Monty Python Royal Society For Putting Things On Top of Other Things

[@7hunderbird]

We're all sad to hear of the recent passing of our dear Terry Jones. RIP Arthur Two Sheds Jackson.

[@patrickmegan8224]

Silly? Putting one thing on top of the other? You are a very naughty boy!! RIP Terry, thanks for all the laughs....

[@neilwilson5785]

I saw two Terries, once, at the Brighton festival. Terry Jones ans Terry Pratchett. They were so much fun. I miss them.

[@GothicKittyMadness]

who?

[@henryatkinson1479]

"Ask me about my music"

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

RIP Old Son

[@chezsnailez]

We would like to offer salutations to our members in Canada, whose nation has not only been put on top of our United States but has a bit of our United States put on top of it!

[@Garrett316]

Poetically put. And now, your comment is on top of my comment.

[@chezsnailez]

@@Garrett316 ~ as yours is mine!

[@Garrett316]

@@chezsnailez or is it…

[@chezsnailez]

@@Garrett316 ~ dual quantum Schroedinger's post topper! How jolly ripping of you, my good man!

[@deletesoon70]

America is Canada’s underpants.

[@HSMiyamoto]

Graham delivers a very good parody of a typical speech at the annual banquet for almost any organization, regardless of its purpose.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@Rodger Hodgson They were not as whining, annoying and full of double standards as that Boner!

[@victorformosa2825]

@@thefreedomguyuk He was doing okay until he threw in u2 in the mix.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@victorformosa2825 Mind you, none of the artists he draws comparisons to were/are very intellectual. The only educated one I can think of is Mr Jagger. So not really very good comparisons. Perhaps Queen would be better ? After all, they were formed at a leading educational institution.

[@Plethorality]

Hear! Hear! I second that!

[@Ron.S.]

A Meaningless Body Of Men Gathered Together For No Good Purpose - The Government PM - “Well, I guess it is a bit silly. I Better go back to my eleventh baby” (Or CUMMings’s baby).

[@timberwolfdan5910]

I love how they are so into it until someone mentions it’s silly and they immediately agree and adjourned forever.

[@VestinVestin]

Like... teenagers.

[@wattlebough]

Pity it’s not yet happened with men calling themselves trans women and being allowed to compete in female sports.

[@arthurjackson402]

My two sheds need to be one on top of the other.

[@suspendedTeacher]

Yes it's like real life, but the timing has to be careful, otherwise the mentioner gets ejected from the meeting and cancelled forever. The knack to getting a silly organisation to delete a project or position statement or itself is "reading the room", so as to time the proposal when most people realise it is silly but haven't dared to defy the consensus. The more annual reviews I attend on /providing trans toilets/building affordable houses/protecting vulnerable/abolishing Evil/Saving The Planet/" the more I get flashbacks to this sketch, which I first saw in my teens.

[@EvilSean62]

@@arthurjackson402 well said that man !!

[@TTony-tu6dm]

“Meeting adjourned forever”. How many of us have longed to hear those very words?

[@Sr19769p]

Many of us - many!

[@tcollingscollings9299]

Yes...I true Python style....I'm all for putting the cart before the horse ..that's how it works today !!!

[@treefarm3288]

Great line.

[@luisreyes1963]

Still waiting for the NRA to say that. 😫

[@gregorykayne6054]

I used to work for the U.S. Civil Service. Forever isn't long enough.

[@cooperross9495]

To any other enthusiasts of putting things on top of other things, you may be interested in a new invention known as the "cat." The "cat," in addition to being the perfect size and shape to be placed on top of a variety of other things, will automatically place ITSELF on top of other things without any external assistance or prompting.

[@bonnyhenderson7776]

Very funny. Well put.

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

Sir, I must object in the strongest possible terms. After taking your advice and acquiring a "cat" although it does on a regular basis, place ITSELF on top of other things, for example chairs, tables bedding etc. It seems to like nothing more than to knock other things off. Yours faithfully. Ivor Bigbotty.

[@DieFlabbergast]

I would also like to point out that Mr. Chapman's statement cannot be true: everything that he saw must, at the very least, have been on top of the Earth (more specifically the Earth's crust), unless one is to suppose that the Earth is NOT a "thing!" Personally, I cannot imagine anything more err... "thingy" than the Earth!

[@gaiusmaecenas1861]

Mr Bigbotty, I say, maybe you just made the unfortunate decision of acquiring the wrong model? I have been putting things on top of other things for years, and by means of pursuing this little passion of mine I have also bought a “cat”. And I really must say that it has been a tremendous success. My model does not only place ITSELF on top of other things without any assistance at all, but also puts dozens and hundreds of things (called “hairs”) on top of the things she had put herself on top of previously. I strongly recommend one of these types for future acquirements. Yours etc. etc.

[@RatelHBadger]

The potential drawback of the "cat" however, is that while it likes to be put and put itself on top of other things. It also has a tendency to enjoy being IN things or under things. Which I fear is the antithesis of the whole Society.

