The Argument Skit

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  • čas přidán 23. 01. 2007
  • From Monty Python's Flying Circus episode 29.
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Komentáře • 943

  • @tnekkc
    @tnekkc Před 10 měsíci +1924

    "I could be arguing in my spare time." That line has been with me for 47 years.

    • @_skyraider_
      @_skyraider_ Před 10 měsíci +115

      no it hasn't

    • @tnekkc
      @tnekkc Před 10 měsíci +21

      @_skyraider_
      no it hasn't
      :)

    • @geargrinder5182
      @geargrinder5182 Před 10 měsíci +9

      @@another2133No it isn't.

    • @Jimothy10
      @Jimothy10 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Ha! Me too!

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@Jimothy10 no, you specifically not

  • @friskecrisps8038
    @friskecrisps8038 Před 10 měsíci +1123

    “Oh I’m sorry. This is abuse”. God that line delivery is hilarious

  • @salopiansessions8326
    @salopiansessions8326 Před 10 měsíci +1202

    Just £1 for a 5-minute argument? Times have changed! I'm paying upwards of £18.99 these days.

  • @aCivilServant
    @aCivilServant Před 10 měsíci +479

    2:14 "I came here for a good argument", "No you didn't, you came here for an argument". Probably the best line for me, so subtle and implies that they could start an argument about the quality of the argument. 🤣

  • @_letstartariot
    @_letstartariot Před 7 měsíci +235

    I like how he immediately employs gaslighting. That will keep an argument going for ages.

  • @simontabony
    @simontabony Před 10 měsíci +764

    I’ve always loved that last hand on Cleese’s shoulder before the cutaway. All he says is “hold it”, implying a never ending line a coppers waiting to nick the one before.

    • @FerutElCampeador
      @FerutElCampeador Před 10 měsíci +68

      At some point in the series you can actually see the line of coppers through some random street

    • @kerryedavis
      @kerryedavis Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@FerutElCampeador Unless those were just the gas cooker people...

    • @cmans79tr7
      @cmans79tr7 Před 10 měsíci +36

      Yep. And the last sentence of the clip "It's a fair cop" is also brilliant. Someone elsewhere clarified that the phrase is a British-ism meaning something to the effect that someone made a good point Also that the "arrest" was justified, playing upon the fact ther were three "cops" in the room, one-upping each other. Until I had read this comment section, I was unaware of any significance to that ending, and until now, I did indeed consider that a cheap way to end the skit.

    • @kerryedavis
      @kerryedavis Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@cmans79tr7 You know who else said that? The witch in "Grail."

    • @placeholdername0000
      @placeholdername0000 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Well, eventually they are out of view of the camera, thus making it harder to argue that they wilfully participated in the sketch.

  • @bdmayhem3391
    @bdmayhem3391 Před 9 měsíci +347

    "Mr. DeBakey's free, but he's a little bit conciliatory" is a wildly underrated line.

  • @benw4409
    @benw4409 Před 9 měsíci +573

    The perfect Python sketch. Cleese and Palin bouncing off each other, the satire on language, the commentary on the way arguments are structured, the layered word play, the one liners, the timing, the delivery, the premise, Chapman, Idle and Jones' bit parts. If they'd made just this one sketch, they'd be legends.

  • @jend8759
    @jend8759 Před 10 měsíci +141

    “Malodorous pervert” and “stupid git” are two of my favorite insults.

    • @VuotoPneumaNN
      @VuotoPneumaNN Před 8 měsíci +11

      I fart in your general direction sir

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 8 měsíci

      Vacuous malodorous pervert, in fact!

    • @Restorationshopyt
      @Restorationshopyt Před 4 měsíci +8

      No they aren’t.

    • @Pikashockdragon
      @Pikashockdragon Před měsícem

      Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries!

    • @paulsarnik8506
      @paulsarnik8506 Před 26 dny

      Shut yer festering gob, you tit!😮. 🤓😎✌🏻🇬🇧

  • @mikekolokowsky
    @mikekolokowsky Před 10 měsíci +161

    Monty Python unintentionally invented the term “spam” for “something unwanted and asked for”. This sketch is a tutorial for social media arguments, plus the rooms of abuse and complaint.

