American Reacts to Monty Python Cheese Shop

[@Ingleborough111]

Me and a friend went to see Monty Python on the stage in Leeds, in the 70's. Afterward we were going to a restaurant called Get Stuffed down a side street in Leeds. We had bought a Python cassette at the theatre and were playing it quite loud as we sat outside the restaurant in the car. John Cleese walked past and did a double take, then went into the restaurant.

[@TheEclecticBeard]

That's pretty cool.

[@michaelmurray9544]

Dammit, Beard, he was just pining for the fiords. Not dead.

[@tonygriffin_]

This makes a good party game at xmas when the family is bored with Charades. One person plays the shopkeeper (Cheesemonger?) and another the customer. The customer has to ask for a different cheese each time while the shopkeeper must come up with a different excuse for why they don't have that particular cheese. If the customer can't name another type of cheese, the shopkeeper wins and if the shopkeeper can't come up with an excuse for why they don't have that cheese, the customer wins. This can easily help alleviate any post xmas boredom...though only for about 5 minutes.

[@richardhunter7363]

My brother and I used to play the game down the pub.

[@alienracer3391]

Get a life pal. 👽

[@malthomas987]

the only comedy show to have a style of humor named after them "Pythonesque" now that's an achievement. Also a lot of there sketches were filmed around where i live, Big plus.

[@bromley001]

Cleese and Palin are always brilliant off each other. I think my favourite is probably the Argument Sketch, if you fancy seeking that one out.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

No it isn't

[@troggmeister]

Monty pythons Yorkshiremen sketch is worth a look ! , you' ll be in hysterics judging by your reaction to the 'dead parrot and lumberjack ' sketch !

[@TOYSTITCHER]

😂 SO nice to see you enjoying these ! The Pythons are largely responsible for a huge shift in British Youths’ thinking and perception of society and human behaviour….things in England were never the same again after these guys arrived 🤗

[@arrivalofdoom7449]

The Python lads released this on Audio with a few swears thrown in - I remember listening to it with my mum as I hadn't seen the TV version at the time. We were both crying with laughter. How Palin keeps a straight face coming up with all those excuses is beyond me

[@vinsgraphics]

"I don't care how f**king runny it is..."

[@bromley001]

"I don't care how f**king runny it is..."

[@arrivalofdoom7449]

"Bring the Venezuelan Beaver Cheese hither with all speed" "Awwwwww.... The cats eaten it" "HAS HE?" "She, sir" It's so sharp they cut themselves

[@SoylentBlack1]

grew up listening to these sketches on the audio tapes in the 70's and 80's. i can still repeat every line of every sketch. love it

[@stevenwasserman9729]

One of the most insane slides from civility to stark raving lunacy ever done...

[@robharris8844U]

Two things to note on this sketch. John Cleese REAL name is CHEESE he changed it for stage/tv. The other in sketch is Michael Palin who was born in Sheffield, YORKSHIRE. When Cleese does the translation of his character of "Oxford toff" dialect he then translates it to a broad YORKSHIRE accent for Palin's character to understand - it is poking fun at the English class system as well as the regional dialects. Hope this helps you understand it more. Happy New Year!

[@TerencePetersenAjbro]

This was always one of my favourite sketches, masterly delivered by Cleese and Palin. Impressed how he could remember all those cheeses!

[@rayjennings3637]

The instrument being played is a Greek bouzouki.

[@jamesalexander5623]

The Greek Bouzouki was used in WW II to attack German Tanks!

[@quarkwrok]

@@jamesalexander5623 For that you get one balalaika

[@rayjennings3637]

@@jamesalexander5623 LoL.

[@Isleofskye]

@@jamesalexander5623 I used to eat "Bazooka Joe" gum when I was a lad in London or, indeed, wherever I was. I chewed it n Yarmouth, Exmouth, Burnham On Crouch,all kinds of places.

[@VeteranHedonist]

Ah brilliant 👏 I love Monty Python. My friend who died if cancer at the age of 35 loved it too and when it was the 40th anniversary of the Holy Grail, in-between his Radiotherapy, we took him to the giant cinema screen in Manchester, then to the Beir Keller in Manchester afterwards. It was a Wednesday night and his wife told us to behave and not be home too late with him. We didn't listen to her. It was student night and the Beer was half price and served in 2 pint stein glasses. All the University students were dressed in Lederhosen and it was packed for a midweek night. In the End Tom (R.I.P. ) put us to shame. He was dancing on the tables with the students. He was the youngest out of 5 of us. I'd just turned 40 and the eldest lad was 42. We drank and downed that much beer me and my mate Smithy were being sick in the corner. Whilst all these 25 year old students were dancing round us with Tom, taking the piss out of us, because we couldn't handle the beer like we could of done 15ish years prior to that night. I'll never forget it. It was a fitting tribute to Tom who we called the Ginger Viking. He had a huge ginger beard and a valknut sign tattooed on his hand. When he passed, the 4 of us left all got the same tatoo in the same place on our hands. His wife went berserk at us when we fell through the door with him eventually, about 5 o clock am.

[@andygraves3658]

This has me laughing so hard every time i watch it. As you said, parrot sketch is also a classic. John Cleese is a legend in the art of comedy

[@Kittenwitch90]

First sketch that got me into Monty Python

[@valyriantime910]

This is of the utmost hilarity. I was thinking : "Why don't you just ask him the ones he has, and pick from them?" And just just when the shop keeper was about to name the cheeses he does have, the buyer says no he wants to guess by himself !😂😂😂 That killed me!

[@noother964]

The instrument played in the shop is a bouzouki. The music sounds like an amateur approximation of Greek folk music and the dance is a bit like someone trying a Greek dance (without really knowing the steps). Which is exactly the kind of surreal detail Pythons would add in a sketch!

[@anthonyellis987]

This is an underrated sketch, but it's a classic. Have a happy New Year and 2022!

[@andrewmoss3681]

Mike Myers put it best in my opinion. "Monty Python are The Monty Python of comedy. They set the top level of humour across the board." Hope yourself & the girls had a great Christmas as well EB

[@nicksykes4575]

Hi Alan, have a look at a skit they did during a show at The Hollywood Bowl, it's called "Why Michelangelo Didn't Paint The Last Supper".

[@SilverionX]

I have eating every cheese on that list in one sitting on my bucket list. Well except the one that doesn't exist.

[@BayouMaccabee]

Oh man, you really gotta do Monty Python's "Argument Sketch" next...one of their absolute best.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

no it isn't;)

[@BayouMaccabee]

@@CyberBeep_kenshi yes it is

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@BayouMaccabee Isn't!

[@BayouMaccabee]

@@CyberBeep_kenshi Oh, I'm afraid it is

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@BayouMaccabee Sorry is this a 5 day argument? ;-)

[@okantichrist]

The ministry of funny walks is hilarious 😂

[@okantichrist]

😂 my mistake it’s Ministry of silly walks 😂

[@cliffwheeler7357]

Just helping: The musical instrument is a Greek bouzouki, also popular in Irish traditional music.

[@jasonfazackarley6556]

Ha, another classic.....shut that bloody bouzouki up !

[@bubblebus1]

The word used early in the sketch in the part where Cleese is describing why he came from the library is "esurient" (which means insatiably hungry.) A bit later, when asked if he disliked the music, Cleese comments that he, "delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse." (In ancient Greek mythology, Terpsichore was the muse of lyric poetry and dance.) In line with another posted comment, there is another, live version performed for the charity, The Secret Policeman's ball. Indeed, the language was not limited by the live broadcasting rules of the BBC, and so was a touch stronger in places. That show (Secret Policeman's Ball) has a number of sketches to be found on KZbin. Given your delight in British humour, I suggest such a search is something you would find most entertaining.

[@samgarrod4781]

My 2nd favourite Python sketch. Brilliant ❤

[@karenward267]

Mr Eclectric Beard, good to see your post, and, as always, I'd kill to bottle your laughter as it always puts me in a good mood.

[@AKBrechin]

Angus Deayton surely based his entire repertoire on this.

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

Like classic films good quality stands the test of time.

[@alimar0604]

Welcome back Mr Beard, I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Thank you for cheering me up with your wonderful laughter 🇬🇧

[@livestocknetwork320]

One of my favourite MP sketches. The instrument and the dancing are Greek. Another recommend one is Travel Agent, where Mr Smoketoomuch complains about Spanish holidays...

[@JonathanReynolds1]

John Cleese’s real name is actually John Cheese !! 🧀 😂😂😂

[@anthonyrome7543]

My favorite sketch. I work in retail, and to me it highlights the feeling of conflict between salesman and customer. I’ve also used several of those excuses.

[@20kingsize]

Mr EB, this was an excellent reaction. Truth be told, as a father in the 90s I played this game out with my poor little unsuspecting daughters when they were playing in one of those pop-up tents for children in a garden. I asked them every minute for cheese, and they came up with endless excuses why they didn't have any! Grateful they are both graduates and not bouzouki players after I subjected them to such madness!

[@petejones879]

One of my favourite python sketches.. Even above the dead parrot sketch

[@stevenhodgkinson7462]

Merry Christmas fella and all the very best to you and your family for the new year.

[@toddbrady8540]

Thanks for doing this, it's one of my favorite sketches, hope you had a good Xmas too EB👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@777petew]

Wonderful the timing and the build-up. It's silly, and so it should be. To do comedy with such command of upper class language is hilarious.

[@BrixtonTone]

LMAO ! again !. for me one of the best Python sketches. I went on to discover a lot of cheese after seeing it. Hey EB, please check out Pythons "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" ! guaranteed you'll laugh your socks off.

[@col4574]

If one is a little essurient Norweigian jarlesberg is deliciously exquisite

[@BronyDanProductions]

John Cleese has said that this was one of the few sketches from the third series that he actually liked.

[@spicy321]

It’s one of only two in the third series that he wrote. The other one was Dennis Moore.

[@CostasCostoulas]

the organ that plays is greek bouzouki! the dance is Chassaposerviko... a greek folklore dance!! the dudes are insane! who on earth thought of such a thing!!

[@arwelp]

One of their best! Please take a look at Michael Palin’s series, RIPPING YARNS - the first one, “The Testing of Eric Olthwaite” will get you into the mood (though there’s a lot of Yorkshire accent in that one), also “Escape From Stalag Luft 112B”, “Across the Andes By Frog”, “Tomkinsons’ Schooldays”, or “The Curse of the Claw”.

[@FunkyMando]

The instrument's a Bouzouki. :)

[@neilrendell5630]

How ironic, I am eating a cheese sandwich while watching this

[@jamesalexander5623]

No You're Not!

[@bobbyboko6317]

Does it have any cheese in it ? 🧀

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@jamesalexander5623this is futile

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek No It's Not!

[@NEW5995]

The "Travel Agent sketch" from the "Live at Drury Lane" audio recording is well worth a listen if you get the chance, better than the visual recordings I have seen/heard. Really like your channel content, keep it coming!

[@vinsgraphics]

Wikipedia has a page on this sketch, detailing all the cheeses mentioned and the responses to each. The only fictitious cheese is Venezuelan Beaver Cheese (which has probably been created since, in honor of this sketch, I'd bet money on it).

[@mikebailey783]

@The Eclectic Beard: It was "Eee, ah (I) were (was) all 'ungry, like...!" - a bit of a Northern-dialect slur!

[@sociallyremedial6701]

Bouzouki.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Alan. Cheesy comedy, minus cheese? Have you ever seen Ripping Yarns? It was much like this by some of the Pythons. Eric Olthwaite and Golden Gordon are set in Yorkshire so Mr. Wensleydale would feel right at home.

[@paulcrombie9623]

Brilliant sketch.

[@paulwright9749]

Having to remember 200. Cheeses by Cleese was some achievement!

[@eldoofthe3rd]

Alan I need a..... SHRUBBERY!!!!

[@alanminter4234]

It always amazes me how John Cleese remembers every word in these types of sketches. My personal favourite is the arguments and abuse rooms. Cleese and Palin at their very best. Much funnier than the parrot sketch.

[@kerethmakura4502]

Try the Sketch - Monty Python - Upper Class Twit Of The Year

[@AndrewCusworth]

I suggest watching the self defense against fruit sketch

[@AndrewCusworth]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWzi4uroJiHqa8

[@Ellen-Walker]

Good to hear your laugh again man!

[@happydog3422]

My favourite is the Women's Institute's reenactment of Pearl Harbour 😂

[@billsimonis]

weird al does a parody of the this sketch on his song Alburquerque but instead of a cheese shop he visits a doughnut shop (like Dunkin Donuts). instead of getting shot in the head, he buys a box of one dozen starving weasels that rip off his flesh. The song is off his album Running with Scissors

[@clemstevenson]

Well, they certainly do sell cheese in Cheddar, Somerset. No guns required.

