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Just in time for Christmas, Coy Jandreau & Tara Erickson check out Monty Python's Classic Historical / Religious Satire, for the first time! Taking a comedic look at Religious Tradition, History, Politics, and the Roman Empire, Life of Brian tells the story of a simple man elevated by hilarious happenstance into the role of an unintentional Messiah. Featuring Monty Python's Flying Circus members, John Cleese (A Fish Called Wanda), Eric Idle (Shrek the Third), Michael Palin (Time Bandits), Graham Chapman (And Now for Something Completely Different), Terry Jones (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride), and the Animation of Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).
Coy & Tara react to all the most hilarious moments & sketches including I Want to Be a Woman / Loretta, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, What Have the Romans..., Beattitudes, Stoning, the Lepper, Romanes Eunt Domus, The People's Front of Judea, Pontius Pilate, and MORE! Should they check out Monty Python & the Holy Grail or Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Next??
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"yellow submarine" spaceship 😂 George Harrison of the Beatles is actually in the Crowded House scene, just as Brian is trying to leave you can see George and hear his distinctive Liverpool accent 😂
George played a major role in funding the entire film.
Pink Floyd also helped fund Monty Python with Nick Mason (Pink Floyds drummer) used one of his very rare Ferrari Cars as collateral 😉
You think this is funny do you? Bet you didn't know the historical Jewish uprising against Rome that lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jews being scattered throughout Europe, all started with a single Roman centurion in Jerusalem mooning a Jew - showing is naked @ss to a Jew as a childish prank insult. That was the last straw for the Jews and events spiraled from there and eventually leading to the events of 70 CE.
Wheres my wife Tara at, Fuck roxy and the red headed guys and the fat mixed guy, the gay guy with the mew stache and john and greg are kewl but WHERE IS TARA
A lot of shortened/cut, blurred or completely omitted scenes of this movie, all just so that you don't accidentally offend all those crazy modern advocates of pseudo-correctness of today.
That's pretty hypocritical of you, isn't it?
Some TH-camrs should not react to such movies at all and rather engage in their usual stupidity.
This movie is quite simply a comedy masterpiece, so ahead of its time. Watching reactors freak out when the UFO appears never gets old. Also, If you’ve ever taken Latin as a study, the Romans go home scene really lands.
I think about the The flying spaghetti monster when I get to that scene now.
Guess where I saw this movie the first time?
In Latin Class, 9th Grade.
Wheres my wife Tara at, Fuck roxy and the red headed guys and the fat mixed guy, the gay guy with the mew stache and john and greg are kewl but WHERE IS TARA
@@radbarij "Romanes eunt domus"? They go the house? What's latin for Roman? Come on! Come on!
Ahhhh! The locative! The locative!!!!
Fun fact for our friends Coy and Tara, George Harrison (yes, the Beatle) re-mortgaged his home to fund this movie, he liked the Monthy Pythons so much.
And iirc, the film cost around 4M and made 20 at the box office. So we can thank the Beatle(s) for this Monthy Python movie.
When George Harrison was asked why he funded Life of Brian, he said "I want to see the movie" like he was paying for a ticket.
quite the expensive ticket indeed x)@@richardb6260
Yes! And he has a brief cameo, walking past the camera in one scene.
George Harrison (who helped fund the film) made a small appearance as one of the group who thanks Brian while he was on the crucifix and sings For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow. He is behind John Cleese, in the back row, wearing a beard and headgear.
It does help to understand the style if you watch sketches on the tv series. They skewered everyone and everything and included a lot of historical and philosophical references. Also each tv show episode had a segment of animation by Gilliam.
Took Latin for 6 years in middle school and high school. The scene where Brian is being violently confronted by the "Grammar Centurion" over errors in declension and conjunction was very relatable to me....
What makes the scene even funnier is that John Cleese who plays the Roman Soldier in that scene before entering comedy was a latin teacher.
