Not the Nine O'Clock News - Monty Pythons worshipers

A sketch from the british series "Not the nine o'clock news" commenting on the controversy created by the Monty Python's film - Life of Brian.

[@Yimello]

Rowan's portrayal of Mervyn Stockwood is absolutely spot on. Also, I love the fact that they've turned the studio into a rainforest due to the strange abundance of plants in the original debate.

[@ivantheterrible2594]

@Natmanprime Oh yeah I only just noticed that :()

[@ericpraline]

@Natmanprime oh!

[@stewux]

Yes I agree, those of us that are familiar with the original TV debate can see how hilarious Rowan's parody is.

[@smaakjeks]

And replaced the MASSIVE cross with a director's viewfinder XD

[@Hoganply]

@@smaakjeks diamond-encrusted, no less.

[@buf4wil]

An absolutely brilliant riff on the whole stupid "controversy" over "Life of Brian". Completely on point by Rowan and Mel.

[@azapro911]

+Amazin69 This was back in the pre-Hollywood days, when Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis were really, REALLY good.

[@Getoffmearse]

+azapro911 Rowan Atkinson is still capable of being hilarious, but only when he wants to or if he is given a good role. The only reason he was even in films like Johnny English to begin with was because they paid him a lot of money.

[@interestedbystander8317]

+azapro911 Except that's Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith...

[@azapro911]

Interested Bystander Think you've missed the point there, Richard Curtis was a writer for Not the Nine O'Clock News.

[@interestedbystander8317]

azapro911 OK, I didn't get that. Ta for the heads up.

[@kreglfromworld]

"It is an ex parrot" *together* "It has ceased to be" Tombstone material right there people

[@BoostedMonkey05]

I mean it was used by John Cleese at Graham Chapman's Memorial Service

[@Quintusblake]

This is an ex-man. He has ceased to be. He has expired and gone to meet his maker. Amen

[@tomf3150]

Now in minecraft.

[@leefi1]

It has joined the choir invisible...

[@NihilisticRealism]

@@Quintusblake 'meet his maker' oof

[@SkyColl]

Well, I certainly didn't expect the Spanish inquisition reference.

[@Trek001]

+Sky Collowrath Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition reference.

[@IsaacAllison]

*JARRING CHORDS* NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[@Shadowkey392]

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition reference!

[@gpwnedable]

Their chief weapon is surprise! And fear.

[@RikardPeterson]

Sadly, I have learnt to always expect the Spanish Inquisition references.

[@ignatiuszoo]

"Have people forgotten how Monty Python suffered for us? How often the sketches failed? These men died for us! Frequently!" I'm so glad SOMEBODY said it!

[@elcorado83]

Oh that bit was hilarious-and became quite meta because the audience clearly didnt get the gag and were silent!! It was a very "writers room" knife aimed at Python from these rivals-but I love writers room style humour!

[@bohumirakaksova4961]

👍👋😆

[@bipolarminddroppings]

As Our Lord John Cleese said "The one thing you can never be afraid of in comedy is silence"

[@theocean1973]

Atkinson does a spot-on impression of the real bishop

[@AbcDef-dr7ck]

awesome performance i agree :)

[@MrUndersolo]

Pikaia Gracilens Most bishops are already parodies.

[@RobMacKendrick]

Rowan specialises in Anglican clerics. Having been raised in that church, I can say that his impression of them is bang on.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

Well, he didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

[@thedukeofnuts]

In my opinion Atkinson showed too much warmth and humanity. The real bishop came across and being cold and soulless....

[@GawdOfThunder]

Oh my god, this is hilarious. I've seen the original interview that this sketch is lampooning , but I never knew this existed. Genius! Made my day.

[@ejanocrowsnatcher6785]

omg please tell me where is this said interview

[@juangargallo]

I had just seen it, and stumbled upon the parody, and it is magnificent!! here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5_MZmhvl62Lesk

[@ninjaassassin27]

As soon as John Cleese was mentioned, I had to hold my guts in so they didn't violently expulse themselves in a fit of laughter.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

Well, that explains the overblown jungle set.

[@torgrimmyt3549]

@@juangargallo Thanks for the link!

[@LukeFaulkner]

"Even the initials JC are exactly the same" 😂

[@bridgepointgroup]

our lord, John Cleese

[@franl155]

That must be the most wonderful coincidence ever - manna from heaven.

[@larst560]

🤣🤣🤣

[@obiwankenobi661]

tenth-rate copy by this... "jesus christ" bloke - whoever that is

[@kisbie]

“These men died for us. Frequently.” 😂😂😂 Now that is top tier comedy writing.

[@pacificostudios]

This is one of the greatest moments on British comedy, with fantastic performances of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith.

[@kathleenwippel6461]

These men died for us . . . frequently!!!

[@Nyerguds]

How not to be seen!

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

They will be remembered.

[@isammolina4842]

😂😂😂

[@georgeknox1822]

That sketch is sheer genius. This level of comic writing has also ‘ceased to be’

[@oz_jones]

No, its just pining for the fjords

[@virginiaconnor8350]

😂 "It has expired! It's gone to meet its maker!"

[@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture]

The writers are ex-genius writers …

[@jerbear7952]

Its still around you just have to look harder. Mitchell and Webb do a great job of carrying the torch

[@HarHar_hariOm]

The more I watch british comedy sketches, the more I feel that british humour is at whole other level. There is no match to it anywhere else.

[@lebroy1196]

Absolute genius; a parody sketch critising a critisism of a film offering criticism by parody!

[@davidwillis7991]

and all the issues come from many people not being able to tell what the original film was criticising (although it did cast a wide net)

[@cycloneranger5354]

Bloody english were good hey

[@miovicdina7706]

Genius.

[@Nosmo90]

Also a (slightly) parroty parody sketch.

[@donnavorce8856]

🤪

[@mattbt2k0]

Fuck man... So genius... Look at Rowan's hand and head and general body movements... It's John's from the 1979 debate exactly, and to take it to a different level, he's speaking exactly like one of the bishops from that debate... Fair play. *salute*

[@GodlessScummer]

Jesus Christ is not the comic messiah He is a very naughty boy.

[@liesemiller4786]

'Are you a virgin?'

[@Lord_Skeptic]

I beg your pardon

[@brettjohnson536]

+Dan Well, if it's not a personal question.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

if it's not a personal question. how much more personal can you get.

[@primerprime596]

Now piss off!

[@JediOldSchool]

Amazing, this is one the most intelligent form of satire. And this is one of the many reasons why I love so much MP, Aktinson and the british comedy. And our Lord John Cleese, the One I worship. And now, the mass is ended. Go in peace (to love and serve the Lord). But don't mention the war.

[@borhaptrash5454]

I mentioned the war once but I think I got away with it

[@leephillips4402]

@@borhaptrash5454 he did it again, get him!

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

it's also a parody of hyperfans of python sketches like you

[@Mortthemoose]

😂😂👍

[@sabinegierth-waniczek4872]

@@TheEvilCheesecake What have you against us Followers of the Holy Sandal, infidel?

[@RockinAtheist]

They're not messiahs, they're just very naughty boys

[@911ambulancegirl]

+Rockin Atheist Naughty, eh? I like them even MORE now.

[@anindividualist6945]

Stop this blasphemy right now!

[@Lord_Skeptic]

They are messiahs. Now fuck off.

[@cervasfranco]

420th

[@qjo]

Frank C I was gonna give it a like but I saw that 420 and didn't want to break it.

[@jakefrost7404]

*_You couldnt cut the meta in this sketch with a chainsaw. I love it._*

[@th3b0untyhunter]

That has to be one of the cleverest and funniest sketches of all time. RA gets the mannerisms of the Bishop of Southwark spot on but with a comic touch and MS is superb as a mix of Cleese and Palin rolled into one and the dialogue is just so funny.

[@elcorado83]

Glad someone else spotted Rowans touch of a flustered and frustrated Mikey Palin in there...

[@joet7644]

Worth going back to look at the program with Cleese and Palin vs Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop of Southwark. This sketch perfectly satirises the pompous arrogance and idiocy of Muggeridge and the Bishop.

[@mita232]

I'm from a Slavic Orthodox country in in the east, which suffered the similar fate as Russia, born and raised in a strictly orthodox home, as my father was, bat it was my father, none the less who has shown me this film as one of his favorites, and introduced me to "Pythonism", and i can't be more grateful to him. And no, i am not offended by this film one bit.

[@pericasutic8238]

Sigurno iz ex yu

[@jhutt8002]

I'm finnish lutheran. Our teacher showed the film in our christian class at school. (Schools in Finland does include religion classes for those innchurch). It's really a perfect example of hypocrisy to be offended by a film with such good moral underlinings thorough the film. While being side splittingly funny as well.

