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*Monty Python and the Holy Grail* is PURE GOLD!!!
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
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Original Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
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When the historian is killed, the guy who kills him is on a real horse. That is how we know Arthur and his band are innocent.
I bet it was the french knight's... They had living live stock... they framed Arthur's knights to keep the grail..
But is the evidence of their innocence in that scene the presence of a horse or is it the absence of coconuts? If only we knew a king we could get our answer.
Innocent ... yes. Morons on a larp before larping was officially categorized, yes.
@thejamppa that's a motive I haven't thought of. But with the many thoughts in my brain, it's hard for me to categorize them. Of course, my friends think I have no thoughts. But, that's a different story for another day.
Of course, innocent of that particular murder. Lancelot killed numerous innocent people later.
Before the internet, the ability to quote this movie was the ultimate test of nerdiness.
The internet changed nothing. “Nee!”
Before DVDs the biggest challenge was reading the opening subtitles. They were blurry and cut off on the VHS copies.
I member.
I was a young neo geek in college and my elder geek roommate introduced me to Monte Python. It changed my life! This was 1983.
For the next 20 years I devoured all the films and the tv shows on PBS. Then my mom got me the entire TV series on DVD. I still watch those to this day.
@@josebrown5961 No you didn’t
Fun fact, when this movie came out intermissions were still a thing in movies, and the intermission scene plays just long enough for people to stand up and start leaving the theater and then have to rush back to their seat. Such a troll!
I'm old enough to remember the dancing candies at the drive-in movie theaters.
It's also only 5-10 minutes from the end of the movie
@@briannaamore1383 I've seen "dancing candies" ads in regular theaters within the past couple of decades. If anything, it makes ZERO sense for them to play such ads in drive-in theaters, lol. Those ads are meant to remind people of the concession stand within the movie theater building and since drive-in theaters don't have those, it makes no sense for those ads to be in drive-in theaters.
In Iceland Intermissions are still a thing! I watched the Barbie movie there when it came out and bought some candy during the intermission (which is just some ads). It's also great to get a toilet break.
“Message for you, sir” with the arrow in his chest will never not make me laugh.
Its still my text msg notification
That is my message notification on my phone. Lol😂
It was my "you've got mail" message for many years.
This is also my text notification lol
@@waynefinnicumbb7218 same here!
I have spent my entire life searching for Castle Anthrax.
Are you sure you could endure such peril?!
Someone should open a brothel in Nevada with that name.
Futile. It's only a model.
Dude, same😢😅❤
Have you found the Castle Argggghh?
There's a litmus test for this movie. If a reactor immediately laughs at the coconuts you're in for a good time. If they question it or worse, complain you might as well move on.
This was a fun reaction.
@@MuffinHunterX Yesindeed, and it has nothing to do with having a sense of humor. Many years ago my former boss handed back my DVD of GRAIL with a shrug the day after I’d lent it to him, much to my disappointment. And he was the funniest guy I ever worked for. You just never know.
As an old, old Brit I will never tire of watching this stuff vicariously through young Americans. It's the best 😆
hehhe but i am canadian!
Brit? What? You either English, Scottish or Welsh. Brit? Anyone can be a 'Brit', it's like American. Means f.. all. :)
As on old, old American, neither will I. This movie just stays funny.
I'll give you my story as a then young American. Around the year 2000 BBCA had a 48 hour marathon of Python, and at 4 am on the second day some insane genius edited an episode to just play the Spam skit over and over, with the end being "and now for something completely different." I watched all 40 minutes.
@eriklarsson if you are either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish you are also British. I'm not arguing or debating the matter, I've told you the fact and it's now up to you whether you accept the fact, or if you wish to remain ignorant by ignoring the fact.
"Just a flesh wound" has been a staple phrase in my family for 50 years.
same!
I hear, and use, " 'tis but a scratch" more often than that one when some rather painful looking incidents happen lol
Lancelot's approach to the wedding absolutely kills me! And the guard's response; "Hey." 😂
Yeah...very few reactions I've watched pick up on the belated 'hey'. First time I seen it I was in stitches laughing at it 😂😂
I always judge youtubers on whether they laugh at him stabbing the flowers on the stairs 😆 She passed!
The line that kills me every time is:
"You only killed the bride's father, thats all!"
"I really didn't mean to..."
"Didn't MEAN TO?!! You put your SWORD right through his head!!!"
"Oh dear, is he alright?"
"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England."
The Lancelot Story at yhe wedding is one of the funniest parts and so seldom mentioned.
