oh, that's SUCH a good idea! Mine was the microwave ping for a loong time, now it is the PDA-notification from STALKER, a friend of mine had the "detected" sound from Metal Gear Solid which was also really funny, but this kinda takes the top spot, why haven't I thought about this before?
A buddy gave me a spare phone of his and it has this sound on it. I love it. I'm torn though, I've been using the classic AOL-voice "You've got mail!" soundbyte and I'm not tired of it yet (and I love the occasional double-take/funny look it gets lol) 😆 I may set the two for different messaging apps to enjoy both lol
The "mother-hamster/father-elderberries" line: Hamsters have a ton of babies, therefore implying the mother's promiscuity. Back then, elderberries we're used as a wine fruit, therefore implying the father's drunkenness.
Not only a wine fruit, but one of the cheapest wine fruits. Basically boils the insult down to "your mom's a ho and your daddy gets drunk on MD 20/20."
Many of thge jokes were non-sequiturs which means "does not follow". Just random illogical events upset our expectation and makes us laugh. This kind of humor doesn't always translate well across generations or oceans.
That guards - make sure he doesnt leave the room - is like classic clowning I did a clowning workshop, and we had a similiar exercise lol We worked in pairs, and the gag was that we come to an agrement what we will do, but one of use had the do anything, except the thing we agreed on, and then the one, which did the right thing had to question the wrong doer about it It had some fun moments xD
Comedy? This was a tragic social commentary about police profiling and false arrest. The man who killed the famous historian was clearly not part of King Arthur's entourage, as he was riding a real horse.
When I was in college I had the entire movie script memorized. Not because I tried to, but I watched it that often. Also my memorization skills were much better then. Now I have the memory of a goldfish.
Saw a dude here in London put a Black Knight sticker with one arm missing just above a massive scratch/dent on the side of his car and the sticker wrote "Tis but a scratch." LOL
John cleese forgot the long name of the enchanter, so he ad libbed Tim and the just went with it. They can write a book on the making of this film. So many tidbits that explain different scenes. This film was financed by Pink Floyd and others.
I've always thought "...I got better..." was the funniest line in the entire movie, it's surprising how many reactors don't include it. The face, the timing, the delivery is just perfect.
Sometimes I'm wondering if my hearing is going to shit. I believed he said "She turned me into a mute!" and not "newt", which made him saying "...I got better..." even funnier
I've always thought "Well, you have to know these things when you're king you know" is one of the funniest lines in the movie (too hard to pick the single funniest line in this) and it usually gets skipped over in reactions to this too.
Agreed. I also find most reactors not reacting as strongly as I would expect at the murderous rabbit scene. The first time I watched it I couldn't hold my sh*t together. It was hysterical, with the cute fake bunny flying to their necks while making a cute squeaky noise. I still laugh hard at that scene even though I've seen it hundreds of times.
"Listen: Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of governance!" that whole scene is one of my favourite exchanges in a comedy, it's so great how they break down how ridiculous the Lady of The Lake myth really is
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony" gets me every time as well as "You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" and "I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!"
Fun fact: during castle sieges, the attackers would hurl or fling dead animals over the castle walls. The stench and resulting diseases caused by the contamination were an early form of biological warfare. Something nobody EVER points out: How quickly Prince Herbert wrote such a long detalied rescue note. He literally just makes a quick scrawl and puts it on the arrow.
While we're pointing out the Pythons' historical accuracy, for years I thought Arthur & his knights yelling "RUN AWAY!!!" was just another gag. In actuality, the word "retreat" did not enter the English lexicon until several hundred years after the film's setting.
Just complete utter silliness for the fun of it...favorite part lancelot running towards the Castle seemingly taking forever but obviously edited deliberately badly and then showing up suddenly with a "HA HA" and the other guard goes "hey!", being British myself I grew up watching these guys and it never grows old.
'What sad times these are that passing ruffians can say ni at will to old ladies , there is a pestilence on this land and nothing is sacred . Even those that arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable financial stress at this period in history' - Roger the Shrubber
I love how the funniest thing to her is all the funny names...which come directly from the myths Uther isn't even a silly name😂 ...okay, it's a LITTLE silly...
