I was recently in hospital … nothing too serious … and they bought a guy in who had broken both legs in a motorcycle accident. After he was settled in I just asked him if he was ‘ok’ in the sense that he obviously wasn’t but it was an opener. He replied ‘’’tis but a flesh wound’. We both cracked up😊😊😊
This was SO MUCH FUN! Your laughs were making me laugh all over again. Hey, you two HAVE to see their next movie, "Life Of Brian" because you'll get so many of the jokes. It's more cohesive than "Holy Grail", it's got more of a throughline plot. The animation is always a part of Monty Python; they started as a TV show and the animation would link all the random sketches together. The guy who did the animation was Terry Gilliam and he went on to become a great director in his own right ("Brazil", "Time Bandits", "Adventures Of Baron Munchausen"). But DEFINITELY do "Life Of Brian"!
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Yeah, but they have a background in the Bible so they're going to specifically have an appreciation for Life Of Brian that not just every reactor has. Meaning Of LIfe is ok, but first Life Of Brian which even the Pythons themselves consider their greatest achievement.
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Meaning of Life isnt really that good, because it is just a movie version of "Monty Python's Flying CIrcus" with not really that funny jokes (because they are all far too long and thus taken to ridiculous levels). Watching "Flying Circus" instead is much more rewarding.
I don't think I have ever seen anyone enjoy this film as much as you two did here. This was a blast! Some people watch this and barely crack a smile at all. They just don't get it. This was great! Thank you!
Several of my friends and I rented it back in the mid 80s in our late teens. Our sides hurt the next day from laughing so hard. A few months later we got together again to watch a movie, this time with a group of girls who went to HS with part of our circle, and decided to get it again so they could see the hilarity. They just didn’t get it, and barely even cracked a smile. Apparently either you 'get' the Pythons, or you don’t. They fell into the latter category. Oh well. WE still laughed our asses of, probably even harder the second time, watching them just not get it.
What was so good about Monty Python in general was everyone involved acted like nothing particularly funny was happening, they all gave serious performances. Graham Chapman played Arthur completely straight, like it was a dramatic role. And something about being serious in an absurd movie is absolutely hilarious. Leslie Nielsen made a career off doing that as well. It always works.
Millenial here. In the D&D Nerd Circles I ran, it's basically a requirement to see this film (and is constantly quoted). Watching it with the right people is certainly an experience. This film will continue to be watched by future generations.
The Holy Grail is one of my all time fav movies. Since you liked this I can also recommend their other movie "Life of Brian". There are so many quotes from these movies. The priests that chanted and hit themselfs with a board was actually included on the DVD as a sing-a-long with the instructions to use the DVD box as a board. But the instructions are interupted by them because it gets out of hand.
Yes, monty pythons flying circus. ( BBC) 5 guys they met in college and were in the acting/ comedy club . They put on a show that was so funny, they were asked to take it to the theatre, it did great and they got a TV deal. They did 3 movies and another was like highlights of the show. And several huge live comedy tours . ( monty python at the Hollywood bowl) was particularly good . They all had great careers. John Cleese did sitcoms ( one of the best , the witch in this was his wife and they wrote it together) ( faulty towers) two perfect seasons . Four brits and one American. ( the director and the coconut guy , and several other characters) he had a great directing career . Made movies with Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Bruce wills. ( the Fisher King, also about someone looking for the holy grail) and 12 monkeys. Oh and fear and loathing in Las Vegas with Johnny Depp.
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment you’re very welcome!! It was hysterical watching the two of you crack up. Hope you guys are well and Congratulations again on officially becoming Dr. Michelle with Two L’s!!🎉🥳
The only kind of comedy that seems to exist these days is Joss Whedon style "quirky clever dialogue" humor. Which is fine, but when it's ALL you get out of any comedy movie it gets stale as hell. Something like this would be a breathe of fresh air in the modern age.
Traditionally, Sir Galahad was supposed to find the Grail, but here he got side-tracked by a decoy beacon (and… other things) at Castle Anthrax, and then cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril because he forgot his favorite color. By the way, depictions of murderous rabbits can actually be found in some medieval illustrations, so even that is sort of historically accurate. 😄
I guarantee that over the next few days and weeks you will be quoting lines from this movie. I still say "it's just a flesh wound " whenever I accidentally hurt myself
I watched this film several times in the theatre, because it was there more than a year and we all repeat watching this just because we wanted to see the faces of people who watched it for the very first time, specially at the end when the screen turned black and the music was still on.
Thanks for running this. I forgot how damned funny it was! And I laughed just as hard as the two of you and the raging bunny! Great take on what creative and intelligent thought can do over bloated budgets. These guys were all Cambridge graduates so that helped! Keep up the good picks, ladies. You have a fun channel.
I love how much you two are laughing at this. Some other reactors I've seen watch this didn't seem to "get it", but you both really seem to be having a great time. And that makes me happy.
Thank you! Thank you! Your reaction to this touched me. 😊 I and my two friends saw this movie in the theater five times when it was released. Five decades later, we quote the best lines to each other and laugh all over again. Having you enjoy it just as much as we have makes me misty... For your consideration, "All of Me" (1984 Steve Martin / Lilly Tomlin) is amongst the best comedies of all time. I think everyone will enjoy your reaction to it, and it will bring fond memories to us all. I'll be back to see what you do next. Much love...
The entire score, aside from the songs from Camelot and Robin's minstrels, is pieced together from cues provided by the De Wolfe Music Library. Most of them can be found on TH-cam in their unedited forms. Hats off to whomever went through all the cues and edited them together; that must have been a lot of work!
I first saw this movie when I was 14, I'm 56 now. I was high when I watched it with a bunch of my friends also high. Talk about side splitting pain from laughing. Still funny after all these years and still high.
