My favorite sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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@alanbayley325511 ай бұрын
I worked on this sketch as a trainee camera operator and unfortunately when Graham Chapman fired the shotgun the wadding ricocheted off the studio floor and hit me in the chest. I was splattered with wadding but didn't really feel to much. The frightening bit was people looking at me with shocked expressions on their faces. If you watch closely, Graham didn't point the riffle through the window but fires it into the floor. Anyhow I was fine, so all good.
@jdanielcramer11 ай бұрын
🙀
@Punch_Rockgroin11 ай бұрын
Don't try that with Alec Baldwin
@beeble200311 ай бұрын
Wadding. Woody sort of word. Wadding.
@mimilini111 ай бұрын
Were you hurt?
@tarmaque11 ай бұрын
@@mimilini1 Devastated.
@Dark_Mishra5 ай бұрын
Best expressions: Graham Chapman Best vocalist: Carol Cleveland Best cross dresser: Eric Idle Winner: The servants keeping straight faces throughout the sketch!
@outtathyme56793 ай бұрын
Carol was great
@heartspy45252 ай бұрын
Except the maid, second servant on the left, who almost lost it after Mansfield shot the caribou nibbling the croquet hoops.
@CRAIG583529 күн бұрын
@@heartspy4525 She obv was laughing at the Original Poster cameraman getting shot with that Woody Olde Wadding.
@orbitalbutt675710 ай бұрын
You can see the actress in the maid uniform nearly lose it a few times. She's doing her absolute best to hold it together, and she manages to keep it to only a few tight smiles. If I were in her shoes I'd be absolutely howling.
@majorlaff86829 ай бұрын
If yu were in her shoes, you'd be in agony. They're very small shoes.
@guguigugu8 ай бұрын
good thing the TV's back then were 14" and the signal was equivalent to 240p of today, so nobody could really see it
@The-Man-On-The-Mountain8 ай бұрын
And boy she was hot
@simonwilton35466 ай бұрын
Its due to the wasp. Id never noticed it on a small screen but on a big screen you can see hiw aware of it they all are.
@alangiles27635 ай бұрын
´howling´ - terribly tinny word, old chap, Try ´guffaw´ - a nice woody word, guff-aww
@StevePrentice10 ай бұрын
I think what makes it great is its stamina. There's no major punchline, just the sheer power of Graham's delivery and his ability to keep it going. Also the word "antelope." Smashing word, that!
@FrozenHero20109 ай бұрын
_Albatross_ . That's a good word.
@trueriver19507 ай бұрын
@@FrozenHero2010very woodie
@whynottalklikeapirat7 ай бұрын
Bit tinny in the middle
@kirilzarinski68296 ай бұрын
o-ce-lot
@whynottalklikeapirat6 ай бұрын
@@kirilzarinski6829 Cariobu … goone 🫎
@Kenazzle8 жыл бұрын
I love how the staff are in the background just being furniture.
@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones95858 жыл бұрын
+Kenazzle No you don't. Oh, sorry, wrong sketch.
@Kenazzle8 жыл бұрын
Throatwobbler Mangrove I'd respond but someone just knocked me into the canal with a large halibut.
@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones95858 жыл бұрын
Kenazzle Was the halibut called Eric?
@Kenazzle8 жыл бұрын
Throatwobbler Mangrove He was a very naughty boy.
@isaackim76758 жыл бұрын
+Kenazzle That sounds woody don't you think?
@ComedyPAB11 жыл бұрын
"Sorry, old horse" gets me every time.
@KillingAddiction11 ай бұрын
and "Now you're talking!" My friend and I still randomly quote that. lol
@xereeto5 ай бұрын
"sorry, old beast" does it for me
@quizmaster852 ай бұрын
A good, woody apology.
@BluthsBananasАй бұрын
"Ooooh, sorry, Beck ole beast"
@tomhull12768 күн бұрын
Mansfield: "Oh, sorry old man!" Mrs. Vermin Jones: "Don't think so, Becky old chap." "Oh, sorry Becky old beast." A little gender and species confusion on the part of the well-heeled.
@pablozumaran399711 ай бұрын
Whether this is their best sketch or not, you’ve got to hand the Best Monty Python Actor trophy to Graham Chapman. The man’s range was astounding.
@pleasy1311 ай бұрын
He was just so darned........woody.
@mimilini111 ай бұрын
He truly was amazing! He was so gifted. Even his appearance in George Harrison’s Crackerbox Palace cracks me up! His timing and expressions were just epic! 😂❤🎉
@jamesmcginnis671011 ай бұрын
Chapman really was their best actor. That's why he played the key roles of King Arthur and Brian Cohen; he carried the through-line of the plots.
@warrenduff161111 ай бұрын
He was amazing. At 1:55 he turns into Tim Brooke-Taylor.
@theonetruerobb485210 ай бұрын
Not to mention, he was half in the bag by 10:30. and often fully in by lunch. Some of the saddest stories in Show Biz are the stories of folks who dragged themselves out of the bottle, only to fall in an unrelated tragedy. Kinison, Stevie Ray. And Graham. I have no words. He was a truly talented actor and comedian, and was likely on his way to some more serious roles, as his great pal Cleese would dabble in.
@rdhunkins9 ай бұрын
“Sorry old Horse!” Imagine saying that to Carol Cleveland…😂🤣
@snakeguy768 жыл бұрын
I have to commend the extras in the background for keeping a straight face.
@emilyrhodes70638 жыл бұрын
How many takes must this have taken
@lionhead1238 жыл бұрын
well that girl got startled by the gunshot pretty badly. Must be the longest 5 minutes of her life trying to hold her laugh.
@blt4life1128 жыл бұрын
Ear plugs, maybe?
@DumbTomato7 жыл бұрын
+lionhead123 She does smile quite a bit when the bucket comes out.
@jackreynolds96757 жыл бұрын
Greater strength has never been displayed on tv
@WinEntity7 жыл бұрын
The four people in the back had the hardest job of all: Maintaining their composure for five straight minutes.
@ianbartle4567 ай бұрын
Like the Roman guards in the Incontinentia Buttox scene in Life of Brian, they should have all been on double time pay.
@MrWeedWacky2 ай бұрын
@@ianbartle456 You do not find it wisible, when I mention my friend, Biggus... Dickus?
@yggdrasil90399 ай бұрын
The nurse with the sunglasses 🤣
@philipwall640710 ай бұрын
Graham Chapman was amazing. A very sad loss to comedy when he passed away.
@TOCC503 ай бұрын
The N word
@themercenaryartist12 жыл бұрын
Graham Chapman, I believe, was completely and utterly hammered throughout this period. Good times. Still a wonderful, woody sort of sketch.
@jeffreyjeziorski148011 ай бұрын
Gorn!!!
@alanosterman713011 ай бұрын
Intercourse the penguin
@sub-jec-tiv10 ай бұрын
He was! Very Goooooorn
@michaelbuhagiar62039 ай бұрын
Yes, three pub size bottles of gin a day, as he tells us in his A Liar's Autobiography. He describes how he and his medical mates used to play a game called 'shitties.' Use your imagination :) An amusing apophthegm of his is 'masturbation is a noble pastime, enhancing as it does the faculty of the imagination.' It's a great read.
@superjpbourrin8 жыл бұрын
-INTERCOURSE! -later dear gets me every time
@starbug14098 жыл бұрын
I had to pause the video after that part because I was laughing too hard. 😂😂😂
@corvus19705 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say its their best sketch at all, but its absolutely one of their most underrated. Its definitely one I watch again and again, and I always find it funny. Chapman's facial expressions are priceless here.
@Zzyzzyzzs11 ай бұрын
One of their most underrated lines too. "Dead is she? What a blow for her.".
@bearsoundzMusic10 ай бұрын
It is all about Chapman's facial expressions. He rules that sketch
@namelessjedi22423 ай бұрын
Best is so subjective, but I know I loved this sketch when I went through watching all the episodes in order, and it is a standout in my mind.
@Mordred47811 ай бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this was their funniest sketch. All the elements of their internal madness are on display here.
@outtathyme56793 ай бұрын
It’s my favorite and that’s saying a lot
@DealerCamel8 жыл бұрын
Whether or not you think this is Monty Python's best sketch ever, can we all just appreciate the fact that they made a skit based entirely on intonation and facial expressions?
@RatelHBadger8 жыл бұрын
+DealerCamel - and making fun of the aristocracy
@Eleglas8 жыл бұрын
+Ratel.H Badger To be fair, they did that pretty regularly. See Upper Class Twit of the Year.
@RatelHBadger8 жыл бұрын
Eleglas Indeed
@douglasreeves99386 жыл бұрын
DealerCamel You are correct. Arguing which Monty Python skit is the funniest is like arguing religion or politics. Never get an agreement and most likely will cause a world conflict.
@telecaster99926 жыл бұрын
While I agree that world conflict would be the most likely outcome, I think we all can at least find solace in knowing that joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention.
@Karthos10009 жыл бұрын
Love, love, love, love, love the exchange: "Dead is she?" "'fraid so" "What a blow for her."
@pop90959 жыл бұрын
John Landon The ender is often classic for Python. "You wanna come back to my place? I thought you would never ask!" at the end of the parrot sketch...excellent.
@Karthos10008 жыл бұрын
They never really knew how to do punch lines, and they constantly mock themselves for it. As everyone knows, there's a whole episode where the cast gets arrested for getting out of sketches without a proper punch line. But the lack of punch lines is part of what makes some of their sketches great. (And something's up with the notification of KZbin comments, since I got the notification of this comment five minutes ago.)
@voodoochild1975az7 жыл бұрын
one facet of why they were so damned good... there are often layers of actual genius at work in some this. They just... forsook the punchline. Who said you needed one? The only way they would acknowledge any kind of rule to making comedy, was when they willfully broke them. And often even worked that very act into it's own gag. They had an actual contempt for convention I think. It often shows in their work. They take what is expected, what you're supposed to do with comedy in a given situation and... they pervert it, twist it.... and I call it genius.
