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With all the light-hearted political debate and/or flaming, I thought we should discuss and debate some serious topics! How bout Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

What do you mean? Like debating the merits of African and European swallows?

European ALL THE WAY. African got nothing. You hear me? NOTHIN! Seriously though, this is an awesome tiopic. What happened to Lancelot?

I've heard anarchists appear in it.

What is the air speed velocity of a swallow?

I've heard anarchists appear in it.Ignore the anarchist everybody. He's covered in shit. :D

What is the air speed velocity of a swallow?
African or European?

Without a doubt...the Pythons' best movie.

African or European?

Ignore the anarchist everybody. He's covered in shit. :D
Don't be insulted by it Letila. It is a film reference.



King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: 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.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' 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.
Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
Dennis: Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
[Arthur Attacks]
Dennis: Come see the violence inherent in the system. Help, help, I'm being repressed.

MUAHAHAHA I DEBATE YOU!!!

Robin Hood Men In Tights was better!!!!

MUAHAHAHA I DEBATE YOU!!!

Robin Hood Men In Tights was better!!!!

No way!

No way!

Way

Way
Blasphemy!! :mad:

Way
No way. Dude.

Brooks...Python....different humor....apples to pears.

My god, that was a horrid recreation of the best scene in the movie! ;) (j/k) but you did leave something out.And he wasn't an anarchist, really, simply an anarcho-syndicalist communist.

[link] (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6670196#post6670196)

My god, that was a horrid recreation of the best scene in the movie! And he wasn't an anarchist, really, simply an anarcho-syndicalist communist.
Sorry. But short of ripping it off a DVD (I don't have) it is the best I could do.

It was all correct though.

No way is men in tights better than python. And Dennis sounds like more of a marxist than an anarchist. Either way, i prefer the scene where he duels with the knight in the forest clearing.

"TIS BUT A SCRATCH!"

The answer is clear!

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."

and for those who prefer brooks:

Prince: Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it?
Latrine: We changed it in the 9th century.
Prince: You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"?
Latrine: Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse."
Prince: It's a good change. That's a good change!

As far as remember Dennis says the peasants are members of an Anarchic-Syndicalist collective.

"Just a flesh wound"

I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicist commune, we take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.
http://www.uselessmoviequotes.com/umq_m010.htm

Python is better that Robin Hood. And if do you do not agree, we shall say "NI" to you.

It's my favorite scene, I think I memorized it, can't promise though...anyways, here goes...Letila, you'd enjoy this :P

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Arthur Old Woman!

Dennis Man!

Arthur Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle?

Dennis I'm 37.

Arthur What?

Dennis I'm 37, I'm not old.

Arthur Well, I couldn't just call you 'man. '

Dennis You could say, 'Dennis.'

Arthur I didn't know you were called Dennis.

Dennis Didn't bother to find out, now, did you?

Arthur Well, I did say sorry about the 'old woman,' but from behind you looked...

Dennis What I object to is that you automatically treat me like an inferior!

Arthur Well, I am king...

Dennis Oh, king, very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma, which perpetuates the economic and social differences, in our society. If there's every going to be any progress --

Woman (enters out of nowhere and played by a squeaky male actor) Dennis! There's some lovely filth out here. Oh...how d'you do?

Arthur How d'you do, good lady. I am Arthur, king of the Britains.

Woman King of th' who?

Arthur The Britains!

Woman Who are the Britains?

Arthur Well - we all are, we're all Britains, and I am your king.

Woman I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

Dennis You're fooling yourself! We're living in a dictatorship; a self-perpetuating autocracy, from which the working classes-

Woman Oh there you go, bringing class into it again

Dennis But that's what it's all about! If only people would -

Arthur Please, please, good people! I am in haste. What knight lives in that castle?

Dennis No one lives there.

Arthur Then who is your lord?

Dennis We don't have a lord.

Arthur What!?

Dennis I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns - to act as a sort of executive officer of the week.

Arthur Yes.

Dennis And all the decisions of that officer, have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting -

Arthur Yes, I see.

Dennis ...by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs -

Arthur Be quiet!

Dennis ...but by a two-thirds majority, in the case of ex-

Arthur Be quiet, I order you to be quiet!

Woman Order, eh? Who does he think he is?

Arthur I am your king!

Woman Well, I didn't vote for you!

Arthur You don't vote for kings!..

Woman Well, how'd you become king, then?

Arthur (heavenly choir in background) The lady of th' lake...her arms clad in the purest shimmering sabite...held aloft Exalibur from the bottom of the water...signifying, by Divine Providence, that I, Arthur, was to carry excalibur...(end choir)...THAT is why I am your king!

Dennis Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government. Supreme Executive Power, derives from a mandate of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

Arthur Be quiet!

Dennis But you can't expect to wield supreme executive power, just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!?

Arthur Shut up!

Dennis I mean, if I went around, saying I was an Emperor, just because some moisented bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Arthur Shut up, will you, shut up! (Goes over and starts roughing him up)

Dennis Ah! Now we see the violence inherent in the system! Come see the violence inherent in the system!

Arthur Shut up!

Dennis 'Elp, help, I'm being repressed, I'm being repressed! (group of peasants gather) There! Did you see that? Did you see him repressing me? That's what I'm on about. You saw it, didn' you?



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Python is better that Robin Hood. And if do you do not agree, we shall say "NI" to you.


Very well! If you shall not agree with our every whim voluntarily...Ni!

Very well! If you shall not agree with our every whim voluntarily...Ni!

Please, please! No more!

Monty Python and the Holy Grail......GREATEST MOVIE EVER :)

MUAHAHAHA I DEBATE YOU!!!

Robin Hood Men In Tights was better!!!!


I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hampster! And your father smelt of elder barries!!

English kinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnigits!

MUAHAHAHA I DEBATE YOU!!!

Robin Hood Men In Tights was better!!!!
Brooks to Python and you chose to throw out Men InTights? Puh-leeze. Blazing Saddles might work (the non-bowderized version, I saw the bowderized version and it's lame) as competition for The Holy Grail but Men InTights isn't fit to challenge The Meaning of Life.

The answer is clear!

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

Damn you!!! You beat me to it.

And the scene with Dennis the Peasant is without doubt the funniest part of the movie.

I'm a history major with a focus on Medieval Studies. Sometimes I laugh out loud during class..I can't help it; I start thinking about The Holy Grail and I just can't stop giggling. I told my prof about it and he's never seen the movie. Can you believe that?!!!

Germans..when will they get a sense of humor?
(When the British sell them their secret joke that virtually wiped out hundreds of German regiments during WWII ~ who's seen that skit from the Monty Python tele series?)

I know it's not Holy Grail, but what have the Romans ever done for us?

''Tis a mere flesh wound. '
'Your arms off!'

Python is better that Robin Hood. And if do you do not agree, we shall say "NI" to you.Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.

MUAHAHAHA I DEBATE YOU!!!

Robin Hood Men In Tights was better!!!!

That movie sucked.

MP and the Holy Grail is great. I love the holy handgrenade ;)

Men In tights!
Bloody peasant.

I have to say that Life of Brian was their best movie but Holy Grail is still incredibly funny.
What is your name?
What is your favourite Colour?
What is the capital of Assyria?
What I don't know that arrrrgh!!!!!

Yeah such a wonderful movie, I have it on DVD, one of the special features is the Japanese version of a few scenes, "holy grail" is "holy sake cup"

I know it's not Holy Grail, but what have the Romans ever done for us?
That is the superior movie in my mind, although Grail is damn good (and Men in Tights isn't even in the same league--that's Brooks' 5th or 6th best film).

That's nobody's fault, not even the Romans.

"It seemed like there was no escape for king Aurther and his Knights
But then!
The animator had a fatal heart attack."

And

"it's only a little bunny."
*Knight gets killed*

And

"Lancilot where are you Lancilot.2

And.

"How far can a swollow flyin a day?"
"Europian or African."
"I don't know...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

And

"You must bring us a shrubbery!"

I prefer Holy Grail. TLOB was a little sick in the end. Though the Messiah bit was funny. And the stoneing.

The thing I liked most of all about TLOB was the subversiveness--Holy Grail was funnier from joke to joke, but TLOB was just a jab in the eye to traditional religion, and I will forever appreciate that about it.

The thing I liked most of all about TLOB was the subversiveness--Holy Grail was funnier from joke to joke, but TLOB was just a jab in the eye to traditional religion, and I will forever appreciate that about it.
It was, but the stoneing...

The meaning of life was better!!!

