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Monty Python

Haters of society
08-05-2005, 15:39
Monty Python.... who loves it? Who hates it? Who has never heard of it? And why does it rock/suck? Quote lines if you wish, but please avoid the Castle Anthrax scene from Holy Grail.

I think it rocks because it's intelligent humor, as opposed to "Spongebob Squarpants" type humor. Constitutonal peasents.... need I say more?
Perezuela
08-05-2005, 15:43
I haven't ever really watched him so I don't know. My favorite comedians are Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and of course Dave Chapelle.
Patra Caesar
08-05-2005, 15:48
I really liked the French taunts, John Cleese has always been a favourite of mine.
Koroser
08-05-2005, 15:50
"your Mother Was A Hampster And Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries!!!"
Haters of society
08-05-2005, 15:56
I haven't ever really watched him so I don't know. My favorite comedians are Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and of course Dave Chapelle.
When I say Monty Python, I mean the group, not the single person. Sorry, I should have made that clearer.
Ancient Valyria
08-05-2005, 15:58
Ni!
Dezzan
08-05-2005, 15:59
ah! such fond memories. The dead parrot sketch, the Spanish inquisition and the Eric the half bee (must ipso facto half not be :D)

some of MP was great great stuff but some of it was gross. The dross has faded from my ageing memory though :)
Dezzan
08-05-2005, 16:00
ooooo! i just remembered the philosopher's drinking song! :D
Collonie
08-05-2005, 16:00
What about more than Holy Grail what about Monty Python's Flying Circus.
"Hello on tonight's World Forum we have Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, V.I. Lenin and Che Guevara... Gentleman your first question the Hammers is the nickname of what English football team?"
Glitziness
08-05-2005, 16:07
Fantastic. I love the Four Yorkshiremen, Argument Sketch, Academy of Silly Walks, Dead Parrot Sketch, Spanish Inquisition, Travel Agent Sketch... oh and The Meaning Of Life... and Life Of Brian... heck, I love it all!
Gurdenvazk
08-05-2005, 16:07
"She turned me into a newt......I got betta"

<Insert Castle Anthraz quote here>
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 16:07
Ooh! My friend just bought the entire Flying Circus on DVD, so now I can finally see it!
I have seen Holy Grail though, and bits of Flying Circus.
Old Dobbs Town
08-05-2005, 16:09
..."flopsie's dead, and never called me mother"...

..."your cat appears to be suffering from what we vets don't have a name for"...

..."still, no sign of land. How long is it?

- that's a rather personal question, sir.

- no, I mean how long have we been in the lifeboat?"...

..."just answer this last question correctly, and that beautiful non-materialistic lounge suite will be all yours"...

..."crikey, redistributing wealth is trickier than it looks"...
Dimmimar
08-05-2005, 16:10
"John Smith ruined what was otherwise an excellently choreographed rape scene with his punctual cries of *well whats all this then?*"

:p

Oh, and the "O'w do you know you are an idiot?"

"I am an idiot!"

Sketch is my other favourite.... :p
Narsine
08-05-2005, 16:10
Ni!

It is truly a dark day when young men in the street can say "Ni!" at will to old ladies.

Monty Python is truly awe-inspiring. Hillarious, original, irreverent, it's close to perfect!

But they really do need one more waffer-thin mint!
Rokand
08-05-2005, 16:15
i love the scene in the Life of Brian where the theif is queuing up for crucifixion :D

Subtle yet hilarious
Draconis Nightcrawlis
08-05-2005, 16:24
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:31
"If ye have any doubt in your mind, turn back now, for death awaits you, with sharp-pointy teeth"







awesome, isnt it?
Jibea
08-05-2005, 16:33
A great group. In the Life of Brian there was a grand bigus dickus scene. Great. Also has good songs like in the beginning of The Meaning of Life and the end of The Life of Brian
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:34
"It's just resting!"
Eutrusca
08-05-2005, 16:35
Ni!
Do your worst, Sir! I'll never sell you a shrubbery!
Jibea
08-05-2005, 16:36
Do your worst, Sir! I'll never sell you a shrubbery!

What is that word? I believe it is either it or is. Oh well the knights of ni are now dead.
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:37
"He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken, to have his kneecaps split and his body burn away, and limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin. His head smashed in, and his heart cut out, and his liver removed, and his bowells unplugged, nostrils raped, and his bottom burned off and his penis..."







Who comes up with that? Only super duper funny people!




"May you wipe other people's bottoms."
Ink Cartridge
08-05-2005, 16:38
"It's just resting!"
All right then, if it's resting I'll wake it up.
Hello Polly! I've got a nice cuttlefish for you when you wake up, Polly Parrot!


Wow, a unanimous poll.
Fallanour
08-05-2005, 16:38
I second that wow
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:39
Originally posted by Jibea:
What is that word? I believe it is either it or is. Oh well the knights of ni are now dead.




The word is "it."
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:41
And now for something completely different
Narsine
08-05-2005, 16:41
Aaaaah! Nooooo! You said it!


Eeeek! I said it!

Eeeee! I said it again!


Absolutely classic.
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:44
*King Arthur and that knight dude (i forgot the name) are crossing the super scary bridge, the most climactic scene in the movie.*







Intermission!




Hilarious.
Ink Cartridge
08-05-2005, 16:45
How many of you have seen Spamalot?
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:47
None Shall Pass.
Takeizahausen
08-05-2005, 16:48
"Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate!?!" :eek:
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:52
Originally posted by Takeizahausen:
"Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate!?!" :eek:





"It's not a question of where he grabs it, it's a simple question of weight ratio. A five oz bird cannot carry a one pound coconut!"
Takeizahausen
08-05-2005, 16:54
"And then they were forced to eat Sir Robin's minstrels . . . and there was much rejoicing." :D
Greater Yubari
08-05-2005, 16:54
"This... is an ex-parrot!"


"I'm not Jewish, I'm a Roman!"
"A Woman?"
"No, no, Roman. [WHAP] Aagh!"
"So, your father was a Woman. Who was he?"
Kervoskia
08-05-2005, 16:55
"What is the air speed velocity of an unlaiden (is it?) swallow?

African or European?

Uh..I don't know. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Tribal Ecology
08-05-2005, 16:57
Spam Spam Spam Spam

Lovely Spaaaam. Lovely Spaaaam!
Markreich
08-05-2005, 16:57
IMHO, the best is the philosophical football (soccer) match between the Greeks and the Germans, with Confuscious refereeing. :D
Gambloshia
08-05-2005, 16:58
"Nope, it's too perilous"
Kervoskia
08-05-2005, 17:00
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.

David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, [some versions have 'Schopenhauer and Hegel']

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.

Plato, they say, could stick it away--
Half a crate of whisky every day.

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle.
Hobbes was fond of his dram,

And René Descartes was a drunken fart.
'I drink, therefore I am.'

Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker,
But a bugger when he's pissed.
Bonemeal
08-05-2005, 17:03
"life of Brain" was best I think, even in the opening...

"we have come to pay homage to the child"

"What! You're all drunk, it's disgusting"

"No, no, we followed a star to come here"

"Followed a bottle more like"


Has anyone seen the skit with the painting of the last supper? I almost wet myself...
Spameggsandspam
08-05-2005, 17:09
it is utterly foolish to list just one MP skit/scene since there are soooo many. One of my faves is the Olympic hide and seek championship. The hider is in some wrecked castle-like structure in Spain iirc and peers around the corner every now and then while the seeker starts in Britain and runs off to find him...classic howling ensues :)

for movie bits... 'bloody catholics filling up the bloody world with bloody kids they can't affore to bloody feed'. I believe that falls under 'The Meaning of Life' Part III The Third World...Yorkshire hehehehe

sooo many to choose from

SEAS
Gaian Foxes
08-05-2005, 17:11
I love monty python. I think i can now quote holy grail because ive seen it so many times. XP
Bonemeal
08-05-2005, 17:15
"The Meaning of life" was awesome. Comic Genius.

"but because the protestant church says I can wear one of those little rubber things on my John Thomas, I can have sex whenever I like!"
Paradiesonearth
08-05-2005, 17:29
I didn't expect that kind of spanish inquisition!
*wumm*
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

I'm a lumberjack and i'm okay....



I really love Michael Palin, he's my favorite...
CthulhuFhtagn
08-05-2005, 17:48
"No, no, no - it's spelt Raymond Luxury Yach-t, but it's pronounced 'Throatwabbler Mangrove'."
"You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you."
"Ah, anti-semitism!"
"Not at all. It's not even a proper nose. It's polystyrene."
"Give me my nose back."
"You can collect it at reception. Now go away."
"I want to be on the television."
"Well you can't."

"Excuse me, I would like to buy a fish licence, please. The man's sign must be wrong. I have in the past noticed a marked discrepancy between these post office signs and the activities carried on beneath. But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure! Hello, I would like to buy a fish licence, please."
"A what?"
"A licence for my pet fish, Eric."
"How did you know my name was Eric?'
"No, no, no. My fish's name is Eric. Eric the fish. 'E's an 'alibut."
"A what?"
"He is an halibut."
"You've got a pet halibut?"
"Yes, I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others. They were all too flat."
"You're a loony."
"I am not a loony! Why should I be tarred with the epithet 'loony' merely because I have a pet halibut? I've heard that Sir Gerald Nabbaro has a pet prawn called Simon, and you wouldn't call Sir Gerald a loony would you? Futhermore, Damn Palethorpe, the lady show jumper had a clam called Sir Stafford after the late Chancellor. Alan Bullock has two pikes, both called Norman, and the late, great Marcel Proust had an 'addock. If your're calling the author of 'A La Recherche du Temps Perdu' a loony I shall have to ask you to step outside."
"All right, all right, all right. You want a licence?"
"Yes."
"For a fish?"
"Yes."
"You are a loony."
"Look! It's a bleedin' pet, isn't it. I've got a licence for my pet dog, Eric, and I've got a licence for my pet cat, Eric."
"You don't need a licence for a cat."
"You bleeding well do, and I've got one. Ho, ho, you're not catching me out there."
"There's no such thing as a bloody cat licence."
"Yes there is."
"No there isn't."
"Is!"
"Isn't"
"Is."
"Isn't."
"Is."
"Isn't."
"Is."
"Isn't."
"Is."
"Isn't."
"Is."
"Isn't."
"What's that then?"
That is a dog licence with the word 'dog' crossed out and the word 'cat' written in in crayon."
"The man didn't have the proper form."
"What man?"
"The man from the cat detector van."
"Loony detector van you mean."
"It's people like you what causes unrest."
"All right, what cat detector van?"
"The cat detector van from the Ministry of Housing."
"Housinge???"
"Yes, it was spelt that way on the van. I'm very observant. I've never seen so many aerials in my life. The man told me their equipment could pin-point a purr at four hundred yards... and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake."
"How much did this cost?"
"Sixty quid, and eight guineas for the fruit bat."
"What fruit bat?"
"Eric the fruit bat."
"Are all your pets called Eric?"
"There's nothing so odd about that. Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie, all called Abdul."
"No he didn't."
"He did, he did, he did, he did and did. There you are. 'Kemal Ataturk, the Man' by E.W. Swanton with a foreword by Paul Anka, page 91, please."
"I owe you an apology, sir."
"Spoken like a gentleman. Now you are going to give me this fish licence?"
"I promise you there is no such thing. You don't need one."
"Then I would like a statement to that effect signed by the Lord Mayor."
"You're in luck."
Taverham high
08-05-2005, 18:12
my favourite sketch is the one where the man pays for an argument, its excellent. what is most important about monty python though is the amount of comedians etc that always quote monty python as their main influence. it has to be, along with spike milligan and tony hancock one of the most influential comedy institutions ever.
Intangelon
08-05-2005, 19:20
After the hilarious "Camelot" song in Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

Arthur: On second though, let us not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

*all murmur assent and turn to ride off, when there is a huge thunder crash and a choir of angels bursts into song*

GOD: Arthur...Arthur, King of the Britons...

*all immediately kneel and otherwise prostrate themselves -- the music abruptly stops and God's voice thunders*

GOD: OH STOP GROVELING! If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people groveling.

Arthur: Sorry, Lord...

GOD: AND DON'T APOLOGIZE!! Every time I try to talk to someone it's "I'm sorry" this and "forgive me" that and "I'm not worthy"...WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?!?

Arthur: Averting our eyes, O Lord...

GOD: WELL DON'T! It's like those miserable Psalms, they're so depressing -- NOW KNOCK IT OFF!

Arthur: Yes, Lord!

GOD: RIGHT. Now -- Arthur, I shall set you and your brave knights a task so that you may be a shining example in these dark times --

Arthur (enthusiatically): Good idea, O Lord!

GOD (incredulously): 'COURSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA!!!

*****

Line for line, that is a combination of irreverent, obvious, subtle and f**king funny that has not been very often equaled in my experience.
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 19:23
Someone answered the poll no! :eek:
Nekone
08-05-2005, 19:36
"We used to get up in the morning, 11:30 at night a half hour before we went to bed, eat a lump of dried posion, go to work at the mill for 23 1/2 hours unpaid because we were too young to work and when we got home, our father would kill us and dance on our graves singing hallejula."
Random Kingdom
08-05-2005, 19:39
We eat ham and jam and spamalot.

^ quote

What's wrong with Castle Anthrax?
Gorsley Gardens
08-05-2005, 19:42
''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.''
Nekone
08-05-2005, 19:42
I wonder if we can make a game outta this... someone puts a quote up and others guess the skit/song...

anyone else game?

"and this is the Machine that goes 'Bing' that tells us that your baby is alive and well."
Draconis Nightcrawlis
08-05-2005, 19:45
Someone answered the poll no! :eek:

We need to find that person and burn them at the stake :evil:
Enlightened Humanity
08-05-2005, 19:46
MP rules.

An shining example of British comedy
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 19:51
We need to find that person and burn them at the stake :evil:

Yes, but only if she weighs the same as a duck! :p
Paradiesonearth
08-05-2005, 20:02
"and this is the Machine that goes 'Bing' that tells us that your baby is alive and well."


The meaning of life, I. Birth

My turn:
No Mungo (?), never kill a customer!
Milchama
08-05-2005, 20:11
How many of you have seen Spamalot?

Yes and "You can't be successful on Broadway without Jews." Man that is the funniest play I have ever been too and I hope to see it again on Broadway (I saw it in Chicago)
Draconis Nightcrawlis
08-05-2005, 20:12
Yes, but only if she weighs the same as a duck! :p

We'll tape some ducks together then, that should count as A duck.
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 20:14
We'll tape some ducks together then, that should count as A duck.

Or perhaps if we built a giant wooden Badger....
Protocoach
08-05-2005, 20:16
'Elp, 'elp, Oim being oppressed!

I hold here these fifteen [crash!] ... TEN commandments!

Our main weapons are ... oh bugger, can we start this again?
Well, I guess so.

(end quotes)

Oh god, I die watching that stuff. It just never gets old. Even when you watch it with fifteen people and all of you can just about quote it verbatim. I had an arguement with a teacher a few weeks ago about a few words in Holy Grail and we wasted an hour and a half long class period talking about it. He watched it as a kid in the 70s. Then a few days later he let us watch it in class. Good times.
Feregal
08-05-2005, 20:21
and they feasted upon orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and..."

"skip a bit brother"

"and so you art to pull the pin from thy holy handgrenade. you shall then count to three. three shall be the number of the count, and the number of the count shall be three. do not count to four. do not counteth to two, excepting that thou then proceeds to three. five is right out. then thou shall lobbest thy hand grenade on high, that thou may blow thy enemies to tiny bits"

"ready? one, two, five..."

"three, sir"

"three!"
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 20:24
I hold here these fifteen [crash!] ... TEN commandments!
<snip>
Sorry if I'm getting my quotes mixed up, but isn't this from History of the World Part I, which is Mel Brooks, not Monty Python?
Nekone
08-05-2005, 20:58
Sorry if I'm getting my quotes mixed up, but isn't this from History of the World Part I, which is Mel Brooks, not Monty Python?
Yep... Mel Brooks did that 15 Commandmants line.
Protocoach
08-05-2005, 20:59
I'm sorry. I mixed up my movies. I was watching that just the other day. God. That was dumb.
Intangelon
08-05-2005, 21:00
I hold here these fifteen [crash!] ... TEN commandments!


That's Mel Brooks' History Of The World, Part I. But no worries, 'cause that's funny, too. Later on, Moses is seen raising his hands and lo, the Red Sea parts. The camera pan-rotates to show that a robber has a crossbow at Moses' back. The robber takes Moses' pouch of spare change and runs off, leaving Moses to throw down his hands, turn around and start cursing at the robber in Yiddish.

