I FINALLY Watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail.... I am HEALED!
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I hope you enjoy this reaction! We tried the best that we could to include as much movie context as possible, but because the scenes were so long and there was so much music & iconic dialogue, this kept getting copyright claimed!
Pray that this video doesnt get get hit with a delayed claim, but it should be okay!
Otherwise, i loved this movie and i see why so many people loved its goofiness!
HELP HELP I'M BEING REPRESSED!
“…and after the spankings…the oral sex”
“Now go away…or I shall taunt you a second time!” 🤣
I'm surprised you got so much of it posted. They did release "The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and The Holy Grail". It's worth a listen because in addition to sounds from the movie there is a LOT of extra material.
They made several comedy albums in addition to their TV series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". There are more films too.
Bless you, my child, for finally experiencing this comedic masterpiece!
Monty Python is not a person it's a sketch comedy group. They have a few other movies that are assembled as sketches of loosely related topics that eventually circle back to a central theme. There was a variety show of sorts that showed up on television that was also just sketches, but mostly unrelated. This was "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and was a weekly program on BBC for years. Most Americans got to see it as reruns on late night TV and some states aired it on there education stations. "Random" is a good call. Their skits often called out political and social issues of the day, so we could probably call much of their work satire as much as comedy. It does point out some interesting linguistic differences between Brits and Americans. The French taunters were a reminder of the longstanding hatred between the cultures that share way more than they care to admit. Brits may own sarcasm, but out of that same language, Americans became the absolute owners of insult.
The reason why there were no credits at the end was because *the credits people were sacked at that start of the movie*
and the people who was in charge of sack them *were also sacked*
Damn they never had a chance.
Yeah, and you know, all the credits played already
@@Clavers1369 mariachi*
@@Giddog40 Traditionally, end credits still existed even though the full credits were at the beginning, they just used to give the production company and a 'the end'. THe complete black screen with no thanks for watching or anything is a callback joke.
I love that the end is a literal cop out. Most people miss the obviousness of the end just thinking it ends weird :)
IIRC they just ran out of budget and ended up with this 'cop out' ending.
Who knows what we might have missed...
But as it stands, it's a totally suitable ending anyway. 😂
Not only that but the original ending called for this epic battle scene between armies where they storm the castle and finally get into the castle... only to find out the Grail was never there. 😂 But they ran out of money, so they ended it that way. It confused me too on my first watch through.
@@TheJerbol then it wouldn't be Python
Guys..
The end is the police catching up with them for one of the knights putting a sword through " a famous historian".
It's the only time you see a real horse in the entire movie!
It's perfectly logical. Of COURSE. The police are shown interviewing right after the " famous historian" is murdered.
They spend the rest of the film waiting for the right moment to make an arrest.
Simple really
They didn't "run out of money".
They couldn't get the " grail" because the French got to "Castle Arrgh" first.
After the last few elections, "Strange Women Lying in Ponds Distributing Swords" is starting to sound like a great basis for a system of government. 😊
Compared to the absolute NONSENSE we've had here.... yea, I'm inclined to agree. Definitely more willing to trust a moistened bint lobbing a scimitar at someone than the bunches of knob heads we've come to deal with.
@@nintendork9207 On the other hand "Help I'm being repressed!" gets quoted more than ever! ;D
"An elegant system from a more civilized age"
The peasants digging dirt😂😂
Reject Depressing Democracy, Embrace Comedic Monarchism
The best part is realizing that Lancelot couldn’t have killed the historian because the killer was riding a horse! 🐎 😂
The famous historian was based on a real person. Back in the early 1980s, I had a world history class where the prof introduced the section on England by showing a film. He warned us we'd be watching a noted historian with the driest delivery we'd ever seen. He warned us not to fall asleep.
I hadn't seen Holy Grail in years at that point, but that historian in the history class film looked familiar. A few weeks later I saw the Holy Grail again, and now those scenes with famous historian were hysterically funny with context. The guys who were in the history class with me and watched Holy Grail with me cheered when the famous historian was killed.
I wish I could remember the name of the real life famous historian.
I've always thought it was French cavalry, out causing mischief.