    • @david8157
      @david8157 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Actually Spam was originally a brand name for canned spiced ham (spam) from 1930s US

    • @neoneapolitan2122
      @neoneapolitan2122 Před 10 měsíci +15

      No, I think you're wrong. It simply can't be from the 1930s. They would have pulled Spam off the store shelf by now if it was that old.

    • @bradleynewall7541
      @bradleynewall7541 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Spam spam spam spam bake beans and spam...
      Can I have the bake beans without spam...
      Without spam, ewe

    • @david8157
      @david8157 Před 10 měsíci

      @@neoneapolitan2122
      Instead of thinking you know what you are talking about.. and being wrong... there is a thing called google search... use it and find out the facts... Spam was a canned pork product made in USA

    • @hogenmogen8545
      @hogenmogen8545 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@david8157 Yes, "spam" is "spiced ham", but the Monty Python reference in the internet age turned it into "something unwanted and unasked for".

  • @Penrodyn
    @Penrodyn Před 10 měsíci +363

    One of their best sketches, a unique piece of comedy that never fails to make me laugh.

    • @keco185
      @keco185 Před 9 měsíci +15

      No it’s not

    • @mis4nthr0p3
      @mis4nthr0p3 Před 9 měsíci +6

      ​@@keco185
      "Yes it is!"

    • @captainjames4649
      @captainjames4649 Před 8 měsíci +4

      ​@@mis4nthr0p3no, it's not

    • @atheistidiot
      @atheistidiot Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@captainjames4649yes it is

    • @FistandFootMartialArts
      @FistandFootMartialArts Před 6 měsíci

      I would venture that MP had SO many that would fall into that category as to make the statement meaningless. ;-)

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul Před 8 měsíci +50

    The ending is brilliant, if this sketch wasn't amazing enough. Breaking the fourth wall, then regressing into an infinite loop

  • @MrSophbeau
    @MrSophbeau Před 9 měsíci +108

    Probably the best television comedy sketch ever done. I'm 65 and this has been in my brain for 50 years. All Python is good but this is brilliant.

  • @wolfgangallanalhazred802
    @wolfgangallanalhazred802 Před 5 měsíci +39

    A place you can willingly subject yourself to where you can have arguments with total strangers about nothing. Kind of like the internet! Love this sketch!

  • @robertzio
    @robertzio Před 10 měsíci +43

    The delivery oh “oh I’m sorry this is abuse” kills me 😂

  • @DParkerNunya
    @DParkerNunya Před 8 měsíci +45

    "Oh no this is abuse" followed immediately by gaslighting is such an amazing one-two

  • @Chessrook44
    @Chessrook44 Před 8 měsíci +19

    Watching this sketch again, I came to an incredible realization.
    Someone heaping abuse on you for no reason?
    Arguments aplenty?
    Trying to complain, only to have other people complain with or to you?
    This is just Twitter!

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 8 měsíci

      No its not

    • @GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf
      @GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf Před 8 měsíci

      Yes it is

    • @SomeOne-gm5md
      @SomeOne-gm5md Před 7 měsíci

      @@GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf No it's not

    • @ONDAxHENNY
      @ONDAxHENNY Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@SomeOne-gm5md it most certainly is

    • @user-ks5cg5cd7m
      @user-ks5cg5cd7m Před 3 dny

      I was thinking Facebook. People keep posting political memes on the Monte Python fan page I joined. Seriously, those people ARE the sketch! The lack of self-awareness is breathtaking and hilarious sometimes.

  • @DarkBrickCreations
    @DarkBrickCreations Před 8 měsíci +16

    A 5 minute argument never costs £1. It costs thousands... And she never forgets.

  • @robpawlikowski4020
    @robpawlikowski4020 Před 10 měsíci +396

    My favorite sketch! So well constructed - alarmingly simple, but delivers the laughs every time!

  • @quantumleap359
    @quantumleap359 Před 10 měsíci +233

    Possibly the funniest skit ever recorded. I've seen it many times and it still makes me roar with laughter!

