THE SPANISH INQUISITION (MONTY PYTHON) | *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | REACTION

[@DawnMarieX]

Ok ok I realise now that it's NOT John Cleese but actually Terry Gilliam making the silly faces 😂 Oops! Thank you all for letting me know otherwise I would have continued to believe it was John 😬

[@caseyash4909]

The funniest Python sketch is said by most to be 'Mr Creosote' - and it includes your favourite The French Man. Hey from a Londoner stranded in Thailand. good full Creosote: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/fam1n5ikhr56bas

[@chrisofnottingham]

Nobody expects to see Terry Gilliam in a sketch

[@TheWrongHands18]

Best way to remember... Cleese is like a foot taller than the rest of them.

[@dromeus21]

I guess you didn't expect the spanish inquisition

[@nigeldepledge3790]

I don't know. Dawn clicked on a video that said "the Spanish Inquisition". She might have expected it.

[@michaelrussell3890]

"we're moving on to the Spanish Inquisition. I've no idea what to expect"... Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@dolf370]

Funny, I didn't spot that she actually said that. That is some real funny unintended humor in that comment. 🤣

[@eeduranti]

My thoughts exactly.

[@lokithecat7225]

Caught that as well, delicious Irony.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Glad you said it, because I was going to but I checked the comments first. This was top of the list.

[@teanosuger]

Our chief weapons....

[@southcnr]

She said, “I have no idea what to expect” and I almost died laughing!!! 😂😂😂

[@stuartryan610]

Don't do that, my mourning suit is still not back from the dry cleaners 😜

[@nicksmallwood8828]

That wasn't John Cleese, it was Terry Gilliam. He didn't appear as much as the others but he did all the animations. Great clip, hadn't seen that for a long time!

[@DawnMarieX]

I think this must be why I didn't realise who it was 😂 I was sure it was John Cleese! Thank you so much for watching

[@Songfugel]

He was the odd-man out American in the group who never completely fit in, not only due to his different taste in humor, but also his completely differing animation style that even the other Pythons didn't understand xD While the other pythons were in close writing groups, Terry was doing mostly his own thing to clue together the transitions with his animations, and the others didn't actually see them until on the broadcast itself at the same time as everyone else

[@maku8075]

@@DawnMarieX do a reaction of the lord of rings film series next.

[@markmoil3012]

Correct !It is not Cleese... it is Gilliam...the animator

[@TheCastellan]

@@DawnMarieX For movies, I highly suggest Mel Brook's "SPACE BALLS", it's a sci fi parody.

[@MrNikolidas]

There's one final Spanish Inquisition sketch at the end of the full-length video. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" is said in a courtroom, and everyone looks at the door expectantly. The Inquisition then tries to make it to the court before the end of the credits xD

[@Deorman]

and it's actually my favorite part :p

[@leftcoaster67]

Oh bugger.

[@Doug791]

@@Deorman have to agree.

[@ethanlivemere1162]

He also has a cameo in the Chemist Sketch: "I use one type of aftershave lotion: frankincense... TWO types of aftershave lotion: frankincense... THREE TYPES OF AFTERSHAVE LOTION"

[@MrNikolidas]

Call the neck-st deaf-end-ant

[@darost]

The old lady was the actual mother of Michael Palin (the main priest). Love 💘your laugh!

[@DawnMarieX]

No way! That's amazing 😀 aww thank you so much!

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

And she appeared on SNL with him in 1984.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I remember that! During Palin's monologue he kept having to run off and get her knitting and her shawl and a cup of tea and her book and she wouldn't let him get on with it until she's sitting comfortably. I'd never seen anything like that on SNL before and it had me rolling. LMAO!! Also, SAVE THE PLANKTON!!!

[@TheOiyou]

@@DawnMarieX Actually she was a character actress called Marjorie Wilde and not related to any of the cast. She's very good though.

[@izzonj]

"I don't know what to expect..." What a set-up!

[@titan133760]

For those who don't know, the names of the cardinals in this sketch is Cardinal Ximénez (Michael Palin), Cardinal Biggles (Terry Jones), and Cardinal Fang (Terry Gilliam)

[@williampilling2168]

Terry Gilliam was the American member of the group. He went on to become quite a good film director.

[@RedDragonM1]

If you haven't seen his movies, DO IT. I highly recommend "Brazil" and "Time Bandits".