@@Clavers1369 Yes, they fired everything over EXCEPT a horse. They saved that one.
But where did they find a horse? Not even the African swallow could carry one of those!
Is the dry historian also who Professor Binns from Hogwarts is based on, do you think?
The Black Knight sequence is exactly what it feels like to argue on the internet.
I completely disagree!
(wink, wink, nudge nudge)
@@Texas240Say NO MORE!
@@zombiechow9974no more
I think the don't leave the room scene is what it feels like to argue on the internet.
Monty pythons flying circus has many scenes that would work for this comparison. Be it the show or their movies.
You have to put this in the context of watching it in a theater. Intermissions were a thing, so people would have started to get up only to have the movie start again after a few seconds, and the ending would have left a packed theater with people all collectively being confused if it was over or not.
At the premier of the movie there was a bomb threat on the theatre and while people were being evacuated they were laughing because they thought it was a Monty python bit 😂
thanks you so much... i miss that joke the two/three times i've watch the movie!!!! it's too funny hahahaha
@@Thezerohgee fuck I literally just laughed for like 15 minutes.
I remember watching it with my dad in the cinema, we were so confused at the end, everybody kept watching expecting something more to come up haha
This was the most unwatchable, intolerable reaction video that I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Ruined an awesome movie.
- One day, lad, all this will be yours!
- What, the curtains?
Beloved Saratoga Springs NY socialite Marylou Whitney was the widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and heir to the Whitney Timber fortune. Yes, she really did have beauty, brains and HUUUUUGE tracts of land (in the Adirondacks.)
Played Holy Grail for my two teenage daughters. They did not understand the accents and were not laughing at the jokes. After about 30 minutes I stopped the tape. Broke out the Flying Circus collection. We got about half way through the series before they started laughing at all the jokes. Back to Holy Grail. They were rolling on the floor laughing so hard through the entire movie. "What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"
I remember when this came out. All my friends in high school were constantly quoting it to each other. Once my own children were old enough, I had them watch it so they understood all the cultural references they'd been hearing. They loved it and quote it themselves!
This movie is right up there with Twister and His Girl Friday as one of the best movies ever made. Instant classic. My wife had never seen it so bought the DVD two years ago. We watched it together, me with anticipation of her gleeful reactions. She just sat there stonefaced. I was so disappointed. ☹ We were 65 at the time, so she's not naive. She was old enough to get the jokes. All 1,267 of them. She just didn't.
I too have passed this on to my children, who all loved it. Plan in passing it to my grandkids as well.
Absurdist/surrealist humor is a very particular brand of comedy that I absolutely adore.
This movie almost ended my family. It was Christmas Eve, and we were just leaving our traditional dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant to drive around looking at Christmas lights. My Lady Wife turned on the radio, and it was the live broadcast of the midnight mass at Canterbury Cathedral. The lector started to read the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke. In the same intonation they used in Holy Grail to read from Armaments 2:9-21. To an Anglican in Great Britain, that is the normal "Anglicana Voice" lectors use. So for Brits, they were playing that scene straight. For us, we all immediately broke into uncontrollable laughter. I had to quickly find a safe place to pull off the road.
The whole bit about Nimue is so much fun:
"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."
"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."
"Be quiet!"
"You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
"Shut up!"
"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!"
"Will you shut up! Bloody peasant!!"
I memorized this, too. Love it!!
Watery tart in a nightgown, I thought. But excellent
"Well she turned me into a nnnewt!" The way he says "newt" gets me every time, and then the follow up!
Well, I got better.
@@mcjim256BURN HER ANYWAY!!!!!
she turned me into a ÑÑÑÑoot!
It's the follow up that gets me, 'BURN HER ANYWAY!' 😂
@@samsowden gotta have the twist on the N there haha
My favorite quote is "There are some who call me...Tim." The long pause followed by the common name is too funny.
Behind the scenes knowledge tells me that his name was supposed to be really long and grandiose. And he flubbed the line.
You're right. John Cleese forgot the name and just used Tim@@matthewdunn1263
@@matthewdunn1263 thats a common myth that Cleese has gone on record debunking.
@@matthewdunn1263 I always figured he was supposed to say he was Merlin... and then just didn 't.
