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They didn’t have Twitter in mediaeval times, but if you said something or did something strange , the village mob would definitely cancel you forever
😂.
Michael Palin did loads of travel programmes around the world you might like Connor. They were very popular in Britain. Because they were made at a time when cheap holiday travel wasn't really a thing at the time in Britain & he gave us a window into people's lives & cultures around the world.
Michael Palin is a world treasure.
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It wasn’t so much that holidays weren’t affordable… they were (just about) in a ‘packaged holiday’ sort of sense.
However, Michael would be the one to show you ‘now, look here… there’s an entire world out there for you to explore should you want to take the odd risk or lower your standards here and there’.
He would, for example, not shy away from visiting places where communism was in full effect. He’d go out to places like Outer Mongolia… places that, even today, are off the beaten path.
You see, it wasn’t so much about the travel. He was always about the creation of meaningful connection and, therefore, the parallels that one could draw between the people he’d encounter and yourself.
THAT is what made his show’s (and the books which accompanied them) work, at a time when connections to such cultures were the exception, rather than the norm.
After all, you couldn’t just dial up Wikipedia or watch a few unique perspectives on TH-cam at the time.
I remember a time when they were debating whether copper phone lines would be sufficient to carry the bandwidth required to transmit video footage as well as maintain landline based telephony communications for example… and, I’m by no means a boomer either.
Michael Palin practically invented the travelogue.
The python you don't recognize is Terry Gilliam. Mostly behind the camera, who created there most recognized animation. Oh and became one of the most inventive filmmakers of a generation.👍
Time Bandits is probably my favourite
Brazil was an amazing film he did.
Gilliam was identified at the beginning and twice later yet the host didn't know who he was. That is typical of American commentators. They don't listen because they are so anxious to be talking. As he says, he is talking a lot.
And when he went before camera mostly played masked or (sometimes extremely) caricaturistic characters 🙂
He is the animator who has a heart attack
the German title of the movie is "Ritter der Kokosnuss" (Knights of the Coconut). basically, the fact that they couldn't afford horses shaped the entire marketing in Germany.
@@kevboard in Hungarian too technically 😀 (Gyalog galopp = Pedestrian gallop)
😂 having seen the original first it was so bloody strange watching it in german. In Flanders we get subtitles for foreign media. Dubbing is too expensive for small languages, and in the end takes away from the original. Especially humor is hard to translate correctly. So i m kinda happy we get the original. AND it is a big reason we learn languages more easily . Not just english, ie.: TATORT, Der Alte, Derrick ..., i watched those in german with subtitles as a teenager, ( showing my age here 😂) and die sendung mit der Maus as a todler, ofcourse. 😂
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@@CobraChicken101 I like dubs, because if done well you got multiple versions to watch.
some of the jokes actually are funnier in the german dub of the Holy Grail. the entire fight against the black knight for example is imo better in the german dub.
many jokes work better in the original of course
If i didn't love Pink Floyd enough. Now i find out they helped fund Monty Python.
George Harrison was even more important: Life of Brian (an even better film) wouldn't have been made without him.
Yes its Polly.. The love of your life.. But you only saw a witch!! 😂
That one guy that isnt really in the film (much) and the most looks like a medieval peasant?
Thats the American, Terry Gilliam.
Fun fact, The Enchanter had a ridiculous name, but Cleese forgot it and just said 'Tim'. Again, budget coinciding with comedy avoids a second take.
Tim is better
Not true. Just because lots of people repeat the same nonsense on multiple YT videos, doesn’t make it true
Connor is the best reacter . Smart , perceptive, anx knowlegeable.
It’s the lady in the lake bit that cracks me up
Some bint indiscriminately tossing swords about is no basis for the formation of a constitutional monarchy....
Totally with you Connor. One of the things that scares me most is the madness of crowds
Connor your comments and observations, delivered with so much humour and enthusiasm, at times seem to reveal evidence of a British ancestry. You seem to have that ability to spot the excellence in the , on the face of it , slapstick, and complete the display by connecting missing parts in your imagination, and running with it. Your input adds to the enjoyment of the video. Cheers !
That wasn't Billy Connoly or Tim Curry, it was Cleese.
Tim the Enchanter was in fact played by John Cleese. You can tell as his knight character is wearing his helmet, to obscure the face of his stand-in for the other camera angle. Another hint to the tight budget as these scenes were shot simultaneously, rather than separately and using the same actor in each shot.
Hello from England. I was with you watching Holy Grail and your reactions were priceless. You obviously "get" the humour/humor. Not everyone gets Monty Python even in the uk. Love watching your videos and find them quite interesting and revealing. Keep up the good work. Regards Herby
I love how your mind was blown that Connie Booth played the witch!
I always admire how Monty Python and the Holy Grail captured the look and atmosphere of the Medieval times far better than movies with a much higher budget. Genius directing from Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones!
It always amazes me people watching think the ",bring out your dead" scene is ridiculous...when it's actually factually accurate during the black dearh.
The movie gets a bit of blame for starting the trope of everything being being covered in muck and filth in medieval times. Something historians vehemently dispute these days. Medieval people tried to keep their places as clean as they possibly could, just like everyone else throughout all of history tried to.
i think that was probably due to a lot of the props being borrowed from historical and re-enactment groups rather than custom build for the movie with all the embellishment prop makers put into everything.
@@FlashyVic Exactly! They just threw their garbage on the street and emptied the chamber pots out of the window. But the houses were always spotless inside! Clean enough, anyway, that the rats could trigger the next epidemic at any time...
Nice one. Just goes to show how overcoming hardships can lead to good outcomes.
Really interesting insight into the madness of crowds. I think I understand what you mean. Natural disasters are out of control, wild animals act on instinct, but when otherwise rational calm beings act so out of character in groups it seems more frightening IMO.
Brilliant an absolute hilarious out of this world funny film, btw , never apologise for pausing, we love hearing you opinions, comments and musings. After all, thata what reacting all about init lad so keep on doing what your doing.
7:57 In the 1300s mobs like that were actually very rare.
Contrary to the broad idea witchcraft trials, burnings of heretics and things like that were not even a common thing in the middle ages at all but mushroomed very abruptly in the beginning of the early modern era.
Mob of humans. Totally agree with you. Lots of hilarious deranged mobs in Monty P.
It's Polly
I love your reactions to this and you've inspired me to go and watch them all again xx
Have you never heard the expression ... A mob has no mind
and due to films like this you will learn about British sarcasm
Tim the Enchanter was John Cleese not Billy Connoly.
Really? I thought it was that Scottish prison guard from the Sitcom Porridge (Mr Mackay).
Fun fact: In Germany the movie is called "Ritter der Kokosnuss" which actually means "knights of the coconut". So the coconuts were way more present for us, as it was mentioned in the title. You can tell the whole coconut thing, the swallows which COULD have carried them, and all that stuff is just kinda the main theme^^
How awesome would that be, you're a tourist visiting a castle and then you're an extra in a Monty Python film😅
You have to watch Yellowbeard (1983), a pirate movie spoof, it's full of one liners and some Python magic, once you watch it you'll never forget Blind Pew. but every time Marty Feldman as Gilbert pops up, he steals the scene.
Something you might like to react to... Terry Jones did a marvellous documentary series called "Medieval Lives" and injected a fair bit of Pythonesque humour into it. I think you'd love it
"Necessity is the mother of invention"!
Another classic British comedy series of films is the Carry On franchise; I’d recommend seeing if you can find them online, since they’re quintessential British humour
Don't bother with the early black and white ones or the last couple of ones that kind of summed up the way the British movie industry was headed!
"Life of Brian" is another iconic movie.
THE iconic movie!
I think you would like some of the Carry On..... movies.
Simplicity, authentic and talent, a potent mix.
I agree, a mob of humans is terrifying.
When you mention how big budget films allow the actors to have time off set in comfort ,Russell Crowe says that his film company stopped paying for his hotel and car, while filming LA Confidential .
He had to use the back stairs and staff exit for several days ,to avoid questions from the Hotel Manager.
Don't know if you noticed Connor, but the witch was played by "your Polly" from fawlty towers! The lovely Connie booth! X
Given all this - and I know you once reacted to an interview with him - but it would be interesting to see how you'd respond to one of their chief influences, Spike Milligan. Who, at the time, still had a BBC TV series. Sporadically. When either he or the BBC weren't antagonistic towards each other. It was a decade for that humour. Eric Idle also had Rutland Weekend Television, for instance. Which can also be bonkers.
A lot of the filming was done at Doune Castle in Scotland, and they do mention it when you visit. I have proudly laid down on that same bank where the knights were discussing the Trojan Rabbit.
You don't need a bit budget to make a decent film . I can think of plenty I like much better than multi million dollar offerings . I remember this at the cinema , the tv shows were a collection of sketches that just ran into each other so the big attraction was this actually had a story . It was pretty loose , and anything too awkward was Gilliam territory but it made sense . None of the tv shows had an end so it was no surprise they were nicked before the big battle could begin .
I remember that they were all really worried about the giant wooden rabbit. They only had enough money to get one giant bunny built and they had to destroy it as part of the next scene.
When they dropped the bunny it could have gone wrong in so many ways, and due to only having one prop they literally had to cross there fingers
And hope that everything went to plan. As no matter what happened they would have to use the footage and salvage what they could.
I like Yellowbeard (Python sort of with Cheech and Chong and a variety of other randoms) being very bad pirates ! I like fun Bad movies !
Have you seen any Powell and Pressburger movies ?
A Matter of Life and Death
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Canterbury Tales (in a pinch)
Terry Gilliam movies ?
Brazil is wonderfully weird
If you close your eyes and listen to her voice (allowing of course for the parsnip on her nose), it may be more obvious that it's Connie Booth.
Tim Curry and Billy Connolly are both brilliant, I agree. The Monty Python team were Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. They came to prominence for the sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, which aired on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, but had a lot of work individually previous to that,
So lovely to hear Terry Jones speaking. I miss that man.
MPATHG looks like the Pythons were having a lot of fun, the cast enjoying each other's company despite the conditions due to budgetary issues. Another one of my favourite comedy films is 'Withnail and I', also made on a low budget. I can't say I'd ever noticed that it was made on a low budget - maybe the bizarre story, cast, locations and decent acting hid all that completely. Perhaps low budget films can actually encourage focus and creativity? Apparently WAI was a nightmare to make though, with rows between the director and production company and the director having to pay himself for vital location filming needed to complete the film.
The definition in the cinema would have been better than this. It was shot on real film, not digitally.
Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard was a very good film even though some critics condemned Brando's English accent which i thought was quite good. The Charles Laughton version in black and white is always quoted along with a couple of others.
One of the greatest British films ever made. Comedy genius.
there is a movie by an austrian where every actor played at least two rolls (Muttertag)
These guys were way ahead of their time😂
All the money went on the set😁
Try watching what happened with the real mutiny on the Bounty and where the mutineers ended up.
Yes! That was 'Polly'!! 😊
The key word here is "iconic."
70's and 80's films look different as they are mostly using a particular Kodak filmstock. The color palette is unique with vibrant reds and toned down greens. It is not tinted, we are talking about color contrast, how different colors react to light intensity. I just watched a fascinating video about it, well, fascinating for movie nerds at least.
Also, when it comes to small movie budgets: wages are the biggest portion, but also lodging can be quite a hefty piece. And in the olden days, the film itself was considerable cost, so shooting a tight script was a de facto standard: only shoot what you must and simplify scenes so that less things can go wrong. Directors like Kubrick were constantly fighting the budget just for doing multiple reshoots: wages, lodging etc. plus the film used for shooting 100 takes, and keeping one is incredibly expensive way to make movies, it still is.. only the film part is mostly gone but everything else is still there, and with unions.. it tends to be even more expensive but at least it is more humane. Making movies is miserable even without stupidly long hours.
Mutiny on the Bounty with Brando is one of my first and fondest film memories that started my broader interest in nautical history. It is a fascinating and tragic true story (well with certain liberties, based on the versions one reads and believes in) about the inhuman and draconic command of a certain Lieutenant Bligh.
I found the film to be very well made, found it absolutely incredible, how they gathered together one of the last few real wooden sailing ship builders around the globe and build a very much true to the original version of the HMAV Bounty, except a bit wider, to accommodate filming crew and obviously also an engine too.
Great, great movie. But I also like all the other movies about the subject. The Mel Gibson/Sir Anthony Hopkins one is also very good, if a bit biased towards a certain narrative.
It also was of great interesst to me, to learn about Bligh himself and how he once served as sailing master under another very famous Captain of that time, James Cook.
I had to laugh you are even more apologetic than i am and with no need to apologize in the first place. Nice to see you laughing you should do it more 😅😊😅
Camelot!
Camelot!
It`s just a model.
and it was... :D
I agree with your biggest fear.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K (Tommy Lee Jones) Men in Black.
She turned me into a newt!!!
I got better😂😂😂😂
Horses. There is only one. But, they have coconuts.
I think you mean "suspension of disbelief".
If this had a budget twice the size it had it would only have been half the movie it was!