[@notgadot]

*favoUrites

[@sabinegierth-waniczek4872]

@@jhutt8002 I totally can see why e.g. the "Don't follow me, think for yourselves" might urinate the accredited intermediary to the Creating Entity ™off so much (at the time, they had unbelievable "soft" power and inserted themselves everywhere in the daily life of their acolytes). I have had so many good experiences with religious people on the basic shop front level (e.g. I am a grateful former pupil of a RC nuns' school, saved my life at the time), but the big brass always is on another page in my experience. Good for MP to call them out, because the movie did not portray anything wrong, according what we know from the gospels TMK -> still pitchforks and a bout of unexpected Spanish inquisition from the executive department... And MP were extremely fair and balanced, also asking "What did the Romans ever do for us?"

[@TryptychUK]

Even the subtitles missed the subtle remark to "The Good Bok" (referencing "The Monty Python Papperbok")

[@marcosdheleno]

i noticed that, i thought he was making a reference, just didnt remember which one.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Not the book of amarment, sire?

[@ScreamingScallop]

"The BRAND NEW Monty Python Papperbok." I remember picking it up in a bookstore back when Life of Brian was released, and being infuriated that the cover was finger-smeared with what appeared for all the world to be wet dung. Then I picked up another copy and realized they all had the same "smears." Well played, gentlemen. (Wikipedia says booksellers returned a bunch of copies because of the "smears.")

[@KairuHakubi]

@@ScreamingScallop between that and the hidden grooves in records (though I forget if they actually did that or just wanted to) they were truly masters of shaking things up.

[@Stubrit]

@@KairuHakubi Yes, that was "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" that had two interleaved grooves, so if you put the stylus down in a slightly different place you heard a different set of sketches.

[@gabrielmartel4710]

This is beyond genius, I'll take this over SNL any day of the week.

[@Bruce-1956]

Even after almost 40 years this is still very funny. The cinemas where I lived refused to show 'Life of Brian'.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

I recall a news item....decades later, that said a certain US State had lifted its ban on "Life of Brian".... To which Eric Idle (or Micheal Palin) said: .... "My God is nothing sacred!"

[@ev6558]

@@patagualianmostly7437 While there were certainly some US theaters that refused to show the movie, there is no US state in which the movie was ever banned. In contrast to Europe where several entire countries banned its showing.

[@keefsmiff]

My town banned it for a time

[@Bruce-1956]

There was a sketch on 'Not the Nine O'clock News' about 'our lord JC' JC of course being John Cleese.

[@Bomono65]

Blessed are the cheese makers...

[@ZilogBob]

That's not to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturer of dairy products.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

They led a Gouda life...

[@Phil_KaneONite_Wood]

Ooooh, is this a cheese shop? No, sir. Well, that's that sketch knackered then, innit?!?

[@samarvora7185]

What's so special about the cheesemakers?

[@davidwalker5054]

About time the cheesemakers got some recognition

[@MKtheinstrumentalist]

forget the spanish inquisition, what I _really_ didn't expect was youtube recommending this video in 2019. Glad it did though, this is great.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Nobody expects KZbin recommending this video in 2019

[@Braun30]

@Natmanprime it's may 2020 and I got it in the suggestions.

[@youssef5521]

Okay, what's up with the algorithms? Any Fry and Laurie popup for you too

[@martingoldfire]

@@youssef5521 Yup! I'm looking at the thumbnail for the sketch "A Word Timothy" right now, I'm clicking on it!

[@Ndlanding]

2020 here, and just got the recommendation. Of course, I live in another galaxy, but come on! Bag the lag, slag!

[@kiemul136]

Oh my god, you NEED to see the 'Life of Brian' debate to completely appreciate the hilarity of this sketch!

[@franl155]

I saw this clip long before I even heard of the TV debate, much less watched it, though I'd heard of the controversy with some areas banning the film, which let me enjoy this sketch. Now I've seen it, or bits of it, I can enjoy this 500% more; they've got it spot-on. There's a LoB documentary which mentions this sketch, saying it was broadcast within a very short time of the TV debate.- they must have started writing it almost immediately

[@robertsanders7060]

Is there a link to that debate?

[@geordiejones5618]

Love how pissed Michael Palin was by the end. Him and John tried SO hard to be civil and light and the other two were just elitist pricks who wouldn't even listen. I would have certainly gone further and probably gotten the broadcast cut.

