The Meaning of Life (5/11) Movie CLIP - Goodbye Gifts on the Battlefield (1983) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Moments before he is about to make a battlefield charge, the Sergeant's (Terry Jones) troops give him an assortment of clocks as goodbye gifts.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. One of our favorite bits involve the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor, pointing out that there's nothing in his contract preventing this. And of course, there's the scene with the world's most voracious glutton, who brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise. Be warned: though hilarious, this may be the grossest bit of comedy filmmaking ever conceived (there aren't enough words in the world to describe it in detail!). Loyal Pythonites Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin star in The Meaning of Life and share writing responsibilities, while Jones is in the director's chair this time out.
CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1983)
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Producer: John Goldstone
Screenwriters: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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[@HueyRocks23]

Wow. I didn't expect "1917" to be this intense.

[@fot6771]

@mannix flint you must be joking

[@__sno__3820]

@mannix flint you actually cannot be serious

[@felixtg3834]

mannix flint cgi? Are you high?

[@Si-sg7vc]

@mannix flint The trenches in 1917 werent CGI. You should see the back sences of the movie they truley tried there best.

[@kylew.4896]

@mannix flint I know who didn't actually see 1917

[@PeterDivine]

Just imagine a WW1 infantry charge and there's this one guy lugging these armfuls of clocks in a dead sprint towards the German trenches while screaming

[@keelanmurphy9941]

lugging armfuls of clocks at a brisk walking pace, I think you'll find, sirrah.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

THE BELL TOLLS FAH THEE, YA BLOODY WANKAZ!!!

[@andrew_owens7680]

The only thing that saved him was that grandfather clock.

[@keraptisblackrazor2658]

"Your time's up Hun!"

[@MaximilianDenisPatrickPonsonby]

@@keraptisblackrazor2658 THIS COMMENT IS EXCELLENT

[@stardude2006]

" You try getting butter to melt at 15 degrees below zero !! There's Love In That Cake !!!!! " Awesome !! ❤️❤️😂❤️

[@And-ur6ol]

that... some days with dysintri,

[@KneelB4Bacon]

2:22 Eric's starting to crack up. :)

[@RZAJW]

looks more like his in pain and on the verge on dying.. and his friend throwing him around doesnt make it more comfortable hahah

[@3AMJH]

He actually is starting to crack up, according to the commentary on my The Meaning of Life DVD.

[@smikusko]

That's hilarious. I've watched this movie so many times and didn't catch that! Even funnier now.

[@DiscordianDisciple27]

I have a suspicion that Cleese and Idle liked to crack each other up. Cleese just flopping him around like a doll probably wasn't in the script

[@kylew.4896]

This scene made more sense than all of WWI

[@weirdshibainu]

It is just as ridiculous

[@Captainkebbles1392]

2:33 "You, bastard" God that gets me every time

[@GunsNGames1]

Yuh, bahstad!

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Delivered as only Cleese can!

[@Ferrychick1]

God, I LOVE how they say "bastard" in their English accents. Hilarious! These actors are adorable!Monty Python is the classical comedy in history!

[@GabrielleTollerson]

Envious Green IKR!!

[@gaz-atolla7519]

There's actually 2 ways to say it, depending where in the UK you're from it's either pronounced bahstard or barstard

[@AudieHolland]

@@gaz-atolla7519 I love how the Scottish say it.

[@BattleMatt]

As a Brit I can really imagine this is the kind of thing we'd do. Part of the humour comes from this is a very British thing, normality and routine in the face of horror and adversity.

[@TheShrededward]

They did this sort of thing on top gear all the time. They'd be out in the middle of Africa, and Jeremy would buy Hammond a sofa or a grandfather clock.

[@bobholly3843]

I remember a story of Brits at the Normandy landings in WW2, trying to brew tea while still on the beach. Granted, they didn't have as much opposition as the Americans did, but it's still rings in my head as making sense, because it was the Brits

[@dankovac1609]

@@bobholly3843 or that one unit in the Falklands that brew their tea under heavy fire. I mean it totally worked in terms of preserving morale!

[@Calligraphybooster]

@@dankovac1609 well yes… but Actually the pleasant and the necessary can be combined, as described by Robert Graves in his WW1 memoirs. All it takes to make tea is a Vickers machinegun and a couple of boxes of ammunition. And some tea of course.

[@dankovac1609]

@@Calligraphybooster thats such a good quote, sounds like a great read!

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

Goodbye Terry. Thanks for making us laugh for our entire lives.

[@nallekarhu7994]

The clocks are painfully symbolic.... The cake, the ultimate detachment from the reality of the situation.

[@D2attemp]

The best is how the dialogue in the captions is from the Tiger and missing leg scene

[@bilbobagginses4941]

My fav is the escaped begali psych patients that escaped making skin out of discarded ceareal packages

[@julian23561]

I mean, saving your rations for six weeks just so you can bake a cake for your CO only for him to reject it in battle is pretty insulting. If you're in battle and your subordinates offer you a cake, don't deny it, set the table and pour some tea and have a lovely afternoon snacking on cake. In the battlefield. With mortars swinging by.

