My Mom Watches MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

[@RelaxedTension1]

The brave Sir Robin song never gets old.

[@Wishbone1977]

Could I interest you in a wonderful big band swing cover of it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZfSmZamhaqtpsksi=eYPyRXBMFrlNf6AN

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie! So sad that Graham Chapman and Terry Jones are no longer with us, but the Monty Python movies always make us laugh from start to finish.

[@0okamino]

Terry Gilliam, however, despite the sudden fatal (and hilarious) heart attack during the monster chase, is still with us, thankfully.

[@timshelton8535]

One of my twin daughters was a musical theater major and went to a performing arts high school. Our local theater did this musical. I was as more excited that she got a part than she was. Not really cause she was crazy excited! She was a Laker girl (Lady of the Lake) and in the ensemble. I got to see it a few times by ushering and working the concession stand. Yes, beer and wine were sold! It was a blast

[@dubirdrs]

I have never heard someone quote Bedknobs and Broomsticks, nice one! XD

[@zoppie]

Cleese was inspired to create _Fawlty Towers_ by the keeper of the inn they stayed at.

[@StevesFunhouse]

The "Bring out your dead" scene is a reference to the Bubonic Plague, when they literally did this to clear the dead bodies out, right before burning them in piles ... which caused the disease to go airborne and kill even more people. About the Historian... no one ever seems to notice ... that couldn't've been any one of Arthur's men, because they didn't HAVE any horses !!! The thing about the "Bridge of Eternal Peril" is the knight asking Arthur "How do you know so much about swallows" (Sir Bedevere [Terry Jones]) is the same knight who was testing the theory when Arthur came upon him.

[@thabigben1]

Monty Python's four movies have been quite hilarious on British comedy standards. Their first movie "And Now for Something Completely Different" (which is my request for you and her) are mostly based on their sketches from their show.

[@axisjack7]

I did not expect a Bedknobs and Broomsticks shout out today. Well done!!! I recently learned that much of the chain mail was actually knitted. It became so wet, heavy, and smelly that it was not much fun to wear. Great reaction, y'all!❤

[@rtracy1216]

My husband and I love Monty python and this movie. Side story: we were once inspired by the ladies of castle anthrax… we brought in a stray in our neighborhood that had kittens. We named the 2 orange ones Midget and Crapper, and the 2 brown ones Zoot and Dingo. If there were 6 we’d have called the other two Piglet and Winston. Anyway, all were adopted out and renamed except Zoot. She’s still zoot, just zoot. 😊

[@0okamino]

“They’re kittens?!” “Uh, they have a basic feline training, yes.”

[@rtracy1216]

@@0okamino 😂💀🐱

[@jennthabombdiggity]

Still love The Dark Knight. Classic. “It’s just a flesh wound!” 😂😂😂 and the Frenchman 😂😂😂

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

It's certainly the most often quoted movie of Monty Python, but my favourite has always been Life of Bwian.. sorry, Brian 🤣

[@Geraldfordkmfdm]

Ive watched this movie over 200 times. Everymonth,......since 1982 .

[@taun856]

One of my proudest moments happened in 2004 when I was deployed to Iraq and got to use a quote from this movie. At about 2 AM one night I had to go into Corps HQ to get some info, and the night shift were sitting around playing a trivial question game for small bags of jelly beans. The Colonel asked the question "What weapon is the only weapon ever banned by the Pope?" None of the officers there answered, so I raised my hand and he called on me, so I said "The crossbow" - which was the correct answer. He asked me how the dickens I knew that and I replied, "Well, I'm a Master Sgt and when your a Master Sgt, you have to know these things." The room broke up with laughs and he tossed me two bags of jelly beans.

[@Flix2Us]

Wow, that's so cool!! Those were some well-earned jellybeans.

[@3DJapan]

The credits were in the beginning.

[@ScreamingScallop]

I just realized how much John Cleese's Black Knight sounds like Darth Vader when he says "Then you shall die." And of course Vader lost all four limbs. Was...was Vader inspired by the Black Knight??