[@three-quartersbadger2929]

I like this sketch because it mentions my home county, Staffordshire, which normally doesn't get much press. I can confirm that we are not big on puttings things on top of other things; we find it silly. Even putting jam on toast is discouraged.

[@Dowlphin]

Once you put butter on top of toast, you cannot put the toast on top of the floor anymore without flipping it first. And who wants to go through all that hassle?

[@chilitoday]

And what would be so wrong with putting toast on top of the jam? Let’s think outside the box, people!

[@AnilKumar-rp2vs]

@@chilitoday That's right. So long you put one thing on the top of another, you are OK.

[@chrisstokes2044]

How do you explain Stoke-on-Trent then?

[@three-quartersbadger2929]

@@chrisstokes2044 Stoke is a unitary authority and can do what they like, the silly bastards.

[@Arthurzeiro]

How ironic is It that none of them was wearing a hat?

[@johnlowdon5809]

They were sitting on them .

[@p28-e7j]

Doing his job. Top man!

[@cactuscosyusa]

They are wearing bow ties on top of white shirts

[@sugarnads]

John Lowdon jolly good show that!

[@Snaakie83]

I'd guess that they don't consider themselves a thing 😉

[@NG-ww9gv]

It's great how Monty Python stays funny even as the world becomes more like Monty Python.

[@curtisrobinson7962]

Your post is atop my post, so there we have it; job done.

[@hadleytorres8171]

It's heartbreaking, fucking heartbreaking actually. There you go, there's 2 things atop the one thing i began with and it only adds to the emphasis of the first thing. How perfect...... perfectly wretched. Even though I'm being serious, as the keeper of the grail, i can't help myself.

[@Dowlphin]

As the world becomes more like Monty Python, I lose my sense of humor, or at the very least it turns very bitter and dry. Just yesterday I experienced a real-life skit that was and is as unfunny as the Monty Python counterpart was funny.

[@lhommedieu5489]

Reminds me a little of every single business meeting I’ve been to.

[@wordwarrior2350]

It is the fact that as we become more abserd we have learnded to laugh at people who were absurd before us. We have a long history of absurdities behind us and look forward to even greater absudities in our future. I do, very much, regret that this comment is not particulary absurd. I beg your pardon.

[@sandrastone7019]

As an Australian, we are well aware that the entire world is on top of us, except New Zealand, of course. This almost makes it bearable.

[@brothermaynard5155]

No wonder the Australasian branch flourishes. Well done indeed!

[@sandrastone7019]

@@brothermaynard5155 - a compliment is as good as a kiss.

[@markvoelker6620]

And even internally, Australia is on top of Tasmania. Good show!

[@CarminaIguana]

...unless South is actually Up, in which case...oh, my...

[@AlphaBravoCharlie777]

Missionary style

[@judgeboony2695]

"We must never forget, if there was not one thing that was not on top of another thing, our society would be nothing more than a meaningless body of men that gathered together for no good purpose."

[@kenstevens5065]

What like the Civil Service?

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

YeSS clapping sounds

[@tjovadevalivat]

You misquoted. It was like this: "If there was NOT one thing that was NOT on top of another thing..." He is saying that if all things already were on top of something, then the society would be pointless

[@IPv6people]

You didn't quote right. Between 'thing' and 'on top of' he clearly says 'that was *NOT*'. Did 164 thumbs up miss this?

[@garrick3727]

@@IPv6people I downvoted, put my foot through my ipad and sent KZbin the bill.

[@dkibler1974]

This is literally every committee I’ve ever sat on.

[@victorformosa2825]

Seems to be be one of those sketches close to the truth, as you have verified.

[@matambale]

Except that they never adjourn forever, and they really, really need to.

[@tweezerjam]

😂

[@stevetattersall5933]

Did you sit on the committee, or were you put on top of the committee?

[@michaelreels5760]

Literally

[@markh.6687]

I came back for no good purpose, simply to put this comment on top of other comments.

[@-Untitled-]

Yes, you've put it on top of my comment. I don't know how you've done this, but it's really quite silly.

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Bravo, my dear chep😂

[@michaellit-t5x]

Don’t quit your day job!!

[@barrybarry9714]

After 30 years of working in large companies, this makes for painful viewing

[@kofthebaskervilles]

Do you HAVE berry berry? Is there any cure?

[@Juppie902]

Working for 1.5 years in a multinational corporation and this sums up my job and any meeting I have ever had since I began working here, even " 1 on 1s. "

[@Mo-fl2qi]

@@Juppie902 same here mate. 1 year here. I hate companies work lol

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

Somebody must have put those societies on top of other things - just who??

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

I load parcels and pallets on top of other parcels and pallets, yet have not heard of my application for the membership of this corporation.

[@michaelporter4050]

During my working life I sat through so many meetings during which I thought "what a complete waste of time". I'd imagine it was something similar that inspired this sketch. still makes me laugh years later.

[@Soridan]

My personal favourite is the meeting whose only purpose was to discuss the date for the next meeting. I never wanted to punch someone so badly before or ever since.

