The French Taunter returns! | John Cleese reprises classic Monty Python role

[@animfan98]

84 years and he's still got it. :)

[@mrmartin2079]

He never lost it

[@Matt..S]

He really doesn't

[@MrCSeiberlin]

@@Matt..S Agreed. No energy or spark anymore. Even with editing helping out.

[@Matt..S]

@@MrCSeiberlin Old John Cleese also wouldn't have copied his original joke and just changed the words using a thesaurus. Or delivered the lines like reading a ransom note

[@CDWCAULDRON]

And Now for some thing completely different. this Just in: Two Fish were seen with a sound Man that was kidnapped During the Filming of Monty Python and the Holy Grail 49 Years ago. the sound Man Looked old But in good condition. Do not approach the fish. They are armed with a deep fryer and said they will Use it!

[@hanyolo105]

I cant believe this dude was still guarding that castle after all those years. The french really know how to hold a grudge.

[@bazle64]

This is racist crap

[@judgeberry6071]

lol

[@flavoie]

Stan /Loretta. Oh There you go, going on about cultural differences. I want to have a baby.

[@judgeberry6071]

@@flavoie Superb skit that one lol

[@bretthess6376]

Ask the Germans about that. 🤪

[@pschroeter1]

"I spit on your gonads, you quarter witted son of a cabbage hunter." Instant classic.

[@JohnJ469]

I am so going to use this one. 😂😂

[@scratthesquirrel5242]

dangerously close to flirting

[@Babbling_Wizard]

@@scratthesquirrel5242 well he's french

[@r3gret2079]

Shit had me rollin. Ima save this one for sure.

[@realretrorelapse]

I still can't understand how smelling of elderberries is an insult 😅

[@knight4883]

RIP French Taunter.... You fought valiantly for 48 years .

[@DuckAllMighty]

And a half year.

[@takashiross8553]

Excuse me but MPATHG was filmed in 932 A.D. The Taunter’s been at it for over a millennium thanks to his dedicated to mocking silly English types.

[@James-wd9ib]

@@takashiross8553 Fetche lavache...

[@MaskedMan66]

He'll be back...

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

He's not dead yet. He's getting better.

[@ScienceChap]

My 10 year old son was in a castle recently. He leaned over a wall and yelled, "I fart in your general direction!" He even rustled up an outrageous French accent. I was crying laughing.

[@lachlanbold8319]

Your son is very cultured. You have raised him well

[@michelguevara151]

as a frenchman, I love this comment!

[@PatrickMJr]

You raised him right 😂

[@RoughNek72]

God that's Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jessicathompson8365]

dude, you just won parenting!

[@themaestro2572]

Guise de Lombard has one hell of a loyal guard, defending the castle and taunting the foe for nearly 50 years.

[@ElderithErestorMallister]

He even came back to taunt him a second time!

[@Dystopia1111]

932 AD, he's been guarding it for almost 1100 years! Say what you want about the French (and how awful those cheese-eating surrender monkeys smell🙃), but that's a legendary level of devotion to duty.

[@ElderithErestorMallister]

@@Dystopia1111 😂😂

[@DeeSchnutzinger-Mauph]

I think you mean the past 1100 years

[@mikitz]

Thought this guard worked for Guy de Lombard, subsequently didn't own the castle...

[@SolracNexus]

Never underestimate a cabbage hunter, it takes skill to distinguish cabbage from lettuce

[@csurampower]

I learned from Kids in the Hall that if it's smoking a cigar and trying to bang your wife, it's a cabbage.

[@FaizalYacob]

Despite looking the same (large heads with tightly packed leaves), cabbage is not quite like lettuce. The biggest difference is in texture: Cabbage leaves tend to be tougher, thicker, and hardier, due to containing less water than lettuce. 😮

[@SolracNexus]

@@FaizalYacob "i see, so that's why plants vs zombies chose the cabbage pult"

[@spencersholden]

And then the Avatar ruins everything.

[@jonmcgee6987]

My Guinea pig has that skill. She eats the one not healthy for her and ignores the one that is healthy.