I have been watching this movie for nearly 40 years and I still find it hilarious. It is still witty and relevant and hope you both enjoy it as much as me
I toured Doune Castle in Scotland where this movie was (mostly) shot. The coconut scene was actually born out of necessity. Due to bad press, they couldn't access a publicly funded castle to film in. So they wrote a check to the (then) private owners of this castle, which left them without enough money to pay for a trained horse. After much brainstorming, they came up with the coconuts.
One of the best things the Monty Puthon troupe dud was to take a joke as far as possible, leavd it, then bring it back when they think you'd forgotten it. Plus, you had thd best of both elements of comedy at work. Half the team specislized in verbsl give and take, and thf other hslf specialized in visual comedy. The music by the DeWolfe library was their go to for stock music throughout the TV series as well.
Thank you for this reaction - brought back memories. I remember seeing this as a teenager in the theaters moons ago, and I enjoyed it but truthfully, some bits went "over my head." The subsequent times I saw it, I got more and more of the jokes and sometimes it felt like as if I was watching that part for the first time. For example when I finally got that the taunting French soldier referring them as "kniggets," it was actually poking fun at the English language by pronouncing the silent "k" in knight. And over time, during my 3rd or 4th viewing, I heard the prince who fell from the tower @ 18:53 say the sacred word "Ni" before hitting the ground. . . . maybe that's what saved him? Anyway, I hope you find some additional nuggets in your subsequent viewings. Thanks again.
I first saw this movie when it came out on VHS in the 80's. However I already knew all the skits because my best friend in school was a big Monty Python fan and had a stack of Monty Python albums. We would memorize the bits spent hours in School reciting Monty Python skits. So every time I see a Monty Python movie It reminds me of all the fun Derik and I had running these lines. Thanks for the memory's. Chris
John Cleese and Michael Palin made a few movies outside of the Monty Python group. Check out A Fish Called Wanda from the mid 80s. Also very funny with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline to boot. 😁
Great reaction. Repeated watchings really are rewarding. Also, the more history you know, the more funny you'll find them. Five out of the six Python members were Oxford or Cambridge educated in law, medicine, or history and their scripts and settings are filled with plays on anachronisms, language, etc, that tweak the brain. You mentioned SNL. The Monty Python television show that ran from 1969 to 1974 was one of the main inspirations for the creation of the original "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. You also mentioned at the beginning that you thought you might have heard men talk about the film more than you'd heard women talk about it, and it did seem back in the seventies that, though their appeal was broad, Monty Python and their humor did have maybe more of an appeal to men than to women, not that the troupe intended it that way. I remember a female friend years ago recalling that back in the seventies and early eighties, guys tended to just go on and on about Monty Python, endlessly repeating lines from their shows. This friend considered that to be a sign that a guy was not partner material, that a guy who did that lacked originality and might be tedious to be around. Monty Python was that popular, though. People really did quote from them all the time back in the seventies and early eighties.
I thought they all went to Cambridge. That's where the comedians usually come from at any rate, but I'm not 100%. I do know that 'most' (if not all) went to Cambridge though.
Excellent reaction from both of you, considering that you had no prior knowledge of the Pythons! For me, after being introduced to Monty Python's Flying Circus (a TV series by a group of comedy writers and performers who were all very well educated) by my half-English cousins when I was 9 or 10 in 1971, my friends and family (including me) were excited to see this movie when it appeared in 1975. I laughed so much in the cinema that I had to go and see it again to make sure that I saw and heard all of it. Starting with those hilarious opening credits subtitles! Since then I have seen it many times, have bought the soundtrack recording, the book of the screenplay, and the blu-ray disc. When Monty Python's Life of Brian hit cinemas in the summer of 1979, I was at an opening weekend screening while visiting friends in Los Angeles. And again, we all laughed so much that I had to go see the movie again shortly afterwards to see and hear more of the jokes that I had missed. And now I have a blu-ray of Life of Brian, as well as the screenplay book, the soundtrack album, as well as a DVD box set of all episodes of the Flying Circus TV series, and their other comedy albums and books. And I was lucky enough to be in London in July 2014 to attend one of the reunion live shows of the Monty Python troupe at the O2 Arena. In the group, Terry Gilliam is the only American member, and he was the animator and an occasional actor. Mr. Gilliam has had a fascinating second career as a movie director (12 Monkeys, Brazil, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, etc). If you encounter more work by the Pythons I hope you will enjoy it as much as you did when reacting to Holy Grail.
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Good Reaction Ladies. George Harrison of The Beatles rescued this by financing them as they even used coconuts for horses to cut costs. Monty Python's Flying Circus has endless sketches on TH-cam:)
@@Isleofskye Nah you're thinking Life of Brian. That's the one George Harrison bankrolled. You're right, though, the coconuts thing was because of budget constraints, which is even better lol
@@DavidEllis94Yes,Davod. It's 3.48am, approximately in London Town and my disappointment in myself is immeasurable and no words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable faux pas. I am mortified that I got to make such a Schoolboy error and I only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologize, profusely, for my stupidity, once again. You are a good man for pointing this out to me. I'm inconsolable at the moment.....:(
The first time I watched this movie, I laughed so hard, I almost lost my breath. I had to seriously calm down. But I kept on laughing. It is so much funnier when you have read the history of the middle ages, particularly England/Britain as well as fiction set in those times.
Theree are so many little details, throwaway lines and facial expressions that you don't notice on first viewing, it's very rewatchable! Also check out Life of Brian like everyone else has said :)
This was a once a week watch for our group every weekend during summer of 89. We had the script and like the cast we all had multiple parts we quoted though out the movie. I always reply to to the phrase "Let me know if you have any questions" with " What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" The reply's I get are priceless, the best one was while living in Houston Tx a waitress at Papas asked me "Are you an Astronaut? My girlfriend spit her ice tea all over me and couldn't stop laughing. It is obvious what your next comedy movie should be, if not Its "Life of Brian" and I promise there are just as many laughs to be had in this movie as the last. LLove you two.