[@Flexipop76]

@@Soridan Lol! They had that at my work too. And also a meeting to review the previous meeting. Thank god I left.

[@michaelporter4050]

What a helpful comment.

[@greglaprade7507]

Lol. I can't think of many teachers' workshops I went to that weren't as useless as this.

[@JasonDoddNZ]

you shldve stood up and said 'meeting adjourned forever'

[@ustheserfs]

Graham was a pure talent and could easily juxtapose the ridiculous with the believable. RIP my good man

[@jeffreyhanc1711]

Agreed. I always felt Graham was the George Harrison of the ensemble: irreverent and extremely talented but certainly overshadowed by the Lennon-McCartney power of Cleese and Palin.

[@davidbattaglia2336]

This sketch is 52 years old and it still works well today.

[@Iluvpie6]

Oh my god. This sketch is 52 years old.

[@deathwarmedup73]

It works better, because the real world is getting to be almost as ridiculous.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

@@deathwarmedup73 YEsssSS clapping sounds

[@kenstevens5065]

@@deathwarmedup73 Yes indeed ridiculous and very dangerous.

[@Mist3rData]

That is because humor like this is timeless.

[@Dastardlly1]

As someone who puts things on top of other things for a living, I must say agree that we must not become complacent.

[@carolkewley7410]

Hear, hear!

[@_mainreedhowe280]

A job for life there!

[@Tekknorg]

One Cheesburger please

[@billybeads3328]

Bricklayer

[@michaeljames4444]

Typical engineering conference.

[@paulc6026]

This sketch played a part in me quitting my job to persue something more worthwhile. It shines a light on how pointless a lot of meetings generally are, which helped me realise why I was unhappy and felt I was wasting my time. I've now gone on to build a career from my creative work and it all feels so much better now. Thank you, Pythons

[@markh.6687]

Hear, Hear!! Yes, I stopped attending mandatory meetings at a job years ago after an explanation that due to management totally ignoring what the workers actually doing the job had to say it was obvious the meetings were pointless even if they were paying me to attend when I was scheduled off. After nothing happened to me, a few more of the dozen employees opted out, and no more meetings were scheduled for about two years.

[@JohnScargall1]

Congrats! This skit is one of my favorites

[@cactuscosyusa]

I'm putting this comment on top of everyone else's

[@Faygris]

How did you do this? I mean... no, seriously?

[@Bootrosgali]

Meeting adjourned forever.

[@johnlowdon5809]

I can top that.

[@911bigfatty]

You did it you crazy son of a bitch

[@sepgorut2492]

Silly! Didn't you hear? The meeting has been adjourned forever!

[@GameArchiver]

"There are still many things.. and I cannot emphasis this more precisely... not on top of other things."

[@Nazbaque]

And that is a bit puzzling, because ... how? From our earthly perspective there is only one thing that is not on top of something else and that is the very center of our planet.

[@buzzingpeach2982]

peter g I think you might be having a bad day... Do you want to talk about it?

[@COPKALA]

Looks like something Trump would say. It is sad but true

[@aguynamednathan]

Hey baby, wanna help me put a thing on top of another thing 😉

[@giash1]

Genius

[@nevillemason6791]

This reminds me of my late grandfather who every year went off to a 'conference' whose main purpose seems to have been having a good time. There was the odd lecture and group discussion but also several golf sessions and evening dinner dances. I presume the cost of having a good time could be put down as 'business expenses' for tax purposes. He retired in 1957 and the fun events stopped.

[@marks.6480]

pharmaceutical companies throw "summer courses" and "medical seminars" in tropical destinations like Aruba as a perk for proscribing doctors. Legal corruption.

[@glenmorgan4597]

Mine done similar, it was just a glorified p!ss up for a week 😂

[@julianbaxter2403]

This sketch has two ridiculous things in it: 1. The silly things people get to 2. The idea that logic could change the ideas of those who have put a lot into it.

[@fleotusleotus8642]

Hi Julian, Scottish or York?

[@julianbaxter2403]

@@fleotusleotus8642 I am Australian, if that is the question you are asking.

[@brandonm1708]

Yeah, the dude just accepted that it was silly with hardly a second’s hesitation, as if his worldview hadn’t just been smashed to bits

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@brandonm1708 The shock hasn't settled in yet. What is remarkable is how everybody is adamant at the whole idea and the moment he changes opinion everybody goes along. I imagine he'd make a great politician

[@brianjacob8728]

iow: this is how academia functions...

[@JamesKingsilentlife]

Pythonesque red herring joke: the Australasian branch should have been the Society for Putting Things Underneath Other Things.

[@finmatthews8917]

But then they'd be the total antithesis of the Society for putting things on TOP of other things.. (The enemy, if you may)!! You are confusing them with a autonomous Australasian Society ( and not a branch of a British based society) :)

[@Arthurzeiro]

But, wouldn't that be the same thing? The moment you put something underneath something else one way or the other you're having one thing on top of another thing.

[@xebio6]

@@Arthurzeiro Aha!

[@Barbarous_Wretch]

The northern most point of Asia is south of no continent.

[@philipboug]

James King. Preposterous! We down here Are not upside down, you are!

[@bobbatons1720]

Having worked for 3 international organizations and participating in... hundreds of meetings, I must say this brought a lot of memories...

[@markh.6687]

...most of then profoundly damaging, I'm sure. I lost my patience at one job, and told management I would no longer attend meetings in which all the decisions had already been made by people that had no idea what they were doing, while ignoring us in the trenches who did. For some reason they never disciplined me, and at least two more people stopped attending the meetings, which were later done away with. It's the small victories that keep me from jumping out the window to this day.

[@pwnmeisterage]

I used to do useless meetings with useless people. Walked away. I'm more interesting in getting work done than in documenting work or discussing work. They figure out their own paperwork now. They come out to the floor when they have problems.

[@henryworthington8261]

I used to minute these meetings - I could fit a whole hour’s worth on 1 page!

[@MyLateralThawts]

The Archbishop of Canterbury is a member in good standing with Putting Things on top of other Things. At one point he put a crown on top of the Queen. Well done!

[@angelsaltamontes7336]

@Ad Lockhorst And then the Queen put dirt atop his bones! Touché!

[@Cjnw]

Yet the Celtic Gods are greater than the Church of England

[@samarvora7185]

Now that I come to think of it, the Queen herself could be a member as well. She has put a sword on top of so many people's shoulders. (Knighthood)

[@overcomerbtboj]

Roger Dodger lol 😂

[@brucebaker810]

Rings on kings would be better.

[@petermogensen1300]

Im putting Things on top of Other Things

[@samarvora7185]

By doing so you also put I'm putting on top of Some things

[@martonk]

@@samarvora7185amazing xD

[@sumtingwong5248]

@@samarvora7185 Well done, sir!

[@unlimitedrabbit]

Rather!

[@dreistein]

I'M PUTTING L E T T E R S ON TOP OF OTHER L E T T E R S !

[@mmelepaute]

This gets me every time. Nothing spoofs the pompous side of Britain as deliciously as this sketch.

[@Mortthemoose]

Silly, pompous twits having meetings for silly, useless things! Yep.....kind of sums up the government! 😅

[@richardthingsilike9562]

The best profession for any person that enjoys putting things on top of other things, surely must be a brick layer.

Or a freemason ;)

[@ufoclips1]

I`m a decorator,i put paint on top of other paint every day,do i get on the committee???,oh,no sir not posh enough.No funny handshake,i see.

[@adrianhallchannel]

Not enough variety. Use your imagination man.

[@richardthingsilike9562]

@@adrianhallchannel Yes I didn’t think it through properly because the bricks are not strictly on top of each other due to being separated by the mortar. Back to the drawing board.

[@couchcaptain9379]

I deliver for....a company who pays me to pur things on other things, quite grand work indeed.

[@petejones879]

Graham's delivery is always spot on.. He plays the brigadier or Sgt major perfectly in some of the sketches

[@brianjones7660]

This sketch is much too silly!!

[@shaneingram6498]

A wiser man than myself once said "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with bullshit." He was a high ranking british army something or the other.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

If not for that army thing I would have said that it sounds suspiciously like Terry Pratchett.

[@mace8873]

@@Julia-lk8jn Exactly!

[@NathanChisholm041]

It was Feild's that said that

[@brucebaker810]

This is NO TIME...to rest on our laurels. Oh wait. That would still count.

[@username4441]

Sit down sir, you are out of order! no, no .. no, stand on it I meant.

[@gingataisen]

Fantastic! 👏

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

NO TIME TOULOUSE!

[@brucebaker810]

@@theultimatereductionist7592 Wrong club. That's Artists Without Watches. They're down the hall on the left. They meet monthly. Not Dali. Dali doesn't even get to say hello to their club. And v v (No "Hello Dali".)

[@jamesburk8145]

As an American, I truly wish it was so easy that someone just pointing out that something is silly would cause the immediate amicable dissolution of the organization committed to it.

[@gwyneddboom2579]

Can I, as a non-American, go political and give the NRA as an example, or would this cause me to be shot?

[@brads6304]

@@gwyneddboom2579 The NRA is a bit silly, but the right own a weapon to defend yourself from a criminal trying to harm you with another weapon is not silly, it's just the fallen state of man.

[@SagaciousFrank]

@@gwyneddboom2579 , can I, as a non-American, and therefore in no way associated with the NRA, say that the right to bear arms is the hallmark of a free country?

[@markh.6687]

@@gwyneddboom2579 Don't be silly; we can find other reasons to have people shot. 😮As a non-American, you might not realize Americans have the right to keep and bear arms in our Constitution, and although the NRA is floundering at the moment pretty badly, there are other organizations steadfastly defending against civilian disarmament hidden under 'crime control' and 'it's for the children' and 'you don't need that' propaganda.

[@markh.6687]

@Mamma Mia No, no, no, that's silly! Very silly indeed!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Laugh all you want but you would never have double decker busses or the missionary position with out the work of these good men!