[@JustDucky-d9k]

"You quarter witted son of a cabbage hunter!". Classic.

[@hwizell7478]

Half witty offspring Mathematical you connects Cabbage moths approved #haiku #quote #insult #noquarter

[@LadyMacBeth24]

Adding these in my book 😂😂😂

[@fotppd1475]

Is that his way to call someone a "son of a peasant"?

[@TheyCallMeDio]

​@@fotppd1475it's way more insulting than that I think lol

[@mas8705]

Not only is John Cleese still just as good as he was back then, but he is also very aerodynamic.

[@tangent_24]

More aerodynamic than a swallow carrying a coconut

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

@@tangent_24african?

[@Brecconable]

@@trainfan-ks5hk I don't know... *AAAARRRRGGHHHHH*

[@PolGara0139]

@@trainfan-ks5hkor European

[@andreant862]

You would be with a pointy helmet

[@mho...]

"your Mother was a Hamster & your Father smelled of Elderberries" is still the best BURN in History!

[@AaronBeDarin]

Seeing this brings me so much joy and nostalgia. Well done. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to watch Monty Python and The Holy Grail for the thousandth time

[@Andydoesales]

Oh, go on then, I'll do the same...

[@russellham2094]

Oh yes 👍👍👍

[@useth3forceforgood]

Yes! Now I'm remembering the knights who say NE! "You will bring us a shrubbery!" 🤣

[@FatRakoon]

Only a thousand?

[@1970bellanger]

Un film culte 👍 même chez nous en France.

[@michaelquaranta7380]

The true ending to The Holy Grail.😂

[@kowsky1]

This did give me a weird sense of closure lol

[@4aw50fGold]

@@kowsky1considering the end finished on a reality check, this is a very odd sense of closure.

[@minicle426]

It's just silly!

[@parkerhynson3581]

​​@@kowsky1I don't know about you, but I'm so glad somebody finally got payback on the French Taunter.

[@jamesstump7542]

@@4aw50fGoldA “cop out” doesn’t get any more literal than that.

[@Wulf_McMau]

I get the most fun out of seeing the nun smile in the end after she messes up the cross... Handled that situation perfectly and made the blooper super sympathetic

[@CalamityCain]

Haha, I totally missed that. Thanks, that was awesome :D

[@nunyanunya4147]

"Specticals, shoulder. Nipple.... Nipple?"

[@MrMacavity]

Bless John Cleese and the rest of Monty Python, they're amazing ❤

[@charlessaint7926]

That's a dedicated soldier. He hasn't left his post in forty-eight years! Haven't seen that dedication since the Japanese holdouts in the Philippines.

[@dieal2766]

The whole scene captures Monty Python's escence flawlessly.

[@ColeSelcke]

RIP French Taunter (932 - 2023) We are eternally grateful for your lifelong service ❤

[@olivierpuyou3621]

A valiant defender with a remarkably long life.😊

[@kelvinhow1965]

Rip

[@useth3forceforgood]

This is pure happiness. Takes me back 20 years when I first saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a kid. Comedy gold 👌🏼

[@thehellyousay]

20 years? i saw this nearly 50 years ago in a theatre in ingersoll. the projectionist was laughing. we could hear him over our own laughter. i think i was 9, maybe 10 years old. '74 or '75, i think.

[@HollywoodLego]

After all these years, the French taunter's karma finally got to him. XD

[@alisterx8698]

After all these years of having a cow and numerous other things launched at them, the final thing was the Frenchman himself.

[@allenra530]

This is every bit as funny as the original scene. The brilliance of Python has not diminished with the years.

[@aussiecoffeebean]

You might think this funny. But I encountered something really similar in the north of France at a place called Havrincourt except he was the Mayor of the Town speaking to me from the window of his house! I was there to commemorate my great Grandfather who served in the British 62nd (West Riding) Division and died at the Battle of Havrincourt on 12 September 1918. I was there 100 years to the day and was wanting information about a town service to commemorate the war dead. As I approached his home he opened his window to ask me what I wanted. In french he said that commerative services were all done the year before and then quickly shut his window. I was both stunned and amused reflecting on how that moment reminded me of this scene in Monty Python. lol More power to John Cleese!

