I'd highly suggest The LIfe of Brian next. Michael Palin has been doing travel documentaries I believe. If you want to see some great movies he's been in, A Fish Called Wanda is amazing, which has John Cleese as well. And the Terry Giliam movies Time Bandits (he has a very small role, and John as well) and Brazil are also great. I'd also suggest watching some of the original Flying Circus shows, even just some of the highlights. So funny!
Admittedly surprised that you two had not seen this. It is the right place to start, dare say it is considered the classic of their moves. Eminently quotable from start to finish. Edit: Oh, and the knight who killed the historian was not a member of King Arthur's party. He had a real horse.
In the British artillery service, they skip over the number "five" when counting down: "six, (pause), four, three..." This is because it sounds too much like "fire" and they don't want mistakes. If yous have ever played D&D, I daresay you will have encountered an enchanter character named... "Tim."
The reason there were no credits at the end of the movie is that those responsible were sacked at the beginning oft the movie. They only horse was the one ridden by the killer of the historian.
The crazy thing is the "Do you think this scene should have been cut?" bit WAS originally cut. Eventually it was put back in for home media and now it's the only way to watch it. The first time I saw it was like, "WTF is happening?!" because I'd seen the movie around a dozen times by then.
In one of the first drafts of this, they find the grail at Harrod’s Department Store, because, of course, you can find ANYTHING at Harrod’s. However, they were running out of money, so they did a literal ‘cop out.’
Always remember the first time I saw this. Was a kid and stumbled across it on TV. Apparently I started laughing so hard that my parents came to check out what I'd gotten into.
There was also a soundtrack LP released for the movie. It was based on a radio news reporter covering the opening night of the film. He is describing the people and the theatre and such and when the first horse/coconut scene comes on the screen you can hear many people in the theatre laughing. The reporter is at a loss for words how to describe the joke over the radio. Yes, they even made fun of their own film.
I saw this move in the theater when it came out when I was 11. I had a cool older friend that had introduced me to watching Monty Python episodes on Saturdays nights at 10pm on PBS when I could talk my parents into letting me stay up late for it and I thought it was so cool! I borrowed their records from the library as well. As an American kid, I think I left the theater having understood about 30% of the movie but I loved it anyway!
I'm not surprised that the Ramblers didn't bleep out the word "Ni", the British ear is so much more used to sweary words than our delicate American ears. I am given to wonder, too, whether the Knights Who Say Ni cared about the shrubbery not being too expensive, or just not looking too expensive. Truly this is a work of art which raises more questions than it answers.
World of Warcraft actually inserted a direct reference to this by adding a near invulnerable rabbit monster in a cave on Darkmoon Island on (2012-08-28); a special zone only available the first week of the month via special portal. It's still considered an ultimate flex to have beaten the thing, and have the random luck to have a ultra-rare loot item drop... FOR A MAX OF ONE PERSON per try, no matter how many people are trying.
I always love it when Python gets intellectually dorky for comedic effect! The whole thing with the coconuts being transported by birds is just hilarious, capped off when we see Bedivere experimenting with a bird and a coconut without it being obviously pointed out. Then they do something utterly silly like the knights who say Ni and you get brain whiplash.
The coconuts were a necessity as they did not get a large budget to do this movie. IT goes to show, sometimes the best movies and gags are due to having to innovate due to lack of resources. Congrats on getting the reference in Worms. One of my favorite weapons in that game, beyond Concrete Donkey. I believe this and the other 'unofficial' Monty Python film, Time Bandits were subsidized by Beatle George Harrison.
most of the castles in the movie were shot at Doune castle near Stirling in central Scotland. the army was largely Stirling university Students including the Author Ian M banks
Many of the Python troupe were philosophy and psychology majors so their humor tends to get a bit deeper than normal and plays with the human expectation of behavior. 🤟😎
Camelot being a silly place with people who sing and dance is a reference to the musical and movie "Camelot" from the 1960s. (This is also the origin of JFK's administration being called Camelot)
I grew up in the 1970s/80s watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus on Sunday nights-the PBS station in Chicago showed it after their evening of British television dramas with British comedies for an hour from 10 to 11, then ending with Doctor Who. The first time they showed Holy Grail, they didn’t actually cut too much of it for content/language. All of my friends were quoting the movie the next week in junior high school.
My favorite MP film. Brilliant absurdity. Endlessly quotable by my friends and me. Don't overthink it. It"s not to be taken literally. I also love The Meaning of Life. It's more a series of sketches, some of which land more than others, but when they land, they're terrific. And two great musical numbers. Highly recommended. ~Roger, the Shrubber, Jr.
The Monty Python TV show was a loose collection of sketches that rarely had a overall storyline across the episode. A bit like Saturday Night Live. Often sketches were transitioned with just a cast member coming on screen and saying "and now for something completely different. The King Arthur story was just the wardrobe bar to hang jokes and humor on.
If you guys haven't, must See " A Fish Called Wanda". John Cleese , Kevin Kline, ( Oscar for supporting Actor) Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin....mid 80s film ,..A heist thriller, comedy with the twists of Python! 😂❤
Are you sure this isn't a re-release? I was surprised to see this pop up, because I was sure I had seen you two do this movie a while ago.... Per John Cleese, Palin is the most popular Python. On tv if they had.a sketch that needed a Hitler or Genghis Khan, they got Palin to do it because he was considered the most lovable. In the 2nd narrative movie, he plays Pontius Pilate. An adorable Pontius Pilate, I might add.
If you go on a Python deep dive, don't forget the "stealth" entries that aren't labeled as it but have a bunch of cast: Time Bandits, The Adventures of The Baron Munchausen, Erik The Viking, etc.
There's nothing like jumping into the deep end feet first, which is what you two just did with MP. This film and Life of Brian are both quite smart. King Arthur repeatedly yells "run away, run away" in part because the word "retreat" didn't enter the English language until the 1400s. "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries" is a great insult. It relates to the sexual drive/birthing of many children by hamsters and that elderberry wine was made/consumed by the poor. The Frenchman is basically saying that King Arthur is the bastard son of a whore, impregnated by a drunk. John Cleese actually forgot his character's name and ended up saying "Tim?", which they left in. I worked in the landscape profession for 40+ years and we often, proudly referred to ourselves as Shrubers.
After watching particuarly the Python films, but also to a lesser extent the tv series, you will begin to notice lots of things all over the place like _the holy hand grenade_ in Worms that are referencing bits and bobs from it.
A great comedy, one of my favourites. The little running gags, willingness to do the most absurd thing and some brilliantly clever writing make it incredible. If you enjoy the movies try the TV show, its more abstract but equally as funny.
Michael Palin's travel documentaries are ace. Like watching a Jeremy Clarkson thing except you don't want to punch him in the face because of his smugness.
The "Holy Grail" can potentially only be reached after death, so the "Castle Aaarrgh" is the place to find it. The juxtaposition of the Modern Setting after the Quest begins might represent the author's sense that the strictures of modern society make impossible the genuine pursuit of such a goal, perhaps the deepest of all religious endeavors. Anyways, it's a fun movie, and I enjoyed your reactions.
The two of you never having seen this is kind of like me as a Norwegian not being any good at skiing. Which makes me feel seen. (Mind you, *I* have been a Python fan since I was in the single digits, because *I* was raised right! And Norwegians love classic British humor, possibly to a fault.)
If you've watched Game of Thrones...in the scene where Daenerys first arrives outside the city of Meereen, the city sends out a champion to challenge Daenerys' champion and he is shouting all kinds of insults in Valyrian. If you translate what he is actually shouting, it is "your mother was a hamster!"
I loved the Monty Python TV series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, originally aired on the BBC around 1970. I watched it when it was imported to the US a few years later. Each episode was a collection of sketches and animations, with random plotlines and usually abrupt endings (one rule of the Python troupe was "no punchlines" so instead they often ended a sketch by dropping an anvil on the cast). I love this Holy Grail movie, which I find similar to the TV show, but I didn't like the later movies as much.
The budget fof ghe film was so low that they couldn't afford to rent trained horses, leading to one of the most famous running gags in comedy history 🤟😎
You are right. It's the same castle thru the movie. The budget was very low for the movie. The TV show is a bunch of skits that had cartoons in between.
Don't let anyone else lie to ya take my word for it this movie had a good budget the invisrhoeses was written way early in the project, Eric idol got his rock star buddies to help fund it it's minamism but they had a decent budget
@@johngorman6287 You asked them to help because you're looking for a reaction to a specific song. It sounds like you don't know how to search or you wouldn't be asking them to help find it. If that's not your problem, perhaps you should try rewriting your comment.
@@paulonius42 correct sir. I meant every single word I wrote. Your correct now solve this riddle. Why do I want you to be correct while I'm wrong? What I wrote was perfect for the reaction I got from you my good neighbor.
What type of comedy is Monty Python ? It is Pythonesque - yes it was so unique that a new word entered the English language to describe it. Pythonesque in British English (ˌpaɪθəˈnɛsk ) adjective. denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal. Word origin. C20: named after the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1969.
I'd highly suggest The LIfe of Brian next. Michael Palin has been doing travel documentaries I believe. If you want to see some great movies he's been in, A Fish Called Wanda is amazing, which has John Cleese as well. And the Terry Giliam movies Time Bandits (he has a very small role, and John as well) and Brazil are also great. I'd also suggest watching some of the original Flying Circus shows, even just some of the highlights. So funny!
Agreed, everything you said.👍👍
Monty Python were famous for their animated sequences, which are drawn by Terry Gilliam a co-director of this movie.
Admittedly surprised that you two had not seen this. It is the right place to start, dare say it is considered the classic of their moves. Eminently quotable from start to finish. Edit: Oh, and the knight who killed the historian was not a member of King Arthur's party. He had a real horse.
The ending is literally a cop-out.
In the British artillery service, they skip over the number "five" when counting down: "six, (pause), four, three..." This is because it sounds too much like "fire" and they don't want mistakes. If yous have ever played D&D, I daresay you will have encountered an enchanter character named... "Tim."
"I don't know if I'm high " There is a little secret, lads. 1975 was a very good year
26:08 - I believe that John Cleese actually forget his name and ad-libbed "Tim".
The reason there were no credits at the end of the movie is that those responsible were sacked at the beginning oft the movie. They only horse was the one ridden by the killer of the historian.
which is how we know it wasn't Arthur &co who killed him...
The crazy thing is the "Do you think this scene should have been cut?" bit WAS originally cut. Eventually it was put back in for home media and now it's the only way to watch it. The first time I saw it was like, "WTF is happening?!" because I'd seen the movie around a dozen times by then.
It was indeed done on a low budget, just $440K they could not afford horses. Too many favourite scenes.
I am 100% floored that neither of you had seen this yet. (The cast is just the Monty Python crew - no special assembly.)
In one of the first drafts of this, they find the grail at Harrod’s Department Store, because, of course, you can find ANYTHING at Harrod’s. However, they were running out of money, so they did a literal ‘cop out.’
This is a silly film and this world needs more silly
Always remember the first time I saw this. Was a kid and stumbled across it on TV. Apparently I started laughing so hard that my parents came to check out what I'd gotten into.
There was also a soundtrack LP released for the movie. It was based on a radio news reporter covering the opening night of the film. He is describing the people and the theatre and such and when the first horse/coconut scene comes on the screen you can hear many people in the theatre laughing. The reporter is at a loss for words how to describe the joke over the radio. Yes, they even made fun of their own film.
Michael Palin did a lot of excellent travel documentaries.
I saw this move in the theater when it came out when I was 11. I had a cool older friend that had introduced me to watching Monty Python episodes on Saturdays nights at 10pm on PBS when I could talk my parents into letting me stay up late for it and I thought it was so cool! I borrowed their records from the library as well. As an American kid, I think I left the theater having understood about 30% of the movie but I loved it anyway!
I'm not surprised that the Ramblers didn't bleep out the word "Ni", the British ear is so much more used to sweary words than our delicate American ears. I am given to wonder, too, whether the Knights Who Say Ni cared about the shrubbery not being too expensive, or just not looking too expensive. Truly this is a work of art which raises more questions than it answers.
Welcome to the Monty Python universe! It is a very silly place!
Killer Rabbit plushies are available for purchase.
They are brilliant :)
World of Warcraft actually inserted a direct reference to this by adding a near invulnerable rabbit monster in a cave on Darkmoon Island on (2012-08-28); a special zone only available the first week of the month via special portal. It's still considered an ultimate flex to have beaten the thing, and have the random luck to have a ultra-rare loot item drop... FOR A MAX OF ONE PERSON per try, no matter how many people are trying.
NOW you know why the credits were at the START of the movie!
Check out Michael Palin and John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda also starring Jamie Lee Curtis in her sexiest role.
"Run Away,! " 😂
Terry Gilliam has directed several great movies after python like Brazil a seriously dark scifi comedy, 12 Monkeys, the Fisher King and Time Bandits
I always love it when Python gets intellectually dorky for comedic effect! The whole thing with the coconuts being transported by birds is just hilarious, capped off when we see Bedivere experimenting with a bird and a coconut without it being obviously pointed out. Then they do something utterly silly like the knights who say Ni and you get brain whiplash.
The coconuts were a necessity as they did not get a large budget to do this movie. IT goes to show, sometimes the best movies and gags are due to having to innovate due to lack of resources. Congrats on getting the reference in Worms. One of my favorite weapons in that game, beyond Concrete Donkey. I believe this and the other 'unofficial' Monty Python film, Time Bandits were subsidized by Beatle George Harrison.
" I feel Happy" 😂
most of the castles in the movie were shot at Doune castle near Stirling in central Scotland. the army was largely Stirling university Students including the Author Ian M banks
You remember the holy grenade from worms!!! You sir, are a legend. Worms Armageddon is one of the greatest games ever made.
Many of the Python troupe were philosophy and psychology majors so their humor tends to get a bit deeper than normal and plays with the human expectation of behavior. 🤟😎
Camelot being a silly place with people who sing and dance is a reference to the musical and movie "Camelot" from the 1960s. (This is also the origin of JFK's administration being called Camelot)
I grew up in the 1970s/80s watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus on Sunday nights-the PBS station in Chicago showed it after their evening of British television dramas with British comedies for an hour from 10 to 11, then ending with Doctor Who. The first time they showed Holy Grail, they didn’t actually cut too much of it for content/language. All of my friends were quoting the movie the next week in junior high school.
My favorite MP film. Brilliant absurdity. Endlessly quotable by my friends and me. Don't overthink it. It"s not to be taken literally.
I also love The Meaning of Life. It's more a series of sketches, some of which land more than others, but when they land, they're terrific. And two great musical numbers. Highly recommended.
~Roger, the Shrubber, Jr.
Of note; the film contains no moose or llamas 🤣🤣🤣
The Monty Python TV show was a loose collection of sketches that rarely had a overall storyline across the episode. A bit like Saturday Night Live. Often sketches were transitioned with just a cast member coming on screen and saying "and now for something completely different.
The King Arthur story was just the wardrobe bar to hang jokes and humor on.
Sweet!
If you guys haven't, must See " A Fish Called Wanda". John Cleese , Kevin Kline, ( Oscar for supporting Actor) Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin....mid 80s film ,..A heist thriller, comedy with the twists of Python! 😂❤
Are you sure this isn't a re-release? I was surprised to see this pop up, because I was sure I had seen you two do this movie a while ago....
Per John Cleese, Palin is the most popular Python. On tv if they had.a sketch that needed a Hitler or Genghis Khan, they got Palin to do it because he was considered the most lovable. In the 2nd narrative movie, he plays Pontius Pilate. An adorable Pontius Pilate, I might add.
If you go on a Python deep dive, don't forget the "stealth" entries that aren't labeled as it but have a bunch of cast: Time Bandits, The Adventures of The Baron Munchausen, Erik The Viking, etc.
Jabberwocky!
Yellowbeard!
They could not have murdered the historian the killer had a real horse !!!
There's nothing like jumping into the deep end feet first, which is what you two just did with MP. This film and Life of Brian are both quite smart. King Arthur repeatedly yells "run away, run away" in part because the word "retreat" didn't enter the English language until the 1400s. "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries" is a great insult. It relates to the sexual drive/birthing of many children by hamsters and that elderberry wine was made/consumed by the poor. The Frenchman is basically saying that King Arthur is the bastard son of a whore, impregnated by a drunk. John Cleese actually forgot his character's name and ended up saying "Tim?", which they left in. I worked in the landscape profession for 40+ years and we often, proudly referred to ourselves as Shrubers.
If you newer seen any ting with Michael Palin, you have not seen, A fish Called Wanda.
you should.
After watching particuarly the Python films, but also to a lesser extent the tv series, you will begin to notice lots of things all over the place like _the holy hand grenade_ in Worms that are referencing bits and bobs from it.
False arrest...the killer had a horse...these knights had nut husks...
A great comedy, one of my favourites. The little running gags, willingness to do the most absurd thing and some brilliantly clever writing make it incredible. If you enjoy the movies try the TV show, its more abstract but equally as funny.