[@Plons0Nard]

Or Canada, being on top of the US 😄👍🇳🇱

[@marco252005]

Or the WEF on top of everything.

[@pcbacklash_3261]

Or double cheeseburgers!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@@pcbacklash_3261 or oreo cookie's

[@magna4100]

I was expelled for putting something to the side of the other thing. I was shunned. Shunned and marginalised.

[@GregOrCreg]

Sounds like you were put on the bottom of another thing.

[@Plethorality]

I am so sorry to hear about that. Can you put it all behind you?

[@mrfantastic407]

You couldn't have slid the something just slightly on top of the other thing? That's better than leaving it completely off.

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

@@GregOrCreg incorrect. As the first writer said, he was marginalised. Ergo, he was put to the side, given the same treatment he had given the thing he earlier put.

[@kofthebaskervilles]

Breath deeply and think of England. There's a chap.

[@junaidmuhammed5740]

God, I miss those meetings. Everything was simpler then.

[@tiggerbiggo]

I just love how the moment anyone calls attention to how silly it is, they all just give up and go home Classic python.

[@Puschit1]

That's the actual if not only joke of this sketch. Glad you didn't missed it.

[@tiggerbiggo]

@@Puschit1 Their mannerisms, overly exaggerated posh accents, the way they say they are going to be putting things on top of other things, all of those are funny.

[@pronkb000]

Well...they try to go home. Then they find out that the entire building is surrounded by film.

[@angledcoathanger]

I love to imagine the Staffordshire representative driving there, knowing full well that the whole thing is a bit silly.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Well YOUR certainly on top of things, aren't you?

[@marycampbell3431]

I expect he could claim mileage, overnight expenses and a good dinner.

[@robair67]

@@marycampbell3431 on top of the Branch subscription fees administration costs, naturally.

[@AT-il2ej]

Free food

[@sidescrollmusic]

I have a one year old who loves putting things on top of other things. I can't help but think of this sketch whenever I watch him putting things on top of other things.

[@dougjb7848]

Let him watch it! He might get a kick out of the accents and the “harrumph harrumph.”

[@Liriq]

It's been ~a year. How's the toddler?

[@sidescrollmusic]

@@Liriq good, thank you! He still puts things on top of other things, just with more of a constructive mindset.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Just make sure that he doesn’t get complacent.

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

This sketch was the inspiration that led to the founding of the LEGO company. #truestory

[@lespatterson2850]

Can confirm.

[@williamdavies6241]

See what you did there, brilliant, wish I had said it.😁

[@kdguro]

Great comment! I would give a like, but seeing as you currently have 69 likes, I feel adding one more would go against the spirit of the sketch ;)

[@B-M.B]

@@kdguro if you put your like on top of other likes and not, god beware!, aside, you're welcome in this exclusive group to put things on top of other things!

[@torstenscholz6243]

Well, Lego ws a ripoff of Kiddicraft, a British toy, so it's at least true that Lego was inspired by the British.

[@HelmutNevermore]

Meanwhile in the cats world: Gentlemen, pray silence for the President of the Royal Society for Pushing Things off Top of Other Things.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

ROFL!

[@benwatts3793]

The dockets of Garfield v Odie have been reopened.

[@Leo-pt9ei]

0:56 "you must never forget, that if there was not one thing that was not on top of another thing, our society will be nothing more than the meaningless body of men gathered together for no good purpose" that made me laugh XD

[@davidpeacock4091]

Sounds like the US Congress & the Texas Legislature.

[@SRV2013]

This is the only organization I would ever join.

[@tonywebster8582]

What about the beehive tossers association?

[@angelsaltamontes7336]

Mark Burgh ("This is the only organization i would ever join.")---I'm sure you're at the top of their list. I hope they're on the top of yours.

[@tonywebster8582]

@nmeunier Then the ugly men's association won't be calling.

[@tonywebster8582]

@nmeunier Sorry. They actually do.

[@tonywebster8582]

@tepid discharges of a douche-bag There's a band called confuse-a-cat.

[@123612100]

John Cleese is actually really good at playing timid. He plays it super sincere.

[@thepunditspundit1776]

Of course…he was super timid around big guests and Sybil. It was second nature.

[@joycampi7233]

@@thepunditspundit1776 I love Fawlty Towers!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

He's good at playing just about anything, like the annoying job interviewer.

[@dougjb7848]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Good night, a ding ding ding

[@CRMcGee2]

I would like to become an honorary member, by putting this episode on top of my other favorite Monty Python episodes.

[@kittensquack6695]

"Well done!"

[@CRMcGee2]

@@kittensquack6695 I wanted to be a member of Silly Walks, but unfortunately I can't find a listing for that Ministry.

[@michaelv4812]

Meeting adjourned forever

[@Ammo08]

Sounds like a staff meeting when I worked for the government...

[@oz_jones]

Seems about right.

[@ravensmith8614]

I'm glad someone finally gave the staging engineer for the Saturn V rocket the credit he deserves.