[@hithere8753]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@anderslind8422]

Didn’t realize this was monty pithon till they took out he gifts

[@Vassilli42]

There's love in that cake.

[@arnoldjack7956]

"I don't mean to be ungrateful" lol!!!

[@billmiller2051]

I like how the big clock rings as they pull it up then rings again when it's hit by gun fire and goes back down.

[@johannesnicolaas]

There is love in that cake.... OMG the Brits humor, gets me every time!

[@rockndude87]

How many plates? Six..AH!!!!!!! Oh, better make it Five!

[@cycoholic]

This is where I believe the idea of giving each other useless (often comically large) presents in Top Gear/Grand Tour came from. 🤣

[@muttsdisorder01]

It's the thought that counts. God bless them.

[@vincentwinkleblech3614]

So Funny and So Sad ! They were some of the greatest funny men ever.

[@robskillin2081]

Love Monty Python

[@mivapusa]

The German sniper must have been right bloody confused when they hauled up the clocks

[@samwolfe7752]

"6... better get 5" 😂😂😂

[@bilbobagginses4941]

I suggest, no DEMAND you turn on the Closed Captioning Its an easter egg.....Comedy GOLD "Were inmates ofa Bengali psychiatric institution and and we escaped by making this skin out of old discarded cereal packets" is one. They start at :58. You're welcome.

[@cooperwolfe5478]

Is that when the two guys were dressed as a tiger at another point in this film?

[@MrJL1995]

look at 2:23.... look carefully and you can see Micheal is cracking up XD

[@abbarhazes7029]

2:23

[@mrgumby9962]

That's Eric

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Yeah, that's Eric. It was the Biggus Dickus scene in Life of Brian where Michael broke...

[@theusher2893]

Even when making fun, the British always put together the most realistic looking scenarios of WW1, lol

[@TheJoePilato]

The closed captions are for a decidedly different sketch.

[@jacobishii6121]

There's love in that cake

[@ccsfstudios2321]

RIP Terry Jones.

[@dougreed2257]

Haha hahahaha, these guys are crazy!!! Great stuff, Terry Jones, rest easy!!

[@PoutinePete]

This is based on a true WW1 story except there was no card involved.

[@bobcooper82]

The subtitles are from a completely different scene lol

[@jaguar123987x]

2:00 lol

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

All quiet on the western front shows the true horror of warfare

[@fredlandry6170]

Comic genius.

[@QuickAlbumReviews]

I love that he came back to live to laugh at the butter joke haha.

[@Tommy-qc4rj]

The one who initially starts speaking, that soldier, he feels like Horrible Histories' Jim Howick talking about "Frightful First World War" hehe

[@DC_ABC_123]

Unwieldy, inconvenient, and fragile. Genius.

[@olivermcmeans2166]

You try getting butter to melt at 15 degrees below zero!

[@Defiant_Garbage]

The mustard gas is a great touch.👍

[@libertyforever4270]

The hilarious madness of war.

[@tyleroconnor6310]

In the name of max fosh, dish out the fish

[@benberkhof4265]

How many plates, Sir? Six! (Bang) Make it five. Hilarious

[@raymundoarceo1281]

The subtitle is spot on. :)

[@tigtiger1]

„Better get five.“ he says to the man who has just got shot down!

[@geigertec5921]

Given the amount of people involved in WWI and the span of time the conflict took place chances are something very close to this most definitely did happen.

[@geoffreycarson2311]

Reminds ME of SPIKE MILLIGAN and The TEA CADDY on the STRECHER 😮😮😮😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😎BLOODY ENGLISH 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂and Im English too PIP PIP RULE BRITTANIA !!!✌g

[@gmseed]

Exactly what Python did in films - they told the same gag at least 3 times. They ended up killing a good joke, but probably due to lack of original material.

[@Azoria4]

lack of original material? and what have you produced 🤣🤣

[@F22onblockland]

Just came here from the Simple History video about the absolute legendary mad lads dribbling footballs while attacking the Germans

[@MrBannystar]

That's probably how I got here too! Great channel that be!

[@randyj4452]

Why are the closed captions for the 'Tiger in Africa' sketch???

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Keep calm and have a tea party

[@Riken]

all you have is time

[@deadmeatjb]

0:43 laser sounds

[@adamtzsch]

Toffs is all the same!

[@menbehindthesweaters]

"Youu Bostid!"

[@seanpatrickcain2]

0:55 D'OH!

[@jamesbutler8821]

in reality, all the Germans were shooting at the glass clock and missing

[@generalkrang7138]

absolutely hilarious

[@Tubes12AX7k]

and there's a card... sorry about the blood, sir.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Beautiful!!!! I don't remember this scene!!!!

[@douglaswhite9777]

I'm love English comedy

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

LOL wrong closed captions made it even more fun!

[@ronetele13]

How many plates sir? 😜

[@muppetrowlf1473]

I bet Spike Milligan loved this.

