I love how you can hear someone quietly going "What!?" when the fish, or I guess "fisch", are revealed. Really illustrates how out of nowhere this bit is and what makes it so damn funny. 🤣
You are right Timo regarding "Fisch Schlapping" Dance and the freshly fermented fish. I remember as a young kid in Botnia in westcoast of Finland where old generation were still dancing traditional "Finnish Fisch Schlapping Dance" in an annual "Closing Celebration of the Fish Season". Nowadays there are only few old people in Finland knowing this traditional Fisch Schlapping Dance. However they are performing the dance nowadays at annual Kaustinen Folklore Festivals in Botnia to maintain alive the tradition of the Finnish Fisch Schlapping Dance. ============================================================ Vanha Pohjanmaan rannikolta peräisin oleva suomalainen perinne, "Kalan läimäytys tanssi", elää yhä ainakin Monty Pythonin sketseissä. ============================================================ Och samma på svenska.
The whole punchline of the sketch is that the people performing it are missing the point. So complaining about the details being wrong is you missing the point, because the point is that they didn't get anything right. D'oh. =)
What? I'm looking through this thread. Some people have no sense of humor. And look at the shoes. They are not wooden shoes. They're "boot" types with tassles. Jeez, people. It's Monty Python. Lighten the heck UP!
_Legends tell of a pony who made friends to spread the magic of friendship. Her name was Twilight Sparkle. Our story begins in the land of Equestria..._ (The scene cuts to Mortal Kombat characters dancing in Edenia.) Chorus: Edenia, Edenia, Edenia That's the realm for me! Kitana: Edenia is the realm where we dance Edenia is the realm where we play In Edenia, Earthrealmer can find a true romance In traditional Mortal Kombat way! Chorus: Schlip! Schlap! Spilling blood away Schlip! Schlap! Spilling blood all day Schlip! Schlap! You simply can't go wrong In traditional blood-spilling song (break) Chorus: Schlip! Schlap! Liu Kang: Spilling blood away Chorus: Schlip! Schlap! Liu Kang: Spilling blood all day Chorus: Schlip! Schlap! Liu Kang: You simply can't go wrong In traditional blood-spilling song Chorus: Edenia, Edenia, Edenia Liu Kang: The realm where I quite want to be Raiden: Demon killing- Kung Lao: Or fighting- Chorus: Or just watching TV Edenia, Edenia, Edenia That's the realm for me *I said, “EQUESTRIA”!* (All of the Edenians and Earthrealmers groan and walk away.) Kitana: What? Jade: EQUESTRIA?! Scorpion: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Liu Kang: I've been practicing for two weeks!
The fish hash to be freshly fermented, otherwishe thish doeshn't work properly. The king hash to bow thrishe to the audiensh, twishe to the right, then onshe to the left. What'sh left out here is right... in shenter of thish tradishon: the king hash to come to the shtayjshe followed by a male shervant banging together two coconut halvesh. What? Where you can get them thish time of year? A migrating bird might've brought them. Whichsh type of bird, you ashk ... ...
“Finland” written by Sir Michael “sir not appearing in the video” Palin. Who’s own son Tom played the part of Sir Not Appearing in This film in Holy Grail.
Right after the huge fish slap is BY FAR the loudest applause I've ever heard in my entire life!
Saw an off-Broadway performance of this. The funniest musical I have ever seen. They really need to release a DVD of this.
Get the original Broadway cast CD.
I love how you can hear someone quietly going "What!?" when the fish, or I guess "fisch", are revealed. Really illustrates how out of nowhere this bit is and what makes it so damn funny. 🤣
Ok i am going to move to Finland ,become a Finnish citizen, Run for their version of congress, and try my hardest to make this the national anthem
Literally pissed in my pants laughing when the women slapped the men with their humongous fish.
"I SAID ENGLAND!" LOL
I'm so glad my high school is putting this play on. I am SO auditioning.
You are right Timo regarding "Fisch Schlapping" Dance and the freshly fermented fish. I remember as a young kid in Botnia in westcoast of Finland where old generation were still dancing traditional "Finnish Fisch Schlapping Dance" in an annual "Closing Celebration of the Fish Season".
Nowadays there are only few old people in Finland knowing this traditional Fisch Schlapping Dance. However they are performing the dance nowadays at annual Kaustinen Folklore Festivals in Botnia to maintain alive the tradition of the Finnish Fisch Schlapping Dance.
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Vanha Pohjanmaan rannikolta peräisin oleva suomalainen perinne, "Kalan läimäytys tanssi", elää yhä ainakin Monty Pythonin sketseissä.
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Och samma på svenska.
Every time i see the ladies pull out huge fishes from hammerspace, I always think "fuck yes!"
The whole punchline of the sketch is that the people performing it are missing the point. So complaining about the details being wrong is you missing the point, because the point is that they didn't get anything right. D'oh. =)
this is the Finnish National Anthem right?
I can confirm this.
This is the Military National Anthem, the common folk one is Darude Sandstorm.
What? I'm looking through this thread. Some people have no sense of humor. And look at the shoes. They are not wooden shoes. They're "boot" types with tassles. Jeez, people. It's Monty Python. Lighten the heck UP!
_Legends tell of a pony who made friends to spread the magic of friendship. Her name was Twilight Sparkle. Our story begins in the land of Equestria..._
(The scene cuts to Mortal Kombat characters dancing in Edenia.)
Chorus:
Edenia, Edenia, Edenia
That's the realm for me!
Kitana:
Edenia is the realm where we dance
Edenia is the realm where we play
In Edenia, Earthrealmer can find a true romance
In traditional Mortal Kombat way!
Chorus:
Schlip! Schlap!
Spilling blood away
Schlip! Schlap!
Spilling blood all day
Schlip! Schlap!
You simply can't go wrong
In traditional blood-spilling song
(break)
Chorus:
Schlip! Schlap!
Liu Kang:
Spilling blood away
Chorus:
Schlip! Schlap!
Liu Kang:
Spilling blood all day
Chorus:
Schlip! Schlap!
Liu Kang:
You simply can't go wrong
In traditional blood-spilling song
Chorus:
Edenia, Edenia, Edenia
Liu Kang:
The realm where I quite want to be
Raiden:
Demon killing-
Kung Lao:
Or fighting-
Chorus:
Or just watching TV
Edenia, Edenia, Edenia
That's the realm for me
*I said, “EQUESTRIA”!*
(All of the Edenians and Earthrealmers groan and walk away.)
Kitana: What?
Jade: EQUESTRIA?!
Scorpion: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Liu Kang: I've been practicing for two weeks!
Funny . . . I remember this as the "Norwegian Fish Slapping Song" . . . .
The fish hash to be freshly fermented, otherwishe thish doeshn't work properly. The king hash to bow thrishe to the audiensh, twishe to the right, then onshe to the left.
What'sh left out here is right... in shenter of thish tradishon: the king hash to come to the shtayjshe followed by a male shervant banging together two coconut halvesh. What? Where you can get them thish time of year? A migrating bird might've brought them. Whichsh type of bird, you ashk ...
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European, or African?
Ok guys, who cares what they got wrong, monty python gets everything wrong....do knights really use coconuts instead horses? I don't think so.
I said _England!_
In the name of Max Fosh, dish out the fish
Let's start a campaign guys. #finnishnationalanthem
Lmfao, the women slapped the guys silly!
Yes lol I was watching the girl in the back right 😂 she literally went into the guys face and went BOOM 0:51
Savannah Hulkoff: Thank you. That is all I need to say.
Is there any way to find all these videos together in one file??
... did any of the things in Monty Python/Spamalot ever happen?
Of course
“Finland” written by Sir Michael “sir not appearing in the video” Palin. Who’s own son Tom played the part of Sir Not Appearing in This film in Holy Grail.
the shoes look Dutch however... hmm
Nice look at all those people from Holland singing about finland
Looks more like German than Finnish.
No one in finland has ever dressed like that im afraid. Fun show tho.
Looks more Dutch than anything, but whatevs.