@15sixmedia18 күн бұрын
“WHAT’S URP?”
@mrpankau6 жыл бұрын
My two new favorite things about this sketch: Eric Idle's teacup pinky and Michael Palin's presumptuous nose sniff after saying "What rotten luck!".
@grahamstubbs49629 ай бұрын
"Mansfield's just shot one in the antlers." Can't argue with that as a line.
@Nebuchadnezzar318 жыл бұрын
The Tintin movie would've finished off Becky.
@pruesarn23728 жыл бұрын
Ha. Ha.
@robbieclark78288 жыл бұрын
Sorry old man!
@Nebuchadnezzar318 жыл бұрын
awful Tinny movie! Tintin!
@coreywright337 жыл бұрын
Becky would love 'Toy Story' though. It is quite woody.
@Nebuchadnezzar317 жыл бұрын
+Corey Wright Badum tish
@trent0heart8 жыл бұрын
I sort of consider that this is how the aristocracy actually spend a lot of their time...
@andriyyi8 жыл бұрын
+Katherine Daniel Sort of...consider...aristocracy... delightfully woody words.
@trent0heart8 жыл бұрын
Andronikos "commoner!" Ugh.... terribly tinny word, that.....
@martinzuccari96158 жыл бұрын
+Katherine Daniel Wombat!
@muaythai1938 жыл бұрын
before tvs and internet yes ^^
@trent0heart8 жыл бұрын
muaythai193 INTERNET! A woody word if ever I heard one! ....Dial-up.... Horribly Tinny....
@davejw6289 ай бұрын
Also full points to the servants_ how on earth they managed to stand there without rolling around on the floor in fits of laughter beats me.
@torah4ever6 жыл бұрын
Me and my friend watched this sketch after a long drunken evening many years ago, we still quote it to each other and it's still funny now! Absolute classic, not sure I could choose a best sketch there are so many but this is definitely a favourite.
@DrCruel8 жыл бұрын
Which episode of Downton Abbey is this?
@cdbwc8 жыл бұрын
pwahahaha.
@RatelHBadger8 жыл бұрын
+DrCruel - ALL OF THEM!!!
@XenRiddle8 жыл бұрын
+DrCruel The episode that was far too silly.
@DrCruel8 жыл бұрын
***** Quite.
@TheKid1029388 жыл бұрын
+DrCruel waaahahahahah. Comment of the yeaaaar!!!
@theneonpogodancer6088 жыл бұрын
"Do sing me a song! Something woody!" "You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me"
@Aaron-vr4yr8 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaah genius.
@MajorazMasta7 жыл бұрын
I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay; I sleep all night and I work all day.
@alcyonepiano10 ай бұрын
Yeah this is my fav too. Fantastic script + delivery. It's not just absurdist theater - it also underscores the uselessness and degeneracy of the 'gentlemen of leisure' - an actual post-Victorian set that inherited such wealth that they never needed to work in their lives, and might actually have had nothing better to do than spend the afternoon discussing croquet hoops and their favourite syllables. The countries crossed out in the beginning is probably a subtle reference to the dwindling empire (?), emphasizing the absolute indifference and insularity of this cast of relics and hinting at their imminent demise.
@studioshitaketakashita70939 ай бұрын
god how I'd love to be a "gentleman of leisure"
@Kyle-nm1kh9 ай бұрын
Yep
@rd24719 ай бұрын
Yeah thank god none of these people exist now hey! Inherited wealth sitting around and doing nothing apart from owning land. Glad we got rid of all of them!
@wwiiinplastic47128 ай бұрын
@@studioshitaketakashita7093 But then you run the risk of getting bored and deciding to bury forests or block the sunlight with orbiting sunshields like certain people who should be enjoying retired life are trying to do.
@bguzewi07 ай бұрын
"Dead, is she?" "'Fraid so." "What a blow for her."
@Davidagogofilms12 жыл бұрын
I just like how the staff from the cast of Downton Abbey traveled back in time to stand behind them in this sketch.
@Argonaut12111 ай бұрын
Doing nothing.
@ArmyJames7 ай бұрын
DOWN-ton : there’s a good woody sort of word!
@Edmar_Fecler7 жыл бұрын
Gorn; honestly one of my favorite Star Trek species
@ksrmk11 ай бұрын
The Arena
@FranklinHarris11 ай бұрын
@@ksrmk Arena? Bit tinny, don't you think?
@ksrmk11 ай бұрын
@@FranklinHarris Frightfully so.
@KillingAddiction11 ай бұрын
What a super woody sort of alien...Gooooooorn.
@ksrmk11 ай бұрын
@@KillingAddiction 😂😂
@ysgol36 жыл бұрын
Ever since I first saw this sketch in 1974 I've occasionally said 'gooorn' to cheer myself up. Having shown this sketch to my daughter today, she finally understands why.
@miikavihersaari310411 ай бұрын
Yes, it's a very woody sort of sketch, innit?