*************

Some MP obssesors can be really petty about misquoting a particular text. I'm a big fan, but I'm not going to treat the movies and sketches as scripture unless the basic meaning of the lines have been obscured. We shouldn't be like Trekkies.
Nekone
08-05-2005, 21:02
The meaning of life, I. Birth

My turn:
No Mungo (?), never kill a customer!restraunt sketch... Punchline is "glad I never told them about the knife"

dialogue snippet...
"there were only 12 Apostles and 1 Christ."
"ONE!"
"Yes ONE... why did you paint Three Christs at the Last Supper!"
Frankletopia
08-05-2005, 21:05
Eric Idle is god.

"Bring out'cha dead!"
Potaria
08-05-2005, 21:16
*explorers are walking in a jungle*

John Cleese: "LOOK!"

*shows a factory*

John Cleese: "No, THAT!"

*shows a mountain*


On that note, I love the Monty Python.
Tribal Ecology
08-05-2005, 21:19
"King of tha who?"
Super-power
08-05-2005, 21:21
We are the knights of Ni!
Vaitupu
08-05-2005, 21:32
"Bring out your dead!"
"I'm not quite dead yet"


argument sketch is amazing, and I love the one where they call everyone "Bruce" since its my name...however, can't think of the name of that sketch
Sianoptica
08-05-2005, 21:34
John Cleese is by far the funniest thing this earth has ever known. His emotions (especially his angered one) are so perfect, it brings a tear to my eye.

"No, no!!! He's pining !"

"He's not pining m'lad...he's dead..."


"I seem to have somewhat strayed from my original point...but in short, sex is more fun than logic...one cannot prove this, but it is , in the way that mount Everest is , or that Al Macogan isn't ."


"Sorry I'm late...my walk's been getting rather silly lately..."


"KILL THE HERETIC!!!"


and of course:


"And now, for something completely different."


Man, I could go on all day. MP is a Godsend...although they do seem to mock Him occasionally. But other than that, they are an 11 out of 10.
Artamazia
08-05-2005, 21:35
I'm sorry. I mixed up my movies. I was watching that just the other day. God. That was dumb.

's ok!
Which woul you guys say is funnier, Mel Brooks or Monty Python?
Nekone
08-05-2005, 21:38
"Why is it the world never remembered the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern schplenden schlitter crasscrenbon fried digger dangle dungle burstein von knacker thrasher apple banger horowitz ticolensic grander knotty spelltinkle grandlich grumblemeyer spelterwasser kürstlich himbleeisen bahnwagen gutenabend bitte eine nürnburger bratwustle gerspurten mit zweimache luber hundsfut gumberaber shönendanker kalbsfleisch mittler raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm? "
Sega RIP
08-05-2005, 21:46
"Does she go? wink ;) wink nudge nudge, say no more say no more."
Delightfully kinky, yet sofisticated. :fluffle:
Kzuu Mai
08-05-2005, 21:51
I've only seen Life of Brian and Holy Grail, none of the others. :( Life of Brian has got to be the funniest film I've ever seen, and probably my favourite too.

"Are you the Judean People's Front?"
"Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front..."

"...Sir Lancelot, the Brave; Sir Galahad, the Pure; Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot; and the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film."
Vaitupu
08-05-2005, 21:57
's ok!
Which woul you guys say is funnier, Mel Brooks or Monty Python?


as much as I do love Monty Python, I have to say Mel Brooks with this one. I mean, just look at Young Frankenstein...or HOTW part 1 (and the preview for part two...hitler on ice. classic.)
Galgantow
08-05-2005, 21:59
"I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an
autonomous collective."

"You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship.
A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--"

Monty python is hands down, the best comedic force or farce ever assembled. Absolutely unsurpassable.

All of their stuff is great, but I particularly enjoyed And Now For Something Completely Different. The Idiot olympics is FUNNY.
Abiku
09-05-2005, 00:22
"Does she go? wink ;) wink nudge nudge, say no more say no more."
Delightfully kinky, yet sofisticated. :fluffle:

Hmm ... I know that sketch - are you sure it's Monty Python? I thought it was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
The Tribes Of Longton
09-05-2005, 00:26
Hmm ... I know that sketch - are you sure it's Monty Python? I thought it was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
It's Eric Idle and...I forget. But it is definitely MP.
Collonie
09-05-2005, 00:32
"
argument sketch is amazing, and I love the one where they call everyone "Bruce" since its my name...however, can't think of the name of that sketch

Believe or not the sketch is called Bruces and ends sometimes with the philosipher's drinking song
Patters
09-05-2005, 00:34
"I'm not dead yet!"

