercoasterdude96]

...We like dressing up, yes...

[@patrickdeoliveira75]

One day I want to go to the watch store dressed as a robber and take a watch after paying for it, of course.

[@daemonCaptrix]

It's illegal to dress as a robber in public. (Assuming you dress in a way that people will recognize as a robber)

[@schoolsout901]

daemonCaptrix what country do you live in

[@crystalsheep1434]

@@daemonCaptrix what really

[@daemonCaptrix]

@@schoolsout901 The planet Earth

[@AdamantLightLP]

@@daemonCaptrix Maybe in Europe, where you better have a license to be in public in the first place. I guarantee you that you can do it in the US. You might be asked to leave (which would then make you trespassing, but until that point I don't think it would be illegal.

[@isaackim7675]

This explains the psychology of the criminal mind.

[@johnbongjoey5200]

BURMA!

[@OrangeHand]

John Bong Joey Why'd you say Burma then?

[@isaackim7675]

IOwnTheSpire That's what I am thinking.

[@endlessMB]

I think he panicked

[@MySerpentine]

Isaac Kim Only very strange ones

[@Narmacil427]

1:15 Terry Jones almost loses it when delivering that line :D Smiling and almost busting out laughing

[@Aiwenil]

"Well, why are we paying for the watch?" "They wouldn't give it to us if we didn't pay for it, would they?!"

[@Wildboy789789]

"its the uniform that puts them off... that and my bad breath." LOL he is my favorite comedian from monty python

[@HyattHyatt3179]

The first few lines are essentially what happens when introverts have to go somewhere they don't really want to

[@keithnaylor1981]

Terry Jones nearly cracks up when he says “why are we paying for the watch” Brilliant!

[@vumba1331]

"And now for something completely different" in best John Cleese voice 😮

[@rulerofthebog]

I love the vicar bit. Terry Jones is absolutely priceless. :D

[@mfjdv2020]

We like dressing up, yes. Bloody brilliant :-D

[@lite4919]

Still amazing after all these years

[@murielsartre]

When Michael throws things (or people), he's got pretty good power, don't 'e? Terry really did have to stop himself from going backwards at 1:43! I like how his energy is (usually) effortlessly centered when he's acting.

[@Eversor]

rofl, i like how they almost laughed and broke character

[@cudak888]

Hello there - opening bars to From Russia with Love...

[@wwb16]

Glad im not the only one to notice

[@douro20]

i think sexual ecstasy is overrated.

[@isaackim7675]

douro20 It's the uniform that puts them off. That and my bad breath.

[@pacificostudios]

"We like dressing up, yes" should be a Tik-Tok clip.

[@zombieslayer2003]

"I can't blow up the building, it's illegal!" "Oh, bloody hell." XD

[@johnmccrossan9376]

What if they bought the building

[@RazrHack]

That's actually badass that they got the rights to the From Russia With Love music.

[@johnb1150]

I think there's a law governing how long you can play it it was certainly less than ten seconds so they were okay but anymore and they would've had to pay licensing.

[@WalkEvilTalk]

I love the way Cleese slams the table!

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

3:34 Sums up the entire Monty Python series in just a few words.

[@brianarbenz1329]

None of us watching noticed that the big elaborate plan was perfectly legal, even thought it clearly was. This shows how the theme and trappings of a situation guide people to judge it.

[@mchschrm]

I love this!

[@unittrooper]

i love the animations in monty python.

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

some day i'd love to get some friends together and elaborately plan a regular trip to the store like this, full suits and trilby hats included

[@philipmcniel4908]

For a good laugh, turn on closed captioning:)

[@tjimicole2677]

+Philip McNiel For a better laugh, leave closed captioning off and just watch the sketch. I've heard the blokes in it are pretty funny.

[@Redtecho]

+Tjimi Cole The closed Captioning is dead wrong though.

[@WonkaVator72]

3:06 -- One of my most memorable parts. Always loved these guys.

[@Asstricks]

"Why are we payin' for the watch?!" "They wouldn't give it to us if we weren't payin' for it, now would they!!" LOL!!

[@lordalessan]

lol we had to do a scene as a group for theater and we chose this.

[@ThePondDogs]

"I agree, if there were fewer robbers, there wouldn't be so many of them numerically speaking."

[@Veggie55]

British and Irish humour have GOT TO BE the best in the world. I mean really, I'm Irish and i mean Irish comedies are things like: Father Ted Killlinascully Podge and Rodge Gift Grub and more British are things like: Monthy Python Fawlty Towers Allo Allo! IT crowd I mean, Americans dont know good comedie when they see it. They laugh when someone says they're going to bed, i mean COME ON! British and Irish have gots to be the best ones :)

[@Wijo_Koek]

At least the Americans pay for it.

[@BanielDrown]

love that show so much.

[@otteroftoast2616]

This is me if I were to ever become a criminal. Non-illegal robberies XD

[@Bullyhunter1683]

I hope they are! New Monty python movies and episodes for all!

[@TheBestCommenterEVER]

@TheWildgoth ....i never said this was a sitcom. i said i hate sitcoms. this is the funniest shit ever conceived. i love this.

[@joro8604]

Great acting

[@BarrettValentine]

whatever to all yer negative comments. its just funny.dont over think this

[@Vessol]

Taxation- Non-illegal Robbery right there ;). And BoA too.

[@boxmeister3059]

This is what social anxiety is like

[@SnowySilverDog]

"I can't blow the building up! That's illegal!" "Aw, bloody hell!...Better give ourselves up then." xD

[@t55555]

lol i heard the From Russia with Love theme 2, very funny clip and Monty Python in general is hilarious

[@Duffyhealth]

A classic!!

[@BardOfShwa]

"If you're gonna go straight, you might as well be a... a vicar, or something."

[@TheMorMor]

Haha i love this. But the WKUK version is also nice.

[@paperdain]

Sorry about the typos. Whom who? man, my computer must not have had it's morning coffee.

[@athroughz0t9]

Masterful plan.

[@MsHarpsychord]

no one can truely top the comedy of classic monthy pythons truely the funniest things ever created was by monthy pythons!

[@jaye23_]

"31 sign Erin we just came to watch balls" The subtitles are hilarious messed up

[@bastlake]

"Ken, shave all your hair off, get your passports!"

[@BuddyFantastic]

*dings bell* Sorry, times up, good morning.

[@tehredmage]

"It's the unifor that put 'em off... that and my bad breath."

[@dharmaseed]

'They wouldn't give it to us if we didn't pay for it!' LOL

[@theemperorofman6740]

non illegal robbery? damn I thought this vid was going to parody american politics

[@luisreyes1963]

So you noticed the Vicar rifling through the donation box too, eh? 🤭

[@cartmann94]

5 minutes overdue????/ YOU FOOL!! YOOOUUUU FOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!

[@BardOfShwa]

Mr. Cleese's first line contains a valid point.

[@hobanagerik]

I love the corpsing.

[@smithereens388]

"We like dressing up, yes..." I knew it! :)

[@ximbabwe0228]

lol "they wouldnt give it to us if we didnt pay for it" XD.

[@5caramouche]

Gee! How great it is to make a hierarchy out of worlds' cultures of humour. I vote for Danish! Wouaw, c'est génial de faire un classement des meilleurs humours du monde. Je vote pour les Danois.

[@CssHDmonster]

no time to lose! no time to lose!

[@tungstenivoxide2407]

I robbed a store one, the sale they had going on was a _steal!_

[@elliottknifton8902]

James Gilmore I've been to that store. The discounts there are criminal!

[@verbalengine95]

sounds about right

[@NinjaGinger95]

"We can't blow the building up!" "Why not?" "Because it's illegal!" "Oh Bloody Hell"

[@thevideogamenerd100]

"I can't blow the building up!" "Why not?" That's illegal!" "Aw, bloody hell!"

[@mrtyles]

i like hwo everything is backwards in monty python. a good sketch is the working class playwright. same principle.

[@martinmerrywinkle]

3-Mobile's broadband service - illegal robbery

[@russinhouse]

@348joey aagh!!! " british" was a roman deceit. it's ..........bleeding english. ( i'm not serious, though) you are right, some of it is hard for me; and i'm ONE yorkie !. it's supposed to be ( wide boy ) cockney. as an accent, it fails; but i like the idea.

[@brandonesters]

lol i really need to get my freinds together so i can plan something like this. Genius

[@mazeman90]

3:09 if there were fewer robbers, there wouldn't be s many of them. XD!!!!!

[@Xelialith]

Bleeding mental actually :P

[@HolyShiteman222]

"if there were fewer robbers, there wouldn't be so many of them numaticaly speaking."

[@Gaz4113]

"oh blood hell, well we better give our selves up then." "We can't boss." "Why not?" "Well we ain't done nothing illegal."

[@lieutenanterrrrrrrr]

"We like dressing up, yes!."

[@kamatej]

good advice.. I wonder why sometimes it is so hard to take a joke.

[@katslane]

"It's the uniform that puts them off. That and my bad breath"

[@heofonfyr6000]

''You FOOL!!!''

[@PuppetierMaster]

Painful to watch my lungs are collapsing from laughter.

[@TheWonderStraw]

5 MINUTES OVERDUE?! YOU FOOL!!!

[@WillyDudemanguyPalms]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ^^ liekkis. dude i swear, monty python is hilarious, but watch them high and u will literally laf ur ass off. loveit

[@robertdaniels9186]

Yes they are

[@KruppaF]

"its the uniform that outs them off. that, and my bad breath." XDXDXD

[@josephinebennington7247]

The prices they charge these days, for a watch, or anything else at all, is daylight robbery in reverse! Should be a law leaning up against it.

[@paxe1]

@MrNinja42 No one has ever made comedy like this.

[@spiked200]

"we never break the bloody law."

[@WibblyPigNZ]

I'm telling you it is!

[@xtenkfarpl]

How can I resist? No, it isn't. And unfortunately there aren't any new ones... they don't let them in....

[@jlhs92]

"they wouldn't give it to us if we didn't pay for it would they?"

[@TheClassyArchitect]

Non-illegal robbery? Must be about healthcare, insurance, and taxes.

[@haardkaar]

Oh yes!

[@TyCetto]

2 more hovercrafts joined the party....

[@cecilyalgernon]

IT Crowd is Genius... Sending out an Email for Fire. Declaring war on everything. :)

[@ishopinamsterdam]

@WiccanHighPriest0 try not scrolling down... seems to work for a lot of people