I FINALLY Watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail.... I am HEALED!

[@TheMirandalorianReacts]

I hope you enjoy this reaction! We tried the best that we could to include as much movie context as possible, but because the scenes were so long and there was so much music & iconic dialogue, this kept getting copyright claimed! Pray that this video doesnt get get hit with a delayed claim, but it should be okay! Otherwise, i loved this movie and i see why so many people loved its goofiness! HELP HELP I'M BEING REPRESSED!

[@ChicagoDB]

“…and after the spankings…the oral sex”

[@ChicagoDB]

“Now go away…or I shall taunt you a second time!” 🤣

[@frugalseverin2282]

I'm surprised you got so much of it posted. They did release "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and The Holy Grail". It's worth a listen because in addition to sounds from the movie there is a LOT of extra material. They made several comedy albums in addition to their TV series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". There are more films too.

[@whiteknightcat]

Bless you, my child, for finally experiencing this comedic masterpiece!

[@OriginalWatchcow]

Monty Python is not a person it's a sketch comedy group. They have a few other movies that are assembled as sketches of loosely related topics that eventually circle back to a central theme. There was a variety show of sorts that showed up on television that was also just sketches, but mostly unrelated. This was "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and was a weekly program on BBC for years. Most Americans got to see it as reruns on late night TV and some states aired it on there education stations. "Random" is a good call. Their skits often called out political and social issues of the day, so we could probably call much of their work satire as much as comedy. It does point out some interesting linguistic differences between Brits and Americans. The French taunters were a reminder of the longstanding hatred between the cultures that share way more than they care to admit. Brits may own sarcasm, but out of that same language, Americans became the absolute owners of insult.

[@ostrichman]

Still kills me that the Black Knight is guarding a tiny bridge over what is just a hollow and they can clearly walk around it.

[@matta5498]

He was a good fighter against the green knight but terrible against Arthur. One of his strokes goes so wide, yet Arthur parries it unnecessarily.

[@richieb7692]

The tiny bridge thing was written into Robin Hood.. Men in Tights.

[@Nic-ye2yz]

Took me years to realize that, so damn funny

[@pfeilspitze]

"They call me Little John, but don't let my name fool you. In real life, I'm very big."

[@Varksterable]

​@@matta5498I've always thought the same about castles. Any army can simply go around them, right? But that's not quite the point...

[@macronencer]

29:40 That sound of the arrow hitting its target and Eric saying "message for you, sir" was my text alert for many years.

[@matta5498]

My email alert in 92.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

Mine too! LOL!

[@MadSlantedPowers]

It was my email alert in AOL. "Hello, who eez eet" was the welcome sound.

[@xArt_16]

Oh my god, I have to do that now (edit: I did it.)

[@xsithspawnx]

Same!

[@RothAnim]

The Black Knight sequence is exactly what it feels like to argue on the internet.

[@Texas240]

I completely disagree! (wink, wink, nudge nudge)

[@zombiechow9974]

​@@Texas240Say NO MORE!

[@JustSomeDudee]

@@zombiechow9974no more

[@joshdavis3743]

I think the don't leave the room scene is what it feels like to argue on the internet.

[@Yoderstein666]

Monty pythons flying circus has many scenes that would work for this comparison. Be it the show or their movies.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

As an Ecuadorian, I am happy that 40 of our specially trained mountain llamas directed this movie.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

A credit to your country for sure!

[@David-bp5kd]

As a Bolivian I am extremly envious! We have competent llamas too....😢

[@PepeTheJonkler]

They did a fantastic job. You definitely should be proud.

[@Lellela]

The level of training those llamas displayed was truly awe inspiring.

[@markdenio4537]

Were we supposed to shout "Look out! There are llamas!"

[@Lueluekopter]

46:00 We had credits at the beginning, remember the moose? Also, that ending was a literal "cop"-out, because they couldn't find a good way to end the movie

[@argoniastation]

And they also really didn't have a budget. They've joked about it a few times...but the reality is that they had no money. Pretty much all the castle scenes, are the same castle from different angles.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

It's a fair cop.

[@Zentron]

​@@argoniastation Also, Graham Chapman was the only one to wear actual chainmail, everyone else wore knitted wool.

[@stevedavis5704]

They were also running out of money.

[@Great_Olaf5]

They also fired the people who made the credits.

[@TheMsLourdes]

I love that the end is a literal cop out. Most people miss the obviousness of the end just thinking it ends weird :)

[@Varksterable]

IIRC they just ran out of budget and ended up with this 'cop out' ending. Who knows what we might have missed... But as it stands, it's a totally suitable ending anyway. 😂

[@danielgreenwoodii2741]

Not only that but the original ending called for this epic battle scene between armies where they storm the castle and finally get into the castle... only to find out the Grail was never there. 😂 But they ran out of money, so they ended it that way. It confused me too on my first watch through.

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@TheJerbol then it wouldn't be Python

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

Guys.. The end is the police catching up with them for one of the knights putting a sword through " a famous historian". It's the only time you see a real horse in the entire movie! It's perfectly logical. Of COURSE. The police are shown interviewing right after the " famous historian" is murdered. They spend the rest of the film waiting for the right moment to make an arrest. Simple really

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

They didn't "run out of money". They couldn't get the " grail" because the French got to "Castle Arrgh" first.

[@arildsolemdal6966]

- One day, lad, all this will be yours! - What, the curtains?

[@ostlandr]

Beloved Saratoga Springs NY socialite Marylou Whitney was the widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and heir to the Whitney Timber fortune. Yes, she really did have beauty, brains and HUUUUUGE tracts of land (in the Adirondacks.)

[@irocz11]

anytime i think of this movie i will just keep saying "the curtains" over and over because it makes me laugh every time i say it. 😂

[@crystalgemgirl731]

I think God forgot to include batteries with that prince's brain.🤦🏻‍♀️

[@stanley13579]

This is a joke I use on people all the time. Not "the curtains" per se, but drawing attention away from what they actually mean, onto something they're not even paying attention to. Like if they see a really sick car: "Did you just see that?" Me: "What, the mailbox?"

[@arildsolemdal6966]

@@stanley13579 Me and my gf use "Look! The town hall!" It's from a comic strip where one of the characters slips his tongue and reveals he was the one ordering some sick pnor to the other guy, who had stolen his gf. They are on a local train btw. "So, it was YOU!" "Look, the town hall!"😅

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

14:42 They wanted to burn the witch -> Why do the witch burn? -> Wood also burn -> Witches are made of wood -> Wood floats on water -> So does a duck -> Someone weigh the same as a duck -> A witch

[@modelcitizen1977]

Her actually being a witch and them circuitously finding the right way to confirm it a witch is the best gag in the whole film for me.

[@granitepenguin]

You have to put this in the context of watching it in a theater. Intermissions were a thing, so people would have started to get up only to have the movie start again after a few seconds, and the ending would have left a packed theater with people all collectively being confused if it was over or not.

[@Thezerohgee]

At the premier of the movie there was a bomb threat on the theatre and while people were being evacuated they were laughing because they thought it was a Monty python bit 😂

[@GagnesterLOL]

thanks you so much... i miss that joke the two/three times i've watch the movie!!!! it's too funny hahahaha

[@saemj]

I remember watching it with my dad in the cinema, we were so confused at the end, everybody kept watching expecting something more to come up haha

[@davidtaylor-cc7ig]

This was the most unwatchable, intolerable reaction video that I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Ruined an awesome movie.

[@SandJosieph]

@daniellysohirka4258 You can probably blame the copyright system for that.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

The whole bit about Nimue is so much fun: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king." "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." "Be quiet!" "You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" "Shut up!" "I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!"

[@Hare_deLune]

"Will you shut up! Bloody peasant!!"

[@vorkosigrrl6047]

I memorized this, too. Love it!!

[@joyfulyes]

Watery tart in a nightgown, I thought. But excellent

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Because we, the masses, apparently just love having a ruling class making all our decisions for us.

[@knotsbygordion]

The bad latin chanting loosely translates to "Oh Lord Jesus, give us a break."

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Well it's also actual typical religious text, you're really using the loose translation to your advantage here lol

[@kennethpedersen47]

Watching people watch the holy grail for their first time is almost always pure gold.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

A friend: "I really love her but I don't know if she'll marry me. What should I do?" Us: "Build a bridge out of 'er."

[@captainpoppleton]

it was like watching a nervous 12 year old take their first sip of whisky

[@nickthedreamer4434]

"This has to be a stage musical!" IT'S CALLED "MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT" AND IT'S A FANTASTIC TIME!!! The original cast had Hank Azaria as Sir Lancelot, David Hyde Pierce as Sir Robin, and even Tim Curry as King Arthur! I also got to be in a community theater production of this! I got to be a French Taunter, a Nun, and the bass who sings "I have to push the pram-a-lot!"

[@uncmello]

The lady of the Lake was played by Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca in Ted Lasso) in London and Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy) on Broadway.

[@richieb7692]

Spamalot is just wonderful... I've seen the official version twice and a couple of local theatre productions. Both of them were just a great night out.

[@hitherfetcher]

Fellow community theatre participant! I got to play a Monk, Dennis' Mum, Sir Not-Appearing, a French Taunter and Concorde.

[@Razgriz85]

Sad fact: I missed the opportunity to see Spamalot when it came to my college because I had to work that weekend.

[@Cantmakeupmymindonaname]

I baught a killer rabbit at the spamalot show that i went to! Sooo much fun!

[@dernwine]

John Cleese has the best awkward pause when asked why witches burned. It was so long that Eric Idle next to him had to bite his scythe to stop him laughing. (Another game is to try and spot how many characters each of the Monty Python band play, because damn I've watched this movie more times than I can count and sometimes I still am surprised by it)

[@LordVolkov]

Some of them you have to identify by voice. Terry Jones being the other peasant is one of my favorite little side roles. "There's some lovely filth down here!"

[@gerchwurzelsepp8243]

Great catch!

[@dernwine]

@@LordVolkov Michael Palin and John Cleese arguing about Swallows on the castle walls. Shoutout to Michael Palin arguing with himself at one point. "Since the death of her old father..." "He's not dead yet!"

[@PrinceJediMaster]

John Cleese as the Voice of The Black Knight

[@zacharyking3374]

John Cleese also plays the warlock named Tim. Fun fact about that scene: Cleese was given a super long and intricate name but forgot during filming, so he just said "Tim" and they kept it in because it was funnier than the name they had lol.

[@sakurap95]

The best part is realizing that Lancelot couldn’t have killed the historian because the killer was riding a horse! 🐎 😂

[@57ditchdigger]

The famous historian was based on a real person. Back in the early 1980s, I had a world history class where the prof introduced the section on England by showing a film. He warned us we'd be watching a noted historian with the driest delivery we'd ever seen. He warned us not to fall asleep. I hadn't seen Holy Grail in years at that point, but that historian in the history class film looked familiar. A few weeks later I saw the Holy Grail again, and now those scenes with famous historian were hysterically funny with context. The guys who were in the history class with me and watched Holy Grail with me cheered when the famous historian was killed. I wish I could remember the name of the real life famous historian.

[@corbinhbucknerjr558]

I've always thought it was French cavalry, out causing mischief.

[@corbinhbucknerjr558]

@@Clavers1369 Yes, they fired everything over EXCEPT a horse. They saved that one.

[@immortalsofar5314]

But where did they find a horse? Not even the African swallow could carry one of those!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Is the dry historian also who Professor Binns from Hogwarts is based on, do you think?

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

When John Cleese was playing Tim the Wizard he forgot the long, complicated name he was supposed to say after "but there are some who call me" and just said ...Tim

[@nagranoth_]

That's a myth, this was actually an intentional joke in the script.

[@mightybean7840]

​@nagranoth_ Oh, you're making it up as you go along!

[@Terry-ik8qy]

My favorite quote is "There are some who call me...Tim." The long pause followed by the common name is too funny.

[@matthewdunn1263]

Behind the scenes knowledge tells me that his name was supposed to be really long and grandiose. And he flubbed the line.

[@RubensBudgetCreations]

You're right. John Cleese forgot the name and just used Tim​@@matthewdunn1263

[@darcraven01]

​@@matthewdunn1263 thats a common myth that Cleese has gone on record debunking.

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@matthewdunn1263 I always figured he was supposed to say he was Merlin... and then just didn 't.

[@ostlandr]

I was all set for him to say "Merlin". It was like expecting to take a sip of cola, and taking a sip of straight whiskey instead.

[@mayorjimmy]

Been quoting this movie for 3 decades. Never gets old. "I got better."

[@ugaladh]

So many quotes we all used back then and still, but one less used that we always tried to find a use for was ...."and there was much rejoicing". And I always used "Look at the bones!"

[@Sprangle1]

Very small rocks

[@Nebuloid1]

Always quote the two mud people in the beginning, "moistened bint" and "ooh some lovely filth in here".

[@sbg911]

"One day, all of this will be yours" "What... the curtains?"

[@mayorjimmy]

She's got huuuuuge... Tracts of land!

[@ElroyMcDuff]

"Well she turned me into a nnnewt!" The way he says "newt" gets me every time, and then the follow up!

[@mcjim256]

Well, I got better.

[@ianloeb1672]

@@mcjim256BURN HER ANYWAY!!!!!

[@samsowden]

she turned me into a ÑÑÑÑoot!

[@HammerHeart3229]

It's the follow up that gets me, 'BURN HER ANYWAY!' 😂

[@ghomerhust]

@@samsowden gotta have the twist on the N there haha

[@j.lightlady7596]

Fun fact: John Cleese said in an interview, that all the castles exterior shots were actually all the same scottish castle, filmed from different sides/angles, that they rented for a single day. Of course, he could've been joking.

[@ZSAZSS09]

He didn't.

[@Wildflower90640]

Yes, there was a special where they visited the actual castle and explained the locations and angles for each of the shots. Including Swamp Castle and Castle Anthrax.

[@reidmason2551]

Cleese was partially right. Most of the castle shots were Doune Castle, both exterior and interior. But Castle Aargh was Castle Stalker, a privately-owned property, and the Castle Grayskull-looking building at the start of the film was Kidwelly Castle.

[@johnbarry1712]

Hey, Miranda....if you like John Cleese, you should check out his series "Fawlty Towers". He plays the owner/operator of a little B&B in England and.... let's just say hilarity ensues.

[@ftumschk]

A little B&B? It had 22 rooms, many of them doubles! Basil would be mortified :)

[@bwilliams463]

Probably the funniest Britcom of all time - which covers a LOT of ground,

[@krccmsitp2884]

Oh, Fawlty Towers would be great! But don't mention the war.

[@RMBittner]

@@krccmsitp2884OMG…one of the funniest episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.

[@catmann598]

@@krccmsitp2884 I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it

[@stevestrasser7892]

After the last few elections, "Strange Women Lying in Ponds Distributing Swords" is starting to sound like a great basis for a system of government. 😊

[@nintendork9207]

Compared to the absolute NONSENSE we've had here.... yea, I'm inclined to agree. Definitely more willing to trust a moistened bint lobbing a scimitar at someone than the bunches of knob heads we've come to deal with.

[@ViolosD2I]

@@nintendork9207 On the other hand "Help I'm being repressed!" gets quoted more than ever! ;D

[@thoughtful1233]

"An elegant system from a more civilized age"

[@SuzanneO707]

The peasants digging dirt😂😂

[@senorsiro3748]

Reject Depressing Democracy, Embrace Comedic Monarchism

[@chaos_ae]

Weird historical references with the french scene: dead livestock as ammunition was done to spread disease, but the live animals is a joke. 'Your mother was a hamster' - Hamsters have a lot of children, basically calling her a slut. 'Your father smelt of elderberries' - Elderberries make wine, calling him a drunk

[@chargree]

Thanks for the information. I had no idea about the hamsters and elberberry references. They just seemed completely random to me. Calling his mom a slut and his father a drunk makes alot more sense than just random phrases.

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

Elderberries (and fruits in general) were thought to be able to cure hemorrhoids as well. Which were also thought to be caused by homosexual activity.

[@chargree]

@@DonP_is_lostagain ohhhh, thats a good reference also!

[@Kaltsit-]

I love being a history nerd.

[@Kaltsit-]

Another thing to add is that usually the dead livestock was used in taking over castles because the ones inside couldn’t leave or get rid of the dead animals.

[@robertcartwright4374]

Sir Bedevere - "There are ways of telling whether she is a witch." Peasants - "What are they?" "Tell us!" "Do they hurt?"

[@RedwoodTheElf]

15:15 When the accused witch says "It's a Fair Cop." this is a British way of admitting guilt. And yes, there is a stage musical of this, called "Spamalot"

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

well she weighted the same as the duck.... so first they then give her a ducking.... and if she survives, then they burn her....

[@ostlandr]

That is one of my favorite lines in the movie. "Okay, you got me, I'm a witch."

[@MGmirkin]

I actually saw Spam-a-lot in Las Vegas for a conference / vacation. Was hilarious!

[@magpiesfan]

And the witch was Connie Booth (John Cleese's wife), who played Polly in Fawlty Towers.

[@exidy-yt]

It does my heart so good to see someone fully 35 years after I saw this movie laugh their ass off at seeing it for the first time just as hard as I did with my friends back then. So much gold you just forget some of it and I laughed all over again watching this reaction. Great stuff.

[@Frothenbath1]

I don't know if it shows up in other versions, but I have a DVD copy of the movie that I got many years ago. It actually starts off showing a different film, letting it run for a minute or so, then having someone grumble and "change the reels" to the actual movie. I love it so much, lol!

[@Hare_deLune]

What I heard was that the theatrical version had been intended to start that way, but for whatever reason it didn't happen. So, the version on disc is "supposed to be" a fully restored version of the original film. Monty Python are well known for trolling the audience.

[@dannylgriffin]

That is the movie about a Swedish dentist that is referred to in the beginning credits! Many people don't even know it exists.

