I understand them leaving out the part where she says "Well at least I don't work for Jews!" and everyone starts panicking and packing up the set while apologizing.
It's boardline body horror Tarantino knows shit about gore his violence is just extreme blood splatter that's nothing on absurd amounts of vomit and digestive organs. I wonder what he thinks of the fly his cartoon gore has nothing on the pus and rotten flesh in that movie
The ‘train wreck’ thing is the same reason why I find ‘Fawlty Towers’ both funny and embarrassing to watch at the same time. I’m watching it through the fingers over my face thinking “Oh please no, don’t do that, you’ll make it worse”.
I love how unfazed the waiter is by absolutely everything that happens. “Oh dear, I have trodden in monsieur’s bucket. Bell boy, another bucket (gets puked on)...and a hose perhaps.”
That's what working in fine dining or cocktail bars is like. Just gotta roll with whatever happens. 2:32 I have never cleaned up more vomit than my days of being a barback.
A lot of this skit's theme is based on the British sense of politeness and their absolute avoidance of awkward, embarrassing situations, which Cleese has always railed against. That's why you see the one guy who pukes on his plate get met with disapproval from his wife, but the guy who pukes in his mouth, and swallows it, is met with approval -- it's the "proper" thing to do. A lady talking about bleeding all over the seats because she's having a rather heavy period is so foreign an idea that he can't even understand her, he sees her as an alien. Her husband is in shock with what she said. There's a lot going on in this scene!
His delivery of the accent is part of his overall pretentiousness, and it's cuttingly precise in mockery. What's funny, too, is how exquisitely he pronounces all those fancy French food names for dishes.
Just found out that Terry Jones, who played Mr Creosote, has passed away today. Your performance here and on other Monty Python sketches will always make people laugh forever. Rest in Peace Terry.
Me too. I love Monty Python and all of it's movies and tv episodes. It almost feels like without Terry Jones, Monty Python has no meaning anymore. But his memory will always and forever be a part of the Monty Python foundation.
@@makinbacongreasyagain968 Yet the Monty Python films are regarded as some of the greatest comedy films in film history. Even now, the films are considered cult classics...
This scene is like watching a car crash. It's absolutely horrible to look at, but at the same time you just have this fascination and you still look at it.
My daughter watched this when she was 6 and was rolling around on the floor, nearly wetting herself with laughter. She grew up with a warped sense of humor and when my wife saw it years later, she cut crook at me for letting her watch it. Now at 40, it dosen´t appear to have done her any harm.
Well I watched this movie with my father when I was around the same age as your daughter and it’s our all time favorite movie and scene. I have shown it to my kids and they love it too.
Yes, it's like the set out to exceed the boundary of even gross-out humor. It's sickeningly funny, and you don't know whether to throw up or laugh, or do both.
The same thing happened in the food fight scene at the end of _Carry On Loving_. Due to multiple takes, breaks for lunch etc., the food sat there rotting and ended up smelling disgusting.
The waiter, was the fucking real MVP. No reaction to the barf. Just kept on going like nothing happened. Throws up on the menu? Wipe it off and read it anyway!
Makes you wonder if the waiter/maitre'd is actually a descendant of the Black Knight from 'Holy Grail'. Both are played by John Cleese and both seem completely immune to the insanity happening around them after all.
I've read somewhere that in this scene the smell of the fake vomit was actually so bad, that by the end of the bit some of the actors in the back were throwing up for real 😄😄😄
My dad told me about this skit this morning while we were out walking and he was laughing so hard trying to explain it. My dad has never liked this kind of humour that I knew of but he was barely able to talk he was laughing so hard especially when he said “One thin wafer” in the accent. Best memory made today! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What an awesome memory! My dad and I were talking one day and whatever was brought, reminded him about this scene and he was laughing soo much, explaining about the wafer! We went down the to video store( this was back in the late 90's) and he rented this movie just to show me. It was gross but seeing my dad laugh made it funny for me too. I just sent this link to my friend because he was talking about fat people and what dessert is like for them.....HAHA!!
@@loonysanity9638 I mean, judging by the looks of it all,I really don’t blame either just the waiter or the entire restaurant staff specifically, for wanting to rid themselves of someone like him. He most likely heavily ate them out of all their overall supplies and rations as well as simultaneously drove more potential customers and new employees away with his downright repulsive consistent projectile vomiting.
I read a while ago that this sketch is the only time Quentin Tarantino has been disturbed by a graphic or gruesome film sequence. If that isn't high praise i don't know what is.
The first time I saw this I was a teen and cried I laughed so hard. Today is the first time I've re-watched it and still laughed until my eyes were damp, but it also made me feel queasy. Oh how much I have changed over the years!
I remember watching this film for the first time when I was ten years old on VHS Tape. I was always disgusted by it but never made nauseous. Now that I’m 30, I work in healthcare and I’ve seen stuff that has made me more sick than this. I feel this movie has in fact prepared me for life.