I was all set for him to say "Merlin". It was like expecting to take a sip of cola, and taking a sip of straight whiskey instead.
I love it when all of a sudden a little bit of logic intrudes on the absurdity like Arthur pointing out that nobody would carve "Aaaaaah." into stone while dying, they would just say it.
"Isn't there a St. Aaaargh in Shrewsbury?" "No, that's in Kent."
Weird historical references with the french scene: dead livestock as ammunition was done to spread disease, but the live animals is a joke.
'Your mother was a hamster' - Hamsters have a lot of children, basically calling her a slut. 'Your father smelt of elderberries' - Elderberries make wine, calling him a drunk
Thanks for the information. I had no idea about the hamsters and elberberry references. They just seemed completely random to me. Calling his mom a slut and his father a drunk makes alot more sense than just random phrases.
Elderberries (and fruits in general) were thought to be able to cure hemorrhoids as well. Which were also thought to be caused by homosexual activity.
@@DonP_is_lostagain ohhhh, thats a good reference also!
I love being a history nerd.
Another thing to add is that usually the dead livestock was used in taking over castles because the ones inside couldn’t leave or get rid of the dead animals.
Been quoting this movie for 3 decades. Never gets old.
"I got better."
So many quotes we all used back then and still, but one less used that we always tried to find a use for was ...."and there was much rejoicing". And I always used "Look at the bones!"
Very small rocks
Always quote the two mud people in the beginning, "moistened bint" and "ooh some lovely filth in here".
"One day, all of this will be yours"
"What... the curtains?"
She's got huuuuuge... Tracts of land!
15:15 When the accused witch says "It's a Fair Cop." this is a British way of admitting guilt.
And yes, there is a stage musical of this, called "Spamalot"
well she weighted the same as the duck.... so first they then give her a ducking.... and if she survives, then they burn her....
That is one of my favorite lines in the movie. "Okay, you got me, I'm a witch."
"Message for you Sir" is a pet gem of mine. British stoicism and "Keep calm and carry on".
Don't forget British Airways Flight 009: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
I actually have the "Message for you, Sir" line from the movie as my email alert sound on my phone. It makes me smile every time.
@@YSongCloud it was the original ICQ messenger alert too I think
I used that as my audio alert for new mail when I had AOL, and it was just a WAV file that played...
@@YSongCloud ive Used since the days of AOL and ICQ!
Right at the beginning I was screaming "why aren't you reading the subtitles!?" Glad you finally caught on
But then she still missed all the llamas.
@@Hermititis She did say she was blind by that point so I wouldn't blame her.
I knew it was a matter of time...
@@Hermititis She might not have missed them - apparently this keeps getting flagged for copyright, and they had to chop out stuff... then more... then more...
Fun fact- during the first French fight, one of the actors actually strikes the castle with his sword. The strike leaves a mark on the castle. And yes, there is a stage musical. It’s called Spamalot, and it’s really funny. And if you missed it, the ending was a literal cop out
It was John Cleese who hits the wall and for a special feature on the DVD, he and Michael Palin went back to Dunne Castle where most of the movie was shot and you can rent some coconuts to bang together when you visit.
@@weldonwin I love that they had to buy copies of their own script from the gift shop.
...and there was great rejoicing...
It does my heart so good to see someone fully 35 years after I saw this movie laugh their ass off at seeing it for the first time just as hard as I did with my friends back then. So much gold you just forget some of it and I laughed all over again watching this reaction. Great stuff.
When John Cleese was playing Tim the Wizard he forgot the long, complicated name he was supposed to say after "but there are some who call me" and just said ...Tim
That's a myth, this was actually an intentional joke in the script.
My favorite line is the Scots castle owner who, after Sir Lancelot has slaughtered half of the wedding guests, says, “This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not argue and bicker over who killed who!”
I always bring this line out when at a wedding reception
"Ooo kelled ooo."
Scots.?......go back and listen to his accent..!
They weren't scots, the lords accent is more of a Yorkshire accent, they do sound q bit similar tho being up north and all
'You fell out of the tall tower you creep.' God their delivery was fucking sublime
If you listen to the scene "Constitutional Peasants", it actually makes perfect sense.
