"And Oliver has RUN HIMSELF OVER!!!!" That part just KILLS me every time!
@Fredrockroll7 жыл бұрын
WHAT A GREAT TWIT!!!!
@Zippsterman2 ай бұрын
Subnautica moment
@thegorn6813 жыл бұрын
My favorite: "Oh, there's Oliver. He's dead but not necessarily out of it!" LMAO!
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
LOL, that's probably my favorite line too.
@Profkol0rado9 ай бұрын
I love how it randomly cuts to Oliver dead body before cutting back to the event
@1958RBS7 ай бұрын
We lived directly opposite Hurlingham Park, where this was filmed, and my dear late mother, a huge MP fan, watched as they filmed it.
@Z-Mikes005 ай бұрын
i envy her so much
@Funsho97Ай бұрын
That is so awesome!!!
@aaronrabinowitz10 жыл бұрын
There's Oliver, he's dead; he's not necessarily out of it!
@davidmeyer69086 жыл бұрын
Did John Cleese record the entire commentary in one take? It never ceases to amaze me how he keeps up that level of vocal enthusiasm for the duration of the sketch.
@louisemowder145410 жыл бұрын
Yet here it is, 44 years later, and the upper class twits are still alive and flourishing better than ever.
@mmedefarge6 жыл бұрын
Here in the States, they're not only flourishing but have taken over.
@eliasmg91446 жыл бұрын
Except for Oliver, he killed himself too early
@mattp.3949 Жыл бұрын
Note: this segment originally aired on January 4, 1970 on episode #1.12 on 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. The idea for the sketch 'The Upperclass Twit of the Year' came from the drunken patrons of a wine bar near John Cleese's Sloan Square home. The Sloan Ranger patrons kept Cleese up at nights with their comings and goings, loud drinking songs and crazy antics. According to Graham Chapman, this sketch was the Pythons' revenge against the drunken pub patrons.
@GregJamesMusic Жыл бұрын
John Cleese has also joked that this skit is the reason he hasn’t been knighted. (In reality, he turned down a CBE for political reasons.)
@tessdurberville7117 ай бұрын
Diana Spencer was a Sloane's Ranger.
@jameswoodend6029 Жыл бұрын
Cleese is absolutely amazing at announcing surreal races/ the pace maintains is absolutely stunning
@hcalmijebi10 жыл бұрын
I think Oliver is the real winner for running himself over
@RS99FILMS10 жыл бұрын
Because he killed himself to early so was disqualified
@MLaak867 жыл бұрын
“He’s not necessarily out of it”
@lpsp4425 жыл бұрын
In so many UCTotY competitions the contestants fail to shoot themselves accurately at all, so an early self-offing can be a foot in the door!
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
I love that the one guy can't stop himself from kicking the beggar.
@verve926 жыл бұрын
What makes this so great is how dark it is.
@lupodelupis3672 Жыл бұрын
I love the way they mocked the english estabilishment🤣🤣
@redsquirrel10863 ай бұрын
I think it's the English aristocracy they're mocking.
@6Shooter286 күн бұрын
@@redsquirrel1086part and parcel
@fionaskywalker71279 жыл бұрын
This was the sketch that had me hooked on Python, about 12 years ago when I was only 13. Think I stopped breathing for a while I was laughing so much. They have become the most influential group in my life, I was at Not the Messiah at the Albert Hall in 2009 and went twice to MP Live in 2014, including the final night. Got to meet Eric last week and still buzzing. All because of this sketch. COMEDY GODS I LOVE THEM
@granthurlburt40626 ай бұрын
That happened to me with the sketch of the Edwardians as directed by Sam Peckinpah. Arms coming off etc. I wrote a letter of (mock) complaint to the Edmonton Journal
@littlebritain6415 күн бұрын
I also appreciated a lot "Little Britain" in recent years. I am italian so I don't know when It was originally produced. But I found out a lot I love MP for....😄
@DEROUGET12 жыл бұрын
Live in Australia now but strangely, how I miss those cold London overcast winter days!!
@awesomepunk1576 жыл бұрын
Man I wish I was married to a very attractive table lamp
@mh53j2 ай бұрын
I was; it's not all it's cracked up to be
@ELIQ20015 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Graham Chapman
@drottercat5 жыл бұрын
I love that they have double-barreled last names.
@paulsontag9233 Жыл бұрын
The only task where they weren’t hopeless was “kick the beggar”!
@arimarianne7528Ай бұрын
Well, sir, this theory of yours appears to have hit the nail on the head!
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
LMAO, one of the guys is named "Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith."
@cwtabbs16 жыл бұрын
My favorite Python sketch of all time! 😘
@joanknight27136 ай бұрын
Mine was the minister of silly walks
@Turtle15211 жыл бұрын
I lost it when they started dismembering the mannequins.
@johngora91236 жыл бұрын
the part where they have to take off the brassiere is hilarious
@hibob41811 жыл бұрын
More a documentary than a comedy sketch really...
@cottagechskitty9 жыл бұрын
THE TWITS! My favorite sketch.
@robertcornhole51979 жыл бұрын
"If only his father could understand..."
@hockey64086 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most incredibly stupid concepts I've ever encountered, and yet I can't stop laughing.
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
I nearly broke in half when Oliver fell into the table at 4:02.
@FR-ty5vn6 ай бұрын
This is a classic - the matchboxes and mannequins really got me back in the day 😂
@Illegalpat6 жыл бұрын
This was a tough competition
@davidgeorge59093 ай бұрын
In my mind, of all the funny things in Monty Python's Flying Circus, this is the funniest skit they ever did.
@PuffyOne18985 жыл бұрын
I love seeing Graham act like a doofus, because of the pythons he seemed to be the most dignified.
@MallardGryph9 жыл бұрын
Here comes the tory cabinet!
@A-small-amount-of-peas3 ай бұрын
I love how you could tell John's voice was wrecked doing this as you can hear it break a few times
@thefrecklepuny12 жыл бұрын
This lot could just as well be Cameron, Osborne, Johnson, Clegg and Letwin!
@tommyt197111 жыл бұрын
Best part: the tied-down rabbits.
@thomaslauffenberger57957 жыл бұрын
Kill da wabbit! Kill da wabbit!! KILL DA WABBIT!!!
@mh53j6 жыл бұрын
tommyt1971 if you tried a sketch like that today,PETA would have a shit fit. And the anti-gun lobby. It is funny as hell though!!
@georgebull-mclean3333 Жыл бұрын
There's 5 contestants, but only 4 mannequins Meaning they expected one to die before that point anyway.
@MissezPremiseHello10 жыл бұрын
This Is A Bit Like Congress In Session, Only More Intelligent.
@PuffyOne18985 жыл бұрын
HA...
@chrisweatherwax372111 жыл бұрын
Even from the start their very names are hilarious, making fun of the fact of how incredibly long and pointless British names are. Every time I hear Nigel "Incubator" Jones I laugh insanely for days trying to figure out how he got that nickname. Every second of this piece is pure genius.
@GregJamesMusic Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was his actual name.
@davidekstrand85446 ай бұрын
“And Oliver has RUN HIMSELF OVER! WHAT A GREAT TWIT!” 🤣
@finnmccool12 жыл бұрын
Well done, nicely put old boy, see you next week at the Upper Class Twit Society meeting!!
@slappy00775 жыл бұрын
Sad how low comedy has sunk now in G.B. this was brilliant
@tessdurberville7117 ай бұрын
I must be too much of an Upper Class Twit to understand why this is supposed to be amusing. 🧐 Poor rabbits😢🐇.
@mh53j2 ай бұрын
5:29 Terry Jones' character tipping his hat to the "lady"
@BMcCue76 жыл бұрын
Also surprising from an American perspective is that no one is pretending that these are "self-made" men!
@MrJimmyJim235 ай бұрын
The same competition Don Jr. and Eric participated in
@stunnmuffin11 жыл бұрын
I lost it when they could not get over the wall
@0zziefan12 жыл бұрын
i wonder if Cleese managed to do that Voiceover in one take!
@dmittleman97573 ай бұрын
Love that there are 4 mannequins, meaning they knew one of the twits wouldn’t make it this far.
@TerastasАй бұрын
The two lines that, for me, are a million times funnier if you really think about it. #1: "His father uses him as a wastepaper basket." Worthless sack just sits there at his desk chewing on paper all day. #2: "Oh, if only his father could understand!" Which means somewhere in the stands is an elderly upper class twit, likely laughing and applauding, and looking at everyone and everything EXCEPT what's going on out on the field.
@nedludd762210 ай бұрын
The actors probably had a great time sending up the upper-class twits.
@chrisweatherwax372111 жыл бұрын
This is the most amazing video ever created. If you know people like this it's totally true.
@gamewithadam723510 жыл бұрын
2:48 - 360 kicks on that beggar lol.
@cullenmayes337010 жыл бұрын
No scope
@Kaiquintos13 жыл бұрын
"He's dead but not necessarily OUT!"
@AndersJohansson10 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@HAMA-he5co11 жыл бұрын
Oliver is a hero
@fairhurst101films11 жыл бұрын
so these are the people who show up for the oxford boat race
@61Slughi Жыл бұрын
5:32 Just noticed the gun wrangler in the background picking up all the shotguns.
@mh53j6 жыл бұрын
"My God this is exciting...."
@TheChugg1110 жыл бұрын
Ah-our fabulous members of parliament...
@USMarineRifleman03119 жыл бұрын
This is literally how the world sees Brits
@northeden8661 Жыл бұрын
Funniest skit ever.
@kimyenchu2 ай бұрын
Where is Terry Gilliam? He's not in many sketches.
@elsinorebrewing38416 жыл бұрын
The only way this skit could have been better is if the whole crew of TWITS had been wired for sound to hear comments as they made their way through the obstacle course....good example "Oh bums!!!! dratted matchbox wall is holding me back....I was never good at sport"
@jonathangwynne19176 жыл бұрын
The British make fun of their upper-class twits. The Americans elect them President.
@Revan29086 жыл бұрын
Some of us do. The rest of us make fun of them, as well lol
Like everyone in the British government is working class? 😂
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@finnmccool: Nope, as the fox hunts mostly occur in autumn and as the weather becomes then bad in France, too the usual trips to England take place, as one’s relatives are a gift of fate, though in this case they maybe a Greek gift indeed. Besides you should consider addressing me as an old boy for some very obvious reasons.
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Noodles37UK: So you have not typed in the words “Monty Python” and “Italian class” into the search function yet?
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Mazza4Azza: What means this scene of rude impatience?
@tonyhancock32849 жыл бұрын
5:49 Love that!
@anthonyklecha6002 Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does the commentator mis-identify some of the twits towards the end?
@milesvorkosigan318710 жыл бұрын
Every Republican Presidential primary debate reminds me of this sketch.
@D3nchanter10 жыл бұрын
diongwi aaaaand you probably voted for bush twice... somehow your credibility isn't what it should be.
@golden-6310 жыл бұрын
diongwi Biden? Biden has been middle class his whole life. He's worth $500,000 at most.
@richmotroni6 ай бұрын
Darn! I had big money on Oliver!
@waffleless12 жыл бұрын
-wait, Why is there only 4 manikins? I know one of them died, but did they really plan for that?
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
Between the cars and the guns, they must've figured it was a good likelihood, LOL.
@Launchpad05Ай бұрын
Clownfish TV sent me here.
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Noodles37UK: Oh, he shouldn't be saying that, we haven't done comparatives yet.
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Mazza4Azza: M'lud, and my other lud, the prosecution will endeavour to show m'lud, that m'lud - ah, not you m'lud, that m'lud, m'lud, while passing sentence at the Central Criminal Court blotted his copy book. Call exhibit Q.
@SuliskThorn11 жыл бұрын
Mega
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Mazza4Azza: Worse I had to endure some of those; and except for the limb movement even the dumb visages and the mindset is to be found in real life rather vividly.
@richardlaversuch94605 жыл бұрын
What were the Pythons thinking?
