Love how they researched this film, its spot on. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries was a medieval taunt, mother breeding like a hamster, father couldn't afford wine and had to make it out of elderberries. That's Monty Python for ya, highly intelligent and ludicrously funny:-)
Hamsters aren't native to England and were not known here till sometime later, elderberry wine is really good, the romans made grape wine here but the vinyards mostly fell into disuse after the empire fell. But aside from that it is by far the funniest historical documentary ever.
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" I've always wondered if Cleese's lines were ad-lib or written in the sketch... Classic, no matter.
They released a book of the Holy Grail script complete with handwritten amendments. The original version was much different to the film - basically a bunch of old sketches cobbled together.
We got cable when I was in the fourth grade. The PBS station had Monty Pythons Flying Circus, I was hooked immediately. And that's what's wrong with me now.
Arthur: "If you do not agree to my commands, then I shall-" *French launches a cow at them* Arthur: "JEEEEESUS CHRRRRIST!!!" I don't know how you can watch that and not laugh your ass off.
It's sad, I'm 34 so this technically was "before my time" but thanks to my awesome uncle I grew up with it, the sad part is that what Monty python did and indeed Blackadder and all the rest was in my opinion much higher quality and better written than anything we see today, what they did was entertainment at its finest and I appreciate all the effort they put into making such memorable theater
I was born in early 1990s and first found this film and Blackadder in early 2000s on VHS tapes my elder brother had recorded. Along with other Monty Python works, these masterpieces inspired me to hone my English as a non-native speaker to a level where, years later, the opponent of my PhD defence, a native English speaker, actually praised the quality of my writing and speech in his written statement.
I am 74 years old I have been a fan of the Pythons for ever. My favourite sketch they did for TV was the Spanish Inquisition. It still cracks me up after all these years.
During the height of the pandemic, someone on Twitter compared vaccine mandates to the Spanish Inquisition. I replied, "Nobody expected that," to which the original tweeter responded with a two-paragraph diatribe about China, the CDC, Fauci, the Deep State, et al.--all the usual suspects. He had no idea what I meant.😁
in german this sounds even better: "So, what are you looking for in England then? - We drill for inseed oil you sucker of Tea" th-cam.com/video/02-Y4oXlwr8/w-d-xo.html
As french i expected it to be harder in tone but it is 'bon enfant' - rivalry in good spirits. Compared to the world we live in today the French -English rivalry is much insignificant. Like invasion from non European cultures.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Actually it was all really French vs French. The English were just the sword fodder for the French rulers of England. The Angevin rulers were very French when they succeeded the Normans who actually were French speaking Vikings. An Angevin ancestor is documented as turning in to the devil and flying out of a church window so a scary family indeed. It was not until the Welsh Tudors took over that the French were pushed out. Then a Scottish hierarchy took over, interrupted by a short interregnum with a rather miserable killjoy Englishman, followed by the Dutch and then finally and to this day the Germans. English history ended in 1066 but the poor English just get all the blame for everything. I preferred the stage presentation to the film as the mock horse scenes just seemed better on the stage.
@@michaeld5888 I enjoyed your concise and clear summary of English history and saved it. It is impossible to find that from any documentary as it always turns into a nationalistic marathon of unilateral minute details leaving out major lines from the other side. One question, the French themselves are a mixture of Francs a Germanic tribe from the Bavaria region, and Romans and Celts. Weren't the English population before the Normand conquest also Germanic tribes : the Saxons and the Angls and before that a more ancient Celtic population first indigenous inhabitants ? Around the bronze age the Europeans became violent changed from grain farming , from pastoral herders, from hunter and gatherer to raiding and violent conquest based on race according to a recent neolithic genetic study. This is how the stock of European genes was built and recognizable today and dominated by Nordic tribes where land resources were limited. Only the oldest son inherited the local land all the other sons had to prepare for conquest, were trained for raiding and combat from a young age and then had to leave and find new land to raid. Based on historical genetic studies and graves they would raid other races only and systematically kill all the males and children and keep the women to reproduce and as labor. Today Europe is disappearing because the exact opposite is being done, a replacement of all the stock gene by africans being invited by a non-european pseudo elite minority.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Thanks it was a bit tongue in cheek but hopefully the summary of kingship is accurate. France itself was a small political region but grew in to one nation from what I remember especially when the faction based in England became isolated so my saying French kings is a bit of a generalisation. The Anglo Saxons were Germanic but seemed very Norske in their habits especially as regards the sea. I recall reading a quote somewhere from a Roman saying the Saxons were not human, a compliment indeed from a Roman, saying they feared neither sea nor shipwreck which they considered as more an exercise than a disaster or words to that effect. I read a lot of history but forget a lot so do not take my word for it too much.
@@michaeld5888 I vaguely remember a documentary that the Saxons were a different Germanic tribe than the Angles and all these groups might have common ancestors with vikings. We talk in term of countries today but there were no countries in England or France even when imperial rome imposed roman laws among the many groups, even after the fall of Rome, it took many centuries for the so called barbarians to replace the Roman head of states by feudal conquest between themselves. Before Romans came, each barbarians had a precise define race and raided and killed any other groups. They did not attempts to conquer to impose a law to another group probably because their way of life was just tied to mysticism without written laws . The Romans taught them administration, the imposition of taxes by the state for a common good (a great innovation but always diminished by corruption) and only then they chose to rule instead of destroying competition. France is a good example, composed of groups living alongside without being a country. Until one chieftain wants to become the highest of all and like a Cesar. The notion of country is tied to a King. Even then vassal states were not ruled directly but paid tribute. So it was for England first a French vassal state until these vassals separated to make an independent country.