They are running an "Anarcho Syndicalist Commune"
Which is, amazingly enough, a real thing.
Every line of this movie is a quote! Even the credits are hysterical.
honestly the credits are my favourite part
I love the quick jokes that Arthur kept mixing up 5 and 3. Like when he's about to throw the grenade.
"Lobbest thou" LMAO
The coconut gag was only supposed to be for just that one scene but because it was cheaper than renting real horses they kept it in. That castle actually has a halved coconut for tourists to play around with.
I had been told England was trying to sell more coconuts and MP being MP couldn't resist this gag. Also much cheaper than getting real horses.
Great to see someone who has "lost it" before the actual film starts. Welcome to Python.
Fun fact: Warcraft 3 Peons uses monthy python quotes. "Help Help Im being repressed" is one of them.
First time I showed a friend of mine this movie for the first time at the end he turned towards me and goes "it seriously ends like that?" and I look him in the eye with the biggest grin in the world and went "It's a cop out!"
He hit me in the face with a pillow so hard I fell off the couch.
I will never forget our daughter's shock and outrage at the ending. Her despairing shriek of "THAT'S IT???" was delightful.
“Your mother was a Hampster and your father smelled of elderberries!” That’s the line. 😆
I like the 'p' in hamster - sounds furniture...ish...
Clan Hampster was known for its silliness.
If I remember correctly, “hamster” was a term back then for having many babies. So he is essentially calling King Arthur’s mother a slut.
I’m not sure about elderberries though
There’s a episode of Game of Thrones where Danaerys’ champion is meeting with the champion of Mereen, the opposing champ utters a number of insults in Low Valyrian, including “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.”
Game of Thrones is last thing I’d expect to see a Monty Python reference!
Probably my favorite line of the film.
The cops were looking for the murderer of the historian. The ending is a literal cop out.
What ... are the last words uttered in the film?
That is actually illegal. In canon from Monty Python's Flying Circus, it is illegal to end a sketch by having the police arrest everyone. Which leads to an endless loop of more police arriving to arrest the previous police.
The jokes that are often missed in this movie are stuff that people who have been studying Arthurian legends would've learned, like in "The Tale of Sir Galahad" section it showed at the beginning that he was the one who (almost) found the Grail, referencing Galahad and Percival (who were two of the youngest knights of the Round Table) being sent on a quest to obtain the Holy Grail. In some versions it was Galahad who got it on account of his purity/chastity, in others it was Percival. Another joke in this particular section is it was Lancelot who rescued Galahad after he almost fell to certain temptation and warning Galahad - his son, at least according to Arthurian legends - of the perils of promiscuous women, while the fact is that Lancelot was among the most unchaste and promiscuous of the Knights of the Round Table (most of his tales revolves around princesses and damsels).
"...with nasty big pointy teeth." followed by the teeth gesture is my fav. My daughter does it so well it breaks me up every time.
"Follow...
BUT! Follow ONLY if ye be men of VALOR! For guarding the entrance to this cave is a creature, SO FOUL, SO CRUEL, that no man yet has fought with it and lived!
Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about it's lair!
SO brave knights, if you do doubt yer courage, OR yer strength, come nae further, for Death awaits you all! With nasty big, pointy teeth!" 🐇
Coconuts a reference back to radio shows. Before TV. Before visuals. Bang coconuts together, and you tell the listener someone is arriving by horse (trotting, galloping, etc.). MP had no budget for real horses.
So, they improvised…. Coconuts
Making references and quoting this movie is what we old people used to do before the internet and memes and gifs.
They didn't have enough money to film a climatic battle scene, so they went with a literal cop out for the ending.
I don't know if it shows up in other versions, but I have a DVD copy of the movie that I got many years ago. It actually starts off showing a different film, letting it run for a minute or so, then having someone grumble and "change the reels" to the actual movie. I love it so much, lol!
What I heard was that the theatrical version had been intended to start that way, but for whatever reason it didn't happen. So, the version on disc is "supposed to be" a fully restored version of the original film.
Monty Python are well known for trolling the audience.
That is the movie about a Swedish dentist that is referred to in the beginning credits! Many people don't even know it exists.
There's the milkman movie, and the one with the fighting accounting firms... yes, and they were part of the original. So people thought they went into the wrong movie.
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 I thought "The Crimson Mutual Assurance" was in "Meaning of Life"?
It was an early 1960s British comedy called Dentist on the Job, starring Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey. There’s a mad chase scene near the end, where they invade the set of the quiz show Take Your Pick.
In the Holy Grail DVD, Dentist on the Job plays up to the end of the opening titles, then you hear Terry Jones in a gruff voice saying “Wrong bloody film … Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
You must watch "The Life of Brian" by these guys! My favorite quote from this movie is"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?"
Monty Pythons Flying Circus was a favorite show of mine growing up! It was simply a SNL for the British. Glad you liked the movie!
Your reactions always enhance the humor of the films you react to! I keep coming back for more, keep it up!
The best part is that the coconut trees on many islands came as a result of coconuts drifting on ocean currents before washing up on shore.
So coconuts are, in fact, migratory.
@TheMirandalorianReacts, the "fart in your general direction" thing always got me too, on two levels. One, just a plain insult, the fart itself, but the second layer subtext, "I don't even care enough about you to fart directly in your face..." Thanks for sharing this with us.
I was the father of Herbert and Tim The Enchanter in a 2017 production of Spamalot. It was a dream to be in something Monty Python since I was a kid, watching the Monty Python tv series. The best comedy or musical I've ever been involved in!
"Everyone told me I was DAFT to build a castle in the swamp, but I built it anyway, just ta show 'em!
It sank into the swamp, so I built another. That sank into the swamp, so I built another one. That one burned down, fell over, THEN sank into the swamp; but the fourth one stayed up! And that's what you're getting, lad! the STRONGEST castle in these islands!" 😂
I got to play the French taunter in a 2010 Spamalot production. Best fun I’ve ever had in a musical.
I work as a dispatch for a taxi company and when I send a driver out on a call, I use the "right, off you go" line more than I should.
Do you ask three questions before giving them an address?
Show them the loveli lakes
Saying John Cleese is "best known" for playing Nearly Headless Nick is like saying Selina Gomez is best known for _Barney & Friends._
She's best known for _The Big Short_
Sir Bedevere - "There are ways of telling whether she is a witch." Peasants - "What are they?" "Tell us!" "Do they hurt?"
I never thought people would only know John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick! For me he will always be Basil Fawlty. I highly recommend watching Fawlty Towers if you love John Cleese, it was written by (and starring) John Cleese and Connie Booth, who was the witch in this film.
Also his wife at time if writing FT 😊
Yessss omg i loved him in Fawlty Towers! A Miranda reaction to Fawlty Towers would be the best honestly, there aren't a lot of (fun) reactions to it.
@@kimii.i I totally lost it when Basil let Manual have it for not stopping O'Reilly from screwing up the doors in "The Builders" episode ......
@@Starrigger HAHAHHAAA me toooo i think that is one of my fav episodes
I cannot imagine only knowing John Cleese from that, I didn't even remember he was in Harry Potter. Also, there is too much butter uno duos tres.
So many funny lines, but "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" always slays me. Logic employed in the service of the silly is always comedy gold.
Try the TV series too - it changed my life when I was nine.
Also consider watching Life of Brian, it's even funnier than Judgement At Nuremburg ...
Watched the series for the first time over my friend's house, whose parents were English., when I was about 12. Saw the sketch of the oblivious Englishman walking from home to his job. Imagine my surprise when he doesn't notice the completely topless receptionist. The parents never batted an eye. My face was never more red in my life! Early 70's, and I didn't think things like that could be broadcast (it was a BBC broadcast)
@@user-cz6vx4dn3k "And now for something completely different..."
My wife: "The pillows are on your side of the bed again."
Me: "Are you suggesting pillows migrate?"
Most of this movie was filmed around Aberfoyle in Scotland including the slate quarry behind the village. The castle is Doune Castle to the east of Aberfoyle which also features in the Outlander series as Castle Leoch.
Now that you have watched, your quotes that pop into your head are forever revised. "Run Away!!!"