Lancelot storming the gate will never not make me laugh out loud.
"Don't question anything about this movie ever" Wise words.
And….as a former history instructor, I was particularly offended by the needless murder of the famous historian.
LOL poor dude!
I would have thought you were offended by placing it in 932
"No famous historians were harmed in the making of this film"
The “Famous Historian” bore a more than passing resemblance to A.J.P. Taylor, who was a famous historian of the 60s and 70s.
How do you know it was 'needless'? He might have been asking for it for years...
True story! While living in Houston I was at a restaurant with my GF, after taking our order our waitress asked if we had any questions? I couldn't help myself and I asked "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" She said I don't know and walked off. When our waitress came back she said " I have to ask are you an astronaut?" My girlfriend then proceeded to blow her iced tea out of her nose.
Was that before or after your Girlfriend became a Dr.?
@@r.d.hargrave8159 Dr Girlfriend got her degree in villainy before we met.
@@r.d.hargrave8159 Not sure why my reply was removed! Try a different route She was a Dr before we met.
My replies are being deleted! Why?
@McShaganpronouncedShaegen the reply asking about deleting is still here... Interesting
The coconut shell horses was not just a brilliant gag but was one born out of need since none of the pythons knew how to ride and even if they could ride it didn’t matter since they couldn’t afford to get horses for the shoot
Also, The Enchanter's name was originally something else, but when the camera was rolling, Cleese had a brain fart so he just said, "Tim" because it was the most ridiculous thing he could thing of. They kept it in, of course.
Even if they could afford and ride horses, they would have still done the coconut gag because it's just too absurd not to.
The scene with the famous historian had a horse in it.
Cheers 🍺
@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sbbig difference in cost between having one horse for one scene as opposed to several horses for the entire shoot as well as stunt doubles to ride them in place of the cast
More horse/coconut trivia:
back int he days of radio shows, coconuts were commonly used to simulate horse hooves. This was required because there was no portable audio recording technology at the time. All sound effects had to be generated live in the the studio. When tape recordings came along in 1948-50, they were able to use real horse hooves for the sounds, but audiences had gotten so used to the sound of the fake ones that they hated the change to the "fake" hoof sounds. The preference for the special effect over the real version is known as "The Coconut Effect" for this reason, and there are still examples of it today.
Shows set in space where the starts slowly drift pass the windows as the show moves at sub-light speed is wrong twice. Once because the start are so far away, any movement would be impossible to see with the unaided eye. And also because any light in the room would make the stars invisible, for the same reason you can't see starts near the full moon at night. They are too faint for the light do be noticed. Take away either of them, and the scene looks wrong, so it's intentionally done wrong to look right.
Gunshots and punches are also usually dubbed over with "more realistic" sounds.
"Don't question anything about this movie, ever." You have just stated the perfect philosophical interpretation of this classic Monty Python masterpiece of cinema.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
10:50 “Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?” Is such an underrated line.
I've watched some other people react to this movie, and you're the only one who started getting it right away. Thank you!
this movie is amazing!
I love the way that you get this.
I watched this movie when it came out.
I have it on DVD and watch it periodically.
My 3 sons(born 89,91and94) loved this movie from the first time I showed it to them, and also re watch it!
@@holddowna I'm a 35 year old American, I've been watching this movie a few times a year for the last 2 decades at least. You noticed things I've never noticed before, including with other reactors.
The man swatting at the stream with a branch, for instance. I had never even noticed he was there. And for some reason, it never clicked to me that the cops were inspecting the shrubbery in that scene either.
Thanks for adding something to my vision of this movie. You've enhanced it for me eternally =)
@@timhill7105 We were shown it in our high school theatre! We were only about 13 or 14!
My ex wife didn't think Monty Python was funny. Should have been a red flag.
In Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is know as the chaste and is the purest of all the knights, which is why he ends up in Castle Anthrax in this film
My name is Zoot. Just Zoot.
Also in some of the legends Galahad actually finds the grail but immediately dies after finding it so it is lost again.
He had it offered to him on a plate and the daft sod ran away
I think you're the first to immediately recognize the "Trojan horse" as a rabbit.
My favorite part is the "Brave Sir Robin" song. It put me in tears when I saw it for the first time and still kills me.
Also, "One day, son, this will all be yours" "What, the curtains?" "No not the curtains!"
Many years ago some friends built that Trebuchet (the rabbit) for one of our friends "the bunny lord". It actually worked, and being medieval reinactors of course we brought it with us, and used it. So all of us in armor, medieval clothes etc. Always funny every time.