[@henhenhen19]

This never ceases to amaze me. Perfect satire. Absolutely perfect.

[@jeremytravis360]

This was one of the many brilliant comedy shows on British TV. We have always had a brilliant sense of humour in the UK.

[@peterclarke7240]

Yep, just look at the prats we like to let run the country. We truly are a nation that appreciates satire and absurdist humour above all things.

[@mellon4251]

I recommend to everybody to look at the bishop in the original debate and you will appreciate even more just HOW GOOD Rowan Atkinsons impression really was

[@colinjennings3661]

It's amazing 40 years on how many of these brilliant sketches are still remembered

[@seagecko]

I was too young to appreciate this when it was first broadcast. But have been a Pythonist for nearly all my life, forty years. Wonderful stuff this! I have watched the original interview several times.

[@Arthur0000100]

I love how the Pythonist took the time recollecting the name of Jesus Christ

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

"Whenever two or three are gathered in one place, then they shall perform the parrot sketch" "This is an ex-parrot" "it has ceased to be" "it has ceased to be" "indeed"

[@rod.857]

"Our lord John Cleese". I lost it

[@iflycentral]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[@AndrewGunner]

why is that phrase a thing?

[@unicyclist97]

Because of monty python

[@AndrewGunner]

I know. But why? What part?

[@unicyclist97]

The spanish inquisition sketch...

[@AndrewGunner]

ok. thanks

[@tankspeed12]

KZbin recommendations did a good job for once. Yesterday it reccomended me to watch the original interview and now today it's given me this

[@ESMOKER1980]

If you watch the original interview and this back to back it gets even better :)

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I just did, I agree!🤣😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5_MZmhvl62Lesk

[@UngodlyFreak]

I totally expected the Spanish inquisition to show up, but I guess they were late from the sketch.. Again.

[@kamikaze4172]

UngodlyFreak me too

[@kevinoutdoors4861]

they were last seen on open top red bus

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Nobody expects the span

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Bugger

[@thegrayknight71]

In Norway, in 1980, the movie "Life of Brian" was banned for for almost a year for beeing blasphemish. In Sweden it was not banned and swedish commercials of the movie wrote: "The movie that was too funny for Norway". :-)

[@fixxxer928]

"These men died for us.... frequently" hahahaha

[@ryanclancey5792]

This is amazing. The Life of Brian debate is a good watch. Both interesting and amusing. This is some incredibly high level satire. I'm genuinely impressed

[@captain_hat6247]

2:28 *Have people forgotten how Python suffered for us? How often the sketches failed?* That caught me off-guard.

[@TheHideChild]

I was too young to watch Not The Nine O'Clock News when it first aired, so have only seen clips of it over the years. This is the first time I've ever watched this sketch. Utter genius! So, so funny!!!!

[@perditionedpossum5372]

This is brilliant if you've just been watching the actual full hour and something debate, the constant mentioning on 14 year olds etc. etc. this parodies it to a weirdly hilarious tee

[@mozxz]

I only saw the 15 minute version of that, and it was more than enough, and then this afterwards, and it just made it so much more hilarious, that, they take the piss out of all the priest and whatever, by doing stuff like this too.

[@lokenontherange]

@@mozxz They also take the piss out of the Pythons as well by the way.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

years on but I showed my nephew Mr Creosote when he was about 14 and he was literally crying with laughter, things are OK :)

[@kisbie]

@@nobrainsnoheadache2434 I first saw Life of Brian aged 11, nearly a decade after Muggeridge had died and about two decades after the film came out. Time has not been kind to his insistence that it would be instantly forgotten.

[@37Dionysos]

"Even the initials JC are the same!"

[@Dim4323]

Jesus christ, john clease

[@Rombizio]

The comparison with the real interview is amazing. This sketch is the most amazing defense to the Life of Brian ever. Rowan is a genius.

[@elkpaz560]

I thought it made fun of Cleese and Palin's attempt to pretend it wasn't talking about Jesus.

[@bjornerikroth]

@@elkpaz560 I think it makes fun of the idiotic priests and *at the same time* poke fun at Monty Python for their elevated status as comedic gods. IMO that's why this is such genius.

[@akastewart]

"These men died for us - frequently". Such a good punchline.

[@johnking5174]

1:05 - Rowan is perfect as the Bishop, he fondles that camera in the same way in the actual interview Bishop Stockwood was constantly fondling the crucifix placed around this neck as John Cleese said once.

