Monty Python - Restaurant Abuse/Cannibalism

from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Season 1 - Episode 13
It's the Arts (or: Intermission)
Recorded 04-01-70, Aired 11-01-70

[@graceness91]

"We're not only proud of it; we're smug about it."

[@tonydimeo1882]

Haha that's accurate.

[@MrBiggles53]

They should have called the show Monty Nostradamus’ Flying Circus.

[@richardkammerer2814]

I missed the restaurant bit, oh, I’m the entree; oh, no….

[@robkunkel8833]

@@MrBiggles53.. that might be confusing and difficult at this point in their careers.

[@xr6lad]

Said no vegetarian…

[@miladynana]

one of the thing I love about eric Idle is that he's the best woman in the group and he doesn't even has to change his voice or wear a wig xD

[@NelsonClick]

2:07 "Quite frankly, I'm against people who give vent to their loquacity by extraneous bombastic circumlocution". Loquacity: the quality of talking a great deal; talkativeness. Circumlocution: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

[@FSMonster]

You explained that in a very *roundabout* way.

[@UncleHappy5]

In layman's terms: People who use inflated language that means nothing at all to satisfy their inability to shut the fuck up. Ironic in this sketch of course.

[@Mochrie99]

Sometimes, Shirley, I think you're almost human....

[@ZacHawkins42]

Mochrie99 Of course I'm human, and stop calling me Shirley...

[@micahnewman]

... ooh, I don't like _that._

[@shadowhaddock222]

I really enjoy this sketch, I'm not only proud of that; I'm smug about it.

[@chuckles12358]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@koboDresden]

I definitely judge you for that. Smugly.

[@ruthhook1234]

"It's not a proper sketch without a proper punchline"..."RHYTHM METHOD" Why these guys are like that book you have that you can reread over and over and find something new each time.

[@Mochrie99]

"I'm stupid! I'm muggins!"

[@HorrorFrogPrincess]

"You haven't seen my wife anywhere, have you?" "No, sir, I haven't." "Oh, thank God for that." The deadpan delivery is awesome. XD

[@NewhamMatt]

2:00 You can see John Cleese struggling not to crack.

[@Mochrie99]

"Once I married someone who was beautiful and young and gay and free....whatever happened to her?" "You divorced her and married me!" **random applause**

[@s7409651]

This sketch is so strange. It borders on uncomfortable at times and doesn't quite flow as well as the 'classic' sketches - but Palin's waiter and Eric Idle's outburst of 'Rhythm Method' at the end get me every time! It's like a lesser known Python gem.

[@Mochrie99]

"D'you know, I....still wet my bed...."

[@MrPddouglas]

Every sketch they didn't' use on their show, all in one sketch.

[@FunnyFungus]

The. Most. Random. Sketch. Ever. Nice!

[@IamSpacedad]

Yeah, it's a lot of vinetted smaller ideas that would normally be a whole sketch on their own but they jammed them all together with nice results.

[@julianbaxter2403]

Lets see: The Ridiculous Wife, The abusive waiter, the philosopher, and cannibalism.

[@beatlebob101]

I did this sketch at a talent show at my school the whole crowd was practically dying when my friend came out dressed as a woman and when he said "i dont take the pill cuz its nasty" even the principal laughed.

[@micahnewman]

This is actually probably one of my favorite sketches. There's just so much packed into it.

[@micahnewman]

...not for food, anyway.

[@PeetaMellarkisthebest]

I love the albatross callback. "Ever since you've married me, Douglas! You've treated me like an albatross."

[@premanadi]

Also "There's a dead bishop in the lobby, sir" "I don't know who keeps bringin' em in here."

[@Ryoushadow]

"We're not only proud of that, we're smug about it." It's a shame this is true for so many vegetarians.

[@luisreyes1963]

Wonder how this sketch would be had the restaurant been one with a Paleo menu. 😅

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

This just made me want to go watch Flying Circus. Something fabulous about the word-smithing, the deadpan presentation of surrealism, the whole thing.

[@MrPjw5]

It's really funny how Idle's woman in this sketch is basically like every single KZbin commenter; she always complains about everything and then randomly switches to talking about a facet of her life that nobody cares about. Yes, I'm aware of the irony that I myself am a KZbin commenter, but if there's one thing I've learned from the Chaps, it's that life is absurd, and the best response is to go with it and find reasons to make yourself laugh.

[@HAISPAM]

She's ending each of her diatribes with a crack about how she has the possibility of bearing children, which I always interpreted as somewhat threatening. "As nasty as this person is, what's worse is that she can make MORE."

[@cmolodiets]

that was actually an extraneous bombastic comment on a pretty absurd sketch. When i was a child I attended a birthday party where a real private clown was invited.Nobody laughed. The clown was embarassed and the host furious

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

more women like that around than i would like.

[@dickrichard626]

It's simple, most people think about wether something 's good or not and then switch to supporting their opinion with their experience.

[@KsAnNa]

I love Eric's rants especially when you can't follow them any more.

[@PhoenixHealing]

Of all the Monty Python guys Eric Idle makes the prettiest lady :-)

[@numbernine8571]

I'm sure he/she is flattered.

[@chuckles12358]

Eric Idle's character in this has me absolutely howling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Tareltonlives]

I love how they work so many gags into one sketch

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

Tareltonlives Agree and that it always comes back to the original idea of the nattering wife.

[@murielsartre]

The headwaiter will be along to abuse you in a few moments.

[@JaneXemylixa]

Two things: 1. the Homicidal Barber has found himself a job apparently; 2. 2:37 speak of a Graham, as they say...

[@reallyverybored1]

John Cleese and Eric Idle are AWESOME in this sketch

[@Papadragon18]

I'm not only proud to be a true Monty Python fan, I'm smug about it.

[@BustyGretchen]

Every time I watch this sketch I have a distinct sense of deja-vu.

[@numbernine8571]

I only felt like that the first time I watched it.

[@BoyKagome]

"No it doesn't!" "sorry." .... gold.

[@chelle329]

Forgot about this one... another cannibalism theme... tee hee hee. Keep sharing these... thanks!

[@justforever96]

He's arranging to sell his wife as meat...;)

[@that1weirdkid27]

The only thing hotter than young Eric Idle is Eric Idle as a woman.

[@Lostredfin]

Classic, idle at his best.

[@RaptorChick]

Yup. Formica is used for counters and such.

[@c0gsinc0gs]

Two words; Fucking surreal.

[@wilhelminawallace9046]

+c0gsinc0gs One word: Fucking.

[@dillonlaskey5557]

Four words: More words than you

[@bmckelvy5717]

Reminds me of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe

[@wilberforce95]

somehow I think this is the craziest sketch that MP has ever done.

[@daleviker5884]

But why Dorset?

[@tarekmoneimsaid]

1:32 - 1:40 that's about right.

[@koprej]

No, it DOESN'T!

[@michaelwilliamybarra2409]

+koprej sorry. (walks off)

[@LovcraftianHorror]

.. not for food anyways... Love it!

[@barry7608]

Only these guys could pull it off, and certainly only for those with a sense of humour !!

[@josephloehr9617]

John and Eric try not laugh as Terry is rolled in

[@whatnow2522]

Did Douglas Adams lift a bit of this sketch for The Dish of the Day?

[@void.control]

That's exactly what I thought upon viewing this sketch .

[@Jimpozcan]

me three

[@edwardbornstein359]

Douglas Adams knew the Pythons and sometimes worked with some of them, so there may be a common origin, yeah.

[@estoy1001]

He might have helped write this one, so he was fine grabbing a bit from this one. Everybody takes stuff from work from time to time...

[@jojones4685]

what I thought

[@jessiethegeek]

I once married a woman who beautiful,young gay and free....whatever happened to her You DIVORCED her and married ME

[@Garrett24O]

"I don't take the pill cause it's nasty" EPIC WIN!

[@jasobres]

Albatross!

[@forestsoceansmusic]

Another one I haven't seen! Not bad! (I'm beginning to suspect the Australian Censor didn't let them all through in the early 1970's.)

[@aum3.146]

The ancient Greek actor . One of the few times the show made an absurdist joke that didn't work.

[@SundaeExpress]

Why did you like your own comment? 🥴

[@Waltham1892]

Lemon Curry?

[@Treebot1]

This may well have been one of their most absurd sketches

[@DreadArkive]

There will now be a whopping great Intermission, during which, small ice creams in very large boxes will be sold.

[@QuikVidGuy]

Between this sketch and one character in the last video I watched being named Turpin, I'm guessing someone's a Christopher Bond fan.

[@NotSteveCook]

Where has this sketch been hiding?

[@Magg78]

‘…but on the other hand…’ 👌🏻😄

[@PeetaMellarkisthebest]

"Sometimes Shirley, I think you're almost human"

[@jimboid74]

always loved this skit, just so totally nonsensical.

[@user-ce7es2sv3e]

1:58-2:01 Cleese corpsing

[@EpicStopMotions72]

I'm a straight girl and for some reason I'm really attracted to Eric as a woman. I seriously hope I'm not alone in this xD

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

You're probably a closet lezza or bi, but you just don't care to admit it!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Flexible is good... bi curious I'd say ;)

[@EmployeeJoe630]

Maybe its a fetish?

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

OMG! Me too! I don't know why, he's just really appealing dressed like that. The wig especially goes so well with his face.

[@Justin72walker]

I think it might be the way he does his voice... right timber and frequency and such.

[@jessiethegeek]

*intermission music* Now for a great whopping intermission where smal ice creams in large boxes will be sold!"

[@bizsmith1812]

im very happy to be here

[@murielsartre]

The music is "Theme from 'A Summer Place'".