A great reaction ladies. EASILY one of my favorite films of all time. Silly film fact. It works out to 1 joke every 9 seconds with this. But remember that that is the average for number of jokes against the time of the entire movie. But I have to ask you both. & please be honest here. How many times so far have you dropped a Holy Grail quote on someone? An example being merely saying "NI!" to someone. Have an amazing weekend & much love to everyone from here in the UK
Fawlty Towers, featuring John Cleese and Connie Booth from this movie is arguably the funniest TV series ever made. Check that out for more comedy genius.
They did an BBC weekly program in the late sixties called *Monty Python's Flying Circus.* It was as the comedy troupe calls it, a silly show. They got big in the United States when Public Television (there was no cable, Home video or internet at that time) aired the episodes. I saw this movie about 8 times at the theater & many times on home video. You will have to see *Monty Python's Life of Brian.* They had more money to play with. Just as much silliness as Holy Grail. With the comedy troupe guys playing multiple roles. And no Majestic Moose or Norwegian Llamas.
Awesome reaction. Your LOL at the Killer Rabbit got the "most replayed" honor, haha! I love me some Python-quoting with friends. In college my friend Andrew was showing me his new car, a white Volkswagon. As we were coming up on it, he pointed at it, said "There it is!" Without missing a beat, I said, with a slight English accent: "What? Behind the Rabbit?" Andrew took my toss perfectly and slam-dunked with: "It IS the Rabbit!"
They got most of the money to film this from rock acts like Pink Floyd and others. The original script had the Pythons find the Holy Grain in Harrod's Department store because you can find ANYTHING at Harrod's.
One of the great things about this movies is so much of it that is pure comedy was born out of simple necessity. The squires with their coconuts to imitate horses was because they had bugger all money and couldn't afford real horses. Tim the Enchanter was supposed to have a very different, much more complicated name, but Cleese forgot what it was and improvised Tim, with the rest of the cast following it flawlessly. The ending is as ridiculous as it is because they had a) run out of money, and b) not think of any other way to end it that made narrative sense. There are lots of other stories of course, many of which have grown in the telling over the years, but the fact that people are still finding this so funny 50 years later is a testament to what good writing can achieve, even without Hollywood money to back it up.
I was 5 when this movie was made so i missed peak python. That said the quotes were the dialogue of my teenage years and beyond. I showed it to my sons about 10 years ago and they howled at it. Just look up who was who in monty python cinema and tv legends. The life of Brian was very controversial and my favourite the meaning of life
A great primer of Monty Python's humor is their film "And Now For Something Completely Different". It's a collection of their most well known skits of their BBC TV series.
Fun facts. Tim the enchanter was supposed to have a long and hard to pronounce name. But during the take, he forgot his line so the way he said Tim, is the actor forgetting his name. But they loved the contrast and irony so much, they kept it.
LOVE this movie. I graduated highschool in 75. Saw this stoned and my face hurt from laughing!! It's just f**king insane. I got my son into it. I found black knight boxers for him one year. He got them for Christamas. Laughed his azz off.
I've seen that film at least 30 times but I never noticed the bird with the coconut at the witch burning seen you guys pointed that out and I thank you for that yes you can watch this movie over and over and over and missed a lot
This movie has turned into a drinking game with my friends and siblings. Every time you hear a cat scream and every time someone is "feeling better" you take a drink 😂😂😂
For examples of their show, TH-cam has the Upper Class Twit of the Year, and of course you can find the infamous Dead Parrot sketch, and the Lumberjack song.
Too bad you cut some of best parts with "Sir Galahad the Pure" and starting argument with king Arthur and arguing with that old lady with "oppression" Reason why they used coconuts was because they could not afford renting horses. Only horse in movie is one where they kill historian. Also during plague there actually were people that were collecting dead people on cart. AND if you want real proper Monthy Python comedy you NEED to watch "Monthy Pythons The Life of Bryan" you really need to watch that.
Great reaction! I'm wondering about your reaction to their TV show now! That killer rabbit got u dinnit eh! My best friend up the street told me about the movie when it came out. He saw it first. I didn't see it until video rentals were available(VHS/Beta). One of my first video rentals! Awesome I loved it!! Still do, so welcome to the MPFCU!!
The ending being a literal cop out will always be the greatest unsaid joke in the movie. Also none of the main characters could've been the murderer because the knight who killed the historian was the only one on an actual horse.
Python's greatest work, although I love The Cheese Shop and Dead Parrot sketches, but this movie is on another level. I saw this in the theater when it first came out. The one thing that's different is that originally, after they police put the bag over the camera man, the screen went completely black and silent for like 10 or 15 minutes, but nobody in the audience got up or moved, because we were sure there was going to be another joke - and then it FINALLY ended. Another great funny movie (that few people have heard of) is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 9th Dimension. You'll enjoy it too.
Apparently this was one of Elvis Presley's favourite films. He watched it four times in theaters! One of his favorite moments was the Black Knight scene, where Cleese’s character bravely fights on despite having limbs hacked off - "... Tis but a flesh wound".
I feel like that opening credits joke is even more effective nowadays since seen many reactors start to just zone out until maybe they notice something about a moose.. one group didn't notice until the sacking message popped up and they all went "wait what?" and rewound the movie just to realize they *already* had missed a joke
I was just a little bit too young to see this in the theater when it first came out, and back in those days if you didn't see it in the theater you might not really get a chance for many years (or ever) after that. By the time home video came along it was already pretty old, and I never got around to seeing it until I was in my late 20's. I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed when I did finally get to see it. Not because I didn't appreciate the humor. It's just that I'd heard virtually the entire script so many times from friends quoting it by then that I had most of it memorized myself. I was really expecting that at least some of it would be new to me. If you haven't already seen them you need to watch Airplane! and Blazing Saddles. Another couple of great older comedies that put pretty much everything made nowadays to shame.
so there's a story behind Tim the Enchanter's name. in the script he had some very long & mystical sounding name but when the camera started rolling John Cleese who played Tim just blanked on the long & mystical name so he blurted out Tim. they thought it was funny so it was left in.