Sorry no I'm making a lot of comments . . . The witch. . . Connie Booth was a python and didn't get a lot of credit. But she was in many sketches and movies. I think she's incredibly important funny and beautiful. Wish she got more credit
I think my favourite hidden joke. Is when “Concorde” gets shot with arrow it’s John Cleese saying “Message for you sir” but then because John Cleese is also playing Sir Lancelot so then Concorde switches to being played by Eric Idle when they are both in camera haha
Five fun facts: - You said "Tim the encharnter" sounds like a question. Well it was... John Cleese was supposed to say a complicated name but coudnt remember it, so he add lipped Tim. - For the scene with the bunny, they borrowed one from a woman who had only one condition "dont get the bunny dirty" when she saw the movie, she was furious - All the castles in the movie are one and the same filmed from different locations. Because they had no permission to film inside the "national castles" they only got one private owned
Actually, they used two castles. Castle Stalker which is a very famous castle and has appeared in a few films and Castle Doune for all the other castles.
Simply hilarious reaction, guys - loved watching along. OMG, though - I can't believe that you've never reacted to (Monty Python's) 'Life of Brian' ...arguably their best movie.
And after that: And Now For Something Completely Different (a movie version of their best sketches), Live at the Hollywood Bowl (their best sketches live), and Meaning of Life (new weird sketches, not to everyone's taste).
Even as a Brit who grew up with this kind of humour and should be resistant to it... I'm absolutely powerless against a group of men willing to make themselves look like absolute wally's, just to make other people in the world laugh. British humour at it's best right there. Almost enough to make ya proud! Edit: My favourite was always the Sir Robin songs, I had a friend in my mid-late teens who knew it word for word and I had him sing it over and over, just laughing. I didn't have the movie myself so never could learn it until later in life, only ever saw it on TV. It was amazing.
The main requirements for understanding Monty python is understanding British humour it's clever satirical wit it can be very subtle something many Americans are clueless to grasp unless bite slapstick comedy analysing everything trying not make sense of British comedic satire it goes completely over there heads 🤣🤣
The first time I saw this movie I didn't realize that the Python troupe were playing different roles. My girlfriend, who was a fan of Monty Python way before I ever met her, told me after the movie. I then became a fan and John Cleese has always been my favorite. You should check out his television series he had called, Fawlty Towers, it's hilarious!
Regarding the credits before the movie, it used to be a union rule for movie makers that the credits had to come first, but then George Lucas just ignored those rules with Star Wars and paid the fines for it, which led to the rules just being changed.
I love that you guys have such a dry sensibility and this was right up your alley! I really enjoyed your laughter and insight on this. Delighted in your reaction!
The whole picture is a cop-out. There’s not one funny bit in the entire film. It’s a lackadaisical, sloppy, disaster of an attempt at making a full length comedy. Modern perception of “Holy grail” is the very definition of the emperors new clothes applied to real life; everyone is afraid to admit that it sucks.
@@TheFacrecords To me this is the funniest film EVER made. All you have proved is you lack a sense of humor or understanding of the jokes. Every scene here is a classic. It is NOT supposed ot be a 'normal' film. That's the whole point. You are clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Please note you are the only person who 'does not get it' here. How is that everyone eäse's fault or the movies?? This film changed not just comedy but how films depicted the medieval age, period. Before this everyone in medieval films looked like their clothes were freshly washed and they had just showered. This film exploded in popularity in 1974 when it came out and many of us watched it so many times we can STILL quote it. As many other say here. This makes your 'Modern perception of “Holy grail” comment as totally wrong as your negative judgement of the film.
Two kind of people in the world. First group is the people who like Monty Pythons search for the holy grail. The second group just wants to know what the hell is wrong with the people in the first group. I have shown this to friends. Who can now quote most of the lines in the film. I've also had a friend who literally didn't make it past the first scene. Humor is a funny thing.
What is so great about the Pythons is that they came out of a very conservative Briton with university degrees from Ox-bridge and could have gone on to run banks, or be politicians, or pretty much anything. But they became the world's most favourite absurdist comedians. The combination of incredible intelligence and knowledge alongside absolute zany insanity has never been matched.
It cost around $400,000 to make this movie. Some bits like the coconuts instead of horses were due to budget constraints. This was made in the age where credits were done at the beginning of the film, George Lucas would be the one to buck the system and put the credits at the end. The Constitutional Peasants bit is hilarious not just for the commentary on the British class system, but that anyone going around England in AD 932 calling themselves Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, King of the Brittons would be considered insane to the Anglo-Saxon peasantry of a Viking-ruled land (in 932 the Danes ruled England) The Latin chant "Pie Iesu Dominae, Donna Eis Requiem" translates to "Lord Jesus, Grant them rest" or in this instance "Jesus Christ, give them a break!" Michael Palin, who played Sir Gallehad, among others, is actually a Knight of the Realm, knighted in 2019 by Prince William. The ending is a literal cop-out. In their show, if they couldn't come up with an ending to a skit they'd just have one of them dressed in a police uniform show up at the end and say "that's enough, you're being silly."
Never picked up on that about King Arthur and the day and age the Vikings were still firmly in England so yes they would have looked at him as a crazy person as well.
3:50 - Back in the 50s and 60s, production companies would actually put the credits in the beginning of many of their films. I imagine this is a parody of that. Well to be fair, there's another reason the credits are in the beginning of this movie, but we'll get to that later.
I lost my mom last week. Thank you both for making me laugh a bit, and for making me think of better days. My mom laughed at this movie, and I just appreciate your efforts....Thank you so very much....
So sorry about your loss Jill, I lost my dad in October, it's a challenging time. Find the joy in the little things when you can. There is more beyond this life, your mom will always be with you.
@@MrsMovies I am sorry for your loss. I hope time has eased your pain a bit. You are a delightful couple, I wonder if you truly know how how much joy and comfort you both give to others....
The “Constitutional Peasants”…”Castle Anthrax”…”She’s A Witch”…”You Stay Here” and “The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch/Book of Armaments” scenes…Epic! Try “The Life of Brian”…the “Go Home Romans” and “I Want To Be A Woman” scenes are timeless!
They were actually working the script while filming. The actors would come in each day not knowing what lines they would have or even who they were playing.
Medieval historians notice all too many parallels with real life European Middle Ages in this movie. Pick any scene and you can draw connections….before a random knight runs you through 🤣
the style of humour personally doesn't do anything for me, but i do love The IT crowd, which is british. i think it's just the time period - i prefer more modern humour, british or not
If the budget hadn't run out, the original ending for this movie would have had King Arthur and Sir Bedivere find the Holy Grail in a modern department store.
The whole Tale of Sir Lancelot part is my favorite. Love Michael Palin as the king of Swamp Castle and the guards joke is perfectly variated and does not go on too long. Not a single second wasted in this movie.
I think Palin was doing a goofy impression of Sean Connery, who would later appear in Time Bandits, which Palin co-wrote with director Terry Gilliam. Now that movie needs a reaction video.
Fun fact: In Germany we know this movie as "Ritter der Kokosnuss" (Knights of the Coconut), and this was first MP movie I remember watching back then, and it being talked about in school. One of my all time favourite jokes is yet to come in "Life of Brian" - anyone who had to study Latin at school will know what I mean. The original MP's Flying Circus TV series also had some very funny bits, and are only about 30 minutes each - good for some "intermission" reaction. Last but not least a small PSA: If you plan to watch "Meaning of Life", try not to have eaten before, you may thank me later.
@@IceGleamify Generally on UK TV foreign language films were always delivered with subtitles. They do the same in Scandinavia for anything other than kid's shows.. which is why they have such good English fluency there. It's not quite as bad on German TV since the switch to digital, since there is sometimes a choice of dubs/subs now.. but awful cheesy dubs were a chronic staple of the German TV industry for aeons and it still runs deep!
It used to be the opening credits had to be long. It was required by Hollywood unions. For the original Star Wars, George Lucas opted to pay fines to move the credits to the end. That was probably the start of moving to modern credits, mostly at the end of the film. Also worth noting, this was an extended cut with elements that weren't in the original. I like the original theatrical release. It's not many changes, but it keeps the pace a little punchier.
The end is a literal "cop out" because they ran out of money. The french calling them "English knnnnnnniggggits" is pronouncing the way "knights" is spelled. The great wizard, "you can call me...Tim" is an adlib because he forgot the line.
This is probably the most quotable movie ever made and the fact it still makes me viewers almost 50 years since it was made is a testament to the genius of Monty Python
I first saw this movie when I was 7 years old. My dad had described the movie to my mom, who thought it sounded hilarious. Based on his description, she borrowed a copy of the video from the local library and watched it with my sister and me. Apparently, my dad had left out some of the cruder aspects of the film, so my mom was inwardly cringing as we watched it, though the crudeness went right over my head at the time. My favorite character by far was Sir Robin.
The joke with Sir Bedevere (a real name from Arthurian lore BTW) is that given the way his helmet is made, he doesn't _need_ to lift the visor up every time he talks to someone. You can see his face, hear his words, quite clearly.
Never had an Alexa, but I heard if you say to it "I fart in your general direction", it will respond "your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."
I'm not 100% but I remember hearing Eric Idle's favorite scene from this movie is the guard scene (eric plays the guard having a hard time understanding the instructions)
,, the great thing about VCR s is that it meant 80s teenagers could annoy their parents by quoting Monty Python quips they hated, even the mildest of profanities rocked their minds 🤯😏✨🥥
For anyone who didn't get the final joke: it's a literal "cop-out" of the big ending. Took me 20 years to get that bloody joke
It took me 30 years myself
Also, none of them were the murderer. He had a horse.