I knew most of the lines without ever seeing this episode. My highschool buddies must have repeated them for the entire year. It is kinda nice to finally get to see it after close to 50 years.
I brought this film into school to watch in history with the teacher and the rest of the class. Me and my teacher were howling with laughter and the rest had no idea what was going on
I made sure all my sons saw this movie before they went off to college, this was in the 2010-2016 time frame, still current sophomoric humor all these generations later.
This was almost 50 years ago and still a classic among 14 years as it was for me at 20. This will live inmortal. It is even popular in Russia and very popular in Ukraine. I still laugh every time I even think of this show and the numerous excerpts. Long live Monty Python!
Monty Python. How brilliant were they? This was so many years ago, and people still laugh at it, talk about it... they are still relevant today. Now that's comedy at its very best.
Unfortunately as a teen I didn’t understand Monty Python & the flying circus humour until I met my future husband who (along with his roommate) were huge fans of MP. I had failed to suspend my reality belief mindset & once I did I love them. The parrot on the perch is my all time favourite. “If he wasn’t nailed to the bloody perch he’d be pushing up daisies”. Still cracks me up & I use it randomly in life.
I’m 83 and The Search for the Holy Grail has always be something I always have enjoyed. I never did find out what a elderberry smelled like tho!! Nothing today can beat this for great humor.
We had this on VHS in 1989 on an Army exercise that was 3 months long…..wanna hazard a guess how many times it played over and over again? english and French canadiens killing ourselves laughing! Never gets old 🤣👍🇨🇦
@@Lou1ouze thanks, didn't know, took French for seven years and been to Paris three times and Normandie, mont Saint Michel, and Madagascar. It does sound like fechez to me..I love France 🍄
You know you’ve found the right partner when you both speak fluent Monty Python. Going on thirty years and it still makes me laugh when he calls me wicked, naughty Zute 😂 or asks me if there is anyone else he can talk to.
Same with finding a platonic BFF. My friend Heidi's favorite bit from this movie was "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt like elderberries." She also happens to be a massive Mel Brooks fan. Gotta love her! 😁
@@user-Tn2Dn you are very clever with a sense of humor. Thank you for the reply. Black white, who cares One people One planet One love One destiny 😱🔥🍄🦁🍄⚡🍄🌹🍄🌍🍄
This is late and not exactly the same thing but, in 1340 the Mongols were suffering from a plague in the middle of invading "Caffa", and they decided to use catapults to launch the corpses of fellow Mongolian warriors over the walls to infect Caffa with the plague to weaken them as well. Its one of the earliest instances of biological warfare! Just search up "Siege of Caffa" :>
At the time of the French Revolution, only about 10% of French people actually spoke French. So, based on that, we can imagine that even less spoke it in mediaeval times.
@@Eliza-yd7fi French wasn't uniformized back then, so they did speak somewhat french, but different dialects which could differ a lot. Honestly it's hard to call what was spoken then french because the differences between the regions and between then and today were huge, but it was as french as it could get, it's not like there was some actual french laying around in the middle of other languages
@@Eliza-yd7fi mostly French just not in a standardized form yet, so that reply is pretty much pointless anyway since they translated in English for this guy in the film
The very first time I saw this movie, the hardest I laughed was when the french launched the cow on the knights. I was literally on the floor with tears in my eyes. Love this scene :)
@@Acadian.FrenchFry well that's just great isn't it . AUKUS launched an eight years crusade in Iraq for freedom fries and we still have you die hards tagging yourself as French Fries .
There are so many great scenes in this movie that I can't possibly count them. I always liked the scene where the 2 peasants are talking as King Arthur rides by and one peasant says, "He must be a king or something". The second peasant says, "How can you tell?" causing the first peasant to reply, "He hasn't got sh*t all over him." Then there's the stuff about the Knights who say Knee, or the knight with his arms and legs cut off. I must have seen this movie like 100 times as a teenager when cable was in its infancy and the movie could be run uncut and unedited. Damn, Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail was funny as hell.
I always liked the killer rabbit skit, having to answer the questions 3 and the other side you'll see. What is your favorite color; " red I mean blue and the knight flys into the air
I'm not sure, some fowls were real, and as fowls perhaps don't fly very well... And the cow, that we saw alive, was in very poor condition once on the ground.
Holy Grail and Life of Brian were simply the funniest things I've ever seen. The TV shows were funny but a lot of rubbish to get to the one or two brilliant sketches in each half hour whereas those two films never let up from start to finish.
Blessed are the cheese makers! What’s so special about the cheese makers? Well, it’s not suppose to be taken literally 🙄 it’s all manufactures of dairy products, of course.
I came across the castle this was filmed at in 06. I was on vacation with my dad . He was a big fan of Monty Python and so am I. It was quite a pleasant surprise to have stayed in the same town and hotel that the cast and crew members stayed at. The locals were very friendly and had some great stories about the movie.
The decline of the movie industry is DELIBERATE, the result of long-range planning by the Suits of Hollywood. The lower classes in America have greatly increased since 2007, and the Suits know that this "new audience" wants the Tried & True, not creativity! That's why we're getting comic book movies & cartoon (animated) movies instead of Monty Python, or The Usual Suspects,or Minority Report...RIP
Gobbledygook tinfoil response. A major reason why there arent many movies like this anymore is that movies have become so expensive to make. Studios cant afford to pour a ton of money into a film and it bombs at box office anymore. They used to be able to tolerate that. Studios now prefer franchises or similar because there is a reliable fan base which guarantees viewers. It gets boring though. Audiences also want perfection in movies now so that means off the rails expenses with things like CGI etc. Cant make a silly movie like this without 10,000 people trying to criticize it either. “Theres no way the Black Knight could charge a second time having lost that much blood…”
Cela me rappelle la scène finale du film " Ridicule" où un émigré français découvre l'humour (prononcé " yeumeure"...en opposition à " l'esprit" pratiqué dans la France de Louis XV et Louis XVI ... " Oh ! Mon chapeau ! Il est perdu !"..." Cela vaut mieux que perdre votre tête !"...