[@cuchulain55]

its a camera?? why is rowan's mock bishop have a camera around his neck?

[@johnking5174]

@@cuchulain55 The bishop is the director of the film talked about in this sketch, so he has a camera around his neck, and Rowan is fondling it just in the same manner the real Bishop of Southwark in the real interview was seen fondling his crucifix around his neck.

[@cuchulain55]

@@johnking5174 so because he is director of the film , he chooses to have a mini camera instead of a cross even though he is still a bishop/movie director?

[@thetruth156real3]

It’s not a camera, it’s a directors view finder.

[@LeBator]

Conceptually brilliant, masterfully written and perfectly portrayed. Pure genius.

[@L_Martin]

I love that Atkinson spends the whole time fondling the jeweller's eye loupe he's wearing, in reference to the ostentatious enormous cross the real bishop was wearing.

[@kevinbush4300]

Rowan's smug bishop face at 1:10 is superb. Bad form as it may be, the clergy can rarely help themselves from laughing at their own jokes. Spot on!

[@leefi1]

I just winnowed down my 240 subscriptions by 40%, less than an hour ago, only to find this brilliance to subscribe to. One of the defining factors in British Comedy is the education level of the comedians.The Pythons were all well educated (Cambridge and Oxford for most), and Rowan Atkinson has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and left his Doctoral studies to act. His characters are some of the most amazing ever created. The use of language in Black Adder is just as brilliant as his lack of language as Mr. Bean.

[@0Zolrender0]

I certainlky needed this laugh tonight. Thankyou Monty Phyton for being 40 years ahead in comedy.

[@necromaya]

Rowan gets the best line---"I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition"..

[@harisyannoukos33]

as a greek pythonist worshiper i must say i am deeply offended by this man.can we just keep some values untouchable?

[@MCVessels]

That depends. Do you believe that the Book of Fawlty is part of the Pythonist canon, or is do you place it among the apocrypha?

[@KosTis]

Polloi eimetha

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Or the book of amarment?

[@sukkermadstisser6245]

Blessed are the Greek.

[@Phil_KaneONite_Wood]

@@sukkermadstisser6245 They've had a hell of a time.

[@sarahdickens9738]

This parody of the 1979 debate, and the LoB film for that matter, represent a kind of intelligent, thought-provoking yet silly comedy that Britain no longer produces. Where is our generation's Python or Atkinson? It's enough to make a life-long Pythonist hang up her parrot in disgust.

[@legiaourbana96]

We pine for that kind of comedy, but apparently it has ceased to be. :(

[@jekubfimbulwing5370]

No, it's just resting.

[@Alternate1234ify]

@Sarah Dickens Satirists look at what happened to Count Dankula and decide it's no longer safe to do edgy humour.

[@tomkenning5482]

@@Alternate1234ify The key difference there though, is that wasn't funny. It had no message, no complexity, it was edgy for the sake of edginess, which makes it the comical equivalent of Piers Morgan.

[@Alternate1234ify]

@@tomkenning5482 I recommend you look at the documentary called "Comedian" (2002), which reveals that even established comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, at the top of their game, still often strike out when they try to develop new material. If a society punishes people for telling jokes that don't quite work, then it isn't free enough for the Jerry Seinfelds of the world to experiment to find what does work.

[@timhall3575]

Watched (and listened - on vinyl!) this many times but only noticed (and love) the subtle touch of Atkinson twirling the film camera eyepiece hung around his neck as though it were a crucifix/rosary. Great stuff.

[@1960dave1960]

Very well written and performed…..”He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!!”…..😅😂🤣

[@LilyGrace95]

I don't think I can put into words just how much I love this sketch~

[@pgtmr2713]

Brilliant, genius, even a Farty Towels reference.

[@pgtmr2713]

Flowery Twats? :D

[@gregoryborton6598]

Watery Fowls

[@pgtmr2713]

Flay Otters

[@gregoryborton6598]

Flowery Twats

[@pgtmr2713]

Some things deserve an encore.

[@ellipsis000]

i simply cannot get over the fact how uttery brilliant this skit is....the idea is perfectly succinct and it tickles me sensless:)

[@d.d.9472]

Funny thing is, Muggeridge comes off as a Python character himself.

[@NeidalRuekk]

Does ANYBODY expect the Spanish Inquisition?