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

It was such an honor meeting John. 😃

[@Dolbsha]

At long last, he has taunted them for a second time.

[@dannandaeterra]

Underrated comment!

[@oldgamer1299]

Monty Python, legend!

[@Hondurez7]

"You're mother was a vacuum cleaner!" I gotta remember that one! 😂

[@blackdragoncyrus]

your*

[@davidmoak1219]

@@blackdragoncyrus ur* Eyem in Anglish Majer sew wut eye tiped iz grammerticully kerrect. Unfortunately there was no auto-correct for when you were born. Just backspace your existence. If you really want to correct someone start with you first. Show us the way. Jesus wants you to give him grammar lessons in Heaven. You'd better get on that. Ur beter tiped teh whey randoz oni teh intermaneticals tipeded ore ur git kerrected beye Karing Karen's™. Tank u Karen wee r glads ur kares abut speln, grammer, and punkshooayeshuns? IZ MEYE SPELN GUUDEREST ENUFF FER U, KARING KAREN™

[@thejman5683]

I still remember my uncle taking me to see this in a theater back in 2017. Rest easy uncle

[@willnorman-bargo]

Over 1000 years of service, this man was a legend!

[@krullcat2]

John Cleese is the golden Buddha of legendary comedy. We love you John. And, no, you're not dead. Only the parot is. 😂

[@oz_medias]

The parrot isn't dead either, it's just shagged out after a long squawk

[@bradevans7935]

@@oz_medias It's still pining for the fjords. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardhockey8442]

You mean the Comic Messiah, who died for us.. frequently Not The Nine O'clock News - Monty Python Worshippers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6S4qn5sf7ynb7c

[@JACrazy3]

Dont jinx it

[@mikekolokowsky]

Cleese: I’m not dead yet! I’m feeling better!

[@markgarner2725]

Brilliant. It never gets old.

[@thrand6760]

RIP to the most loyal french guard who has remained at his post for 48 Years

[@samuelruakere7728]

I love how while everyone else is stone-faced after he is thrown off of the ram-parts, there is just one nun smiling and trying not to laugh.

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

The greatest hero in the history of France

[@catherineoneal1030]

Had to watch it as soon as I saw the post. The French Taunter is one of my favorite Monty Python characters of all time. He still has the sharp wit. To bad he got throttled though. Maybe his ghost will haunt the castle for another 1000 years and continue to delight us with his outhouse humor. LOL

[@nicktate7839]

From King Arthur to Basil, this man made my childhood.

[@seansky2721]

Sir Lancelot, perhaps? The Black Knight as well.

[@mayday6916]

Arthur was played by Graham Chapman. :-) My favourite John Cleese role outside Monty Python is the Russian speaking scene in A Fish Called Wanda. Made me fall in love with him!

[@syppy7416]

I really do appreciate him creating a different variation of the classic "Your Mother was a Hamster" line instead of just reusing it ^^

[@TaylorTCarlson]

Guess he wasn’t kidding when he said he’d taunt a second time.

[@twotales1645]

Loved this probably more than I should have.

[@moomeuh1342]

As a french person, "Go boil your bottom" is such a perfect expression!

[@seculartemplar5407]

This why you never mess with us cabbage hunters. They lettuce get away with anything when producing results.

[@martinalarcon3108]

John Cleese 😮looks like he has been having quite a few Yorkshire puddings and plenty of English breakfast 😮😢😅

[@mcfcguvnors]

The nuns crossing themselves

[@cheeseboytrey]

are you offering mr. cleese a wafer-thin after -dinner mint?...

[@kent.merritt]

Looks like John is giving Mr. Creosote a run for his money.

[@penelopegreene]

Only way to go...

[@pjakep]

Give the guy a break he's 83! Most people are dribbling incoherently at that age!