[@billgrooms3535]

He was also the artist of all the animations 😁

[@alkozath6379]

@@RedDragonM1 Dont forget "Army of 12 Monkeys"

[@GedUK]

"Quite a good director". Quite? QUITE? The man's a genius!

[@brianwilson49]

By ‘quite good’ I hope what you actually means is ‘completely awesome’ 😊

[@joshuasilvius7854]

Make sure you have Ministry of Silly Walks on your list.

[@DawnMarieX]

It's on there 😀

[@greenpeasuit]

@@DawnMarieX i would add: Confuse-a-cat The Smart Sheep And of course Dead Parrot

[@williampilling2168]

And the Cheese Shop

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@DawnMarieX Just watch whole episodes, not just the "best of"...

[@karlmortoniv2951]

@@HenryLoenwind I agree. My favorite thing was how they stitched all these things together and wove them around and back and forth in such a fun way. None of the movies really do that, focused as they are on more linear narrative - not that there's anything wrong with that. Before I saw it I was hoping "Meaning of Life" would be more like the show structurally but they'd gotten bored with that by then I guess.

[@marionmarino1616]

I’ve watched this skit a hundred times and I’ll watch it a hundred more. It’s just brilliant!!

[@AlmightyCRJ]

The person with the scroll is Terry Gilliam, the animator for the show. Consequently, he has a preference towards silly faces, accents & costumes for his live appearances

[@Rasputin443556]

As an American, Gilliam has to fake a British accent, and his isn’t convincing (as opposed to Connie Booth’s). So he usually only has short lines or talks absurdly.

[@DawnMarieX]

I was so sure it was John Cleese! 😂

[@thefilmsett1956]

Cardinal Fang bring the confy chair

[@TheWrongHands18]

Gilliam was the best at doing characters that weren’t held down by English society stereotypes. Look at the diversity in the films: the bridge keeper, the Roman dungeon torturer, the middle of the film guy, the Bo-Peep restaurant maitre’d, the American dinner guest. He was under utilized as a sketch comedy actor. He was busy doing all the animations.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Did he have a preference for silly faces or did he just look like that? ;)

[@davehunt5847]

As someone who could almost recite a lot of their sketches word for word, it is lovely to see someone watching for the first time! I was brought up on the original sketch shows. The first time I ever saw Holy Grail was after getting home (a little bit more than half drunk) one New Years Eve. Scene 1 with the coconut shells made me literally wet myself. So crying laughing isn't such a bad thing in the overall scheme of it!

[@saraliza3137]

I literally fell off furniture laughing so hard between that and the opening credits with the story about the moose! 😂

[@toastnjam7384]

Wasn't expecting a Spanish Inquisition reaction video.

[@3DJapan]

Nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition reaction video!

[@roymagnus827]

I was a stage hand at the drury lane theatre when Monty python was there. No show was ever the same, they would ad lib their skits trying to crack each other up. It was so loved that the show was extended for a few more weeks. I got to meet them all.

[@DawnMarieX]

That's amazing!

[@zfgdun]

I was able to see John Cleese and Eric Idle a few years ago on stage where they reinacted several skits. So Fun! And Eric ended it with singing "always look on the bright side of life" It was awesome!

[@Ironoclasty]

Well, now I have a surplus of envy. What am I supposed to do with that?

[@patrickmay9034]

You lucky lucky bastard

[@roymagnus827]

Patrick May yes .i looked forward to going into work every day.

[@ShinySilvery]

The ‘Pythons’ have their own KZbin channel and each of them did a poll on their favourite skits and sketches. There was only one clip that was on all of the Python’s lists. ‘The Fish Slapping Dance’ featuring Mike and John. It’s vey short, so you may need to add it to another one like ‘Argument Clinic’ ‘Silly Walks’ or ‘Cheese Shop’ that have also have Mike Palin and John Cleese.

[@launabanauna8958]

There are so many, it’s difficult to say!

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Trivia: Biggles is a pilot, the lead character from a series of childrend adventure books, all titles featuring with that name.

[@marklehuray1091]

Captain james Bigglesworth 83 books by W.E.Johns

[@dolf370]

A favorite of mine as a child. And aeroplanes (especially SAAB 37) and flying still has a special place in my heart.

[@ScreamingScallop]

Oh man, now I want to see Dawn take on "Biggles Dictates a Letter."

