Death Shows Up | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Death (John Cleese) makes himself comfortable as he joins for dinner and continuously repeats he is the Grim Reaper.
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[@CaptainAhab117]

I like how Death takes the time to insult both the Americans and the English. At least he doesn't play favorites.

[@Foebane72]

LOL!!!

[@maxthepupp]

Aw, man..! THEY CUT THE BEST PART!!!! "waitaminute....I didn't have the mousse.."

[@CFox.7]

so how did that person die ?

[@Bfdidc]

And them taking their cars to Heaven.

[@jashugg]

@@Bfdidcyes lol, “shall we take the Volvo?” or similar!

[@roguejester4986]

That part was not even on script.

[@MrPatrickworthington]

@@CFox.7 She didn't. But she went along with the others.

[@sstaners1234]

“Who is it?” “It’s a Mr Death or something. He’s come about the reaping?”🤣😂🤣

[@mrstandfast2212]

"It's one of the little men from the village."

[@edhoughton2609]

@@mrstandfast2212 "Would you prefer white? I'm afraid we don't have any beer!"

[@HerrPoopenstein]

VERY middle class British response😂

[@J0Ecorreia]

Worst comment thread ever.

[@WUZLE]

"Well, that's cast rather a gloom over the evening."

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

I say this every Christmas dinner when someone feels the need to bring up all the family members who've died since last Christmas.

[@cpuuk]

The gag on the Salmon Mousse is double, you see back in the 1970s the UK had a spate of food poisonings from canned salmon, some fatal.

[@georgehenderson7783]

The subtitles spell it "moose"

[@JohnInTheShelter]

"Well you're dead now, so shut up!"

[@maraudostrogoth747]

"Well you're dead now so SHUT UP!" -Death

[@Censored.225]

Love it!😂

[@SamuelBlack84]

"And, deaths the final word"

[@madnox9538]

So Castlevanias Death has a predecessor.

[@howlingguardian9005]

You have to gve that man points- Death might have said the British don't have balls, but this guy put five bullets in Death. You can't say he didn't try!

[@vailpcs4040]

yeah, in his back...

[@edwardbirdsall6580]

Is that firearm registered with the local British Police?

[@WokerThanThou]

It would have made more sense to have the American pull out his conceal and carry.

[@grmpf]

​@@WokerThanThou Would you have preferred it if the thing that made sense happened in a Monty Python film?

[@emillyyelen5169]

@@vailpcs4040 actually he just shot up his house...

[@Elric54]

Notices the scythe... "Is this about the hedges?"

[@Joey-JoJo-Jr.64]

“The Salmon Mousse !” One of the greatest lines in cinematic history.

[@Useaname]

Or, "Hey, I didn't even eat the mousse"

[@JZsBFF]

Lucky me. I hate fish.

[@jamesvan2201]

Gets me every time.

[@cybershark3095]

A mousse once bit my sister.

[@silentrage8961]

"I fart in YOUR general direction!"💨

[@TheScientist43]

"Well, DO get Mr. Death a drink, darling." 🤣

[@yankee1376]

"Is this about the hedge?"

[@missopowers]

My mother made salmon mousse once for a fancy dinner we were having with guests. My little brother, maybe 5 or 6 years old, called it "fish jello" and put everyone off. I can't recall that she ever made it again.

[@maggs131]

Is salmon mousse a uk thing? Here in the states I've never seen or even heard of it

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

That's downright funny! I bet she was pissed! 😂😂😂

[@jontruss3781]

The old British mariners suffered from lead poisoning from the soldering on the canned salmon.......

[@jakelevinson7802]

Oh, you cut out the best moment, “ but I didn’t have the salmon?”

[@Kyle-ir6ij]

That's a good impression of death especially for Monty Python standards

[@unsinnkim3690]

Rather good indeed.

[@Abi-kk4nl]

The thumbnail scared me

[@edhoughton2609]

Yes - there's a great shot of the Reaper waiting on the moors before he comes to the door. A very atmospheric and chilling shot. He moves without moving, if you get me, but they didn't show that part here, it started with him just knocking on the door.