I am a Brit, a young student at work mentioned at coffee break about something Roman he had seen and how impressed he was. I said what have the Romans ever done for us? He looked at me in shock and said I cannot believe you said that. I then said I suppose the roads, the hospitals etc etc. and others chimed in with rest. It was Friday and in the afternoon, I made him promise to watch life of Brian over the weekend. Monday he was suitably insulting, very amusing but he was hooked job done! He was going to watch all the others. We cannot let youngsters miss these classics it’s part of our culture. This came from a time when we could not even afford horses and we where forced to do B and B for the French in old castles with trampolines as the only form of entertainment.
I love the way Sir Galahad uses the tried and tested question when dealing with someone who may be a little 'Special' - "Is there someone else up there we can talk to?" There are just so many great gags & it's endlessly quotable.
It already felt old the first time I saw it about 30 years ago. But none-the-less memorable and immensely quotable. This scene was always my favourite part. "I told him we already got one!" Nice to see it again.
I remember when I first saw this movie and you either "Get it" or you think it's just silly. I'm so glad I'm one of the lucky ones who loves this brand of humor. The conversations are just great. When the King asks about a castle and gets into a political conversation with the guy piling mud on top of more mud. Then they argue over Excalibur giving the King the power to rule is just great. One of my all-time favorite movies.
@TisEyerish1 i believe Genesis also helped with financing the movies....low budget....they didn't use real horses cause they couldn't afford them...they also used local college students as actors
This scene and the coconut carrying swallows are the funniest things ever filmed. I laughed so hard the first time I saw it that I couldn't explain it to my wife (who hadn't seen it yet) later that night.
My best memory of this film was when me and my friends were watching it in 1984 (or 85.) We were in our 12s (or 13s) My Grandfather thought we were watching some stupid shit… but he caught this scene and could not stop laughing. He ended up loving this movie… especially the schtick with the coconuts. 🥥 I love how this movie bridged that generation gap. ❤️
I don't remember the exact battle but there once was a siege in Portugal going on for too long, the defenders were at risk of starvation. They decided to actually throw part of the little food supply they still had over the wall. The besieging Spanish army growing tired and frustrated took it as "we have enough food to hold out forever" and the siege was abandoned (probably because the attacking army wrongly figured other castles would be easier to starve into submission.
I was just realized the same thing,then i just saw your keen awareness like me thinking it outloud the algorithm hit out a response to it.if was them i woild heave gotten them to throw all of their food out then have a barbeque just out of catapault range and fan the party backnin their direction,screaming how terrible it was.
I'm 37 now, i grew up in france (yes sir !) with a father watching those movies and wondering why he was always laughing that hard. Now we both laugh damn hard just talking about it ^^
I remember my sophomore history teacher played this movie for us towards the end of the year and I was the literal only person laughing the whole way through, I was also stoned but I doubt those two things corollate.
Of course your senses were fortunately altered to allow the intelligence and un paralleled humorists ever, to penetrate your mind. Lucky for you. To this day they reign as Best!
A friend I went to grade school with, his parents took him when it first came out, told me about it, and said I had to see it. I didn't see it till a few years later when it came on late night TV, not quite the same impact being edited & all, but I still laughed me arse off. Still a huge favorite of mine along with The Meaning of Life, Young Frankenstein, and many others from that era
"I shall taunt you a second time" is one of the most memorable lines in cinematic history for me. The guys were geniuses.
Fetchez la vache does it for me.
@@truantray YES!!!!! 😂
You and all your silly English Kinnnnnigetts
‘‘Tis but a scratch 😂
Kevin "You tiny brained wiper of other peoples bottoms."
I always loved the fact that they never used the word "retreat", they always yelled "Run Away".
They aren't just running away. They're *tactically* running away ;)
“Retreat” sounds strategic.
“Run away!” Sounds cowardly and spur of the moment.
😂😂😂😂😂
I don't remember any of the Knights by looks, but one of them stays back and hits the castle once during their "run away" 😂
Retreat sounds like a term an adult would use "run away " a child would use
Love how they researched this film, its spot on. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries was a medieval taunt, mother breeding like a hamster, father couldn't afford wine and had to make it out of elderberries. That's Monty Python for ya, highly intelligent and ludicrously funny:-)
I think most of them were graduates of Cambridge University
The constitutional peasant 🍄🦡🍄🐄🍄🇬🇧🍄
Also, the French often did fart in the general direction of England.
Hamsters aren't native to England and were not known here till sometime later, elderberry wine is really good, the romans made grape wine here but the vinyards mostly fell into disuse after the empire fell. But aside from that it is by far the funniest historical documentary ever.
@@rad4924 😆
The Frenchman telling Arthur they’ve already got one is the most French thing you could do in that situation
And all the other soldiers trying not to laugh out loud and spluttering. Love that
@@larrykelly-kf5pp Yup, cue unholy sniggering in the Ramparts 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🌟🇬🇧
might we see it?!.... *NO* 😅
Historically astute
Two handed French 🥖🍟 Foods?
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" I've always wondered if Cleese's lines were ad-lib or written in the sketch... Classic, no matter.
Elderberry is Sambuca. The plant has a very pungent odour.
I've heard that the modern equivalent is similar to, "Your mom was a lur and your dad was a drunkard."