[@ScreamingScallop]

13:33 This bit was also cut when the film aired on PBS, which was the only version I knew until it came out on home video. I was caught completely off-guard by the uncut version!

[@frugalseverin2282]

Special mention for Neil Innes who was the chief minstrel and was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. The Pythons made all sorts of films apart or in pairs. "Jabberwocky", "Yellowbeard", "Erik the VIking", etc. Before creating his series of travel shows Michael Palin made "Ripping Yarns" with Terry Jones. Jones had his own series "Medieval Lives" which is informative as well as funny.

[@wendymotogirl]

Let's not forget the most talented of the bunch, Terry Gilliam. Just ask Tarantino. Brazil anyone? 12 Monkeys? Brilliant man.

[@mwhyte1979]

That's the end? What the hell! The best reaction to the Holy Grail I've ever seen. :)

[@williamjones6031]

1. What about the moose? 2. Paying attention to the opening credits makes it better for everyone, including you. 3. The first time I saw this was in the back of a pickup at a drive-in (it's still here) with my siblings and a couple of friends. 4. Perfect Monty Python where you can just get sucked into something where you don't have to think about anything and just let yourself go. 5. "What ya gonna do? Bleed on me." 🤣"we'll call it a draw" 🤣 6. Quick bit: "Blow it out your ass"! 7. The ultimate cock block 😭 8. Robin's shield is a chicken. 9.The only horse in the film is ridden by the guy that killed the historian. 10.The ending sucked. It was a cop out. Literally They ran out of 🤑🤑

[@robovike]

I won't say that we're living in a simulation but less than a minute ago I thought "Wouldn't it be nice to watch some folks reacting to Holy Grail for the first time?" and then two tried and tested reactors come through on that? I wonder if a crowd-funded 1975 British film with one horse would have the nucleus to bring me in, and here we are.

[@andrewmoss3681]

Another great one. A couple of important questions. 1. Has you Mom yet dropped a Holy Grail quote (eg. NI!) yet? 2. HOW THE HELLS DID YOU STOP YOURSELF QUOTING THIS FILM AS IT WENT ON!?!?! Hope everyone is having an amazing week & much love to all from here in the UK

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@Thane36425]

The body on the stick was on "The Wheel". This was basically tying the victim to a wheel as a kind of crucifixtion, and it often was fatal. The advanced version was "breaking on the wheel" which featured breaking the arms and legs, too. Gwar did a song about it called, "The Wheel". The castle at the end was Castle Stalker. Castle Duane was featured for the rest, various walls, interiors, and courtyard being used for different scenes. The monks hitting themselves on the head were Flagellants. They appeared during one of the plagues and went around usually whipping themselves trying to atone for the sins that brought the plague upon the land. At least some were suspect of being scammers as people did feed them where ever they went and maybe gave them some coin as well.

[@diogenesagogo]

I seem to remember Ken Russell's The Devils having a similar body on the wheel (crawling with maggots) but I may be wrong. There's a lot of Bergman's The Seventh Seal in there as well. Amazing amount of historical accuracy in the film as well - don't forget Terry Jones (co-director & actor) was a genuine mediaeval scholar.

[@WBA729]

The other film is called The Meaning of Life.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Fracturing the arms and legs was always part of it. Breaking someone on the wheel was an execution method. The "advanced version", aka the "second act", involved braiding someone onto another wheel, which was possible because of the broken limbs. If the victim was still alive, they were either strangled, beheaded, a fire was lit underneath them, or the whole wheel was thrown onto a fire... Yeah, medieval torture was something else... 🤢

[@WolfHreda]

The third one is The Meaning of Life. It's more of a sketch compilation, but it's got some of their best material. Especially the song. The moment you hear it, you'll know which song.

[@IvanToshkov]

Every song is perfect! Every song is great!

[@wendymotogirl]

That song is great, but I think the best thing about it was the only true stratospheric genius of the bunch, Terry Gilliam, who provided the opening short film.

[@reverts3031]

I saw this when it first came out. It was running with another current comedy "Sliver Streak" with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. I had a very delightful time! (...and popcorn was still somewhat cheap back then...)

