The montey Python Thread

[supergoblin]

This a thread devoted to anything montypython.

and it's not dead yet!

[St-Dumas]

Montey Pythoin suffered from an unfortunate case of Montey Python syndrome: over-quoted and no longer funny. Same thing happened to Napoleon Dynamite and Chappelle's Show.

[Prof. Aragorn]

Spam?

[Q99]

And there's so much Monty Python, but people only quote one of the three episodes and a half dozen of the tons of scetches.

[Inbetweener]

Oh Lord, please don't burn us. Don't grill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't braise or bake or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok. Oh please don't lightly poach us or baste us with hot fat. Don't fricassee or roast us or boil us in a vat and please don't stick thy servants Lord in a Rotiss-o-mat.

[hail_eris]

Originally posted by Q99
And there's so much Monty Python, but people only quote one of the three episodes and a half dozen of the tons of scetches.
Well, it doesn't exactly help that the cast have been performing those same half-dozen sketches live for years. If someone can rattle off the entire dead parrot sketch, it's because that particular routine has appeared everywhere (including Saturday Night Live, if I'm not mistaken). Personally, my favorites have always been, in no particular order:

* the Townswomen's Guild recreation of Pearl Harbor
* Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
* the Philosopher Song
* Greeks vs. Germans in philosopher football
* the architect's sketch
* the two classic election sketches: Mr. Hilter and his "boncentration bamps" and the Silly Party candidate Tarquin Fintimlinbinwhinbimlim Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Ole Biscuit-Barrel

[venarnage]

NOW GO AWAY, OR I SHALL TAUNT YOU A SECOND TIME!

[supergoblin]

We are the knights who say Nee.

It's only a flesh wound.

I'll bite your ankles, come back here you yellow bastard.

[Ro-gan]

And now for something completely different...

[Ro-gan]

Originally posted by Q99
And there's so much Monty Python, but people only quote one of the three episodes and a half dozen of the tons of scetches.

Are you telling me what to like? What do you think this is... the Spanish Inquisition?


* bang*
Door slams open and the Spanish Inquistion enters.

It's the Spanish Inquistion!

S I: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition..."

[webtroll]

I must agree... overquoting one or two "mainstream" sketches or movies is like people claiming they are fans of an alternative or punk group because they really love that one song that is played on mainstream radio.

[Inbetweener]

I just watched the Meaning of Life recently. For some reason as I get older certain parts of Monty Python's skits and movies get funnier while other parts just remain funny out of pure nolstagia or just because silly humor never gets old to me.

"Let us praise God. O Lord...O Lord......Ooh, You are so big..."
"Ooh, You are so big..."
"So absolutely huge."
" ...So absolutely huge."
"Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You."
"Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You."
"Forgive us, O Lord, for this, our dreadful toadying, and..."
"And barefaced flattery."
"But You are so strong and, well, just so super."
"Fantastic."
"Amen."
"Amen."

[venarnage]

Meaning of life was good, but Life of Brian is my fav. its so funny! Holy Grail was good, but overrated...

[Inbetweener]

Yeah, the Holy Grail still remains perhaps the funniest film I've ever seen...I never get sick of it. Of course I always appreciated the part where Dennis lectures King Arthur about Anarco-syndicalism or the scene where the knight's in the castle question Arthur: "Where'd you get the Cocanuts?"...as I get older I appreciate The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life more and more.

[shadowchaser]

Been Shoppin'?
No, Been Shoppin'!

[Maniac_nmt]

Oi' loike...to stan' in wot'er...an' 'it moi'self onna 'ead wiv bricks

Does it count that I have the entire Flying Circus collection on DVD including the lost German Episode? Or is that still just saying I enjoy a one hit song so I like the band?

[Inbetweener]

I like their tiny little trees...their Zen, their ping-pong their ying and yang-ese.

[Gentlegamer]

Some favorite Python skits:

Scottish Kamikazies
Angus Podgorney vs. the Blamanche for the Fate of the World
Minister of Silly Walks
Bicycle Repairman
Philosopher's Drinking Song
A Successful Encyclopedia Salesman
No Time to Lose!
Twit of the Year
Employment Interview
Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson
How to Defend Yourself Against a Bananna-wielding Assailant

[Inbetweener]

Originally posted by Gentlegamer
How to Defend Yourself Against a Bananna-wielding Assailant

That could be my favorite skit right there...hilarious.

[venarnage]

c'mon guys...would you like a mint? ITS ONLY WAFER THIN!

[hail_eris]

Oh, and the Olympic hide-and-seek finals. And the "Archaeology Today" sketch where people keep jumping on each other's shoulders.

"Fifteen-foot four! Mustafa!"

[Maniac_nmt]

The Austrailian Table Wines bit is good stuff:

"This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding"

I also liked Dennis Moore (Lupin Bandit).

[BigSoph]

This is a particularly heavy wine and should only be used for hand to hand combat

My favourite Pysthon character is Johann Gambolputty de Von Ausfern-Schplenden-Schlitter-Crasscrenbon-Fried-Digger-Dingle-Dangle-Dongle-Dungle-Burstein-Von-Knacker-Thrasher-Applebanger-Horowitz-Ticolensic-Grander-Knotty-Spelltinkle-Grandlich-Grumblemeyer-Spelterwasser-Kurstlich-Himbleeisen-Bahnwagen-Gutenabend-Bitte-Ein-Nürnburger-Bratwustle-Gerspurten-Mitz-Weimache-Luber-Hundsfut-Gumberaber-Shönedanker-Kalbsfleisch-Mittler-Aucher Von Hautkopft of Ulm. Compared to many great composers, Johann Gambolputty de Von Ausfern-Schplenden-Schlitter-Crasscrenbon-Fried-Digger-Dingle-Dangle-Dongle-Dungle-Burstein-Von-Knacker-Thrasher-Applebanger-Horowitz-Ticolensic-Grander-Knotty-Spelltinkle-Grandlich-Grumblemeyer-Spelterwasser-Kurstlich-Himbleeisen-Bahnwagen-Gutenabend-Bitte-Ein-Nürnburger-Bratwustle-Gerspurten-Mitz-Weimache-Luber-Hundsfut-Gumberaber-Shönedanker-Kalbsfleisch-Mittler-Aucher Von Hautkopft of Ulm is seen as a misunderstood genius

[Prof. Aragorn]

23 posts and no one has mentioned the lumber jack song . . .

Wow.

My favorites include:

Lumberjack song
Parrot
What is your favorite color?
Milk Man
Encyclopedia salesman
Spam Spam Spam Spam
All of the skits where the recurring joke is "It's my only line!"
Scheduling (err ah, sheduling) an argument
Life of Brian
Twit races
Everything else

[scholarx]

Well, for the fans, there's yet more Python (Monty) Productions to be seen...

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It's
http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/
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[monkeybob27]

Is this the right thread for an arguement?

I've told you once!

No you haven't!

Yes I have!

When?

Just then...

No you didn't!

Yes I did!

No you didn't..

I'm sorry but is this a five minute arguement or the full half hour?

Oh um just the five minutes.....

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Who said this comedy is outdated? Moron! I saw a version of this classic python sketch in sin city or summat just as awful recently. Over 25 yrs old and still being copied!! Its like the marx bros or laurel and hardy....Time less!
It doesn't stop being funny and when you put it up againt the flerking schnitt around today. Well say no more!

But i could just be argueing in my spare time! :laugh: :laugh: