Monty Python - The First Man To Jump The Channel
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2007
- from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Season 1 - Episode 10
Untitled
Recorded 30-11-69, Aired 21-12-69
I'm slowly uploading the entire Flying Circus series... Got any requests? - Komedie
It's easier to jump over sea than over land
Because over the sea there's simply nowhere to land
Why doesn't this have more thumbs up? INTERNET FOLK, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED BY THE PUN?!
There's the door to your left
157 people obviously missed the jokes LOL @@aglazeddonut6635
:)
Some people find it easier to jump over sea because there's usually a soft landing.
As an Englishman I am outraged at the suggestion that we never see the Sun. I can categorically assure you that the Sun did make a brief appearance one afternoon last August....about 2.15pm. It lasted for at least 10 minutes!
I know how you feel.
All the tourist who visit Wyoming constantly complain about the wind; usually saying the same thing, _"Does the wind always blow like that?"_
The nerve!
There was that day, 11 June 1994, when there was no wind for almost ten minutes.
People fell down, because they were use to leaning into the wind to get anywhere.
Would never entertain the sun, it' to common and over priced
@@smc1942I lol’d hard at the phrase “All the tourist who visit Wyoming.” It was Geoffrey. The tourist was Geoffrey and his opinion is invalid on account of he meant to vacation in Colorado and got lost on the way.
@@HandsomeDanVacationRentals
Lol! Come on...
100,000 Coloradans can't be wrong!
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@HandsomeDanVacationRentals
Well, the wind probably steered him off-course!
I love that Cleese's character specified that Ron would be the first to eat an Anglican cathedral. That implies that somebody out there in the Python universe has already managed to eat a Catholic or Orthodox church.
Personally I think it’s more that with the different architectural styles and materials used it would be a different achievement to eat a Catholic or Orthodox cathedral than eating an Anglican one
Well, St. Basil's in Moscow is quite clearly made out of cake and chocolate, so it should be MUCH easier to eat!
Look, it’s not a matter of grasping at architectural styles is it? It’s a simple matter of teeth to stone ratios. @@lazydroidproductions1087
The words they use make it funnier. Carrying "1/2 a hundredweight" of bricks is far more hilarious than "50 lbs".
@@rdhunkins Ding ding ding. Humor is pretty simple when you get how it works. They aren't implying anything, being extra specific when describing something makes it funnier, it's a common element of jokes.
"Which has, throughout history, stirred the hearts and minds of Englishmen of all nations."
Very underrated line.
"Scott of the Antarctic"!!! Ha ha ha ha! 🤣
You know what? I didn't even catch that joke until you pointed it out. Haha
No one in the audience caught it either.
I always loved the last line: "Shh, this is satire.""No it isn't. This is zany madcap humour!"
Mrs Premise and Mrs Conclusion arguments are always a laugh.
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams?
For those who are interested: Captain Matthew Webb was an adventurer who swam the English Channel from Dover, England to Calais, France in under 22 hours in 1875.
Under water…. To be precise.
In underpants
wearing two monocles
English men everywhere. Why must they always do at first. Isn’t getting boring?🧐
@@jayhache5609 Yes. Swimming under water is extinct. The swimmers actually. For reasons unknown swimmers nowadays try to swim at the surface. Fun fact; many years ago there were people who couldn’t swim and walked over water. Only one survived but he took on another hobby. Something with wooden crosses and nails.
I love the small details that probably at the time were improvised like when Terry turns away from the microphone while speaking and John having to turn him back. Always loved Terrys physical timeing
100% not improvised. It's taking the piss out of typical interviewee behaviour (which is to be oblivious about camera/microphone direction).
Actually no, *very* little of Monty Python is improvised.
The wind was improvised I believe... Or was it?
Dropping vertically out of the shot was a nice touch.
'Englishman of all nations' 😂😂
Which is obviously thanks to all those from the Sudbury area who so gallantly gave their lives to keep China British.
Toussaint Gervais That's unfortunately just about what they have in London today. Englishmen from all nations, except from England.
KlaxTheUnholy Yes, from what I read, Londonistan is supposedly a Safe Space for the worst people on earth, the mohammadans, and according to the vile Left, including the mayor of Londonistan, you're just supposed to go along with the invasion and not say or do anything.
I hope UKIP gets in power across the board and can stop and reverse this travesty of justice.
MAGA! & MBGA!
Take back your country from the evil Left.
KlaxTheUnholy Didn't get what? If you weren't upset about the Left trying to make nationalism unacceptable in your country, then I truly have no idea what you were trying to say.
KlaxTheUnholy I was about to ask you what Stewart Lee honey was, just to be a smartass. But then I decided to Google it...some kind of British comedian, I gather. But I still don't get the reference. I'm American so I'd never heard of him.
Much as I love Luigi Vercotti, my favourite line is from Ron: "Are you sure there isn't a spade?"
"Could make him the first man ever to eat an entire Anglican cathedral." The emphasis on Anglican implies that someone has already eaten an entire Roman Catholic cathedral. XD
We went to the English Channel last year and I tried this difficult task. I must say Mr. Ron Obvious made a very good attempt.
God Probably doesn't exist okay then, so almost all maps including Western Europe is wrong and you right?
RottenRroses I too have tried this and alto having water beneath me was impetus to stay airborne the bricks weighed me down and I only managed 1,3 miles before getting wet😁😁
Gotta give Ron credit. He is determined.
Um, "was."
ZoopsMind What are you insinuating?
Rebecca Marshall That Mr Obvious has kicked the bucket, shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile. That Ron Obvious is an EX-MORON.
fba90130 I don't buy that, sorry. For someone like Ron Obvious to just be dead is too...well, obvious, really. If you want my opinion, he's still down there breaking that world record as we speak.
british to the core....
I love this sketch...everytime I go to church, I think about Ron pulling out his napkin and tucking into that cathedral.
The bit where he bites into it and breaks his teeth is my favourite part of the sketch.
"Anglican Cathedral" to be specific.. they are the toughest to chew.
When I first watched this, I expected a Gilliam animation showing Obvious jumping the channel. But I thought it was hilarious how they just let Terry just jump into the cold ocean
He was briefed prior to the stunt
close enough to get it done next time.
ya noticed that top comment is 12 years old.
@@alexanderk7776he’s been waiting for these replies for quite while. I hope he enjoys them.
@@patl709 😂
I love Michael Palin's first reaction to being 'questioned'.
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Probably my favorite part! I also love how Cleese is grabbing him almost like a police man 😅
@@ilmarinen79 👍
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"I like the police", he mutters. 😂😂 Plays a similar character in the Piranha Brothers sketch.
This is why I like Monty Python, even when you think you know what is going to happen you are wrong and when you are right it is still hilarious.
Michael Palin's enthusiam in any role is hilarious.
I bet this guy would have been an awesome hide and seek champion.
+Tjimi Cole last one ended in a tie.
I wonder if the replay has finished yet.
No, he has mastered the art of How Not To Be Seen ;)
We should fight for everyone to have the right to jump over the channel.
stop the jumps. jumpers for goalposts.
There’s no law against it
Gotta give Ron credit. He is determined.. Michael Palin's enthusiam in any role is hilarious..
The brick-sponsor for the channel jump killed me
As a Mercurian, I'm still waiting for Ron to arrive. It's been a while now, but only relativitly speaking.
I just want to point out the genius of the opening of this skit. A gay man being confronted with his homosexuality, posing as a straight man, pretending to be the stereotype of a gay man as a straight man.
4:00 is just terrifying. My teeth are set permanently on edge by it.
That man should start a business and devote himself to encouraging people to believe in themselves instead of trying to do impossible things 😄 OMG thank you Monty Python for everything!!
Even Neo from the Matrix failed the first jump.
Good one.
Everyone fails the first jump.
Python's comedy was so far past genius, there aren't any English words to describe it. This skit is classic Python.
While there may not have been a word back then, today we're blessed with the word "phythonesc", which describes this kind of humour rather well. It is indeed a great fortune for humanity that this word has been invented just in time to describe those works of genius.
@@HenryLoenwind No shit - cause we'll never see anything like this again.
Sure there are: it's ... satire. Or zany madcap humour. One of the two.
@@HenryLoenwindNo, Pythonesque is when something is reminiscent of Python. Monty Python ARE Monty Python and so are disqualified. That's like saying "this house reminds me of a house". This thread is becoming pretty Pythonesque though.
Surreal or absurdist.
My all time favorite monty python. Rest in peace terry jones and thank you for the laughs.
The adorable little musical sting at 1:29 is just so charming and fun
When not performinng these amazing feats of physical and mental endurance, Ron cuts our lawn.
“Englishmen of all nations” and “Scott of the Antarctic” are both underrated lines
Anglican cathedrals are optimal, the stone is slightly spongy 'round the edges.
Ron has a positive attitude. Good for him.
he'd probbably made it if he loses the bricks
"Chapman kept his sexuality a secret until 1967, although he did allude to it in some Monty Python sketches." -Wikipedia. Haha that's awesome. Genuine opening scene.
Jay Flippen Given that Python started in 1969, if Chapman was out by 1967 there would be no need to "allude" to his sexuality in Python sketches since it would already be well-known. I strongly suspect that this is the wrong date
He said in his autobiography that he came out to John Cleese before they had even met up with any of the pythons, so just after college.
+AksieB "came out to John" wonder if that convo went a bit like this:
C: Hello John, fancy a bit of a tug and rub?
J: CHAP ! I can't believe you said that ! Your hilarious ! Join our rowdy band of misfit comics.
C: Sure John but what about the tugger?
Micheal: What's Chap on about on his knees ?
J: Wait till he's finished, he's not half bad at it.
but this sketch is from 1969.
Britain still outlawed homosexuality until 1967.
Michael Palin has an awesome voice and flawless delivery
+Eightosaurus Spelunk I think he's the greatest comic actor there has ever been. Greater even than Peter Sellers, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, Julie Walters, Steve Coogan, David Jason, Gene Wilder, Miranda Richardson, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell, etc., etc. I seriously mean that. Comedy is not a laughing matter.
He's growing to be my favorite Python as I rewatch these clips.
John cleese was the reporter
Palin is just so glib and relaxed.Never forced.
Thank you, Ron Obvious
i love the little french scene haha, monty python's french takes are epic
Dear Terry Jones😢 Sadly missed❤
I remember watching this skit the first time as a kid. I remember feeling really excited to see Ron jump across the channel and really hyped myself up for it, only to watch him just jump into the water. That was the first instance of disappointment I felt and it hooked me on that humor
I think Ron Oblivious would be a better name.
ScottishChristian But that would be too obvious.
"No it wasn't you fairy!" ------ "Oh hello sailor"---this said at the beginning was hilarious!
Ironic, considering he really was gay
@@SamuelBlack84 Did he ever actually do drag? I remember one Python sketch in which he actually modeled a rather luxurious dress and shoes.
@@cha5 I don't know
@@cha5 He was very butch in real life, and bordered on homophobic in some ways. He was not especially tolerant of camp behaviour.
@@premanadi He probably held the gay community in about the same regard as every other group that the Pythons would skewer, plus with everything I’ve heard about Chapman it’s not hard to imagine him being somewhat conflicted there.
Also this was a rather homophobic period of time when homosexuality was still being legislated against in England.
Ron sadly failed in his attempt to eat Chichester Cathedral, but later, after further intensive training, he succeeded in devouring the Loch Ness monster. He accomplished this feat on November 19th 1974, at approximately 11.47 p.m. Lamentably, the event went unrecorded, as a storm rendered the camera inoperable, and Ron's, and his manager's subsequent claims to fame were treated as evidence of a delusional personality, and an attempt to raise funds fraudulently for Ron's next planned task, which was to drink the Dead Sea. This attempt was begun on July 6th, 1975, but tragically ended after a few short moments when Ron was overcome with nausea, later passing away due to acute salt poisoning. His manager's whereabouts are not known. Recent sightings of the Loch Ness monster have given rise to theories that Ron's story is a total fiction. This is, of course, total fiction.
Ron Obvious passed away in 1969.
@@NONO-hz4vo No, that was his older brother, Ron.
Every morning, he gets up at 4am and runs 25 miles. No-one knows why.
I miss these guys.
Graham Chapman was a comic genius. Think of all the laughs we missed out on.
I suppose you are right, but I'm too busy thinking of all the laughs he gave us when alive!
Yes, Graham still had a lot of laughs to give us. 😓
So did...
John Belushi
John Candy
Chris Farley
Phil Hartman
Gilda Radnor
...and others gone too soon!