Monty Pythons LoB is by far the best of the bunch.

As far as Brooks films, I personally think Spaceballs was a classic.

LoB favourite scenes inlude...
1) "Spare a sheckle for an old ex-leper"
"Did you say EX-leper?"

2) "From now on I want to be known as Loretta."
"But why do you want to be called Loretta, Stan?"
"I want babies. It's every mans right to have babies."
"But you don't have a womb. Where is the foetus going to gestate? In a box?"

3) "You lucky, lucky bastard"

4) "Here! This bloke won't haggle!"

5) "I'm a Yid, a Kike, a heeby. I'm a hook-nose, a red sea pedestrian. I am Kosher mum, and i'm proud of it."

and who can forget the infamous...
6) "Behold the Messiah!"
"He's NOT the messiah. He's a very naughty boy!"

Without a doubt...the Pythons' best movie.
While I do enjoy the movie I have to argue

Something along "life of brian" or "meaning of life" have to be a BIT better :)

But I love all things monty python (there has to be SOME reason I am in the montypython region) :-D

Monty Python is THE BEST COMEDY SHOW EVER!

British comedy is much better than our American comedy. Outside of Simpsons, Futruerama, and Family Guy, there is no funny American show I like.

FAV Brit Comedy:

Coupling
Monty Pyton
Father Ted
Are you being Served? (One of the character's last names is the same as my own lol, try to guess who)
My Family

Monty Python is THE BEST COMEDY SHOW EVER!

British comedy is much better than our American comedy. Outside of Simpsons, Futruerama, and Family Guy, there is no funny American show I like.

FAV Brit Comedy:

Coupling
Monty Pyton
Father Ted
Are you being Served? (One of the character's last names is the same as my own lol, try to guess who)
My Family
Family Guy?
Don't forget,
Dads army, blackadder, Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Vicar if Dibly, The Office ect. All class comady.

Oh yeah! You reminded me of some more:

Blackadder
The Thin Blue Line
Yes Minister
The Office

The rest I've never heard of. I only get BBC America and most of the time it is devoted to gardening and home repair shows.

Germans..when will they get a sense of humor?
(When the British sell them their secret joke that virtually wiped out hundreds of German regiments during WWII ~ who's seen that skit from the Monty Python tele series?)
"Code breakers worked day and night, only allowed to decypher one word. One tried to do two but he went into a coma"

Or something like that

3) "You lucky, lucky bastard"

I always thought that the bit before this was just put in because a bit was left in the budget. Never bothered to check though.

"Thamthan the theven thaduccees thrangular."

The thing I liked most of all about TLOB was the subversiveness--Holy Grail was funnier from joke to joke, but TLOB was just a jab in the eye to traditional religion, and I will forever appreciate that about it.
Totally agree, tho my favourite bit has nothing to do with it's religious farce:

Brian:{... You don't need a messiah ...} "you're all different"
Crowd: "we're all individuals!"
Brian: "you're all different"
Crowd: "We're all different!"
OLV: "I'm not!"

TBH, the original influence for the whole Monty Python organism was far, FAR funnier. I speak of course .... *hushed, awed tones* ... of "The Goon Show" without which there would've been no Monty Python *Bows down before life-sized statues of Sellers and Milligan*

Ignore the anarchist everybody. He's covered in shit. :D
"I thought we lived in an autonomous commune"
"No, I am Arthur, your King"
"Well I sure didnt vote for you"
"You dont vote for a king"
"That shows the failures of this system"


"Look at me, Im being repressed, look at him repressing me"


"How do you know he a King?"
"because hes not covered in shit"

King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: 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.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' 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.
Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
Dennis: Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
[Arthur Attacks]
Dennis: Come see the violence inherent in the system. Help, help, I'm being repressed.
Funniest part of the movie!

I think we may have reached a consensus on that point

... wait ... no, no. I disagree ...

*is cut down and trampled by angry mob of peasants reciting the Parrot Sketch*

"What ALSO floats on water?"
"..."
"Small rocks!"
"A duck!"

Hehe, the whole witch scene is my favorite part of the movie.

"She turned me into a newt!"
"A newt?"
"I got better..."

I just bought the movie 2 days ago too ha. Awesome movie.

"Code breakers worked day and night, only allowed to decypher one word. One tried to do two but he went into a coma"

Or something like that

Bravo!!!
:D
I love Monty Python so much I named my first cat after the Doug and Pirannah(sp?) Dinsdale Brothers episode. The cats name was Dinsdale.