[@Kimdino1]

I put Monty Python on top of the list of great comic acts.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Best comment😊👍

[@thefreedomguyuk]

The list of Great Academical Comedy Acts. There are loads of less high-brow acts being on as high a level as the MP.

[@knowthycell]

Wow! How’d you do that?

[@edwardhayden4626]

After I retired over 15 years ago I would have nightmares of being in meetings that I couldn't leave, that accomplished nothing and mostly talked about more meetings. I still have them on occasions. The worst part of all of these interminable meetings meant that I would have to work on my own time to actually accomplish the tasks assigned to me. Scream.

[@markh.6687]

I quit attending meetings, and was told I had to attend. So I told my boss that my attendance was completely unnecessary, since all the decisions had already been made, nobody cared what the staff told management, and I was not going to waste my life in another useless staff meeting, even though I was being paid. Since it was for a 911 Center (999 in the UK) I fully expected to be suspended. Ironically absolutely nothing happened to me, and after a few people found out what I did, they also stopped attending, and ultimately the meetings were cancelled for about 3 years(!)

[@justsayen2024]

Yeah "being there".. wouldn't that be great name for a movie?

[@stevebramblet7192]

@Mark H. I hope someone said, "meeting adjourned forever!" 😂

[@smc1942]

At the end of last meeting I attended, they asked if anyone had anything to add, or any suggestions.... I suggested we have no more meetings! 😁

[@showtale8325]

Exactly, my experiences were groaning as I counted the additional hours I would have to personally spend with each hollow gasp out of every speakers moutth

[@stvbrsn]

Sometimes I simply marvel at Graham’s ability to keep a straight face. I swear there are times when you can aaaaalmost see him about to break and smile, but no…

[@17primemover]

Finally, a cause I can get behind. Or, on top of.

[@Garrett316]

It’s at shame that the meeting was adjourned, forever.

[@Fuzcapp]

I'm personally MORTIFIED that they made no REFERENCE AT ALL to their sister group, the Royal Society for Putting Things UNDER Other Things. i will be writing to the papers about this - I have put it on the top of my to-do list ...... Oh Damn!!!

[@984francis]

Well done that chap.

[@peakperformancetrain]

Fuz Capp are you saying it’s important to put your women’s things under your mans things ?

[@SvendleBerries]

I prefer the organization Im a part of: The Royal Society for Putting Things INSIDE Other Things. It saves space whilst technically accomplishing the same goals as the other two societies.

[@SniperLogic]

They also didn’t reference my favored group, The Royal Society for Putting Things Aside. I would complain but that would require a bit of work, one of my favorite things to put aside!

[@andyboerger]

One of the best skits ever done by any comedy group. It sums up most of human existence, which is all a bit silly.

[@LeothirNanirhandel]

Why was this video on top of all other videos on my list of recommended videos?

[@7hunderbird]

The society put it there.

[@brucebaker810]

The underlying cause is that you had too often overlooked it.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

The Society: You're welcome. 😁

[@peakperformancetrain]

LeothirNanirhandel conspiracy!!!

[@christianworthinton8000]

Because it had to be on top of other things, silly!

[@Football__Junkie]

Graham being able to clearly say this script is just amazing

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Reading it ... there was too many pieces to perform - they were busy then.

[@mcaddicts]

That was the hardest part for him.

[@redsquirrel1086]

These guys could poke fun at absolutely everything. Their humor was absurd but that made it all the funnier.

[@Lukiel666]

These are probably the ones responsible for putting pineapple on top of pizza.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Bastards! Hanging's too good for 'em!

[@DarlyFofa]

🤣 🤣 🤣 We finally found the culprits.

[@benjaminfeldhaus3099]

Shame! Shame!

[@SniperLogic]

I think you’re on to something there chap. The bloody monsters.

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

@@DieFlabbergast hanging is putting them below something. It's an adequate punishment.

[@unclejoeoakland]

If there is a Monty Python Fan Club, it had damn well better be called "The Royal Society For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things."

[@unclejoeoakland]

@David McDonald yes. Permanently disband after every meeting. I like how you think.

[@andersonsmith979]

The RS4PToToOT?

[@samarvora7185]

@Mike Hegarty Ah, right. Just across the street from the argument clinic.

[@michaelkemel9711]

@@samarvora7185 No they're not.

[@bretthess6376]

@@michaelkemel9711 Yes they bloody well are.

[@JasonSmith-mk7up]

When Carl Sagan selected the material that went on the the two Golden Records that were placed in the Voyager Spacecraft, it's a real shame this 2 minutes and 15 seconds didn't make the cut, because it probably says more about our world than anything else I've ever heard.

[@mace8873]

Personally, I think it was a bit rash to simply decide that this whole thing is a bit silly, just because some members maybe didn't have the same sense of dedication and love of traditions as the rest of the Society For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things. But on the other hand, I understand that not everyone has the same options as their circumstances are different, and so they might face unreasonable challenges. So, what I would suggest they should've done, was simply make a merger with the Society For Putting Things Next To Each Other - that way they wouldn't have things out of order just because it's bloody difficult to put puddings on top of pyramids, or jellyfish on top of flagpoles, and thus they could've continued on for a very long time.