Michael Palin's travel documentaries are ace. Like watching a Jeremy Clarkson thing except you don't want to punch him in the face because of his smugness.
The "Holy Grail" can potentially only be reached after death, so the "Castle Aaarrgh" is the place to find it. The juxtaposition of the Modern Setting after the Quest begins might represent the author's sense that the strictures of modern society make impossible the genuine pursuit of such a goal, perhaps the deepest of all religious endeavors.
Anyways, it's a fun movie, and I enjoyed your reactions.
Galahad actually found the grail he then ascended
The pythons fully understand the source material they don't go by it but they understand it
The first time I saw the rabbit o straight for the jugular, I laughed so hard I got dizzy.
The two of you never having seen this is kind of like me as a Norwegian not being any good at skiing. Which makes me feel seen.
(Mind you, *I* have been a Python fan since I was in the single digits, because *I* was raised right! And Norwegians love classic British humor, possibly to a fault.)
their next movie The Life of Brian has a much more coherent story
I personally think The Life if Brian is the best Monty python film.
Almost all Monty Python content includes animaton by member Terry Gilliam.
If you've watched Game of Thrones...in the scene where Daenerys first arrives outside the city of Meereen, the city sends out a champion to challenge Daenerys' champion and he is shouting all kinds of insults in Valyrian. If you translate what he is actually shouting, it is "your mother was a hamster!"
What a crazy movie! 😂
I loved the Monty Python TV series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, originally aired on the BBC around 1970. I watched it when it was imported to the US a few years later. Each episode was a collection of sketches and animations, with random plotlines and usually abrupt endings (one rule of the Python troupe was "no punchlines" so instead they often ended a sketch by dropping an anvil on the cast). I love this Holy Grail movie, which I find similar to the TV show, but I didn't like the later movies as much.
The budget fof ghe film was so low that they couldn't afford to rent trained horses, leading to one of the most famous running gags in comedy history 🤟😎
The most English thing ever ... this was made when GB was a complete joke ;-)
I hope you'll react to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), my personal favorite of the Monty Python movies.
You are right. It's the same castle thru the movie. The budget was very low for the movie. The TV show is a bunch of skits that had cartoons in between.
This movie is fucking with you. That's all you need to know
I’ve always thought this was the Pythons magnum opus. Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life are good, but not like the Holy Grail.
Micheal Palin.
Travel documentries. And a comedy series, Ripping Yarns.
👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆
Some holy orders believed that because Jesus suffered, then they also must suffer in pain to be closer to him.
Yes, it's just LARPing gone horribly wrong.
They are Medieval Faire re-enactors. Y'all need to learn more British folklore too ;-))
Don't let anyone else lie to ya take my word for it this movie had a good budget the invisrhoeses was written way early in the project, Eric idol got his rock star buddies to help fund it it's minamism but they had a decent budget
OMG, I thought you'd already done Life of Brian....please, please, please make it your next one
😂😂😂😂
Amazing movie but always the second favorite of many people of mp after life of Brian
Great reaction but it's a shame none of the moose scenes made it into the TH-cam edit.
My understanding - the movie ending was mostly driven by budget. They simply ran out of money and needed a hard stop.
The ending is literally written into the screenplay, so they had planned it all along.
It's not 932AD
It's 93 squared
Doesn't anyone know basic maths?
Maybe you two gentlemen can help me. I'm looking for a reaction to What does it mean to you by Carpetman. The rhythm brought me here.
Are you asking them to search for it for you? How do you expect them to help you? You know you can search TH-cam yourself, right?
@@paulonius42 No I'm slow bro. Tell me right here please.
@@johngorman6287 You asked them to help because you're looking for a reaction to a specific song. It sounds like you don't know how to search or you wouldn't be asking them to help find it. If that's not your problem, perhaps you should try rewriting your comment.
@@paulonius42 correct sir. I meant every single word I wrote. Your correct now solve this riddle. Why do I want you to be correct while I'm wrong? What I wrote was perfect for the reaction I got from you my good neighbor.
I'm dyslexic I've been regularly corrected for 40 years. Jeeze Paul.. I want activity.
What type of comedy is Monty Python ?
It is Pythonesque - yes it was so unique that a new word entered the English language to describe it.
Pythonesque in British English
(ˌpaɪθəˈnɛsk ) adjective. denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal. Word origin. C20: named after the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1969.