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

There's the milkman movie, and the one with the fighting accounting firms... yes, and they were part of the original. So people thought they went into the wrong movie.

[@ostlandr]

@@jeffreymontgomery7516 I thought "The Crimson Mutual Assurance" was in "Meaning of Life"?

[@colinbaker3916]

It was an early 1960s British comedy called Dentist on the Job, starring Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey. There’s a mad chase scene near the end, where they invade the set of the quiz show Take Your Pick. In the Holy Grail DVD, Dentist on the Job plays up to the end of the opening titles, then you hear Terry Jones in a gruff voice saying “Wrong bloody film … Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

[@andrewmorton9327]

Most of this movie was filmed around Aberfoyle in Scotland including the slate quarry behind the village. The castle is Doune Castle to the east of Aberfoyle which also features in the Outlander series as Castle Leoch.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

I think I read that Doune Castle was used for all the castle scenes except the one on the island at the very end, is that right?

[@tremorsfan]

The coconut gag was only supposed to be for just that one scene but because it was cheaper than renting real horses they kept it in. That castle actually has a halved coconut for tourists to play around with.

[@CyndirMyLuv]

I had been told England was trying to sell more coconuts and MP being MP couldn't resist this gag. Also much cheaper than getting real horses.

[@davidstraight3622]

My favorite line is the Scots castle owner who, after Sir Lancelot has slaughtered half of the wedding guests, says, “This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not argue and bicker over who killed who!”

[@Cory_Springer]

I always bring this line out when at a wedding reception

[@MultiCappie]

"Ooo kelled ooo."

[@mikesmith-rp1mb]

Scots.?......go back and listen to his accent..!

[@ruthaderginsburg9506]

They weren't scots, the lords accent is more of a Yorkshire accent, they do sound q bit similar tho being up north and all

[@maximillianford9301]

'You fell out of the tall tower you creep.' God their delivery was fucking sublime

[@davidh6284]

Right at the beginning I was screaming "why aren't you reading the subtitles!?" Glad you finally caught on

[@Hermititis]

But then she still missed all the llamas.

[@SandJosieph]

@@Hermititis She did say she was blind by that point so I wouldn't blame her.

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

I knew it was a matter of time...

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

@@Hermititis She might not have missed them - apparently this keeps getting flagged for copyright, and they had to chop out stuff... then more... then more...

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

She sacked her editor.

[@AtrusOranis]

One of my favorite quotes from the movie was at the Witch scene: The villigers have determined that the way to test if the woman is a witch is by weighing her against a duck. The scales balance, the vilagers cheer, and as they take her off to be burned, the woman states "It's a fair cop". In Britain, the phrase "It's a fair cop" is kind if like the phrase 'You figured me out fair and square". I like to think that, dispite the completely backwards logic, it turns out the woman was ACTUALLY a witch.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Cleese did divorce her later so I think he probably agrees!

[@michaelhall2709]

I don’t know that she was ACTUALLY a witch, but it’s certainly funny that Bedevere’s logic convinced her that she was.

[@JonBrase]

The scales don't even for sure balance, they pass through level, and everyone screams "a witch!", but they're still moving. And that's the moment when she decides to casually admit guilt.

[@Syntherus]

The cops were looking for the murderer of the historian. The ending is a literal cop out.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

What ... are the last words uttered in the film?

[@ostlandr]

That is actually illegal. In canon from Monty Python's Flying Circus, it is illegal to end a sketch by having the police arrest everyone. Which leads to an endless loop of more police arriving to arrest the previous police.

[@thephantomeagle2]

That’s Monty Python they’re very random. It just ends. No credits(they were at the start). They finally get there but fail

[@xcen1]

I thought they didn't have permission to film. So they arrested a guy carry large sword dangerous weapon.

[@bell110]

"Message for you Sir" is a pet gem of mine. British stoicism and "Keep calm and carry on".

[@freeculture]

Don't forget British Airways Flight 009: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."

[@YSongCloud]

I actually have the "Message for you, Sir" line from the movie as my email alert sound on my phone. It makes me smile every time.

[@tripy75]

@@YSongCloud it was the original ICQ messenger alert too I think

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

I used that as my audio alert for new mail when I had AOL, and it was just a WAV file that played...

[@schirpik]

@@YSongCloud ive Used since the days of AOL and ICQ!

[@TheMirandalorianReacts]

HELP HELP IM BEING REPRESSED 😂

[@synaesthesia2010]

Now we see the violence inherent in the system. COME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!

[@zoppie]

@@synaesthesia2010 Bloody peasant!

[@Travis_D_Travesty]

Aren't we all?

[@patmx5]

You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[@zoppie]

I can't believe my "bloody peasants" post got deleted!🤣🙄

[@lukasbauer8783]

I love it when all of a sudden a little bit of logic intrudes on the absurdity like Arthur pointing out that nobody would carve "Aaaaaah." into stone while dying, they would just say it.

[@ostlandr]

"Isn't there a St. Aaaargh in Shrewsbury?" "No, that's in Kent."

[@MGmirkin]

"And that's how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped, my liege!"

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Well that was Arthur, being played extremely straight by Graham Chapman who usually played that type of role in Python skits. Absurdity is always funnier when at least one person acts completely normally, that's why "the straight man" is a thing.

[@no2freakshow]

"Perhaps he was dictating."

[@BobbySliko]

Fun fact- during the first French fight, one of the actors actually strikes the castle with his sword. The strike leaves a mark on the castle. And yes, there is a stage musical. It’s called Spamalot, and it’s really funny. And if you missed it, the ending was a literal cop out

[@weldonwin]

It was John Cleese who hits the wall and for a special feature on the DVD, he and Michael Palin went back to Dunne Castle where most of the movie was shot and you can rent some coconuts to bang together when you visit.

[@ostlandr]

@@weldonwin I love that they had to buy copies of their own script from the gift shop.

[@siep6922]

...and there was great rejoicing...

[@AtrusOranis]

​@@siep6922 ʸᵃᵃᵃʸ

[@paulhooton6261]

Great to see someone who has "lost it" before the actual film starts. Welcome to Python.

[@masiguru9982]

Played Holy Grail for my two teenage daughters. They did not understand the accents and were not laughing at the jokes. After about 30 minutes I stopped the tape. Broke out the Flying Circus collection. We got about half way through the series before they started laughing at all the jokes. Back to Holy Grail. They were rolling on the floor laughing so hard through the entire movie. "What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"

[@AceODale]

I remember when this came out. All my friends in high school were constantly quoting it to each other. Once my own children were old enough, I had them watch it so they understood all the cultural references they'd been hearing. They loved it and quote it themselves!

[@dannylgriffin]

This movie is right up there with Twister and His Girl Friday as one of the best movies ever made. Instant classic. My wife had never seen it so bought the DVD two years ago. We watched it together, me with anticipation of her gleeful reactions. She just sat there stonefaced. I was so disappointed. ☹ We were 65 at the time, so she's not naive. She was old enough to get the jokes. All 1,267 of them. She just didn't.

[@CyndirMyLuv]

I too have passed this on to my children, who all loved it. Plan in passing it to my grandkids as well.

[@theobsessor11294]

Absurdist/surrealist humor is a very particular brand of comedy that I absolutely adore.

[@ostlandr]

This movie almost ended my family. It was Christmas Eve, and we were just leaving our traditional dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant to drive around looking at Christmas lights. My Lady Wife turned on the radio, and it was the live broadcast of the midnight mass at Canterbury Cathedral. The lector started to read the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke. In the same intonation they used in Holy Grail to read from Armaments 2:9-21. To an Anglican in Great Britain, that is the normal "Anglicana Voice" lectors use. So for Brits, they were playing that scene straight. For us, we all immediately broke into uncontrollable laughter. I had to quickly find a safe place to pull off the road.

[@jonathanmelia]

You ask if anyone saw it the first time around. Yes, me. It was the mid-1970s and I was 8! It was a big birthday party in London and we all had a blast. Interesting you wonder about the theatrical style of performing. British actors back then were a lot more “shouty” than they are today: we didn’t have much of a film industry and only three channels on the telly. Actors and comedians mainly thought in terms of performing live in front of hundreds of people in huge theatres, and couldn’t help bringing that to their screen performances.

[@shutterbugdoug8192]

You must watch "The Life of Brian" by these guys! My favorite quote from this movie is"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" Monty Pythons Flying Circus was a favorite show of mine growing up! It was simply a SNL for the British. Glad you liked the movie! Your reactions always enhance the humor of the films you react to! I keep coming back for more, keep it up!

[@brucebieberly4166]

The best part is that the coconut trees on many islands came as a result of coconuts drifting on ocean currents before washing up on shore. So coconuts are, in fact, migratory.

[@MrMojamaMC]

I love the quick jokes that Arthur kept mixing up 5 and 3. Like when he's about to throw the grenade.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"Lobbest thou" LMAO

[@philstone3859]

“Your mother was a Hampster and your father smelled of elderberries!” That’s the line. 😆

[@atticstattic]

I like the 'p' in hamster - sounds furniture...ish...

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Clan Hampster was known for its silliness.

[@daderowley4514]

If I remember correctly, “hamster” was a term back then for having many babies. So he is essentially calling King Arthur’s mother a slut. I’m not sure about elderberries though

[@benitodee3274]

Thanks for this video! Your laughter and expressions are really cute and beautiful.

[@TheMirandalorianReacts]

Thank you do much for this and the wonderful comment! Your support is always appreciated ❤️

[@danielramage6237]

So many funny lines, but "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" always slays me. Logic employed in the service of the silly is always comedy gold. Try the TV series too - it changed my life when I was nine. Also consider watching Life of Brian, it's even funnier than Judgement At Nuremburg ...

[@DawnCibelli]

Watched the series for the first time over my friend's house, whose parents were English., when I was about 12. Saw the sketch of the oblivious Englishman walking from home to his job. Imagine my surprise when he doesn't notice the completely topless receptionist. The parents never batted an eye. My face was never more red in my life! Early 70's, and I didn't think things like that could be broadcast (it was a BBC broadcast)

[@AceODale]

@@DawnCibelli "And now for something completely different..."

[@ostlandr]

My wife: "The pillows are on your side of the bed again." Me: "Are you suggesting pillows migrate?"

[@dantehill4748]

36:11 this line is so hilarious especially when you learn that John Cleese was supposed to say another name but couldn't remember it and improvised.

[@Chasmodius]

A commonly repeated "fact," but apparently untrue. Cleese has said publicly that there was no improvisation, and "Tim the Enchanter" is in at least one early draft of the script that survives.

[@mikeshelogowski434]

​@RealBlankAuroradon't ty to take the high road with us! On your knees and BEG for forgiveness!!

[@kimghanson]

"...with nasty big pointy teeth." followed by the teeth gesture is my fav. My daughter does it so well it breaks me up every time.

[@Hare_deLune]

"Follow... BUT! Follow ONLY if ye be men of VALOR! For guarding the entrance to this cave is a creature, SO FOUL, SO CRUEL, that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about it's lair! SO brave knights, if you do doubt yer courage, OR yer strength, come nae further, for Death awaits you all! With nasty big, pointy teeth!" 🐇

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

_The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink_

[@yogerrry]

Fun fact: Warcraft 3 Peons uses monthy python quotes. "Help Help Im being repressed" is one of them.

[@logandarklighter]

I could've sworn I heard/saw those same quotes in World of Warhammer long long ago. But that might be memory playing tricks on me. I could EASILY see that as several instances of people quoting it in chat. In fact "Holy Grail" quotes were definitely popular in early WOW days. I mean - it just FITS SO WELL!!! 🤣

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

If you listen to the scene "Constitutional Peasants", it actually makes perfect sense. They are running an "Anarcho Syndicalist Commune"

[@ostlandr]

Which is, amazingly enough, a real thing.

[@arcadeii]

@@ostlandri had a friend who identified themself as an anarcho-syndicalist. dont know what happened to them.

[@kennethbutler1343]

I've seen 10 people review this movie, and you by far did the best editing! You didn't cut a single punchline and that's not easy!

