I had a t-shirt that said exactly that. I wore it to the bank one day, and had the following conversation with the teller: "The Spanish Inquisition?" "Yeah." "What's that?" "What's... The Spanish Inquisition?" "Yeah, I've never heard of it. Is it a band?" "Is it... no. It's... You've really never heard of it?" "Never." "It was a thing like 500 years ago where the Catholic Church decided to make the whole world Catholic by torturing and killing everyone who wasn't." "So... not a band then." "No, not a band."
Before my sister got married, her boyfriend at the time was on the phone at the church (I think he was talking to his brother, but I can't really remember). He was supposed to be doing something with me and my brothers, but he was taking a long time on the phone (it was a landline, by the way... cell phones were not yet prevalent). We got bored and went poking around in the church's storage cabinets and found a pair of red graduation-type robes and a drying rack for dishes (like in the skit). We instantly had the same idea, having seen this skit before. We continued looking until we found something to use as a rope (I think we used an old bungee cord), then got into costume and jumped into the room he was in and shouted "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" He had seen the skit before as well, and laughed the entire time we went through our version of it (we must have found a pillow somewhere, because I remember poking him with it after we "tied him to the rack"). They've got four wonderful kids now... in fact their oldest is about the age my sister was when we pulled that little "prank." Good times.
@@angry_eck Our church doesn't perform confirmation ceremonies (or confirmation at all, for that matter). The robes were leftover from a past graduation (the local school's primary color is red). As near I can tell, there are some significant differences in style when comparing the confirmation garb to the academic attire. But thanks for the comment, I never knew there was a difference until now.
Even though I thought I had already seen all of the possible comments riffing off of the Spanish inquisition, including the top one on this video, I still was not expecting your comment about the Spanish inquisition.
I quote this sketch all the time, whenever anyone is settling down into a comfy chair. "Put him/her in the comfy chair!" Sadly, most people have no idea I'm quoting one of the best comedy sketches ever.
@peterubbels2385 Many do not say that those who colonized the United States were Protestant Christians and were the ones who wiped out the Indians. Well, people of peace they were not..nnn
When I used to grade English papers, I'd sometimes see a topic sentence that mentioned the "three main points" of the paper, and then go on to list four things. It always made me think of this sketch.
@@u.v.s.5583 "peruse"?? Hang on; I need a dictionary....nope, that's not it. "peruse" refers to reading or examining with great care. I think you're more looking for "a variety of", or perhaps even "a plethora of varied and extended weaponry." Yes, it's a Man's Life in the British Library Association!
*NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!* Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four* ...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
also they werent the band of cruel torturers and executioners they are made out to be by so called "history" in modern times. in fact the last thing they sought was false confession. Their so called "torture" techniques were actually as the name implies inquisetive interrogation tactics aimed at getting the truthfull intent and beliefs of the subject first and formost. The rules set for the more harshes methods were that they wouldnt draw blood, wouldnt mame or mutilate and were to leave no lasting injury or handicap the subject. Executions were deemed failures of their efforts to quel/pursuade, bring to repentace and convert violent heretical cultists that were rampant. particulairy catharism, which were basically the first suicide terrorists. and to a somewhat lesser extent the so called "conversos", false christian/catholic converts (mostly muslim or jews) which banded together seeking to subvert and undermine the church and christian society which included assasinations. Execution would made them martyrs to their cause which was to be avoided at all cost. The actual executions were carried out by the state. Documentation shows that in the 300+ years of these inquisitions only about 3000 people, or about 2% of all cases ended up being executed. Some modern historians claim that this number is actually 30 to 50 thousand, but it seem this number has been inflated (x10).. Still even if true this is far less then the pseudo historical poplair notion of millions or even dozens of millions claimed. Which is outright ridiculous and completely unfounded. Especially modern or even less modern media like in a roman of edgar allen poe paint a completely distorted picture of what the inquisition was like which sadly has been adopted by most people as historical fact. You can ask yourself why this is...
@@EuronBulle the methods of state and later the seculair revolution in france for example were the real fucked things that actually did end up in massacres and mass tortures/executions. Yet we didnt see them put into that ligth of context in schools do we?... again ask yourself why that is.. ask yourself y the church and european christian society are slandered and demonized in such an unfair and historically false way...
Ironically everyone expected the Spanish inquisition because they not only told people they were being investigated but gave them time to get their defence in order.
Even though whatever defense people accused by the Spanish Inquisition could possibly mount would ultimately be overturned regardless of how sane it was due to the Inquisition quite literally viewing everyone they persecuted as heratics.
I had experiences in the UK that seemed like Monty Python episodes. First experience --- It was the winter of '91. The coldest winter ever. A blizzard destroyed Brit Rails new trains. Snow was ingested into the electric motors and shorted them out. People couldn't get to work throughout the realm. They were pissed. Parliament talked about nothing else. The nation was at a standstill. Fortunately, I used a diesel line out of Waterloo Station. I came home, turned on the telly, and watched the news. There was Brit Rail spokesman, stiff and wooden (like John Cleese). A reporter (like Michael Palin) asked him the question "What happened?" The Cleese-like spokesman calmly answered ---- "Wrong kind of snow" (actual quote). I fell on the floor laughing. Composed myself quickly - I did not want to miss the follow-up question. --- (How many kinds of snow are there? What kind of snow were you expecting? etc. ANYTHING.) But, the reporter turned to the camera and said, "There you have it, wrong kind of snow, and back to you....". Now, that really happened. Look it up. That was a real-life Monty Python skit.
I always think of the british as erring on the side of understatement. I was hanging out with friends, new years eve, We were in a primitive cabin, in the middle of northern minnesota. So I have my shortwave radio. We were drinking beer, playing a boardgame, and listening to the BBC on shortware. It was mainly news. Then at midnight in the UK, the announcer says "As it's nearly midnight, we will take you to big ben, for the chiming of midnight." (Big Ben Chimes 12 times.) "It's now midnight, a new year. Back to the news". We all laughed at this, being so used to the american way of trying to hype up everything.
@@michaelbauers8800 Very true. But, it is still a crazy country. Note my next story ---- I worked in London, lived in Esher, Surrey. Each morning, I took the diesel train into Waterloo Station. British trains run like clockwork and are very reliable. I am relaxed, on the train, reading the paper. All the passengers were reading the paper. Then -- the train slowly rolls to a stop. No station. It just stopped rolling. I looked around trying to figure "what is going on?" All the Brits just acted like everything was OK, and stayed calm, as if they didn't care. I am an American. I had to get to work. I had appointments to make, and business to do. I was getting agitated, asking people, "What's going on?" "Should we stage a train mutiny?" Something !! The Brits just looked at me blankly, as if they were saying to themselves, "what is wrong with these Americans??" Anyway, the train speaker crackles to life, and it says, "Pardon for the delay, there are swans on the line". W T F ? ? Swans??? In Chicago, if there were swans, geese, or any birds on the line, we would not stop our trains. METRA would have made pate out of them. BUT -- in UK, they stop for swans?!?!? Well, it turns out, ALL the swans in all of UK belong to the queen. No one f**ks with the Queen's swans. She will mess you up if you do. My conclusion?? Britain is a crazy country.
@@craigkdillonhaha, I really enjoyed reading your stories. You have a natural gift my friend. One of the few regrets I have was I wish I worked in the UK in my early 20’s as I have always been fascinated with the country. I did do a backpacking trip in 2019 for 3 weeks but ended up spending most of my time in Scotland and visiting the various breweries. I do miss some millionaire shortbread as I have never seen that sold anywhere here in the US.
I arrived in Britain last August, I'm hanging out by a beach town, and I read a sign outside of a Fish shop that says, and I quote "#pollockstopputin: Russia owns half of Europe's stocks. Sanctions have added at least 35% to the price of cod. So, we're saying Pollocks to Putin! IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT TOO, BUY SOME EUROPEAN CAUGHT POLLOCK AND CHIPS!" A few days later, and for seemingly unrelated reasons, the Queen died.
@@heavywestern5943 Either of course. Both directed, both 'acted' both wrote. OK so maybe he was talking about Terry Jones but CHarding was likely talking about Terry Gilliam. Then again no one ever accused Gilliam of being a good actor. Hmm, among actors neither has been accused of such. Oh bugger.
@@dannyspelman1468 Yes, sorry, I meant Gilliam. (Terry Jones, or any of the other four main guys, would NEVER be underrated by me). I loved Gilliam's movies, particularly Brazil and Fisher King, so it's always a treat to seem him ham it up in a sketch.
I once loved Monty Python for its surreal humor. Then, I lived outside of London for three years. I stopped enjoying its surreal humor. I started enjoying it as documentary on actual British life. I learned and saw so much living there. What I saw will curdle your cackle bone.
This sounds like the setup for a sketch "Here is John Sawyer. He's visiting the United Kingdom for the first time, and experiencing the queen's horrors firsthand"
@@LEGOALEX97 "Only those that are fortunate enough to exist outside of British society, are blessed with copious amounts of sanity." "Those that are born in Birmingham, are not."
@@christopherchander2754 OK. This is real. Nothing added or exaggerated. Winter of 1992. The worst winter on record. BritRail had gotten hundreds of new train electric train cars. Most trains in Britain are electric. I lived in Cobham, near Esher, on a diesel line out of Waterloo Station. Many of the new train cars had their engines burning out, because snow was being sucked into the electric motors. Millions were stuck at home or at work. People were pissed. Parliament was at a standstill. MPs complaining, and yelling at each other. The whole government stopped on this one issue. I was very interested, and very lucky to be on a diesel line. Ok, I worked in The City - central London. I came home, plopped down in front of the telly to see what happened that day for BritRail. Turned on the News. There was a BritRail spokesman - stiff, and humorless (like John Cleese) and a reporter (eager, and small) like Michael Palin. The Palin like reporter asked "what happened??" The stiff, humorless, BritRail spokesmen then said ----- "Wrong kind of snow". I Fell out of my chair laughing. I had to control myself. I wanted to hear the incisive question the reporter would surely ask. "What kind of snow did you expect?" or "How many kinds of snow are there?, Something. B U T --- the reporter turned to the camera and said, "there you have it, Wrong kind of snow. And back to you." Now if that isn't a Monty Python skit, I don't know what is. Like I said, Monty Python is NOT comedy. It is documentary.
"You don't know me but I'm from BBC. We were wondering if you'd come and answer the door in a sketch over there in that sort of direction..." Where is the 4th wall though??
Nobody may expect it but it's always welcome. Love the bit where she tears up the photographs. My father was once sitting with an elderly relative who was showing him pictures of her grandchildren or somebody and my dad (an awful person for the most part) told her he did not want to see the pictures. She was outraged.
@@andyman8630 It's actually along the lines of advantage, patronage, arbitrage. It's from Anglo-French outre (beyond) with -age added, from Latin ultra (beyond)
Curious when or if it will leave. Will kids stop showing it to their kids or will the broadcast TV quality be so foreign that people stop watching and it dies.
Not all of their humour worked, but when it did, it was truly groundbreaking and amazing! We'll never see the like of such again, more's the huge pity!
@@ontheroad5317 Are you sure? Kind of like people saying SNL in the 80s was hilarious. If you are watching highlights sure, but if you are watching every episode then not so much.
The day after this was broadcast most of our class were re-enacting this with the "unexpected cry" during a French lesson. As a punishment we had to translate the phrase into french: personne n'attend la Inquisition espagniole. I can still remember it after 50 years which is more than I can say for the rest of the lessons in their entirety.
Some time around 1975 I was clinking the big sundial shaped dial that had between 8 and 10 VHF channels on my TV(the main networks were on this, NBC,ABC,CBS and local and public stations that shared signal output my little TV antenna could pick up.) while clicking from one channel to another I came upon this very sketch.... and a kind of permission seemed to have been granted. It was the way we found our friends. By saying little bits of sketches from Monty python and reenacting them in front of our schoolmates we exposed our irreverence to the world, outing ourselves as Pythons. We naturally would gravitate toward one another for saying things like " I'd like to return this Parrot," or spontaneously singing the "Spam" song.
Monty Python was almost cult watching when it was first broadcast. I'm waiting for bicycle repair man, non of that Marvel comic rubbish, just a proper hero!
The algorithm gave me this just as I was settling into my comfy chair. I don’t know why, maybe it’s because of my backyard shrine to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
While this is a great sketch I find it rather disturbing that I have not searched for it or watched it for years, but I did talk to someone about it today with my phone in my pocket at this was at the top of my recommended list. Just a coincidence, right?
I grew up watching Monty Python from the time I was 9 or so. I remember seeing the Holy Grail repeatedly at the local drive-in and watched the show every Sunday on PBS. My mom set me up on a blind date who tried to “educate” me on the genius of it all. When I could throw quotes, characters & skits right back at him, he said he was amazed a “girl” could know so much about MP. Then he told my mom I was out of his league and I never heard from him again. Still makes me laugh.
I never expected the Spanish Inquisition, to keep my customers laughing and sharing their enjoyment of The Great Monty Python!!!! Thank you for all the laughter... Thank you for sharing, because no one would expect the Spanish Inquisition!!!!
The Inquisition! What a show! The Inquisition! Here we go! We know you’re wishin’ that we go awaaaaaaay . . . but the Inquisition’s here and it’s here to stay! The Inquisition, oh, boy! The Inquisition, what a joy! The Inquisition, oy oy!
This skit is an allegory for how Google operates the TH-cam platform, if you create content. Fear, surprise, arbitrary copyright strikes, making you confess under duress. 90 days in the comfy chair.
It’s like if villains were trying to be all evil and tough and nasty, while there brains are also suffering from a chronic and ongoing case of being “a total and complete moron” And it’s funny! They try so hard, and fail so badly. Sad, yet so funny.
First saw it in San Antonio on PBS all of 14 years old (the Gilliam animation of the hammy opera singer and the canon)…”what in the $¥# is THIS?!”…the infectious insanity and occasional bare breasts hooked me for life
Tough one to uprate what with jesting towards the honest Coppers & Bobbies etc., but Monty Python always gets the uprate & the upvote, for unmentionable merits, credits, honors, & work, all in good fun.
I always thought it was hilarious that the ‘costuming’ is from like twelve different historical periods, and none of them fits together. No one ever seems to mention it. It’s clearly intended though - I mean, they dressed three 16th century inquisitors like Cardinal Richelieu and gave one of them aviator goggles from the 1920s.
I didn't expect this to pop up in my recommends...but no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Perfect comment 😅
It's the Soft Cushions for you!
I expect you couldn't resist.
HA! 😆
Me either. 🤪
I love Terry Jones was wearing goggles and flying hat as part of the Spanish Inquisition.
That's because his name is Cardinal Biggles.
C’mon now, those are period correct!
@@funkyalfonso Cardinal INQUISITOR Biggles. (at your service)
The other one is "Cardinal Fang"
Spanish inquisition was ahead of its time.
The Spanish Inquisition. Unexpected since 1969.
1478 actually.
I had a t-shirt that said exactly that.
I wore it to the bank one day, and had the following conversation with the teller:
"The Spanish Inquisition?"
"Yeah."
"What's that?"
"What's... The Spanish Inquisition?"
"Yeah, I've never heard of it. Is it a band?"
"Is it... no. It's... You've really never heard of it?"
"Never."
"It was a thing like 500 years ago where the Catholic Church decided to make the whole world Catholic by torturing and killing everyone who wasn't."
"So... not a band then."
"No, not a band."
@@sirius4k nah, it was well into the 1800s before they went unexpected.
@@sirius4k Bastards Ferdinand and Isabella! They should have been burned at the stake!
@@TheWeirdTalesPodcast OH EM GEE!!! THAT is THE funniest comment!
Their devotion to the Pope is indeed unsurpassed!
... and fanatical.
That’s one of their chief characteristics to be sure
We could go so far in characterizing their papal devotion as "almost fanatica",
@@warlordofbritanniaThat’s #4.
...ah common, nothing beats the cool red uniform, does it?
Before my sister got married, her boyfriend at the time was on the phone at the church (I think he was talking to his brother, but I can't really remember). He was supposed to be doing something with me and my brothers, but he was taking a long time on the phone (it was a landline, by the way... cell phones were not yet prevalent). We got bored and went poking around in the church's storage cabinets and found a pair of red graduation-type robes and a drying rack for dishes (like in the skit).
We instantly had the same idea, having seen this skit before. We continued looking until we found something to use as a rope (I think we used an old bungee cord), then got into costume and jumped into the room he was in and shouted "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
He had seen the skit before as well, and laughed the entire time we went through our version of it (we must have found a pillow somewhere, because I remember poking him with it after we "tied him to the rack").
They've got four wonderful kids now... in fact their oldest is about the age my sister was when we pulled that little "prank." Good times.
They are called confirmandi robes
@@angry_eck Our church doesn't perform confirmation ceremonies (or confirmation at all, for that matter). The robes were leftover from a past graduation (the local school's primary color is red). As near I can tell, there are some significant differences in style when comparing the confirmation garb to the academic attire.
But thanks for the comment, I never knew there was a difference until now.
It sounds delightful!
that's awesome!
They will have been cassock robes that the choir boys had to wear 😊well thats what we call them in the uk
Even though I specifically typed it into the search bar, pressed enter, and clicked on the top result, I still didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Obviously. Everyone knows that no body expects the Spanish Inquisition
Hahahaha
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!
Even though I thought I had already seen all of the possible comments riffing off of the Spanish inquisition, including the top one on this video, I still was not expecting your comment about the Spanish inquisition.
@@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker Nobody expects comments about the Spanish Inquisition!
The granddaughter tearing up family photos is such a great little touch 😂
I never noticed until now that she's tearing up the photos and chucking them away. 😂
Surprise, fear, and a fanatic devotion to tearing up photos!
It’s very obvious
@@xCupressocyparisI believe it’s part of a previous bit where they enacted a tax on holiday snaps
@@billy101456 "I would tax... holiday snaps!" Oh yeah, that does ring a bell now that you mention it. 😅
love the look on her face when they put her in the comfy chair
indeed, the best part
Her role is understated but her performance was exquisite.
I quote this sketch all the time, whenever anyone is settling down into a comfy chair. "Put him/her in the comfy chair!" Sadly, most people have no idea I'm quoting one of the best comedy sketches ever.
I once quoted it to one of my Year 8 students and, to my delight, he did know it. His parents must have been fans.
I do similar if anyone ever mentions Albatross ....🙂Do you get wafers with it?
@peterubbels2385 Many do not say that those who colonized the United States were Protestant Christians and were the ones who wiped out the Indians. Well, people of peace they were not..nnn
@@warbird1992 No, you don't get bloody wafers with it!
@@yoshispongegirlbut what flavor is it?
When I used to grade English papers, I'd sometimes see a topic sentence that mentioned the "three main points" of the paper, and then go on to list four things. It always made me think of this sketch.
Our president starts almost all his speeches with three points, while more points are typically added later. Pure torture.😵💫
What did British papers say tho?
I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition to have so many chief weapons…
So many chief weapons, they need a chief of weapons to keep track of them
Yes. They had 3 weapons. No, make that 4. No, it is 5 weapons. Uh, 6 weapons. 7 really. etc etc.
Ruthless efficiency demands peruse of varied and extended weaponry.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition or its quantity of cheif weapons.
@@u.v.s.5583 "peruse"?? Hang on; I need a dictionary....nope, that's not it. "peruse" refers to reading or examining with great care. I think you're more looking for "a variety of", or perhaps even "a plethora of varied and extended weaponry." Yes, it's a Man's Life in the British Library Association!
When I started watching TH-cam clips tonight, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition...
*NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!* Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four* ...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
Nobody expects The Spanish Inquisition.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, they say 😂
@MarsitheDeceptihog I didn't expect The Spanish Inquisition.
The satire is that the Spanish Inquisition used to write in advance and tell people when they were arriving!
also they werent the band of cruel torturers and executioners they are made out to be by so called "history" in modern times. in fact the last thing they sought was false confession. Their so called "torture" techniques were actually as the name implies inquisetive interrogation tactics aimed at getting the truthfull intent and beliefs of the subject first and formost. The rules set for the more harshes methods were that they wouldnt draw blood, wouldnt mame or mutilate and were to leave no lasting injury or handicap the subject. Executions were deemed failures of their efforts to quel/pursuade, bring to repentace and convert violent heretical cultists that were rampant. particulairy catharism, which were basically the first suicide terrorists. and to a somewhat lesser extent the so called "conversos", false christian/catholic converts (mostly muslim or jews) which banded together seeking to subvert and undermine the church and christian society which included assasinations. Execution would made them martyrs to their cause which was to be avoided at all cost. The actual executions were carried out by the state. Documentation shows that in the 300+ years of these inquisitions only about 3000 people, or about 2% of all cases ended up being executed. Some modern historians claim that this number is actually 30 to 50 thousand, but it seem this number has been inflated (x10).. Still even if true this is far less then the pseudo historical poplair notion of millions or even dozens of millions claimed. Which is outright ridiculous and completely unfounded. Especially modern or even less modern media like in a roman of edgar allen poe paint a completely distorted picture of what the inquisition was like which sadly has been adopted by most people as historical fact. You can ask yourself why this is...
@@regiodeurse6513 thanks
@regiodeurse6513 Yeah bud but a failure to quell means forced conversion or death, this is apology of a fucked thing
@@EuronBulle the methods of state and later the seculair revolution in france for example were the real fucked things that actually did end up in massacres and mass tortures/executions. Yet we didnt see them put into that ligth of context in schools do we?... again ask yourself why that is.. ask yourself y the church and european christian society are slandered and demonized in such an unfair and historically false way...
doubt it. Maybe rarely to some people. Mostly certainly not. Otherwise person would get away, it wasnt that hard to disapear unseen during that age.
Ironically everyone expected the Spanish inquisition because they not only told people they were being investigated but gave them time to get their defence in order.
Even though whatever defense people accused by the Spanish Inquisition could possibly mount would ultimately be overturned regardless of how sane it was due to the Inquisition quite literally viewing everyone they persecuted as heratics.
I think the forewarning was tocrank up the anticipation and fear
You`ve been watching QI.
@@blastermasterguy heretics
@@HansDelbruck53well most of the Inquisition targeted former jews and Muslims, actually
I had experiences in the UK that seemed like Monty Python episodes.
First experience ---
It was the winter of '91. The coldest winter ever.
A blizzard destroyed Brit Rails new trains. Snow was ingested into the electric motors and shorted them out.
People couldn't get to work throughout the realm. They were pissed.
Parliament talked about nothing else.
The nation was at a standstill.
Fortunately, I used a diesel line out of Waterloo Station.
I came home, turned on the telly, and watched the news.
There was Brit Rail spokesman, stiff and wooden (like John Cleese).
A reporter (like Michael Palin) asked him the question
"What happened?"
The Cleese-like spokesman calmly answered ----
"Wrong kind of snow" (actual quote).
I fell on the floor laughing. Composed myself quickly - I did not want to miss the follow-up question. --- (How many kinds of snow are there? What kind of snow were you expecting? etc. ANYTHING.)
But, the reporter turned to the camera and said, "There you have it, wrong kind of snow, and back to you....".
Now, that really happened. Look it up.
That was a real-life Monty Python skit.
I always think of the british as erring on the side of understatement. I was hanging out with friends, new years eve, We were in a primitive cabin, in the middle of northern minnesota. So I have my shortwave radio. We were drinking beer, playing a boardgame, and listening to the BBC on shortware. It was mainly news. Then at midnight in the UK, the announcer says "As it's nearly midnight, we will take you to big ben, for the chiming of midnight." (Big Ben Chimes 12 times.) "It's now midnight, a new year. Back to the news". We all laughed at this, being so used to the american way of trying to hype up everything.
@@michaelbauers8800 Very true.
But, it is still a crazy country.
Note my next story ----
I worked in London, lived in Esher, Surrey.
Each morning, I took the diesel train into Waterloo Station. British trains run like clockwork and are very reliable.
I am relaxed, on the train, reading the paper. All the passengers were reading the paper.
Then -- the train slowly rolls to a stop. No station. It just stopped rolling.
I looked around trying to figure "what is going on?"
All the Brits just acted like everything was OK, and stayed calm, as if they didn't care.
I am an American. I had to get to work. I had appointments to make, and business to do. I was getting agitated, asking people, "What's going on?" "Should we stage a train mutiny?" Something !!
The Brits just looked at me blankly, as if they were saying to themselves, "what is wrong with these Americans??"
Anyway, the train speaker crackles to life, and it says, "Pardon for the delay, there are swans on the line". W T F ? ?
Swans??? In Chicago, if there were swans, geese, or any birds on the line, we would not stop our trains. METRA would have made pate out of them.
BUT -- in UK, they stop for swans?!?!?
Well, it turns out, ALL the swans in all of UK belong to the queen. No one f**ks with the Queen's swans. She will mess you up if you do.
My conclusion?? Britain is a crazy country.
@@craigkdillonhaha, I really enjoyed reading your stories. You have a natural gift my friend. One of the few regrets I have was I wish I worked in the UK in my early 20’s as I have always been fascinated with the country. I did do a backpacking trip in 2019 for 3 weeks but ended up spending most of my time in Scotland and visiting the various breweries. I do miss some millionaire shortbread as I have never seen that sold anywhere here in the US.
@@craigkdillon Britain is the crazy one, and not the country that would turn swans into paté?
I arrived in Britain last August, I'm hanging out by a beach town, and I read a sign outside of a Fish shop that says, and I quote "#pollockstopputin: Russia owns half of Europe's stocks. Sanctions have added at least 35% to the price of cod. So, we're saying Pollocks to Putin! IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT TOO, BUY SOME EUROPEAN CAUGHT POLLOCK AND CHIPS!"
A few days later, and for seemingly unrelated reasons, the Queen died.
It's been decades and only now do I pick up on the fact that "the rack" is a _triple_ entendre considering the placement on the heretic in question.
Don’t get too excited. Rack was not a slang term for female anatomy in uk in early 1970s
@@yinoveryang4246 Now it is so the comment still stands 😊
Perhaps those cosmopolitan Monty Python buggers were familiar with American slang.
Monty Python Came Up With It like they cam up with transgenderism
Terry Giliam went from using a 2 dollar dishrack as a prop to making films that went 50 million over budget and I'm here for both!
Terry Giliam is a goat, I loved adventures of Monchauser
Terry's such an underrated performer.
He was really committed to that cardinal. The expression on his face when someone else is talking is hilarious.
which one?
@@heavywestern5943
Either of course. Both directed, both 'acted' both wrote. OK so maybe he was talking about Terry Jones but CHarding was likely talking about Terry Gilliam. Then again no one ever accused Gilliam of being a good actor. Hmm, among actors neither has been accused of such. Oh bugger.
Which Terry? Gilliam or Jones?
@@dannyspelman1468 Yes, sorry, I meant Gilliam. (Terry Jones, or any of the other four main guys, would NEVER be underrated by me).
I loved Gilliam's movies, particularly Brazil and Fisher King, so it's always a treat to seem him ham it up in a sketch.
I once loved Monty Python for its surreal humor.
Then, I lived outside of London for three years.
I stopped enjoying its surreal humor.
I started enjoying it as documentary on actual British life.
I learned and saw so much living there.
What I saw will curdle your cackle bone.
This sounds like the setup for a sketch
"Here is John Sawyer. He's visiting the United Kingdom for the first time, and experiencing the queen's horrors firsthand"
@@LEGOALEX97 "Only those that are fortunate enough to exist outside of British society, are blessed with copious amounts of sanity."
"Those that are born in Birmingham, are not."
@craigkdillon
Please do elaborate.
I'm quite curious.
@@christopherchander2754 OK.
This is real. Nothing added or exaggerated.
Winter of 1992. The worst winter on record.
BritRail had gotten hundreds of new train electric train cars.
Most trains in Britain are electric. I lived in Cobham, near Esher, on a diesel line out of Waterloo Station.
Many of the new train cars had their engines burning out, because snow was being sucked into the electric motors.
Millions were stuck at home or at work. People were pissed.
Parliament was at a standstill. MPs complaining, and yelling at each other.
The whole government stopped on this one issue.
I was very interested, and very lucky to be on a diesel line.
Ok, I worked in The City - central London. I came home, plopped down in front of the telly to see what happened that day for BritRail.
Turned on the News. There was a BritRail spokesman - stiff, and humorless (like John Cleese) and a reporter (eager, and small) like Michael Palin.
The Palin like reporter asked "what happened??"
The stiff, humorless, BritRail spokesmen then said -----
"Wrong kind of snow".
I Fell out of my chair laughing. I had to control myself. I wanted to hear the incisive question the reporter would surely ask.
"What kind of snow did you expect?" or
"How many kinds of snow are there?, Something.
B U T --- the reporter turned to the camera and said, "there you have it, Wrong kind of snow. And back to you."
Now if that isn't a Monty Python skit, I don't know what is.
Like I said, Monty Python is NOT comedy.
It is documentary.
@@christopherchander2754 BTW -- I do have more.
0:32 - I always loved that little sideways hop Michael Palin does when they enter, lol.
The grandma smiling when she was put in the comfy chair just makes me crack 🤣🤣
I wasn't expecting this to be even more hilarious as the years went by 😂
Nobody can even come close to the brilliance, majesty & hilarity that the Monty Python cast brought to the world of comedy!
Thanks for this TH-cam, it's not like I expected the Spanish Inquisition...
Nobody expected you to expect the Spanish Inquisition
“No body expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!”
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!!
"You don't know me but I'm from BBC. We were wondering if you'd come and answer the door in a sketch over there in that sort of direction..."
Where is the 4th wall though??
animarune isnotmyfirstname Monty Python breaks the fourth wall frequently.
I know and I love every second of it !
The fourth wall never exists
This show never had a fourth wall.
I love how the one Inquisitor wears a World War I pilot hat 😅
You mean Cardinal Biggles?
Thats because he is BIGGLES! Lol
Did you miss the part where they called him.... BIGGLES...
Oddly enough probably few Americans know a British children's book character from 1932.
@@thatsnotoneofmeatsmanyuses1970
But what about Ginger?
Watching this and a car alarm goes off across the street exactly as they first jump in - most unexpected!!
"Nobody expects the Spanish--" BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "--Oh, bugger!!"
Well, nobody expects the Spanish eeh... Okay...
Michael Palin is so brilliant
It's it "Paylin" or Palin, really. Actually I think I've heard Cleese pronounce it both ways in 1 single interview!
“I’ll come in again” reliably kills me every time, all these years later… 😂
Gilliam's animation. I think he must have been very much out of his mind during their construction! So insane, and hilarious!
"And where the hell was Biggles, when you needed him last Saturday?"
Nobody may expect it but it's always welcome. Love the bit where she tears up the photographs. My father was once sitting with an elderly relative who was showing him pictures of her grandchildren or somebody and my dad (an awful person for the most part) told her he did not want to see the pictures. She was outraged.
outraged! when you let your inner rage out!
@@andyman8630 It's actually along the lines of advantage, patronage, arbitrage. It's from Anglo-French outre (beyond) with -age added, from Latin ultra (beyond)
@@mattrogers5188
indeed - 'beyond rage'
It’s impossible to mention the Spanish Inquisition to Brits now without somebody thinking of this sketch, it is so entrenched in British culture
Curious when or if it will leave. Will kids stop showing it to their kids or will the broadcast TV quality be so foreign that people stop watching and it dies.
I was in high school in the UK in the late 70s. We pretty much just lived Python all day.
Same here in the U.S., although, I'm not sure about the younger generation. They're into weird shit that I can't keep up with. 😁
I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
Thanks.
Ah, the Spanish Inquisition. A welcomed refresh from the Roman Inquisition.
Every Sunday night of my childhood was spent watching this show!🤣👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸
A childhood lasting only 45 Sundays. And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.
Not all of their humour worked, but when it did, it was truly groundbreaking and amazing! We'll never see the like of such again, more's the huge pity!
What youre not a fan of cheese shops
For me, pretty much all of their humor worked.
@@angry_eck Not much a cheese shop really.
@@ontheroad5317 Are you sure? Kind of like people saying SNL in the 80s was hilarious. If you are watching highlights sure, but if you are watching every episode then not so much.
@@NONO-hz4vo yeah, when they started showing these on PBS, maybe 50 years ago now, I watched them religiously. I was never disappointed.
This is so stupid and I love it and it's amazing and I can't get enough.
The day after this was broadcast most of our class were re-enacting this with the "unexpected cry" during a French lesson. As a punishment we had to translate the phrase into french: personne n'attend la Inquisition espagniole. I can still remember it after 50 years which is more than I can say for the rest of the lessons in their entirety.
9:25
Nobody expects the- Oh, bugger!
I love the way they just *jump* from the side into the room 😭
😂 I love this skit so much. They’re all so cute! The look Terry Jones has when he has to turn the rack !!!
i first saw this in 1976 or so.. watching it again Iliterally laughed out loud
Michael Palin cracks me up too much, I have to say he is my favorite.
Yes,I would agree with you there.
The diabolical laughter (and acting) of Cardinals Ximinez, Biggles and Fang never ceases to terrify.
Some time around 1975 I was clinking the big sundial shaped dial that had between 8 and 10 VHF channels on my TV(the main networks were on this, NBC,ABC,CBS and local and public stations that shared signal output my little TV antenna could pick up.) while clicking from one channel to another I came upon this very sketch.... and a kind of permission seemed to have been granted. It was the way we found our friends. By saying little bits of sketches from Monty python and reenacting them in front of our schoolmates we exposed our irreverence to the world, outing ourselves as Pythons. We naturally would gravitate toward one another for saying things like " I'd like to return this Parrot," or spontaneously singing the "Spam" song.
The comfy chair is brutal.
Yes it's hideous and vicious. It's really an instrument from hell!
Not as brutal as the soft cushions
The fiends !!!!!
@@Lord_Skeptic or the rack! 😩
Almost as brutal as tying Mr Bean's shoelaces together.
The biggest joke is that the Spanish Inquisition was by appointment.
I like the ‘oh bugger, at the end.😂
Right before that they're riding on a double deck bus and Michael Palin says" hurry, the credits".
@@richardrice8076 hell the producer! QUICK!
When the show was originally broadcast the final "oh bugger" was omitted in some BBC regions.
Hurrah for Carol Cleveland!
Fun fact: the Spanish Inquisition was actually expected. They were given 30 days notice.
I'd leave before they arrive.
I didn't expect that
Thanks to this PSA and Mel Brook's documentary "The History of the World Part 1" most people these days are ready to expect the Spanish inquisition.
"Nobody expects the...OH BUGGER!"
This makes so much more sense when you realize that drugs were widely used when these were made.
I certainly did not expect the Spanish Inquisition in my recommended videos.
Terry Gilliam's ironic accent just glides over which minority was targeted by the Inquisition.
One of my all time favorites
I would wait till my brother came home from college and we would watch it late at night
"Oh bugger..." Great ending!
My ex mother-in- law was Spanish & Portuguese. We would watch this and laugh our butts off. 😂❤😅.
This is one of my favorite scenes.
This is so underrated in the history of comedy
I specifically went incognito-to a search engine that only speaks ebonics-yet here the Spanish Inquisition finds me
How long in the future will people never expect the Spanish inquisition
I raised my children on Monty Python so they could educate future generations.
Oh how I loved Monty Python!!! It was the only reason I EVER watched PBS pledge drives!!!😆😆😆😆😆
Monty Python was almost cult watching when it was first broadcast. I'm waiting for bicycle repair man, non of that Marvel comic rubbish, just a proper hero!
I took my son and nephew on holiday with my parents. The kids bikes broke every day. My dad was super bicycle repair man 💙
I always wonder what happens to those who do in fact expect the Spanish Inquisition.
The algorithm gave me this just as I was settling into my comfy chair. I don’t know why, maybe it’s because of my backyard shrine to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
While this is a great sketch I find it rather disturbing that I have not searched for it or watched it for years, but I did talk to someone about it today with my phone in my pocket at this was at the top of my recommended list. Just a coincidence, right?
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
The inquisitors were spying on you.
Google Analytics. If you can, try to revoke consent that Google bots follow your every online activity.
Nobody expects the Google Analytics!
The COMFY CHAIR! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
I don't think I ever saw the entire sketch - this is 100 degrees above hilarious!
I grew up watching Monty Python from the time I was 9 or so. I remember seeing the Holy Grail repeatedly at the local drive-in and watched the show every Sunday on PBS. My mom set me up on a blind date who tried to “educate” me on the genius of it all. When I could throw quotes, characters & skits right back at him, he said he was amazed a “girl” could know so much about MP. Then he told my mom I was out of his league and I never heard from him again. Still makes me laugh.
You would be one of a kind! 😁
Lucky you! No girl wants to be saddled with a mansplainer who is easily threatened.
@@teresabenson3385Amen to that!
The "Diabolical Laughter" and "Diabolical Acting" were not expected by me, just like the Spanish Inquisition!
One of the best satire for spanish inquisition and much deserved! Mel Brooks has a very good one in History of the World.
The Inquisition! Lets Begin! The Inquisition... look out sin...
The inquisition ! On the show ! The inquisition ! Here we go ! We have a mission !
Love this movie ❤
Was that the one where you can't talkemarda anything?
It's interesting how John Cleese was the only person who did expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition indeed. This popped up out of nowhere.
It's gold - pure GOLD!! 🤣
I never expected the Spanish Inquisition, to keep my customers laughing and sharing their enjoyment of The Great Monty Python!!!! Thank you for all the laughter...
Thank you for sharing, because no one would expect the Spanish Inquisition!!!!
How on earth did they get through these skits without breaking?! 😂
Many, many takes.
Palin almost lost it several times I noticed.
It was close so many times on watching.
Oh but they did. Watch carefully when the heretic is put to the rack 😂
On this series of sketches you can see Palin just covering his mouth and trying to hold back the laughter.
I didn’t know that dr. Robotnic was so into Catholicism back then.
Just as what Movie Dr. Eggman says.... "Nobody cares!!!!:
Nobody spected that
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" 0:36, 1:14, 1:46, 5:06, 9:26 (before being interrupted by title card reading "The end")
Still funnier than the modern crap we suffer these days long live the Spanish Inquisition may it never be expected
"NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!" (Monty Python's show Flying Circus )
The Inquisition!
What a show!
The Inquisition!
Here we go!
We know you’re wishin’ that we go awaaaaaaay . . .
but the Inquisition’s here and it’s here to stay!
The Inquisition, oh, boy!
The Inquisition, what a joy!
The Inquisition, oy oy!
That simply won't do. Wrong franchise!
History of the World ... 😂
This skit is an allegory for how Google operates the TH-cam platform, if you create content.
Fear, surprise, arbitrary copyright strikes, making you confess under duress.
90 days in the comfy chair.
Don't forget the fish slapping.
Nobody expects the Google inquisition!
Nobody expects the span
Oh bugger
I love this skit so freaking much! Funny thing is, towns were warned well in advance when an inquisition team was doing a visit.
I didn't expect Monty Python in my recommendation.
DAMN! THEY GOT ME AGAIN! NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
"GIVE THE RACK- oh dear..." He's struggling so hard to stay in character. XD
I've just advertised a similar chair on my local forum under the heading 'As used by the Spanish Inquisition'
It’s like if villains were trying to be all evil and tough and nasty, while there brains are also suffering from a chronic and ongoing case of being “a total and complete moron”
And it’s funny! They try so hard, and fail so badly. Sad, yet so funny.
First saw it in San Antonio on PBS all of 14 years old (the Gilliam animation of the hammy opera singer and the canon)…”what in the $¥# is THIS?!”…the infectious insanity and occasional bare breasts hooked me for life
So glad I saw this live at the O2 in London.
Tough one to uprate what with jesting towards the honest Coppers & Bobbies etc., but Monty Python always gets the uprate & the upvote, for unmentionable merits, credits, honors, & work, all in good fun.
Best Python sketch ever !! The second is the Spam sketch 😂😂😂
Was looking for a Monty Python sketch....but I didn't expect the Spanish Inquestion!😂
Cardinal Biggles? I never noticed a self reference in this classic sketch before.
Tough business! This sketch was funny for the first three minutes. Comedic heresy after that. They should all be wormed at the egg!
What a relief when she said “I don’t understand”
Ok, I totally didn't expect this!
I always thought it was hilarious that the ‘costuming’ is from like twelve different historical periods, and none of them fits together. No one ever seems to mention it. It’s clearly intended though - I mean, they dressed three 16th century inquisitors like Cardinal Richelieu and gave one of them aviator goggles from the 1920s.
absolutely great, thanks to the great nation who had the wits to create this kind of humour