"Every Sunday he'd come round lunchtime and nail my head to the floor."

speaking of Python, my favorite sketch will always be the dead parrot.
And my favorite song will always be the lumberjack song.
The best Python movie is live at the Hollywood Bowl.

How many men you got here, colonel?

Oh, er ... seven thousand infantry, six hundred artillery, and er, two divisions of paratroops.

Paratroops, Dino.

Be a shame if someone was to set fire to them.

Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne

"Bring out yer dead. Bring out yer dead."
" I'm not dead yet."
"Oh, shut up,,,,you will be soon."
" I want to go for a walk."
" I feel happy."

Best effen movie they've put out.

Ne Ne Ne Ne NeWe are no longer the Knights who say "Ni". We are now the Knights who say "Icky-Icky-Icky-Icky-Pikang-Booooing-Good'm-Zoo-Awli-Ziv".

the paperbok was awesome my favorate page was P71 and the safty instructions

How many men you got here, colonel?

Oh, er ... seven thousand infantry, six hundred artillery, and er, two divisions of paratroops.

Paratroops, Dino.

Be a shame if someone was to set fire to them.

Ahahahahahaha....
Love that, absolutely brilliant!!!!

I dub thee A true Monty Python fan-atic.

Ahahahahahaha....
Love that, absolutely brilliant!!!!

I dub thee A true Monty Python fan-atic.
I've only read one of the books. I can't rember what iot was called. it had squadron Leader Bigglesworth in it adn the story. Biggles the combletly silly.

I know it's not Holy Grail, but what have the Romans ever done for us?

Everything, for everything comes from the most wholly wonderful language of latin. Even you! Always look on the bright side of life. :whistle:

And now, for something compleeeetely different...I don't want to do this...I don't want to be a nation-state player...I wanted to be...a lumberjack!

Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! The Giant Redwood! The larch! The fir! The might scots-pine! The lofty flowering cherry! The plucky little aspen! The limping roo tree of nigeria! The maindenhead weeping waterplant! The towering wattle of aldershot! The flatulent elm of West Ruislip! The Quercus Maximus Bamber Gascogni! The Epigillus, the Barter Hughius Greenus! With my best buddy at my side! We'd sing, sing, sing!....Oh, I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay...

[I'm not sure about the order of some of the trees, and may be missing some, but I think I've memorized it :)]

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/anthraxg.jpg

GALAHAD: I have seen the Grail! I have seen it - here in this castle!
DINGO: No! Oh, no! Bad ... bad Zoot!
GALAHAD: What is it?
DINGO: Bad, wicked, naughty Zoot! She has been setting fire to our beacon,which - I have just remembered - is grail-shaped ... It is not the first time we've had this problem.
GALAHAD: It's not the real Grail?
DINGO: Wicked wicked Zoot ... she is a bad person and she must pay the penalty. And here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment... you must tie her down on a bed ... and spank her. Come!
GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking!
DINGO: You must spank her well and after you have spanked her you may deal with her as you like and then ... spank me.
AMAZING: And spank me!
STUNNER: And me.
LOVELY: And me.
DINGO: Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking!
GIRLS: A spanking. A spanking. There is going to be a spanking tonight.
DINGO: And after the spanking ... the oral sex.
GALAHAD: Oh, dear! Well, I...
GIRLS: The oral sex ... The oral sex.
GALAHAD: Well, I suppose I could stay a BIT longer.

Romane Eunt Domus!

Romane Eunt Domus!

What's this thing?

"ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"?

"People called Romanes they go the house"?

What's this thing?

"ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"?

"People called Romanes they go the house"?Idiomatic. "there goes the neighborhood."

***edit. Romane as opposed to Romanes is an adverb. The translation is literally "in the manner of the Romans" and is usually translated as "bluntly" or "candidly" or "frankly".***

Idiomatic. "there goes the neighborhood."
lol, i was thinking "romans go home"

:cool: :mp5: monty pythonn kicks ass

Idiomatic. "there goes the neighborhood."