[@user-EricWatson55]

The enchanter was supposed to have a much longer name, but John Cleese couldn't remember it So, he went with Tim. 😂

[@hungfao]

They couldn't run credits at the end because they sacked those people at the beginning of the film.

[@rixyl7475]

You're the first person I've come across that gets the "Jesus Christ!" joke.

[@3DJapan]

Legend has it, the white rabbit belonged to the wife of a crew member. She loaned it to them on the condition that they promised not to get it dirty.

[@0okamino]

Yep, but the red dye used for the fake blood wouldn’t completely wash out, so the farmer got a pink rabbit back from them. Since rabbits frequently shed their fur, that wouldn’t have been a problem for too long. If the dye discolored the rabbit’s skin, though, that’s a different matter.

[@carlhartwell7978]

22:27 The subtitles really should read _Tim?_ Cleese's delivery of the name as a question is one of the reasons I find this bit so funny! I think of it as the character questioning the absurdity of his own name!🤣🤣🤣

[@ssokolow]

Apparently that was ad-libbed because they had a complicated name for the character and Cleese forgot it, and then everyone just ran with the ad-lib.

[@robby1816]

Knnnnnnnigits : "That's where you got that from!" Love it.

[@reececoventree9849]

Bedknobs and broomsticks

[@akusworld5117]

The are no ending credits because they sacked the people in charge of them.

[@wendymotogirl]

Flying Circus started in the 60s, not the 70s.

[@TheAlmaward]

There are, in fact, SEVEN Monty Python movies! They're not beating cats, they're beating their rugs to clean them....They're just using cats to do it. ;) Also, in defense if Arthur and his men, they couldn't have killed Frank the historian. Whoever killed him was on a horse, and they didn't have any! :)

[@tofersiefken]

My favorite Monty Python film is Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (April 1, 1983). I find it has a style similar to their Flying Circus series. More like a series of sketches tied to a central theme than a linear narrative. The Life of Brian has more of a narrative quality and an interesting back-story as far as which famous bands / musicians funded its completion.

[@williambranch4283]

Mistreatment of the elderly ;-(

[@emilsitka9537]

The Swedish in the opening credits is a reference to the films of Ingmar Bergman.

[@bethking7348]

I grew up with the Flying Circus. I blame them for my warped sense of humor 😂😂

[@Raven5150]

According to the wiki i have completed every quest available up til the last expansion pack

[@stevensauer8539]

Substitutiary Locomotion.

[@Tiisiphone]

Absurd british humor at its best!

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Classic!! He has to keep lifting his face guard because they put the two bars right in front of his eyes!

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@KingRenoBand]

The film was financed by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and a few different record companies.

[@wendymotogirl]

Um... George Harrison? Didn't you forget someone?

[@wendymotogirl]

Yeah George Harrison was the main supporter. I'm not sure where you got those other people, could you provide some sources please?

[@KingRenoBand]

@@wendymotogirl Harrison was the main financier on Life of Brian. Funding for Holy Grail per Wikipedia: A 2021 tweet by Eric Idle[9] revealed that the film was financed by eight investors: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Holy Grail's co-producer Michael White, Heartaches (a cricket team founded by lyricist Tim Rice), and three record companies including Charisma Records, the record label that released Python's early comedy albums.[10] Idle and Terry Gilliam had previously mentioned that Elton John also contributed to the financing of the film.[11][12] The investors contributed the entire original budget of £175,350 (about $410,000 in 1974) and also received a percentage of the proceeds from the 2005 musical Spamalot.[13]

[@wendymotogirl]

@@KingRenoBand Thank you! You learn something new everyday. I'm always happy to be corrected on something. 🙂

[@mattjohn4731]

Did anyone mention that Patsy is (I think) T Gilliam? The great cartoonist and director

[@mattjohn4731]

The animator who has a heart attack

[@rodentnolastname6612]

There are 2 other Python "movies". "And Now for Something Different" which was just a refilming of a number of their sketches from the tv show, and "Live from the Hollywood Bowl" which should be self explanatory

[@krissiep1317]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks! My favorite MP movie is the next one, The Life of Brian. I did not enjoy the third one, The Meaning of Life. The skits were rather brutal. You might just want to go right to Terry Gilliam’s movies that made in the 80s Time Bandits, Brazil and Baron Manchausen. It also wouldn’t hurt to watch some of the best bits of their tv show. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.

