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As far as I know, everybody loves a bit of Python. So what are your favourite sketches/songs and why?

Personally I love Prejudice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUyD5RXEeY8), partly because I know they'd never get away with it these days and also because it is brilliantly funny.

Also, I've always had a soft spot for Eric Idle's songs, such as:

The Galaxy Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DlSj6bnn4)

or

Noel Coward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGRPFUYUUdQ)

"NO-body expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our Chief weapon is Surprise! And terror! Terror and Surprise, surprise and terror. Our TWO main weapons are...":D

The Four Yorkshiremen because it's funny as hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

The Upper Class Twit of the Year. "And yes Oliver has run himself over!" Funniest line ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss


And don't forget the most classic funny sketch of them all. The Dead Parrot sketch.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218

The Upper Class Twit of the Year. "And yes Oliver has run himself over!" Funniest line ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss

That is a big, big call.

Especially when you're talking about Python.

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g) is a particular favourite on these forums (I got better!) :)

That is a big, big call.

Especially when you're talking about Python.

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g) is a particular favourite on these forums (I got better!) :)

That one was pretty funny. The whole turned me into a newt line had me falling over but this part always gets me laughing the hardest when I watch that movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs&feature=related

I know it's a bit generic, but the The Dead Parrot Sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4&hl=en)

That one was pretty funny. The whole turned me into a newt line had me falling over but this part always gets me laughing the hardest when I watch that movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs&feature=related

Good though it is, I think my favourite part of The Holy Grail is either this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA&feature=related) or the Black Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEcj8KpuJw&feature=related), although to be fair if I was given time I'd probably just end up linking the entire film :)

The scene in Holy Grail in which God charges Arthur with the quest (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jHsbwY4EPyA).

GOD (amid thunder and grandeur): Arthur, Arthur, King of the Britons...(notices the knights' prostration)...OH DON'T GROVEL! 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 -- WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?!?
Arthur: I'm averting my 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. Arthur, King of the Britons. Your Knights of the Round Table shall have a task to make them an example in these dark times.
Arthur (eagerly): Good idea, O Lord!
GOD: 'COURSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA!

That last line kills me. "I'm GOD, for cryin' out loud, of COURSE it's a good idea!" I can hear it hundreds of times, I will still laugh.

I know it's a bit generic, but the The Dead Parrot Sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4&hl=en)

I prefer the live version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0BA6mkk7k&feature=related), just because of Palin's inability to keep a straight face :)

The lumberjack song... starts out all macho and then starts off into fetich innuendo such as the leather bra line ;)

I personally prefer the Cheese Sketch.

I personally prefer the Cheese Sketch.

"Not much of a cheese shop, is it?"
"Finest in the district, sir."
"Explain the logic underlying that conclusion."
"Well, it's so clean!"
"It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese..."

Oh, god. I love python.
Crunchy frog is probably my favorite, but there is also the Lumberjack song, the Spam song...

Oh, man. Gotta love limey tv.

Oh god, Monty Python. It's just so hard to chose favorite sketches from the show and movie. They are all so good. Dead Parrot and Spanish Inquisition are up there of course. As for the rest of what you guys said I like too (especially Four Yorkshire Men). So I'll see if I can think of some haven't said yet;

Money Programme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlS8O257Gi0
I love that Money Song, especially the "You can keep your Marxist ways for its only just a phase," line. It's just so funny.

Crimson Permanent Assurane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX61PUZ3xkI (thats only Part I, you can find the second half yourself)
There is just something funny about old,accountants becoming pirates and attacking giant corporations.

The Dirty Fork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42g-xlb-OU&feature=related
I especially love the punchline.

And there were a few others but I don't want to go searching for the YouTube videos. Besides, I think these are good for now

Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-NpyaOWV0

I know it's a bit generic, but the The Dead Parrot Sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4&hl=en)


Generic or not one of the funniest sketchs ever. I also like teh Spam one.


Shut up you lousey Vikings, I don't like spam.

My absolute favorite episode and every line hilarious. I believe the only episode that was one long sketch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYg47APW9sk

As far as I know, everybody loves a bit of Python. So what are your favourite sketches/songs and why?

Personally I love Prejudice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUyD5RXEeY8), partly because I know they'd never get away with it these days and also because it is brilliantly funny.

Also, I've always had a soft spot for Eric Idle's songs, such as:

The Galaxy Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DlSj6bnn4)

or

Noel Coward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGRPFUYUUdQ)

Wifey's vote on song goes to "I'm So Worried", and there's too many to name, but i'll mention the two that never come up ... "Medical Love Song" and "Word Association Football" (not technically a song, but meh)

And there's such a fuckload of skits i don't think i'm even gonna bother. Splunge.

Oh! oh! Philosophers football! That was hilarious.:D

Some of my (yet unmentioned) favourites:

Bicycle Repair Man
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rxfzm9dfqBw

The Mouse Organ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F9nGyPz9uT0

And... Uh... Some Courtroom Sketch Thingy
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XawAhUn9mZY

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of Elderberry!"

But there are so many hilarious ones! How am I supposed to chose one?

dead parrot
spam
spanish inquisition
upper-class twit of the year
ministry of silly walks
dirty hungarian phrasebook
election night special
funniets joke in the world
argument
cheese shop
lumberjack song
nudge nudge
self defense against fresh fruit

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

(on a side note, Four Yorkshiremen, while funny, is actually from At Last The 1948 Show. But seeing as it's a releatively unknown and two of the four people are MP foudners John Cleese and Graham Chapman...)

I know it's a bit generic, but the The Dead Parrot Sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4&hl=en)

YES! That, and the Ministry of Funny Walks, and the Having an Argument, and the Flying Sheep.

And of course the Lumberjack song!

Spainish Inqusition (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A)
Funniest Joke in the World (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_MaCGM&feature=related)
The golden Age of Balloning (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZxY1J69WsQ)
pt2 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=__5p_ZPdwv4)
pt3 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqUp3i8CcWo)
Jungle Expedition (http://youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZL8NR5AE0)

The entire "Golden Age of Ballooning" episode..."It's not a balloon you silly Saxon git!"...And "I'm so exited I can hardly wash!"

Ever seen the Dangerous Sportsman Club? I saw Graham Chapman live before he "bit it"...What a brilliantly funny man he was...I loved it (as I am sure he would have) when they had his "ashes" on the coffee table for their reunion show...

spainish Inqusition (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gldlytjxk9a)
funniest Joke In The World (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_macgm&feature=related)
the Golden Age Of Balloning (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gzxy1j69wsq)
pt2 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=__5p_zpdwv4)
pt3 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vqup3i8ccwo)
jungle Expedition (http://youtube.com/watch?v=s9zl8nr5ae0)

Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition!

"Yes, Doctor, you see he's had his leg bitten, well, sort of off, really."
"Really?"
"Yes. Woke up this morning -- one sock too many."

From The Meaning of Life Part Four: Killing Each Other.

I'm a lumberjack, and i'm okay!

They're all great, but I want to mention the entire "alien blancmange" episode in case no one has yet. I cannot stop giggling whenever that stupid blancmange is onscreen.

Obviously, though, giant nods to the extremely famous things like dead parrot, cheese shop, ministry of silly walks, and so forth. :)

As far as I know, everybody loves a bit of Python. So what are your favourite sketches/songs and why?

all of em.

and I didn't see this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oKXagF3IE) mentioned.

(on a side note, Four Yorkshiremen, while funny, is actually from At Last The 1948 Show. But seeing as it's a releatively unknown and two of the four people are MP foudners John Cleese and Graham Chapman...)and it's also on one of their Monty Python recordings. Live from Durby lane (or something like that... my vinyl LP is in storage.)

Election Night Special.

...Also...The Mr. Neutron episode...And A Bicycling tour of North Cornwall..."I'm just a jack-in-the-box"...(Mr. Pithers!...Mr. Pithers!)

Having just watched the 'job interview' sketch, I am struck by one thing

How come its so much like the job interviews I had after university................

or the current favourite bit at work..

Who leaps out of the rabbit?
Lancalot, Galahad, and I leap out of the rabbit....
.
.
look if we built a large wooden badger

Ooh! Olympic Hide and Seek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu6AdgHTJB8)

Fairytale (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HoRY3ZjiNLU).

"I must set you a task to prove yourself worthy of my daughter."
"Yes sir, I accept."
"You must go to the highest tower in the castle and throw yourself out the window."
So, in the morning, the Prince, dressed in shining white armor and armed with his magic sword, jumped to a painful death.

The audio version from the original vinyl is more concise and funnier, but the YouTube version is good, too.

and it's also on one of their Monty Python recordings. Live from Durby lane (or something like that... my vinyl LP is in storage.)

But the original version was before MP existed.

But the original version was before MP existed.

true, but they did adopt it into their skit library. (and the Monty Python version was the only version I saw.)

Lemon curry?

Ooh! Olympic Hide and Seek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu6AdgHTJB8)

That was what I loved best about MP. The ability to take anything and pull out just one aspect of it to comedically taffy-like lengths. Like "the 100-meter dash for people with a poor sense of direction."

Lemon curry?

Prawn salad?

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Life of Brian".

Sit On My Face!
And Tell Me That You Love Me!!!
I'll Sit On Your Face And Tell You I Love You Too!

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Life of Brian".

All in due time. We've got a lot to get through, Big Nose.

Sit On My Face!
And Tell Me That You Love Me!!!
I'll Sit On Your Face And Tell You I Love You Too!

One of our Karaoke rooms has that song.

that is a fun song to sing!

One of our Karaoke rooms has that song.

that is a fun song to sing!

Lol, tis brilliant. I sing it whenever i'm in Biology lol

Prawn salad?

And now for somthing completely different.

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/images/NagasakiAnimationLarge.gif

Lol, tis brilliant. I sing it whenever i'm in Biology lol

one of the best python fan moment came when I and my RPG group was sitting around the table. can't remember the exact starting point, but it quickly devolved into the repetition of the Austrailian philosophy department skit that ended with everyone singing the Bruce's Philosipher's song.

And now for somthing completely different.

a man with three legs he ran away...

Stuff from the German shows that I liked when searching on youtube.

The Bavarian Restaurant sketch (In Bavaria where the trees are all green) and the eye store sketch.

I also like the tobacconist (Hungarian phrasebook) sketch

I love every single episode, all 45 of 'em!

The Dead Parrot
The Cheese Shop
Spanish Inquisition
How Do You Know She's a Witch?
The Lumberjack Song
Upper Class Twit of the Year
Crunchy Frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU

That was what I loved best about MP. The ability to take anything and pull out just one aspect of it to comedically taffy-like lengths. Like "the 100-meter dash for people with a poor sense of direction."

"and now, the 100-metre freestyle for people who can't swim a stroke..."
*whistle blows and the divers fall into the pool. the waters slowly calm down.*
"we'll be right back when they start fishing out the bodies..."

and let's not forget the Marathon for people with weak bladders!

"In this picture, there are 47 people. None of which, can be seen..."

I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus.:)

They're all great, but I want to mention the entire "alien blancmange" episode in case no one has yet. I cannot stop giggling whenever that stupid blancmange is onscreen.

I was about to mention that one.

I dunno, as far as favorite, I'd say Tim the Enchanter because I share his name. and I summon fire without flint or tinder...

But I like science fiction sketch, lumberjack song, olympic hide and seek, funniest joke,... oh man there are so many good ones

Mister B. J. Smethwyck has presented us with a poser. We do not know which of the three bushes he is behind.

But we can soon find out.

*WHOOM!* [left bush explodes]

*ka-CHOW!* [right bush explodes]

*BLANG!* *AAAARGH!*

Yes, it was the middle one.

SON: I've found another dead bishop on the landing, Dad.
FATHER: Oh yeah?
MOTHER: Where's it from?
SON: What?
MOTHER: What's it's diocese?
SON: Well, it looks a bit Bath-and-Wells-ish to me.
FATHER: I'll go have a look.
MOTHER: I don't know who keeps bringin' 'em around 'ere.
FATHER: Leicester.
SON: How do you know?
FATHER: It's tattooed on the back of the neck.
MOTHER: We should call Church.
FATHER: Shouldn't we call the police?
SON: Maybe we should call the Church Police.
FATHER: Awright. [yells] The Church Police!
[sirens heard, door slams open]
SALVATION FUZZ: All right, what's all this then, amen?
MOTHER: We've found a dead bishop on the landing, Vicar-Sergeant.
SALVATION FUZZ: Ah, Detective-Parson.
MOTHER: Sorry.

In addition to many of the ones already listed, one of my favorites will always be "Buying a Bed":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpn1anVPZsc

"Alright I am the Messiah!"
"HE IS! HE IS THE MESSIAH!"
"Now, FUCK OFF!"
".... how should we fuck off oh lord?"

DENNIS: 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.
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
ARTHUR: Shut up! Will you shut up!
DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!
ARTHUR: Bloody peasant!
DENNIS: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that,
eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me,
you saw it didn't you?

talk about carrying a grudge (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/7514423.stm)...