The court jester- The vessel with the Pestle

[@markglass9123]

The vessel/chalice bit even tops "Who's On First?" for this kind of delightful silliness.

[@shawnheidingsfelder8179]

If you haven't seen this movie, watch it. If anything, find the sword fight between Ravenhurst and Giacomo. Not only is it more comedy, it's one of the best sword fights put to screen. Basil Rathbone is a master.

[@elviakerlick1163]

I WILL watch it, and watch it like that! (snap)

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Saw this as a kid, and never forgot the Vessel with the Pestle, the Chalice with the Palace, and the Flagon with the Dragon - now if I could just remember which one has the pellet with the poison... :)

[@scottythedawg]

the pellet with the poison is in the chasle with the plasly just remember that. get it? got it? good.

[@madnessbydesign1415]

@@scottythedawg Kills me every time... :)

[@athanasiossoulakakis7893]

They don't make movies like this anymore. Funny, smart and timeless.

[@junheceta268]

This never gets old 😂😂😂.

[@ESFAndy011]

I had vague memories of watching this movie as a kid. I'm 35 now and just revisited it... I was drenched in my own tears from laughter with this scene. My only regret is the movie came to an end. Danny Kaye was the King. While watching this, life couldn't possibly better be.

[@christiangibbs8534]

Well said.

[@daveroche6522]

It all appears so effortless but the amount of work that went into this scene alone must have been staggering. Still makes us laugh - something for which we should be grateful.. Thank you.

[@KutWrite]

Just to keep straight faces should win them an award!

[@barrymlamont3731]

Thank you for posting the ENTIRE sequence in one clip - and for actually captioning all the confusion!

[@spasjt]

SECONDED! Thanks a million for the full post.

[@lotje19912]

Your welcome 😊 have it on DVD. Love the movie ❤️

[@stevenscottoddballz]

@@lotje19912 *You're {This is the contraction of the words "You are".}

[@martinidry8154]

Danny Kaye excelled in playing mistaken identity films (government inspector, Walter mitty, wonder man & a lot more). This is a master class in how to play these roles. He was a naturally entertaining man eg: he once took over Russell harty's talk show in the warm up for ages, getting the audience in stitches and delaying the start by about 30 minutes. Immensely talented hilarious and by all accounts genuinely kind. He was also able to pilot multiple types of airplanes and was an expert cook of Japanese food.

[@christiangibbs8534]

Truly a Renaissance Man.

[@onevoice4755]

His specialty was Chinese food, having a specially built stove and kitchen at his home.

[@NewStarConstellation]

Thank you, very interesting, I did not kow that. In fact, I come to think thatI do not really know much about this brilliant man.... hmmm....

[@bbayla]

Danny Kaye was a comic genius! ❤️

[@marktabla5434]

Saw this several times as a kid thanks to 16mm reels we could check out from our metro library. I learned how to thread the reels on the 16mm projector my dad borrowed from work (before anyone had VCR's) and we'd watch this, "The Inspector General", "Knock on Wood", Basil Rathbone /Nigel Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" mysteries (that I always fell asleep to) and Phil Silvers in "1,001 Nights" among many other oldies that my dad checked out from the library on 16mm reels in big canvas bags. Fun times...

[@vryc]

"It's so easy, I can say it" "Well then you fight him" Gets me every time

[@kallymylvahan1176]

Danny Kaye....impeccable timing....one of my favourite ❤ films xx

[@lilyemmalindsay9025]

One of the funniest scenes in the movie, especially when his armor gets magnetized & he gets stuck on the hook when his horse runs away.

[@zensoredparagonbytes3985]

😂😂😂This was gold. Used to love Danny Kaye's movies as a kid. And he's still funny today. RIP Maestro.

[@henrymccoy7171]

Thirty years or more since i saw this with my Mom & Dad... I've always wondered EXACTLY how the routine went... Thank God for the subtitles.

[@Aramanth]

Thanks for the complete scene, this is still hilarious!!! They can't do comedy this effortlessly anymore...

[@lotje19912]

Yea, love the movie. Got it on DVD and watcht it many times

[@AdamThorton]

Oh, trust me, it was far from effortless.

[@milliechook7375]

@@AdamThorton True - it takes a great deal of work to make something look easy! :)

[@SarahKelley]

Rest Easy, Angela Lansbury 💔

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou! i was trying to remember her name.. can i say, she's looking good..

[@scotsbillhicks]

If I remember correctly this dialogue was written by Sammy Cahn. I always liked his response when asked which came first the words or the music? The cheque.

[@trinitytwo14992]

Love these old movies, Danny Kaye was priceless. Gene Kelly, Fred Astair, they had such talent. No need for cursing or vulgarity, wit and charm, clever writing made them classics.

[@davidevans3227]

great cast too 🙂

[@David13579]

Well then you fight him

[@jimjimmyjames59]

Great line!

[@David13579]

@@jimjimmyjames59 so good 😄

[@michaelwallace3105]

One of my all-time favorite movies

[@lescorlett4133]

I always found Hollywood's idea of medieval knights hilarious in old movies.

[@ZacHawkins42]

"...now out on your armor!" What, by myself? 🤣

[@klyaksa1]

This scene has such a Bugs Bunny feel to it!

[@hoddo33]

Always loved this movie and especially this scene. The second-best comedy routine ever, behind only "who's on first?"

[@KutWrite]

I was getting into the film again, after all these years! I first saw this in the early 60s on TV. RIP all concerned.

[@docmus]

Great scene. Thanks for posting the entire scene and adding the subtitles. Brings back fond childhood memories.

[@Statalyzer]

How did breaking the Chalice from the Palace cause the poison to vanish from the Vessel with the Pestle?

[@Len314159]

You are thinking about this way too much. Just laugh and enjoy !!!

[@JStryker47]

I actually wrote a scene in my latest book, where the leads watch this movie and one of them starts to wonder the same thing, only to decide that she's overthinking it.

[@swanpride]

It most likely didn't...which is the hidden joke in this. They are both brabbling to no end, but in reality, both are poisoned.

[@JStryker47]

@@swanpride If that's the case, then Griselda should be grateful that things went the way they did. Otherwise, the princess would likely have killed her.

[@Morcar1980]

It was explained to me that the wine was spilled from both containers and the chalice broke. Griselda then had to pour the poison down again, but this time in the flagon.

[@dmgroberts5471]

I love the barely restrained frustration when she tells him they broke the Chalice from the Palace.

[@alandalus6668]

Honestly, the funniest scene of all times, change my mind.

[@merrynschlossberg6843]

just terrific. Danny Kaye was a wonderful talent

[@leonardohummel8658]

Unforgettable comedic moment for the great Danny boy Kaye ❗🎶💎🎶

[@AlexDiesTrying]

Perfect example on how not to memorise properly. Always just focus on one option and forget the other one.

[@aliensguy4291]

Star trek Enterprise brought me there

[@thomasaquinas6628]

"...uhhhhh...just remember that." HAHAHA!

[@user-xo8hj7se5j]

this movie is a unique masterpiece.

[@leeandrew4721]

A classic!!!hahaha

[@Statalyzer]

"Take that horse and put it back under that idiot!"

[@Pravuss]

Excellent movie and one of my favorites when I was a child!

[@heidimaxwell5078]

I love this movie so much.

[@jeanettecarnell8933]

I love this movie and this season.the court Jester is classic!

[@Joez86]

Classic. More talent then all the stars of today's generation.

[@ajithfernando1702]

This was one hell of a comedy...😂😂🤣🤪🤗👍

[@ericthompson3982]

Nobody did patter better than Danny Kaye.

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...@1:51... ...The Force is strong in this one...

[@cjlloyd53]

Love this movie

[@user-zy1vv9yb6g]

Those were ALWAYS the COOLEST suits of armor that I've ever seen

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou! so great to see this long sequence 🙂 x

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

Great scene! The knighting ceremony is amazing too!

[@samhopper]

Yea, verily yea!

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

@@samhopper Haha, yes!!!

[@maxcardun]

Well nice to know he survived the hustle and the bustle, getting away from this Knight with a Mace he thought he him in the Face!

[@nmuphelps1]

Beyond brilliant!!!

[@jeremiekonegni4957]

I think I caught rhis movie the first time around this scene on AMC and spent two weeks looking for a replay and watched it. It's pretty hilarious

[@mlbrooks4066]

The part starting at 3:43, with Danny Kaye constantly clanging into Robert Middleton as they both try to remember the vessel with the pestle, is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[@luismartinez-my1nk]

No one makes real movies anymore.

[@ArsonFire00]

Those medieval English accents are really believable.

[@smhorse]

Many years later, in the BBC wartime sitcom " 'Allo 'Allo! ", there was a reference to this scene, albeit referring to "the pill in the till.....and if you put the drug in the jug, then there is no need to light the candle with the handle on the gateau from the château!"

[@raingriggs8394]

😮 O Jiminy ! Hilarious! Thank you so much😂

[@huepix]

Rand Paul was a great actor

[@fizzywhizzbanger5610]

I've been trying to find this film online for years; Danny Kaye's comedic timing is absolute perfection, and damn was Angela Lansbury a smokeshow back in the day. As hilarious as this scene is, I think my favourite has to be shortly after Griselda the witch hypnotizes Hubert, and he transforms from his bumbling, cowardly self to a debonair swashbuckler at a snap of the fingers... from anybody. Cut to a scene of swashbuckler Hubert making a daring entrance through the princess' window to woo her, followed by her father coming to speak with her: "If my father finds you here, he'll have you executed like that! *snap*" and now cowardly Hubert has no idea where he is, why he's there, or what's going on. We're then treated to a few minutes of Gwendolyn and King Roderick arguing back and forth, repeatedly snapping their fingers, while Danny Kaye rapidly transitions between bold and frightened in the background. He does nothing but open and close a set of curtains a few times while changing expressions, but my God is it gold.

[@ldcraig2006]

I still quote this hilarious passage.

[@pacosdad4525]

I was watching an old movie "Never Say Die" (1939) on KZbin recently. I was surprised that the "Vessel with the pestle" routine was apparently derived from a similar routine in that movie. Although it wasn't poison in a cup, but a bullet in a gun, the similarity is striking. The routine in "Never Say Die" begins at about 1:13:43.

[@atanasynikolic8579]

Great movie very funny

[@gregschultz8639]

Scriptwriting 101: When it's harder to say the line wrong deliberately, than it is to remember the correct way of saying it XD

[@jamesbuel5587]

Very good

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

👏 To the person who typed the subtitles.

[@randycushman1669]

The one thing I’ve always thought that could have made this scene even funnier would have been, when Danny Kay’s helmet is knocked off and everyone is gasping as if he had just been beheaded, instead of him popping his head out, his helmet should have flown back up unto his armor from the magnetism and made him look utterly invincible. 😅

[@michaelfink64]

This is a classic, loved by our family as kids and quoted many times over the years. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of rewatching the while film once. Danny Kaye was brilliant but there were silly love songs that spoiled my memory.

[@markglass9123]

That's why God created VCRs, DVRs and streaming: to fast-forward through the romantic songs that brought so many comedies of the era to a screeching halt. The Marx Brothers always had some stiff falling in love and crooning about it, making the only dull parts of their movies.

[@agalgonzalez]

The king seems to be suffering from a massive hangover.

[@craig-michaelkierce1366]

Awesome sauce...

[@codzydee7334]

Ha ha ha 😆 love this scene

[@johnmoorely7275]

4.56 reminds me of Boris Johnson - another clown left hanging.

[@Western545]

5:52 Lou Bloom was here

[@RaymondCore]

Danny's wife, Sylvia Fine, wrote all his songs.

[@jpbousquet6446]

Classic!

[@christalstarkey1456]

funny danny kaye

[@CoolSchool-om5mf]

Con-fus-ing!

[@georgeinfante1106]

Classic lines 😅😅😅

[@ashwhiteforest9078]

Oh I get it, the knife in my grasp will end my suffering fast! It's so simple! And! If all else fails, the knight that I fight will put all this right! Couldn't be more obvious; I'm going to go die now.

[@robertszvetics210]

THE MOTION IS SCEWED UP

[@alfredbernasek861]

EINFACH TRAUMHAFT

[@edithlazenby5839]

😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️😘

[@bookmouse2719]

The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison, the chalice with the palace has the brew that is true. 😆

[@notfeedynotlazy]

4:20 How much damage did that Mark Twain story cause!🙂

[@JLee-rt6ve]

Chalice good, vessel bad, duuh.

[@arthogof]

admit it, jill bearup sent you here!

[@jeromebirth2693]

lol 😂

[@christalstarkey1456]

funny

[@Daddywaah]

Was that a younger angela lansbury i saw there?

[@becky2t]

Yes it was.

[@johnguerra7222]

Ah...when movies were actually worth watching...

[@fhr331]

Just found out there was an earlier version of this routine in an old Bob Hope movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZiteYyEqKuGaZI

[@x-rex7236]

Lou bloom

[@stephenballard3759]

Love this, but why would you fail to credit the actor and the movie's name? I know and you know, but help out the kid who doesn't and wants to.

[@brianhiles8164]

Wait! Oh no! You ended the sequence before we could find out if there is proof of his treachery!

[@OzeFlipper]

All the more reason to watch the whole movie 😁

[@brianhiles8164]

@@OzeFlipper I am an ex-filmmaker who has not only watched the movie, but has done so approximately 30 to 40 times. Incidentally, I am (was) a competitive fencer, am qualified to be a fencing tournament director, and have organized and fought choreographed duels in Renaissance faires, _et al._ Believe me, I _know_ this movie -- so much so that my first concern is _not_ if a commenter is humor-challenged.

[@OzeFlipper]

Okay. Try this then. All the more reason to watch the whole movie again 😁

[@ddthewolf]

How long do you think it took to actually shoot this scene in whole without one or more of the actors cracking up? Lol

[@patricklyons794]

What about the Flagon with the Dragon?

[@patricklyons794]

Never mind.

[@adamrussell658]

Huh. They had that word play in Princess Bride too. Hawkins: I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right? Griselda: Right, but there’s been a change. They broke the chalice from the palace. Hawkins: They broke the chalice from the palace?! Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon. Hawkins: A flagon? Griselda: With the figure of a dragon. Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon. Griselda: Right. Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle? Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true! Hawkins: The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. Griselda: Just remember that.

[@literacylabyrinth4018]

The vessel with what? What's a pestle?

[@pacosdad4525]

Do a Google search on "mortar and pestle" for pics. The mortar is a small bowl and the pestle is a thick stick. The combo is used to grind spices, such as pepper.

[@davidevans3227]

we have a mortar and pestle in the kitchen

[@stephenchristian5739]

I think TCM would have got to the # of takes i'm sure they rehearsed an entire afternoon or evening but I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY TAKES & this is a great actors vocabulary speech test one I Loved practicing at & the several times I did it with a couple of girls it took me as many as 50 b 4 we ALL got it.