I have heard of people in the Society for Creative Anachronism (wiki it- neither reenactment nor renfaire) actually dressing up in period costumes, with musicians playing period instruments, and performing as Sir Robin's Minstrels
Graham Chapman's wonderful performance as King Arthur is even more impressive considering he was a full blown alcoholic at this point, barely able to stand up, let alone remember any of his lines
If you notice there is never a continuous shot of him doing his lines. Because he was drinking so much at the time he constantly had to stop and be reminded of his lines. They just spliced his audio together and cut away from the video footage to cover it
I've seen 10 people review this movie, and you by far did the best editing! You didn't cut a single punchline and that's not easy!
That is all my editor! This video was so difficult because of the copyright! It seriously had like 8 copyright claims for 3 separate re-edits! I'm glad we were able to preserve most of the scenes and jokes!
The “Bloody weather” punchline was cut. Then again, _everyone_ cuts that one. 😠
@@TheMirandalorianReactsWell, you did cut the "forever running at the castle" bit, but you did imply it.
@@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Cut down would be accurate. Parts of it are there.
@@treetopjones737 I did mean to write cut down. Usually I catch and fix mistakes as soon as I post.
The ending is brilliant because its a literal cop out
Idk if anyone said this yet, but when The Knights of the Round Table were being taunted by the French knight, and he said "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries." What he is saying is that his mother "slept around" and his father was a drunk. Hamsters breed a lot, and elderberry wine was popular at the time this film is set in.
In the end they didn’t have the budget for the huge fight scene so they decided to end on a literal “cop out” instead 😂
Best part is, besides having the actors in proper historical costume for the Arthurian legend (not the historical Arthur) in the final battle scene, if you look closely as they pan across the warriors, there are actually reenactors from Middle Ages to English Civil War to WWI.
*Spends the first 5 minutes reading subtitles under the credits*
Stares at a black screen at the end of the movie.
"Where are the credits???"
Classic. My friends and I still use, "Bring out your dead!"
Followed by an "I'm not dead.." I'm putting it in my will that these words be on my tombstone. Well that or "Build a bridge out of her!"
This movie has my all time favorite quote (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords…) but it’s also got the quote that pops in my head randomly most often, usually when meeting someone new or ppl watching …”What a strange person”
It takes talent to make a movie so scuffed it becomes the stuff of legends
So many things I love about this movie: the recurring swallow joke especially when Bedevere is trying to tie the coconut to the swallow, Arthur continually confusing 5 for 3, Bedevere having difficulty correctly pronouncing "Ni", the fourth wall breaks throughout, the fact that whoever killed the historian couldn't have possibly been any of Arthur's grail-seekers because he rode by on a real live horse, etc.
Favorite bit: the guards who can't quite get a handle on their instructions, which comes back as Lancelot storms in
Favorite MP movie: Some might say it's a pass but I love And Now For Something Completely Different specifically because it's so disjointed and nonsensical
Hope the next one you check out is The Meaning of Life
"A moose once bit my sister'
You : wait... WHAT ?.
Oh god, I love you so much. Your laughter, your joy and enthusiasm is contagious. You just lifted my mood up so high. Thank you!
This was adapted into a Broadway Musical titled Spamalot, it was written by the few remaining cast members of the Monty Python group and it does expand on many of the songs but does do its own thing, the Lady of the Lake actually has a much more important role in the musical
The little Intermission is a nod to old epic movies like this is parodying, ones with runtimes over three hours that had a break planned in the middle of the movie, making it feel more like a night at the opera than just a movie screening. Ben-Hur, for example, has an intermission mark a little over two hours into its nearly four-hour runtime
Monty Python is so brilliant. Rapid fire comedy that hits you at every angle, but is very intelligent comedy. Love it.
Just found your channel and I can't say I've laughed at a reaction as much as this one. Your laugh is infectious. Great content!
You have a very charming laugh! 🙂
The scene with the guards following the king out after his exhausting explanation always gets me. The way it drags on and on is hilarious.
"Don't let anyone leave the room!"
My my, you ARE a newcomer to " Python"!