OMG, I love that you got such a kick out of this movie. Yes, the lack of horses was because of the low budget. I am disappointed that you left out the Castle Anthrax scene. If you liked this movie, you’ll love their next one, Monty Python’s Life of Brian. It even more irreverent. It also has a more linear story line than this one. Their third movie, Meaning of Life, is a series os sketches arranged to illustrate the different stages of life (birth, growing up, etc). You might want to also check out (and maybe react to) their 70s British tv show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Because of this reaction, plus the surety that you will soon watch "Life of Brian", I am subscribing. Thank you, ladies, for allowing me to re-enjoy this great comedy through your fresh eyes.
FANTASTIC reaction ladies 😂😂😂🤗🤗🤗 this film is soo quotable 👍 when it's raining I still find myself saying to the clouds " go on gon clear off . . . Bloody Weather " 😁😁🍺🍺
No matter how many times l watch this its still funny.....1st time watching U2 and your laughter was contagious it made me subscribe, hope it helps. Life of Brian is pretty funny as well
If you've never watched the classic Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series, then you won't get some of the humor, but it isn't essential viewing. "Holy Grail" is an all-time MP classic, along with "Life of Brian" (which you really need to watch next and will find even funnier). The comedian of the group were always great at making highly entertaining and hilarious humor on a shoe-string budget. I recommend watching it with the audio commentaries with the writers/actors.
Living in Paris in the late 70s/early 80s, there was a cinema which ONLY showed 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' all day every day, for years. We would skip school/college to go and see one or both whenever we needed a fix :-)
In the 1960s, the BBC actually aired historical documentaries about medieval battles that had re-enactments with actors dressed in period costumes and modern reporters interviewing them and reporting from the “battlefield”. So Monty Python is sending up those types of documentaries as well as the Arthurian legends.
The Monty python Team consists of John Cleese Eric Idle Graham Chapman (RIP) Michael Palin Terry Jones (RIP) Terry Gilliam But I would also like to give a shout out to the two female members who dont get enough praise that's Carol Cleveland and Connie Booth
I first saw this film as a double bill with Blazing Saddles at the cinema in 1975. The two funniest films of all time in one sitting. What a bargain. 😁👍 You should check out the Monty Python TV series which was prior to this. There's loads of their sketches from the series to be found on TH-cam. The Parrot Sketch is the most famous, followed closely by the ministry of silly walks and the argument sketch. So many great ones to choose from.
"The most miserable experience of my life" - John Cleese on shooting this film. Monty Python basically radicalised British comedy coming out of the very conservative 1950s to make a madcap, bizarre sketch series that caught fire at the exact time as the 60s hippy stoner movement. Brits Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin were university academics that were incredibly intelligent and insanely silly. Terry Gilliam the American animator went on to become an acclaimed director of his own right. Life of Brian is next ! "NI !"
I first saw this movie in 1980 and have seen it dozens od times since. Im still picking things up I didnt notice the previous viewing after all these years. Its so damn good and watching two smart and hot chicks react to it was so much fun!
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You should watch national lampoons vacation movie it's a comedy classic 😂
The ending was a "cop out" by being arrested by cops.
Check out Monty Python and the Life of Brian in their 1979 movie.
@@mikesilva3868 Have seen it many times!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment cool 😈
I was recently in hospital … nothing too serious … and they bought a guy in who had broken both legs in a motorcycle accident. After he was settled in I just asked him if he was ‘ok’ in the sense that he obviously wasn’t but it was an opener. He replied ‘’’tis but a flesh wound’. We both cracked up😊😊😊
Great story
They paid money to him to have his legs broken for your amusement?
@@octaviussludberry9016yup, old English tradition
Glad to see his sense of humor was still intact. 😊
“One day, son, all of this will be yours.”
“What the curtains?”
I feel better, I want to go for a walk…. THUD!
"He's going with that one arm approach" and i cracked up thinking "wait for it..."
This was SO MUCH FUN! Your laughs were making me laugh all over again. Hey, you two HAVE to see their next movie, "Life Of Brian" because you'll get so many of the jokes. It's more cohesive than "Holy Grail", it's got more of a throughline plot. The animation is always a part of Monty Python; they started as a TV show and the animation would link all the random sketches together. The guy who did the animation was Terry Gilliam and he went on to become a great director in his own right ("Brazil", "Time Bandits", "Adventures Of Baron Munchausen"). But DEFINITELY do "Life Of Brian"!
Aww glad you enjoyed it! We will have to check it out!
There's also "month python's meaning of life" which is another movie everyone overlooks, but it's got some pretty funny bits
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 one wafer thin mint sir?
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Yeah, but they have a background in the Bible so they're going to specifically have an appreciation for Life Of Brian that not just every reactor has. Meaning Of LIfe is ok, but first Life Of Brian which even the Pythons themselves consider their greatest achievement.
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Meaning of Life isnt really that good, because it is just a movie version of "Monty Python's Flying CIrcus" with not really that funny jokes (because they are all far too long and thus taken to ridiculous levels). Watching "Flying Circus" instead is much more rewarding.
I don't think I have ever seen anyone enjoy this film as much as you two did here. This was a blast! Some people watch this and barely crack a smile at all. They just don't get it. This was great! Thank you!
Really?! It’s really funny!
Several of my friends and I rented it back in the mid 80s in our late teens. Our sides hurt the next day from laughing so hard. A few months later we got together again to watch a movie, this time with a group of girls who went to HS with part of our circle, and decided to get it again so they could see the hilarity. They just didn’t get it, and barely even cracked a smile. Apparently either you 'get' the Pythons, or you don’t. They fell into the latter category. Oh well. WE still laughed our asses of, probably even harder the second time, watching them just not get it.