[@wendymotogirl]

Don't forget 12 monkeys. A great film. and has no one seems to remember clockwise, which in my opinion is one of the best things John cleese ever did.

[@niccilefevre]

def gotta show her the meaning of life!

[@niccilefevre]

Also "and now for something completely different" is gold too. Life of brian is my least favorite, though I was catching up on Archer and there's a new character in the later seasons that has a speech impediment. Lmao kept waiting on him to say "biggus dickus" or something from LOB 🤣

[@coletrickle-km7cl]

....and the black knight will be appearing In a medieval wheel chair at the local pub kareokeing mettalica's one song.....

[@LucareonVee]

Absolutely got the Bedknobs and Broomsticks reference, but I'm diabetic, so I'll skip the cookie.

[@chris...9497]

I'm assuming you've heard Weird Al spittin' bars in "White & Nerdy": "I memorized the Holy Grail really well I can recite it right now have you ROTFLOL"

[@keeperofthecheese]

The Monty Python group were pioneers of absurd comedy. Some of their sketches don't have a beginning, or a proper ending. They deliberately mess with fourth wall breaking, time skips, and unnecessary narrative elements. John Cleese running towards the castle repeatedly is, for me, one of the funniest jokes on film. Terry Gilliam is a sporadic genius.

[@macdonny]

Using poor mother to realize what a dork her poor son is😂

[@Flix2Us]

She's known loooong before we started the channel. 😁

[@user-EricWatson55]

This film is not very complimentary for the detective skills of the constabulary. 😂

[@iKvetch558]

Oh boy, you folks are in for a ride...I hope you brought your coconut shells. 😜😂

[@mejestin]

life of brian next?

[@patriciaburke6639]

The abrupt ending of this film is a complete ‘Cop Out!’ 😅

[@user-EricWatson55]

John Cleese actually forgot the lengthy name he was supposed to use. So, he said his name was Tim the Enchanter.

[@phil_tony_corky]

You haven't seen " the meaning of life" you hethen. How dare you say you love python and not seen all four movies. The fourth is monty python live at the hollywood bowl. A live stage recording of their skits at the hollywood bowl

[@user-EricWatson55]

When John Cleese's daughter watched the film, she said the ending was the biggest cop-out in movie history.

[@autonomouspublishingincorp8241]

There WAS a horse. Just one. The famous historian was killed by a knight on horseback. No explanation of who or why, but from there on, the cops were clearly on the wrong trail since we can all agree, none of the characters we followed had any real horses.

[@system3008]

Have you seen Clockwise starring John Cleese? It's very funny.

[@arifeannor9573]

Bedknobs and broomsticks?

[@Jen-Mom]

One of my fav’s!! 😊

[@James-rd8lg]

I'm here til the store close But every two breaks I move crates with some man named Phillip Corso He said, "We gotta move the workload to Bordeaux Cause in four years they open the Lorentzian wormhole."

[@SaulOhio]

So Sir Bedevere is not so wise in the ways of science, because Archimedes lived at least 1000 years before this. Sir Bedevere has never heard of the concept of density.

[@bjgandalf69]

It is my understanding that the film ends abruptly because the guys ran out of money.

[@0okamino]

That’s not surprising, what with all the expensive moose and llamas cutting into the budget.

[@bjgandalf69]

@@0okamino ROFLMFAO!

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Zero moose, zero llama. One horse, one rabbit (two rabbits if you count the wooden kind).

[@user-EricWatson55]

The most useless question to ask when watching Monty Python is "Why?" 😂

[@YN97WA]

If you were familiar with the TV series, the ending made perfect sense.

[@felderup]

weirder than the movie is that the holy grail would have been more a serving platter than a cup.

