*MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL* (1975) is RIDICULOUS and ALL over the place
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The ending is a literal "cop out" which is hilarious. And they didn't have horses because they simply couldn't afford to have horses lol. It had a budget of around $320,000 which was funded by a selection of rock stars and record companies like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Island Records, Chrysalis Records and Michael White.
other than the mel brooks movie blazing saddles, one of the best ending scenes of all time. perhaps better.
i thought ringo star paid for it
@@thatsthat2612that was life of Brian
@@Polo-wk7zlGeorge Harrison is the one who financed Life of Brian. Then he created the studio that made Time Bandits.
The budget for the movie was so low they couldn't afford horses so they came up with the idea of using coconuts.
And then they ran out of money so they had to rewrite the ending
Also Foley artists use coconuts to simulate the sound of horses' hooves.
And the same happened in Life of Brian. That made the Biggus Dickus scene so good. Actors didn’t know what would happen, but they wouldn’t get payed when they started laughing. As it seems they all failed.
The ending is a literal cop out. Also, Arthur's knights were innocent (of the historian's murder, at least); the murderer had an actual horse.
Not intentionally. That is a myth.
This movie is so heavily quoted in D&D circles that between this and the Princess Bride, players can talk for hours with nothing but quotes. 🙂
Thanks for doing this classic!
I played D&D ONCE overnight at a friend's house. Graph paper and all! I was a paladin...and the first to die, unfortunately. Those friends made up a song that started, "Let's talk dirty to the paladin" based on the Gilda Radner song Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals! HAHAHA!
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
Fun Fact: The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio-show sound effect) came about from the purely practical reason that the production simply could not afford real horses.
Metal Funding Fact: Funds earned by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) went towards funding this movie. The band were such fans of the show, they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). Led Zeppelin and Genesis contributed to this movie's budget as well.
Swallow This Fact: The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly eleven meters per second, or twenty-four miles per hour, beating its wings seven to nine times per second rather than forty-three. It's true: A five-ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut, but furthermore, no swallow weighs five ounces. The English barn swallow weighs only twenty grams (two-thirds of an ounce).
Historical Fact: The French tactic of pelting Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights with livestock echoes the relatively modern legend of a medieval siege of the fortified southern French town of Carcassonne. Said to have been near starvation, the townspeople used the last of their food to pelt the besieging army to convince them, suffering likewise, that the town was well stocked with food and that the siege was hopeless. The tactic was successful, and the siege was lifted.
I love how honest they are about their budget
"And the cartoon terror was no more..."
I have loved this movie for over 40 years, I recently showed it to my 10 year old grandson, he loved the silliness and now goes around saying “NI….NI!!!”
Arthur being unable to count to three will forever be my favourite thing in the movie, it's such a random and stupid joke and they use it a bunch of times
HELL YEAH! Jimmy Macram + Monty Python. A combination I never thought I needed until now.
The animations were done by Terry Gilliam, a member of the Monty Python group.
This was my childhood. It never gets old.
@9:23 that running gag will forever be my favorite comedic skit of all time lmao
the casual bored looks on the guards faces as it keeps cutting back to them always cracks me up.
Right and then homie just all of a sudden teleporting up in front of them and cutting the guard down lol magical
a lot of this was filmed in scotland fairly near to where i live. their follow up movie Life of Brian is also amazing but it is more of a real movie rather than a sequence of sketches still very funny though. the animator for this is Terry Gilliam director of Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 monkeys and many others he also pops up as various characters in the movie
My husband loves to dress as Tim the Enchanter for Halloween and then I just wear white clothes with the rabbit ears so it’s easy to wrangle the kids. As we Trick or Treat, he warns everyone that “that’s no ordinary rabbit” and whatnot.
These guys are brilliant. Not every joke hits for me but the ones that do kill me. There are several compilations of their Flying Circus sketches that are very funny. Saves you from wading through the ones that aren't so great.
Not every Python joke Was funny, even at their best, and they will admit it. But, as you say, still 50 years or so after it was recorded, some of those lines are timeless.
The Monty Python group consisted of five English Comedy writer/actors (John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Eric Idle) and one American Artist/Animator/Actor (Terry Gilliam). They did a BBC TV show from 1969 to 1973 called Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The show broke comedy show rules such as having funny sketches that didn’t end in punch lines. Some shows were sketches with loosely related themes but more often it was just a bunch of funny sketches. Terry Gilliam would provide animations that often connected otherwise unrelated sketches.
They also did three movies, the first of which you just reacted to. I highly recommend their second film, The Life of Brian. Controversial when released but, very funny. Church people thought the movie made fun of Christ but, they really didn’t. The movie is about Brian born in the stable next to Christ, who later gets mistaken as a messiah. The basic comedy is in people who just get things wrong.
Their third movie, Monty Python and The Meaning of Life is more like a long episode of their TV show and has one of the grossest scenes ever in a comedy. It’s the least funny of the three.
Would you like a mint?
One of the funniest movies ever. I can quote it all day.
Life of Brian is a funny follow up. Meaning of Life is sometimes funny and sometimes just okay.
Terry Gilliam (one of Monty Python’s creative drivers who plays Patsy the guy banging the coconuts) has a lot of other great films worth checking out too (Brazil, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys)
Cried with laughter first time I saw this... I know Drew definitely gonna be here to watch this reaction
"It's so all over the place"
Monty Python was/is an improve group. If you have ever seen "Who's line is it, anyway?" it will instantly click.
what? no they weren't. they did sketch comedy.
Lancelot was arrested. You saw it, you just didn't realize it was him. He got patted down by the cops with his hands against their car and his legs spread.
wow, so this is your first Monty Python? definitely all over the place haha. groundbreaking absurdist comedy. this was so quotable in middle + high school.
I always lose it when Tim randomly rocket launchers a tree.
One of my favorite movies of all times. I laughed so much that my abs ached for days the first time I saw it in a movie theater. Fun fact: the Meereenese champion sent to defy Daenerys in Game of Thrones S4E3 Breaker of Chains has the exact same monologue as the French soldier in this movie. David Peterson translated all insults in High Valyrian. It was Dan Weiss’s idea, as a huge Monty Python fan.
I had the chance to visit Doune Castle where they filmed a lot of this recreating scenes and script lines. Unfortunately, the East wall was in bad shape so we couldn't taunt each other. I was taking a picture looking up from below and another person came by and offered to watch out for cows. And YES, when I saw it when it was released, I did sit there at the end wondering if something was going to happen.
They weren't even responsible for killing the historian - whoever did it had a horse!
I think you might really enjoy 'This is Spinal Tap' from 1984.
I know this is many peoples favorite Monty Python and i love it, but it is my third favorite after Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. That is if you you dont consider Yellowbeard a Monty Python movie despite starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle. It also stars Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle and Madeline Kahn together again in their first movie following Young Frankenstein. Which would then be my favorite.
Very funny, but Life of Brian is funnier to me - it's a lot more coherent for one and has a very specific theme, where this film, as Jimmy notes, is all over the place.
Ridiculousness and silliness and British humor at it's best! I grew up with them on tv (I'm 55) and this is STILL hilarious after all these years ❤
While they were filming the location scenes the guys were staying in a hotel with an extremely rude manager. They all left apart from John Cleese who was taking notes on this guy. He was the inspiration for Basil Fawlty in Cleese’s sitcom Fawlty Towers which he co-wrote with his then wife Connie Booth (she played the witch in this). Fawlty Towers is regarded by many as the greatest sitcom of all time even with just 2 series & 12 episodes.
You found Monty Python! Awesome!
Monty Python in general is one of the biggest influences for my sense of humor (and a lot of other people's). I definitely recommend their other films, "Life of Brian," "The Meaning of Life," as well as "And Now For Something Completely Different," the last of which is basically a compilation of the best sketches from their TV show, but with better production values.
Jimmy you should put A Fish Called Wanda (1988) on your list. It stars John Cleece and Jamie Lee Curtis, it's kind of an unofficial Monty Python movie but it has a more traditional plot line. Still funny as hell though with plenty of silly moments.
Tim the Enchanter is so named because John Cleese forgot his line (with the name he was supposed to say), so he just said Tim, and it fit the Monty Python humor so perfectly, that they just rolled with it.
15:30 is what someone’s soul leaving their body looks like 😂
The ULTIMATE in fun ridiculousness.
This is a classic and it's very quotable. If/when you rewatch it you'll inevitably find something else that tickles you that you may have missed the first time.
13:53 Apparently Assyria has had a lot of political upheaval over the centuries that includes changing not only the capital city but also the names of the various cities, and even the name Assyria has been changed. So it is a tricky question.
1. What about the moose?
2. Paying attention to the opening credits makes it better for everyone, including you.
3. The first time I saw this was in the back of a pickup at a drive-in (it's still here) with my siblings and a couple of friends.
4. Perfect Monty Python where you can just get sucked into something where you don't have to think about anything and just let yourself go.
5. "What ya gonna do? Bleed on me." 🤣"we'll call it a draw" 🤣
6. Quick bit: "Blow it out your ass"!
7. The ultimate cock block 😭
8. Robin's shield is a chicken.
9.The only horse in the film is ridden by the guy that killed the historian.
10.The ending sucked. It was a cop out. Literally
They ran out of 🤑🤑
You, "Tim is having a blast".🤣🤣
Monty Python was hugely influential. The creators of South Park for example were obsessed with their stuff when they were younger, and they became friends precisely because of that.
Yayyy this will be good :). I think they couldn’t afford horses for the movie that’s why the coconut bit goes on for the whole movie
Terry Gilliam ( Arthur's Squire Patsy ) is actually from Minnesota .
Also, apparently an early draft of the script had a grand speech by Arthur about their quest. Then, they set off for a moment until someone’s boot clinks on an object. The knight bends down, picks up the Holy Grail and says, “Oh, here it is.”
They then _lose the Grail_ and the rest of the movie is them trying to find it again.
Watching everyone's face to how it ends has been priceless hahaha
:( I wish it was a longer video! Your reaction was so great
Huzzah! This movie...I'm not sure much can prepare one for it. This was the first movie I ever bought on DVD (yeah back in 2000). When my friends and I first saw the movie (mid 90s), we were dying laughing when the Black Beast died of the animator's heart attack. Had to rewind and watch a few more times 🤣
I saw this as a 14 year old - amazing time to see it.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail": A ROFLMAO romp through King Arthur's 10th century Britain, where Coconut-bearing Swallows roam the skies of Mercia.;)
I was 12 the first time I heard "I wave my private parts at your aunties!!", and now, 30 years later...it's still just as funny.
I just looked to see if you had watched Airplane! and didn't see it listed. It might be the funniest movie of all time and if you haven't seen it, I'm sure a lot of us would love to see your reaction.
Those insults from the French guy, I used those for ages when I saw this for the first time (TBH I still do on occasion). Such great movie!
I love this movie. My kinda humour. So many iconic lines
It's super self-referential. The director, Terry Gilliam, plays the animator (which he in fact was), the Old Man from Scene 24, and Patsy, who provides the foley on-screen and points out that Camelot is a model.
That holy grenade in Worms was definately influenced by this.
If you loved this, then Life of Brian needs to be next 😂😂😂
I once posted the instructions for the Holy Hand Grenade over the thermostat at work. Not my original idea but management wasn’t really into it 🤷🏻♀️
The TV show these guys starred in was sketch based. So it's not really surprising that this film feels like a stitched together load of sketches 😂..
Monty Pythons "Life of Brian" is more of a complete film
I'm not going to tell you how many decades it took me to figure this out: if you pronounce every letter in "knights", you get "cuh-niggits". So that's why the French guy calls them "silly English cuh-niggits".
this should be required viewing for anyone that loves movies.
Believe it or not, the Pythons are Arthurian scholars so there’s a surprising amount of deep references in this movie.
Great reaction! You have a bunch of my favorite movies on your channel so I'll be stickin' around! The first time I saw this was on the local PBS channel 20 in Indianapolis. They played it only late night and uncut. I was probably in 6th grade or so.
I adore the Python boys' unique brand of intellectual absurdity.
This is a strange and off-putting film but, IMO, gets better with each researching. Knowing the silly jokes actually enhances the experience.
It’s also fun sitting a room and introducing it to people, because you get see that WTF?! expression on their faces over and over again.
Thanks for your reactions to this movie i almost forgot about it
Killer rabbit 😂
Black knight 😂
Jimmy not sure if you know this already but justified has returned justified city primeval had a 2 episode premiere last night
And by the end of episode 2, I was IN. Way too many commercials live, but the dynamic between Clement and Raylan is going to be fun. He’s no Boyd, but he’s found his own place, imo.
The funniest movie of all time. In my humble opinion. It's completely ridiculous but I never ever get sick of it. And it's the incidental characters that make it something special.
Great reaction, Jimmy! I didn't get this movie the first time that I watched it (just a couple of years ago). I still don't really get it. However, I suppose that is why it is so funny. It doesn't make sense (most of the time).
Love your reaction I saw the when it first came out
I wish I’d been there with you in the theaterWhen it did…
This was an instant click for me. Had no idea you had never seen this. I've seen it so many times and the two guards have never been not funny. The black knight scene was fantastic too.
15:33 Well to be fair the grail has never actually been found.....
My favourite movie. There are many "better" films, including The Life of Brian, but this is just in a world of its own. For better and worse
perfection
welcome to the family man. we all got rick rolled on the ending. now you have too. tell all your friends to rick roll them too
You have to do Life of Brian now
THERE ARE SOME WHO CALL ME... Tim?
Found ur channel today great reactions if uve never seen "Robin hood men in tights" was written and directed by Mel brooks who directed blazing saddles worth a watch
Excalibur next!
It holds up 🤣🤣🤣 just wait you will be quoting this for awhile. As a kid back when this came out our group could recite this movie. Especially high ahhh youth
Not me enjoying this reaction while wearing a holy hand grenade T=shirt.
Now you have to watch Life of Brian.
should have just stayed at the castle Anthrax
Another very unique cult classic comedy ... THIS IS SPINAL TAP
Deadpool's ancestor
Jimmy you need to see maverick and fallen if you have not already.
I wish they didn't have a date at the beginning of the movie so you never know for sure if it is King Arthur or just a bunch of insane larpers who eventually get arrested for murder 😂
Probably more "quotable lines" than any other movie ever made!
The Life of Brian is even better, imo. Slightly less chaotic & great satire on christianity, if you're not offended by that kind of thing.
I recommend watching some Mel Brooks movies (Space Balls, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood Men in Tights). Similar humor😂
@Jimmy macram will u be doing the new JUSTIFIED?
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The ending is just stupid. But it is funny up until the Bridge of Death scene.
if you thought this was good...they have 3 other movies!.... And now for something completely different(1972)/life of brian(1979)/and the meaning of life(1983) all good in their own way....diff is a sketch movie/brian is a parody of jesus/ and meaning of life is a sketch movie about ..well...meaning of life! ..i will warn you...meaning of life has two really gross scenes...other than that....quite funny!
Too damn short a reaction ugh 😢
I was having a real stressful day, and then you come along and drop a reaction to my all-time favorite comedy movie. Great timing, sir!
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I think I'll go for a walk!
This is the fluffy rabbit that was in video games that was always the toughest thing to kill!