@AB-ku4my11 ай бұрын
At least you don't have to be "hung by the neck until you cheer up".
@ysgol311 ай бұрын
@@AB-ku4my LOL - great line. Said by King Otto I believe.
@Innerspace10010 ай бұрын
@@ysgol3 No, it's the judge, played by Chapman.
@ysgol310 ай бұрын
@@Innerspace100 Hi, thanks for the correction - in which sketch please (is it the 'wooden teeth' one)?
@scottwatson945310 ай бұрын
This sketch leaves a kind of woody aftertaste in my mouth with just a hint of tin.
@ianbartle4567 ай бұрын
Might a suggest a polite spit, a hint of lemon to refresh - then repair immediately to the Cheese Shop sketch.
@connor518710 жыл бұрын
"You can't beat wood" is a hilarious accidental joke
@CaptHollister10 жыл бұрын
Particularly coming from Graham Chapman.
@daisybtoes10 жыл бұрын
It isn't accidental.
@Ericwvb29 жыл бұрын
CaptHollister Every notice that Graham Chapman often played the "straight man" in sketches? In one, they even labeled him as one. Another clever bit of humor since Graham Chapman was gay ...
@channelhismojo9 жыл бұрын
Daisy Brambletoes I believe only Americans call erect penises "wood", so it probably is accidental. No other English speakers use that term.
@CaptHollister9 жыл бұрын
channelhismojo No, a quick gis shows that it is used in UK slang, too. UK, YTers can confirm this. It almost certainly was not accidental, especially when being uttered by Dr. Chapman.
@mattagnew2069 жыл бұрын
Top marks to the background actors for keeping a straight face through this. That's talent.
@brianhaygood18311 ай бұрын
Just barely. Look at the maid during the "erogenous zooooonne" part of the sketch.
@willbick788911 ай бұрын
@@brianhaygood183 poor girl nearly jumped out of her skin when the gun went off!
@vivvpprof11 ай бұрын
@@willbick7889 That's when it all started getting hard for her. Too much emotion.
@yadevolkram10 ай бұрын
@@willbick7889 The really, really pretty one?
@TheUglydandy7 ай бұрын
@@willbick7889She was nearly to be gooooooon
@stefanthorpenberg8878 ай бұрын
It’s a personal opinion of course, but I say that the argument clinic sketch is a master piece.
@livenotonevil82798 ай бұрын
Ah ... I see you've posted this in search of an argument. How ironic.
@metalzonemt-28 ай бұрын
No it isn't.
@Mr_Feathers6 жыл бұрын
It was amusing how relatable the terms woody and tinny were, even though I had never heard those used to describe words before, but I wouldn't say that this was their best sketch ever.
@martinXY11 ай бұрын
IKR. When he said they sounded woody, I thought yep, they do.
@zoppie9 жыл бұрын
No caribou were injured during the shooting of this sketch.
@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music9 жыл бұрын
No Pythons were injured during the shooting of this caribou.
@s.w.t.65819 жыл бұрын
Vin Kermit Diesel Who cares. What's really important, the sense of humour of very many viewers was left entirely uninjured thanks to its convenient absence.
@UberMangaka9 жыл бұрын
***** Ahahah I thought the same thing after reading the OP comment.
@CrStrifey8 жыл бұрын
Yes they were. He shot one, in the antlers.
@TheJiminiKrikitShow6 жыл бұрын
Nope....one was definitely shot. Although it must have been a very small one from the angle of the gun.
@Maryonpark7 жыл бұрын
Everyone has a favourite, it's impossible to pinpoint a particular one. They were brilliant, almost 50 years later and they're still being spoken about like the show was yesterday!
@mimilini111 ай бұрын
It feels like yesterday when I watch them! My three older brothers and I watched them so much! We all have different favorite episodes. Mine is The Interview! They were completely brilliant! 😂❤
@Beirut2711 ай бұрын
I love the one about the guy hooked on blue cheese 🙂 .
@artturner205410 ай бұрын
@@Beirut27 my favorite was the lifeboat cannibals or cannibal undertakers
@republiccan713810 ай бұрын
Dennis Moore sketch was my favorite. Their brilliance was ahead of it's time.
@mimilini110 ай бұрын
@@republiccan7138 he robs from the poor and gives to the rich! Stupid bitch! 😁😁😁
@JDrevolver6611 ай бұрын
Sound symbolism (more or less) and class parody. Perfectly combined with their usual surreal-ness. Also "I'm afraid Mrs. Vermin-Jones appears to have passed on". What a blow for her.
@antoniograncino350611 ай бұрын
The Ministry of Silly Walks is my favorite. Really tweaks the bureaucratic Establishment
@mrtyles10 жыл бұрын
This is one of those Monty Python sketches that I like because you either get it or you don't.
@PhilShary8 жыл бұрын
2:34 Caribou gooone - you can see Eric Idle geniunly laughing. :)
@martinXY8 жыл бұрын
+Phil Shary "Erogenous zoooooooone"
@PhilShary8 жыл бұрын
+YellowOnline true! He tries really hard not to. :)
@PhilShary8 жыл бұрын
Anthony Smith thank you, my dear.