  • @noahbody9782
    @noahbody9782 Před 8 měsíci +5

    The genius of John Cleese.

  • @ricardokobe3350
    @ricardokobe3350 Před 10 měsíci +25

    “I could be arguing in my spare time” 😭😭😂😂😂

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 Před 9 měsíci +42

    John Cleese was incredible in this skit. His poker face is flawless.

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 Před 8 měsíci

      But not as flawless as the coffee nosed, malodorous pervert's snotty faced heap of parrot droppings.

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci +4

      No, he wasn't.

    • @ahobimo732
      @ahobimo732 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@sevadaj Contradiction is not argumentation!
      (Also... Do I pay now, or afterwards?)

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci

      Yes it is.
      @@ahobimo732

    • @kingofcards9516
      @kingofcards9516 Před 7 měsíci

      @@ahobimo732 yes it is.
      (Pay afterwards)

  • @kerryedavis
    @kerryedavis Před 10 měsíci +13

    Just left an "argument" room, and "I came here to complain!" "Oh, that's next door! It's being-hit-on-the-head lessons in here!" "What a stupid concept!"

    • @douglassun8456
      @douglassun8456 Před 4 měsíci

      IIRC, that's where it ends in the album version. I had forgotten about the infinite regression ending with the police detectives.

  • @ihatespam2
    @ihatespam2 Před 4 měsíci +4

    The Greatest Skit of All Time!!!
    Being hit on the head lessons…
    “I came in here for a good argument”
    “No you didn’t, you came in here for an argument.”

  • @SilentHotdog28
    @SilentHotdog28 Před 10 měsíci +20

    "I already paid." "No you didn't". haha, love it.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Then why are you arguing? Since you are arguing with me, I must have paid.

    • @Oneminuteman38
      @Oneminuteman38 Před 8 dny

      What are you arguing about

  • @snickpickle
    @snickpickle Před 10 měsíci +163

    Oh, my goodness, this is funny! The way these guys can take such a simple concept and create comedy magic is priceless! I’ve never seen this one before, but I’ll be back for a few more bonks on the head!

    • @larshollander8659
      @larshollander8659 Před 10 měsíci +16

      No it isn't

    • @damjanresek395
      @damjanresek395 Před 10 měsíci +7

      ​@@larshollander8659Oh it absolutely is

    • @Malarky49
      @Malarky49 Před 10 měsíci +8

      That's not a good argument, that's just a contradiction!

    • @elonif4125
      @elonif4125 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@Malarky49No, it isn’t

    • @kerryedavis
      @kerryedavis Před 4 měsíci +1

      Never before? It's been around for like 50 years.

  • @lefkytheshin
    @lefkytheshin Před 9 měsíci +26

    Most people, especially these days, claim to think outside of the box. These guys actually did that very thing and quite well.

    • @supersniffer9632
      @supersniffer9632 Před 8 měsíci +6

      No they didn't.

    • @lefkytheshin
      @lefkytheshin Před 8 měsíci

      @@supersniffer9632 Yup, they did. Given the thug crap you're watching, I'd expect as much. Miserable prick.

    • @elonif4125
      @elonif4125 Před 7 měsíci

      @@lefkytheshinNo, they didn’t

  • @occamraiser
    @occamraiser Před 10 měsíci +23

    'I want to complain' - "YOU! Want to complain!" Got to adore Monty Python.

  • @susanb8354
    @susanb8354 Před 10 měsíci +54

    This is my favorite Monty Python sketch. I have many favorites but this one is Number One! Monty Python enabled me to appreciate the utter insanity of the world.

    • @blackbob3358
      @blackbob3358 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Well said, Susan, a profound statement, if there ever was one. All the rest is bollocks !!

    • @Robkinggozer
      @Robkinggozer Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@blackbob3358No it isn't.

    • @peteloaf0
      @peteloaf0 Před 6 měsíci

      Hi Sus! You're Right! Much Love~!😘

    • @Robkinggozer
      @Robkinggozer Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@peteloaf0 No she isn't.

  • @tinowichura8965
    @tinowichura8965 Před 6 měsíci +6

    The moment when Palin says himself "No it isn't!" is genius! The subtly of it's facial movements and implications of realisations are perfect!

  • @cheeseheadfiddle
    @cheeseheadfiddle Před 5 měsíci +7

    They were-still are-surrealist geniuses.

  • @georgemoore7186
    @georgemoore7186 Před 8 měsíci +11

    The poms have a special knack for making the ridiculous, funny, very funny, hysterically funny, rolling on the floor funny, all the while being serious, how did they keep a straight face? would love to see some of the bloopers for a show like this

  • @harrynking777
    @harrynking777 Před 9 měsíci +12

    The argument sketch is quite educational. It puts forward the idea that an argument need not be contradictory.

    • @philipk9783
      @philipk9783 Před 9 měsíci +7

      No it doesn't

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci +3

      ​@@philipk9783Yes it does

    • @LoveToRelax
      @LoveToRelax Před 9 měsíci +3

      No, it doesn't

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@LoveToRelax Yes it does

    • @philipk9783
      @philipk9783 Před 9 měsíci +3

      This is getting silly. You're in the wrong comments .

  • @SevenTheJester
    @SevenTheJester Před 4 měsíci +4

    Just for the sake of _argument..._ the first encounter went from the 1:29 mark, when Palin says "Is this the right room for an argument?" to the 2:42 mark, when Cleese hit the bell.
    So once and for all, Palin was right. It wasn't five minutes, it was only one minute thirteen. 👍😆

  • @jasWerner-qt5wj
    @jasWerner-qt5wj Před 9 měsíci +2

    The complaint department follows up with Eric Idle

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads Před 10 měsíci +109

    Never, ever gets old.

  • @jjaassppeerr1791
    @jjaassppeerr1791 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Just love the cop out at the end

  • @Jay_SUBZ3R0
    @Jay_SUBZ3R0 Před 4 měsíci +5

    “I told you, I’m not allowed to argue unless you pay.”
    “I just paid.”
    “No you didn’t.”
    “I DID!”
    😂

  • @SailorMaxie
    @SailorMaxie Před 9 měsíci +6

    I feel everyone on the internet must watch this video at least once in their life.

  • @bertferri-5685
    @bertferri-5685 Před 10 měsíci +14

    John and Michael have spent their entire career arguing. This one, the Fish License, the Parrot sketch, the Cheese shop, the Lion Tamer, the Fish Slapping dance....what else am i forgetting?

  • @williamdemourajose5163
    @williamdemourajose5163 Před 10 měsíci +53

    I have watched this for at least twenty times, and it never failed in getting me at full laughter.
    God, Monty Python will last for the next centuries ahead. It's superb.

  • @luawyf9037
    @luawyf9037 Před 10 měsíci +24

    wow, monty python predicted twitter!

  • @d.lafollette
    @d.lafollette Před 10 měsíci +9

    With a hand on a shoulder they reached infinity.

  • @potterpotty01
    @potterpotty01 Před 10 měsíci +7

    If he wanted an intellectual argument he should have said I want a debate.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Have you seen how recent political debates are like? 😵

  • @alexanderSydneyOz
    @alexanderSydneyOz Před 6 měsíci +9

    So many repeatable lines in one sketch.
    It is brilliant in every single line, execution, and concept, from beginning to end.
    It is THE funniest MP sketch for me, but of course there are dozens (at least) which could attract that accolade for others.

  • @FireLordJD
    @FireLordJD Před 7 měsíci +8

    What golden comedy. So smart, so unbelievably well timed, just incredible.

  • @roelandb.1433
    @roelandb.1433 Před 4 měsíci +2

    "Allow me to introduce mysmelf" by Flying Thompson's Gazelle of the Yard cracks me up so hard.

  • @FranssensM
    @FranssensM Před 8 měsíci +4

    Whoever wrote this deserves a nice prize. It’s really very good.

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Not at all

    • @FranssensM
      @FranssensM Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@ghdwk5596 no, no, no. Oh I’m sorry is this just the 5 minutes?

  • @plywoodcarjohnson5412
    @plywoodcarjohnson5412 Před 10 měsíci +27

    Feels like something new even to this day! Twists, turns and no punchline. Genius!

  • @bryank3500
    @bryank3500 Před 10 měsíci +34

    This is great.. the full skit as it should be😊

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 9 měsíci +2

      No, It Isn't.

  • @FistandFootMartialArts
    @FistandFootMartialArts Před 6 měsíci +10

    I loved this sketch back in the mid-70s when I was in HS, and I loved it just now!!!
    Thanks Monty's Boys for all the years of humour, RIP to those time has taken, and a BIG THX to the folks who posted this.

  • @Inlinetodie
    @Inlinetodie Před 10 měsíci +20

    I'm convinced, without these fellas, we wouldn't have humor

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci +3

      Yes, we would!!!

    • @douglassun8456
      @douglassun8456 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Seriously, though, it is useful to know that all of them wrote and acted in TV comedy before Python, just not all as one group. The Goon Show in particular was a big influence on them.

  • @niamhoconnor8986
    @niamhoconnor8986 Před 3 měsíci +3

    That bloke who said you can grow concrete actually used to work here as an intern in his youth

  • @99bulldog
    @99bulldog Před 10 měsíci +13

    Imho this and dead parrot are probably the 2 best skits they've ever done.

    • @abrarahmed1888
      @abrarahmed1888 Před 10 měsíci

      Should also add “Vocational Guidance Counsellor”

    • @philh8288
      @philh8288 Před 10 měsíci

      No he shouldnt

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo Před 10 měsíci +27

    I used this sketch in a class with a group of students in Tokyo - businessmen, students, housewives, etc. - and they absolutely loved it!

  • @glnnchrstphr9717
    @glnnchrstphr9717 Před 6 měsíci +5

    All the many times I've watched this particular skit, it still gets me every single time!

  • @snarflatful
    @snarflatful Před 10 měsíci +12

    Me arguing with the cable company.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Oh, I am sorry, this is not cable company, this is abuse.

  • @curtispalmer7569
    @curtispalmer7569 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Brings back great memories watching these in the 70s!

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 9 měsíci +1

      No, It doesn't.

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@sevadajYes it does

  • @davidkendall1614
    @davidkendall1614 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I usually have no issue finding a FREE argument! Or even free abuse 😢

  • @Mugruncher
    @Mugruncher Před 10 měsíci +26

    I saw this for the first time at uni in a class called “argument and critical thinking”
    Whole lecture theatre was cracking up

  • @spotswoodthenewt
    @spotswoodthenewt Před 16 lety +65

    One of my all-time favorite moments in comedy! Just...brilliant! 5*****'s

  • @ryanhasagirl11
    @ryanhasagirl11 Před 9 měsíci +3

    2:18 “*pause* can be” that gets me everytime

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci +3

      No it doesn't

    • @ryanhasagirl11
      @ryanhasagirl11 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@ghdwk5596yes it does

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@ryanhasagirl11 nonsense, it most certainly does not

    • @ryanhasagirl11
      @ryanhasagirl11 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Let’s get one thing quite clear, it most definitely did

  • @saifonlawrence2044
    @saifonlawrence2044 Před 10 měsíci +33

    Near died laughing when i first saw this sketch nearly 50 years ago...still kills me !

  • @ROCKINGMAN
    @ROCKINGMAN Před 9 měsíci +3

    The best of British....bloody brilliant....first heard this one of their albums.

  • @gregstewart6429
    @gregstewart6429 Před 9 měsíci +16

    Absolutely priceless. Me and my best mate did zero work in Science classes. Instead we had memorised every sketch we could lay our hands on. LP's at the time. We tried to do the exact voices. We were pretty good. We carried it on after class. And then when we were offered we joined drama club and from there we learnt about beyond the fringe, the Goon show and much else. Thank you dear Monty Python. All those sketches were so very good. Eternally grateful.

  • @veljkodragovic2175
    @veljkodragovic2175 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I just love how Chapman delivers legal definitions of the offences.,:)

  • @darrylguerrant5101
    @darrylguerrant5101 Před 2 měsíci +1

    They broke so many conventional comedy concepts and were aware of it at the same time.

  • @roxanne_george
    @roxanne_george Před 10 měsíci +5

    Now why does it remind me so much of Twitter discussions? Especially the "Abuse" part 🤣

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 7 měsíci

      Just hope some police detective don't come around their homes arresting those suspected of posting controversial matter. 🧐

  • @jackdog06
    @jackdog06 Před 10 měsíci +8

    In classic Monty Python style the skit hits something most people would consider a punchline, then it kinda…. Keeps going…

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 9 měsíci +1

      It doesn't

    • @GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf
      @GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf Před 8 měsíci

      It does

    • @douglassun8456
      @douglassun8456 Před 4 měsíci

      In reading the comments to these Python clips on CZcams, I get the feeling that there are people who don't understand that part of what they were about was playing with and subverting traditional sketch structure. That's why watching clips in isolation actually hinders you in appreciating them. You don't see how the links and the running gags tie everything together.

  • @sevadaj
    @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci +1

    John Cleese's dead pan responses to Michael Palin's arguments are so funny!! And before anyone says, "No It isn't". Yes, it is!!!!!!

    • @ghdwk5596
      @ghdwk5596 Před 8 měsíci +1

      No it isn't

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci

      @@ghdwk5596 Yes it is!!!!!!

  • @hauskalainen
    @hauskalainen Před 9 měsíci +2

    my favourite was I think the travel agency sketch where the woman at the desk asks the man "have you come to book a holiday?" and then in a quite and suggestive manner follows it with "or do you want to go upstairs?". Well of course we never got to find out what happens upstairs!

  • @littlejimmycratner3762
    @littlejimmycratner3762 Před 9 měsíci +14

    When entertainment was actually entertaining 😮😂

  • @johncrawfordpiano
    @johncrawfordpiano Před 7 měsíci +2

    Yes definitely my favourite Python sketch- so many memorable and brilliant lines. Years ago I translated it into Spanish for my actor friends in San Sebastian, as we couldn't find, at the time, the TV series in Spanish

  • @elliottprice6084
    @elliottprice6084 Před měsícem +2

    One of the the very best Python Sketches 🤣🤣

  • @HassanRadwan133
    @HassanRadwan133 Před 5 měsíci +1

    One of their best sketches

  • @thatcanadian6698
    @thatcanadian6698 Před 10 měsíci +4

    I love that final hand that slaps on John Cleese's shoulder at the end.

  • @johnrussellpelt9091
    @johnrussellpelt9091 Před 10 měsíci +8

    When they performed this at the Hollywood Bowl, the "I've got you" line received great applause.

  • @pelimies1818
    @pelimies1818 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Groundbreaking stuff.
    Thanks to MPFC for the decades full of "light comedy act.."

  • @Mystikk666
    @Mystikk666 Před 3 měsíci +1

    "Acts of a self-conscious behaviour contrary to the Not In Front Of The Children act …"

  • @philojudaeusofalexandria9556
    @philojudaeusofalexandria9556 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Luckily nowadays you can get arguments for free on the internet just by posting innocuous comments on youtube.

  • @sail2byzantium
    @sail2byzantium Před 11 měsíci +52

    The sketch of all MPFC sketches that proves the brillance of the show. A great witty blend of intellectualism and humor that perhaps only British Oxbridge graduates can so perfectly pull off.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Piffle. Cambridge rallies.

    • @sail2byzantium
      @sail2byzantium Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@mortalclown3812
      True enough, the sketch was written by two of the Cambridge guys--Cleese and Chapman, excluding Idle. Still, despite that, I preferred to be complementary to the whole group, even the Oxford guys of Jones and Palin

    • @elpolarbear
      @elpolarbear Před 10 měsíci +1

      The python boys were brilliant I didn't know the skit beyond Michael Palin entering the hit over the head room only to be apprehended by Thompson gazelle. These guys are artisans and brilliant

  • @kralik394
    @kralik394 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This guy got his money's worth. He got 3 arguments!

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Long before The Far Side, there was this particular Monty Python sketch. 😆

  • @blackbob3358
    @blackbob3358 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I watch, what i deem funny skits over and again. But this one, i could'nt count the times !!

  • @dominictarrsailing
    @dominictarrsailing Před 9 měsíci +3

    I actually couldn't remember how this sketch ends although I've seen it so many times

  • @eriklight6164
    @eriklight6164 Před měsícem +2

    Probably my favorite Monty Python sketch, although it is hard to decide. Two nits though: (1) Michael Palin never paid for the first five minutes (?) of argument, and (2) the choice given by the secretary was a single 5-minute argument or a course of 8 arguments, whereas John Cleese asks Michael Palin if he's there for the 5-minute argument or the full half hour. The secretary never offered Palin a full half-hour argument. Maybe I should take make a visit to the complaint department?

  • @gregreynolds5686
    @gregreynolds5686 Před měsícem +1

    The idea of some strange goverment ministry somewhere, full of such peculiar departments amuses me almost as much as the actual content of this sketch.

  • @terryurquhart2413
    @terryurquhart2413 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Comedy gold …nothing beats it !

  • @necromancer_eatmypantzer
    @necromancer_eatmypantzer Před 10 měsíci +6

    I would honestly pay for a service like this

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 9 měsíci

      Now who would choose the topic?

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 9 měsíci

      No, you wouldn't.

    • @mis4nthr0p3
      @mis4nthr0p3 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Try marriage.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 7 měsíci

      @@mis4nthr0p3 Only if you want a combination of abuse and argument the whole time until you finally are delivered by your timely death.

  • @kapple654
    @kapple654 Před 8 měsíci +1

    "The British revel in their own Jungian shadow like a pig in revels in its own excrement"

  • @johnbristow8099
    @johnbristow8099 Před 3 měsíci +1

    An absolute classic. We just don’t get humour like this any more.

    • @TidanLikida
      @TidanLikida Před měsícem +1

      Do we get any humour anymore? Seriously...so much entertainment has kind of died off because so much is considered offensive now, even though it was considered a lot of fun a couple of decades ago.

  • @evilborg
    @evilborg Před 10 měsíci +3

    One of the best skits.....

  • @childofthe50s53
    @childofthe50s53 Před 10 měsíci +8

    How did they think this up.Brilliant.

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 8 měsíci +1

      No, It Isn't!

  • @tomfrankiewicz4030
    @tomfrankiewicz4030 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I would rather watch a Monty python sketch from almost 50yrs. ago rather than a lot of anything on modern television

  • @OhNoNotAgain42
    @OhNoNotAgain42 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Monty Python invented social media debate decades before the invention of the internet

  • @carl_anderson9315
    @carl_anderson9315 Před 10 měsíci +19

    For me, Monty Pythons Flying Circus represents one of the pillars of comedy, along with legends like Chaplin, the Marx brothers, and Billy Wilder. Their scope went from social commentary to plain nonsensical humor, always breaking the line of reality to jump straight to absurdity and surrealism.

    • @sevadaj
      @sevadaj Před 9 měsíci

      No, they don't!

    • @gabbygator1637
      @gabbygator1637 Před 8 měsíci +2

      What i love about them is the level of education they all received as well. All of them were scholars, in the higher echelons of academia, looked around and thought "none of these people do anything other than take themselves too seriously" and then they somehow honed a distinct style of absurdism.

    • @carl_anderson9315
      @carl_anderson9315 Před 8 měsíci

      @@gabbygator1637 There’s a Argentinian group called Les Luthiers, that are the same level of professionalism and education. They speak Spanish and they do stage comedy.

  • @metalucid
    @metalucid Před 10 měsíci +7

    And now, one more minute of Monty Python's flying circus

  • @BabyBoomerChannel
    @BabyBoomerChannel Před 12 dny

    This is perfection. The language. The timing. Even the secondary character’s dialogue is spectacular.

  • @joeburch6754
    @joeburch6754 Před 6 měsíci +1

    "shtoopid git"
    English English is such a beautiful language and I wish American English had a string of words I could use that had the same weight.