[@foxythejokerfox87]

How Could We All Have Died At The Same Time? Grim Reaper:................ *points* THE SALMON MOUSSE....*dramatic music plays* that always cracked me up 😆

[@strike1977]

‘I’m most dreadfully embarrassed’ 😅

[@gandalfstormcrow8439]

"Wait a minute, I didn't have to salmon mousse

[@melissamarsh2219]

I’m feeling better…

[@happymaskedguy1943]

All of us must salmon mousse one day.

[@novavon88]

Funny to hear Terry Gilliam being an American doing an American accent.

[@professornuke7562]

It's about the only time he every got truly let off the chain.

[@cygnustsp]

Umm he was born and grew up in USA

[@landonmiller6943]

@@cygnustsp Renounced his American citizenship and now a British citizen...tax reasons I believe.

[@strangelee4400]

@@landonmiller6943 How does he shoot his guns then?

[@cygnustsp]

@@landonmiller6943 yeah but that don't change your accent lol

[@TurboLoveTrain]

Meta. also: 4:27 "none of you have any balls" cut to Eric Idol dressed as a woman looking shocked

[@bob_thebuilder]

Missed the part where they get in their cars to follow him

[@michaelzawadzki6436]

Monty Python!!!! The GREATEST comedy troupe in WORLD history!!!

[@f.frederickskitty2910]

😂 My husband and I saw this in the theaters when we were in high school. We ditched class and were the only people there on a weekday.

[@dennisbraun5747]

Michael Palin's smug look when he asks "how can we all have died at the same time" is priceless.

[@jdgustofwinddance.7748]

Also, when he asks if there is an afterlife.

[@geigertec5921]

He makes a very convincing woman with the way he delivers those sassy lines.

[@kimsoares3271]

If I remember correctly, when they are walking away the character remarks; ”Hey! I didn’t even have the salmon mousse!”😂

[@theyearwas1473]

When I bought my house it came with a scythe hanging in the garage. It's got to be over 100 years old. I would refuse to get rid of it just in case it belongs to a man who's on vacation and wears a black robe and misplaced his work tools. I feel he'd be more upset if I threw it away.

[@SilverShards]

Congratulations, you are the new death. Since its taking a vacation, you do its chores.

[@darcreven5497]

Or maybe the owner of the scythe tried the salmon mousse when he went to reap the past owners of the house. 😂

[@SamuelBlack84]

Property of Mr. Joe Black No relation

[@JohnDough-yr2zt]

I got one with my property, too. I use it instead of a weed whacker.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Honestly, unloading a gun into him was relatable. You never know unless you try right? And he had nothing to lose 🤣

[@raspberryridge8840]

Except it should have been the American ...

[@myleschilton3473]

Those boys always looked comfortable in drag. Oxbridge style.

[@malcolmclements9254]

This is why tinned Salmon tins are so strong. Never buy a tin which has been dented or damaged.

[@Ming1975]

That's one awesome cloth based costume of death!

[@paulgoshorn4827]

It’s social death to serve canned salmon.

[@vilefly]

(eyes the potential shame cans in his cupboard nervously with compound eyes)

[@johnwestcott5612]

That’s some dark comedy.

[@Jowda1467]

You should have shown it to the end, when they all agree that they might as well take the car to follow death 🤣

[@TramJizzle]

Michael Palin always makes me laugh 😂😂

[@moussetache1815]

04:35 I will never get tired of this expression. Michael Palin rules!

[@edhoughton2609]

Yes - brilliant, a superb comic actor like they all were. and look at Terry Jones done up as the drunk woman - superb. I don't recognise the guy with the bow tie though, just one of their mates I guess.

[@timbrown8038]

It's a Mister Death or something.

[@seanys]

All of the times I seen this movie and I’ve only just realised it’s John.

[@professornuke7562]

It's Christmas time in heaven There's great films on TV The Sound of Music twice a day And Jaws 1,2 and 3.

[@inisipisTV]

Oh, no. Not Jaws 3.😬

[@jongruber4494]

Even the hot chix in parts 2 & 3 couldn't save the scripts, I personally kept rooting for the shark..........

[@j.dmetalhead7517]

" I didn't have the mousse"

[@prospero4183]

Nobody ever suspects the salmon moose, that is its greatest weapon

[@user-pb7bt9nf9i]

Fear and surprise, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope..

[@ralphoperaphile]

"moose"?!🤣

[@adamcole4623]

@@ralphoperaphile It's a salmon-coloured moose! :D

[@truthveritas8730]

" he's come about the... reaping?"

[@user-pb7bt9nf9i]

Death comes knocking and they make him wait.

[@underthesun-ml4mu]

Just like in the dmv

[@Suedetussy]

„I‘m most dreadfully embarrassed.“ 😂 I‘ve laughed over this sentence every now and then, when it happens to cross my mind. It’s such an understatement . I just can’t! 🤣

[@vadersfather1248]

It’s one of the little men from the village always cracks me up and you left out I didn’t have the salmon mousse

[@thegreatvantastic5689]

you skipped the punch line.

[@ADAPTATION7]

He's the reapo man.

[@foxcell]

Is it about the hedge 😅 classic lol

[@rcnelson]

Quite naturally Death speaks with a croak.

[@ayndie38]

Is this about the hedge? 😂😂😂

[@Wandjina104]

It's one of the little people from the village.

[@Einwetok]

The mousse even made it's way into the video game.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

its*

[@Einwetok]

@@blackdragoncyrus It's really sad when a closet Word Nazi misspells😁 their own correction.

[@charlesjunior5087]

There was a video game??

[@Einwetok]

@@charlesjunior5087 late 90's early 2000's. It had a whole library of markers you could use. Fun if you're a python fan.

[@tamphex]

I cannot BELIEVE you totally missed the punchline!

[@barkingmouse8152]

"Let's take the cars"

[@paulschofield2630]

Its classic 😂😅 uking ❤ hilarious yes best line omitted " I didn't have the mouse " !!! 😂😅😊

[@RobertEskuri]

They make him wait because they insist on driving their cars to heaven too.

[@letolethe3344]

And then show ghosts of the cars pull away, leaving the cars' "bodies" behind!

[@jwenneberg]

You left out "...but I didn't even eat the Salmon".

[@JackSilver1410]

Our entire time growing up, whenever my sister or I was making tuna salad, the other would come up, lean all the way over while pointing and intone, *"The Salmon Mousse!"* Hilarious, every time.

[@MrOrmanley]

"None of you have any balls!" I'm quite certain even the women have them.

[@Foebane72]

It's part of the Monty Python humour that none of the people in this house are freaked out over a hooded figure that has skeletal hands and can glide through tables!

[@persephoneblack888]

Castlevania Death and this Death have a bit in common 🤣

[@timl.b.2095]

Amazing, a Python sketch I've never seen.

[@wazza33racer]

the real joke is, they were already dead, and thats how they could "see" him.

[@billy1673]

To this day I will not eat salmon mousse!

[@reneeelias9514]

Timeless! Never gets old!

[@WowbaggerTheInfinitelyProlonge]

You git! You cut off Palin's best improv line of his whole career: "Hey! I didn't eat the mousse!"

[@herrlogan17]

"shut up, you american" :) :)

[@marzipanmonkey]

"You always talk, you Americans...."

[@ev6558]

Can't stop talking, how else would your leaders know what to do if we didn't tell them.

[@tinytim71301]

Eric Idle in drag is funny

[@craigarmstrong5291]

I always judge A Christmas Carol by how well they do thr Ghost of Christmas future this would of fitted so well in that story as it does in this little masterpiece from the meaning of life film 🎥 🎞 🎉🎉🎉

[@mr.t114]

Splendid scene, Monty Python experimented a lot but when they´re good they´re rather excellent.

[@dwells37]

"Is it about the hedge?"😂

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Spoiler below for anyone who hasn't watched this film, so don't click "read more" It got cut out of this clip, but at the end of this scene, when they're being led away, one of the guests says they didn't eat the salmon mousse.

[@JZsBFF]

That sucks for that guy.

[@Aurochhunter]

@@JZsBFF Well technically it was one of the women, but they're played by men anyway.

[@johnmichaelson9173]

Any excuse to get the frocks out, smh. 😆Absolutely brilliant. 😂

[@trevorsmith7753]

The real grim reapers wear skullcaps.