[@josefschiltz2192]

"Came over all 'ungry like!"

[@billysmith3841]

It's a Greek instrument called a Bouzouki

[@ernie316]

I got a warning on FB for quoting Cleese's second last line on a monty python thread. they said i was inciting violence!

[@michaelmurray9544]

Four Yorkshire men. Hilarious.

[@cs8106c]

That first phrase was “ hungry like”

[@TheGathumpus]

Try Monty Python "The Argument"

[@steverpcb]

That guitar is a lute :)

[@rayjennings3637]

No it's not. It's a bouzouki.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

i believe the guy is playing a "balalaika." its an eastern european, mainly russian, instrument much like a guitar. mccartney mentions the balalaika in the beatles song "back on the u.s.s.r." its usually trianglur in shape but i assume there's variations. thanks for the video.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

i just read below its a greek instrument called a 'bouzouki." well, i got the eastern european part right. the sounds made from both instruments are very similar.

[@mistofoles]

Of course, to make things simpler, he could have just said at the start what cheese (if any) DO you have ??

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

Ah the clean version! So many quotable lines in this sketch!! I delight in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse... Well it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese..

[@steevenfrost]

Would have loved the punchline to have been, but we do have Cheese Wizz!

[@rnp497]

I hope you and your family has a good Christmas

[@alexchadbourne8070]

I absolutely love John Cleese. If got like monty python, you should give faulty towers a watch

[@lucywillis4535]

'i want to buy some cheese.'

[@markshaw270]

Wondering when you'll do only fools and horses. It's only the best British show ever to be made is all.

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

The musical instrument is a lute

[@mikeymikeFType]

Kinda reminds me of Laurel and Hardy….ice cream. Got any pistachio

[@zetectic7968]

I can attest that cats like runny Camembert 😁

[@alanhynd7886]

Ever tried to call tech support about your poor broadband connection? It's this.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Try the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, very funny. Or the Lumberjack song.

[@jamesoneill5070]

John Cleese's birth name is John Cheese.

[@gorankopcic7827]

You should watch Monty Python in197something, like I do, on TV, with NO PAUSING! That was laughing!

[@lmcgregoruk]

4:27 Did he say "Breast Milk" after Boursin?

[@PatriciaKelly-gz7vg]

You must listen to the Piranha Brothers by Python, it’s hilarious.

[@jamesalexander5623]

How much did they ask? ..... 3/4 of a Million Pounds! .... What did you do? ..... I wrote them Cheque! .... And? .... They came back a day later and said it had bounced .... And I had to see Doug! ... Doug? ... Doug!

[@colinhughes916]

Love You EB Hilarious From UK 🇬🇧

[@laughingachilles]

When you watch this and Yes, Minister you really do see how dumbed down most writing has become.

[@mariaefelices6543]

Eb. He is the master of body language

[@sarablack2547]

Love Wensleydale it's one of my faves so hard to come by but at least I got some carphilly though not a crumb very disappointed!

[@teanosuger]

My favourite Venezuelan beaver cheese

[@NRTSean]

The instrument may be a loot....

[@cliffwheeler7357]

@ Sean Mason-Corkery. It is not a Lute (correct spelling), is a Greek Bouzouki.

[@BazzSelby]

Haaaa! Classic.

[@petermizon4344]

MIST people are on holiday for 2 weeks lol

[@richardnewbold6155]

Hey Alan will mention again Please do RIPPING YARNS "Tomkinson school days" episode, Featuring Michael Palin from MONTY PYTHON I promise you won't be disappointed it's hilarious.

[@chrisshelley3027]

It was so runny it was still milk

[@aaronmicalowe]

They always cut off the punchline in these KZbin videos in which the cheese bandits ride off into the sunset. That's why he put on a cowboys hat at the end. And now I've told you it won't be funny. Makes me mm-mm-m-mad - enough to eat some cheese.... 🧀🧀🧀

[@Cameraman61]

EB: Peckish? Esurient!

[@benovision6325]

You need to look at the Hungarian Phrase Book sketch

[@richardfoster6494]

So funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!