@@patmx5: You need a passing acquaintance with history to really appreciate this movie.
I want to go to a restaurant called “Monty Python’s Holy Grill”.
I've watched this over-and-over for decades. I still laugh every time.
Has been my favorite movie for 50 years. I have these skits in my head 24/7 and drive my family insane
“A king?” “Well, I didn’t vote for you!”
What was so good about Monty Python in general was everyone involved acted like nothing particularly funny was happening, they all gave serious performances. Graham Chapman played Arthur completely straight, like it was a dramatic role. And something about being serious in an absurd movie is absolutely hilarious. Leslie Nielsen made a career off doing that as well. It always works.
That is an excellent point! It was the same in the Princess Bride and I have always thought that made that movie as funny/good as it is!
Its so gratifying to see the younger generation appreciate the classics for what they are & acknowledge that modern output is rubbish!
Millenial here. In the D&D Nerd Circles I ran, it's basically a requirement to see this film (and is constantly quoted). Watching it with the right people is certainly an experience.
This film will continue to be watched by future generations.
@@names_are_useless That's cool to know - I do wonder what films these days (post 2000) would be considered classic in 50 years time.
The Holy Grail is one of my all time fav movies. Since you liked this I can also recommend their other movie "Life of Brian". There are so many quotes from these movies.
The priests that chanted and hit themselfs with a board was actually included on the DVD as a sing-a-long with the instructions to use the DVD box as a board. But the instructions are interupted by them because it gets out of hand.
Yes, monty pythons flying circus. ( BBC) 5 guys they met in college and were in the acting/ comedy club . They put on a show that was so funny, they were asked to take it to the theatre, it did great and they got a TV deal. They did 3 movies and another was like highlights of the show. And several huge live comedy tours . ( monty python at the Hollywood bowl) was particularly good .
They all had great careers. John Cleese did sitcoms ( one of the best , the witch in this was his wife and they wrote it together) ( faulty towers) two perfect seasons . Four brits and one American. ( the director and the coconut guy , and several other characters) he had a great directing career . Made movies with Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Bruce wills. ( the Fisher King, also about someone looking for the holy grail) and 12 monkeys. Oh and fear and loathing in Las Vegas with Johnny Depp.
Five from England, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Michael Palin. Terry Gilliam was the American.
Fawlty. Blame it on auto correct?
@@mikespike007 thanks I usually do Mike 😆 thanks
Lost count of how many times i watched this over the years, laugh my arse of every time
I could not agree with you more, Michelle. Comedy is all but dead and a film like this is a testament to great writing. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!😊
Thanks Josh!!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment you’re very welcome!! It was hysterical watching the two of you crack up. Hope you guys are well and Congratulations again on officially becoming Dr. Michelle with Two L’s!!🎉🥳
The only kind of comedy that seems to exist these days is Joss Whedon style "quirky clever dialogue" humor. Which is fine, but when it's ALL you get out of any comedy movie it gets stale as hell. Something like this would be a breathe of fresh air in the modern age.
Traditionally, Sir Galahad was supposed to find the Grail, but here he got side-tracked by a decoy beacon (and… other things) at Castle Anthrax, and then cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril because he forgot his favorite color.
By the way, depictions of murderous rabbits can actually be found in some medieval illustrations, so even that is sort of historically accurate. 😄
I guarantee that over the next few days and weeks you will be quoting lines from this movie. I still say "it's just a flesh wound " whenever I accidentally hurt myself
I watched this film several times in the theatre, because it was there more than a year and we all repeat watching this just because we wanted to see the faces of people who watched it for the very first time, specially at the end when the screen turned black and the music was still on.
Was a pleasure to see you get a kick out of this. Silly is timeless
Thanks for running this. I forgot how damned funny it was! And I laughed just as hard as the two of you and the raging bunny! Great take on what creative and intelligent thought can do over bloated budgets. These guys were all Cambridge graduates so that helped! Keep up the good picks, ladies. You have a fun channel.
I love how much you two are laughing at this. Some other reactors I've seen watch this didn't seem to "get it", but you both really seem to be having a great time. And that makes me happy.
It’s hysterical!!
Thank you! Thank you! Your reaction to this touched me. 😊 I and my two friends saw this movie in the theater five times when it was released. Five decades later, we quote the best lines to each other and laugh all over again. Having you enjoy it just as much as we have makes me misty...
For your consideration, "All of Me" (1984 Steve Martin / Lilly Tomlin) is amongst the best comedies of all time. I think everyone will enjoy your reaction to it, and it will bring fond memories to us all. I'll be back to see what you do next. Much love...
The entire score, aside from the songs from Camelot and Robin's minstrels, is pieced together from cues provided by the De Wolfe Music Library. Most of them can be found on TH-cam in their unedited forms. Hats off to whomever went through all the cues and edited them together; that must have been a lot of work!
I believe the "Intermission" music (heard in its entirety at the end of the film in some home video releases) is also a Neil Innes composition.
I first saw this movie when I was 14, I'm 56 now. I was high when I watched it with a bunch of my friends also high. Talk about side splitting pain from laughing. Still funny after all these years and still high.
I have been watching this movie for nearly 40 years and I still find it hilarious. It is still witty and relevant and hope you both enjoy it as much as me
You two just made my day with your continuous laughter, glad you enjoyed it. NEE! Nee!!!😂
What sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Nee at will to old ladies
I toured Doune Castle in Scotland where this movie was (mostly) shot. The coconut scene was actually born out of necessity. Due to bad press, they couldn't access a publicly funded castle to film in. So they wrote a check to the (then) private owners of this castle, which left them without enough money to pay for a trained horse. After much brainstorming, they came up with the coconuts.
One of the best things the Monty Puthon troupe dud was to take a joke as far as possible, leavd it, then bring it back when they think you'd forgotten it. Plus, you had thd best of both elements of comedy at work. Half the team specislized in verbsl give and take, and thf other hslf specialized in visual comedy. The music by the DeWolfe library was their go to for stock music throughout the TV series as well.
Thank you for this reaction - brought back memories. I remember seeing this as a teenager in the theaters moons ago, and I enjoyed it but truthfully, some bits went "over my head." The subsequent times I saw it, I got more and more of the jokes and sometimes it felt like as if I was watching that part for the first time. For example when I finally got that the taunting French soldier referring them as "kniggets," it was actually poking fun at the English language by pronouncing the silent "k" in knight. And over time, during my 3rd or 4th viewing, I heard the prince who fell from the tower @ 18:53 say the sacred word "Ni" before hitting the ground. . . . maybe that's what saved him?
Anyway, I hope you find some additional nuggets in your subsequent viewings. Thanks again.
It's a pleasure being in the company of you two ladies and the Monty Python cast. Will be lovely to hear you doing Life of Brian as well. Thanks.
I first saw this movie when it came out on VHS in the 80's. However I already knew all the skits because my best friend in school was a big Monty Python fan and had a stack of Monty Python albums. We would memorize the bits spent hours in School reciting Monty Python skits. So every time I see a Monty Python movie It reminds me of all the fun Derik and I had running these lines. Thanks for the memory's.
Chris
Thanks for watching!
John Cleese and Michael Palin made a few movies outside of the Monty Python group. Check out A Fish Called Wanda from the mid 80s. Also very funny with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline to boot. 😁
Great reaction. Repeated watchings really are rewarding. Also, the more history you know, the more funny you'll find them. Five out of the six Python members were Oxford or Cambridge educated in law, medicine, or history and their scripts and settings are filled with plays on anachronisms, language, etc, that tweak the brain.
You mentioned SNL. The Monty Python television show that ran from 1969 to 1974 was one of the main inspirations for the creation of the original "Saturday Night Live" in 1975.
You also mentioned at the beginning that you thought you might have heard men talk about the film more than you'd heard women talk about it, and it did seem back in the seventies that, though their appeal was broad, Monty Python and their humor did have maybe more of an appeal to men than to women, not that the troupe intended it that way. I remember a female friend years ago recalling that back in the seventies and early eighties, guys tended to just go on and on about Monty Python, endlessly repeating lines from their shows. This friend considered that to be a sign that a guy was not partner material, that a guy who did that lacked originality and might be tedious to be around. Monty Python was that popular, though. People really did quote from them all the time back in the seventies and early eighties.
I thought they all went to Cambridge. That's where the comedians usually come from at any rate, but I'm not 100%. I do know that 'most' (if not all) went to Cambridge though.
Excellent reaction from both of you, considering that you had no prior knowledge of the Pythons!
For me, after being introduced to Monty Python's Flying Circus (a TV series by a group of comedy writers and performers who were all very well educated) by my half-English cousins when I was 9 or 10 in 1971, my friends and family (including me) were excited to see this movie when it appeared in 1975. I laughed so much in the cinema that I had to go and see it again to make sure that I saw and heard all of it. Starting with those hilarious opening credits subtitles! Since then I have seen it many times, have bought the soundtrack recording, the book of the screenplay, and the blu-ray disc.
When Monty Python's Life of Brian hit cinemas in the summer of 1979, I was at an opening weekend screening while visiting friends in Los Angeles. And again, we all laughed so much that I had to go see the movie again shortly afterwards to see and hear more of the jokes that I had missed. And now I have a blu-ray of Life of Brian, as well as the screenplay book, the soundtrack album, as well as a DVD box set of all episodes of the Flying Circus TV series, and their other comedy albums and books. And I was lucky enough to be in London in July 2014 to attend one of the reunion live shows of the Monty Python troupe at the O2 Arena.
In the group, Terry Gilliam is the only American member, and he was the animator and an occasional actor. Mr. Gilliam has had a fascinating second career as a movie director (12 Monkeys, Brazil, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, etc).
If you encounter more work by the Pythons I hope you will enjoy it as much as you did when reacting to Holy Grail.
Best reaction ever :) Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
On to “The Life of Brian” ladies. Had a lot of fun watching you enjoy this film.
Monty Python’s humor is as much a vibe as anything
It’s funny!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Good Reaction Ladies.
George Harrison of The Beatles rescued this by financing them as they even used coconuts for horses to cut costs.
Monty Python's Flying Circus has endless sketches on TH-cam:)
Perfectly said 😁
@@Isleofskye Nah you're thinking Life of Brian. That's the one George Harrison bankrolled. You're right, though, the coconuts thing was because of budget constraints, which is even better lol
@@DavidEllis94Yes,Davod. It's 3.48am, approximately in London Town and my disappointment in myself is immeasurable and no words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable faux pas. I am mortified that I got to make such a Schoolboy error and I only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologize, profusely, for my stupidity, once again. You are a good man for pointing this out to me. I'm inconsolable at the moment.....:(
17:26 I also did not expect that, having seen the Holy grail many many times now, i did not expect such a short and instant charging scene,
One of the greatest mysteries of modern times is why was the Black Knight guarding the bridge and who commissioned him to let no one pass.
This movie is the blueprint for the internet
The first time I watched this movie, I laughed so hard, I almost lost my breath. I had to seriously calm down. But I kept on laughing. It is so much funnier when you have read the history of the middle ages, particularly England/Britain as well as fiction set in those times.
Theree are so many little details, throwaway lines and facial expressions that you don't notice on first viewing, it's very rewatchable! Also check out Life of Brian like everyone else has said :)
When they shot the scene introducing the 'enchanter' John Cleese couldn't remember the name so he just said 'Tim' and they went with it.