My favorite scene in the movie for sure -- but I had lots of favorite scenes.
Do kids still get 100 lines like we used to get?
@@jamesmoyner7499 He was a mathematics graduate.
@@robinac6897 he got three A-Levels (undergrad for us Yanks) in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but he studied law at Downing College, Cambridge.
The Biggus Dickus scene is my favourite Monty Python scene of all time 😂😂😂
honestly between this and holy grail the whole movie is the most quotable movies
And largely improvised as well.
Heavily agreed, im so happy this dropped 😅
@@Bancheis Largely improvised? Huh? Where did you get that from? I've never heard of *anything* from Monty Python being improvised.
@@Swenglish Actually the roman Guards in the Biggus Dickus scene were not familiar with the script. They were told just to stand there and look serious at all costs. Then they heard that conversation for the first time and tried to stay serious... The rest is history^^
Edit: i mean, look at their faces. You can't act THIS^^
"Whatever happened to the popular front?"
"He's over there"😂😂😂
SPLITTER..!!!
Brian is their best made film, Grail is their funniest and The Meaning of Life is a basicly a brilliantly made sketch musical still worth checking out. And Now for Something is a clip film of some of the best skits of their TV show, which if you have not seen will amuse.
The latter being a brilliant showcase for their most memorable and hilarious sketches 'how not to be seen' being one of my favourites.
Great summary.
The end sequence is so famous that it featured in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. (100'000 people singing always look on the bright side of life, including the athletes)
It's not the end sequence per se. The song itself is famous. It is practically a staple at English funerals and wakes. It's a safe bet that most people who know the song have never watched the movie
I’m absolutely having it played at my funeral!
Classic. Thanks for the reaction. Thankfully my dad showed me Monty Python early in my life. These movies and sketches never get old. Some fun facts: George Harrison, the former member of the Beatles and a long-time Python fan, arranged financing for Life of Brian through the formation of his HandMade Films company. And why does a lot in the movie look so good and accurate? The film was shot on location in Monastir, Tunisia, which allowed the production to reuse sets from Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
My Dad took me and my sister to see this in the theatre back in 79. Mum refused to come along cos I was 9 and my sister was 11. Guess she didn't want a police record. Anyway, at the start of the movie, there was a short film on Venice. Turned out to be a Monty Python mockumentory. In the short, John Cleese says "Oh Christ, more fucking gondollas", to which my sister shouted at the top of her voice "HEY DAD, HE JUST SAID FUCK". Thete was a second of silence, then laughter like you've never heard. When the movie over, all you could hear was people talking about the little girl who said fuck. What a great way to become a Python fan.
The space ship was a reference to the book Chariot of the Gods and the theory of Ancient Aliens. The book was first published in 1968 but didn't gain popularity until the mid 70s. This was the first time someone challenged the interpretation of acient artifacts and instead suggested that aliens may have interacted with humans in the past.
No, it was very sharp, absurdist commentary on Star Wars mania, which was shoehorned into ridiculous places everywhere. In addition, Van Daniken had been exposed as a literal fraud in a big deal, in '75, I believe -- he wrote Chariot of the Gods when he was in prison for fraud, and used pictures cut out from other books that were out of scale and clipped to meet his narratives. There was a big kerfuffle that he wasn't put back in prison, and a bunch of people tried to sue, but he beat it all. Nobody really took him seriously again until there was a revival in interest, in the mid '90's, I think.
It was also just a gag to the popularity of Star Wars, which had come out two years before and many films and studios were getting in on the sci-fi train.
Fun fact about the Biggus Dickus sketch. The extras dressed as the Roman Centurions were not told what would happen in the scene. They were only told that if they laughed, they would be fired. So all the reactions of them holding in their laughter was a real response.
That's what I've been writing in other reactions, but some a**hole keeps saying that it wasn't true. So don't be suprised If that a**hole starts writing that on your comment.