"Yes, you are!" ....

"I feel Happy! Happy!"

***********

Actually, the background action is just as funny, with the visual pun on there's many ways to skin a dead cat.

*********************
I'd have to say that MP is just as good as Mel Brooks, esp Robin Hood Men in Tights throwing digs at Costner's and Flynn's Robin Hood movies. Too bad there isn't anything comparable in movies today...
Abiku
09-05-2005, 00:46
It's Eric Idle and...I forget. But it is definitely MP.

Hm. Apparently I'm wrong - my father agrees that it was MP. Ach, I could swear I saw it on a Peter Cook & Dudley Moore video though. Guess I've just got it a bit mixed up.
Red Sox Fanatics
09-05-2005, 01:11
Dinsdale?
Nekone
09-05-2005, 04:46
It's Eric Idle and...I forget. But it is definitely MP.
Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam.
Savoir Faire
09-05-2005, 05:45
Shepherd: Exactly. It's my belief that these sheep are laborin' under the misapprehension that they're birds. Observe their be'avior. Take for a start the sheeps' tendency to 'op about the field on their 'ind legs. Now witness their attmpts to fly from tree to tree. Notice that they do not so much fly as...plummet.

(Baaa baaa... flap flap flap... whoosh... thud.)

Tourist: Yes, but why do they think they're birds?

Shepherd: Another fair question. One thing is for sure, the sheep is not a creature of the air. They have enormous difficulty in the comparatively simple act of perchin'. (Baaa baaa... flap flap flap... whoosh... thud.) Trouble is, sheep are very dim. Once they get an idea in their 'eads, there's no shiftin' it.

Tourist: But where did they get the idea?

Shepherd: From Harold. He's that most dangerous of creatures, a clever sheep. 'e's realized that a sheep's life consists of standin' around for a few months and then bein' eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep.

Tourist: Well why don't just remove Harold?

Shepherd: Because of the enormous commercial possibilities if 'e succeeds.
Intangelon
09-05-2005, 08:22
Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam.

Nope. Terry Jones (the Welshman) and Eric Idle did "Nudge Nudge." Terry Gilliam did the animations and only rarely appeared in front of the camera (he also went on to direct some spectacular and delightfully odd films like Time Bandits, Brazil, The Fisher King and 12 Monkeys. He's most notably seen in the Flying Circus as Cardinal Fang of the Spanish Inquisition--

*ka-BLAM*

Who said that?

What?

DON'T play games with me! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear -- fear and surprise. Our TWO weapons are fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency -- our THREE weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope -- guh. AaaaaMONGST our weaponry are such diverse elemets as: fear, surprise -- I'll come in again. *leaves*
Habbakah
09-05-2005, 09:32
the one that really sticks out in my memory is where they take the big rabbit looking thing into the Castle and realize they forgot to get inside the thing before they closed it... then i also like "the meaning of life" when they sing the sperm song...
Amestria
09-05-2005, 09:41
(set in a store that sells bed and mattresses, Mr. Lambert sells the mattresses) "You have to say dog kennel to Mr. Lambert, because if you say mattress he puts a bag over his head. I should have explained, apart from that he is really alright."

"Did you say mattress?"..... "I did ask you not to say mattress, now I'm going to have to stand in the tea chest."

In many ways this scene brings up one of the problems we are confrounted with by existence. That of not being able to do what we truely want with our lives, of having to do on a regular basis things we hate...
Mazalandia
09-05-2005, 10:58
What is that word? I believe it is either it or is. Oh well the knights of ni are now dead.

IT
definitely it
"No, not is. We would not get very far in life without saying is."

'Same as those psalms, there so depressing. What are you doing now'
'Averting our eyes oh lord'
'Well stop it'
Mazalandia
09-05-2005, 11:07
restraunt sketch... Punchline is "glad I never told them about the knife"

dialogue snippet...
"there were only 12 Apostles and 1 Christ."
"ONE!"
"Yes ONE... why did you paint Three Christs at the Last Supper!"