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Noodles37UK: So you are trying to speak some Italian? For doing so you can reward yourself by typing in the words “Monty Python” and “Italian lesson”, which will certainly boost your mastery of the Italian language.
@bindon46 жыл бұрын
Jacob Rees-Mogg vs Jacob Rees-Mogg vs Jacob Rees-Mogg vs Jacob Rees-Mogg vs Jacob Rees-Mogg
@FireEyedMaidOfWar13 жыл бұрын
Many folks think this to be a highly exaggerated satire of the higher classes, mocking the fact that some are born into wealth; but to those, who are born rich and suffer under a heredity membership in the Rotary Club and have to attend the social gatherings of the upper classes like fox hunts, think that the only thing which is satire here is the clumsy gait and the silly talk but not the stupidity; since many people seem to spend their wit getting rich and have none left to bequeath.
@menschkeit15 жыл бұрын
they left out Jacob Rees-Mogg
@PlanetaryThoughts9861Ай бұрын
We here in the colonies should replace our current system of voting with this competition. It couldn't be any worse than it is now!
@Noodles37UK12 жыл бұрын
Si! Si!
@mitchc9167 Жыл бұрын
You know, whenever I see American High School students completely mess up the name of an African country, I think of this sketch.
@trevormillar15768 ай бұрын
Just an average Conservative Party Annual Conference.
@BMcCue76 жыл бұрын
When I first saw this, I was a little surprised. It's not something that we do here in the United States. Unfortunately, we revere wealthy people, not make fun of them.
@margaritam.91185 жыл бұрын
Buddy McCue Britain is still a very classist place, but at least they aren’t scared to mock the old money people.
@vrinda53039 ай бұрын
I've seen plenty of US comedy sketches, movies, and episodes of TV shows that make fun of rich people.
@paolozak30145 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Mazza4Azza: Sorry did I say Q? I meant A. Sorry, call exhibit A. xhibit A m'lud, Miss Rita Thang, an artist's model, Swedish accordion teacher and cane-chair sales lady, was found guilty under the Rude Behaviour Act in the accused's court. The accused, m'iud, sentenced her 'to be taken from this place and brought round to his place'.
@ufonut15936 жыл бұрын
Boris Johnson springs to mind.... and most of the aristocracy 👍
@TheNakedWombat10 жыл бұрын
This looks like the Annual Conference of the Liberal Party of Australia.
@rebeccatompkins10 жыл бұрын
LOL.You're not wrong, Narelle. Sorry, Charlene
@talk2me. Жыл бұрын
Hurlingham park
@CWiederwald6 жыл бұрын
looks like the Chequers-Brexit-Negotiations
@akira32877 ай бұрын
😂😂 British aristocracy is actually like this.
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@Noodles37UK: Sono Inglese di Gerrard's Cross
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
“The Greeks are going mad, the Greeks are going mad. Socrates scores, got a beautiful cross from Archimedes. The Germans are disputing it. Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination” @ethelmurmur: Can jesters, who dream up such lines, be called simple?
@thomaslauffenberger57957 жыл бұрын
And which of the Germans argued that Socrates was offside?
@RagingKarma211 жыл бұрын
America.
@quinn60147 жыл бұрын
I reckon gervais didn't deserve the win, he never undid the bra!
@thomaslauffenberger57957 жыл бұрын
Trying to make sense of a nonsensical position... WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION??!?!? (lol...)
@FireEyedMaidOfWar12 жыл бұрын
@ethelmurmur: I suppose this is because now one does believe that the said jesters are plain after they have called Aristotle the sweeper and very much the man in form, when they staged a football match between Greek and German philosophers, even admitting that the Germans have beaten the English team around Hobbes and Locke in the semi-final. So either the Pythons are ignorant fools or they are unsounded yet and full of deep deceit (as Shakespeare would say).
@countiblis1246 Жыл бұрын
At least Lady Sarah Pencil Farthing Vivian Steamroller Adams Pie Biscuit Aftershave Gore Stringbottom Smith could run for parliament as one of the Very Silly Party Candidates.