I think that was retconned after the fact. I don't think that pun was originally intended.
A joke they weren't even trying for. They actually ended it that way because they literally had NO MORE MONEY. :)
That's internet bullshit that people started spreading as fact. They ran out of money and ended it quickly, that's literally all it was.
The "Message for you sir" sound clip has been my cell phone notification sound for texts for over 10 years now. Classic.
oh, that's SUCH a good idea! Mine was the microwave ping for a loong time, now it is the PDA-notification from STALKER, a friend of mine had the "detected" sound from Metal Gear Solid which was also really funny, but this kinda takes the top spot, why haven't I thought about this before?
Same!
Ditto
Same here, it’s the perfect chat message tone
A buddy gave me a spare phone of his and it has this sound on it. I love it. I'm torn though, I've been using the classic AOL-voice "You've got mail!" soundbyte and I'm not tired of it yet (and I love the occasional double-take/funny look it gets lol) 😆 I may set the two for different messaging apps to enjoy both lol
The "mother-hamster/father-elderberries" line: Hamsters have a ton of babies, therefore implying the mother's promiscuity. Back then, elderberries we're used as a wine fruit, therefore implying the father's drunkenness.
Not only a wine fruit, but one of the cheapest wine fruits. Basically boils the insult down to "your mom's a ho and your daddy gets drunk on MD 20/20."
@@jordanpeterson5140 🤣👍
Not just wine, but CHEAP wine.
It's the French accent and snide attitude that seals the deal. He says the "general direction" line with such enthusiasm.
My Grandmother would make Elderberry Pie
Michael Palin has always been my favourite Python (Sir Galahad, Dennis the peasant, the Chief Knight who said Ni, the king of Swamp Castle etc)
There's nothing quite like British humor. I absolutely love this movie! It has TONS of quotable lines! 😂 So glad that you both enjoyed it.
We are the kings of sarcasm
- Humour - 😉
Thank you. I used to think I was smart. You have given me perspective.
Many of thge jokes were non-sequiturs which means "does not follow". Just random illogical events upset our expectation and makes us laugh. This kind of humor doesn't always translate well across generations or oceans.
That guards - make sure he doesnt leave the room - is like classic clowning
I did a clowning workshop, and we had a similiar exercise lol
We worked in pairs, and the gag was that we come to an agrement what we will do, but one of use had the do anything, except the thing we agreed on, and then the one, which did the right thing had to question the wrong doer about it
It had some fun moments xD
This is one of my favorite comedies ever. I never get tired of their absurdist humor.
Comedy? This was a tragic social commentary about police profiling and false arrest. The man who killed the famous historian was clearly not part of King Arthur's entourage, as he was riding a real horse.
When I was in college I had the entire movie script memorized. Not because I tried to, but I watched it that often. Also my memorization skills were much better then. Now I have the memory of a goldfish.
@@Mr.Ekshin mate they ended the movie on the cast being arrested because they ran out of money its not that deep
@@mydrillasanjay5397 - Neither are you. Learn to spot obvious sarcasm. Of COURSE the film isn't meant to be taken in any serious context.
DVD had a special feature on how to do the chant while smacking yourself in the face with the DVD case, including proper hand positioning.
Saw a dude here in London put a Black Knight sticker with one arm missing just above a massive scratch/dent on the side of his car and the sticker wrote "Tis but a scratch." LOL
The IT crowd got a shoutout!
John cleese forgot the long name of the enchanter, so he ad libbed Tim and the just went with it. They can write a book on the making of this film. So many tidbits that explain different scenes. This film was financed by Pink Floyd and others.
False rumor
@@spectrobit5554 prove it
OMG ! That is a great story! Just luv the behind the scenes knowledge ❤️🤩
Didn't George Harrison sell a house he owned to help MP finance their projects. Was it Life of Brian?
@@masokotanga7356 no it was Holy Grail.
I've always thought "...I got better..." was the funniest line in the entire movie, it's surprising how many reactors don't include it. The face, the timing, the delivery is just perfect.
Dude all the reactors skip for some reason and I don't know why.
"A...a bit. Yeah a bit."
Sometimes I'm wondering if my hearing is going to shit. I believed he said "She turned me into a mute!" and not "newt", which made him saying "...I got better..." even funnier
I've always thought "Well, you have to know these things when you're king you know" is one of the funniest lines in the movie (too hard to pick the single funniest line in this) and it usually gets skipped over in reactions to this too.