Rest In Peace Terry Jones. He was the true backbone of Monty Python. Without him, there'd be no Monty Python. It's sad he had to deal with dementia, and lose his ability to speak. It must've been a very difficult time for both him and his family. The loss of him is a very sad day for comedy. But all the many great things he's done and created will live on forever. Now he's out there someplace along with Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams.
@Lauren Russell-Park I also love how she sticks to the story even when her husband tries to interject the more socially acceptable excuse that they have a train to catch. "And I don't want to start bleeding all over the seats!"
"Oh Sir, it's only waffer thin". These guys were operating in a whole new dimension of comedy/satire. The only thing in over 50 years that remotely breaths the same air imo would be Chris Morris/Armando Ionucci's Brass Eye! R.I.P Terry you genius.
I just realized the most horrifying part about this scene- the fact that the fish recognized Mr. Creosote, which implies that this restaurant has had the misfortune of letting him eat there before.
John Whitesell I think he had a history which might explain why he became so obese. I personally think that of all the characters in the Monty Python films, this character is my favorite. Sure he's big and fat but he makes me laugh so to me, he's exceptional. Your theory might be correct if those fish know him.
@@thesupernintendophile7404 i think think you would associate the cockney accent with him eating a bucket of jellied eels myself. This film is choc stock full of class stereotyping digs like this! Did you find the Public School humour to be a bit to over done in certain places throughout this film?
John Cleese mentioned in the clip the pate was Foie Gras. Earlier this year I had a taster sample given to me for free by a seller whilst walking through a street market in Bordeaux, France. One taste and I ran to the nearest gully cover to throw up.
When this movie came out, I saw it in a tiny theater in Athens, Ohio. There were only four other people there, adult couples sitting together. I laughed out loud. They looked disgusted with the film, which made me laugh harder. They gave me looks that said they were disgusted with me. I laughed harder. Couldn't stop. My face hurt for days.
I can only recall one time a smell-o-vision was used. This was used during the screening of Polyester by John Waters. But thank goodness it didn't have a scene so *vomit* educing as this.
When I was a kid I went with my family to universal studios, and they had a lilo and stitch ride that incorporated smell as part of the “4d experience” or whatever. The only thing I remember from it is that at some point stitch burped and they pumped some nasty smelling shit into the room and i found the whole thing totally fucking disgusting and was kinda pissed that they assaulted my senses without warning like that. xD
True story. I was about 6 when i saw this on HBO and I didn't figure this out until I was in my 30's and started researching This scene is at top of my most upsetting moments in my entire childhood.
This still doesn't top the moment in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I mean, I _loved_ Pee Wee's Playhouse as a kid, and was thrilled to watch that movie.....and then he hitchhiked with that trucker...... I still get a little ookie feeling when I see claymation- _seriously,_ *WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT!*
There are times when I find Monty Python silly, but this sketch is an absolute classic and no matter how many times I watch it, it is still very funny!
I'll never forget the first time I watched this sketch. I very nearly threw up after he exploded and you could see his innards. It triggered my gag reflex at the very least.
The back story is the sketch wasn’t working at all. Then they realized it’s all about the waiter, not Mr. Creosote. Changed the emphasis and it’s hilarious.
The man in the foreground on the right side at the end is not acting: he is really vomiting! Apparently, this scene was so nauseous that he ended up regurgitating in real life.
Some folks here have made much of the fish and their reaction to Mr. Creosote’s entry. And their terror is justified - the careful eye will discern that despite showing up throughout the film, providing a peanuts gallery’s commentary, they never do again after this scene. And little known is that Python shot takes of the conclusion of the meal that they didn’t use because the actors kept laughing and the food started to become rank involving not a pineapple sticking out of Creosote’s mouth … but rather a fish tail. Unrelated, watching this scene in a crowded cinema is a very different - and far better - experience than on the small screen. Hearing the audience’s reaction adds a sublime element of hilarity. *Highly* recommend.
Money was spent. Not like, Terry Gilliam is like... "I got an idea for a funny sketch, I need $1000 for stuff." Real money was spent fkn Oprah money on suits and linen, and carpet cleaning and room rental, convincing someone to film it, rent the room or restaurant. Legendary.
I first saw this scene over 40 years ago, and still remains the funniest thing I have seen on the big screen. Simply terrific comedy by the phenomenal Monty Python team.
Terry Jones was great as Mr Creosote but John Cleese is my favorite python cast member and he is great in this scene how do they keep their composure and not burst out laughing mad in these movies and the skits they did
I thought he exploded because he was too fat, now watching this again, the waiter meant to kill him o.o (Oh yes, im going on a hunt for all the Monty Python movies. Their work is an epic)
I already figured it out. The dude exploded because he was too fat, due to the waiter exploiting a weakness that caused the dude to explode, by force feeding him. The underlining point I stated in my first comment is that the waiter indeed meant to kill the fat dude. It was the purpose that propelled the waiter. As I said "now watching this again, the waiter meant to kill him".
There was a set of DVDs with this one, Holy Grail, Life of Brian & Something Completely Different (a collection of TV sketches) out once cos I still have mine. Hollywood Bowl was quite good (the Sit on my Face song is worthy on its own).
No, the video ends too soon. John Cleese picks up the guy's necklace (or possibly the pocket watch) that can be seen dangling off his exploded ribs in the close up. Cleese just holds it up to his face to look closer at it, then the video cuts out early.
When I was 13, I was living with my Mom and stepfather- I would move in with my Grandma a year later. I kept hearing my Mom shriek in horror and disgust, and I wondered what was going on- I thought they were having a fight or something. A few days later, I was in the car alone with her, and I asked her what she was yelling about. She told me about this scene and I laughed at her description of it. In high school, I looked the scene up on RUclips and thought it was hilarious- I told everyone I could about the scene! I've seen Meaning of Life numerous times, and it's one of my favorite comedies to this day! :)
TERRY JONES: "One sketch that nearly didn't make it to the final script was Mr. Creosote scene. Because when Michael red it out...it was just after lunch, I think. We'd thought it was our best sketch so we kept it back to lead with after lunch...and everybody just hated it and it went on the reject pile". JOHN CLEESE: "It was red out, I think by Michael, I knew that Michael and Terry thought that it was an exceptionally funny piece, and it completely laid and egg, it was very strange. It was part of that pile of material that wasn't good enough". JONES: "I think about a month later we got a telephone call from John. And he said "I've been reading that Mr. Creosote sketch...I think it'd be quite funny" ". CLEESE: "I suddenly realized that the head waiter could be a wonderfully funny character. So we (Graham Chapman and him) rewrote it and built it slightly more carefully; the building of it was a bit more chaotic, so we kind of piled it on: one disgustingness at a time".
A moment I love in this is the awkwardness of Cleese's maitre'd stopping the other waiter from picking up the bucket("ah, allow me") only to just hand it to him and say "fetch another bucket".
I was always in awe how almost all of Monty Python troupe can pull off that French accent, deliberately exaggerate it for comic effect and still make it sound so good diction-wise. The restaurant sketch from The Flying Circus shows Eric Idle and John Terry doing the French accent and it’s such a treat to hear, I can never decide who does it the best from all of the troupe. I’ve seen many comedians do the French accent but can’t remember anyone coming even close except of course Peter Sellers and that guy from the last vignette in the Buster Scruggs but I suspect he might actually be French.
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The waiter and the cleaning lady brilliantly illustrate exactly what it's like working in customer service
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I understand them leaving out the part where she says "Well at least I don't work for Jews!" and everyone starts panicking and packing up the set while apologizing.
As a Member of the Tribe (and a former member of The Food Service Industry™️) I found that latter bit clever (if a bit wince-worthy).
😏
BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6:08
@@elylew That's in the scene after this one.
Quentin Tarantino is on record saying this is the only scene in any movie that has ever actually disturbed him
It's boardline body horror Tarantino knows shit about gore his violence is just extreme blood splatter that's nothing on absurd amounts of vomit and digestive organs. I wonder what he thinks of the fly his cartoon gore has nothing on the pus and rotten flesh in that movie
Which record?
@@adamtzsch
"Well said. Well spoken."
--- attributed to Clark W. Griswold.
🥂
@@YesTHATJohnSmith 😂👍
Does QT watch his own movies? Bro!!
I love when the waiter runs for cover after he gives Mr Creosote the mint.
I agree! He looks hilarious 🤣🤣
It looks like he's planting a bomb or something
He knew.
It's like a live-action Bugs Bunny.
I never noticed it before. How did he know?!
I am morbidly fascinated by this scene more than anything else. It's like passing by a train wreck, I just can't look away.
And the amazing thing is that this dada-esque scene is 2/3 of the way into a film titled The Meaning of Life.
It's a horror movie scene
so are we all ^_^
This wasn't scripted, they were just filming a scene in a restaurant and Mr Creosote walked in and started vomiting everywhere
The ‘train wreck’ thing is the same reason why I find ‘Fawlty Towers’ both funny and embarrassing to watch at the same time. I’m watching it through the fingers over my face thinking “Oh please no, don’t do that, you’ll make it worse”.
"How are we today?
Better.
Better?
Better get a bucket, I'm gonna throw-up."
E-roke Kenedi for the throw up
That's nice of Mr. Creosote to warn the waiter. If he hadn't, he could have spilt vomit on the floor and stained the carpet.
And the cleaning woman
E-roke Kenedi "Gaston, a bucket for monsieur"
Mare or stallion, There's far more inside yeh, he's so sympathetic isn't he lmao
"I'm having a rather heavy period." That flat, confident delivery Carol has cracks me up every time. She doesn't get enough recognition.
Although we all were focused on her magnificent titz, she really was a great comedic actress in Python.
@B W "Carol Cleavage" , mate....that's what the boys nicknamed her...
Oh, it made the sketch. brilliant, glad someone else found that bit fucked up
Dead right ! I also love her wonderfully weird 'do you want to come upstairs' in the Travel Agent sketch.
She was always awesome
I love how unfazed the waiter is by absolutely everything that happens.