[@RichardX1]

And I believe that's why Charles Schulz liked to have Snoopy being a World War I flying ace ("Biggles"/"Beagles").

[@dolf370]

@@RichardX1 That was a new one, but kind of makes sense..

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Not quite the end of them. The very last sketch of the episode, in a courtroom the Judge states "didn't expect the Spanish inquisition". The credits are them running & catching a bus behind the rolling credits only for the screen to black as they burst through the court doors.

[@DawnMarieX]

Thank you! I'll have to find it 😀

[@arwelp]

Yup, “The End” appears just as they burst into the courtroom: “Nobody expects the Sp.... oh, bugger!”.

[@ericjanssen394]

Also, on the Python record album where the Inquisition sketches appear, there's an opening joke about the record "really" being a collection of Norwegian folksongs, and then correcting themselves back and forth, like the Holy Grail opening credits... Then, at the end: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4XJfZKrYpmfmac

[@JKM395]

You're doing The Spanish Inquisition? I can't say I was expecting that. I confess, I love these bits. I'm really glad you're enjoying these.

[@DawnMarieX]

😂 thank you so much for watching!

[@peterblood50]

History of the World Pt. 1 has a great, full-on Hollywood Dance Number about the Inquisition. "Now enters his holiness Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition! Torquemada, do not implore him for compassion, Torquemada, do not beg him for forgiveness, Torquemada, do not ask him for mercy. Let's face it, you can't 'torquemada' anything!" Let the dancing and singing begin!!!!

[@richardcramer1604]

peter blood, I love the History of the World Pt. 1, that music number actually taught me that it just wasn't the former Muslins that were the target of the Inquisition like I had previously believed but the Jews also had to covert or leave Spain. I than learned In 1492, the year Christopher Columbus set sail, Spain’s Edict of Expulsion gave Jews a stark choice: Convert, depart, or die. Tens of thousands stayed, but converted, and remained vulnerable to the perils of the Inquisition. How many Jews were killed remains unclear, but a widely accepted estimate is 2,000 people during the first two decades of the Inquisition, with thousands more tortured and killed throughout its full course.

[@mikebunner3498]

The main reason I continue to watch your videos is because I adore you laugh and smile.

[@kurtb8474]

Classic skit! One of their best! The sweet little old lady was awesome! The way she put up with the silliness of Palin, Jones and Gilliam is adorable.

[@andyleclerc3600]

Ohhh a new loyal fan and true! Welcome to our wonderfully weird and silly (very silly indeed) family😅😅

[@DawnMarieX]

Haha thank you! 😁

[@porflepopnecker4376]

We used to get to watch half-hour episodes of this every week. My PBS station (KERA, Dallas/Ft. Worth) was the very first one to show Monty Python's Flying Circus in the U.S. I donated to the station's pledge drive once and got a "Monty Python Is A Twit!" T-shirt.

[@mhlevy]

As said before, that's Terry Gilliam, the single American among the Pythons. He was the animator, as well as a writer, and was one of the directors of a number of the MP movies, however, he's become a truly gifted director on his own. He wrote and/or directed Jaberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil (a visually astounding movie, that combined Monty Python absurdity with George Orwell's 1984, one of his greats,) The Adventures of Baron Munchausaun, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and many, many more.

[@DawnMarieX]

Thank you! I have most of those on my list to watch but I'll add the rest 😀

[@AubreySciFi]

Time Bandits, Brazil and 12 Monkeys are my three favorites of his.

[@tonyshay7722]

I just started watching you. I love watching your videos so keep it up

[@DawnMarieX]

Thank you so much! ☺

[@richardadams4928]

"NOBODY expects the Spa....oh, BUGGER!"

[@Naylte]

"I confess." beat "What was that?!?" - Michael Palin "I confess." bzzt 'Oof.' fanfare "I confess." bzzt

[@leftcoaster67]

"I confess!" Be Seated Sits down and chair pulls away.

[@rfletch62]

Drat! Monty Python's end credits for that episode show the SI crew run to a bus, cross town, and end up at the Old Baily, just in time to deliver the "Nobody expects.." line, just as the screen goes black. "Oh, bugger!"

[@DawnMarieX]

I'll have to find it. Thank you!

[@jamesohara4295]

Actually eveyone expected the Spanish Inquisition, they sent you a letter first hoping you'd do a runner :)

[@ericjanssen394]

Terry Jones in the aviator goggles is "Cardinal Biggles", since Capt. John "Biggles" was the WWI-pilot boys adventure-book hero that was frequently parodied in other Python sketches. (Including one extremely silly Graham Chapman sketch that's worth looking up...) : D

[@BronyDanProductions]

It’s a shame the clip didn’t have the last bit with the Spanish Inquisition. During a different sketch towards the end of the episode, somebody again says how they didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition, and it has the three trying to get to the location while the credits begin rolling.

[@DawnMarieX]

I'll have to find it. Thank you!

[@janpersson9818]

That is the funniest part by far.

[@mattridgley9095]

Buying a bus ticket

[@thefilmsett1956]

No one expe... oh Bugger

[@ericjanssen394]

"NOBODY expects the--" THE END "--Oh, bugger."

[@mattp.3949]

Trivia facts: this episode of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on 22 September 1970 as Episode 2 of Series 2. Michael Palin was the one who penned the line "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" and it was the genesis of the persistent sketch. The trio of omnipresent, but not terribly threatening, Spanish Catholic Cardinals appeared seven times throughout this episode. They were played by Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam. Also, notice that the wild-eyed Terry Gilliam, who plays Cardinal Fang of the Spanish Inquisition, carries a copy of The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology tucked in his arm. Funny enough, the real life Spanish Inquisition cardinals and interrogators notified their intended victims well in advance of the pain they planed to inflict in order to give them time to get them to confess their sins and get their affairs in order. So, in actual fact, EVERYBODY expected the Spanish Inquisition!

[@michaelbastraw1493]

It's too bad that they didn't put animator Terry Gilliam in front of the camera more often. He can mug it up with the best of them. Best. Leo.

[@Dyynamo]

I agree. Gilliam has a face and demeanor made for comedy. All I can think was that he was too busy doing the animations to be involved in the acting roles.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@Dyynamo He did sorta make up for it with that whole directing thing. Best. Leo.

[@ethanlivemere1162]

He appeared more than one might think, but with his face covered: he was usually the one playing knight with the chicken

[@alangray2976]

Brilliantly hilarious sketch, the upper class twit of the year sketch is a good one 👌

[@DawnMarieX]

I've added it to the list 😀

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

They absolutely redefined silliness. Great vid, thanks!

[@DawnMarieX]

Thank you for watching! 😀

[@artbagley1406]

I looked for it here on YT, but you'd most likely get a kick out of "The Cheese Shop Sketch." I love their word play, their almost unlimited vocabularies, and -- of course -- their immense senses of humour. My TV has been broken for months and my laptop doesn't have a DVD player, so I can't watch my discs (The 16 Ton Collection). I deeply appreciate you offering these priceless skits and your hilarious reactions. Terry Gilliam didn't have much on-screen time, but when he was there, he did a great job!

[@trolleyfan]

This was during a period when the BBC was all on about reducing violence on TV - so Python kinda parodied how over the top their rules were, by replacing the torture of the Spanish Inquisistion with...soft cushions and comfy chairs. Python skits frequently just...stopped and moved onto the next bit. Of course, in this episode of the show, the Spanish Inquisition kept showing up in other skits.

[@DawnMarieX]

Haha that's amazing!

[@tjchesney4997]

The guy you thought was John Cleese is Terry Gilliam. Great upload, it was a good laugh!

[@TOYSTITCHER]

Haven’t seen this one for many a long year....thanks for this 👍👍😄

[@jimideth]

“In fact those who do expect it”- always my fav part

[@DAVIDPEREZ-ux8cp]

I found out about Monty python listening to Monty python records after school at my friend's house. Then by the time I was in my teens we would watch the show on TV , and the movies. 😆🤘😆

[@warre1]

In case someone don't know, real Spanish Inquisition always informed ahead of their arrival so that everybody expected them.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

Yes, this was a question on QI some years ago. Stephen Fry asked : who expects the Spanish Inquisition? There was a pregnant pause.

[@hajdukMikboban]

Funny Reaktion it’s really fun to watch ✌️🤣👍 I love Monty Python’s Greets and cheers MIK

[@mikecronis]

Cardinal Fang was the cartoonist and director of all the Monty Python films (and Time Bandits) Terry Gilliam.

[@Briansgate]

I love that you love MP. And you are so darn pretty!

[@zon3665]

Terry Gilliam is the one with the strange expression. John Cleese isn't in this one. Terry Gilliam does all the Monty Python artwork that flashes on the screen from time to time.

[@DawnMarieX]

I really thought it was John Cleese! 😂 oops

[@zon3665]

@@DawnMarieX I have seen Holy Grail multiple times. I have never picked up the "boil your bottoms" bit until you pointed it out. Another laugh after the fact. Thanks

[@bujin1977]

Technically, John Cleese narrated the bit about the Spanish Inquisition halfway through... ;)

[@thewalrus6833]

The Argument Clinic sketch is worth a watch, so funny.

[@jfeeney5622]

No it's not . . . .

[@thewalrus6833]

@@jfeeney5622 Yes it is . . . .

[@danielsmith5088]

These skits are even funnier within the context of the show. They often centered an episode around one theme and would have it recur throughout the episode and even into other episodes. Spanish Inquisition is from season/series 2 where they really started hitting their stride. Seasons 2 and 3 are pretty much the pinnacle of sketch comedy.

[@ChickenatorJr]

Ahaha "I have no idea what to expect' - no dear you couldnt have expected this at all :) :)

[@DawnMarieX]

😂😂😂

[@ryanberman5314]

Your personality is so infectious and I love your accent.

[@wild13hawk]

I grew up watching the Flying Circus with my dad and brothers. We can quote much of it. We are twisted individuals. 😁😁😁

[@GlamityJean]

I didn't expect this video

[@jorgbecker5028]

NO ONE expected this video!!! 😈

[@peaceonearth8693]

So tired and predictable. The only question is how many comment section geniuses will say the same thing that you just did.

[@jorgbecker5028]

@@peaceonearth8693 Oh we have an intellectual here! Welcome! Sit down and have a drink!

[@peaceonearth8693]

@@jorgbecker5028 Somebody had to stop this thread from setting a record. Imho. Just imagine if this thread went down as longest collection of tedious comments in internet history? And, you guys would be leading the charge into viral-ness. No need to thank me.

[@dolf370]

@@jorgbecker5028 I did!

[@steelers6titles]

Terry Gilliam, the lone American Pythoner, did not usually participate in the sketches on-camera, but he is in this one.

[@steelers6titles]

Woman in the sketch is Carol Cleveland, who is still with us. Many a Python sketch featured her.

[@mikebunner3498]

Miss Dawn, I happen to think lately that my grandmother was an Anderson. Small world don't you know...

[@johnjarvis2555]

I could add that Terry Gilliam did all the animation for all the shows and movies but check Brazil with Johnathan Pryce , and 12 monkees with Bruce Willis All Terry's work worth a watch.

[@mikebunner3498]

Dawn, You said it will be silly and funny. Well my dear you are 100% correct. All Monty's are like that... This is great comedy....

[@kenchristie9214]

John Cleese is Terry Gilliaim who always has a problem keeping a straight face. He is hilarious on the sketch "The History Of The Joke" from Live At The Hollywood Bowl.

[@ryananderson3536]

You totally had a moment there at 9:10 where you could have said something like, "I mean, it's like I'm not expecting the Spanish inquisition." 😂

[@CaioMontanari1]

The face you were commenting at 3:30 is actually Terry Gilliam!

[@DawnMarieX]

My bad! 😂

[@TTM9691]

I laughed so hard watching you watch that! Just for your information: that ISN'T the end of the Spanish Inquisition. At the very end of the episode it comes back, it's actually one of my favorite parts of the show. (it's not so much of a "sketch" as it is a running gag throughout the half-hour episode, culminating with the very end). So happy you liked it!

[@tbd-1]

"Oh, bugger."

[@timmackey2896]

I’m a 67 year old American who watched Monty Python growing up, saw all the movies and died laughing. My other USA friends just didn’t get it alt all. I guess it’s my Scottish ancestry. Your videos are a walk down memory lane.

[@csharp9652]

I, too, have known people who don't get the Pythons. It is a matter of taste; for me, the knights who say 'ni' are not funny and Mister Creosote is absolutely unwatchable. Dawn Marie is spot on when she observes that some of the things they do wouldn't even be funny...it's just that these particular guys are doing what they do that makes it funny.

[@apm77]

You inspired me to rewatch my extremely spotty old VHS of the fabulous collection of tributes, making-of documentaries and original sketches that the Pythons made for their 30th anniversary in 1999. However, I regret to report that I am unable to do this as my VHS player has finally given up the ghost and the Python vid is now stuck inside it! I would be grateful for anything you can say to make me feel better. ♡

[@mrcydonia]

You should buy the Blu-rays.