[@stevetillcock7361]

I have seen all of their films and this my favourite.

[@user-wt7rm1ze3i]

Ok I really need to watch this lol

[@Barot8]

Such a great scene.

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

The part i love was left out. When they get into their cars, and even the cars died and are a ghost! 😂😂😂

[@raspherion]

Susan: So, Grandfather, how was your trip that planet called Earth? Death: It was a peculiar experience; they invited me to dinner.

[@Sabrowsky]

I recall while channel surfing as a child I came across the animated tree leaves skit, followed by this. I was severely traumatized, till I watched it again some 12 years later, after I had learned English, and nearly pissed myself laughing. Like that, that particular traumatic memory was gone

[@RedTail1-1]

I found this on DVD back when I was in the Army at my first duty station. I had also gotten an Xbox from GameStop, Xbox not 360 lol. I watched this movie every single night after playing a little bit of that Hulk game they made for xbox. I went around saying "a fishy, fishy, fishy, oh" for no reason. Great memories.

[@soupbone7345]

Always makes me laugh!! These guys are amazing comedians,actors, they crack me up when they're in drag.😂

[@wucebrayne]

Remarkable how he was able to understand everyone, being deaf and all.

[@Thomas-sb8xh]

Now we need MP and George Carling more than ever

[@markpaterson2053]

Underrated movie; people always say how it's the worst Monty Python movie--just shows how great the other movies really are.

[@stevemarshall4822]

I'd say it was the second best, by a narrow margin.

[@edhoughton2609]

Well the Meaning of Life was just a series of loosely connected sketches but it was everything the Pythons wanted to do on television but the BBC wouldn't let them, organ donations, every sperm is sacred, over-eating, sex education cranked up to the max, the list goes on....

[@jetuber]

It's the best Python movie, and by a long shot.

[@Baltimoreed]

I don’t remember this Python bit. Good stuff. I had a dream as a kid that I remember to this day, I’m 73 now, where I emptied a .45 auto into the devil. Was in the front yard of my house in Baltimore. Crazy dreams.

[@Daktangle]

"But I didn't eat the mousse."

[@dirkbenning9489]

:" Ihr seid alle tot "! .... :"Diiiie Fisch - schaum - speise"!...... :"Oooooh, das ist aber schade, dabei fühle ich mich doch gar nicht tot"! .... :"Dasssss kommt noch meine Liebe"! ❤❤❤😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤪🤪🤪

[@Quickdrawingartist]

I like this Grim Reaper. He seems like a good working man, knows his stuff.

[@rosestorey2189]

You left out the end! That's the best part.

[@jeremyfusenliu3859]

They give 'inviting death in' a literal meaning 😂

[@RussinTirnaNog]

Check the height of the candles... some scenes they are higher than in others. They must have been laughing so much between takes.

[@triomach3362]

A normally humorless subject everyone is interested in.

[@jingboy7]

This movie was the weirdest thing I've ever seen in all my life. And I love it for that

[@HellOnWheel]

The very concept of salmon mousse sounds utterly disgusting. Has anyone tried it?

[@fan2jnrc]

But that's absolutely not disgusting haha that's very good. There are many excellent recipes. You mix fresh and smoked salmon with cream, fromage frais, a little mustard, herbs and lemon... Diced cucumber and tomato can be added before serving, along with salmon or trout roe. You can serve in shot glasses or on toast. That's delicious.

[@thesean3194]

My fav skit from this movie. EyeAmmmTheGarimmmmRepa!

[@Direwolf216]

Anytime I play an olnine game involving combat, I always name myself salmon mousse. Instant respect.

[@aaronelya]

I always love when the Pythons "did" American accents. :D

[@definitelynotthequestion5359]

"I was just testing" This is how i want to go.

[@WaywardSister92]

Deaths weakness....shhh....it's his own weapon, the scythe itself. 😅

[@sakshishekhar5211]

this is called spirit to live, outwitting dimwits and crashing sarcastic satires!😂🐽💀❤️

[@maraudostrogoth747]

Spoiler alert: It was the salmon mousse.

[@kurtbarlow9402]

Best film Reaper