@timjohnson119911 ай бұрын
I love so many of their pieces. They were on when I moved out of my folks and into the party house with a friend. A bunch of us would gather for Monty Python Sunday evenings for the show and get immersed in it. Sometimes do the skits. Good days u
@deanronson63319 ай бұрын
Graham to daughter after upsetting her with the word "tinny": "Sorry, old horse." Eric Idle (mother), after doing the same mistake: "Sorry, old beast."
@TheCastellan8 жыл бұрын
How are the 4 servants behind 'em keeping a straight face
@emilyrhodes70638 жыл бұрын
The maid is wearing sunglasses
@108nighthawk7 жыл бұрын
As the help should be!
@AECSRQ7 жыл бұрын
Frightfully sorry Graham Chapman's long GORRRRRRRNNNNNN.
@jeffboadella6667 жыл бұрын
fell in the well thirsty for escape from sadness.
@AECSRQ7 жыл бұрын
That's a very woody sort of phrase.
@sidmorris55937 жыл бұрын
AECSRQ GAAAAAAAWWWWWN
@TheRapand7 жыл бұрын
He's nibbling off the croquet hoops. The wooden sort, of course.
@pat19471007 жыл бұрын
You spelled it incorrectly.
@CanyonWanderer10 ай бұрын
Always nice to relive some of the heritage Monty Python has produced. Now I think of it, the heritage and how far back it goes: When I was finishing my thesis at university, we used the original MacIntosch at the faculty. Somebody had replaced the system sounds with Monty Python samples (Eject diskette -> "Bring out your dead", Undo -> "I'm going to have to shoot you now, Delete file -> "This is definitely a dead parrot" etc). They were already legendary at that time... That was 1990!!! 33 years ago 🙂
@majorlaff86829 ай бұрын
You're pretty good at 'rithmetic. Who'd a thought ...
@Finglesham10 ай бұрын
Wonderful to see this again. I remember it on TV as it was a favourite of mine and I was of that age. I still find it incredibly funny.
@prophetic03117 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most "British" things I've ever seen.
@dominikkuharic12596 жыл бұрын
Yes it has definitely british feel to it :) I like british people though
@popples97016 жыл бұрын
I'm British and this was the best thing ever
@oni7416 жыл бұрын
+ prophetic0311 Obviously they have been British ;)
@Meema7336 жыл бұрын
I'm American but I tend to agree. Personally I prefer the ministry of the funny walks. Check it out sometime.
@Hakingdoesgames5 жыл бұрын
prophetic0311 oh my, British is quite a woody word, is it not?
@CJusticeHappen219 жыл бұрын
GROOT. I like the word Groot, gives me confidence. Got a very woody sound to it. GROOT.
@patrickmanion96469 жыл бұрын
I had a good laugh at that!
@dag19849 жыл бұрын
Yes not at all like Ronan or Rocket. Dreadfully tinny words.
@andxmenx9 жыл бұрын
Can' t beat woo wood , anyway
@Theturtleowl9 жыл бұрын
CJusticeHappen21 'Groot' means large or big in Dutch. Bit weird to hear a tree say it
@filthyacts93159 жыл бұрын
um, hate to be that guy but they were saying "Gone" guys
@kaibroeking99687 ай бұрын
-"Mrs. Vermin-Jones appears to have passed on." -"Deadish?" -" 'fraid so." -"What a blow for her."
@15sixmedia18 күн бұрын
“Dead, is she?”*
@jesoby9 ай бұрын
If this was even near their best they wouldn’t have got a second season.
@AwakeningtheHeart-tv1it9 ай бұрын
This was the last season after John Cleese had left. Totally embarr4ssing not just their worst sketch but one of the worst in history by anyone ever anywhere.
@-danR9 жыл бұрын
It's partly class-parody, but also the British appreciation for a certain synaesthetic _texture_ of various words, here taken to extremes.
@chimpaflimp9 жыл бұрын
***** Different people have different senses of humour.
@juanaltredo29749 жыл бұрын
***** I found it funny, but more than funny smile worthy and insightful, and thats an essential ingredient of good comedy. There are more hilarious bits from them admittedly but I love this one
@juanaltredo29749 жыл бұрын
***** its a surreal sketch, those either bomb or hit the target. I guess I'm the target and you're the civilian casualty
@juanaltredo29749 жыл бұрын
***** I found it funny at a visceral level, I do love language based humour and love python. I'm not saying it was brilliant, the ending its quite weak, but most of it I liked it a lot
@juanaltredo29749 жыл бұрын
***** don't be so hard, perhaps thats from a python sketch? J/K
@stankfanger13667 жыл бұрын
The pilot is a reference to another sketch called "RAF Banter" that is worth checking out.
@Zoras886 жыл бұрын
pretty sure it's the same episode
@mirkhwand6 жыл бұрын
I love that sketch.
@BigDogCountry6 жыл бұрын
Afraid I don't quite follow you, Squadron Leader.
@TheMrDozey6 жыл бұрын
"Cabbage crates coming over the horizon??!"
@BigDogCountry6 жыл бұрын
The first cabbage crates hit London by July 7th. That was just the beginning...
@fablanta11 ай бұрын
I love how at 2:28 after he fires the gun the maid in black is startled then has to stop herself from laughing. It looks like she goes again when he has the bucket of water thrown on him.
@blipblip888 ай бұрын
The DADAists would have loved Monty Python for this sketch alone! Good stuff, hear hear!
@Gunners_Mate_Guns9 жыл бұрын
This bit has its moments, but best Python sketch ever? No Spanish Inquisition? No Argument Clinic? No Fish-Slapping Dance? No Ministry of Silly Walks? No Nudge, Nudge? And those are just off the top of my head, with plenty of others.
@ShuikGaming6 жыл бұрын
Nudge Nudge was boring
@DinoDiniProductions9 ай бұрын
@@ShuikGaming Nah, it weren't boring, na wah I mean? Nudge nudge, wink wink. Say no more.
@ianbartle4567 ай бұрын
@@ShuikGaming No no, no NO! Is you wife, er, fond of phoTOGraphy?
@waldog5509 жыл бұрын
Calling this "Monty Python's best sketch ever " is like calling Rocky Road the best ice cream ever. No matter what flavor I'm ultimately handed, I'm going to be happy with it.
@PsychoDiesel489 жыл бұрын
Waldog Opinions are like assholes, Everyone has one, and they all stink, except the ones you like. Thus is the nature of opinions.
@whiskeyvictor570311 ай бұрын
Anyone with a teaspoon of brains knows that the best ice cream has cubelets of Spam!
@timsmith463610 ай бұрын
not seen this sketch since the original broadcasting when I was at school, I still remember the brilliant script!! Thank you
@ruthcanawayarts10 ай бұрын
Silly walks, the lumberjack song, fish slapping dance, and I loved the cycling tour with Mr. Pither.
@lebbo887 жыл бұрын
"Intercourse." "Later dear." "No, no, the word 'Intercourse'."
@PippaPPod5 жыл бұрын
Kevin Lebby The penguin?
@robertbrown34009 жыл бұрын
Not all sketches have to have you doubled over in laughter. This one just provides some light amusement. For those who don't get it, it's old money with nothing better to do than sit around and muse on how words sound and make them feel.
@mjrydsfast6 жыл бұрын
I like the "Back in my day..." one, four of them reminiscing. Fun.
@ralphmacchiato376111 ай бұрын
Maybe one day you'll find your funny bone.
@Madfattdeeb11 ай бұрын
Everything about this sketch is absolutely brilliant.
@cellpat26869 ай бұрын
And I had always wondered why Graham didnt aim when he fired his gun. I love his phrase "well you gotta come to terms with these things." And Eric Idle in drag looks amazingly pretty. I also love it when Simpkins sings Mrs Vermin Jones a song and she croaks. These guys were brilliant and this is one of my favorite M.P. sketches. Thank you for posting it.
@ianbartle4567 ай бұрын
Haha - Simpkins sounds like a name for cute fluffy kitten - not a macho leather jacket wearing, pipe smoking air ace.
@cellpat26867 ай бұрын
@@ianbartle456 mansfield hated it too. He even called it a teeny name.
@Golemoid7 жыл бұрын
I love this sketch because i can relate to it. I also have words that i like to randomly say for no reason, just because they make me feel better. I think that might be a mild case of tourretes syndrome or something.
@jaccuse40867 жыл бұрын
Onnnnnlyyyyyyy.... mmm reminds me of chocolate.
@Golemoid7 жыл бұрын
Tony Arcieri i dunno. i usually have to say them when i recall an akward moment. helps me clear my mind. but sometimes it's just because im bored.
@MattMusky7 жыл бұрын
flabbergasting
@ilovedaddythomas8797 жыл бұрын
no, that's just with everybody i'm pretty sure
@Bramswarr7 жыл бұрын
autism... now theres a woody sounding word
@rcm9267 жыл бұрын
This is how I imagine Boris Johnson spends his free time.
@dougaldouglas884211 ай бұрын
The farcicle was so funny. Loved watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.
@jpsned11 ай бұрын
"Mrs. Vermin-Jones" 😄 These men were masters of language. This sketch nicely shows off their love of words.
@ztahs9 жыл бұрын
These guys were utterly hilarious. Unmatched by anything around today.
@caringisdaring87029 жыл бұрын
Wow they were ahead of the ice bucket thing.
@EliasGraves10 ай бұрын
The early days of being triggered by a word…
@HammondGamingАй бұрын
Imagine it being 2024, and people still using "triggered" incorrectly to denote "anger" or "offense". This comment doesn't "trigger" me, it angers and saddens me, because intentional ignorance is still strong.
@judgewestenn8 жыл бұрын
EROGENOUS ZOOOOONE lmfao
@TheCastellan8 жыл бұрын
+judgewestenn CON-CU-BINE!
@zetareserve8 жыл бұрын
loose women erogenous zoo---
@oni7416 жыл бұрын
+judgewestenn 🤣🤣🤣 So funny.