[@Raven5150]

Belvafir was trying to see if s swallow could carry a coconut but used a dove i dont know if it would be the same results

[@dianedavid3052]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks! I already had my cookie 😉

[@Rage-_-Quit]

The guy getting his own favorite color wrong is one of the funniest things ever

[@wendymotogirl]

You are not a true Monty Python fan unless you have seen Clockwise.

[@spaghetti9845]

Thanks to GPS the french can now fart in precise directions.

[@staciemiller7465]

Had a doormat that said "Did you bring a shrubbery?". You wouldn't believe the amount of delivery drivers that asked what a shrooberry was.....🤦‍♀️

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@0okamino]

I wouldn’t blame you at all if you then said Ni to them.

[@dianedavid3052]

😂

[@staciemiller7465]

@@0okamino completely appropriate response!

[@wendymotogirl]

This is fun, but Life of Brian is a masterpiece.

[@Kurahaara86]

18:41 Where's this from? I have a really shallow knowledge of Skyrim memes. All I know is waking up in that cart. Great reaction though!

[@Flix2Us]

It's a clip from Rocket Jump's video, "Skyrim Badass", where the pov character slaughters everyone he meets.

[@Kurahaara86]

@@Flix2Us Man, that's just a while ago and yet 11 years... My head hurts. Thank You anyway.

[@ssokolow]

According to a commenter on another reaction video, in the original theatrical release, they'd immediately turn on the lights and cut to a reel of a completely unrelated film at the end, and the black screen and music was substituted in the home video release so people wouldn't think their video tape was defective and return it.

[@Jen-Mom]

Really!! 😊

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Have you considered Ravenous (1999)

[@melenatorr]

Bed knobs and Broomsticks!

[@stevedavis5704]

In an interview the cast said that not only did they not have the money for horses but nobody knew how to run them anyway. If you remember the beginning the people doing the credits were sacked and not replaced. Truly a silly movie.

[@0okamino]

Yeah, thinking back to _Flying Circus,_ I only recall John Cleese (as Dennis Moore) ever being shown riding a horse.

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

Bedknobs & Broomsticks!

[@StevenFox80]

A Møøse once bit my sister...

[@Raven5150]

The moose are in the deleted scenes

[@IsraelShekelberg]

Four movies together.

[@user-EricWatson55]

"The Meaning Of Life".

[@YukoValis]

So fun story, the first time I saw this movie as a kid back in the late 80's. But I managed to catch it right as the black knight was fighting the green knight. Seeing the sword go into the green knights head I thought this was a serious movie, complete with violence and all that. So I turned it off. If only I knew then.

[@ListerDavid]

1, 2, 5!

[@HaraldSeiwert]

The third one might be "The Meaning of Life"

[@midianmtd]

Nick on a personal level, just how many times have you seen this movie? The value of you Nerd Membership Card is at stake if you answer wrong.

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@Flix2Us]

...Enough to memorize in its entirety. Does that count?

[@midianmtd]

@@Flix2Us as long as it's not in Swiss. Then it's only enough to get you a moose. 😏

[@Flix2Us]

A Møøse once bit my sister...

[@UncutSavage9858]

Nice ! If you like this then you have to look into " Jabberwocky " (1978 ) ?

[@randyhochstein8455]

If you love this brand of humor, I have a great suggestion for you. It stars such comedy greats as John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Cheech and Chong, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, and even includes a brief cameo appearance by rocker David Bowie. This hidden gem is called Yellowbeard. 🐍✌🏼😎

[@wendymotogirl]

I liked a fish called Wanda and fierce creatures, as well.

[@1ListerofSmeg]

'Yellowbeard' was written by Graham Chapman.👍

[@Raven5150]

The greatrst runnjng joke is belvidir is the wisest of knights but makes nothing but horrible decisions thr entire movie

[@bjgandalf69]

You should watch the Meaning of Life that no one ever reacts to which is the most like the TV show. I prefer it to Life of Brian but definitely love this film!

[@MorlokKurak]

Ni!!

[@0okamino]

Ah, I see you’ve practiced your substitutiary locomotion spell. 🧹(and here’s when I realize the bed emojis don’t have any knobs on them)

[@Jen-Mom]

😅