REACTING TO MONTY PYTHON | Upper Class Twit of the Year!

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

The Twit of the Year sketch was inspired by some real-life upper-class twits who were John Cleese's neighbors. The man likes his sleep, but they would come home, very drunk, at all hours of the night, slam their car doors, have loud, pointless conversations with each other in the driveway, etc.

[@MeganRuth]

Oh really? Interesting!

[@Aukrenchi17]

@@MeganRuthhello from Cheltenham, I love your OF. Have your tried watching cricket?

[@petejones879]

Americans and Canadians just can't compete with British humour

[@Temeraire101]

As Not the Nine O’Clock said “Have people forgotten how Python suffered for us? How often the sketches failed? These men died for us - frequently!” 😂

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

"... And Oliver has run himself over! What a great... twit!" is one of my all time favorite quotes from the Pythons :D

[@richardplatt9427]

After the prime ministerships of old Etonians David Cameron and Brian Johnson, this sketch was definitely too kind

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

My favorite "sport" of Python is the Philosopher's Soccer Match - Greek vs. German Philosopher's - which even made my Grandfather laugh! The Python's were intellectual, and made such brilliant satire.

[@KristineT4525]

We had a Monty Pythons Club in high school. We would gather for movie nights and to watch episodes of the Flying Circus. Then of course there were one-liners used as greetings in the halls. A wink is as good as a nudge to a blind bat!

[@ericjanssen394]

The Silly Olympics wasn’t done for the regular series, but for the “Fliegender Zirkus” German episodes. And STILL gets confused with the classic Upper Class Twits sketch to this day.

[@namesake-mx9nl]

Imagine being at a Python brainstorming session , trying to outdo each other to see who can come up with the most ludicrous ide .

[@OJB42]

LOL, the 3000m for people who think they are chickens is peak silliness. Love it!

[@MWB5150]

"200m freestyle for non swimmers" ! Hahaha 😂 great video Megan, keep them coming 👍👍👍

[@MeganRuth]

aha thank you! 😊

[@ShawnKavanagh]

These dudes have so many timeless skits

[@suzieredfoxfur6982]

You SO remind me of ME when I was a younger girl back in the late 70s early 80s when my older brother introduced me to Monty Python. My mom hated them but I immediately fell in love with the humor. So glad I found your channel

[@mijmijrm]

FYI. Some of these sports are no longer in the Olympics.

[@MeganRuth]

oh interesting!

[@alonenjersey]

I suspect that if they were brought back it just might increase global ratings.

[@alonenjersey]

Please Megan. I'd love to see your reaction to the BLACKMAIL skit.

[@albin2232]

I used to stay up far too late to watch Monty Python when I was a boy, but my parents let me do it 😂

[@MeganRuth]

I don't blame you! 😆

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

@@MeganRuth Is Monty Python popular in Canada?

[@MeganRuth]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu I'd say it is!

[@alonenjersey]

Same here. I was the only teenager in my neighborhood watching PBS after 10 p.m.😄

[@user-bl6kx5ev7x]

Same here I’m 64 now

[@SilverionX]

Ah, one of my favorite Monty Python sketches! It's that and mosquito hunter.

[@TheRedDevil-1968]

No doubt this what the queue to the Houses Of Parliament bar is like after Parliamentary Question Time.

[@MeganRuth]

😂 oh absolutely!

[@Draegonktyner]

I'm so glad I grew up on Monty Python thanks to the L.A. public broadcast channel; I was just eleven or twelve when my best friend and I watched many English comedy shows in 1976 on PBS. I still laugh today at the same stuff I watched back then. Cheers, 🥸

[@balticstain7150]

This is so true...

[@petebeatminister]

The Olympics sketch is not shown so often, thanks!

[@robertcreighton4635]

One of my favourites

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Sam? All."

[@mikecross5170]

Hi Megan. Take a look at Spike Milligan "Oirish Olympics ". Similar idea but years earlier I thinķ.

[@ftumschk]

Actually, Python got there first, by eight years! The O'Lympics featured in Spike's "Q7" in 1978, but "Upper Class Twit" first aired in 1970.

[@mikecross5170]

@@ftumschk Thanks for putting me right !

[@ftumschk]

@@mikecross5170 My pleasure. I'm a huge fan of Spike and the Pythons myself, but had to look that up.

[@Lukeislost]

Woooo great vid

[@bluecedar7914]

SOOOOO entirely appropriate that this appeared on my recommended videos after watching a GB News interview hosted by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

[@MeganRuth]

😂 I love this!!

[@lifelover515]

Great choice. I fairly near wet myself when I first saw it back in the day.

[@liamthompson9090]

Bormann of Brazil😂

[@RedVynil]

That was VERY short!! The original was 7:00 long..

[@matthewbryant8747]

Interesting you talking about politicians a have race where people peeing in bushes I remember seeing something about festival or beer festival where they took photos of politicians and put on sticks in the ground and people could wee on them

[@paulmaxey6377]

Spike Milligan always said that Monty Python 'stole' his material and the Twit of the Year is an example of this. Spike did exactly the more or less the same sketch a few years before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ6thKWMg7ChqJI

[@starmanfaned]

His best friend is a tree

[@chemistmanuk]

50+ years old now 😮

[@MeganRuth]

wow! That's crazy!

[@charcolew]

Who could possibly compete with Jacob Rees-Mogg these days for UCTOTY? His children's names are as ridiculous as the ones used in the sketch!

[@timholder6825]

They are all, in fact, upper class.

[@ftumschk]

The only truly posh Python was probably Michael Palin, in terms of family background and schooling. The others were basically middle class grammar-school boys... apart from Cleese, whose mother happened to inherit some money which allowed her to pay for his private education. Even so, his father was an insurance salesman, which is hardly an upper-class job.

[@Reaction-Starts-At]

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[@josefschiltz2192]

The government? What a coincidence!

[@Poliss95]

John Cleese would win Upper Class Twit of the Year these days. He's turned into the very people he was taking the P out of.

[@MeganRuth]

oh no don't tell me that! That's so unfortunate...

[@Poliss95]

@@MeganRuth Cleese: “[People] get competitive about this business of being oppressed,” Cleese said. “You do know the British have been slaves twice, right?” Cleese continued: “I want reparations from Italy.” “And then the Normans came over in 1066... they were horrible people from France and they colonised us for 30 years and we need reparations there too, I’m afraid.” In a final explanation of his remarks, Cleese said: “The thing is, I’m going to be dead soon. That’s why I’m in favour of global warming - I don’t want to be cold ever again.” 'Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation So there must be some truth in it... I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU.'

[@dupersuper1938]

@@MeganRuth I'm not entirely sure what this poster's on about.

[@Poliss95]

@@dupersuper1938 Maybe you haven't been paying attention to what Cleese has been ranting on about for the last few years?

[@mijmijrm]

@@Poliss95 - yes ... when someone has views i don't agree with, i say they're ranting too.

[@larryk731]

Both sketches are only slightly politically incorrect and offensive and brilliant. lol You couldn't make them today.

[@KhaliqShah-ed3yj]

E.g. EX P.M BORIS LOL HAHA !!!😂😎😎😎👅😆