From what I heard it was all written and rehearsed. The Pythons didnt like going off script and never did.
It meant that your mother bred like a hamster and your father couldn't afford to buy wine so he had to make it himself.
They released a book of the Holy Grail script complete with handwritten amendments. The original version was much different to the film - basically a bunch of old sketches cobbled together.
“I fart in your general direction” is one of my all time favorite quotes 😂
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Not quote but curse
My favorite as well😝
Just fractures me after hearing it again after all these years!!
@@Auntypatti To some of us, that's a declaration of love.
We got cable when I was in the fourth grade. The PBS station had Monty Pythons Flying Circus, I was hooked immediately. And that's what's wrong with me now.
There is nothing wrong with you - it has made a you a better person!
Arthur: "If you do not agree to my commands, then I shall-"
*French launches a cow at them*
Arthur: "JEEEEESUS CHRRRRIST!!!"
I don't know how you can watch that and not laugh your ass off.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Probably because we British do not keep asses as pets. 😉
3:00 😂
Yes, of all things in the catapult, why a COW fgs?! 😆😆😆
It was before penicillin, in mediaeval times they use dead animals as germ warfare
It's sad, I'm 34 so this technically was "before my time" but thanks to my awesome uncle I grew up with it, the sad part is that what Monty python did and indeed Blackadder and all the rest was in my opinion much higher quality and better written than anything we see today, what they did was entertainment at its finest and I appreciate all the effort they put into making such memorable theater
Black Adder should be much better known than it is!
It's in your time the moment you discover a masterpiece.
I was born in early 1990s and first found this film and Blackadder in early 2000s on VHS tapes my elder brother had recorded. Along with other Monty Python works, these masterpieces inspired me to hone my English as a non-native speaker to a level where, years later, the opponent of my PhD defence, a native English speaker, actually praised the quality of my writing and speech in his written statement.
2 sides every story
No one cares about your shitty little anecdote you son of a silly person
There is a troupe of guys in Kansas city who do this bit at the Rennaisance festival once a year. Cheers to them.
That would be fun to see!.
I am 74 years old I have been a fan of the Pythons for ever. My favourite sketch they did for TV was the Spanish Inquisition. It still cracks me up after all these years.
I like the funniest joke ever written
Nobody expects it.
I mean, who would have expected the Spanish Inquisition?
@@Mad_Dawg1230 I sure didn't.
During the height of the pandemic, someone on Twitter compared vaccine mandates to the Spanish Inquisition. I replied, "Nobody expected that," to which the original tweeter responded with a two-paragraph diatribe about China, the CDC, Fauci, the Deep State, et al.--all the usual suspects. He had no idea what I meant.😁
"He's already got one!"
....
"I told them we've already got one."
*french honhonhonhon-ing*
Kkkhhh khh khh khh...
Well ohm... Can we come up and have a look?
@@aliramezani2333 -
"No! Now go away before I taunt you a second time!!"
lol so evil!
0:12 The random guy in the background beating the stream with a stick
Likely how fishing was done during those times
I think this random guy with stick could have another task - make sounds of "horses" acrossing the stream.
I think he's doing something called irrigation
@@ahbrando I can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke. _Please_ tell me it's a joke.
The guy beating the water with a stick is also at the begining of the constitutional peasant skit.
Every sentence in this movie is my favorite quote of all time.
...clo-pa-da clo-pa-da clo-pa-da 🥥🥥
I FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION! 🤣🤣🤣
I only have one favorite quote from this movie, but that quote is 1 hour and 29 minutes long
They didn't have the money for actual horses, I heard, so they pretended. I love that.
No money for nothing..shows or movies..it effects the style of the storytelling.....bare bones ,sparse , reductionary
They pretended because it was FUNNY
@@TomG-f4r affects (the verb) and not effects (the noun)
Oh, that must be the reason why they catapulted fake cows instead of real ones then.
Killer Rabbit!!!
"I am french, why do you think I have this outrageous accent you silly king!?!"
"What are you doing in England?"
"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!"
🤣🤣🤣
My girlfriend did not tell me about the rabbit scene. I had just taken a big swig of coke and that didn't go down as planned.
in german this sounds even better: "So, what are you looking for in England then? - We drill for inseed oil you sucker of Tea" th-cam.com/video/02-Y4oXlwr8/w-d-xo.html
J'adore !
Relax ryan zimerman its just a movie 😂 and its from the aeventies !😊 😁😆
@Erik Ulnes Hey stupi.d He's quoting.
48 years later it still gets me in stitches.
Me too. Good, humour never gets old.
I'm 21 and I just watched this movie for the 1st time. OH MY GOSH, this movie is comedy GOLD! It's way funnier and sillier than comedy nowadays.
@@daderowley4514 Welcome to the club.
Fetcher la vache
Quoi?
Fetcher la vache!
@@daderowley4514 comedy nowadays is a thing?
Basically the entire history of the British and French's rivalry in a nutshell.
As french i expected it to be harder in tone but it is 'bon enfant' - rivalry in good spirits. Compared to the world we live in today the French -English rivalry is much insignificant. Like invasion from non European cultures.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Actually it was all really French vs French. The English were just the sword fodder for the French rulers of England. The Angevin rulers were very French when they succeeded the Normans who actually were French speaking Vikings. An Angevin ancestor is documented as turning in to the devil and flying out of a church window so a scary family indeed. It was not until the Welsh Tudors took over that the French were pushed out. Then a Scottish hierarchy took over, interrupted by a short interregnum with a rather miserable killjoy Englishman, followed by the Dutch and then finally and to this day the Germans. English history ended in 1066 but the poor English just get all the blame for everything. I preferred the stage presentation to the film as the mock horse scenes just seemed better on the stage.
@@michaeld5888 I enjoyed your concise and clear summary of English history and saved it. It is impossible to find that from any documentary as it always turns into a nationalistic marathon of unilateral minute details leaving out major lines from the other side.
One question, the French themselves are a mixture of Francs a Germanic tribe from the Bavaria region, and Romans and Celts. Weren't the English population before the Normand conquest also Germanic tribes : the Saxons and the Angls and before that a more ancient Celtic population first indigenous inhabitants ?
Around the bronze age the Europeans became violent changed from grain farming , from pastoral herders, from hunter and gatherer to raiding and violent conquest based on race according to a recent neolithic genetic study. This is how the stock of European genes was built and recognizable today and dominated by Nordic tribes where land resources were limited. Only the oldest son inherited the local land all the other sons had to prepare for conquest, were trained for raiding and combat from a young age and then had to leave and find new land to raid. Based on historical genetic studies and graves they would raid other races only and systematically kill all the males and children and keep the women to reproduce and as labor.
Today Europe is disappearing because the exact opposite is being done, a replacement of all the stock gene by africans being invited by a non-european pseudo elite minority.
@@goognamgoognw6637 Thanks it was a bit tongue in cheek but hopefully the summary of kingship is accurate. France itself was a small political region but grew in to one nation from what I remember especially when the faction based in England became isolated so my saying French kings is a bit of a generalisation. The Anglo Saxons were Germanic but seemed very Norske in their habits especially as regards the sea. I recall reading a quote somewhere from a Roman saying the Saxons were not human, a compliment indeed from a Roman, saying they feared neither sea nor shipwreck which they considered as more an exercise than a disaster or words to that effect. I read a lot of history but forget a lot so do not take my word for it too much.
@@michaeld5888 I vaguely remember a documentary that the Saxons were a different Germanic tribe than the Angles and all these groups might have common ancestors with vikings. We talk in term of countries today but there were no countries in England or France even when imperial rome imposed roman laws among the many groups, even after the fall of Rome, it took many centuries for the so called barbarians to replace the Roman head of states by feudal conquest between themselves.
Before Romans came, each barbarians had a precise define race and raided and killed any other groups. They did not attempts to conquer to impose a law to another group probably because their way of life was just tied to mysticism without written laws . The Romans taught them administration, the imposition of taxes by the state for a common good (a great innovation but always diminished by corruption) and only then they chose to rule instead of destroying competition. France is a good example, composed of groups living alongside without being a country. Until one chieftain wants to become the highest of all and like a Cesar. The notion of country is tied to a King. Even then vassal states were not ruled directly but paid tribute. So it was for England first a French vassal state until these vassals separated to make an independent country.
I love how King arthur's glorious knights spend most of their time running away
When the going gets tough, remember the Dunkirk spirit. Run like hell. 😁
... especially when they are pronounced knights using the K and G!
K- nig-its? Close enough. 😆😆
....to ride another day, ofc!
Even after all these years I am laughing --the true mark of comedic genius. The Pythons stand alone.
I feel constricted 🍄🇬🇧🍄
Monty Python was funded by Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin
"I fart in your general direction!"
Lydia Volpe "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!!!"
“Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.”
That was one of the “Taunts” that just kills me
Insults in broken English are the best! Thanks terry Gilliam, you made me shit myself so many times I have no need to use any laxative’s anymore.
A classic line!!
“If we built this large wooden badger…”
Underrated line
The world is a better place for Monty Python players. Thank each and every one of you!
They showed this on movie night at college. My roommate and I went around speaking like them for weeks.
Love that!
This is the greatest taunting scene of all time.
If memory serves, the Geneva Convention now prohibits farting in one's general direction.
Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
LOL
Daniel Hawthorne I've said that many times to ppl.
He’s already got one .
Brilliant!
And yet I keep coming back to be taunted
You taunt, youtube bans your account.
How life has changed!!🤣😂🤣
Good thing the French didn't try that tactic in WW2. 😆
I knew most of the lines without ever seeing this episode. My highschool buddies must have repeated them for the entire year. It is kinda nice to finally get to see it after close to 50 years.
I brought this film into school to watch in history with the teacher and the rest of the class. Me and my teacher were howling with laughter and the rest had no idea what was going on
I made sure all my sons saw this movie before they went off to college, this was in the 2010-2016 time frame, still current sophomoric humor all these generations later.
This and "Animal House".
This was almost 50 years ago and still a classic among 14 years as it was for me at 20. This will live inmortal. It is even popular in Russia and very popular in Ukraine. I still laugh every time I even think of this show and the numerous excerpts. Long live Monty Python!
True, Russian here, this movie and Life of Brian were my favourite in teenage years :) and there was computer game too!
En tant que Français j'apprécie beaucoup cet humour anglais. 😀
Fetchez la vache!
Oui, from NY
Moi aussi ( Angoulême)... Ainsi, un de mes amis, anglais : " Ah, la France serait un si beau pays sans ..les Français !" 😀🥳
Monty Python. How brilliant were they? This was so many years ago, and people still laugh at it, talk about it... they are still relevant today. Now that's comedy at its very best.
Monty Python was funded by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin
@@mandoz5441 Really? Amazing. Good for them.
"Ello? Who ees it?"
The accent alone just cracks me up😂😂
Unfortunately as a teen I didn’t understand Monty Python & the flying circus humour until I met my future husband who (along with his roommate) were huge fans of MP. I had failed to suspend my reality belief mindset & once I did I love them. The parrot on the perch is my all time favourite. “If he wasn’t nailed to the bloody perch he’d be pushing up daisies”. Still cracks me up & I use it randomly in life.
“Naw, he’s pinin’ for the fjords!”
"This is an ex-parrot!"
The fact that instead of yelling, "RETREAT! RETREAT!", he yelled, "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!" 😆🤣😂
I’m 83 and The Search for the Holy Grail has always be something I always have enjoyed. I never did find out what a elderberry smelled like tho!! Nothing today can beat this for great humor.
Interesting-ish fact about Elderberries. Blackbirds love eating them following which their shit is purple.
We had this on VHS in 1989 on an Army exercise that was 3 months long…..wanna hazard a guess how many times it played over and over again? english and French canadiens killing ourselves laughing! Never gets old 🤣👍🇨🇦
Are you still in British army?
VHS makes it even better
@@pmacc3557 No I’m retired Cdn Army. I did serv with Britfor @ Camp Souter in Kabul
@@Sodonewithchaos ok great you made it out in one piece 👍 how come soldiers were so silent the past couple of years?
@@Sodonewithchaos My buddy did a posting on Cyprus. One night he relieved a detail on a tower position and they re-enacted this scene line for line.
This scene summaries the entirety of the French-English relationship through the ages.
Quebec-Ontario relationship too. It's important to preserve the tradition.
Kaamelott🔞© Alexandre Astier a apporté depuis beaucoup de précisions . Je crois qu'il n'existe pas encore de version traduite, mais c'est historiquement bien attesté.
Nice rehash of the same comment that appears on all these videos.
@@gw7624 nah I invented this comment after watching various versions of Agincourt
@@tabularasa7350 Of course you did sweetheart.
I watched this when I was 18 and quite drunk. I really couldn't stop laughing and nearly passed out🤣.Still funny all these years later
I don't know how many times I've watched this, but I still laugh out loud! "Pitchez la vache!" and "Run away! Run away!" get me every time.
Believe it's fechez la vache, get the 🐄 🍄🇬🇧🍄🦡🍄
"Cherchez" la vache you silly English poofs!
@@albertdewulf7688 it's not cherchez la vache. It's Fechez, la Vache. Fechez, get the cows. Cherchez, look for, search for the cows 🍄🌍🍄
@@pango-y8j I'm french and fechez doesn't mean anything, i think they did a mix between fetch and chercher ? Or that's you mean't already ?
@@Lou1ouze thanks, didn't know, took French for seven years and been to Paris three times and Normandie, mont Saint Michel, and Madagascar. It does sound like fechez to me..I love France 🍄
You know you’ve found the right partner when you both speak fluent Monty Python. Going on thirty years and it still makes me laugh when he calls me wicked, naughty Zute 😂 or asks me if there is anyone else he can talk to.
Tiz but a flesh wound 🍄🦡🍄🐄🍄🇬🇧🍄
Same with finding a platonic BFF. My friend Heidi's favorite bit from this movie was "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt like elderberries." She also happens to be a massive Mel Brooks fan. Gotta love her! 😁
@@a.katherinesuetterlin3028 blazing saddles is not for the timid
@@pango-y8j “Someone’s gotta go back and get a shit-load of dimes!” or some version of that is what we say when we see something expensive. 😂
@@user-Tn2Dn you are very clever with a sense of humor. Thank you for the reply. Black white, who cares One people One planet One love One destiny 😱🔥🍄🦁🍄⚡🍄🌹🍄🌍🍄
That cow flying through the air bellowing will always be my favorite part!
It’s how the French make authentic whipped cream. Would have been a great educational segment on one of the Julia Child cooking shows.
Knowing now how much history has been embellished, I'd bet a nickel that THIS is just about how most things really went back then.
I believe the scene of building the rabbit was actual footage from hundreds of years ago.
@@jeffphakenewz8556 yep... Probably authentic.🤣
This is late and not exactly the same thing but, in 1340 the Mongols were suffering from a plague in the middle of invading "Caffa", and they decided to use catapults to launch the corpses of fellow Mongolian warriors over the walls to infect Caffa with the plague to weaken them as well. Its one of the earliest instances of biological warfare! Just search up "Siege of Caffa" :>
"What are you doing in England?"
"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!"
"I fart in your general direction!" - Always been my favorite line. 😆
My favorite movie ever! 😂
“I don’t think he’s interested. He’s already got one.”
This scene will go down as the greatest moment in cinematic history
Mmmmmm…I think it’s the sword fight with The Black Knight for me (‘tis but a scratch!) 😊
Yes it even makes Ben Hur look like an epic.
Second after the being chased to death by topless women in Meaning of Life. Now that nudity is mysteriously scary, it will never be replicated.
"Is there someone else up there we can talk to?" 😆😆😆😆😆
No..."You have to answer for Santino, Carlo" is the pinnacle.
That being said, there's room at the top!
"C'est un lapin!"
"Hmm?"
"It's a rabbit!"
"Oui oui, un lapin!"
"Allons y!"
"Hmm?"
"Let's go!"
"Oui oui, allons y!"
« C’est un cadeau ! »
“What?”
“A present!”
« Oui oui, un cadeau ! »
@@andresf1984 MoooooOOOOOOOOOooooo *splat*
"Allez chercher la vache."
"What?"
"Allez chercher la vache!"
"Oh yeah."
I think it's "fetchez la vache" - great example of the Franglais we conjure out of our rudimentary French @@troudbalos
I was a mere 13 when I discovered them. Changed my life. I was a bit ahead of my classmates after this, and it has served me well.
I love how one of the Frenchman who goes out to get the rabbit doesn't understand French.
At the time of the French Revolution, only about 10% of French people actually spoke French. So, based on that, we can imagine that even less spoke it in mediaeval times.