I saw this film 40 years ago!
stop making us all feel old
For those of us in the UK, of a certain generation - we grew up with Monty Python on TV, and also The Goodies on kids' TV which was from the same extended milieu of 1960s performers, and weird ass movies like this and Life of Brian and Time Bandits... we didn't need drugs. The only thing that amazes me is, for something so British, how well it travels abroad.
I remember growing up in Minnesota USA in the 80s-90's and staying up late on weekends to watch Month Python's Flying Circus with my dad.
I'll give you a bit more amazement....
Monty Python's Flying Circus was aired UNEDITED on PBS out of Buffalo in the '80s. Surprising because they wouldn't show art if a prude might... MIGHT ... find offense.
I have the 16 Ton collection... it's worth it just to see them uncut, since you won't see that on the air in the US anymore. (At least not on the channels I watch.)
This movie is such an ingrained part of my life, it was fun to watch someone young watch it for the first time. Comedic talent tends to be out there and this proves the point. Thank you for helping me love this all over again.
PLEASE REACT TO MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE! Delightful reaction video :) I wonder how much Python you'll watch before you're able to tell the guys apart in all their different roles and recognize their individual vibes like the mega nerd I am. So much to enjoy.
Life of Brian first!
I saw this film when it very first came out.
So .. can you imagine a whole cinema full of people saying ''Is that it ?''
"Who's gonna bang my coconuts?" 😂
Oh, bless your happy heart, lass! You've given me another fine memory of this film to add to my collection! 🤗
Well you have a new subscriber now. So glad you have met and enjoyed the Pythoners!
So glad I got to share your first run through of this excellent filem. Practically everyone I consider worth knowing has seen it many MANY times (its got excellent replay value), and have only had the honour of showing one person it for the first time. I was raised on the quotes and other Python stuff, so I knew what I was getting into. but it catches so many people off guard. beautiful.
Im going to go watch the camelot scene on repeat now. yes, I can sing every word. no, it will never not be hilarious. On second thought, lets not go to camelot, tis a silly place.
My husband decided to ask me out because I could sing the Bravely Bold Sir Robin song! Did you ever get the album?
Mel Brooks kills her, Monty Python heals her. That's a partnership.
You have to remember that Sir Lancelot went on a rampage killing all those innocent actors, that is why the police got involved and stopped the filming.
It was when the knight killed the Famous Historian.
Which is actually par for the course for Lancelot, he really got a bloodthirsty reputation in the Arthurian legends.
The other thing to note here is the knight that killed the historian had an actual horse and not coconuts. So the round table were framed
The historian was killed by someone that had an actual horse, and not coconuts...
It was because the elderly historian got killed by a knight mounted on the only horse in the film.
The ultimate roast by the Frenchman was great lol “I fart in your general direction!”
Just discovered your channel, judging by your reactions to Airplane and this I would say that “Top Secret” would be up your alley
Oh man when you cracked up at “I’ll wave my private parts at your aunties!” I just died. That part splits my sides every time
You'd win that bet.
There is a stage musical of Holy Grail called Spamalot.
And it has Tim Curry.
funny story, true story about Tim.
John Cleese was supposed to give a long, complicated, mystical sounding name.
But on the day, he completely forgot his lines and just went "Uh.... Tim???"
They liked it so much that they just kept it in the film.
It was on broadway, toured, and is coming back to broadway soon
that is not a true story about tim the enchanter. its a commonly believed myth cleese has debunked.
My husband and I saw Spamalot on Broadway with Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce. It was fantastic!
I'm glad you enjoyed the movie as much as I enjoyed your reaction to it. I've seen it so many times and never really get tired of it. Great video and yes, I am a fellow Ohioan! :)
Oh I seriously want movie evenings with you (and Jason Brant for serious humour) but I have to settle with reactin vids, but I thank you for making my movie nights a lot cuter. That is something that Jason Brant can't do. ;) Thank you again. You make me smile, and that is a lot more than most youtubers can do.
GREAT reaction Miranda!! When it comes to Python expectations, throw it ALL out the window - the only expectation one must have is it will be chaotic, random, nonsensical, and above all, absurd - and it's that absurdity that is Monty Python!!
They are known (through their sketch comedy series) for the animations (all done by Terry Gilliam) that segue one segment to the next. It's kind of their trademark!