[@indyrock8148]

Heresy! Sheer heresy! 😤

[@bretthess6376]

Here Here! Well said!

[@bretthess6376]

@@indyrock8148 Sir, let us see YOU put a jellyfish atop a flagpole... Or a blancmange atop the ossicones of a giraffe! Let me hear your cries of "Heresy!" THEN! HRUMPH!

[@indyrock8148]

@@bretthess6376 well sir, if putting those particular things on top of those other particular things is beyond you, then you must stick with merely putting them side by side. A distasteful solution for those who have truly mastered putting things on top of other things.

[@christopherdunne7848]

@mace8873: so, if a merger like that took place, would it be called the Society for Putting Things at a 45 Degree Angle to Other Things? 🤷‍♂️

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Monty Python's mantra; it doesn't matter how nonsensical something sounds, just run with it and it becomes comedy gold. Until it becomes too silly, of course.

[@someguy2135]

And then Graham comes out in his police uniform and stops all the silliness.

[@DulceN]

Graham was a good actor with a great presence and a true gentleman. He left too soon, unfortunately.

The sheer Britishness on the "neow" at 0:29 was so intense I had to pause the video.

[@MidnightMoon197]

Watch mojo, must be a member of the society.

[@tbdkuphk]

When someone is too apologetic about 'wasting my time' when I offer him help, my answer is always 'Look its either helping you with this of wasting time on watch mojo clips so you surely do not waste my time...'.

[@howardtennenhouse7849]

While I saw this sketch so long ago,I am grateful for it’s underlying theme.I habitually put things on top of other things.Examples:When I have a beverage,I put it on a table on top of the floor. As I live in cold Canada,I double up and wear a coat on top of a sweater on top of me. I could go on and on.

[@DaleDix]

Still makes more sense than 2020

[@mjk1320]

Still makes more sense than 2021. I fear it will make more sense than 2022.

[@tom5productions508]

R.I.P Terry Jones (1942-2020)

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

RIP = Return If Possible

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

@@stevenvanhulle7242 ROFL!!

[@zegermanscientist2667]

This sketch is way deeper than most people realize.

[@logotrikes]

I was going to join the Apathy Society, but couldn't be bothered....

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

I was going to join the Procrastinators Club but I kept putting it off. I'll do it next week for sure.

[@WildBluntHickok]

I said "sign me up for the Apathy Society immediately!" They said "not with that attitude."

[@josetrindade3550]

The Society for the Promotion of Laziness stopped attributing the Most Lazy Person Award because the nominees would never come to collect it.

[@kevanbrown7620]

This Monty Python group were absolutely brilliant, they were groundbreaking, but most of all they were hilarious, they took comedy to a new level on T.V. and made some excellent films, Life Of Brian, being one of the greatest films ever made. I also think Brazil, written and directed by Terry Gilliam, and starring Michael Palin,is a masterpiece, Palin is brilliant,he makes me laugh so much.

[@kittensquack6695]

Palin really is fascinating. Apparently, he just wrote a non-fiction book on the ill-fated 1845 Franklin expedition.

[@raymondsawyer8626]

They are the Beatles of comedy

[@chezsnailez]

@@raymondsawyer8626 ~ you mean The Rutles of comedy?

[@lorrainefranchi9105]

Brazil and Time Bandits are two of my favorites of all time

[@gregoryschleitwiler9601]

Meaning of Life, in my opinion is the absolute best of this crew. Pure genius.

[@supernintendochalmers3811]

My father taught me to always respect things that are on top of other things.

[@L_Martin]

1:22 I love the appreciative little noise someone makes here

[@dianeowen491]

I've long put things on top of other things...never receiving any credit for it. I feel cheated.

[@dianeowen491]

@Ad Lockhorst have you heard of the princess and the pea? A well-documented case of stacking things upon other things. Mattresses on a pea, in this case. Well, that princess was me! I demand full acknowledgement, credit and society privileges!

[@dianeowen491]

Damn......

[@BrucknerMotet]

Well, at least you can console yourself with the knowledge that your behavior was not, and I cannot emphasize this enough, wierd in any way.

[@Plethorality]

@Ad Lockhorst reading that made me breathe funny!

[@iloveamerica1966]

If you had only joined the society, think what meaning your life might have had!

[@rymarczykmaciej9009]

This is literally the best scetch of Monthy Python that ever existed.

[@JoeBlow_4]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fquUe4qwrtupbqM

[@wordwarrior2350]

In YOUR personal opion. Please do not try to put YOUR opinions on top of the opinons of others.

[@wordwarrior2350]

@@JoeBlow_4 Please refrain from telling ME what to do. OK? Google: "Practice what YOU preach."

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

@@wordwarrior2350 : )))))

[@johngavin1175]

Dunno,it has some serious competition from Silly Walks and the Spanish Inquisition

[@emeseimre5252]

Another perfect acting performance of dear graham Chapman. Even his intonation is perfectly done.

[@davelawson8568]

I watched this episode when it was first aired on the BBC. I told my daughters boyfriend about it years later and he was in stitches.

[@castleanthrax1833]

He was just thinking about putting his "thing" on top of your daughter's "thing". 🤔😜

[@althalus3267]

I hope you realise that you have set yourself up for some really crass comments.

[@blakes8126]

I once asked someone at a party about the most interesting thing he'd put on top of another thing. He immediately became defensive and thought I was talking about something like guilt on top of guilt. Interesting how we all see things differently!

[@TheMerryPup]

"Right. Let's _not_ go to Camelot. It is a silly place!"

[@deanmoncaster]

Everything is already on top of everything else. That's the beauty.

[@JohnScargall1]

Happy Thanksgiving Gentlemen! Above all else, I am thankful for your dedication to putting things on top of other things.

[@sonicspeed6413]

Bless you boys. What a sad state our world would be in without heroes like these.

[@thefrub]

Aw you cut it out right before one of my favorite filmmaking jokes... "We're surrounded by film!"

[@nedwalport4426]

Yeah! If I remember correctly, right afterwards the whole thing turned into an animation with them all going through pipes and whatnot.

[@denisrhodes54]

there’s only one way out, the horse!

[@jumpkeys]

They would have been “under cut”ing

[@WildBluntHickok]

"I'm on fill-um"

[@torstenscholz6243]

The filmmakers belonged to the Royal Society For Surrounding Other Things.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

This sketch has gone right to the top of my list of my things on top of other things.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

2:04 The part of the “company team meeting” that I always coveted, dreamed of, and very intensely ached for.

[@hariashwath8189]

John Cleese doing Chapman's regular line was the punchline here.

[@DoctorWhoFanatic]

Genius! They know the perfect words to use to make it sound even more silly! Instead of saying items or stuff, the word }things} makes the whole sentence much sillier!

[@tweezerjam]

British humor is the best 😂

[@richardlloyd2589]

tweezerjam34 Top of the heap!

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Not now only the old stuff sadly ... well maybe Jimmy Carr and his 9/10 Carrs team ...

[@torstenscholz6243]

British humor is on top of every other form of humor. We must thank the Royal Society For Putting Things On Top of Other Things for putting it there.

[@tweezerjam]

@@torstenscholz6243 my mom’s favorite python sketch was the academy of funny walks😂

[@Hr-sd5sd]

This sketch always reminds me of when I worked in the Public Service.

[@TheRovardotter]

22 things on top of other things is impressive

[@330sgk]

The writer meetings were probably the funniest.

[@ernestogasulla7763]

Cleese said they didn't really all work together... they formed pairs, and only discussed the finished scripts as a group.

[@ivanr3107]

the legend has it that the entire meeting was on film

[@garybeauchamp3623]

A truly worthy cause. Daily I see things that are not on top of other things. It is an outrage!!

[@redpillnibbler4423]

The society for putting things beside other things think it’s a good idea.

[@garybeauchamp3623]

@@redpillnibbler4423 I knew it! I knew it! I knew there was a massive conspiracy out there pushing putting things beside things agenda. Oh the humanity!!!!

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@@garybeauchamp3623 It’s a conspiracy theory 😵‍💫

[@wintertontoday]

Absolute gold. Thank you for the upload. That was brilliant. Nothing else quite makes me laugh like Monty Python does!

[@SphinxMTN]

This clip seems more relevant today than in the day.

[@-Markus-]

1:18 This delivery is fantastic! That proud little smirk at the end 😂

[@keni8363]

i did my part today and put 6 things on top of other things....and have 3 more planned for later today

[@davidvalensi8616]

I saw a thing this week that was not on top of another thing...Shame! Shame!

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Well done, chaps, but do not get complacent!

[@mace8873]

Well put!

[@octavianeandracles5868]

As a non british foreigner, my only knowledge i have about staffordshire is from this sketch. I also know abit about the political climate of Minehead.

[@jimbrownza]

Just make sure you have the right map....

[@nevermindshort3]

You should also have intimate knowledge of the politics of Judea around Jesus' time.

[@ferretcatcher2377]

The top of Staffordshire (Stoke) is known as the potteries famous for Wedgewood and other plate and cup factories.

[@Plethorality]

@Ad Lockhorstbeautiful. Cracked me up. Accidental pun. But thank you. I don't know why, but I laughed for ages at that comment!

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

@@ferretcatcher2377 You will find that Wedgewood plates can be placed very neatly, and thus extremely safely, on top of other Wedgewood plates. This only applies to the ceramic Wedgewood plates, not the moderately dismal crime investigator Wedgewood Plates. I don't really know what a moderately dismal crime is, so please don't ask me.

[@GinolasSon]

THE most underrated Python sketch of all!

[@hayleybartek8643]

I'm surprised that they didn't mention the threat cats posed, knocking things off of other things like there's no tomorrow as they do.