“Oh dear, I have trodden in monsieur’s bucket. Bell boy, another bucket (gets puked on)...and a hose perhaps.”
It’s actually “And perhaps, a hose”
Against a backdrop of sofisticated dining 😅😅😅
That's what working in fine dining or cocktail bars is like. Just gotta roll with whatever happens.
2:32
I have never cleaned up more vomit than my days of being a barback.
A lot of this skit's theme is based on the British sense of politeness and their absolute avoidance of awkward, embarrassing situations, which Cleese has always railed against. That's why you see the one guy who pukes on his plate get met with disapproval from his wife, but the guy who pukes in his mouth, and swallows it, is met with approval -- it's the "proper" thing to do. A lady talking about bleeding all over the seats because she's having a rather heavy period is so foreign an idea that he can't even understand her, he sees her as an alien. Her husband is in shock with what she said. There's a lot going on in this scene!
Sounds like he does get paid enough for that shit.
As a French guy, I'm amazed how John Cleese imitates so perfectly the french accent ^^
Yeah that was brilliant. And I'm not even a French speaker.
its really incredible!!!!
France is right across the channel from England. No doubt he's met many French people.
John Cleese _IS_ French! How else do you think he got that AT-RAGIUS accent?
His delivery of the accent is part of his overall pretentiousness, and it's cuttingly precise in mockery. What's funny, too, is how exquisitely he pronounces all those fancy French food names for dishes.
I like how the waiter politely hands Mr. Creosote the menu and Mr. Creosote just vomits right on it.
Probably his reaction to the food
Straight away
And the waiter casually wipes it off with his bare hand- LOL! :)
@@zacharysiple629 the puke dripping off the menu is a nice touch as well 🤢🤮😂
What did he mean by him overdoing it?
What a rotten day that was.
Oh shit-it's Mr. Creosote!
How are we today ?
@@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin better
jigrodrigues Better ?
@@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin Better get a bucket, I'm about to throw up
Just found out that Terry Jones, who played Mr Creosote, has passed away today.
Your performance here and on other Monty Python sketches will always make people laugh forever.
Rest in Peace Terry.
Dr Random “Better.”
“Better?”
“Better open those pearly gates wider, Mister Creosote is coming through!”
RIP Terry Jones
Me too. I love Monty Python and all of it's movies and tv episodes.
It almost feels like without Terry Jones, Monty Python has no meaning
anymore. But his memory will always and forever be a part of the
Monty Python foundation.
This is still funny LOL
Makin Bacon Greasy Again it’s damn hilarious
@@makinbacongreasyagain968 Yet the Monty Python films are regarded as some of the greatest comedy films in film history. Even now, the films are considered cult classics...
This scene is like watching a car crash. It's absolutely horrible to look at, but at the same time you just have this fascination and you still look at it.
bingo & amen
the little eye flare when cleese says "oh dear, I've trodden in monsieur's bucket" kills me
Cleese's arms flapping after Creosote goes “Shudup!” is mine.
"Bon Apetit" - The way he says it with such evil intent LOL.
I don't want to bleed all over the seats. Madam?
John Cleese is a comedic and acting genius even if he is not the best guy in real life.
I personally don’t find it funny, but it is incredibly entertaining to watch
My daughter watched this when she was 6 and was rolling around on the floor, nearly wetting herself with laughter. She grew up with a warped sense of humor and when my wife saw it years later, she cut crook at me for letting her watch it. Now at 40, it dosen´t appear to have done her any harm.
I legit could not breathe the first time I saw this from laughing so hard
Cut crook? Did you grow up in The Shire or something?
Well I watched this movie with my father when I was around the same age as your daughter and it’s our all time favorite movie and scene.
I have shown it to my kids and they love it too.
I was 9 when this came out and like your grandaughter I laughed myself into hysterics !
I wonder if the same will happen to Nickado Avocado. I know I will laugh for some evil reason.
RIP Terry Jones, Mr Creosote
Now Brian and his mother are in heaven.
Yeah Terry Jones was Awesome
Watching the menu drip is a great detail in this amazing skit . They pushed the envelope. True art should always push the envelope.
Yes, it's like the set out to exceed the boundary of even gross-out humor. It's sickeningly funny, and you don't know whether to throw up or laugh, or do both.
5:14 "Oh, Fuck Off, I'm full" LMAO!!!
disgusting
Sorry for the thumbs down, I meant to push the thumbs up button. My bad
" _Oh Shit! It's Mr. Creosote!_ "
I burst out laughing.
Me too, I had to rewind that part after I realized it was
the fish talking lol
Roger Kincaid same, especially the fact that the fish had little human faces :3
I don't see what's funny about that
A búcket for monsieur. Oui, please right there.
Roger Kincaid same
This is taking the phrase "the customer is always right" to its obvious extreme.
Rest in Piece, Terry Jones/Mr. Creosote. One of the funniest Monty Python skits ever.
We're gonna miss your genius.
I've got to say, this is absolutely masterful as a weight loss tool. Just watch it whenever you're hungry, and you'll be good for at least 3-4 hours!
Dear God ikr
Wanted to add the exploding rats in stranger things is just as effective
I watched it while eating xD.
@@evceteri respect!
César Alberto Tapia Mar
Better get a bucket then!
"And the regular brown ale?".
"I can only manage six crates today"
"I hope Monsieur was not overdoing it last night."
@@cjmanson5692" .....Shut up."
Apparently that's like 144 bottles of ale, looks like this guy is a skyrim player
@@SageLatrans 144... That is gross in so many ways
I can only manage one glass today.
Fun fact: This scene is so revolting that even Quentin Tarantino, who's notorious for his hyperviolent movies, is actually disgusted by it.
I think i saw a pocket watch hanging from his rib! :)
It's the funniest yet most disgusting scene I have ever seen
It didn't bother me one bit I was just laughing so hard.
He wasn't disgusted. It just make him nauseous. lol
@@PointyTailofSatan Well, whatever. I was only telling the truth.
I've been told about this skit for several years without actually seeing it and I am not disappointed
Fun fact: in that last scene, at least two people weren't pretending to be sick.
yup, aside from the scene itself, the fake vomit, some kind of canned soup, was smelling awful under the heat of the studio lamps.
The same thing happened in the food fight scene at the end of _Carry On Loving_. Due to multiple takes, breaks for lunch etc., the food sat there rotting and ended up smelling disgusting.
Yeah probably the two that stayed at the end
LordFhalkyn both of them are easy to spot.
LordFhalkyn they were too busy running away
The waiter, was the fucking real MVP. No reaction to the barf. Just kept on going like nothing happened. Throws up on the menu? Wipe it off and read it anyway!
He actually picks something off him at the end and eats it XD
Amanda Pelicano
It was the wafer thin mint
Give that mana raise
Makes you wonder if the waiter/maitre'd is actually a descendant of the Black Knight from 'Holy Grail'. Both are played by John Cleese and both seem completely immune to the insanity happening around them after all.
I can attest that actual French waiters are this dedicated. They will never miss a beat no matter how bad it gets.
Bro be looking like 50's version of nikocado avocado😂💀
"Oh dear, i have trodden in monsieur's bucket!" along with Cleese's mimic get's me every time 😂
You know it's a good scene when even Quintin Tarentino admited being sick watching this,.....
Arie Visker *Quentin Tarantino
Arie Visker Did he really?
What does it say about me that I laugh hysterically at a scene QT of all people finds disturbius maximus? XD
Who? You mean Quentin Tarantino.
@@Danimal77 Yes you know, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds
I've read somewhere that in this scene the smell of the fake vomit was actually so bad, that by the end of the bit some of the actors in the back were throwing up for real 😄😄😄
Eve G They needed extra extras. :-)
Apparently it was filmed using concentrated Minestrone soup. I know of at least one person who doesnt eat Minestrone soup anymore 😂
Eve G adds realism, doesn't it?
Lmao!!!!
6:36 the guy in the front wearing the black tux that’s gagging into his hand wasn’t acting 🤢
My dad told me about this skit this morning while we were out walking and he was laughing so hard trying to explain it. My dad has never liked this kind of humour that I knew of but he was barely able to talk he was laughing so hard especially when he said “One thin wafer” in the accent. Best memory made today! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What an awesome memory! My dad and I were talking one day and whatever was brought, reminded him about this scene and he was laughing soo much, explaining about the wafer! We went down the to video store( this was back in the late 90's) and he rented this movie just to show me. It was gross but seeing my dad laugh made it funny for me too. I just sent this link to my friend because he was talking about fat people and what dessert is like for them.....HAHA!!
"I'll have the lot."
...
"A wise choice, monsieur."
Was he deliberately hoping to pop Mr Creosote up like a balloon?
Seems like it, my guess, this was a whole plan to finally be rid of Mr Creosote and get back at him for all the mistreatment
@@loonysanity9638 I mean, judging by the looks of it all,I really don’t blame either just the waiter or the entire restaurant staff specifically, for wanting to rid themselves of someone like him. He most likely heavily ate them out of all their overall supplies and rations as well as simultaneously drove more potential customers and new employees away with his downright repulsive consistent projectile vomiting.
@@georgeweaver9665 Yep
@@georgeweaver9665,
Imagine how much he spent.
The champagne alone would have been over £1,000. I suspect he was a good tipper. 😂
I read a while ago that this sketch is the only time Quentin Tarantino has been disturbed by a graphic or gruesome film sequence. If that isn't high praise i don't know what is.
Well, it doesn‘t show blood.
And here I thought at first that the song at the beginning would be the worst of it.
that first song is so damn funny....piano player is singing about dick and everyone is waiting to be served food ....priceless
“Oh what a frightfully witty song”
That was the best part of it! But this sketch is still pretty awesome!
The first time I saw this I was a teen and cried I laughed so hard. Today is the first time I've re-watched it and still laughed until my eyes were damp, but it also made me feel queasy. Oh how much I have changed over the years!