Well it’s a brave attempt,unfortunately I think the wind was against him. Anyway far more exciting than Formula One
This comedy routine reminds me a bit of America's "SuperDave", a man who also tries to achieve some dangerous (and ultimately unachievable) goal and invariably gets smashed or blown up or eviscerated until he returns again to give it another try.
I remember Super Dave! 80s, wasn’t it? Possibly 90s? Hilarious. Hazy memory of a sports sketch, American Football maybe…? Viewing in the UK. No idea what show it was on.
@@Michael-mm3fmIt was a reoccurring comedy skit on 'The Bizarre Show' which aired on the showtime network in the early 1980's. The skit featured fictional daredevil Super Dave Osbourne, who was loosely based on the famous daredevil Evel Knievel. The dressed Super Dave up in a similar costume with a crash helmet and all only every stunt that he attempted went tragically wrong ending with Super Dave being brutally maimed. All of the episodes are on CZcams.
@@billrab1890 thank you! I'll go look for it...
Huge Monty Python fan but somehow managed to miss this one.
Ah, yes, I remember this well. I flew over to England to view this spectacle. Unfortunately the sun decided to hide itself halfway through his jump causing me to be unable to get a decent picture. But the excitement was impalpable.
I think the emphasis on "eat" also implies someone had already chewn upon an Anglican Cathedral.
there is an epic quality about the sea, which has throughout history stirred the hearts and minds of english men of all nations"
I love these humorous takes on the absurd existing Guinness records xD
Odd how this was posted 16 years ago but wasn't turning up in searches until now.
All of the Python CZcams videos were taken down a while back, and are suddenly reappearing. I don't expect them to last long.
@@premanadi not really taken down, somehow just blocked or something for years.
@@kerryedavis There used to be an official Python CZcams channel, and then I think they sold the rights to everything to someone (Netflix?) and everything was blocked or disappeared. I don't know why they are suddenly back.
What I want to know is: Did anyone beat Ron's Channel jumping record? Even if they didn't reach the center of Calais and just the beach.
Not that we know of, he's still the reigning title holder. RIP.
E got to Rwanda,
the Braverman - flop.
I remember while touring Normandy in 1989, I missed the bus,and had to long jump from St Marie Eglise to Le Harve.
Just my luck, there were no cameras filming me...
The good news was, there is no record of me crashing into that barn just out of Caen!!!
I misjudged the wind!
I was only in traction a few months.😁
I've been lucky enough to live through both the Goon Show era, & its follow-up Monty Python.
Not forgetting Michael Bentine, and Spike Milligan's Q series.
Yeah. I always thort It's a Square World was something of a precursor to Python. Must be many people who remember the classic game of drats (sic).
This is a rare Python scetch as its not only very funny but heart breaking'ly sad.
Paul Bacchus esq
Funny that each goal gets grander. First he tries to jump the English Channel, then he tries to eat a cathedral, then he attempts to tunnel to Java, and then tries to run to Mercury.
It's said "Nothing is impossible," but these feats do come rather close.
You're right. In one sketch from "At last the 1948 show", Graham (after having been offered several items and even women from his doctor) shouts "I'm not interested in girls!". ^_^
Ron's Oblivious death 45th anniversary.. [*] R.I.P. Ron [*]
Ron Obvious paved the way for subsequent greats like Super Dave Osborne, a famous Englishman of the USA. Super Dave was the first man to traverse the CN Tower, vertically, in a single step.
The English are lucky.
Here in Scotland, we have only two seasons. In one, freezing blizzards howl across the dark moors. And then ... there's winter.
We are lucky " because " we are English. And because we have Hadrian's Wall.
I think it would have been funnier for him to ALMOST succeed at one of the things...for example, to land in the surf five feet short of the beach at Calais.
As an Australian, I am outraged that my mother didn't name me Bruce!
👍🏼😄
But assume you are a connoisseur of fine Australian tablewines, with a kick in them like a mule.😊
we all have to bear a cross......
I'm afraid she did Bruce...she just didn't tell you
But she did call your sister sheila
Ron Obvious: BEST. NAME. EVER.
4:47 Ron will become a household name, just not in the way you think.....
luigi vercotti is the best recurring character in the show
I think the emphasis on "Entire" also implies someone has eaten part of an Anglican Cathedral.
Or an entire non‐anglical one, was my thought!