@juleswagner959711 жыл бұрын
Carol was absolutely delightful. A great complement to these geniuses.
@ChordtoChord11 ай бұрын
I thought so too! I'm not sure any other sketch she was in gave her a chance to display such telent!
@ArmyJames11 ай бұрын
“Complement”: there’s a good woody sort of word, complement.
@premanadi10 ай бұрын
@@ChordtoChord Scott of the Sahara is another fine moment for her, where she plays the dimwit American actress Vanilla Hore.
@Genshi10 ай бұрын
How have I never seen this!? I thought I had seen every Monty Python sketch, including the never before released ones that were eventually released for CD-i back when I worked at Philips Media. But somehow, I've never seen this one. Brilliant!
@jimduncan-qw6xo7 ай бұрын
Couldn't stop laughing first time I saw "Holy Grail." We had to stop the tape many times just to recover! My favorite!!!!
@MrMALLEE8 жыл бұрын
Nowhere near their best sketch.
@bobbygnosis8 жыл бұрын
John Seabrook What a tinny comment.
@Gasoline858 жыл бұрын
John Seabrook Sorry 'bout that old horse.
@jrsdsu19868 жыл бұрын
+John Seabrook you just don;t get it. it's genius. oh so british.
@MrMALLEE8 жыл бұрын
I get it Jamie. I grew up with Monty Python here in Australia. No stranger to the English absurd sense of humour. They have hundreds of sketches that are much funnier than that one, that's all.
@KenGLaP8 жыл бұрын
+John Seabrook... Exactly. I would rate this as one of their very worst sketches.
@BogWraith18 жыл бұрын
Their best sketch ever? Hardly, but it is a wonderful example of their unique insanity that makes Monty Python unmatched by any other form of sketch comedy troupes ever. Pure genius. Pure Python!
@dougaldouglas884211 ай бұрын
Personal opinions of being the best should be avoided. There are so many amazingly funny sketches that just made up this series what it was zanny.
@alangiles276311 ай бұрын
@@dougaldouglas8842 My two favourites were the Whizzo Box of Assorted Chocolates (the ones with Rams bladder cup AND Cockroach Cluster), clearly based in Black Magic, and Ken Shabby wanting to marry an aristo's daughter. (" clean out public lavatories....after two years they give me a broom").
@TuckerSP201111 ай бұрын
@@alangiles2763 Spam, Lumberjack, Communists, Silly Walks, Dead Parrot, Cheese shop... All woody!
@dougaldouglas884211 ай бұрын
@@alangiles2763 Erm. All were my zany favourites, zany as hell. Its nice to find others that found, and find Monty Python amusing, a real just let go and let things proceed, especially an attack upon the upper crust, just how pompous they are.
@johngavin117510 ай бұрын
@@TuckerSP2011 Wait,no Spanish Inquisition? 🤣
@evitasdad9 ай бұрын
Of course, these days, every second word is considered offensive….
@AlanEmmons-qw6bg6 күн бұрын
But you gotta love it in retrospect. I do!!!😁 oh Monty Monty Monty. Door number 3
@jackson767249 ай бұрын
The staff standing demurely behind add humour, especially the maid wearing sunglasses😂
@snottyxraygirl11 жыл бұрын
That voice of his was also a great factor in his comedy. He was a master of comic-inflection ! Miss him so.....
@quanuck167410 жыл бұрын
how those four people standing in the back keep a straight face through all that... they must have been pulled from a funeral
@ericcross5058 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite sketch, woody!
@mark11967AD11 ай бұрын
I still say the Spanish Inquisition and “give her the comfy pillows” is one of the funniest and most memorable Monty Python skits. The rank absurdity contrasted with British uptight stuffiness and classism is what ignited that humor into explosive laughter. Alas that era is long since gone. Money has made whores out of us all. Honor and propriety we bid thee adieu.
@herakleitus9 жыл бұрын
The young maid behind is cracking up throughout.
@SirCamera8 жыл бұрын
This is everything Monty Python ever stood for.
@copacetic90188 жыл бұрын
+SirCamera you again!
@SirCamera8 жыл бұрын
Copacetic who're you?
@copacetic90188 жыл бұрын
We had a back and forth regarding the Coen Brothers. It's just a tremendous coincidence to see you again.
@thebrazilianatlantis1656 жыл бұрын
"everything Monty Python ever" Indeed no. Cleese stood for logical development in comedy and he had left.
@JFrazer43039 ай бұрын
"Gone"... Yes, very satisfying.
@laguna3fase410 ай бұрын
I remember we used to repeat this sketch at school back in the day. Much mirth!
@Jaspertine10 жыл бұрын
I love how Monty Python are so hugely popular with most people not realizing that when you take away their most famous skits, a lot of the Flying Circus was actually stiff like this. Lots of circular dialogue and targeted upending of expectations. Honestly, I don't even know why this skit makes me laugh, but it does.
@gonnfishy29876 ай бұрын
I can’t help but feel a lot of their stuff was plain banal... not criticism of the creative process, more a wonder “Life in England makes even this hilarious” 😮
@mrfantastic40710 жыл бұрын
I mean, the link at the end was a bit weak, but this is still a dreadfully funny sketch. "Sketch." Nasty, tinny sort of word, isn't it? Perfectly dreadful.
@markschildberg16679 жыл бұрын
Daniel Clarke Well, just time for another bath.
@APoleYouKnow9 жыл бұрын
Is GHOTI a tinny word? And so is "Fish"!
@jamiedinham19 жыл бұрын
TheTullecesama "Trout", on the other hand...
@michaelnash213811 ай бұрын
The big irony is that although 'Birch' is a type of wood it also sounds very tinny.
@edlawn548111 ай бұрын
*Aaaaah*
@Joe_Peroni11 ай бұрын
DEFINITELY Monty Python's best sketch ever! I was peeing in a bucket laughing at it years ago, & have been looking for it & couldn't find it. Until now! 😸👍
@logotrikes11 ай бұрын
Looking for what, the bucket...?
@sitbone311 ай бұрын
The great Don Knots as the chauffeur standing in the back.
@Monverticus11 жыл бұрын
I've seen this sketch dozens of times and it still makes me crack up every time.
@DubstepFromGod9 жыл бұрын
0:35 "You can't beat wood". Yes you can ;)
@PsychoDiesel489 жыл бұрын
Dubstep From God Now now, Don't be a Tit about it XD
@stanthology9 жыл бұрын
I often do.
@isaackim76758 жыл бұрын
+stanthology sounds too tinny.
@salamander71258 жыл бұрын
DFG Music Your profile picture goes perfectly with what you said
@DubstepFromGod8 жыл бұрын
salamander7125 how?
@Bob-of-Zoid8 ай бұрын
My favorite is "Upper class twit of the year"!🤣
@brandonobaza86108 ай бұрын
"Dead, is she?" "'Fraid so." "What a blow for her!" God dammit 😂
@gordonanderson31117 жыл бұрын
This sketch is the very reason I switched from using my first name 'Tim" - so tiny, and use my middle name Gordon - so woody, so very woody. Also I play sitar the gourd based long neck lute of North India - Gordy on gourds! And is this why I nearly changed my name to Ocelot?
@martinXY11 ай бұрын
Gordon Ocelot. Very woody.
@greasylimpet332311 ай бұрын
@@martinXYocelot sounds a trifle tinny to me... Gordon though, that's as sound as an oak.
@TuckerSP201111 ай бұрын
Gordon Ocelot is very woody! Gorn!
@bobf974911 ай бұрын
“Dead is she?” “ ‘Fraid so.” “What a blow for her.”
@greasylimpet332311 ай бұрын
@@TuckerSP2011 be orf with you! The caribou are on the lawn again...lawn, now that's a nice woody word, much better than grass!
@riparianlife977019 жыл бұрын
Wait. That woman in the middle is an actual woman.
@TheRobertVFrazier9 жыл бұрын
Docktor Jim Yes. Well spotted.
@Biczeschlappe9 жыл бұрын
Docktor Jim Carol Cleveland if I remember rightly, they usually got her to play young female parts, the python's themselves usually stuck to the old hag parts. She was also in the marriage counseling sketch.
@riparianlife977019 жыл бұрын
Lord Cottington Cleese as Anne Elk was the best drag I've ever seen.
@morganfisherart9 жыл бұрын
Docktor Jim Not 'arf!
@molly-blue78226 жыл бұрын
+Docktor Jim ~ Wooomannn, very woody word. Very woody word, indeed.
@sadamp16 ай бұрын
The full parrot sketch with the lumberjack song is probably my favourite
@serge2cool8 жыл бұрын
Intercourse lives up to today's standards as a 'Woody' word.
@MrCoalescent7 жыл бұрын
For those who don't get the humour, perhaps it might help to suggest that the Python team's approach is sometimes almost Dada, that is to say, absurdist. The underlying theme, if there be one, is that the monied classes have so little to do, that they have time to ponder on the synesthetic attributes of random words while libido rises or the desire for a bath to kill time becomes overwhelming. That, the various ridiculous salutations ("sorry, old horse/old chap" etc. to a female) and Chapman's lubricious delivery (reminiscent of Rowan Atkinson's "school register" delivery in the Secret Policeman's Ball) plus the sudden shock elements of the shotgun and the bellowed song-verse all conspire to create a surreal scenario that Lewis Carrol and Edward Lear would have empathised with. But to explain humour is to castrate it. I for one, just roll with the absurdity and enjoy the drunken, dream-like illogicality of it. Wonderfully liberating, I think. Stop making sense, after all.......
@caleschley6 ай бұрын
Wonderful castration.
@theobolt2504 ай бұрын
Well, you've done an exellent castrating job of this one. So not woody! But.. very well put.
@marcusaurelius49414 ай бұрын
so sad that this is what we came to appreciate as a society
@gogarrio4 ай бұрын
How is it possible someone doesn't get the genius of this skit?