@@SpeccyMan what did they speak then
@@Eliza-yd7fi French wasn't uniformized back then, so they did speak somewhat french, but different dialects which could differ a lot. Honestly it's hard to call what was spoken then french because the differences between the regions and between then and today were huge, but it was as french as it could get, it's not like there was some actual french laying around in the middle of other languages
@@Eliza-yd7fi mostly French just not in a standardized form yet, so that reply is pretty much pointless anyway since they translated in English for this guy in the film
"I fart in your general direction", always cracked me up.
The very first time I saw this movie, the hardest I laughed was when the french launched the cow on the knights. I was literally on the floor with tears in my eyes. Love this scene :)
Moi aussi ! J'adore cette scène ! Pauvre vache !
Ten years ago I see . The Cow launch is when I stop the video and give a down vote .
Dude. It wasn't a real cow.
@@philip5940 You serious? You can't see it's a fake cow? 🤭
@@Acadian.FrenchFry well that's just great isn't it . AUKUS launched an eight years crusade in Iraq for freedom fries and we still have you die hards tagging yourself as French Fries .
2:06 "I blow my nose at your so-called 'Arthur King', you and all your silly English knnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-eegehts!"
Epic 🤣
There are so many great scenes in this movie that I can't possibly count them. I always liked the scene where the 2 peasants are talking as King Arthur rides by and one peasant says, "He must be a king or something". The second peasant says, "How can you tell?" causing the first peasant to reply, "He hasn't got sh*t all over him." Then there's the stuff about the Knights who say Knee, or the knight with his arms and legs cut off. I must have seen this movie like 100 times as a teenager when cable was in its infancy and the movie could be run uncut and unedited. Damn, Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail was funny as hell.
I always liked the killer rabbit skit, having to answer the questions 3 and the other side you'll see. What is your favorite color; " red I mean blue and the knight flys into the air
Bring out your dead!
But I'm not dead yet! 🤣
Which part of the clip is funny ?
My fave line was. He must be a king...Why? He ain't got shit all over im.🤣💩💩🤣
The Knights who say Ni are utterly absurd and I love it! Fetchez la vache!
60 years old and I can still remember all the lines. 😂😂
67, me... Same deal. Quite possibly the most quotable texts in the English language.
No animals where harmed in the making of this video.
But two retainers were!
I'm not sure, some fowls were real, and as fowls perhaps don't fly very well...
And the cow, that we saw alive, was in very poor condition once on the ground.
I laughed at this because they had no horses (I thought that was the joke), until I saw the rest of the video 😅
History of mankind teaches us the animals are still being trampled upon... Is that anything to laugh about...?!
Unless they're made... of wood?
The “i fart in your general direction “ absolutely split my sides first time i heard that line
That pathetic horn blow (0:34) after that dramatic buildup ride is hilarious. This movie had so many levels of humor.
Holy Grail and Life of Brian were simply the funniest things I've ever seen. The TV shows were funny but a lot of rubbish to get to the one or two brilliant sketches in each half hour whereas those two films never let up from start to finish.
The meaning of life is my favourite. I love the catholics vs the protestants and the fish are freaky! And death, who hates English and Americans 🤣
In the ''Life of Brian" they explained how you could be a woman even if you are a man. 🤣
They never get old
I laugh everytime
It's funny cause we all know the lines but we still laugh now that's true comedy
it's timeless.
The Jabberwoky!!
Blessed are the cheese makers! What’s so special about the cheese makers? Well, it’s not suppose to be taken literally 🙄 it’s all manufactures of dairy products, of course.
I came across the castle this was filmed at in 06. I was on vacation with my dad . He was a big fan of Monty Python and so am I. It was quite a pleasant surprise to have stayed in the same town and hotel that the cast and crew members stayed at. The locals were very friendly and had some great stories about the movie.
Still has a Monty Python day every year.
i wish that movies like that were still made nowadays...
edit: thanks for all the likes :D
The decline of the movie industry is DELIBERATE, the result of long-range planning by the Suits of Hollywood. The lower classes in America have greatly increased since 2007, and the Suits know that this "new audience" wants the Tried & True, not creativity! That's why we're getting comic book movies & cartoon (animated) movies instead of Monty Python, or The Usual Suspects,or Minority Report...RIP
You should say that in 2019
This the effect of "Balkanization of society"
Gobbledygook tinfoil response. A major reason why there arent many movies like this anymore is that movies have become so expensive to make. Studios cant afford to pour a ton of money into a film and it bombs at box office anymore. They used to be able to tolerate that. Studios now prefer franchises or similar because there is a reliable fan base which guarantees viewers. It gets boring though.
Audiences also want perfection in movies now so that means off the rails expenses with things like CGI etc. Cant make a silly movie like this without 10,000 people trying to criticize it either. “Theres no way the Black Knight could charge a second time having lost that much blood…”
@@co94 but it was just a flesh wound!
I am french and I always loved their sens of humour…... 🤣
Cela me rappelle la scène finale du film " Ridicule" où un émigré français découvre l'humour (prononcé " yeumeure"...en opposition à " l'esprit" pratiqué dans la France de Louis XV et Louis XVI ... " Oh ! Mon chapeau ! Il est perdu !"..." Cela vaut mieux que perdre votre tête !"...
I love the "horses", I read they couldn't afford horses so they used coconuts, this added to the humor.
I am a Brit, a young student at work mentioned at coffee break about something Roman he had seen and how impressed he was. I said what have the Romans ever done for us? He looked at me in shock and said I cannot believe you said that. I then said I suppose the roads, the hospitals etc etc. and others chimed in with rest. It was Friday and in the afternoon, I made him promise to watch life of Brian over the weekend. Monday he was suitably insulting, very amusing but he was hooked job done! He was going to watch all the others. We cannot let youngsters miss these classics it’s part of our culture. This came from a time when we could not even afford horses and we where forced to do B and B for the French in old castles with trampolines as the only form of entertainment.