@@JW666 I dont now, if you mean, but lol its not true. xD
All the Pythons had great comedic delivery, but I’m sure it’s particularly difficult to hold it together when it’s Michael Palin who keeps saying the name to you. I think it’s even funnier after noticing that Palin himself often struggled not to crack up in _Flying Circus_ sketches.
One of those common myths which isn't really true at all, but hey, it's a funny story atleast.
@@JW666 No idea who posted before, but if you've been putting nonsense information multiple places and someone else responded with factual information, I'm unclear on how that makes them the AH?
The scene was shot multiple times throughout the day, and the soldiers are all played by comedy actors who knew the team. It was changed up to keep it fresh, and he was trying to get them laughing so that they had genuine laughs to hold back as it made it look more genuine - but it was planned and roughly scripted with the laughing being part of it. There was no threat not to pay them, and those are not just extras - that's just an internet myth.
The actor who portrays Jesus is Kenneth Colley, he also played Admiral Piett in Star Wars Return of the Jedi.
Eric Idle said of George Harrison mortgaging his Estate to get the film made: “It’s still the most someone’s ever paid for a cinema ticket”
The 'Romans go home' scene is one of my all-time favorite comedic bits in film history. The 'Now don't do it again' at the end just knocks me on my ass. This and Holy Grail are tied for me, both near the top of my favorite film list
5:20 The opening song was sung by a 16 year-old girl - Sonia Jones, from Wales. Amazing voice for someone so young!
Monty Python is the embodiment of WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED comedy.🤣🤣🤣
Great reaction guys! If you react to movies, you can't go through life without experiencing "Monty Python & The Holy Grail".
the greatest cinematic horses of all time that’s all i’m gonna say
“MP & The Holy Grail”, their first big hit, is my favorite comedy movie of all time. I say this as a person that has seen more movies than most other’s who never learned how to manage their time properly. Love the show and all ya’ll btw. 😊
It's the little details that make me smile.
The final scene has the pompous couple from the Sermon On The Mount scene, with their servant still holding their parasol (albeit on a rather long extension)
I first saw this movie on my tiny television in my room, when I was like 16/17 yrs old. It was the middle of the night and I was exhausted but couldn't get to sleep. I lay across my bed sideways and blearily watched this whole thing in a daze. It was so bizarre I thought I might have dreamed it up for a few years until I came across it again.
I had a similar experience with rock-a-doodledoo. It was just so weird and surreal and I was probably very sick that it stood out In my mind as a fever dream. That I saw a clip of it somewhere in a TH-cam video and yelled out "That shit was real?!"
@@nugget3687 oh dang rock-a-doodle is a straight up fever dream of a movie lol
The alien spaceship scene is all Terry Gilliam's doing. He also played the crazy prison guard.
Of course the Spaceship was necessary, how else Brian could have come down from the tower?
The film was shot on location in Monastir, Tunisia, which allowed the production to reuse sets from Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
The film was shot on location in Monastir, Tunisia, which allowed the production to reuse sets from Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth (1977). The Tunisian shoot was documented by Iain Johnstone for his BBC film The Pythons.
This is my favorite Python movie hands down. I'm in stitches throughout every time.
About that In the name of the Father blessing, Irish comedian Dave Allen had a joke about his childhood when he had gone to a funeral. He always remembered the priest giving the blessing as 'In the name of the Father, the Son, and into the whole he goes.'
One of the funniest Monty Python movies to watch on Christmas!
My absolute favourite Monty Python film is "The Meaning of Life", and consider it a must watch.
Who's your favorite SKETCH COMEDY Troupe??
Monty Python
Mr. Show w/Bob & David
(just being silly here) When they put that thing at the end where it ends :p
Monty Python followed by Kids in the Hall
Should've done an actual Christmas movie this year
One of the most feel-good endings in cinema, I kid you not.
Wow? You have made it this far in life and not seen The Holy Grail?!? In for a great time!
Terry Jones of the "Python" team is a published Historian, so the historical elements will be grounded in an understanding of the times. Most of British Pythons met at Cambridge University. As they drifted into TV and films they eventually became the masters of the absurd. Lampooning all things Human or societal throughout their careers, or using them as a vehicle for amusement. The films too are all rooted in human truths made absurd. Like most good comedy. A mix of light and dark. As for this film it was banned in many Religious countries, and heated TV debates took place between religious figures and the Python team. I thought the commentary on gender issues was way ahead of it's time. I was lucky enough to see their first movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in the Theatre. I was laughing progressively harder at the scenes, so hard I had to go twice as I missed the end because of it. That film is rooted in the Arthurian myth from medieval England. As for a love of dark humour, then "Death Becomes Her" Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis, which I also saw in Theatre, might appeal, or the gangster movie, "Killing Them Softly". which is also well cast, with Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta, and plays like a dark comedy. Two of the Pythons appear in the film "A Fish Called Wanda". John Cleese and Michael Palin, along with Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis. All are worth a watch. I'm sure you'll research. So fun to watch the watchers. Happy Holidays to you both, family and friends. Have fun and be well.
YES!!!!! More Python. More Coy and Tara.
This was awesome! I feel so old listening to you two since I grew up with Monty Python, but I really appreciate your reactions! More please!
Wow! Welcome to your first step with Monty Python!! Coy, interesting you pointed out Terry Gilliam during the opening credits - he does the art and animation throughout the show and movies of Monty Python. He also plays a few small characters now and then (the mad prisoner is his standout role in this one). I hope you explore more of Python.
"we are all individuals"
"I'm not."
For me it was the comedy that kept on giving as I first saw it when I was about 8.
When I got older suddenly the smarter jokes and satire made sense.
Still my favourite comedy and a must watch for every new generation especially Brian's speech to his followers in terms of the best life philosophy to have
The most amazing thing is that despite this being a low budget comedy, it is surprisingly accurate and clever in ways most people wouldn’t realise. Speaking as a former archaeologist who specialised in the ancient Near East and the history of religion, I can confirm 1st century Jerusalem was indeed full of people claiming to be the messiah, as well as many different dissident groups resisting against the romans but also opposing each other, and possibly the most obscure reference of all is when Brian’s mum says his real father was a Roman soldier. Because in both the Talmud and very early texts about Christianity in the second century (specifically Celsus), Jesus is said to have actually been fathered by a Roman legionary called Pantera. Whats particularly intriguing about this is in the 1930s, archaeologists found a grave in Germany for a Roman soldier called Tiberius Abdes Pantera, who, although having died in Germany was originally from Syria, and was posted in Judea at exactly the time Jesus is said to have been born. Probably a coincidence, but an intriguing one!
George Harrison as Mr Papadopoulos.
Sue Jones-Davies (born 1 January 1949) is a Welsh actress, singer and local politician. She played Judith Iscariot in the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and was Mayor of Aberystwyth from 2008 to 2009.
Oh man i can not wait for more of these Monty Python reactions, some of the best Comedy us brit's has to offer.
The song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is one of the most played songs at funerals in the UK, and probably other places.
Absolutely my favorite Python movie. I've watched it so many times.
The jokes about the feuding protest groups harks back to the '60s and early '70s, when political awareness was high and everyone seemed to be promoting some reform or other. Schisms among reform organizations happened all the time.
Another fantastic example of having multiple sketches with an arc that ties them together is Mr. Show w/ Bob & David.
I've always wondered, when Jesus stepped from the tomb did he see his shadow? 🤔
The transperson bit was definitely ahead of its time. Even more relevant now.
Star Wars came out a couple of years before this, and sci-fi suddenly became super popular. So the spaceship that saves Brian and drops him off at the foot of the tower he fell from, is just because space stuff was "in" late 70's, that's all. Plus the "You lucky bastard..." line from the bystander who witnesses the spaceship crash is funny as hell.
That final song, Always look on the bright side of live, by Eric Idol is actually the 2nd most played song at British funerals. Not the wakes. The actual funeral!
I did an extended essay on the Roman occupation of Brittania, as part of my A-Level Archaeology course at college, & titled it, 'What have the Romans ever done for us'?
It went down very well! 🤣
Oh man I hope you guys watch the others. I would even call them important to watch for anyone that is a dedicated movie fan of any genre.
When Graham Chapman, who played Brian died, they sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" at his funeral.
Always look on the bright side of life is the most popular song at British funerals.
And now it's time to learn about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.
African or European ?
Merry Brianmas🎉
So well written, "What happened to the popular front? He's over there." 😂
The Easter Bunny and eggs comes from Pagan traditions and influences.
Happy Holidays Greg, Coy, John, and Tara!! I’m thankful for you all for so many reasons!
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By far my favourite joke in the film, one which I think about at least once every two weeks.
"You are all individuals"
"WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS"
"I'm not"
The UFO caught me off guard 😂
the holy grail is probably my favorite monty python movie. so many memories watching it with friends who have never seen it, and being in that moment brings me joy lol
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Please please watch the holy grail. It's hilarious and such a classic. I've heard references to it in a majority of the video games I've played throughout my life.
What’s funny about the graffiti scene is that John Cleese was a Latin teacher at one point so he knows what he is talking about
Big horns never went away, we just bent them a lot and put valves on them.
...
...and we also made the Vuvuzela
When the actor of Brian died some years ago, the same song "Always look on your bright side" was sung on his funeral.
There is even a video about that here on TH-cam.
I couldn’t be happier that you guys are watching this absolute CLASSIC!
Monty Python and The Holy Grail.... Just remember the actors are running around in England making a film. So whilst the film is set in the middle ages, it also exists in the 70's as a film crew and actors 😉
Schoolhouse Rock Rules!!
The different groups (PFJ, JPF, etc) was a comment on the many "liberation" groups in the 1970s. They fought amongst each other more than they did their commin enemy.
Every time I watch this movie my Latin teacher appears for my eyes and I start to conjugate. Everything. I am 51. 😄
the scars of Latin instruction never leave you!!!
Great Reaction Coy and Tara! This movie is a classic and funny! 👍
If you go on a Monty Python journey you should also do some of their sketches like the Parrot sketch (with I'm a Lumberjack sketch) or the four Yorkshire men.
Those are great sketches, but my personal favorite is The Argument sketch
cheese shop sketch
Ministry of silly walks!
I always love seeing the reactions to the spaceship scene. This movie came out shortly after Star Wars, so space movies were a thing. Also, the Pythons were making fun of Deus Ex Machina plot twists where the screenwriters write themselves into a corner but have the cavalry arrive in the nick of time, or a superhero do something spectacular or something. The fact that Brian is "saved" only to end up back at the same spot is absolutely hilarious to me.
MY favourite is Christopher Columbus when they are on the boat and there talking about the sharks 😂😂😂😂❤
John Cleese said himself "No, I'm 1.93 m That's 6 foot four and a half inches"
the elaborate sets were made for the very expensive and very popular Jesus of Nazareth TV mini-series (Franco Zeffirelli, 1977), they happened to be still available and Monty Python took the opportunity to repurpose them for their own needs.
The Meaning Of Life is criminally underrated but for me it is their purist Python movie, it is what they do best. The aliens were a comment on how star wars was suddenly impacting cinema
Omg, I feel so old listening to you two talk about this movie which I first saw when it first came out in theaters! Also, you NEED to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail!!!
18:40 The sets were what was built for jesus of nazareth in Tunisia, so it didn't cost them anything..