[@cindydott452]

I remember years ago when i first saw "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". My dad complained loudly about the sound going out on a key scene. Much later, he admitted that he hastily hit mute when the women with the Grail shaped lamp started talking about spankings and, um, other things! I was only around ten at the time! Lol!

[@Blyskawica1]

The jokes on Cleese, he’ll never kill Guise de Lombard, he’s eternal.

[@shaunlodwig]

this is news! showing good news aswell as bad news, i think it's brilliant they've given a legend his own show and said do what you want, well looking forward to it.

[@overrandom2847]

just like last year saw monthy python's quest for holy grail, and yes that french taunter is one of the best scene

[@mightylonesome9426]

In 74 or 75, the local PBS station in Indianapolis began airing Monty Python. They became a Friday night ritual among me and my friends.

[@TomFynn]

In the background material to my DVD set of Flying Circus one of them describes how they landed in the US and there were throngs of people at the airport, all shouting, so they thought: Oh, some rock stars must have landed with us. Nope. Turned out, the people were there for them.

[@mightylonesome9426]

@@TomFynn I'd never seen anything like it. They were basically to comedy what the Beatles were to music.

[@mightylonesome9426]

@@TomFynn I'd never seen anything like it. They were basically to comedy what the Beatles were to music.

[@1970bellanger]

En France, les films des monty pyton sont cultes.Les Français comme moi adorent le cinéma Britanniques.🇨🇵😘

[@SevereWeatherQuester2005]

"Can you throw him off the ramparts, please?" "Alright." *He throws Insulting French Man off the ramparts of the castle*

[@zacharyroberts5937]

1:19 LOL XD

[@velociraptor3313]

This is brilliant, John Cleese I love you. You absolute legend!

[@MrSomaArikado]

The hero we didn't deserve but the one we got

[@AcePilotZach]

What a legend, he'll always he one of my all time favorites

[@VinceHagenbeek]

Justice is served, for the false arrest of King Arthur and his knights. 🤣

[@CountofBeretania]

He got to reprise the French taunter…my life is complete!

[@TheHManShow]

OMG this is the best thing I’ve seen today! And I just woke up so it’s gonna be a great day

[@215_Philly_4for4]

Quarter-witted son of a cabbage hunter. I like it.

[@parkerbeebe4383]

Love how one of the Sisters at the end was trying not to die of laughter

[@seansky2721]

"Us French folk outwit you again!" Mon dieu!

[@alienvisitor8393]

after all these decades,we finally get some relief from his insults. great work

[@whitesolanum]

Interesting that John took the time to tuck in his shirt while the frenchman fell to his death.

[@whitesolanum]

Thankyou kind sir... Johns paunch kind of held my attention. It is a thing of awesomeness which I am doing my best to replicate. @jamesw2414

[@SiiriCressey]

Long fall.

[@hawkeye9793]

How was he able to do so ?

[@SiiriCressey]

@@hawkeye9793 In reality?

[@CliveNDerek]

He had time; it was a long way down.

[@R.P.Pyotrsovich]

Damn Frenchman. How are you still there for centuries?

[@sweetjoey2]

that's the ending we wanted from holy grail but THEY ran out of money to fully do it. and john still has it

[@alexanderhay7358]

i never knew how much i needed to see this

[@gamehappenings]

I love in true monty python fashion the body was an obvious dummy lol

[@raphaeltoast]

Just as fresh as it was. It's at times like this I wish Python was back on our screens

[@t-mac1236]

I legitimately thought John Cleese was dead. I was CONVINCED. Glad to see my unfounded belief was disproven

[@brandonruiz7588]

Wasn't expecting the French Taunter to finally get his comeuppance, but I'm glad he did.😂

[@andrewbull3537]

" I fart in your general direction,your father was a hamster and your mother smelt of elderberries!!!" 😂😅 only monty python could get away with that !!. LONG LIVE MONTY PYTHON !!!

[@darthkhan29x98]

I guess the French Guard really *did* have the Holy Grail because hes still alive, blowing rasberries out at anyone that knocks on his door.

[@aetius7139]

"Your mother is a hamsrer, and your father smell of elderberries".😂😂

[@zakurowolfalphasilverwolf]

I love this!!! Such nostalgia!! Perfect!!

