Monty Python

[wulfhere]

this has nothing to do with PS but who like Monty Python\'s moives? i like the one with the old people becoming pirates and the holy grail one

[Karyuu]

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The one with the pirates was Meaning of Life, one of my favorites :> Monty Python is brilliant.

[wulfhere]

i loved the knights of NI and the black knight who had his arms and legs cut off and called the fight a draw

[goland]

I love the intro to that movie (The Meaning of Life).....and the sperm song.

Holy Grail is, of course, classic.  Life of Brian does a good job of spoofing christianity...and I love the suicide squad scene.

As I said in one of the other threads at one point...the Flying Circus Episodes, IMO, are so much better than the full length movies.  I mean, come on, the Dead Parrot sketch, the Lumberjack Song, Ministry of Silly Walks, Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.....I could go on and on.

I\'m not sure if there\'s any official Monty Python release that I don\'t own.

[Karyuu]

I only own the Holy Grail DVD :< But mark my words: my collection will grow! Oh how it shall grow! With such growth it shall!

I think the part I liked the most out of everything Monty Python I\'ve ever seen was \"The First Zulu War\" from Meaning of Life.

Ainsworth: Ah! Morning Perkins.
Perkins: Morning sir.
Ainsworth: What\'s all the trouble then?
Perkins: Bitten sir. During the night.
Ainsworth: Hm. Whole leg gone eh?
Perkins: Yes.

[As they talk, the din of battle continues outside. Screams of dying men, crackling of tents set on fire.]

Ainsworth: How\'s it feel?
Perkins: Stings a bit.
Ainsworth: Mmm. Well it would, wouldn\'t it. That\'s quite a bite you\'ve got there you know.
Perkins: Yes, real beauty isn\'t it?
All: Yes.
Ainsworth: Any idea how it happened?
Perkins: None at all. Complete mystery to me. Woke up just now... one sock too many.
Pakenham-Walsh: You must have a hell of a hole in your net.
Ainsworth: Hm. We\'ve sent for the doctor.
Perkins: Ooh, hardly worth it, is it?
Ainsworth: Oh yes... better safe than sorry.

[goland]

That\'s a great scene!

BRIAN: How much? Quick.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: What?
BRIAN: It\'s for the wife.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Oh. Uhhh, twenty shekels.
BRIAN: Right.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: What?
BRIAN: There you are.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Wait a minute.
BRIAN: What?
HARRY THE HAGGLER:  Well, we\'re-- we\'re supposed to haggle.
BRIAN: No, no. I\'ve got to get--
HARRY THE HAGGLER: What do you mean, \'no, no, no\'?
BRIAN: I haven\'t time. I\'ve got--
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Well, give it back, then.
BRIAN: No, no, no. I just paid you.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Burt!
BURT: Yeah?
HARRY THE HAGGLER: This bloke won\'t haggle.
BURT: Won\'t haggle?!
BRIAN: All right. Do we have to?
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Now, look. I want twenty for that.
BRIAN: I-- I just gave you twenty.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Now, are you telling me that\'s not worth twenty shekels?
BRIAN: No.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Look at it. Feel the quality. That\'s none of your goat.
BRIAN: All right. I\'ll give you nineteen then.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: No, no, no. Come on. Do it properly.
BRIAN: What?
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Haggle properly. This isn\'t worth nineteen.
BRIAN: Well, you just said it was worth twenty.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Ohh, dear. Ohh, dear. Come on. Haggle.
BRIAN: Huh. All right. I\'ll give you ten.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: That\'s more like it. Ten?! Are you trying to insult me?! Me, with a poor dying grandmother?! Ten?!
BRIAN: All right. I\'ll give you eleven.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Now you\'re gettin\' it. Eleven?! Did I hear you right?! Eleven?! This cost me twelve. You want to ruin me?!
BRIAN: Seventeen?
HARRY THE HAGGLER:  No, no, no, no. Seventeen.
BRIAN: Eighteen?
HARRY THE HAGGLER: No, no. You go to fourteen now.
BRIAN: All right. I\'ll give you fourteen.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Fourteen?! Are you joking?!
BRIAN: That\'s what you told me to say.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Ohh, dear.
BRIAN:  Ohh, tell me what to say. Please!
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Offer me fourteen.
BRIAN:  I\'ll give you fourteen.
HARRY THE HAGGLER: He\'s offering me fourteen for this!
BRIAN: Fifteen!
HARRY THE HAGGLER: Seventeen. My last word. I won\'t take a penny less, or strike me dead.
BRIAN:  Sixteen.
HARRY THE HAGGLER:  Done. Nice to do business with you.


Scene 15: Harry the Haggler - The Life of Brian

[Xeraans]

Originally posted by goland
... I mean, come on, the Dead Parrot sketch, the Lumberjack Song, Ministry of Silly Walks, Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things ...

Sir, would by ANY chance at all, that scene go anything like this:

Guy1, bringing in a cage: I\'d like to return this parrot.
Guy2 behind the counter: Ah, yes, what\'s wrong with it?
Guy1, setting the cage down: It\'s dead.
Guy2 behind the counter, looking into the cage: No he\'s not.
Guy1, standing there: Yes he is. Look at him!
Guy2 behind the counter: No, he\'s just sleeping!
Guy1, bringing in a cage: He\'s stiff as a board! He\'s dead!
Guy2 behind the counter: No, he most certainly is not.
Guy1 takes the stiff bird out of the cage, and proceeds to bang him on the counter: Dead! Dead! Dead! Dead!

Anything resembling that, at all? *crosses his fingers*

[LigH]

Did you know, that ...

... the scene with the Black Knight (one arm, the other arm, one leg...) found its way into the probably most successful chess game in EGA times, \"Battle Chess\"?  

Always look on the bright side of life!
___

BTW:

A) What\'s your name?
B) ...
A) What\'s your desire?
B) ...

A) What\'s your favourite color?
B) Dunno... Aaaaarrgghh!!! I\'m color blind!

A) How much does a swallow weight?
B) European or african?
A) Dunno... Aaaaarrgghh!!!


And practice counting up to 5 ... ehrm, 3!

[goland]

Xeraans, you got it!  \"He\'s just pining for the fjords\" : )


LigH, I didn\'t know that about \"battle chess\"....I usually stick to checkers....



Anyone see, or going to see, Spamalot?  It\'s coming to Boston in March...I soooooo wanna see it but tickets are about 125 USD each!  And that\'s the cheapest seats in the house! *gags* Perhaps if I offer the boxoffice a shubbery they may cut me a deal?

[Xeraans]

Goland, you are an a complete angel to me. XD I was raised on Monty Python, as still am up to this date.. and I remembered that little bird skit since I was about three or four, and never could remember where it was from, and upon many questionings over the years, and watching movies, I never could find where it was from.

Thank you! *huggleshmorks*

--
And Spamalot?

We\'re Knights of the Round Table!
We dance whene\'er we\'re able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable!
We dine well here in Camelot,
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot!

And back to about Spamalot. I do so want to go see it, but probably never will, for the fact that it\'ll never come near here, and the above-said expensiveness.

And while I\'m here, just to prevent (And probably encourage) the Knights who say Ni from(to) coming here...

>.>
<.<

?It?

[ThomPhoenix]

Yay, Monthy Python!

I got Meaning of Life for Christmas and we \"had\" to watch Life of Brian and The Holy Grail for History and English class. It\'s just awesome, I will too get them all one day

[Drey]

ive only ever seen on monty python film and that was The Life of Brian... didn\'t like it too much, straight after is we put in a Ross Noble dvd which was brilliant

[Thoronador]

Well, Monty Python.... How can someone not like Monty Python?
These guys are just brilliant, that\'s out of question. My favourites are \"Monty Python and the Holy Grail\" (in my opinion the best they ever did) and \"Ministry of Silly Walks\".
Here\'s a small scene from the Holy Grail, taking place after they faced the dangerous killer rabit:

King Arthur: (holding the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch) How does it work?
Sir Lancelot: I don\'t know.
King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments!
Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
Brother Maynard\'s Roommate: And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, \"O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.\" And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...
Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...
Brother Maynard\'s Roommate: And the Lord spoke, saying, \"First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither 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.
Brother Maynard: Amen.
All: Amen.
King Arthur: Right. One... two... five.
Sir Galahad: Three, sir!
King Arthur: Three!

[Xordan]

Yeah, Monty Python rocks I want to get my hands on a holy hand grenade. Similar to the holy hand grendade... I also saw a holy water gun in some movie... want one of those as well

[defender43]

Oh, my goodness. A thread on Monty Python!! And I didn\'t have to start it!!

\"Are you sayin\' coconuts migrate?\"
\"They could be carried\"
\"By what?\"
\"A swallow.\"
\"A swallow?\"
\"He could grip it by the husk.\"
\"It\'s not a matter of where he grips it, it\'s a matter of weight ratios! A five ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut.\"

And Drey, even if you didn\'t like Life of Brian (I didn\'t either) you\'ve GOT to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail! It\'s so funny.