***edit. Romane as opposed to Romanes is an adverb. The translation is literally "in the manner of the Romans" and is usually translated as "bluntly" or "candidly" or "frankly".***

LOL. I was assuming, given the thread, that the person was referring to the scene in Life of Brian where Brian paints "Romanes eunt domus" on the city walls to tell the Romans to leave, and gets caught by the Centurian:



Centurion: What's this then? Romanes eunt domus? People call themselves Romans they go the house?

Brian: It...it says: "Romans go home."

Centurion: No, it doesn't.

Brian: Aih.

Centurion: What's Latin for Romans? Come on!

Brian: Aih! Aah! Romanus!

Centurion: Goes like...?

Brian: Anis?

Centurion: Vocative plural of anis is...?

Brian: Ani?

Centurion: Romani...Eunt? What is eunt?

Brian: "Go"! De...

Centurion: Conjugate the verb "go"!

Brian: Aah...ere, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.

Centurion: So eunt is...?

Brian: Aah, ehm...third person plural present indicative. Ehm..."they go".

Centurion: But "Romans go home" is an order, so you must use the...?

Brian: Aih! Imperative!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Ehm, oh...oh, ehm...i, i!

Centurion: How many Romans?

Brian: Aah! it's...plural, plural! Ite! Ite!

Centurion: Ite.

Brian: Aah, ah.

Centurion: Domus? Nominative?

Brian: Ah, ah?

Centurion: "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?

Brian: Ehm...ehm...dative sir?

Sword: [Slinskt]

Brian: Aih! Ooh! Not dative, not the dative, sir! Nah, aah! Ooh! The...accusative! Accusative! Aah! Domum, sir! Ad domum!

Aah, ooh!

Centurion: Except that domus takes the...?

Brian: Aah! The locative, sir! Aah!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Domum! Aah, ah, aah...

Centurion: Domum...um. Understand?

Brian: Yes, sir!

Centurion: Now, write that a hundred times!

Brian: Yes, sir! Thank you, sir! Hail Caesar, sir!

Centurion: Hail Caesar! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.


At which point Brian writes "Romans Go Home" correctly 100 times on the city walls....

Yes in fact I was. I accidentally used Romane instead of Romanes.

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/anthraxg.jpg

GALAHAD: I have seen the Grail! I have seen it - here in this castle!
DINGO: No! Oh, no! Bad ... bad Zoot!
GALAHAD: What is it?
DINGO: Bad, wicked, naughty Zoot! She has been setting fire to our beacon,which - I have just remembered - is grail-shaped ... It is not the first time we've had this problem.
GALAHAD: It's not the real Grail?
DINGO: Wicked wicked Zoot ... she is a bad person and she must pay the penalty. And here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment... you must tie her down on a bed ... and spank her. Come!
GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking!
DINGO: You must spank her well and after you have spanked her you may deal with her as you like and then ... spank me.
AMAZING: And spank me!
STUNNER: And me.
LOVELY: And me.
DINGO: Yes, yes, you must give us all a good spanking!
GIRLS: A spanking. A spanking. There is going to be a spanking tonight.
DINGO: And after the spanking ... the oral sex.
GALAHAD: Oh, dear! Well, I...
GIRLS: The oral sex ... The oral sex.
GALAHAD: Well, I suppose I could stay a BIT longer.

"My name is Galahad, the Chaste"
"My name is Zoot, just Zoot"

Help Help I'm being repressed!!!

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberrys!

Nobody has mentioned the Meaning of Life. Is it not so popular?

I loved the line from Death.
"I hate you Americans. You just talk and you talk and you talk.... and you say things like ' I just wanna say this.'"

Hmm, perhaps that was why it wasn't popular.

(edit) The reason i ask is because the Holy Grail is my least favourite of the films, and after numerous quotes going up from the other films, i wondered why only 2 mentions of the Meaning of Life had been made... and no quotes. (other than a brief mention of 'Every Sperm is Sacred') Oh, and my choice of favourite lines from Meaning of life has no reflection upon my own feelings toward Americans. (just for clarification). I like Americans generally speaking, but the Death scene is also genuinely my favourite scene from the film. I also liked Mister Kreosote. "Just one wafer-thin mint sir?

This is the quote that made me think of this question....
While I do enjoy the movie I have to argue

Something along "life of brian" or "meaning of life" have to be a BIT better :)

For those that don't have a copy of the Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy, this is what the Python wrote as appraisals:

Really entertaining and fun - John Cleese

Much funnier than anything John Cleese has written - Terry Jones

I know for a fact that John Cleese has'nt read it - Graham Chapman

Who is John Cleese? - Eric Idle

Really entertaining and fun - Michael Palin

Nobody has mentioned the Meaning of Life. Is it not so popular?

I loved the line from Death.
"I hate you Americans. You just talk and you talk and you talk.... and you say things like ' I just wanna say this.'"

Hmm, perhaps that was why it wasn't popular.Well there was mention of The Sperm Song, but really this thread is about The Holy Grail not Monty Python in general. It is mostly about The Holy Grail. Well actually it seems to be mostly about The Holy Grail and The Life Of Brian. And some of the sketches from the shows. And some of the songs. But it is not about Monty Python in general, got that?

Well there was mention of The Sperm Song, but really this thread is about The Holy Grail not Monty Python in general. It is mostly about The Holy Grail. Well actually it seems to be mostly about The Holy Grail and The Life Of Brian. And some of the sketches from the shows. And some of the songs. But it is not about Monty Python in general, got that?
exactly. I guess thats how I made it right?

Well there was mention of The Sperm Song, but really this thread is about The Holy Grail not Monty Python in general. It is mostly about The Holy Grail. Well actually it seems to be mostly about The Holy Grail and The Life Of Brian. And some of the sketches from the shows. And some of the songs. But it is not about Monty Python in general, got that?

I am perfectly aware of the title of the thread, but after pages of discussions on The Life of Brian, and various other off topic posts, I really didn't think it would harm to ask why The Meaning of Life seemed less popular. Seems I was wrong.

I am perfectly aware of the title of the thread, but after pages of discussions on The Life of Brian, and various other off topic posts, I really didn't think it would harm to ask why The Meaning of Life seemed less popular. Seems I was wrong.
Right, everyone else here is able to stay on topic, but no you want to go off on a tangent. I forgot to mention that this thread in addtion to being about The Holy Grail, The Life Of Brian, The Sperm Song, some of the sketches, some of the songs is also about Mel Brooks movies compared to Monty Python movies and Monty Python books, as well as a few other things, but it is not a general Monty Python thread.

So I am not allowed to mention Selina Scott or any other philosophers then?

So I am not allowed to mention Selina Scott or any other philosophers then?I see no reason why not a long as it is relevant to the theme of the thread.

I don't believe it... You really ARE nit-picking at my post! My god, i didn't realise anyone could be that petty. If I had realised, then i would have added my reason for asking the question.

For arguments sake... my reason!

Wheras I like the Holy Grail, it is the poorest of the Monty Python films, with the possible exception of Jabberwocky (IMHO). I wondered why The Meaning of Life had recieved only two mentions, and no 'favourite quotes'. The Life of Brian, on the other hand, is in my mind their best work.

After so many off-topic posts, it never occurred to me that simply mentioning the Meaning of Life would get an off-topic post complaining that my post was off-topic! Perhaps i should have posted the quote from the post which made me think of the question, then you would have seen that my post was NOT off-topic, but very much IN topic.

....and in case you are thinking of responding to THIS with even MORE petty whining.... "NI! NI!" <--- (in topic)

Idiomatic. "there goes the neighborhood."

***edit. Romane as opposed to Romanes is an adverb. The translation is literally "in the manner of the Romans" and is usually translated as "bluntly" or "candidly" or "frankly".***


Off-topic! Try to stay with the theme of the thread. (Ooh, i see why you do it now. It is strangely satisfying in a petty kind of way... NOT)

Great movie!! But, im not sure if the swallow could really carry a coconut. THe weight ration isnt right.

Great movie!! But, im not sure if the swallow could really carry a coconut. THe weight ration isnt right.Suppose two swallows carried it together.

Fluffyness on the sea

Anyway, I don't know. The Meaning Of Life was excellent when it came out in the theatres but it just loses a lot on the small screen whereas The Holy Grail doesn't really lose much when viewed on the small screen. The Meaning Of Life has some decent quotes ("It's a Mr. Grim about the reaping" or "It's wafer thin") but is really most memorable for the music. I suspect The Meaning Of Life gets short shift because it wasn't so much a movie as long series of sketches, like an extra long episode of the series with higher production values. This means that while I might like The Machine That Goes Bing I see it as a MP sketch instead of as part of the movie, The Meaning Of Life.