Mel Brooks and Monty Python were not inspired by each other... they just happened to both be silly. Mel Mel Books started his comedy career in the 50s... And the Python's got started in the 60s... But their inspirations were very different. Mel Brooks's style is very much Jewish Borscht belt humor... Monty Python is very British humor but taken to a silly extreme.
The difference is Mel brooks isn't funny ..to me anyway
Love the video! Happy Dec 25. 100% would watch every MP video you release.
The infighting within the groups is a commentary on the tendency for extreme groups on the left and right to splinter.
the greatest funniest movie of all time.
My wife hates it as I can turn of the sound and say it almost word for word.
And one part is very relatable today.
This movie should come with a warning label "all viewers are at significant risk of death by laughing". Romani ite domus, or wee will welease Woger!
Fun fact, in the latin variant that the romans spoke (as opposed to ecclesiastical latin), caesar is pronounced like "kai-sar". Kaiser (as in kaiser wilhelm ii) is from caesar. And tsar comes from that too
This seems like a great film. Looks like you've all had a good time watching it.
Monty Python is a most reverent artistic troupe. We must pay homage, select The next historical movie, and wonder what they smoked back then. 🤔🌌
That’s why you should read Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. If this was comedy in a movie that’s the absolute masterpiece of this type.
Monty Python and the holy grail is probably the best low budget film ever
I studied Theology and Philosophy and no joke, our teacher showed us Monty Python Life of Brian in class because it’s so well researched and likely representative of the time - then it’s just hilarious on top of that well researched foundation.
He said the different messiah figures all shouting to be heard and gain followers was accurate and explained Jehovah as a (iirc) compound word so that no one ever uttered the actual name of god. It’s really interesting!
Little things like Brian’s mum saying “thanks for the gold and frankincense but next time forget the myrrh” or something similar - that’s because myrrh was used in death rituals and so you’d not actually be best pleased getting it as a gift for a newborn :D
In Hebrew, god's name is a tetragram ( a group of four letters). Since Hebrew is a consonant alphabet, you cannot know how to pronounce this group of letters correctly. Hebrew does have "nikkud", extra signs that will show the correct pronunciation of words - but this group doesn't have any nikkud anywhere, ever. So as to not speak god's name in vain - it's forbidden to try and pronounce this specific word. It is in the Torah, but during readings and in prayers it will always be replaced with certain placeholders, such as "the name" "the lord" and such (in Hebrew, of course!).
The spaceship scene was also a homage to Star Wars that was big around the world the previous year,and both films used the same locations in Tunisia.
When you say that this movie would not fly today, it may be good to remember that this movie was banned just after it was made for a long time. The ban was lifted after a lot of public debate, and it is hard to know what damage banning it may have done for the status of christianity in western Europe today. The ban gave the silly, but sharp, movie a sense of importance that it may not have got to the same degree without a ban.
It would be a stretch to say the movie is about ancient times, but it is rather about modern society and to some degree about how we project our imagination about the past through the lens of modern society. Anyways, the main point I wanted to address that it is a mistake to think that the content of this movie was main stream at the time it was made, when it really was upsetting to a lot of people.
Michael Palin went on to do a LOT of travel series for television, all over the globe, with books attached, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2019 for his contributions. He brings a unique style to the concept of a travel series and incorporates his humor and his very extensive knowledge and wonderful style of writing. Highly recommended.
Met him briefly at a book signing,lovely bloke (his dad was my grandfather's boss as it happens (
21:26 Now you all waiting for this iconic moment 😂
Look at when Mel Brooks made his mark in Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, and the Monty Python crew began doing films. You will notice Mel Brooks came up with a lot of things that were then done by the Monty Python crew in a different fashion.
What a merry gift to wake up to
I love that Life of Brian is your Christmas post.
The scene with them all in the arena " why do want to be Loretta Stan ? " its just insane that was a great skit and now it's reality. Like seriously wtf.
I cannot walk passed any Jehova's Withnesses without at least humming "Jehova, Jehova, Jehova!" and for some reason we have loads of them in my town.