'Yes ONE... now what in god's name possesed you to paint it with three Christs in it.'
'It works mate'
'IT WORKS'
'Yeah the two thin ones balance the fat one'
Troon
09-05-2005, 11:28
Argument Sketch:

"What do you want?"
"Well, I was told outside that I-"
"Don't give me that you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings!"
"What?"
"Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke! You vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!"

Etc etc.

Ah, classic.
Arakaria
09-05-2005, 11:45
With English accent: "I told you, we live in an anarcho-syndicalist commune".
The Holy Grail fullscreen - my favorite one!
Paradiesonearth
09-05-2005, 14:38
Here's one of my favorites:

Do you find it risible, when I say the name... Biggus...Dickus? *guard rofl*
Robot ninja pirates
09-05-2005, 14:55
Anyone here seen Spamalot? They turned Life of Brian into a Broadway play; it's doing great. I'm seeing it in July.
Carnivorous Lickers
09-05-2005, 15:08
How many of you have seen Spamalot?


I'm trying to get tickets. My 11 year old and 6 year old sons are now fans and are dying to see it.
Carnivorous Lickers
09-05-2005, 15:09
Dont Just Stand There Gawking!!! As If You've Never Seen The Hand Of God Before!!!
Carnivorous Lickers
09-05-2005, 15:10
"I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an
autonomous collective."

"You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship.
A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--"

Monty python is hands down, the best comedic force or farce ever assembled. Absolutely unsurpassable.

All of their stuff is great, but I particularly enjoyed And Now For Something Completely Different. The Idiot olympics is FUNNY.


"How do you know he's king"?

"Cause 'es not all covered with shit"
Spameggsandspam
10-05-2005, 01:27
...you could have your balls ripped off in an accident!!

It's not as easy as that Nigel...GOD would see through such a cheap trick...after all, what we do to ourselves, we do to him...

:)

SEAS
Carnivorous Lickers
10-05-2005, 16:52
live organ donor
Bogdanivia
10-05-2005, 17:16
Right!, stop this right now!, its silly.
Carnivorous Lickers
10-05-2005, 22:19
"is there anyone else who has something they'd rather be doing-THAN MARCHING UP AND DOWN THE SQUARE !?!?"
Milchama
11-05-2005, 00:42
Anyone here seen Spamalot? They turned Life of Brian into a Broadway play; it's doing great. I'm seeing it in July.

It's holy grail not life of brian i saw it already
Omnibenevolent Discord
11-05-2005, 15:30
Well, that's the end of the film. Now, here's the meaning of life. Thank you, Brigitte. M-hmm. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations, and, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy, which, it seems, is the only way, these days, to get the jaded, video-sated public off their flippin arses and back in the sodding cinema. Family entertainment bollocks!! What they want is filth: people doing things to each other with chainsaws during tupperware parties, babysitters being stabbed with knitting needles by gay presidential candidates, vigilante groups strangling chickens, armed bands of theatre critics exterminating mutant goats... Where's the fun in pictures? Oh, well, there we are. Here's the theme music. Goodnight.
The Pandashi Regime
11-05-2005, 15:44
Its...
Haken Rider
11-05-2005, 15:45
*is scared to say what he answered on the poll*
Draconis Nightcrawlis
11-05-2005, 16:12
*is scared to say what he answered on the poll*

You were one of those that clicked 'heck no' aren't you.
Quentulus Qazgar
11-05-2005, 17:02
What was the hilarious name of the Roman governor in the Life of Brian? In the finnish subtitles his name meant that his dick had fallen but I don't remember the english name.
It's really a shame that Naughtius Maximus never appeared in the movie.
Haken Rider
11-05-2005, 17:32
You were one of those that clicked 'heck no' aren't you.
Heck no! yes
Nekone
11-05-2005, 17:33
What was the hilarious name of the Roman governor in the Life of Brian? In the finnish subtitles his name meant that his dick had fallen but I don't remember the english name.
It's really a shame that Naughtius Maximus never appeared in the movie.
Biggus Dickus?

and his wife, Incontinencia Buttocks.
Toujours-Rouge
11-05-2005, 17:39
Fwee Woddewick!