I love the peasant discussing forns of government with King Arthur as they slap mud into baskets. " Help help I'm being repressed!!"
"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"
"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"
It’s not mud. It’s manure. They’re muckrakers. Both literally and figuratively.
@@Diomedene Ha...you beat me to it!
"Just because some watery tart lobs a scimitar at me...". Lol 😆
When you're a king, you have to know these things.
LMAOOOO
Terry Gilliam is the only American member of that group, the guardian of the gorge of eternal peril. When you're the King, you have to know these things.
And a true genius in his own right, too. He directed some of the best films I have ever seen.
Cheers 🍺
@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb 12 Monkeys, Absolutely Brilliant.
His specialty was the animation portions of the show. He rarely appeared onscreen, but his jailer in Brian with stuttering Eric was amazing.
He was Patsy as well, and the animator, of course. He did all the animations for the TV series and films. His own films are superb: Brazil is one of my all-time favorites. You can see the Monty Python absurdist influence all through it, but evolved and applied to a much darker and more sophisticated story.
and also 'The Animator' who has a heart attack, Patsy, Arthur's assistant, The Green Knight (defeated by the invincible loony Black Knight), Knight of Camelot (the song part), Sir Bors, and The Gorilla Hand
My favourite of the Monty Python films. I got the Black Knight as a tattoo on one of my stumps when I had my legs amputated
Drama Queen. It was just a flesh wound.
That's cool af.
My college friends and I had this whole movie memorized. One of us would randomly start the first line of a scene and everyone else would join in and complete the whole thing, lol.
I appreciate that you allowed yourself to just enjoy the this movie as it is. Most of the reactions to this movie I’ve seen didn’t understand the humor of Monty Python. This was a great reaction and I really enjoyed it. It’s a classic movie. I look forward to more of your reactions.
thanks for hanging out!!!!!
Agreed. You "get it" and your 🤣 was genuine! I found myself laughing contagiously with your reaction. Especially the bridge keeper being thrown into the gorge. One for the 2024 highlight reel.
Sadly, a lot of younger people I think just don't get it because they haven't been exposed to much. Most of them have just watched Hollywood shows in their life which have become about as bland as you can get. Show them something different and they don't know what to think. We used to be exposed to a wider variety which helped. Now with everyone moving to streaming they should be starting to see a wider variety again so there is hope for the future. It is quite sad to see a young person watch many of these skits with a blank look on their face not understanding what is going on.
"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
A-men!
"If I went 'round saying I was emperor 'cause some moistened bit had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away"
@@jeffreysmith236 Shut up , will you shut up?
@@jeffreysmith236 FYI, I'm pretty sure that's "bint," not "bit."
@@bigdream_dreambig well, that is a new word. What, precisely, is a bint?
@@jeffreysmith236 It's British slang and I'm from the U.S. so I'm the wrong person to ask, but online dictionaries tell me it just means girl or woman, though it's some degree of offensive or derogatory.
I love how the opening credits go on forever, and then at the end it just stops. I saw this movie in a theater when it first came out, and nobody was prepared for how brilliantly silly it was.
When I saw it when it came out, the film broke; we all sat in the dark for minutes before realizing this was not part of the film's jokes.
The intermission is a joke that doesn't really land any more. In theaters when the intermission came up, everyone realized oh god, this movie's like two and a half hours or more, better go to the bathroom... and then the intermission's over before anyone can even walk out, and there's only fifteen minutes left.
You are correct A, Monty Python & The Holy Grail is single most hardcore medieval larp session ever
LARB*
@@westcoast7429 larp Life Action Role Play
Every time he yells "Jesus Christ!" I just burst into a laughing fit lol.
I believe it's more JAYSUS CROIST! But I agree
The ending is a cop out, a literal, cop out.
There is only once castle in the entire movie. It was shot from different angles.
So as it turns out, ‘twas ALL silly places!
LITERAL COP OUT my patron said that to me and i DIED
it's just a model
There were actually two used in the filming, as both Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam have related many times over the years.
@@flerbus Sshh!!
The reason why us British have the best sense of humour is because of our weather, when its not freezing or cold its raining or wet and windy and miserable. Like an Italian comedic I love he says 'We don't even have stand up comedy in Italy because its too nice outside.' lol.
Kentucky here. In 2003 while visiting England, a Wiltshire BnB owner actually apologized that it was raining, but then said "Of course, that's why it's so green," which is certainly true. I assured her that one of the items in my bucket list was "Standing in the English rain" as the Beatles sang. The UK is my favorite country and I hope I can return someday, and that it rains the whole time.
@@AlanCanon2222 Suppose ypu can romanticise it but I'd I'd rather be in any warm climate. Spend a winter here and you'll know. You wake up and its dark and then you get out of work and its dark.
@@bobbobertbobberton1073It will be just as dark in any other country at the same latitude but probably colder in most of those other countries in winter since the UK and the countries on the west coast of Europe are warmed by the gulf stream.
@@davidwebb4451 No it won't, we are tilted on an axes. Also the UK being warmed by the gulf does not make it warmer than rest of Europe lol. It makes it warmer than it would be without it lol. Britain is still an Island in the North Sea/Atlantic Ocean, the North Atlantic current makes it warmer but it doesn't mean its a warm climate.
@@bobbobertbobberton1073 The tilt of the Earth's axis affects how the amount of daylight varies throughout the year but affects all points on the same line of latitude in exactly the same way since the Earth rotates about this axis. If this were not the case then assigning the zero line of longitude would have been as easy as assigning the zero line of latitude since you could use say the line passing through the north pole and the point on the equator with the minimum length of daylight. But that is not the case so instead a convention was held and representatives from around the world voted on where this arbitrary line should be drawn with the result being that it was decided it should go through London (largely because at the time Britain had the largest empire and was the supreme naval power and thus the majority of maps were already using that line).
As for the gulf stream. In my comment I already included the western European countries which are affected by it as well as the UK. If you doubt its warming of the UK and those western European countries in winter then compare winter temperatures in the UK with those in Canada at the same latitude or compare the winter temperatures in London with those in Moscow which are at around the same latitude.
I can't recommend Flying Circus, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life enough. Monty Python really were ahead of their time.
The weirdness in Meaning of Life outdoes anything in "Grail" or "Brian".
The Ministry of Silly Walks, The Twit Olympics...😝😝😝😝
I'd recommend starting with MPFC. A good overview of the style. Some bits are better than others, but we all remember the great ones: Argument Clinic, Bee License, Deja Vu, Detective Sketch, Architects, Book Shop, Parrot Sketch, Deja Vu, Spam, Crunchy Frog, Naval Expedition to Lake Pahoe, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge, Deja Vu, Dennis Moore, Johann Gambolputty, Njorl's Saga, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris's Ford Popular, RAF Banter, Courtroom Sketch, the other Courtroom Sketch, yet another Courtroom Sketch, and the Spanish Inquisition!
@@PhilBagels Don't forget Deja Vu. 😂
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The attack bunny gets me every time.
its tooo good
Where comedy meets tabletop role playing games, it is known as the Vorpal Bunny, borrowing "vorpal" from the vorpal sword from Jabberwocky: "...his vorpal sword goes "snicker-snack.""
@@Ironoclasty I dunno. Looks like a highly-trained Special Forces bunny to me.
When I saw this for the first time at age 12, my brother and I had to pause the videotape in this scene, because we were both laughing so hard we couldn't breathe!
And Old (literally & metaphorically, they were my father's peers & played decades ago) Dungeons & Dragons table I had joined for a short while, had actually INCLUDED it in their game!
In their game it was called a "Vorpal Death Bunny"!
(A "monster" that extremely high-level Druids could magically "summon".)
This is one of those movies you come back to every few years...and you laugh at the same spots. Every. Single. Time.
nice to see someone really appreciate it for what it is; not a movie, but a joke about movies.
Soo good
The opening credits are golden.
prob the BEST ever!
@@holddowna You didn't fall for it, but it's funny watching some reactors assume that the subtitles are generated by RUclips and frantically try to adjust their settings to the right language: an extra level of comedy that the Pythons couldn't have anticipated when they made the film.
@@MrHws5mp Yeah, I've seen this happen. An another layer added to their absurd comedy, simply by chance.
It reminds me of their idea to blow up every TV in Britain by having a sketch that goes more and more silent and just when people would turn on the volume on their TV's thinking that something is wrong with it, a massive sound would blow their speakers. They never went through with it, although John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers" took the idea and did something similar in one episode.
My only problem with the opening credits is few people are alerted to their ongoing humor. Initial audiences miss them. But one of the great things about the opening credits is that they - almost single-handedly - can be used to convince audiences to rewatch them. Just to 'catch' the credits.
Speaking of pranksters , i had a monty python live LP back in the seventies. The third time that i played it, i heard totally different skits on side two. Freaked me out.
Turned out that they cut two concentric spiral grooves, side by side. What you heard depended on which groove you set the needle into.
The LP was 'Monty Python's Matching Tie & Hankerchief' ....... I think
@@jumpjet777 Yeah, that's it, thanks. The track listing on wiki has "side two:groove one" and "side two:groove two"
I still love the "King Meets Peasants" discussion of watery-tarts deciding gov'ts, despite the repression. And that witchcraft newts can get better.
"He's on a killing spree!"
Lancelot is the OG Red Wedding 🤣🤣🤣 Ha-Ha!!!
Thanks Ames! You're one of the few reactors who doesn't try to dissect every little thing in the film but just sit back and enjoy the lunacy with the rest of us. Kudos!
Rare to find a person of the younger generation that really gets and enjoys Monty Python. In my estimation, this is the funniest film of all time. The theatre of the absurd never shone so brightly.
No It Didn't!
It's always been my favorite pure comedy film of all time. Nothing else really comes close.
I love how the sigil on Sir Robin the Brave's shield is a chicken! 🤣🤣
it was FUN watching you LOSE IT over the 3 questions bridge scene! 🤣😂😅 GREAT REACTION! 👍😁
Thank you!! 😁 I LOVED that scene so much! CR had me edit out so much ahahahah
My favorite lines from this movie are when they are trying to burn the witch and one of them goes "She turned me into a newt!". Then everyone looks at him and he says "I got better."
Thank you for watching this, im 60 years old and this movie gets me every time. some of the best burns...
i love this film so much keeps getting better! was LOLing so much still whilst editing it!
@@holddowna There are jokes and / or biting sarcasm in the movie that people literally hadn't caught even after they have seen the movie 20 times.
I'm going to assume you are up for watching "Monty Python's Life of Brian" next?
😄👍 At 28:55, the animator who suffers a fatal heart attack is Terry Gilliam, the same guy who is knocking the coconuts together throughout the movie. 🥥
Director of "Time Bandits", "Brazil", "12 Monkeys", and other movies, too.
Always a joy watching someone not stop laughing through this whole film.
I couldn’t stop laughing!!
According to John Cleese, the troupe wanted to write one of their movies (I forget which one) in Auschwitcz. When the guards wouldn't let them in, Graham Chapman said "tell them we're Jewish."
Here's the real story: The Pythons went to Germany to write some comedy skits for some German TV shows. They first went to Munich and were then given a tour of Dachau. When they arrived at the camp, it was about to close, so Chapman said, "Tell them we're Jewish".....and it worked! They were allowed in!
"i thought he boxed her" i almost fell out of my chair laughing at that
One of my favorite movies.
"It can leap about....look at the bones!"
What's it do, nibble your bum?
"What's he do? Nibble your bum?" ROFL
21:58 for the longest time I used the arrow hitting sound followed by “Message for your sir!” As my text notification sound.
Coincidentally, today I watched a review of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon." I learned that some of the royalties from that album went to fund this movie. Funny how that all works out.
10:00 A lot of people seem to miss what the suspected witch means when she says "That's a fair cop."
It's a British term. She's basically saying "You caught me. I am a witch, and deserve to be punished."
They also used that line in the "Dead Bishop" sketch. "It's a fair cop but society's to blame."
Sort of like when the accused agrees to cop a plea -- admitting guilt, though perhaps to a lesser charge.
Ms Ames, all of us nerds repeated the movie lines all thru junior high and high school. I'm so glad you enjoyed it cuz now I feel like you're one of us old school nerds. Thanks for the great reaction!
Hell, I STILL repeat these lines ad nauseam! 🤣
Love it!
ni
I was just a little too young to see this when it came out in the theaters, and didn't get around to watching it until well into the VHS rental era. By the time I did finally see it I was kind of disappointed, because there wasn't a line in the movie that I didn't already know.
This is absurdist comedy at its best. The joy of skewering so many film tropes makes me giggle every time I see it. Monty Python's best work IMO.
When they asked the "enchanter" by what name he is called, John Cleese's mind went blank on the name in the script, so he said the first name that came to his head, Tim. Everyone agreed that it was much funnier than what was in the script.
In the springtime, my front yard is awash with the bloom of purple violets. In the springtime, every time I look out at the flowers, I want to yell like Dennis the peasant and say "Ah!... now we see the violets inherent in the system!"
That’s awesome!!
The Enchanter was already called "Tim" in the earliest version of the script.
@@ftumschk I saw an interview with Mr. Cleese, which was held years after the movie was made. That was what he said, so I went with it. I have a book that has the script and and the script of the deleted scenes, and it, like your source, only has him listed as Tim.
@@triadmad Thanks! We should always be cautious with actors telling anecdotes... they have a tendency to embellish the truth and/or make things up to please the audience :)
@triadmad Something you have to worry about with scripts, though, is that you often get ones that are transcribed by writers after-the-fact from the film footage. Often it's impossible to get an actual pre-production or production script.
There were 3 movies I made sure my sons watched growing up. #1 was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", the second was "Blazing Saddles", and the third was "Being There". All three in my option are the best comedies in my life. I saw each in the theater when they were released.
Defending your Life - with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep is a good choice as well.
So nice to see someone who gets it. The opening credits are the funniest part of the film.
I’ve watched a lot of people react to this movie and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone laugh as genuinely hard as you did. You’re going to love the Python library.
I saw this at a midnight show that was big in the 70's and 80's movie theaters, we would get blazed into oblivion in the parking lot and then go watch whatever they were showing each weekend. I'd never heard of Monty Python so had no idea what was in store. Fast forward over four decades later and this remains my #1 favorite comedy film of all-time; I was laughing so hard that night I literally couldn't breathe, never experienced that before, and it changed my entire concept of what comedy could be.
Logical follow-up; „The Life of Brian“ 🙃
Only logical!
@@holddownayep, Life of Brian 😊
@@holddowna
Well, not that logical
Life of Brian is not as outrageously funny (close though) but it is BETTER satire. More thought provoking.
I love that the "Swedish" names included letters we dont use. We use Å Ä and Ö and not ø
As a Dane I noticed that as well, but Møøse does sound funnier than Mööse imo
Wasn't it targeted towards Norwegians, assumed it was with the Ø and the Norwegian Dentist from Oslo bit?
I notice that so often when people make up fake Swedish words. On a different note, "Mööse" is even funnier when you're German.
I've been a subscriber for a long time, and have never commented... but this is the best overall reaction to M.P./Holy Grail of any I have seen. I've watched them all; or at least started them all.
When I was a teenager, I could quote this entire movie.
You have a wonderful sense of humor, and a great laugh to go with it. 😁
Absolutely loved this reaction, i don't think i have ever seen anyone laugh so much at anything ever, it was just a joy to see you react to this movie
Monty Python’s Life of Brian is my fav. It’s absolutely brilliant
One of my favorite bits is that they say run away instead of retreat because the word retreat originates from France
Ames, your reaction to the Holy Grail is absolutely precious. You actually made it more enjoy and funnier.😅
thanks MIKE! I loved this movie!! def one of my FAVE reactions ever, but the movie is pure comedy gold!
@@holddownaYour reaction was fantastic but if you really love this movie I highly recommend that you watch their TV show "Monty Pythons Flying Circus". It was absolutely hysterical. It ran for five seasons on the BBC and was shown in the United States on PBS in the early 1970's which is how I was introduced to Monty Python as a kid. In my opinion it was the funniest TV show ever made and when this movie came out I couldn't wait to go see it in the theater.
My doormat. “What is the air speed of an unladen swallow?”
The gag with the cats...they are beating the dust out of the cats like it was a rug. 😆
Cats were associated with Satan (and later with witches) and myth has it that a Papal bull in 1233 AD on this subject led to mass purges and torture of cats.
This killing of cats has been associated with the spreading of the black death as there supposedly weren't enough cats to kill all the rats. This is largely a myth as the Papal Bull was issued a hundred years before the black death and probably had little real long term effect on the numbers of cats. Cats are also susceptible to Yersinia pestis so were likely being killed by the black death along with the people.
I will never forget the first time I saw this film... I was a freshman in high school and in a sophomore year history class. We took a field trip to Medieval Times in Orlando, FL and this was playing on the bus ride. I was too young to fully appreciate the absurdist comedy that Monty Python is known for, but this film quickly became one of my top favorites. Love the channel, Ames! 😊❤
Thanks for hanging out!!❤️❤️❤️
Watched this on TV with my dad when I was a kid. We were like "WTF". But we laughed anyway🤣
There is a very subtle sight gag that most people miss, Sir Robin has the biggest shield out of all the other Knights.
I noticed the paintings but not that!
One of the two Terrys in Monty Python, Terry Jones, was not just a co-director, but he was a medieval scholar in college-- a lot of stuff in the movie was based on history/athurian legend: a group of peasants who governed themselves because all the nobles thought the land they were on was more trouble than it was worth, Sir Lancelot's m.o. in battle to charge in and indiscriminately kill anybody in swinging distance, a religious order that would beat themselves publicly as displays of piety, there's a serious vein of legitimate research in it. Terry did a couple of series of documentaries on medieval life for the BBC, and theyre interesting stuff.
I mentioned this in a reply elsewhere, but the other Terry is Terry Gilliam. He did the animations for this, and the Flying Circus tv show they had. The BBC had a kids' show that taught different, intro-level lessons to animation, and Terry guested on an episode to talk about how he made his animations. Really interesting watching for a fifteen-minute show.
Terry Jones must have dug up the quote "The swallow may fly south with the sun ...", which was a translation of a phrase about migration in a 1500's falconry manual by king Frederick II of the Holy Roman empire. It was in the sketch arguing about coconuts and swallows with the tower guards. The issue in the original manual was some geese in a country that had no nests to be found anywhere. A bunch of people decided that the geese were transforming from other life forms and such foolishness. Frederick was making the sensible observation that their nests must be in another region/country and they migrate in and out seasonally.
Who else would be reading a 1930s book translating a 1500s falconry manual? The line matched the book word for word.
Many French words enter English following the invasion of 1066 CE. Including the word “retreat”. Since this is prior to the invasion, they say “Run Away”.
The Latin lessons in “life of Brian” are flawless as well.
My favorite historical accuracy in this movie is a two-fer-one: There were so many castles but so few _British_ nobles on the British Isle that a *_lot_* of the castles were owned by French nobles.
Also, the word "retreat" is French, which is why Long Arthur and his Knights yell "Run away!!" instead.
The Norman French didn't take over until 1066 - over a hundred years after 932 AD.
After taking over in 1066 William the Conqueror began a large castle building program in order to allow him to secure and control the country - these Norman Castles are what we tend to think of when talking about castles rather than the preceding simpler Anglo-Saxon fortifications.
If there was a real King Arthur who fought the Saxons then he was much much earlier. At the date depicted the king was Athelstan (924 - 939) AD who is generally reckoned to be the first king of England and was an Anglo-Saxon.
Great reaction. One thing I noticed only after multiple viewings was during Lancelot’s attack the dancers not killed continued dancing.
omg i missed that!
You can't go wrong with Monty Python. They raised silly to an art form. "Bring out your dead!" is one of my favorite parts.
People sometimes miss the great end of the dialogue during Lancelot's saving of Galahad.
GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
LANCELOT: No, it's too perilous.
GALAHAD: Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.
LANCELOT: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on!
GALAHAD: Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?
LANCELOT: No. It's unhealthy.
GALAHAD: I bet you're gay.
LANCELOT: [pause].....No, I'm not.
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The pause kills me every time. XD!!!!
didnt lancelot and arthur ran away together because of a secret love affair which provoked guinevere to lay siege to his castle and losing several table knights in the conflict
According to the Arthurian legends Galahad was the illegitimate son of Lancelot - so he was cockblocked by his father.
First time i watched this i was with my dad when i was 14. The ending had me. I had a romp watching it with my dad, when that endiny happened i was repeating "thats it? There has to be more". Love those memories
In high school my best friend at the time reenacted the animator having a heart attack toppling over his chair accidentally in the middle of class 😂
The look on your face when the intermission hit was worth it.
The joke with the intermission was that people saw that in the theater and got up to use the restrooms or get snacks but it was so short they would have to rush back to their seats.
The best part of the ending...it's a _literal_ cop out.
Before the Internet age, the average American had a very dim idea of British culture and knew even less about British humor. When this film hit the US in 1977, words cannot describe how blown away we were.
Every time someone uploads a reaction to this I always find myself saying "wait you haven't seen this?!" Such a fun movie. It never gets old seeing people slowly realizing the literal cop-out ending is happening for real.
Also, the no-horse thing IS genius, especially considering that the whole reason they came up with it was because they didn't have the budget for a full set of horses 😂
Your laugh is truly infectious 😂
Must be decades since I first saw The Holy Grail and I enjoyed your reaction as much as rewatching the movie, TY Ames 👍
Wow, thank you!
My 7th grade history teacher had us play a fun little game where we split up into kingdoms and could politic and deal with the other kingdoms as part of our European history unit. And at the end of playing the game we had a pizza party and watched this movie, I've loved it ever since and probably watched a few dozen times since that first watch 20 years ago.
Great idea for a history class, but I teach US History. Great idea though.
@@MrDearmonBlazing Saddles it is then
@@hairyheartsmith8513 this guy gets it!
The ending was the best (literal) cop out in film history.
Being as old as I am I always forget that there are so many great movies that young folks have never seen. I am SO glad that you saw this movie, your sense of humor is perfect for this movie. You must watch The Life of Brian next. I have to say that your reaction is the absolute best that I have seen to this movie, and I have seen many.
Saw this around 1977 on late night tv when my sister woke me up to watch it. To keep from laughing out loud, I had to keep running into my bedroom to laugh in my pillow. Most jokes when over my young head, but the silliness of it all was moments I will always cherish. 😆
This is technically The Pythons' second movie. The first was 'And Now For Something Completely Different' which was basically a collection of sketches from their TV show.
This film is absolutely hilarious from beginning to end! One thing that non-British audiences don't pick up on is the use of Cockney accents and Aristocratic accents being reversed. You should also watch "Life Of Brian". The "Loretta" scene will have you rolling! 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome reaction!❤
I think I pick up on accents! Im used to a lot of british stuff
In addition to breaking the fourth wall, the way that the movie kept referencing it’s own jokes about swallows and not being dead is awesome. In the original draft of the script, they find the grail in the Grail Department at Harrod’s Department Store, because, of course, you can find anything at Harrod’s. The Coconuts are both a brilliant BBC Radio joke as well as a way to keep costs down, since they made the movie on a shoestring budget.
The budget was so small they couldn't afford shoestrings.
And Arthur's explanation about the presence of coconuts out of their climate "The swallow may fly south with the sun ..." is a direct quote from a 1940's translation of a 1500's falcrony manual by King Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire. They have an historian in the bunch.
And George Harrison of the Beatles funded their films. He was the man behind "Handmade Films".
I love watching people react to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
My dad was a huge fan of Monty Python (and pretty much anything else from Britain), so this movie helped form the bedrock of my sense of humor growing up.
I watched it when I was a kid dubbed in Spanish, for me was hilarious, when I moved to the USA, I learned that I got almost every jock right 😂😂😂
One of the most hilarious comedies of all time. Will never forget the day I first saw it. Was 13 years old and had a couple of teeth extracted earlier in the day. Needed a laugh and watched this movie. Never laughed as hard at any movie. Non-stop laughfest.🤣
Laughing hard with fresh stitches in your mount! That must have hurt!
@@JPDillon There was going to be discomfort no matter what. But laughing at and enjoying the Monty Python movie made the time considerably more pleasant.😃
I have watched this movie probably 30 times in my life and it still never fails to make me laugh.
The 932 A.D. was written in an old style font. Numbers like 2 and 1 were the size of lowercase letters like the letter n, while other numbers like 9 and 3 had tails like the letters q and p, and numbers like 6 and 8 were like the letter h and k and were the same height as uppercase letters.
28:11 Glad to see another reactor subscribe to the LARP idea. It even opens up an extra mystery on who was the "LARPer" with the genuine horse who framed Arthur and the Knights for killing the historian and gives a fun explanation of the same actors being different characters (minus the genuine reason of course the Python's are a sketch troupe)
There is a video meme now showing the two guards standing watching the guy run for a long time at them.
The guards are labeled with "Secret Service".
Can't give enough praise to Carol Cleveland (Zoot & Dingo), the "other" member of the Python troupe. She had so many awesome parts in the Flying Circus TV series as well as the films. 👍👍
I enjoy watching this movie with someone who hasn't seen it and has the sense of humor to appreciate it.
@T.eleg.ram.HolddownA Go
Saw this when I was in high school. I didn’t get the “k-nig-it” pronunciation of “knight” until I took a class on Chaucer. I guess in Middle English they used to pronounce all the consonants, so.. ✌️
love it! CR came for me with all the french taunter scenes and the bridge! xx
Actually, they did pronounce all of the consonants. Medieval language was quite literally spoken the way it was written. "Ke-ny-guht of ye olday rah-und tay-bleh." At least that was what an actual linguistic historian had to say about it.
@@Ironoclasty Another thing happening from Late Middle English to Early Modern English was what's called the Great Vowel Shift (and I'm not making any of this up). Until then English vowels were pretty much pronounced the same way as continental Europeans pronounced them. Then over a couple of hundred years or so, the pronunciation moved towards the current pronunciations. Which is another reason the the spelling of English words only has a tenuous connection to how they're pronounced.