This was a once a week watch for our group every weekend during summer of 89. We had the script and like the cast we all had multiple parts we quoted though out the movie. I always reply to to the phrase "Let me know if you have any questions" with " What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" The reply's I get are priceless, the best one was while living in Houston Tx a waitress at Papas asked me "Are you an Astronaut? My girlfriend spit her ice tea all over me and couldn't stop laughing. It is obvious what your next comedy movie should be, if not Its "Life of Brian" and I promise there are just as many laughs to be had in this movie as the last. LLove you two.
A great reaction ladies. EASILY one of my favorite films of all time.
Silly film fact. It works out to 1 joke every 9 seconds with this. But remember that that is the average for number of jokes against the time of the entire movie.
But I have to ask you both. & please be honest here. How many times so far have you dropped a Holy Grail quote on someone? An example being merely saying "NI!" to someone.
Have an amazing weekend & much love to everyone from here in the UK
Fawlty Towers, featuring John Cleese and Connie Booth from this movie is arguably the funniest TV series ever made. Check that out for more comedy genius.
Saw it in the 80's it was fun to see some of the scenes again. I had forgotten about the killer bunny and the shrubbery.
They did an BBC weekly program in the late sixties called *Monty Python's Flying Circus.* It was as the comedy troupe calls it, a silly show.
They got big in the United States when Public Television (there was no cable, Home video or internet at that time) aired the episodes.
I saw this movie about 8 times at the theater & many times on home video.
You will have to see *Monty Python's Life of Brian.* They had more money to play with. Just as much silliness as Holy Grail. With the comedy troupe guys playing multiple roles. And no Majestic Moose or Norwegian Llamas.
This is the first time watching, but I had a blast with you both! Also, great motto!
Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed it! We have an entire comedy reaction playlist!
The ending was a literal cop out
Awesome reaction. Your LOL at the Killer Rabbit got the "most replayed" honor, haha! I love me some Python-quoting with friends. In college my friend Andrew was showing me his new car, a white Volkswagon. As we were coming up on it, he pointed at it, said "There it is!" Without missing a beat, I said, with a slight English accent: "What? Behind the Rabbit?" Andrew took my toss perfectly and slam-dunked with: "It IS the Rabbit!"
They got most of the money to film this from rock acts like Pink Floyd and others. The original script had the Pythons find the Holy Grain in Harrod's Department store because you can find ANYTHING at Harrod's.
You two ladies clearly got it. Best reaction to this I've seen.
Thank you!!
I've watched the notorious rabbit scene 49,000 times by now...AND IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER! Thank you so much, I really enjoyed it!
It’s so funny 😂😂
One of the great things about this movies is so much of it that is pure comedy was born out of simple necessity. The squires with their coconuts to imitate horses was because they had bugger all money and couldn't afford real horses. Tim the Enchanter was supposed to have a very different, much more complicated name, but Cleese forgot what it was and improvised Tim, with the rest of the cast following it flawlessly. The ending is as ridiculous as it is because they had a) run out of money, and b) not think of any other way to end it that made narrative sense. There are lots of other stories of course, many of which have grown in the telling over the years, but the fact that people are still finding this so funny 50 years later is a testament to what good writing can achieve, even without Hollywood money to back it up.
I was 5 when this movie was made so i missed peak python. That said the quotes were the dialogue of my teenage years and beyond. I showed it to my sons about 10 years ago and they howled at it. Just look up who was who in monty python cinema and tv legends. The life of Brian was very controversial and my favourite the meaning of life
At least now you'll understand if somebody says: You thought it was just a harmless little bunny?
A great primer of Monty Python's humor is their film "And Now For Something Completely Different". It's a collection of their most well known skits of their BBC TV series.
When I saw Canadian bear I knew I was with friends. Glad you enjoyed the movie.
Yes! 😎 Thank you!
Fun facts. Tim the enchanter was supposed to have a long and hard to pronounce name. But during the take, he forgot his line so the way he said Tim, is the actor forgetting his name. But they loved the contrast and irony so much, they kept it.
LOVE this movie. I graduated highschool in 75. Saw this stoned and my face hurt from laughing!! It's just f**king insane. I got my son into it. I found black knight boxers for him one year. He got them for Christamas. Laughed his azz off.
I've seen that film at least 30 times but I never noticed the bird with the coconut at the witch burning seen you guys pointed that out and I thank you for that yes you can watch this movie over and over and over and missed a lot
Brand new subscriber. Love the reaction! You two are straight🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!!
This movie has turned into a drinking game with my friends and siblings. Every time you hear a cat scream and every time someone is "feeling better" you take a drink 😂😂😂
"I unclog my nose in your general direction" the French guy had me cracking up
For examples of their show, TH-cam has the Upper Class Twit of the Year, and of course you can find the infamous Dead Parrot sketch, and the Lumberjack song.
Yep, saw it at the theatre. Was watching their tv show , Monty Python's Flying Circus, before that. You should check those shows out as well.
I went to see the stage show in London (Peter Davison was King Arthur) and it was hilarious. Best night out ever!
Too bad you cut some of best parts with "Sir Galahad the Pure" and starting argument with king Arthur and arguing with that old lady with "oppression"
Reason why they used coconuts was because they could not afford renting horses. Only horse in movie is one where they kill historian.
Also during plague there actually were people that were collecting dead people on cart.
AND if you want real proper Monthy Python comedy you NEED to watch "Monthy Pythons The Life of Bryan" you really need to watch that.
Well unfortunately things always have to be cut:)
Well, they had to get on with it!
Great reaction! I'm wondering about your reaction to their TV show now! That killer rabbit got u dinnit eh! My best friend up the street told me about the movie when it came out. He saw it first. I didn't see it until video rentals were available(VHS/Beta). One of my first video rentals! Awesome I loved it!! Still do, so welcome to the MPFCU!!
The ending being a literal cop out will always be the greatest unsaid joke in the movie.
Also none of the main characters could've been the murderer because the knight who killed the historian was the only one on an actual horse.
Python's greatest work, although I love The Cheese Shop and Dead Parrot sketches, but this movie is on another level. I saw this in the theater when it first came out. The one thing that's different is that originally, after they police put the bag over the camera man, the screen went completely black and silent for like 10 or 15 minutes, but nobody in the audience got up or moved, because we were sure there was going to be another joke - and then it FINALLY ended. Another great funny movie (that few people have heard of) is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 9th Dimension. You'll enjoy it too.
If you watch a 2nd time. Count how many times you See or hear a cat getting "abused."
Apparently this was one of Elvis Presley's favourite films. He watched it four times in theaters! One of his favorite moments was the Black Knight scene, where Cleese’s character bravely fights on despite having limbs hacked off - "... Tis but a flesh wound".
I feel like that opening credits joke is even more effective nowadays since seen many reactors start to just zone out until maybe they notice something about a moose.. one group didn't notice until the sacking message popped up and they all went "wait what?" and rewound the movie just to realize they *already* had missed a joke
I was just a little bit too young to see this in the theater when it first came out, and back in those days if you didn't see it in the theater you might not really get a chance for many years (or ever) after that. By the time home video came along it was already pretty old, and I never got around to seeing it until I was in my late 20's. I have to admit I was a little bit disappointed when I did finally get to see it. Not because I didn't appreciate the humor. It's just that I'd heard virtually the entire script so many times from friends quoting it by then that I had most of it memorized myself. I was really expecting that at least some of it would be new to me.
If you haven't already seen them you need to watch Airplane! and Blazing Saddles. Another couple of great older comedies that put pretty much everything made nowadays to shame.
“I’m French! Can’t you tell from my outrrrrageous accent?!?”
“What are you doing in England?”
“Mind your own business!!”
so there's a story behind Tim the Enchanter's name. in the script he had some very long & mystical sounding name but when the camera started rolling John Cleese who played Tim just blanked on the long & mystical name so he blurted out Tim. they thought it was funny so it was left in.
OMG, I love that you got such a kick out of this movie. Yes, the lack of horses was because of the low budget. I am disappointed that you left out the Castle Anthrax scene. If you liked this movie, you’ll love their next one, Monty Python’s Life of Brian. It even more irreverent. It also has a more linear story line than this one. Their third movie, Meaning of Life, is a series os sketches arranged to illustrate the different stages of life (birth, growing up, etc). You might want to also check out (and maybe react to) their 70s British tv show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Flying Circus was the 60s actually.
@@Darrenski ‘69-‘74
Because of this reaction, plus the surety that you will soon watch "Life of Brian", I am subscribing. Thank you, ladies, for allowing me to re-enjoy this great comedy through your fresh eyes.
FANTASTIC reaction ladies 😂😂😂🤗🤗🤗 this film is soo quotable 👍 when it's raining I still find myself saying to the clouds " go on gon clear off . . . Bloody Weather " 😁😁🍺🍺
Thank you!!
Oh yeah it still get better and better saw it early in it's life been a python fan since way back loved the "Flying circus on TV"
No matter how many times l watch this its still funny.....1st time watching U2 and your laughter was contagious it made me subscribe, hope it helps.
Life of Brian is pretty funny as well
You liked that, I am looking forward to your reaction to “the life of Brian” another that you have to watch several times to catch all the jokes.
If you've never watched the classic Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series, then you won't get some of the humor, but it isn't essential viewing. "Holy Grail" is an all-time MP classic, along with "Life of Brian" (which you really need to watch next and will find even funnier). The comedian of the group were always great at making highly entertaining and hilarious humor on a shoe-string budget. I recommend watching it with the audio commentaries with the writers/actors.
Living in Paris in the late 70s/early 80s, there was a cinema which ONLY showed 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' all day every day, for years. We would skip school/college to go and see one or both whenever we needed a fix :-)
In the 1960s, the BBC actually aired historical documentaries about medieval battles that had re-enactments with actors dressed in period costumes and modern reporters interviewing them and reporting from the “battlefield”. So Monty Python is sending up those types of documentaries as well as the Arthurian legends.
John Boorman's EXCALIBUR. ARTHUR, MERLIN, the whole British mythos.
The film with the biggest tits in the world!
The Monty python Team consists of
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Graham Chapman (RIP)
Michael Palin
Terry Jones (RIP)
Terry Gilliam
But I would also like to give a shout out to the two female members who dont get enough praise that's Carol Cleveland and Connie Booth
I can't remember the first time I saw this but so many times in High School I had teachers who would let us watch this for special occasions.
One of my favorites! Grew up watching Monty Python's Flying Circus. Thanks for sharing!
I first saw this film as a double bill with Blazing Saddles at the cinema in 1975. The two funniest films of all time in one sitting. What a bargain. 😁👍
You should check out the Monty Python TV series which was prior to this. There's loads of their sketches from the series to be found on TH-cam. The Parrot Sketch is the most famous, followed closely by the ministry of silly walks and the argument sketch. So many great ones to choose from.
"The most miserable experience of my life" - John Cleese on shooting this film.
Monty Python basically radicalised British comedy coming out of the very conservative 1950s to make a madcap, bizarre sketch series that caught fire at the exact time as the 60s hippy stoner movement. Brits Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin were university academics that were incredibly intelligent and insanely silly. Terry Gilliam the American animator went on to become an acclaimed director of his own right.
Life of Brian is next !
"NI !"
How many comedies that are fifty years old can give you full on belly laughs even after multiple viewings? Monty Python is pure comedic genius.
Terrific reaction to one of my favorite movies, but can we take a moment to mourn the cutting of Castle Anthrax?
I first saw this movie in 1980 and have seen it dozens od times since. Im still picking things up I didnt notice the previous viewing after all these years. Its so damn good and watching two smart and hot chicks react to it was so much fun!
This is the best Monty film,i can watch it over and over 😂😂👍👍👍
Definitely a timeless classic
Pun warning: The policeman at the end puting his hand over the camera to stop the film is a cop-out.