[@echowing9560]

Oh, this made me laugh so hard. John Cleese, you ain't dead yet, and I hope you never stop being funny.

[@Noob64]

Quarter-witted son of a cabbage hunter gotta be the best insult of the year

[@valdovee]

"I fart in you're general direction you're mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries, now go away before I shall taunt you a secondah timah" - the French (Fetchez le vache) 🐄 💨

[@berniecoles2337]

About the only time you’ll find Jeremy Clarkson Masquerading as a French man.😂

[@Idontcarewhatmyhandleis87]

I was wondering who it was! The second time I watched it I was like … “yup that’s Clarkson.”

[@jester5ify]

Think you need your eyes checked...

[@Kurbisa]

Clarkson?

[@kibathemechanic4967]

​@@jester5ify...and their ears, too...

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

The perfect performance, which none of us knew we needed.

[@pierrelaroche3921]

As a Frenchman, I laugh, proudly.

[@jennifer9047]

In our general direction?😂

[@Armoured.Goomba]

The cabbage hunter quote 😂❤👍🏻 he's still got it.

[@bankerduck4925]

A right noble and comical genius!

[@rosskerr1439]

Meanwhile, on the third floor… “Mon Dieu! Somebody just fell past ze window!” “…….. Hmm?”

[@StickFigureStudios]

They should check the body. He may not be dead yet.

[@highrofellos6721]

He was actually correct in the original. He did return to "Taunt us a second time"

[@IronPiedmont]

Holy Grail was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid and the French taunting was always my favorite part. Good to see John Cleese still has it after all these years!

[@maxcardun]

All these years and Brittain finally gets justice.

[@painkiller1968]

I love how in the closeups the wall moves when they put their hands on it.

[@CaptinBen10]

It would have been so cool if they used this as the real ending.

[@S-North]

I'm Brian, and so is my wife.

[@harveydents]

blessed are the cheesemakers

[@hwizell7478]

@harveydents The cheese stands alone

[@harveydents]

Hes not the messiah hes been a very naughty boy! I have theory that god makes Graham and Terry do the mother and son routine reguarrly in heaven and thats the reason why there have been so much thunder lately its god laughing his ass off.@@hwizell7478

[@OfficialAshArcher]

John Cleese is a comical genius 😂 - quote the French Taunter with my friends and family all the time - “I fart in your general direction!”

[@O-DogKubrick]

French Taunter- 1:28 (Dies) Me: 🤣🤣🤣

[@jakeanderson8156]

John Cleese is the greatest!

[@Xeeni87]

oh how i miss this just pure fun no hidden messages or anything just fun if only tv and movies shows were like this.

[@AndrewLakeUK]

Most literally are like this. Piss poor rehashes of actual quality products. John hasn't been funny for decades, so a good fit for a channel full of reactionary, culturally insignificant, nutters.

[@movieknight68]

I'm sure the saps of today would find this skit racist!

[@WelshGiraffa]

He’s mocking us for the second time

[@toy_bonnie]

What a great guard, hes been taunting everyone who approaches for 50 years.

[@thegeneralmitch]

Finally, vengeance for his mother and father after all those years! 😂

[@voodoochild1975az]

And just like that 'Quarter witted son of a cabbage farmer' enters my list of insults to use for all time....

[@Ravenia1614]

He fell so slowly….but so majestically

[@joshuagraham2843]

legends says the french taunter still taunts to this day and still standing

[@mh1290]

Yes!!! Easily one of the best movies of all time. I love to see great people continue their legacy.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

A founding father of random silliness

[@borderlands6606]

Hard to believe Norman castles lasted a 1000 years, when those battlements move every time someone leans on them.

[@seanrobinson6407]

What?

[@borderlands6606]

@@seanrobinson6407 Did you think the close ups were from the castle?

[@oz_medias]

I think you missed the subtlety of the humour. A little tongue on cheek.

[@dixonbuttes]

“Quarter-witted son of a cabbage hunter” is the best insult of the last decade.