[@TheMirandalorianReacts]

That is all my editor! This video was so difficult because of the copyright! It seriously had like 8 copyright claims for 3 separate re-edits! I'm glad we were able to preserve most of the scenes and jokes!

[@rickardroach9075]

The “Bloody weather” punchline was cut. Then again, _everyone_ cuts that one. 😠

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

​@@TheMirandalorianReactsWell, you did cut the "forever running at the castle" bit, but you did imply it.

[@treetopjones737]

@@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Cut down would be accurate. Parts of it are there.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

@@treetopjones737 I did mean to write cut down. Usually I catch and fix mistakes as soon as I post.

[@TheBS1000]

They didn't have enough money to film a climatic battle scene, so they went with a literal cop out for the ending.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Hiring thousands of extras for a battle scene is really really expensive, they just wouldn't have written one into the movie unless they planned on ending it early lol

[@RRain-l4u]

All the soldiers at the end were free college students they invited for the scene

[@mityakiselev]

It takes talent to make a movie so scuffed it becomes the stuff of legends

[@USCFlash]

Next: Monty Python's Life of Brian!!!!

[@TTM9691]

Totally! I just saw that she had a headache of a time getting this one uploaded so I hope that doesn't sour her on doing "Brian".

[@farfromperfek]

It's my favorite Python movie. What's funny in the 70's it was boycotted by every church, Now I don't know a Pastor who doesn't love it. The more you know the Bible the funnier it is.

[@shawnmiller4781]

It’s a better film than this one

[@rogerschneider5971]

He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!

[@pacldawson]

YES!!!

[@AuthorGuy1]

Every line of this movie is a quote! Even the credits are hysterical.

[@felixhenson9926]

honestly the credits are my favourite part

[@phraggers]

I never thought people would only know John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick! For me he will always be Basil Fawlty. I highly recommend watching Fawlty Towers if you love John Cleese, it was written by (and starring) John Cleese and Connie Booth, who was the witch in this film.

[@DMGamanda]

Also his wife at time if writing FT 😊

[@kimii.i]

Yessss omg i loved him in Fawlty Towers! A Miranda reaction to Fawlty Towers would be the best honestly, there aren't a lot of (fun) reactions to it.

[@Starrigger]

@@kimii.i I totally lost it when Basil let Manual have it for not stopping O'Reilly from screwing up the doors in "The Builders" episode ......

[@kimii.i]

@@Starrigger HAHAHHAAA me toooo i think that is one of my fav episodes

[@christopherevensen4942]

I cannot imagine only knowing John Cleese from that, I didn't even remember he was in Harry Potter. Also, there is too much butter uno duos tres.

[@kencooper8835]

A friend of mine and I got into a cycle of watching this EVERY weekend for 2 or 3 years... No matter where we were or what we were doing, we used SO many lines from this in our everyday conversations. Then one day, we both looked at each other at the same time and said,,. 'yeah... it's too much... we don't need to watch this anymore.' LOL I LOVE watching 'first timers' when they get into the movie and enjoy it. It makes me feel like I am seeing it for the first time. Glad you enjoyed it, welcome to The Circus.

[@MST3KNJ]

*Spends the first 5 minutes reading subtitles under the credits* Stares at a black screen at the end of the movie. "Where are the credits???" Classic. My friends and I still use, "Bring out your dead!"

[@Starrigger]

Followed by an "I'm not dead.." I'm putting it in my will that these words be on my tombstone. Well that or "Build a bridge out of her!"

[@al.n.darodda6183]

Coconuts a reference back to radio shows. Before TV. Before visuals. Bang coconuts together, and you tell the listener someone is arriving by horse (trotting, galloping, etc.). MP had no budget for real horses. So, they improvised…. Coconuts

[@theironherder]

@al.n.darodda6183 Like many, here and elsewhere, you point out that MP had no funds for actual horses. Unmentioned, and maybe more important, the production would have needed expensive stunt performers to ride the horses because nothing I've read would indicate that the members of the troop had any horsemanship skills.

[@InspektorDreyfus]

But how did they get the coconuts?!

[@injunsun]

@TheMirandalorianReacts, the "fart in your general direction" thing always got me too, on two levels. One, just a plain insult, the fart itself, but the second layer subtext, "I don't even care enough about you to fart directly in your face..." Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@MrKurtykurt]

This movie has my all time favorite quote (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords…) but it’s also got the quote that pops in my head randomly most often, usually when meeting someone new or ppl watching …”What a strange person”

[@EternalVirgin]

The jokes that are often missed in this movie are stuff that people who have been studying Arthurian legends would've learned, like in "The Tale of Sir Galahad" section it showed at the beginning that he was the one who (almost) found the Grail, referencing Galahad and Percival (who were two of the youngest knights of the Round Table) being sent on a quest to obtain the Holy Grail. In some versions it was Galahad who got it on account of his purity/chastity, in others it was Percival. Another joke in this particular section is it was Lancelot who rescued Galahad after he almost fell to certain temptation and warning Galahad - his son, at least according to Arthurian legends - of the perils of promiscuous women, while the fact is that Lancelot was among the most unchaste and promiscuous of the Knights of the Round Table (most of his tales revolves around princesses and damsels).

[@mikethemotormouth]

So many things I love about this movie: the recurring swallow joke especially when Bedevere is trying to tie the coconut to the swallow, Arthur continually confusing 5 for 3, Bedevere having difficulty correctly pronouncing "Ni", the fourth wall breaks throughout, the fact that whoever killed the historian couldn't have possibly been any of Arthur's grail-seekers because he rode by on a real live horse, etc. Favorite bit: the guards who can't quite get a handle on their instructions, which comes back as Lancelot storms in Favorite MP movie: Some might say it's a pass but I love And Now For Something Completely Different specifically because it's so disjointed and nonsensical Hope the next one you check out is The Meaning of Life

[@qwert826Y]

I was the father of Herbert and Tim The Enchanter in a 2017 production of Spamalot. It was a dream to be in something Monty Python since I was a kid, watching the Monty Python tv series. The best comedy or musical I've ever been involved in!

[@Hare_deLune]

"Everyone told me I was DAFT to build a castle in the swamp, but I built it anyway, just ta show 'em! It sank into the swamp, so I built another. That sank into the swamp, so I built another one. That one burned down, fell over, THEN sank into the swamp; but the fourth one stayed up! And that's what you're getting, lad! the STRONGEST castle in these islands!" 😂

[@norryonbass6574]

I got to play the French taunter in a 2010 Spamalot production. Best fun I’ve ever had in a musical.

[@tedflanc1024]

19:58, “the Captain of Random”. My new favorite line from your channel. I love it!!!

[@timothypierce5303]

I work as a dispatch for a taxi company and when I send a driver out on a call, I use the "right, off you go" line more than I should.

[@lonelyp1]

Do you ask three questions before giving them an address?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Show them the loveli lakes

[@Willie-tf7zr]

Monty Python is so brilliant. Rapid fire comedy that hits you at every angle, but is very intelligent comedy. Love it.

[@johnnygood4831]

British humour is not for everyone. You either love it or hate it. I LOVE it.

[@realityquotient7699]

Making references and quoting this movie is what we old people used to do before the internet and memes and gifs.

[@logandarklighter]

We STILL do it! And we've passed it on to our children and our friends children! I sat in on a D&D session about 10-15 years ago and of COURSE the Python quotes made their way in! At some point I had to get into Graham Chapman "The Colonel" mode and say words to the effect of that they had to stop this skit right now it had gotten far too silly! Naturally this devolved into further shenanigans. As I intended it to do. Yes I'm the indulgent "Cool Weird Uncle" at these events. 👍😎😅😂

[@Ch1ll_0ld_Dud3]

We used to. We still do, but we used to, too.

[@najhoant]

The little Intermission is a nod to old epic movies like this is parodying, ones with runtimes over three hours that had a break planned in the middle of the movie, making it feel more like a night at the opera than just a movie screening. Ben-Hur, for example, has an intermission mark a little over two hours into its nearly four-hour runtime

[@fiddlesticksandelephants1486]

“Your father smelled of elderberries” is an insult because elderberries were used to make alcohol. It implies the father is a drunk.

[@drahunter213]

The ultimate roast by the Frenchman was great lol “I fart in your general direction!”

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

What are you doing in England?

[@JoshieMadhatt]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries XD

[@Mecha_mage]

Oh man when you cracked up at “I’ll wave my private parts at your aunties!” I just died. That part splits my sides every time

[@dariushcreates]

In the end they didn’t have the budget for the huge fight scene so they decided to end on a literal “cop out” instead 😂

[@ostlandr]

Best part is, besides having the actors in proper historical costume for the Arthurian legend (not the historical Arthur) in the final battle scene, if you look closely as they pan across the warriors, there are actually reenactors from Middle Ages to English Civil War to WWI.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

They REALLY didn't have the budget for the planned spanking scene, either. "Not enough brass in England," Carol Cleveland is rumoured to have said ...

[@Hare_deLune]

"Who's gonna bang my coconuts?" 😂 Oh, bless your happy heart, lass! You've given me another fine memory of this film to add to my collection! 🤗

[@coenisgreat]

There's an oft-repeated myth that the reason for the coconuts gag was that the group couldn't afford horses for the film due to the extremely tight budget. In reality they could (one even appears when the knight murders the Famous Historian), They originally had the coconuts as they'd be used later in production for the foley sound effects, but they found the idea of just replacing the horses with the coconuts so much funnier that they just went with that.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Well, renting and looking after horses for a full filming period is way more expensive than hiring one rider to appear on screen for two seconds. The core actors learning to ride is also a big time investment. Maybe they could have afforded it, but budgeting is about cutting out things to make room for others, and horses are a prime candidate if your movie is silly enough to pretend to ride them the entire time.

[@qinjiwei5058]

Monty Python couldn't even create a fulfilling end scene for the film because they couldn't afford to recreate a historical melee battle between hundreds of people, the army of camelot in the last scene is actually just a group of students that wore armour and weapons from one of the local museums afair. What makes you think they could have afforded to get real horses, train the actors to ride the horses, and then use more film for retakes because horses can be notoriously difficult to film with?

[@EchoesDaBear]

GREAT reaction Miranda!! When it comes to Python expectations, throw it ALL out the window - the only expectation one must have is it will be chaotic, random, nonsensical, and above all, absurd - and it's that absurdity that is Monty Python!! They are known (through their sketch comedy series) for the animations (all done by Terry Gilliam) that segue one segment to the next. It's kind of their trademark! This is such a rewatchable movie - in part because it's absolutely hilarious, but also because it's so fast, you notice things on repeat watchings that you didn't see/hear before! I'm glad my kids share my, and my wife's sense of humour - they LOVE this movie too! So much so that there are many quotable moments in our household from it! My favourite will always be when Arthur meets the peasants in the field "Look, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government..." Cheers!

[@jwac8800]

Graham Chapman's wonderful performance as King Arthur is even more impressive considering he was a full blown alcoholic at this point, barely able to stand up, let alone remember any of his lines

[@billhutchinson6318]

If you notice there is never a continuous shot of him doing his lines. Because he was drinking so much at the time he constantly had to stop and be reminded of his lines. They just spliced his audio together and cut away from the video footage to cover it

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

My my, you ARE a newcomer to " Python"! I saw this film 40 years ago!

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

stop making us all feel old

[@japunaka]

41:14 Fun Fact: In the German dub the character yells: “I’m colourblind!” when he falls off the bridge, which I always thought enhanced the joke :)

[@cricket5044]

Now that you have watched, your quotes that pop into your head are forever revised. "Run Away!!!"

[@ostlandr]

I have heard of people in the Society for Creative Anachronism (wiki it- neither reenactment nor renfaire) actually dressing up in period costumes, with musicians playing period instruments, and performing as Sir Robin's Minstrels

[@54raynor]

There’s a episode of Game of Thrones where Danaerys’ champion is meeting with the champion of Mereen, the opposing champ utters a number of insults in Low Valyrian, including “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.”

[@victorhernandez8723]

Game of Thrones is last thing I’d expect to see a Monty Python reference!

[@vorkosigrrl6047]

Probably my favorite line of the film.

[@jonanderson559]

For those of us in the UK, of a certain generation - we grew up with Monty Python on TV, and also The Goodies on kids' TV which was from the same extended milieu of 1960s performers, and weird ass movies like this and Life of Brian and Time Bandits... we didn't need drugs. The only thing that amazes me is, for something so British, how well it travels abroad.

[@Cory_Springer]

I remember growing up in Minnesota USA in the 80s-90's and staying up late on weekends to watch Month Python's Flying Circus with my dad.

[@jeffreymontgomery7516]

I'll give you a bit more amazement.... Monty Python's Flying Circus was aired UNEDITED on PBS out of Buffalo in the '80s. Surprising because they wouldn't show art if a prude might... MIGHT ... find offense. I have the 16 Ton collection... it's worth it just to see them uncut, since you won't see that on the air in the US anymore. (At least not on the channels I watch.)

[@skepticcritic4995]

2:05 It's funny how you found John Cleese so funny even before the reaction began, because he also was the one who played your favorite character at the end, the insulting french man 18:00, 43:11

[@jb888888888]

Saying John Cleese is "best known" for playing Nearly Headless Nick is like saying Selina Gomez is best known for _Barney & Friends._

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

She's best known for _The Big Short_

[@davidfink821]

No, it's not. The harry potter movies were huge. He is well known in England and Americans who love this type of humor, but for the rest of people it was Harry Potter

[@jb888888888]

@@davidfink821 _Fawlty Towers,_ _A Fish Called Wanda,_ playing Q in the recent James Bond films are three of his non-Python "huge" very well known productions.

[@davidfink821]

@jb888888888 Never seen any of those movies

[@jb888888888]

@@davidfink821 This happens every generation.I'm not going to begrudge you not seeing huge movies or TV shows. Because you haven't seen huge movies or TV shows though does not mean that they don't exist or that people who starred in (and wrote) them didn't exist or weren't famous for them. John Cleese, Richard Harris, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branaugh, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coultrane, etc. etc. etc. had huge careers before HP whether or not you personally are familiar with them. And in the case of Cleese, his part worked out to not much more than a cameo. "Hey look it's John Cleese! and he's gone."

[@xanderfoxjsc]

I love seeing people react to this film as it is Peak Monty Python! It condenses what this band of British knuckle heads brought to comedy, chaos and thought in equal measure. Subversive satirical comedy owes it's existence to the Pythons. And yes this did become a Broadway show, Spamalot which combines the movie with music and classic Python bits.

[@ostlandr]

Saw the road company of Spamalot. The actor playing Arthur was actually playing Tim Curry (the original Broadway actor) playing Arthur. And he absolutely nailed it! That performance deserved a Tony Award.

[@bigsarge8795]

"A moose once bit my sister' You : wait... WHAT ?.

[@gamleskalle1]

Møøøse

[@timholder6825]

"I would bet money they adapted this into a stage musical"......and you would win. Eric Idle, the musical one of the pythons that wrote, 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' adapted it for stage, including several musical numbers. It was called Spamalot and it ran in both London's West End (theatre district) and Broadway for years.

[@poppy89115]

Love your vids! Being a Gen Xer, its fun seeing younger generations check out our humor back then. This really helps my mood and my depression! Thank you!

[@robertryder3319]

Had a blast watching you react to Britain's version of Airplane! Too many quotes were awesome in this one. Your love of the theater once again was satisfied, and you singing along is priceless! I'll be waiting for your next review!!!

[@ostlandr]

And "Airplane!" is ten times funnier if you saw the four serious movies that it was a parody of- "Airport" (1970), "Airport '75", "Airport '77" and "Concorde: Airport '79." Yes, the dates are actually part of the titles.

[@TriXJester]

First time I showed a friend of mine this movie for the first time at the end he turned towards me and goes "it seriously ends like that?" and I look him in the eye with the biggest grin in the world and went "It's a cop out!" He hit me in the face with a pillow so hard I fell off the couch.

[@ostlandr]

I will never forget our daughter's shock and outrage at the ending. Her despairing shriek of "THAT'S IT???" was delightful.

[@robashley8216]

The ending is brilliant because its a literal cop out

[@MrMousley]

I saw this film when it very first came out. So .. can you imagine a whole cinema full of people saying ''Is that it ?''

[@Wildflower90640]

Yes... I remember the reaction!

[@MGower4465]

Mel Brooks kills her, Monty Python heals her. That's a partnership.

[@metoo7557]

Also in case you didn't catch it the end part (joke) is literally a "cop out".

[@00Gregg00]

You mentioned loving John Cleese. In this film he played Lancelot, The French taunting soldier, the Black Knight, Peasant who had been a newt, And probably a bunch of others I have missed. Also, along with the rest of the cast, he co-wrote it. That's why their movies feel a bit like improv. They are a comedy group basically re-enacting their writing sessions

[@hypnomagician]

My mom's nursing class had groups doing presentations. One spoke about overcoming handicaps and not giving up. Then they played The Black Knight. The class was laughing incredibly hard...

[@vermilionrubin]

"Did they ever find the Holy Grail?" Oh yah, forgot 'bout that...

[@Dr_Kyutoko]

You'd win that bet. There is a stage musical of Holy Grail called Spamalot. And it has Tim Curry. funny story, true story about Tim. John Cleese was supposed to give a long, complicated, mystical sounding name. But on the day, he completely forgot his lines and just went "Uh.... Tim???" They liked it so much that they just kept it in the film.

[@TheHofstrafan]

It was on broadway, toured, and is coming back to broadway soon

[@darcraven01]

that is not a true story about tim the enchanter. its a commonly believed myth cleese has debunked.

[@vorkosigrrl6047]

My husband and I saw Spamalot on Broadway with Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce. It was fantastic!

[@PlantManC]

One of my friends played King Arthur in the local production of Spamalot. This is in my top five movies ever.