Agreed. I also find most reactors not reacting as strongly as I would expect at the murderous rabbit scene. The first time I watched it I couldn't hold my sh*t together. It was hysterical, with the cute fake bunny flying to their necks while making a cute squeaky noise. I still laugh hard at that scene even though I've seen it hundreds of times.
"Listen: Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of governance!" that whole scene is one of my favourite exchanges in a comedy, it's so great how they break down how ridiculous the Lady of The Lake myth really is
And tear down the whole idea of monarchy while they are at it.
“Moist bint”
Funniest thing MP ever did IMO. It is hilarious and scathing simultaneously, ludicrous and highbrow at the same time. Brilliant.
"We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune." Rofl. So out of left field.
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony" gets me every time as well as "You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" and "I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!"
you guys should react to some SNL skits (james franco spelling bee, gift wrapping, celebrity jeopardy, alien abduction, maine justice, etc)
My favorite SNL skits are old school…Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.
My favorite joke in the movie is
"He must be a King"
"why"
"Because he hasn't got shit all over him"
it gets me every time.
🎵Brave Sir Robin is a close second.
Omg best surprise after getting off work!
Fun fact: during castle sieges, the attackers would hurl or fling dead animals over the castle walls. The stench and resulting diseases caused by the contamination were an early form of biological warfare.
Something nobody EVER points out:
How quickly Prince Herbert wrote such a long detalied rescue note. He literally just makes a quick scrawl and puts it on the arrow.
The Prince Herbert bit: it's funny how so many skills are lost over time as technology progresses.
While we're pointing out the Pythons' historical accuracy, for years I thought Arthur & his knights yelling "RUN AWAY!!!" was just another gag. In actuality, the word "retreat" did not enter the English lexicon until several hundred years after the film's setting.
@@Harv72b yeah “retreat” is a French word, they wouldn’t have used it at that time _at all._
Also it’s a cattlepult
@@Harv72b How about when they "attack the castle", they literally start hitting the building with their swords.
Just complete utter silliness for the fun of it...favorite part lancelot running towards the Castle seemingly taking forever but obviously edited deliberately badly and then showing up suddenly with a "HA HA" and the other guard goes "hey!", being British myself I grew up watching these guys and it never grows old.
"Tis but a scratch."
"A scratch!? Your arms off!"
"No, it isn't.".
"Well,what's that!!?"
"I've had worse."
" You liar!"
"Come on, you pansy!"
Lol!!
33:02 You've got to love how the ending is a _literal_ cop out.
'What sad times these are that passing ruffians can say ni at will to old ladies , there is a pestilence on this land and nothing is sacred . Even those that arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable financial stress at this period in history' - Roger the Shrubber
The big idea with the cops was the knight/ person that killed the historian was riding a horse while King Arthur's men were all using coconuts.
You love the "son of Uther" line. Uther Pendragon is his father's name in the lore. They didn't make it up for this film.
I love how the funniest thing to her is all the funny names...which come directly from the myths
Uther isn't even a silly name😂
...okay, it's a LITTLE silly...
Thats right. They made it up a long time ago.
Michael Palin (Sir Galahad) is my favorite member. He has some really fun TV travel documentaries.
He's my favorite too. He's great in "Jabberwocky".
The random guy with shaving cream on his face during the witch scene always kills me
The capital of Assyria, according to the Book of Jonah, was Nineveh. But the Assyrian Empire had about 4 capitals during its existence.
Sorry no I'm making a lot of comments . . . The witch. . . Connie Booth was a python and didn't get a lot of credit. But she was in many sketches and movies. I think she's incredibly important funny and beautiful. Wish she got more credit
The "smelt of elderberries" line implies that his father got drunk on elderberry wine (which was common in early England) and effed a hamster.
Super-fun-fact: Elvis was a huge fan of Monty Python and this film especially. He would go around Graceland saying 'we are the Knights who say 'ni!'
Is that correct?
@@lukacunningham342 True!
I think my favourite hidden joke. Is when “Concorde” gets shot with arrow it’s John Cleese saying “Message for you sir” but then because John Cleese is also playing Sir Lancelot so then Concorde switches to being played by Eric Idle when they are both in camera haha
30:20 It was not Lancelot. The Killer was the only character with a real horse.
The ending is a literal cop out.
I am from Sheffield where The Full Monty was filmed.
Five fun facts: - You said "Tim the encharnter" sounds like a question. Well it was... John Cleese was supposed to say a complicated name but coudnt remember it, so he add lipped Tim. - For the scene with the bunny, they borrowed one from a woman who had only one condition "dont get the bunny dirty" when she saw the movie, she was furious - All the castles in the movie are one and the same filmed from different locations. Because they had no permission to film inside the "national castles" they only got one private owned
In an interview John Cleese says the Tim line was not improvised and part or the script.
add lipped? they all had 2 lip's. You mean adlib as in adlibbing a line. There were no maths involved.
They filmed at Doune Castle, in Scotland.
In the gift shop you can actually borrow coconuts and have a gallop about the place.
Actually, they used two castles. Castle Stalker which is a very famous castle and has appeared in a few films and Castle Doune for all the other castles.
adlib
He says that’s my favorite instrument
You say
What the ass-horn ?
You guys crack me up !!
It was common for movies to have long credits before a movie started back then. Movies with long creditsvat the end is a more recent thing.
You have to remember one important detail about the knight that killed poor Frank the Historian. He rode by on an actual horse.
Simply hilarious reaction, guys - loved watching along.
OMG, though - I can't believe that you've never reacted to (Monty Python's) 'Life of Brian' ...arguably their best movie.
And after that: And Now For Something Completely Different (a movie version of their best sketches), Live at the Hollywood Bowl (their best sketches live), and Meaning of Life (new weird sketches, not to everyone's taste).
This is what you get when Oxford and Cambridge educated Brit’s decide to become comedians instead of bankers. God bless them.
When Mrs. confused minstrel with menstrual, my immediate thought was “well, it *is* a period piece…”
Sir Belvider (sp?) flipping up his face guard wasn't planned. He kept doing it because he couldn't see.
"I fart in your general direction." I've used that insult so many times over the decades. My favorite.
17:14 The Chased. He was being chased when he knocked on the door.
Chaste
Even as a Brit who grew up with this kind of humour and should be resistant to it... I'm absolutely powerless against a group of men willing to make themselves look like absolute wally's, just to make other people in the world laugh. British humour at it's best right there. Almost enough to make ya proud!
Edit: My favourite was always the Sir Robin songs, I had a friend in my mid-late teens who knew it word for word and I had him sing it over and over, just laughing. I didn't have the movie myself so never could learn it until later in life, only ever saw it on TV. It was amazing.
The main requirements for understanding Monty python is understanding British humour it's clever satirical wit it can be very subtle something many Americans are clueless to grasp unless bite slapstick comedy analysing everything trying not make sense of British comedic satire it goes completely over there heads 🤣🤣
The first time I saw this movie I didn't realize that the Python troupe were playing different roles. My girlfriend, who was a fan of Monty Python way before I ever met her, told me after the movie. I then became a fan and John Cleese has always been my favorite. You should check out his television series he had called, Fawlty Towers, it's hilarious!
In the legends, Arthur never found the Grail and died in battle. The anticlimactic ending is a parody of that.
I studied Computer Science in college over 30 years ago. Quoting this movie was an entrance requirement.
Regarding the credits before the movie, it used to be a union rule for movie makers that the credits had to come first, but then George Lucas just ignored those rules with Star Wars and paid the fines for it, which led to the rules just being changed.
I love that you guys have such a dry sensibility and this was right up your alley! I really enjoyed your laughter and insight on this. Delighted in your reaction!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm honestly surprised that no one spoke up about the ending being a cop out
The whole picture is a cop-out. There’s not one funny bit in the entire film. It’s a lackadaisical, sloppy, disaster of an attempt at making a full length comedy. Modern perception of “Holy grail” is the very definition of the emperors new clothes applied to real life; everyone is afraid to admit that it sucks.
@@TheFacrecords It seems you were not afraid to say it sucks, well done, now go away and wave your private parts at your auntie.
@@TheFacrecords To me this is the funniest film EVER made. All you have proved is you lack a sense of humor or understanding of the jokes. Every scene here is a classic. It is NOT supposed ot be a 'normal' film. That's the whole point. You are clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Please note you are the only person who 'does not get it' here. How is that everyone eäse's fault or the movies?? This film changed not just comedy but how films depicted the medieval age, period. Before this everyone in medieval films looked like their clothes were freshly washed and they had just showered. This film exploded in popularity in 1974 when it came out and many of us watched it so many times we can STILL quote it. As many other say here. This makes your 'Modern perception of “Holy grail” comment as totally wrong as your negative judgement of the film.
Two kind of people in the world. First group is the people who like Monty Pythons search for the holy grail. The second group just wants to know what the hell is wrong with the people in the first group. I have shown this to friends. Who can now quote most of the lines in the film. I've also had a friend who literally didn't make it past the first scene. Humor is a funny thing.
What is so great about the Pythons is that they came out of a very conservative Briton with university degrees from Ox-bridge and could have gone on to run banks, or be politicians, or pretty much anything. But they became the world's most favourite absurdist comedians. The combination of incredible intelligence and knowledge alongside absolute zany insanity has never been matched.
It cost around $400,000 to make this movie. Some bits like the coconuts instead of horses were due to budget constraints.
This was made in the age where credits were done at the beginning of the film, George Lucas would be the one to buck the system and put the credits at the end.
The Constitutional Peasants bit is hilarious not just for the commentary on the British class system, but that anyone going around England in AD 932 calling themselves Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, King of the Brittons would be considered insane to the Anglo-Saxon peasantry of a Viking-ruled land (in 932 the Danes ruled England)
The Latin chant "Pie Iesu Dominae, Donna Eis Requiem" translates to "Lord Jesus, Grant them rest" or in this instance "Jesus Christ, give them a break!"
Michael Palin, who played Sir Gallehad, among others, is actually a Knight of the Realm, knighted in 2019 by Prince William.
The ending is a literal cop-out. In their show, if they couldn't come up with an ending to a skit they'd just have one of them dressed in a police uniform show up at the end and say "that's enough, you're being silly."
Never picked up on that about King Arthur and the day and age the Vikings were still firmly in England so yes they would have looked at him as a crazy person as well.
My history teacher in 9th grade, who was an Irishman, had us watch this.
Fun fact: Every castle is the same castle in Scotland, near Glasgow, just shot from different angles, because they could only afford the one.
I love how Prince Herbert's arrow barely clears the window but then screams through the air to plant itself solidly in Concorde's chest.
3:50 - Back in the 50s and 60s, production companies would actually put the credits in the beginning of many of their films. I imagine this is a parody of that.
Well to be fair, there's another reason the credits are in the beginning of this movie, but we'll get to that later.
I lost my mom last week. Thank you both for making me laugh a bit, and for making me think of better days. My mom laughed at this movie, and I just appreciate your efforts....Thank you so very much....
Sorry to hear that. Glad we can help brighten your day. You are in our thoughts.
@@YouMeTheMovies Bless you both....
So sorry about your loss Jill, I lost my dad in October, it's a challenging time. Find the joy in the little things when you can. There is more beyond this life, your mom will always be with you.
@@MrsMovies I am sorry for your loss. I hope time has eased your pain a bit. You are a delightful couple, I wonder if you truly know how how much joy and comfort you both give to others....
25:00 he actually forgot the name he was supposed to use, so he made one up on the fly.
The “Constitutional Peasants”…”Castle Anthrax”…”She’s A Witch”…”You Stay Here” and “The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch/Book of Armaments” scenes…Epic!
Try “The Life of Brian”…the “Go Home Romans” and “I Want To Be A Woman” scenes are timeless!
They were actually working the script while filming. The actors would come in each day not knowing what lines they would have or even who they were playing.
The Frenchman and his insults are the best part of the movie IMO. For those that may disagree, I fart in your general direction
Medieval historians notice all too many parallels with real life European Middle Ages in this movie. Pick any scene and you can draw connections….before a random knight runs you through 🤣
My parents saw this when it originally came out in theaters. My dad laughed his ass off. My mom fell asleep.
the style of humour personally doesn't do anything for me, but i do love The IT crowd, which is british. i think it's just the time period - i prefer more modern humour, british or not
Wow, your mum being disrespectful as hell, there. :D
If the budget hadn't run out, the original ending for this movie would have had King Arthur and Sir Bedivere find the Holy Grail in a modern department store.
As a Frenchman who learned English pretty late, the "Stupid English Keeee-nighets!" joke might be my favourite.
My Dad took me to see this in the theatre in 1975, when I was a kid.
Not one joke that doesn't land. One of the most consistently hilarious films ever made.
So many lines are still brilliant. i can quote whole swathes. Immortal comedy
The whole Tale of Sir Lancelot part is my favorite. Love Michael Palin as the king of Swamp Castle and the guards joke is perfectly variated and does not go on too long. Not a single second wasted in this movie.
I think Palin was doing a goofy impression of Sean Connery, who would later appear in Time Bandits, which Palin co-wrote with director Terry Gilliam. Now that movie needs a reaction video.
@@Madbandit77 Ah that makes sense
Q: What's the difference between life and an SNL sketch?
A: Life eventually ends.
You, Me, & The Movies has finally reacted to Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
...And there was much rejoicing.
Yaaaaaaaay
I watched this all the way to the end the first time and then just stared at my VCR going "huh"
"Were they in the Full Monty?"
Fun fact: In Germany we know this movie as "Ritter der Kokosnuss" (Knights of the Coconut), and this was first MP movie I remember watching back then, and it being talked about in school.
One of my all time favourite jokes is yet to come in "Life of Brian" - anyone who had to study Latin at school will know what I mean.
The original MP's Flying Circus TV series also had some very funny bits, and are only about 30 minutes each - good for some "intermission" reaction.
Last but not least a small PSA: If you plan to watch "Meaning of Life", try not to have eaten before, you may thank me later.
I bet the Germans dubbed it with terrible voice acting. They dub everything..
@@Wagoo And the english speakers don't ?
@@IceGleamify Generally on UK TV foreign language films were always delivered with subtitles. They do the same in Scandinavia for anything other than kid's shows.. which is why they have such good English fluency there. It's not quite as bad on German TV since the switch to digital, since there is sometimes a choice of dubs/subs now.. but awful cheesy dubs were a chronic staple of the German TV industry for aeons and it still runs deep!
@@Wagoo I think it's the case in most countries though.
It used to be the opening credits had to be long. It was required by Hollywood unions. For the original Star Wars, George Lucas opted to pay fines to move the credits to the end. That was probably the start of moving to modern credits, mostly at the end of the film. Also worth noting, this was an extended cut with elements that weren't in the original. I like the original theatrical release. It's not many changes, but it keeps the pace a little punchier.
This and Blazing Saddles are the funniest movies ever😂
Sheriff is a ni....
@@gamleskalle1 Throw out your hands, stick out your tush
Funny thing is, the duck vs witch weighing was an actual thing in early middle age society with the same logic as to why.
24:42 John Cleese forgot his charactors name and just said Tim and they kept it in.
The end is a literal "cop out" because they ran out of money.
The french calling them "English knnnnnnniggggits" is pronouncing the way "knights" is spelled.
The great wizard, "you can call me...Tim" is an adlib because he forgot the line.
God i love this movie. We are all maidens between the age of 17 and 19 and a half .
Couldn’t I have just a bit of peril?
@@0okamino No, it's too perilous.
@@buffstraw2969 bet you're gay!
I love the gorilla hand
This is probably the most quotable movie ever made and the fact it still makes me viewers almost 50 years since it was made is a testament to the genius of Monty Python
This and Airplane! both had so many quotable lines.
It might be nostalgia bias, but I'm not sure this movie is quite as quotable as The Princess Bride.
Fun fact:
They dont have horses because "the production"said it was to expensive!
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I first saw this movie when I was 7 years old. My dad had described the movie to my mom, who thought it sounded hilarious. Based on his description, she borrowed a copy of the video from the local library and watched it with my sister and me. Apparently, my dad had left out some of the cruder aspects of the film, so my mom was inwardly cringing as we watched it, though the crudeness went right over my head at the time. My favorite character by far was Sir Robin.
The joke with Sir Bedevere (a real name from Arthurian lore BTW) is that given the way his helmet is made, he doesn't _need_ to lift the visor up every time he talks to someone. You can see his face, hear his words, quite clearly.
I've been taunting people with that fart joke for 40 years.
You guys made me laugh. Woman talking all the way through & man just sitting & nodding silently wishing he could hear the movie.
The end of the film is known as a "cop out" ending.
Never had an Alexa, but I heard if you say to it "I fart in your general direction", it will respond "your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."
Get some coconuts, hollow them out and have the kids make the galloping sounds as he gets the mail.
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“Son, one day all this will be yours.”
“What? The curtains?"
I'm not 100% but I remember hearing Eric Idle's favorite scene from this movie is the guard scene (eric plays the guard having a hard time understanding the instructions)
" I fart in your general direction !" best insult ever.
We got a peek into the bedroom life with that “hand in a fun way”
The ending twist was genius and made total sense too!
A liberal cop-out ending. Brilliant.
and the fact that they didn't even kill the historian bc the killer was the only one with an actual horse
It is hilarious and you will quote everything they say.
If I could wipe a memory from my mind I would remove this movie for the sheer joy of discovering it again brand new.
"Subnautica" players who "got Alterra's bill" would also like a local mind wipe for the same reason.;)
I love how the ending is a literal cop out.
One of the funniest films of all time IMO! Great reaction as always guys.
,, the great thing about VCR s is that it meant 80s teenagers could annoy their parents by quoting Monty Python quips they hated, even the mildest of profanities rocked their minds 🤯😏✨🥥