Furthest distance so far = 11' 6" officially. 26 miles is the objective across the channel... :)
How did no one laugh at "Englishmen of all nations?!"
English audiences have rather high standards. They won't crack a titter for any old rubbish.
Yes, a request! - the singing/dancing scene with the soldiers, from 'And Now For Something Completely Different' - all I remember is a close-up of John Cleese as he sang, winking at the camera, "OOH scratch yer eyes out".
Alright that's enough,it's getting silly! Absolutely the best. Terry Jones is brilliant in this.
That viking has to be what the twins in how to train your dragon is based off of
Don't forget this was filmed during the mania surrounding Evel Knieval
Because truly absolutely nothing is impossible.
I know lol but its good to know that he was not afraid to be open and funny about it
Stuffing the toothbrush in his waistband is class
That 3:33 is so reminiscent of me preparing to do a road sprint on the highway over the last 10 years or so.
As an Italian-American, I always get a kick at how the Pythons stereotype Italians as crooks...Luigi Fercotti was also with his brother when they tried to shake down Graham Chapman and the British army in another sketch
He was in the Piranha Brothers skit as well, as a pimp.
You've got a nice Army base, Colonel. We wouldn't want anything to happen to it. 😄
@@armygrunt13 things break, Colonel
@@armygrunt13 I'm sure Trump was channelling Luigi when he made his perfect phone call to Ukraine.
@@Gottenhimfella a few more phone calls there and that lucrative war would have been out the window. whew!
"Well Hello Sailor."
“Hello Sailor” 🤣
right,this is the very special and great humor of mpfc that is without a shadow of a doubt the best programme ever shown on tv
Thanks for uploading this! I recorded this on an audiocassette at least 35 years ago, and the episode as a whole is still one of my favourites. I'm off to look for the woman being serenaded by her lover in her bedroom as her husband watches ("It's just a trick of the light, dear"), and the Confuse A Cat service skit.
Confuse a Cat is an underrated sketch of theirs
Righto!
Confuse a Cat is among the first Python sketches I saw. It made me a fan.
Yeah we used to pass Python cassette tapes around like contraband at school back in the 80's. Had the stuff memorized better than any lessons.
@@SofaKingShit we did too, and also Derek and Clive tapes :-)
Accurate portrayal of how the music industry treats musicians, roadies, and stagehands
The best humor of our lifetime
Back when men were real men.
You'd scarcely find a man willing to even attempt a jump like that, these days.
Oh, gods, I LOVE Graham. He was so funny.
Loved Graham. Loved Michael. Loved John. Loved Terry. Loved Eric, even though he was Sir Notappearinginthisfilm.
lol im french and liked the "fin de cross" sign and everybody in sailor suits.
i respect a person who has the capability of not taking himself too seriously haha.
Merry Christmas for the previous 14 years...
As an Englishman and sponser of the Chippenham Brick Company I'd just like to say that sadly Nigel Winklebottom never made the jump across the channel.
Yes, but the incorrectly spelt Nigel Winterbottom did manage to play for arsenal, so we were okay and moderately pleased with the outcome.
i love it when his lower lip curls in when he laughs.:)
The Palin 'gangster' character!
1:16 You can tell that the 1965 British switch to the metric system didn't come in time for the education of the Montey Python crew filming this in 69. Miles, indeed.
Kilometers weren't really adopted. Roadsigns are still in miles.
It would be rather expensive to replace all the road signs at once. There have been gradual replacements to signs that use both metric and imperial though. Eventually, they'll be replaced with all metic.
A meter is an instrument used to measure something. A metre is a distance. Hence kilometre not kilometre.
Whoops the spell checker got me!
@Igon Overbord
I wonder what the distance from Basingstoke/Westphalia to Hamm is?
Far easier than anything remotely Gothic in nature. However, I would assume post Renaissance Cathedrals would be a bit easier to consume.
There are some Orthodox Cathedrals in Russia and Alaska made completely out of wood which would be even easier to devour.
@@cha5 Tis said that the consumption is the easy part, digestion is where it gets tricky
"Oh, I thought you were the, uh... I like the police a lot." XD
Being from colwyn bay, I do regret not meeting Terry Jones RIP
I can see some parallels to what is happening in the world of today…
Real world events often remind me of Python sketches.