Hope your good Connor ❤
Nice reaction, 😂, funny and informative. 🤘❤️
Ps: yes 100% , a mob is the scariest thing ever. So much combined grey matter but absolutely mindless
Love it and your infectious laugh Connor
The best movie EVER!! So bloody ridiculous it's brilliant.
film was always HD. When you see footage from Apollo missions you have pretty stunning HD-ish footage, from 16mm film. And really poor TV/tape footage. Although later MUCH better than the horrible famous one form Apollo 11. Color TV from space/the moon was one of the many underrated engineering marvels.
The worst tv shows today are those that were filmed on tape, because film was too expensive. . Like some Star Tek NG episodes. Even with AI upscaling there is not too much you can do. This movie thankfully didin't have to make that budget decision... or it was too early for it.
That said, People make a lot of quality reducing mistakes when they digitize VHS for example. It didin't look as bad (and especially washed out) as modern videos often show.
An the credits talked about a moose but there was no moose in the damn film !!!
Funny though .
Hi from the uk. Connor is great his channel is really good
there is a really interesting podcast "the rest is entertainment" with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde. They cover a lot of these industry secrets and details and how it all works under the hood.
Lot's of interesting topics over the years. Although often a bit short.
I can heartily recommend that podcast.
How much do you weigh in ducks Connor?
If I remember correctly witch burning is actually bit of a myth. And was very rare in these times. Starvation and Diseases were far more likely to get you over a mob.
The witch burning craze was in the late Middle Ages and didn't last that long, centuries after this era.
@@DenUitvreter Well... In central Europe, the last witch was executed in 1775. You're right. That's not sooo long...
Yes, and it was only in certain places that burning at the stake was used, hangings far more common, but that's captured the public imagination too.
@@jimb9063 This may be true for England and also for the infamous witch trials in Salem. On the European mainland, heretics and people accused of witchcraft were burned quite frequently. This was done with Jean d'Arc and the same was done with John Hus, the early Bohemian reformer to name a few prominent burn victims. I myself live in a place that served as a court in the Middle Ages. Justice was administered and punishments carried out here, as my immediate area was directly subordinate to the Empire for centuries. This meant that we were not subject to any sovereign, but directly to the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. We provided a cavalry detachment in case an Imperial army was called up.
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 People were burned alive for being heretics, in England too. Some like Joan were also accused of witchcraft, but being a heretic was enough for that.
Might be semantics, as from a certain point of view all witches could be seen as heretical, but not all were accused of heresy so not all burned.
Fascinating part of the world, brought alive beautifully by the Kingdom Come game.
Wow, the first Mad Max movie cost about the same.
I watch this more, total classic
How sad it is to see that John Cleese has grown such a huge American gut!
The peasants at the beginning were anarcho-syndicalists. Back then there were actual common people living in autarchy who rejected kings.
I have a T-Shirt with a picture of Tim from The Holy Grail on it and the line "There are some who call me ...... Tim!"
Why? Clue: My real name is NOT Andy or Pandy. 😉
some scenes wher filmed no far from where i stay , got a knockback for an extra . too small
I used to love this documentary but it lost all credibility when I discovered the that European Swallow rarely gets heavier than 1oz not the 5oz claimed.
I always see King Charles now thinking, a la Terry Jones, ‘well I didn’t vote for you’
Kings, are regular not elected. There were a few exceptions. Poland was an elective monarchy. It didn't work well. The Holy Roman Empire was also an elective monarchy (7 electors) who first elected the German king, who was then made emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It ultimately worked longer than in Poland, but the emperor's power was relatively limited if you compare him with the French kings, for example...
Nobody does silly like us 🇬🇧
What about a mob of sharks?
Holy Grail is great but pales beside The Life Of Brian for me this is by far the best film ever made
My all time favourite film.
Considering how most big budget movies today are multi billion dollar disasters, take Disney as an example with the last three films, the acolytes, buzz light year and strange worlds were all massive disasters 😂😂
Mon Tee Pie Thun. There, I had to say it. It isn't Monny Pie Thon.
Preemptive like
Love thar film......
react to (come out fighting) please
i worry, you're looking unhealthily .
Hey Connor
Would you be able to react to The Muppets' Forgotten British Heritage | Some Boi Online - < Channel name
The muppets only exist today cause of the British it might be a American creation but no American tv network didn’t want it so it was a British guy who run a tv network that said yes and all the seasons was filmed in England
Star Wars only exists today because of the British too because George Lucas couldn't afford to make it in America and pay American movie star wages or studio fees.
she turned me into a NEWT ............. i got better .......... 😏