This is such a rewatchable movie - in part because it's absolutely hilarious, but also because it's so fast, you notice things on repeat watchings that you didn't see/hear before!
I'm glad my kids share my, and my wife's sense of humour - they LOVE this movie too! So much so that there are many quotable moments in our household from it!
My favourite will always be when Arthur meets the peasants in the field "Look, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government..."
Cheers!
"Did they ever find the Holy Grail?"
Oh yah, forgot 'bout that...
So far loving all your reactions, this is my fifth! (and your beauty, your smile and your laughter)!
It made me happy and also cry that this is you're first Monty Python and you "got" it. There's so many more (not enough) and I hope you check them out. My favorite is Life of Brian with Meaning of Life being second.
Flying Circus too. Their skit show. Kinda like Strangers With Candy but more intelligent.
I love seeing people react to this film as it is Peak Monty Python! It condenses what this band of British knuckle heads brought to comedy, chaos and thought in equal measure. Subversive satirical comedy owes it's existence to the Pythons. And yes this did become a Broadway show, Spamalot which combines the movie with music and classic Python bits.
Saw the road company of Spamalot. The actor playing Arthur was actually playing Tim Curry (the original Broadway actor) playing Arthur. And he absolutely nailed it! That performance deserved a Tony Award.
Subscribed, loved that reaction... you MUST watch "Life of Brian" its even better!
Yesssss we need a Miranda Life Of Brian reaction
Eric Idle is truly talented, he did the music for this movie and also most other things Python did. His songs in The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life are truly timeless and amazing.
Thanks for this video! Your laughter and expressions are really cute and beautiful.
Thank you do much for this and the wonderful comment! Your support is always appreciated ❤️
Had a blast watching you react to Britain's version of Airplane! Too many quotes were awesome in this one. Your love of the theater once again was satisfied, and you singing along is priceless! I'll be waiting for your next review!!!
And "Airplane!" is ten times funnier if you saw the four serious movies that it was a parody of- "Airport" (1970), "Airport '75", "Airport '77" and "Concorde: Airport '79." Yes, the dates are actually part of the titles.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I LOVED your reaction to it. You’re adorable and I’m subscribing!
13:32 I’ve watched this movie so many times and never noticed the coconut! 😂 Great catch!
Great 1st time reaction! Still use many of those one-liners! Next, I recommend "This Is Spinal Tap". 😉 Peace
Love your vids! Being a Gen Xer, its fun seeing younger generations check out our humor back then. This really helps my mood and my depression! Thank you!
It's so hard to choose a favorite line, but the most quoted between me and my fellow drama friends in high school, I know, shock horror, was "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
But the thing we were MOST obsessed with, and I hope you can find it in your heart to watch a few... was Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Ours was always 'Moist Bint' It's my favourite put down
“Your father smelled of elderberries” is an insult because elderberries were used to make alcohol. It implies the father is a drunk.
"The animator suffered a fatal heart attack" is one of my favorite moments.
Also the fact that they all play so many characters is hilarious.
That broke our daughter's brain almost as bad as the ending. ((Shrek voice)) "That explains a lot. . ."
They ran out of money and needed an immediate ending. The cops busting everyone is what they came up with.
But there's a last little actual ending moment, a line, beyond that.
I remember being in school in the late 1970s and quoting whole sections of Monty Python in the playground. I still remember most of the lines to this day.
Your favorite French knight is played by John Cleese. He played many other parts as well. His voice is the give away.
I loved your reaction and it is something you need to see more than once. I’m so happy you enjoyed it. Not everyone gets the humor. It is very British. I lived in London in 1970 and Monty Pythons Flying Circus was on the television weekly. If you look for some of those episodes you will have a better understanding of the films. John Cleese was also the star of Fawlty Towers and don’t forget A Fish Called Wanda.
When i was in college we used to have PythonFest parties and would watch the Python movies, but Holy Grail is definitely my favorite. I had the pleasure of seeing one of Eric Idle's touring shows in 2000 when the Python guys weren't getting along (which was often since the 80s) and the show was called "Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python". Absolutely one of the funniest live stage shows i've ever been too and went home with a literal stomachache from laughing so hard all night. Absolute legends these guys.