What a brilliant observation
I remember watching this film for the first time when I was ten years old on VHS Tape. I was always disgusted by it but never made nauseous. Now that I’m 30, I work in healthcare and I’ve seen stuff that has made me more sick than this. I feel this movie has in fact prepared me for life.
i remember watching this when i was 8 and i blame every single one of my mental illnesses on this scene.
"It's wafer thin!"
Bugger orrf, I am stuffed!
Waahfer theen
"Uhhh fuck off om foll."
Great line.
an excellent reply when folks decline your offer of anything at all..."it's only wahfair theen"!
Supposedly, this is the one scene in any film that made Quentin Tarantino almost throw up himself.
Fuck tarantino, weak as piss!!!!
RIP Mr Creosote, Terry Jones, what a genius taken by an awful disease.
Rest In Peace Terry Jones. He was the true backbone of Monty Python. Without him, there'd be no Monty Python. It's sad he had to deal with dementia, and lose his ability to speak. It must've been a very difficult time for both him and his family. The loss of him is a very sad day for comedy. But all the many great things he's done and created will live on forever. Now he's out there someplace along with Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams.
I'm sorry, the funniest part of this whole sketch is Idle's "Uhhhh, thankyouverymuch." at the end of the song.
There are a lot of underrated lines in it. "I'm having RATHER a heavy period" delivered in a posh accent always cracks me up.
That kills every time - I love the the subtle nuances they throw in among the mayhem
Lots of subtle jokes that get missed at the first viewing. John Cleese pushes the table in instead of the chair. I love that part.
@@ericjamieson And THAT offended the maitre 'd.
@Lauren Russell-Park I also love how she sticks to the story even when her husband tries to interject the more socially acceptable excuse that they have a train to catch. "And I don't want to start bleeding all over the seats!"
"...I 'erp Monsieur wasn't overdoing eet last-uh night" "Shaddap"
D’Accord 😌!
"Oh Sir, it's only waffer thin". These guys were operating in a whole new dimension of comedy/satire. The only thing in over 50 years that remotely breaths the same air imo would be Chris Morris/Armando Ionucci's Brass Eye! R.I.P Terry you genius.
"I'm having a rather heavy period", it was at this stage that the milk ejected out of my nose.
Why did you have milk in your nose in the first place?
@@gregorteply9034 because he was drinking milk
@@POTUSno45 you drink milk through your nose?
@@gregorteply9034 rather silly comment, you don’t suck milk up your nose every hour on the dot? who even are you?
I just realized the most horrifying part about this scene- the fact that the fish recognized Mr. Creosote, which implies that this restaurant has had the misfortune of letting him eat there before.
or use (re:destroy) their toilets
John Whitesell I think he had a history which might explain why he became so obese. I personally think that of all the characters in the Monty Python films, this character is my favorite. Sure he's big and fat but he makes me laugh so to me, he's exceptional. Your theory might be correct if those fish know him.
Not only that, but Cleese knew what was coming
John Whitesell "........well, they said.
@John Whitesell
Why was it horrifying ????????????
Its not funny because he's throwing up, its funny because the waiter is unphased.
Nikocado avocado at 999 pounds be like:
Rest in peace, Terry Jones.
"Don't skip on the Pate!" That line always got me for some reason, don't know why.
Maybe it's because of how Cockney he sounds as he says it.
@@thesupernintendophile7404 i think think you would associate the cockney accent with him eating a bucket of jellied eels myself. This film is choc stock full of class stereotyping digs like this! Did you find the Public School humour to be a bit to over done in certain places throughout this film?
It's 'skimp'
John Cleese mentioned in the clip the pate was Foie Gras. Earlier this year I had a taster sample given to me for free by a seller whilst walking through a street market in Bordeaux, France. One taste and I ran to the nearest gully cover to throw up.
@@MrBaronCabron Thank you! The English language isn't dead, it's just resting.
According to John Cleese it too three days to film this less than 7 minute scene.
When this movie came out, I saw it in a tiny theater in Athens, Ohio. There were only four other people there, adult couples sitting together. I laughed out loud. They looked disgusted with the film, which made me laugh harder. They gave me looks that said they were disgusted with me. I laughed harder. Couldn't stop. My face hurt for days.
👍🏼
You are exactly who the movie was made for. Welcome to teh club!
Visit any American diner (in the midwest particularly)and you'll see a "Mr Creosote" busy at work.
Thank God they never invented Smell-O-Vision!
I can only recall one time a smell-o-vision was used. This was used during the screening of Polyester by John Waters. But thank goodness it didn't have a scene so *vomit* educing as this.
Indeed :P
but, he did have a "fart" scratch 'n sniff!
When I was a kid I went with my family to universal studios, and they had a lilo and stitch ride that incorporated smell as part of the “4d experience” or whatever. The only thing I remember from it is that at some point stitch burped and they pumped some nasty smelling shit into the room and i found the whole thing totally fucking disgusting and was kinda pissed that they assaulted my senses without warning like that. xD
LMAO
John Cleese's french is pitch perfect.
Dadko he speaks fluent French
@@shimarlie1 And he farts in your general direction,
D'accord
It was his 2nd best French-speaker performance, eclipsed only by the French Taunter.
"IZ ONLY... WAH-FER THIN!"
True story. I was about 6 when i saw this on HBO and I didn't figure this out until I was in my 30's and started researching This scene is at top of my most upsetting moments in my entire childhood.
This still doesn't top the moment in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I mean, I _loved_ Pee Wee's Playhouse as a kid, and was thrilled to watch that movie.....and then he hitchhiked with that trucker......
I still get a little ookie feeling when I see claymation- _seriously,_ *WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT!*
1 like = 1 bucket for Mr. Creosote
And perhaps a hose
Fitting in light of today...
Brianspeed, Terry J
Add the cleaning woman too.
He would fill each and every bucket.
There are times when I find Monty Python silly, but this sketch is an absolute classic and no matter how many times I watch it, it is still very funny!
Fun Fact: The actor who plays Mr Creosote directed the entire film!
It's hardly unheard of for the director to also be one of the actors, or even the star
Matt Barnes is Mr. Creosete drunk?
Esther Romero Peixoto I always took it as him just being a bloody foul person.
It's sad that he didn't get to finish his movie...
untrue-terry gilliam directed half
One of my favourite things about this scene is that Quentin Tarantino was apparently disgusted by it
Does Watching Mr Creosote make you poorly?
has he watched anything by David Cronenberg or John Carpenter?!
Whenever I find myself in a particularly unpleasant situation, I mutter "Oh dear... I have trodden in Monsier's bucket..."
I'll never forget the first time I watched this sketch. I very nearly threw up after he exploded and you could see his innards. It triggered my gag reflex at the very least.
Darkstar263 I don't get why people get scared/grossed out by this its fucking hilarious looking
I didn't laugh at that. Because i coudnt stop laughing at cleese jumping over the barrier lol
Bon appetite....waiter run's for his life ....priceless
@@wolfman6489 I only reacted that way the first time I watched it. I can handle it now.
@@21wonker I love that bit lol.
5:57 The waiter actually _jumping_ into the bushes 😂
Poor bush😂
See people joke back then but nowadays you see one of these people every other day at a WalMart or McDonalds.
A huge fan, I will miss you, Terry Jones. This performance was one of your best!
That's one dedicated maître d'.
Roger Kincaid indeed
Even Gordon Ramsay would be impressed, for a change! 😆
Gordon Ramsay trains them well
The back story is the sketch wasn’t working at all. Then they realized it’s all about the waiter, not Mr. Creosote. Changed the emphasis and it’s hilarious.
They were much better in those days
They're gonna need a bigger restaurant.
lol
Aaaaaah, I see what you did there
Peter Frank lmao
They're gonna need a bigger buket
They certainly knew how to serve their best paying customér.
I am drinking six bottles of _Chateau Latour '45_ right now to honor Terry Jones' creation.
"Better get a bucket..."😂 Love this quote.
“Oh sir, it’s only wahfer thin.”
Uhhuh, I couldn't eat another thing, I'm absolutely stuffed. Bugger off.
The man in the foreground on the right side at the end is not acting: he is really vomiting! Apparently, this scene was so nauseous that he ended up regurgitating in real life.
What
The guy in the black tux?
your second sentence is redundant
Some folks here have made much of the fish and their reaction to Mr. Creosote’s entry. And their terror is justified - the careful eye will discern that despite showing up throughout the film, providing a peanuts gallery’s commentary, they never do again after this scene. And little known is that Python shot takes of the conclusion of the meal that they didn’t use because the actors kept laughing and the food started to become rank involving not a pineapple sticking out of Creosote’s mouth … but rather a fish tail.
Unrelated, watching this scene in a crowded cinema is a very different - and far better - experience than on the small screen. Hearing the audience’s reaction adds a sublime element of hilarity. *Highly* recommend.
This scene is like a horrible nightmare that actually makes you laugh….
You will lose your Appetite from Watching this.
@@bettyottman1718 And you will not buy a game
Because of this
ruclips.net/video/Z0E2lmgLF_k/видео.htmlsi=h5X4bcpEJhLcdOGV
Money was spent. Not like, Terry Gilliam is like... "I got an idea for a funny sketch, I need $1000 for stuff."
Real money was spent fkn Oprah money on suits and linen, and carpet cleaning and room rental, convincing someone to film it, rent the room or restaurant.
Legendary.
OH SHIT ITS MR CREOSOTE
I first saw this scene over 40 years ago, and still remains the funniest thing I have seen on the big screen. Simply terrific comedy by the phenomenal Monty Python team.
“I’ll have the lot! With the egg on top!” 😂
Terry Jones was great as Mr Creosote but John Cleese is my favorite python cast member and he is great in this scene how do they keep their composure and not burst out laughing mad in these movies and the skits they did
I thought he exploded because he was too fat, now watching this again, the waiter meant to kill him o.o
(Oh yes, im going on a hunt for all the Monty Python movies. Their work is an epic)
it WAS because he was too fat! but the waiter KNEW that he would explode, so he caused it.
I already figured it out. The dude exploded because he was too fat, due to the waiter exploiting a weakness that caused the dude to explode, by force feeding him.
The underlining point I stated in my first comment is that the waiter indeed meant to kill the fat dude. It was the purpose that propelled the waiter.
As I said "now watching this again, the waiter meant to kill him".
he was lowering the fame and made customers avoid the place
There was a set of DVDs with this one, Holy Grail, Life of Brian & Something Completely Different (a collection of TV sketches) out once cos I still have mine. Hollywood Bowl was quite good (the Sit on my Face song is worthy on its own).
But he did not die did you see the end?
me at my own house: *eating normally*
me at my grandma's house: 5:21
My son, may he rest in peace, loved this Monty Python skit.
Mr Creosote: Shut up!
Manager: D'accord.
Even the fish is scared of him
Hide or get eaten!
They don't want the fat fuck eating them
Fish don't cuss😂
RIP Terry.... thanks for warping my sense of humor as a child..👍❤️
One of the best moments of the movie. RIP Terry Jones.
The waiter actually picks something off him at the very end and eats it!!!! XD
It's the wafer thin mint.
No, the video ends too soon. John Cleese picks up the guy's necklace (or possibly the pocket watch) that can be seen dangling off his exploded ribs in the close up. Cleese just holds it up to his face to look closer at it, then the video cuts out early.
@@Gunbudder, it was that! Thanks for clarifying.
Terry Jones was the meaning of life. RIP comic genius.
If you can look past how nauseating this scene is, Cleese is actually hysterical XD
When I was 13, I was living with my Mom and stepfather- I would move in with my Grandma a year later.
I kept hearing my Mom shriek in horror and disgust, and I wondered what was going on- I thought they were having a fight or something.
A few days later, I was in the car alone with her, and I asked her what she was yelling about.
She told me about this scene and I laughed at her description of it.
In high school, I looked the scene up on RUclips and thought it was hilarious- I told everyone I could about the scene!
I've seen Meaning of Life numerous times, and it's one of my favorite comedies to this day! :)
TERRY JONES: "One sketch that nearly didn't make it to the final script was Mr. Creosote scene. Because when Michael red it out...it was just after lunch, I think. We'd thought it was our best sketch so we kept it back to lead with after lunch...and everybody just hated it and it went on the reject pile".
JOHN CLEESE: "It was red out, I think by Michael, I knew that Michael and Terry thought that it was an exceptionally funny piece, and it completely laid and egg, it was very strange. It was part of that pile of material that wasn't good enough".
JONES: "I think about a month later we got a telephone call from John. And he said "I've been reading that Mr. Creosote sketch...I think it'd be quite funny" ".
CLEESE: "I suddenly realized that the head waiter could be a wonderfully funny character. So we (Graham Chapman and him) rewrote it and built it slightly more carefully; the building of it was a bit more chaotic, so we kind of piled it on: one disgustingness at a time".
A moment I love in this is the awkwardness of Cleese's maitre'd stopping the other waiter from picking up the bucket("ah, allow me") only to just hand it to him and say "fetch another bucket".
RIP Terry Jones. If I live to be 100, this'll will still have me in stitches : )
5:30 plot twist: the wafer thin mint was actually a cleverley disguised bomb!
2:29 "...or order straight from the--" FWAAAP!!!!!!!!
All the vomit came out like a fire hose
I come here every so often just for that fucking leap
Forty years later and it's still just as funny as ever.
More like 50.
@@stephenroney2366 Monty Python and the Meaning of Life was released in the UK on June 23rd, 1983 so that's forty years and close to one month.
@@TravisTarrant I thought that scene was part of Monty Pythons Flying Circus.
Gordon Ramsey would have been very mad
WARNING : DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE EATING
0:56 Did you guys notice that fish has its face? That's why they've noticed the creosote guy.
I was always in awe how almost all of Monty Python troupe can pull off that French accent, deliberately exaggerate it for comic effect and still make it sound so good diction-wise. The restaurant sketch from The Flying Circus shows Eric Idle and John Terry doing the French accent and it’s such a treat to hear, I can never decide who does it the best from all of the troupe.
I’ve seen many comedians do the French accent but can’t remember anyone coming even close except of course Peter Sellers and that guy from the last vignette in the Buster Scruggs but I suspect he might actually be French.
That's because their generation learned French and Latin at school and not diversity studies.
@@NickHarman Oh, come now, that's just silly talk! XD Don't you know diversity makes the world more beautiful? ^_^
@@NickHarman boomer moment
@@Peacock__ Boomer comedy is so much better though, isn't it. No sacred cows, no safe spaces, just humour.
- 😅 I hope _Monsieur_ was not overdoing it last night?
- 😠 *_SHUT UP!_*
- 😳 / 😄 _D'accord._
3:42 Shut up! 😂