@@grantofat6438 one wonders how you didn’t get the inference that I worked in banks just long enough to confirm that the whole banking system is corrupt as hell. The knowledge I gained was priceless, and now I know what their game is from start to finish. I’ve helped dozens of friends avoid financial disaster with the what I learned on the inside, a perspective you can only guess at from the outside. Consider it undercover work. The specifics weren’t nearly as clear in 1994 when I started at mortgage brokerages as some of it is now, with Steve Mnuchin hogtieing the whole financial system after Bush and his buddies cut the head off the world financial system when his families very long time friends and business associates the Bin Ladens conspired with them to create so much confusion that no one noticed them sneaking in laws to screw us all. You know the Bushes were holding a huge amount of gold for the Nazis, and after the war they kept it and that’s what took them from rich to super rich. There are many things you just don’t see until you hear the insiders proclaim how little they care about business ethics. As one friend said years ago…”now that we know the rules, let’s play the game”. Now I know the rules. Most people don’t know enough to know that Cleese was absolutely correct. That’s what the elites do, create enough doubts so no one will act on these issues. And this long response is not for you…it’s for all the others that may read this thread.
People always think of the dead parrot sketch as a Python classic. It's obviously funny, but this is better because it is not silly humour (until the pantomime horses arrive, obviously).
Banking and other concerns on both sides of the Atlantic got together to destroy my late husband's business, for a profit - wait for it - of a mere £15,000. So I really enjoyed how very ACCURATE this sketch was...
Yes a few years ago an executive working for one of the leading British banks destroyed companies by advancing loans on condition that his "advisors" virtually took over the business. Working with them he made millions for his own profit and destroyed businesses, lives and families in the process. In court turned out he had used some of the money for private sex shows at a £1000 a time. 1000 years ago King Henry I found out his moneyers were debasing the silver coinage. He summoned them to court at Winchester and castrated them. The public at the time thought it was just punishment. I think it should have been done to that crooked executive and his friends, if nothing else it would mean they never again paid £1000 a time for girl on girl shows.
This episode was from 1972 but I take your point- it was years before Thatcherism and the "Big Bang" of the City of London. The country was deindustrialising but financialisation had not yet subsumed society.
For those of you who are not British... Merchant Banker is rhyming slang for wanker, which for those of you who are not British (repetition: bzzzzz), means someone who pleasures themselves through masturbation. While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with this activity, it is usually used as a form of abuse. Particularly for any form of banker, or capitalists in general. What makes it even better is the anagram of a name plate on his desk. The demands made for the loan tell you everything you need to know about capitalists, and MBs specifically.
I think it was Jacob Bronowski, the great Polish mathematician and philosopher, author of many works, including the Ascent of Man, that the BBC made into a series with him narrating.
The year is 2023 . And this just about sums up the banks in total
it at least sums up our opinion of them.
@@donsurlylyte and them.
HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA 😂
"Happy? Are you quite sure you've got this right?" is one of my favorite Python lines.
A pair of pantomime horses fighting it out for redundancy.
Only Monty Python.
I worked in banks. John Cleese has it spot on!
One wonders why you worked in banks then.
@@grantofat6438 one wonders how you didn’t get the inference that I worked in banks just long enough to confirm that the whole banking system is corrupt as hell. The knowledge I gained was priceless, and now I know what their game is from start to finish. I’ve helped dozens of friends avoid financial disaster with the what I learned on the inside, a perspective you can only guess at from the outside. Consider it undercover work. The specifics weren’t nearly as clear in 1994 when I started at mortgage brokerages as some of it is now, with Steve Mnuchin hogtieing the whole financial system after Bush and his buddies cut the head off the world financial system when his families very long time friends and business associates the Bin Ladens conspired with them to create so much confusion that no one noticed them sneaking in laws to screw us all. You know the Bushes were holding a huge amount of gold for the Nazis, and after the war they kept it and that’s what took them from rich to super rich. There are many things you just don’t see until you hear the insiders proclaim how little they care about business ethics. As one friend said years ago…”now that we know the rules, let’s play the game”. Now I know the rules. Most people don’t know enough to know that Cleese was absolutely correct. That’s what the elites do, create enough doubts so no one will act on these issues. And this long response is not for you…it’s for all the others that may read this thread.
“Aaeehhmmm I forget my name at the moment..but I AM a merchant banker!”
His name is Chamran Knebter, which is an anagram of Merchant Banker
People always think of the dead parrot sketch as a Python classic. It's obviously funny, but this is better because it is not silly humour (until the pantomime horses arrive, obviously).
"They give me money just like that."
"I don't suppose you could give me a list of their names and addresses?"😆
Literally describes the growth of tipping in the US. You mean we can just ask people for money and not pay our staff?!
And make our customers feel guilty for not tipping them while we don’t feel guilty about not paying them one bit!
Satire at the one of the best of Monty Python.
14 yr old clip with only a few thousand views pops up on my algorithm feed. And I enjoyed it very much.😂
42 to you.
....one of my favourite monty python sketches...thanks...!
Banking and other concerns on both sides of the Atlantic got together to destroy my late husband's business, for a profit - wait for it - of a mere £15,000. So I really enjoyed how very ACCURATE this sketch was...
Yes a few years ago an executive working for one of the leading British banks destroyed companies by advancing loans on condition that his "advisors" virtually took over the business. Working with them he made millions for his own profit and destroyed businesses, lives and families in the process. In court turned out he had used some of the money for private sex shows at a £1000 a time.
1000 years ago King Henry I found out his moneyers were debasing the silver coinage. He summoned them to court at Winchester and castrated them. The public at the time thought it was just punishment. I think it should have been done to that crooked executive and his friends, if nothing else it would mean they never again paid £1000 a time for girl on girl shows.
Henry l had the right idea!
For a minute there I thought this was about the IMF. Lol.
From 1:20 onwards it could be Margaret Thatcher talking.
3:15 love how that one guy's the only one laughing
A most subdued performance by Jones, yet he was perfect.
We were warned…
Savagely accurate indictment of modern banking practices…..from 1969.
Proof, were it needed, that satire changes nothing. Sadly
Looks more like proof of confirmation bias.
Well you didn't need to be depressing about it😅
Not depressing please! Its a joke!
@@christianvalenzuela225 Jokes can sometimes be very depressing when you realise that the joke's on you.
This episode was from 1972 but I take your point- it was years before Thatcherism and the "Big Bang" of the City of London. The country was deindustrialising but financialisation had not yet subsumed society.
I've been looking for this sketch for a while now
I've been searching for this one and now it just shows up on my feed
I bet they kept the company seal on.
Monty python invented Mr. Secretariat from the late late show by craig ferguson!!
They should have got LORD JACOB METHANE MOGG to play the part of the arse end of the horse.
champion: 30yo
trigger:21yo
did i get it right?
For those of you who are not British... Merchant Banker is rhyming slang for wanker, which for those of you who are not British (repetition: bzzzzz), means someone who pleasures themselves through masturbation. While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with this activity, it is usually used as a form of abuse. Particularly for any form of banker, or capitalists in general. What makes it even better is the anagram of a name plate on his desk. The demands made for the loan tell you everything you need to know about capitalists, and MBs specifically.
He didn't specify that they should fight until the death of one of the pantomime horses. They should have fought him until he was dead.
Amateur mistake, he should've run it by legal first.
Prescient ❤😂😢
Pretty much sums up any person or organisation interested in profit really doesn't it? Just grim and empty.
what kinda loser talk is that? Anyone with a shred of sanity is out for profit.
@@bierwolf8360 😄Sad
Again, just grim and empty.
Pointless waste of life at the end of the day.
Was the naturalist Armand of Armand and Michaela by any chance?
I think it was Jacob Bronowski, the great Polish mathematician and philosopher, author of many works, including the Ascent of Man, that the BBC made into a series with him narrating.
ITS ODD TO WATCH ENGLISH PROGRAMS WITH SPANISH SUB TITLES..,😂
Another Tory cabinet meeting..
how insightful and original. But what more would one expect from a lazy socialist who falls for scams?