I love the way Sir Galahad uses the tried and tested question when dealing with someone who may be a little 'Special' - "Is there someone else up there we can talk to?" There are just so many great gags & it's endlessly quotable.
And an excellent pause before he says it.
@@NickHarman Superlative writing & delivery.
It also helps that it's delivered by the well meaning Galahad (Michael Palin).
"No! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
@@Jason-rp3jg You're mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
This is my favorite part of the movie. Ive seen it countless times and it makes me laugh every time.
Low-budget and beyond brilliant.
Must have seen this a hundred times. Never gets old.
It already felt old the first time I saw it about 30 years ago. But none-the-less memorable and immensely quotable. This scene was always my favourite part. "I told him we already got one!" Nice to see it again.
I loved being a kid and watching these movies. It made me the man I’m am today 😂😂😂❤
“Is there anybody else up there we can talk to”😂
Gold !! Never ceases to bring massive laughter. The whole film is a gem!!
One time I gave my niece and nephew each a pair of half coconut shells. They were the most popular Xmas gift that year.
“I fart in your general direction” creases me up.
6:32 that one knight essentially lost his horse
One of the funniest moves ever. Feeling down? Watch this & laugh.
I love how casual Arthur looks at 6:28 right after screaming "Run away!" - he is like "okay, I have spoken my line, now let's go and have lunch". xD
Not really.
One of the finest films ever produced.
I remember when I first saw this movie and you either "Get it" or you think it's just silly. I'm so glad I'm one of the lucky ones who loves this brand of humor. The conversations are just great. When the King asks about a castle and gets into a political conversation with the guy piling mud on top of more mud. Then they argue over Excalibur giving the King the power to rule is just great. One of my all-time favorite movies.
The first time I saw the cow fly over the wall 40 years ago I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.
What cracks me up is when they're being doused with livestock, Sir Lancelot runs back one more time to take a swipe at the castle.
Now That's bravery
They're still funny after all these years!
Monty Python was funded by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin
@@mandoz5441 If this is true, that's very impressive! Nice to know they did something so great with their money!
@TisEyerish1 i believe Genesis also helped with financing the movies....low budget....they didn't use real horses cause they couldn't afford them...they also used local college students as actors
"The ferocity of the French taunting caught King Arthur completely by surprise." - The Historian from "Spamalot".
Run away! Run away! So much for a tactical retreat.
One of my all time favorite Monty Python scenes. Still makes me laugh all these years later.
"what a strange person" lol
I fart in the general direction of 25 people. Their mothers were hamsters, and their fathers smelled of elderberries
"Un cadeau..."
"What?"
"A present"
"Oh, un cadeau, oui, oui"
"Allons-y"
"What?"
"Let's go"
"Oh"
I adore this conversation :D
It never gets old... Brilliant!
“Run away! Run away!” Gets me every time.
This scene and the coconut carrying swallows are the funniest things ever filmed. I laughed so hard the first time I saw it that I couldn't explain it to my wife (who hadn't seen it yet) later that night.
How well all this has stood the test of time. I just forwarded this to my son ! I know he’ll love it too.
One of the best moments in all of their movies. The writing was genius.
My best memory of this film was when me and my friends were watching it in 1984 (or 85.)
We were in our 12s (or 13s)
My Grandfather thought we were watching some stupid shit… but he caught this scene and could not stop laughing. He ended up loving this movie… especially the schtick with the coconuts. 🥥
I love how this movie bridged that generation gap. ❤️
That's still more accurate than the way they teach history in school today.
When in doubt throw random shit at your enemies.
I just realized this, the French threw their food stock at the English lol.
A. Soldier Runaway!
Nope, it was normal to throw "offal" (garbage) at attacking troops, as well as the boiling oil...
I don't remember the exact battle but there once was a siege in Portugal going on for too long, the defenders were at risk of starvation. They decided to actually throw part of the little food supply they still had over the wall. The besieging Spanish army growing tired and frustrated took it as "we have enough food to hold out forever" and the siege was abandoned (probably because the attacking army wrongly figured other castles would be easier to starve into submission.
@@Thomas-yo2zu Yeah I kinda remember hearing something like that recently as well.
I was just realized the same thing,then i just saw your keen awareness like me thinking it outloud the algorithm hit out a response to it.if was them i woild heave gotten them to throw all of their food out then have a barbeque just out of catapault range and fan the party backnin their direction,screaming how terrible it was.
This is timelessly funny. No matter how many times I've seen it I still laugh
I'm 37 now, i grew up in france (yes sir !) with a father watching those movies and wondering why he was always laughing that hard. Now we both laugh damn hard just talking about it ^^
I remember my sophomore history teacher played this movie for us towards the end of the year and I was the literal only person laughing the whole way through, I was also stoned but I doubt those two things corollate.
No, no way
Purely coincidental.
Of course your senses were fortunately altered to allow the intelligence and un paralleled humorists ever, to penetrate your mind. Lucky for you. To this day they reign as Best!
Allways watched python on acid , perfect sence , allways , the programs after did not , and never have since ..... thank you .....
You were stoned? Well stop saying Jehovah, then.
the first time i saw this movie i was i grade school and its still funny 45 years later i've seen it more than 100 times
A friend I went to grade school with, his parents took him when it first came out, told me about it, and said I had to see it. I didn't see it till a few years later when it came on late night TV, not quite the same impact being edited & all, but I still laughed me arse off. Still a huge favorite of mine along with The Meaning of Life, Young Frankenstein, and many others from that era