[@Komicklepto]

Yeah that what he says according to the subtitles of the DVD.

[@Hashnew]

'...glass of blood. Oh! What give-a-way!'

[@carlwalsh7944]

Looks as if they were reading the Bald Soprano.

[@nefwaenre]

David Walliams tried this lady bit in Little Britain! Well, this is the original Sauce! HAHAHA

[@npc3po301]

I really love the.. um... the.. ermm.. .. oh forget it

[@drparnassus2867]

3:35 Douglas Adams massively ripped this bit off!

[@RD19902010]

@ladyj2502 yeah, but Graham is funny, too. However, nobody is as convincing as Idle. I often forget he is male when he portrays women.

[@numbernine8571]

So does he.

[@robbiereilly]

"WE WOULDN'T DO IT...not for food anyway."

[@trevorsmith7753]

The blonde cloakroom girl is Swedish Ewa Aulin, from the film Candy (1968).

[@HAISPAM]

Anyone else notice how the crowd seems to react when he says, "I might be pregnant"? (0:33) I seem to hear more people taking offense to that than laughing. Odd.

[@MistressMocha]

Would you like a glass of blood - OOh! What a giveaway!

[@anonUK]

3:35. So that's where Douglas Adams got it from...

[@RasMajnouni]

First time seeing "Monty Python" was "around" 1973 with my Dad.Started Terry's weird graphics> I didn't know it was a humour conglamerate. Thought I was having an acid flashback.Years later I showed my 7 kiddies and since they don't speak English they got bored.

[@jessiethegeek]

You always were late weren't you thompson? Hello Headmaster,what are you doing here!! fine ,fine fine thank you,fine thank you

[@Satori19]

I love this bit, one of my very favourites. Makes no sense at all.

[@jessiethegeek]

Well I must be off,or I'll spoil..Janet!*clap**odd interlude of music* Oh I don;t like that I think its silly,Of course nobody cares what I think (pops popcorn and joins in waiting)

[@madpiratesarah]

would you like a glass of blood? oH WHAT A GIVE AWAY! lol

[@Procket12]

I don't know what's more disturbing, the fact that Eric Idle is wearing women's clothing or the fact that he is actually conceivable as a real woman? Now that's scary!

[@Chadner]

@MsHannahMCR Only Eric Idle in this particular scene, or other pythons crossdessing aswell?

[@blackm4niac]

what the fuck? I'm loving it!

[@NewhamMatt]

Please don't use the McDonald's slogan while referring to this sketch - it hits a little close to the bone, if you catch my meaning.

[@user-kn4ge3gn8j]

Oh what a giveaway hahahaha

[@lorddornel2416]

"Not for food, anyway."

[@murielsartre]

Psst! It's "the mighty owl of Thebes". Carry on.

[@ha6464]

@AerosmithAngel31 I think that's Neil Innes, not sure, though.

[@TamiJoeris-ge5dg]

Eric is so cute. 😊

[@jessiethegeek]

"Would you care for a glass of blood?" Oh what a Giveaway! No,we'd like to see the menu please,dont think its a proper restaurant unless they have a proper menu,and anyway,I might be pregnant

[@TanjaKarakas]

But now i have time...who should i take..should i go to the dentist..or..where..

[@KnakuanaRka]

Monty Python leftovers.

[@miladynana]

@StaraziaSelin66 I certainly agree =D

[@miladynana]

@Keithss1000 oh well, that's conforting enough =D

[@jimfreemon7791]

Classic humor.

[@vineethrao30]

Who's the guy who plays the Prologue (long white Greek robes, long white beard, holding a large staff) and the guy who announces "There's a dead bishop in the lobby, sir."? Does anyone know?

[@luisreyes1963]

Don't know, but the music in the Intermission screens was A Summer Place by Percy Faith.

[@vineethrao30]

@@luisreyes1963 wow. 12 years later and I receive a reply!

[@vineethrao30]

@@dickrichard626 why would it be?

[@allanpersinger5274]

Terry Gilliam

[@Himaryous]

A Shakespearean actor attempts to fit in but he can't...it's theater of the absurd.

[@SirDruhHu]

These guys are fuckin crazy

[@HerEyesWereWild]

I actually know someone just like Eric Idle's character... scary! XD

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

This episode was the reason that, for a period of a few years, my go-to phrase for commenting on a newly wed couple was: "He'll be the ruination of her rhythm method!"

[@noodledog11]

He'll be the ruination of her....rhythm method

[@Lshannon90]

Eric Idle is a beautiful and convincing lady. xD

[@TheCSJones]

1:24 - What was that split-second image?

[@Justin72walker]

YEah, it's also at 1:20 - 1:21 as well. I think it's some form of artifact from switching cameras, as The Camtoonist stated.

[@drparnassus2867]

Pazuzu

[@Alainainthesky]

@LvndrHppE They reused a lot of stuff if you pay close attention. (: