Monty Python - Russian 42nd International Clambake

From Flying Circus S3E08, 'The Cycling Tour'
Full episode, for example, here: • Video

[@LordZontar]

"I soon perceived before me a line of gentlemen with rifles. They were all looking in my direction, but I could not see the target."

[@gomezaddams4347]

MP helped get me through the miserable early stages of adolescence. Their inventiveness, absurdist aesthetic and general zaniness helped shape my worldview forever.

[@paulnicholson1906]

Warped more likely 😁

[@goodun2974]

Mad Magazine and Frank Zappa were also extremely helpful!

[@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment]

I misinterpreted that as "member of parliament" and was even more confused

[@McOzman479]

How could you miss. He moved.Cracks me up every time.

[@edfinnegan2634]

I've really grown to appreciate "The bicycle trip". When i was young i thought it was one of the weaker skits. It's a gem

[@vksasdgaming9472]

It was their first consistent "story" with permanent characters and damn funny as well.

[@user-zn5lu2xe8y]

Oh no dear now is the dream .. Excellent..

[@segon4147]

This is my favorite skit of all... has always been sice I first saw it many decades back...

[@adewolf]

The clanking pots and pans is hilarious. Motha, no dear this is the dream… classic

[@wayneliebl1098]

No, this is the dream. You're still in the cell. Hilarious

[@gbarthg]

"That turnip's certainly not safe." The Monty Python group were the best comedians since Gilbert and Sullivan.

[@89horizon]

"I looked around but could not see the target." In Soviet Russia, you *ARE* target!

[@meyr1992]

thank you for explaining the joke…

[@spyrox]

"Carry on with the execution.." . Hahahaha

[@Spirosaur]

It's amazing how British he sounds even when trying on a Russian accent

[@deanmarquis4325]

In order to save time we will talk in English.

[@gbarthg]

Trotsky singing "I'm Just an Old-Fashioned Girl". What kind of twisted mind makes that up? These guys should have been elected to the U.S. Senate, or the House of Lords, depending on their country of origin.

[@Parmesana]

I'm a huge MPFC fan, and don't recall this bit, at all. LOVED it. Actually laughed out loud. The names that the characters have are funny, as well. Mr Pither.

[@TulaneAve]

Russian military hasn't changed much since this.

[@x40xandus]

Aha, you know it??? Or is it what you imagine?

[@iambiggus]

It's obvious... if you watch any news not from Russia.

[@x40xandus]

@@iambiggus that`s the point, stereotypes are so deep inside, that it is no problem to feed them day by day with small doses

[@idleishde6124]

@x40xandus Russia is the second best army in Ukraine. Wagner proved Russia is the second best army in Russia. Putin is only alive because Wagner decided its too much trouble to start a Civil War. If any leader of any real strength had a rebellion he'd put their heads on spikes. Putin just let him recruit and retrain in Belarus. This time next year Wagner will be able to overwhelm the Russian military. Face it, the Russian military sucks.

[@x40xandus]

@@idleishde6124 so much nonsense!

[@Larsykfz303]

The scene where they run from the theater till the prison is literally the kind of jumps i make in my dreams lol.

[@manonymous4737]

Aah, Mr Pither. We can learn a lot from his can-do attitude.

[@larryparis925]

Excellent documentary. Eartha Kitt’s role in the survival of U.K.’s democracy, such that it is nowadays, is finally revealed.

[@adrianmorris5546]

Monty python is such incredible inspiration to the whole world

[@anne40hillpiggott30]

Terry Jones RIP

[@Kevineitor199]

i soooo needed to watch the last scene, i wanted to know the ending of the execution

[@grokeffer6226]

I hope that Mr. Pither's plums remained undamaged. 🧐🎩

[@AtlasAugustus]

The goddamn pans 🤣🤣

[@davidbaxter4910]

FANTASTIC.

[@manonymous4737]

I like the poster at 6:25 , advertising a variety show, it’s a nice touch that would have taken a bit of work but they don’t draw attention to it. Burgess and Maclean as a double act, I suppose that was recently in the news right about when this was aired. I had to wiki who bulganin was, and I wonder why they added Cook and Moore at the bottom. Maybe no real reason….

[@JohnSmith-el2nj]

Guy Burgess died in 1963. This episode "The Cycling Tour" aired in 1972...

[@timbeaton5045]

@@JohnSmith-el2nj I was actually in. te audience when they filmed the live sections at BBC TV. A long time ago.... ...but sadly my Crunchie. is well past it's expiry date.

[@Elitist20]

Cook and Moore, along with Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett, came out of the Oxford and Cambridge student revues, and then were in the original 'Beyond the Fringe', kicking off the 'Satire Boom' of the early 60s. Several of The Pythons (and The Goodies) were in the Cambridge Footlights Club a few years later, becoming famous with the show 'Cambridge Circus.'

[@mizofan]

ah., Bude bus station, one of the seven wonders of the modern world

[@phildivalerio]

These guys had the most unbelievable imaginations.

[@nissepisse6331]

YES!

[@eddjordan2399]

amazing

[@geofftefl]

Classic comedy genius

[@sailorv8067]

Из Джона Клиза неплохой русский получился, чисто визуально ❤ а турист - чисто Двацветок из Терри Пратчетта)

[@karaokeblaster3081]

Помните, ещё у Бенни Хилла была смешная пародия на советских деятелей.

[@justinmac316]

Made me think of Two-Flower also

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

Do ye think he sells in sewer ants? Also, I hope you don't feel I'm hatefully speaking for mentioning a capitalist theory.

[@Vasya_Bosyakov]

На Юрия Яковлева похож

[@Brand-lv2pz]

I love the 8:31 continuity shattering shot

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

Graham died, possibly of horrible, perhaps unimaginably painful tonsil cancer and one is forced to wonder if it was a direct result of gobbling roosters most of his life.

[@Nebarus]

I find it disturbing that sandwiches were hurt during this sketch...

[@Sleduuschaya]

Have not seen this one. Super funny. I wonder what gibberish they speak when they pretend to speak Russian (I know it is NOT Russian, but sounds like some other slavic language...)

[@troygaspard6732]

I want an old fashion millioner.

[@hectopoul]

6:40 best joke ever

[@FraudVonSchitzypants]

They should have made more of these long-ish stories

[@susiekopp3578]

I wonder if anyone understands this. Brilliant!

[@Denis_popozoglo]

9:06 Charge! (Soviet analog Banzaists)

[@dixonpinfold2582]

I was immoderately glad they escaped.

[@runem5429]

Rarely seen realism about Russian affairs..ahead of everyone else, like normal, Monty Python.

[@briankarakas5704]

"Charge!" screaming mob.

[@runtodagobah8199]

Is it bad that I'm focused on those rifles being SKS's and to rack the bolt like that there needs to be a round of some sort in the chamber

[@hollerinwoman]

WOW, didn't know this. "Mr. Pither" and "Eartha Kitt" could have been Alec Baldwinned.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Accurate.

[@Rob-fx2dw]

This all started to make sense lately. - I must go and see my therapist.

[@Arashkaman128]

❤❤

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

Lol, Russia. Always worth a good laugh.

[@JeffreyMiller1]

The microphone in front of Russian crotch is awesome.

[@adrianfrauca8118]

"Scene missing" omg

[@EasyTarget.541]

'International clambake'

[@user-zm4fj6kc1d]

Aktueller den ... happy...

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

Read "Erebus" by Michael Palin. Excellent book!

[@christopherlucy1772]

I hadn't seen the last part before..ertha kitt& Trotsky remind me of Liz Warren🤗

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

I'm just a girl who can't say nnn nnn nn n nnn.

[@helixator3975]

Who knew the USSR were armed with Lee Enfield No4s.

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

42............ clambake???????????

[@triplea25]

Monty Python did that already

[@papasmurfsmurfy6360]

Was this made during the U.S.S.Rs existence

[@SPEEDYxArcher]

Yes actually, this aired in 1972

[@paulgrieve7031]

The USSR? Was that before the EU? Somewhere near Canada was it, or Argentina?

[@geneandaj4286]

@@paulgrieve7031 lol good 1

[@florete2310]

"How could you miss??" "He moved." ---> So, the Russian military hasn't changed a bit😂

[@Vasya_Bosyakov]

After second attempt: "How many have been injured?" So order to practice made it worse

[@kelvyquayo]

Man…. I wonder about how much money those Russian SKS Rifles would he worth today.

[@meyr1992]

who gives a shit

[@aregularperson7573]

About 800 plus on the us market if my memory serves me correctly

[@halburd1]

and tour he did next stop north korea.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

True story.

[@bettyswallocks6411]

The Russian army’s marksmanship still hasn’t improved, thankfully.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

you think they'd get better, having used the same rifles for the last 100 years, but no.

[@stvdagger8074]

Which is why the Soviets generally did not use firing squads. Their usual method of execution was a pistol bullet fired into the back of the head at point-blank range.

[@bettyswallocks6411]

@@stvdagger8074 r/whoosh

[@SovietRussianBear]

4:25 Now I get it! British politicians have been watching too much Monty Python lately! That's why they think supporting Ukraine is a good idea! They think this is all real and Russian soldiers always miss!

[@christopherlucy1772]

Pither is Lloyd George & Labor or the Democraps

[@afaxmachine5045]

What, sensible and helpful?

[@dawggonevidz9140]

so you mean they're not corrupt kiddy fiddling god bothering liars like every conservative ever? thanks for pointing that out!

[@sandykelting9548]

So, like, was this a psychic vision of the future of America?!(reporting from 2023, THOR at your service🙋😜🤭🤷😘

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[@jacekkow119]

Grow up kiddo.

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