[@DawnMarieX]

Put me on the spot why don’t you 😂 ok here goes one of my favourite lines from the holy grail... I fart in your general direction! 🍑💨

[@allendesalme197]

The one with the beard making the faces is Terry Gilliam, the guy who does their crazy animations

[@johnmcaleer7099]

You get the feeling it's a group of lads just playing silly bugers🤣🤣🤣

[@AubreySciFi]

There WAS actually a third appearance of the Spanish inquisition in the episode where this appeared. The first and last sketches basically bookend the episode with this one in the middle somewhere. The third inquisition bit is actually mostly location footage as they are out and about somewhere in London and spend the ending credits trying to get to where the people are that last said, "I didn't expect the Spansh Inquisition." It's a great ending to the episode. I love it. Actually this episode in general is one of my favorites of theirs.

[@traceyreid4585]

So funny to see this again... Michael Palin is just outstanding

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Fear the comfy chair! 😊

[@DawnMarieX]

😂😂😂

[@HemlockRidge]

Try watching "And Now For Something Completely Different", a movie that is a montage of skits from the Flying Circus show. It should give you an insight into how their skits were rapid fire and short.

[@DawnMarieX]

Will do! Thank you 😀

[@ericjanssen394]

​@@DawnMarieX The Dead Parrot sketch linking into the Lumberjack Song ("What about me bloody parrot?") was from the Completely Different movie version, and it gives a good idea of how links helped one sketch flow into another on the TV episodes as a sort of stream-of-consciousness.

[@pauldobson2529]

One very short clip was The Fish-Slapping Dance…what sort of mind conceives of this brilliance?

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

That movie is newly filmed performances from the first tho series. Personally, I prefer the tv show versions.

[@Swenglish]

Honestly, I think that movie made a lot of the sketches less funny than they were in the show. The simplicity of the directing in the show (more like live performance) really helps the comedy land in a way that throwing money at it doesn't.

[@wwciii]

I wasn't expecting this!

[@WyldstaarStudios]

One of my faves. Years after I first saw this sketch, I was disappointed to learn that in reality, everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. They were required by law to give notice far in advance.

[@lunog]

8:46 There is more of the Spanish Inquisition, they keeped appearing in several sketches along this Monty Python episode, always whenever "nobody was expecting" :)

[@shack8110]

there is more at the end of that show

[@zaqwertyfish]

This was unexpected! Get the Comfy Chair!

[@TheScreamingMime]

The dude with the scroll was Terry Gilliam, the American member of the group.

[@DawnMarieX]

My bad! 😂

[@Monkey_D._Gaddafi]

i think youd like blackadder too. s1 e1-4 are the good stuff

[@DawnMarieX]

I'll check it out. Thank you!

[@AubreySciFi]

My favorite season of Blackadder is the second one set in Queen Elizabeth's court, but the first season's got it's fun episodes too.

[@DanielJohnson-cy1dw]

This one might be tricky to find (on KZbin) but my absolute favorite Python sketch has to be "The Piranha Brothers" (DINSDALE!!!).......every member has shining moments in this semi-longer bit!!!! ......it's genius, and it makes me pee a little every time I watch it. :) Love your reaction vids, Dawn! SO SO SO SO Happy you're into Flying Circus!!!!!!

[@mouseshadow5828]

Once I was out tending my garden and, out of nowhere, I got The Spanish Inquisition.

[@siwatts1284]

There is loads of Monty Python on Netflix. Lost count of how many times I watched it.

[@UnclePengy]

In the last sketch of that episode, someone in a courtroom mentions the Spanish Inquisition, and then everyone looks expectantly at the door, as the credits start to roll, and the three cardinals race across London to get there before the credits end. He bursts in just as the credits finish and shouts "NOBODY EXPECTS THE ... oh, bugger!"

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

See Terry Gilliam movies to really get the perfect embodiment of this comedic spirit.

[@nickgrazier3373]

During the Monty Python sketch programs the sketches used to ramble through the program with characters like the “Spanish Inqaesition” and the “Parrot Sketch” followed by because of frustration and boredom with his pet shop job the singing of “I’m a lumberjack” song accompanied by the Canadian Mounties j singing the chorus. The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974. How do you think your Grandparent went mad and had such cartoony stupid imaginations? The comedies that came out before and after this period were prodigious (lots of them), including the radio goon shows, the carry on movies, the Cranky’s and the Clint hero Kid and all the rest of the commodes that were generated after the WWII. Monty Python’s Flying Circus, to give its full name was bloody hilarious every episode was different including the cartoon sequences during the sketches to chives things along to the next scene. One of the scenes had me falling off my chair was the fish duel on the docks. One bloke smacked the other one on the face with a trout the other hit back with a bloody great salmon he went straight over the edge. Anyway they need to bring it back on TV straighten out the slow American comedy inspired flat rubbish of today. Look it up on you tube they may have some available.

[@davidgough4152]

Lovely to see you appreciating Monty Python. I was in my twenties when it first came out. We used to threaten each other with "the comfy chair" if they said or did something we disagreed with! By the way, the ugly one isn't John Cleese in this. I think(!) it's Terry Gilliam but like you I am chiefly a Michael Palin and John Cleese Fan. I've just spotted your comment below but will post this anyway. I love the Travel Agent sketch but the original version, which was the best, seems to have disappeared from You Tube. There is a live version though where they do it on stage. The amazing Eric Idle does a phenomenal monologue about being on holiday in Spain. x

[@dennismason3740]

That's not John Cleese (Spanish Inquisition) - it's the animator, named Terry Gilliam, who went on to become quite a renowned director of excellent films.

[@AstroXeno]

The thing about Monty Python is that most of their sketches link into others, so one sketch can end rather abruptly. They also often bring the same sketch back into another sketch later on in the program, so really the best thing to do is just watch complete episodes of the Flying Circus if you can do it without getting blocked. I'm pretty sure the Spanish Inquisition does come bursting in to another sketch later on in this episode, and I think they even pop up once or twice in later episodes, just randomly commandeering sketches when nobody is expecting it...

[@eivindkaisen6838]

Not only did the Spanish Inquisition not use "The Comfy Chair", they gave you 30 days' notice!

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

"I've no idea what to expect"..........NOBODY EXPECTS........

[@Pixelologist]

I hate that I was two days too late to get this comment in first. Dammit!! It's just that it was so unexpected!

[@alanr4447a]

There was also a courtroom scene where somebody made the "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" remark, and it cuts to show us that the inquisitors were caught unawares in some faraway locale. Then all during the end credits we see the inquisitors making their way by bus to the courtroom, finally arriving just as it says "The End", making them curse the fact that they were too late!

[@mjdaniel8710]

Public TV played Flying Circus in the 70s when I was a teen and I loved it right off

[@notvalidcharacters]

That's not John Cleese, that's Michael Palin, flanked by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam. And yes, this sketch is his best facial expressions. The creepy face (Biggles) is Gilliam. He also draws the cartoons. John Cleese is the voice of the historical narrator, But that's not at all the end of the sketch, it actually comes up again at the end of the episode and ends it, and it's brilliant.

[@greenpeasuit]

As I recall the scene goes from that bit, straight in to a random barrage of animation with characters being told to confess, saying they are innocent, and then weird things happening to them, before segwaying in to a new sketch.

[@robertjackson3552]

fun fact every one expected them as the Spanish inquisition gave thirty days notice 😉

[@misterprickly]

A good movie to watch would be "Jabberwocky". Directed by both Terrys (Jones and Gilliam), Starring Michael Palin and cast with the who's who of British comedy... And it has Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) as the Black Knight! It's also a great follow up to Holy Grail.

[@RosaLichtenstein01]

Monty Python broke new ground in comedy in the early 1970s but unfortunately many of their TV sketches (hilarious back then) haven't stood the test of time. Their films have though; the Spanish Inquisition, too.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

Oh the Spanish Inquisition I didn't expect that.😅

[@happyfunster7665]

I don’t know what to expect...classic....The is one thing you never expect......

[@fiorinifury]

I can’t wait for your reaction to The Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@michaelhannemann7565]

Was going to inform you, but you had watched so much ( believing that Terry Gillam was John Cleese) that I simply didn't have the heart to inform you... because you were having such an Amazing time watching these videos.... 😀..... keep up these fantastic reaction videos too

[@bendorlinhg6180]

Love to see someone having so much fun

[@DawnMarieX]

Thank you so much for watching! 🥰