[@iranicus3393]

Exactly what its like in Battlefield One multiplayer :3

[@TheHorseOutside]

Better make it 5

[@cobytang]

FYI Giving someone clocks or watches as gifts in Chinese sounds like being with them when their lives are coming to an end.

[@TealKuruma]

The subtitles are a bit odd

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Spadger! :)

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

The youtube subtitles are complete rubbish for this one

[@broheme8922]

Not five! Five is right out!

[@RND_ADV_X]

What in the world are these closed captions? It's from an entirely different film?

[@padredelaverde]

Did anybody catch that bin number?

[@FlynnWilliamson]

Why are the subtitles to the wrong python skit

[@SeanSmith-mg1ee]

Size 42 boots , cycle

[@ItchyPilauBoto]

Is this a monty python movie? Lol

[@deildegast]

Whats with the subtitles that have nothing to do with what is being said?

[@fattail01]

Wtf is with the captions lol?

[@seanpatrickcain2]

1:23 ...Hooray?

[@NoNameAtAll2]

what... what other movie are those uploaded subtitles from?

[@simon_96]

In Chinese culture you never gift someone a clock because the words sounds like "attend (the person's) funeral"

[@vegvisir9276]

k......not sure who asked or what this has to do with a British comedy group doing a skit about British soldiers during WW1 though.......

[@simon_96]

@@vegvisir9276 consider consuming Richard

[@leonprowse5806]

Why is the captions the tiger skit from the same movie

[@strangelee4400]

"These Toffs are all the same..bastards" Errr...didn't you all come from Oxford and Cambridge...?

[@FouckoffAnddie]

Mines not a clock

[@buskingkarma2503]

😂😂😂

[@deborahlozano7134]

Hahaha

[@weirdshibainu]

They should have just given him an iPad

[@bilbobagginses4941]

Cuz they totalllllllly had Ipads in WW1......Go home. Go straight home.

[@weirdshibainu]

@@bilbobagginses4941 they did man. They used a key to wind them up

[@bilbobagginses4941]

@@weirdshibainu that's a clock. An ipad is totally different. If you are trying to be funny you aren't funny.

[@weirdshibainu]

@@bilbobagginses4941 no....an iPad is a clock.

[@bilbobagginses4941]

@@weirdshibainu it may have a clock program but I assure you it didn't exist then the more you double down the dumber you look.

[@JanJansen985]

So is this channel like a chinese robot running it

[@ethanporter3179]

LOL British People are funny

[@douglaswhite9777]

My uncle was a teenager he lied about his age when the first world war broke up and America needed volunteers he joined the Marine reserves in Maine was eventually shipped overseas was in one of the major battles that the French control the American forces at the time in this battle and he saw some pretty bad horrible things that's so damn sure machine gunning men dying all around him legs being blown off my arms being blown off men being blown in half terrible terrible things he was mustard gas in one of these battles and had to come back home and only to find out that he had lied about his age when you come pretty well know what kind of a Down dressing he had but now he was a medical problem for the service they had to take care of him and for years he suffered from the mustard gas he had inhaled when he was in his youth in the front pretty bad any war is pretty bad the first world war was quite trench intense satellite the Ukrainian conflict of today

[@wezilman]

Punctuation, you should use it.

[@douglaswhite9777]

@@wezilman I know that I keep trying to put the word point in and sometimes it'll take in a lot of times it will just point point or dot or anything but it doesn't take like a trip I don't know what's wrong with my phone and if I put the word punctuation the whole word punctuation goes in I have tried every damn thing I can think of excuse my language sometimes I speak a little rough sorry about that have a good day

[@alanbbrady8196]

"Let's not give im' the cake!"

[@weshden3743]

rt si t'as madame Bowden et que tu dois regarder cette video 5 fois pour ton expression ecrite .........

[@taowroland8697]

All's Celebration on the Western Front.

[@amosonyoutube]

ever war film ever

[@DavidLS1]

Of all the war films ever made, this was one of them.

[@ginch8300]

@@DavidLS1 So true...

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Lol😃

[@probinson4383]

More relevant and meaningful than the steaming pile of offal that is 1917

[@matthewnaylor9735]

Your missing some brains cells mate

[@probinson4383]

@@matthewnaylor9735 On the contrary: a First Class MA from a five hundred year old university means I am in a position to make an informed comment. 1917 is gamer generation waffle with pixel thin characters, risible dialogues and a depiction of combat that was crap decades ago. "All Quiet on the Western Front" is 90 years old and it's better.

[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

When they run out of the gallery like it is a video game with everything collapsing around….so ridiculous😂

[@CylarPentrekov]

What the f0ck is going on with the captions??

[@Krushtykon]

WHAT ARE THOSE SUBTITLES???

[@dewfall56]

OMG! I thought britian outlawed guns! I feel so unsafe seeing them.

[@JammyDodger45]

And yet we Brits don't kill multiple thousands of our fellow countrymen every year with legally held guns. Go figure.