[@stephenkerensky710]

Me. Always. Foolish to do otherwise

[@ihathtelekinesis]

stephen kerensky It's the only way to defeat their chief weapon: surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... their two weapons of fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... their *three* weapons: fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... their *four*...no... *Amongst* their weapons.... Amongst their weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

[@whitenerdymoonwalker]

ihathtelekinesis -ahem- Does anybody expect the Spanish Inquisition?

[@rsr789]

NeidalRuekk Ironically, yes, everyone did expect the Spanish Inquisition because they would send you a note telling you to come see them (or else).

[@whitenerdymoonwalker]

rsr789 Well isn't that convenient?

[@fuzzeledwuzzeled]

I'm in the middle of watching "The Secret Life of Brian" and this skit was mentioned. I had to pause the documentary and see if I could find this so I could watch it uncut. Thanks for loading it. Now I can go back to the documentary.

[@daver5120]

Armaments Chapter 2 verses 9-21: Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy. And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chunks of rhinoceros. And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three. No more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, noi thou count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out! Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it." Amen.

[@chrisofnottingham]

"one, two, five!"

[@aimfuldrifter]

God bless you.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

1 2 5 3 (explode)

[@petertemplemorgan7702]

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[@necromaya]

Amen brother.

[@avocatobobble]

The levels of comedic genius behind this sketch are phenomenal!

[@deadNightwatchman]

Monty Python IS immortal.

[@SgtStinger]

Having recently seen the original clip of John Cleese on "Friday Night, Saturday Morning", I just laughed so much at this clip. It is very accurate and on point!

[@JamesMMcCann]

This is fantastic, can't believe I've never seen this before.

[@madvorakCZ]

"I am not a Pythonist myself." Neither am I. My favourite programming language is C#.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Piss off 1337 :-P

[@Phyxsius88]

John Cleese's Fawlty Towers was set in a small hotel in Torquay. And There was a Spanish waiter named Manuel on the show.

[@albertrogers8537]

My daughter's mother-in-law met Andrew Sachs at a dinner, about education I think, , where he chose to join her table in part because having never watched Fawlty Towers, she did not bombard him with talk about his role as Manuel. I also know of a young girl from Barcelona, who told one of my daughters that in the dubbed Spanish version, Manuel is from Mexico!

[@necromaya]

@@albertrogers8537 "He's from Bartheloma.."

[@Niyucuatro]

@@albertrogers8537 Probably the best way to replicate the clas dinamics between the characters for an spanish public.

[@probablygraham]

Brilliant. I wonder what Palin, Cleese, Jones, Idle and co. thought when they saw it.

[@vascoapolonio2309]

I'm a retired Officer of the Ministry of Silly Walks. And I'm disgusted by all this blasphemy. May J. C. forgive them all.

[@sabinegierth-waniczek4872]

Let's follow in his erratic footsteps wherever the Holy Sandal may lead us!

[@bruce350]

I had to go and watch the original debate and come back and watch this again to fully appreciate it! Not that it isn't great on its own. Absolute work of art.

[@iainhewitt]

I want to see the Bishop's film.

[@RezaChity-G]

Im pretty sure he isnt supposed to be Catholic.

[@JHNoble]

@@RezaChity-G he isn't. the actual Bishop of Southwark, who was part of the original tv debate with Muggeridge, versus Cleese and Palin, was Anglican.

[@gareth2397]

Well. Python certainly has not ceased to be and is proving to be rather immortal.

[@halfaworldaway]

I love how they went slightly overboard with the amount of plants.

[@ManuelMartinez-pd9sj]

Hail Rowan and The Pythons. I wonder if they did any collaborations and how do they feel about each other. Both are legends. I wonder if the Pythons ever wanted Rowan to be a Python. I'm glad to have both. They are all heros to me.

[@Shockeye00]

Manuel Martinez Rowan did sit in with them for a performance of Four Yorkshiremen at one of their concerts.

[@ManuelMartinez-pd9sj]

Shockeye00 Rowan and John Cleese are in the movie Rat Race together. I recommend watching if you already haven't.

[@TheBigLittleM]

Manuel Martinez The Two Ronnies were nearly Pythons as well I believe.

[@kubovicrachel]

John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson did a sketch together called Beekeeping

[@ManuelMartinez-pd9sj]

kubovicrachel Thanks, going to check it out.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Brilliant...I forget how absolutely brilliant not the 9 o'clock was..I was around 10 when it broadcast and watched it without fail..it prepped me for the young ones and comic strip. We had so much great TV in England , blessed with truly wonderful talent.

[@robertvanbuskirk3492]

I hadn't seen this gem before today Thank you for brightening my day 👍👍👍

[@carlosantuckwell]

The only other British comedy show to reference Monty Python I've seen was an episode of The Goodies (running at the same time as the last of the Python TV shows, or repeats), and The Goodies are in their flat, are bored (again) and say 'What's on the box?' One of them turns it on and you hear the Monty Python music (with a picture of the huge cartoon foot that has just squashed some poor clip-art man), the audience of The Goodies break into stormy applause and cheers and The Goodies say: "Damn, we've missed Moira Anderson."

[@Tubomiro]

We worship you, O Brian, who are Lord over us all. Praise unto you, Brian, and to the Lord, our Father. Amen.

[@Asschen-Sukar]

This is such a balm after watching the actual debate. xD

[@Jaceric2]

This is mockery of the real debate and comedy genius!

[@MarkLewis...]

"NOBODY expects... Oh bugger!"

[@Tyrfingr]

Best never ever to get serious against comedians.... Unless you like to get ROASTED

[@terre5d]

This is so meta, it breaks my mind

[@AllIsWellaus]

That's brilliant on so many levels.

[@Nickelodeon81]

So are multi-storey car parks.

[@playfulplanets1697]

For me, one of the best comedy clips ever.

[@sir.phantom215]

NOBODY EVER EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[@franl155]

This was written, filmed and aired within days of the broadcast it lampoons. Genius on time-and-a-half. Wonder what the Pythons thought of it?

[@ZappasBappas]

Just as i was getting disappointed the Debate video ended, theres this.

[@peteandurnot]

173 people did not like this. They must have been expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

[@franl155]

"They are no more"

[@WillaDaKilla474]

If anyone doesn't happen to know, this is poking fun at the Christians who complained (quite strongly) about the Life of Brian. :)

[@adamtaylor12345]

Yeah especially poking fun at the debate John c and Michael p debate with a bishop and someone else

[@kerryn6714]

A Taylow It was Cleese, Palin, Malcolm Muggeridge (some christian idiot) & Mervyn Stockwood the bishop of Southwark. I don't know what the show was, I'm not from the UK. It is on KZbin under "John Cleese Despises christianity". It's definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it.

[@DieFlabbergast]

+kerryn67 "Some christian idiot" indeed! One can tell you're not from the UK, but you could have done some research first before insulting Malcolm Muggeridge, who was a highly respected journalist and an extremely intelligent man. You can quite clearly see in the interview that both Cleese and Palin held him in respect. Of course, his views on the Life of Brian were nonsensical, but he would hardly have been alone in that - millions of devout Christians undoubtedly felt the same. Religion has a way of acting like a sense-of-humour bypass.

[@Morz44]

+DieFlabbergast Having watched the full interview and not having researched Mr. Muggeridge at all, he comes off as a complete and utter idiot who cannot make a proper argument and instead reverts to namecalling and "nuh-uh"ing all the way through the interview. The man may be intelligent as you say, but he surely switched off his brain for that debate.

[@lebroy1196]

+Morz44 Cleese said that his previous respect for Muggeridge "plummeted" following the interview.

[@danielmorgan4134]

Oh my God this is pure genius. Wonder how long after the actual interview with the bishop and all that this came out

[@JohnImrie]

3 or 4 days IIRC

[@billyshake]

Holy smokes! I often wonder what their contemporaries think/thought of Monty Python. That little homage certainly shows what those two cats felt about our heroes...'cuz let's be frank (or Eric or Tyler or whomever), the men (and women played by the aforementioned men) of Monty Python really are heroes to those of us who are ridiculous at heart (and in our pants, in our general appearance, and so on). Thank you, kaniz00 for posting it!

[@ruaoneill9050]

Cannot believe this is the first time I'm seeing this! Absolute genius!

[@Rob-fc9wg]

Have you seen the real interview it was based on?

[@ruaoneill9050]

@@Rob-fc9wg oh yes, a few times. Making it even more unbelievable that I had never found this 🤦‍♀️

[@Ulfnarr]

extraordinary piece of satire

[@66gadus]

a great classic sketch - superb satire! hard to believe nowadays how much the Life of Brian offended people at the time - this brilliantly written & acted skit sums it all up eh?