@@lookoutforchris its a good example of how you can't assume anything and should test everything if possible (but yes this isn't really the scientific method)
I introduced my 10 yr old grandson to monty python with this witch scene. Now he wont stop mimicking the monks walks around chanting and uses the phone book to hit his head. The most hilarious thing I've ever watched him do
at that part, I grabbed a book and hit my forehead with it when they did it. it doesn't hurt because i had an accident where i was pretty much pistol whipped by my little brother as a child (didn't know he'd hit me {didn't feel the impact} until i felt a ticking sensation, put my hand to the affected area, then saw blood on my hand), so i think there might be some damage to the sensory nerves at that part of my face. the pistol was a toy made of wood. i remember that after my mom had cleaned up the blood and patched me up, i hid that toy so something similar to that accident wouldn't happen again.
yeah, because when everyone leaves the scale sustained it's proportion even with the duck on one side but nothing in the other, the first time I saw it and I say "oh no! xD" my family didn't get why
I was watching the clip where they jumped out and said “no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!” Right before this, but while watching this video I accidentally clicked the previous video button Needless to say, I did not expect the Spanish Inquisition
I am brazilian and as such speak portuguese, a language evolved from Latim. Pie is what became pious (or merciful) Jesu well that's easy, Jesus Domine remember dominatrix? Domina is the feminine form of Dom, master, owner, Sir The first part is a form to talk about Jesus, "Merciful sir Jesus" Dona sounds like Donnor, I don't know english grammar but I think it is called imperative form, "Donate!" Eis u guys probably had spanish right? Ellos? ring a bell? it means They/Them Requiem ah the famous musical genre, used in funerals, sounds like Requiescem in pacem (RIP, rest in peace), Requiem indeed can mean rest but "re" is an intensification and "quies" is, wait for it... Quiet! yeah, this one is even debated if it came from u guys, proto-indo-european root "kwyeh" I doubt, sounds like a neanderthal screeching. Anyways the intesive quietness is commonly death... chills... O Merciful sir Jesus, give them rest This "them" depending on the time could also mean "these", talking in fact about themselves, it was common to talk in third person. Merciful sir Jesus, give these (of us) rest.
But don't people also burn when they are set on fire ? So aren't all people made of wood and therefore weigh the same as a duck ? So if they don't weigh the same as a duck, they are not normal and therefore a witch
I was doing a genealogical history of a family of British gentry, and got down to the final living representative, a widow in 17th Century England. She was accused of witchcraft, and a man testified against her that he had often seen her turn herself into a cat. And like the guy in this comedy skit who said the witch turned him into a newt but he recovered, this witness also testified that she turned him into an animal and he recovered. Not joking. She was convicted and burned. How can you argue with such powerful testimony?
Witches were not usually burned in England - the penalty for witchcraft was hanging. Scotland burned witches, though they usually strangled them first. The English did burn heretics. I'm curious - may I ask which case this was?
@@Silver_Owl She was the last living member of the Bodenham family, who had been prominent gentry in medieval times. If I recall this took place in the 17th Century. The case was very well covered in civic records. I no longer have my notes, but I'm sure if you trace the Bodenham family to its last member you will her name and her story.
At 2:40 you see Eric Idle playfully bite the blade of the hatchet he's holding. It was later revealed he did this to keep from cracking up and ruining the take.
Because John Cleese was supposed to take a while to answer but drew it out waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than expected. You can also see Michael Palin drop his head just before, for the same reason
Just focus on Michael Palin's face through this whole thing! He has the most hilarious facial expressions like he did as Caesar in the "Biccus Diccus" scenes of "Life of Brian".
Just looking at Michael Palin cracks me up! The scene in “The Meaning of Life” where he’s an army officer wanting everyone to join him in “marching up and down the square” has me rolling every time I see (or think about!) it!
Except it isn't shaving foam for a beard, he was in the process of having a shave when they found the witch and forgot all about that in the excitement of being able to burn the witch.
There's so many things about The Holy Grail I absolutely love and so many things to quote it may as well be the entire script. You know what always made me laugh the hardest though? That poor chap at 6:34 just clapping along to the song.
I am grateful that they put in the subtitles for us, the poor Americans that suffered through this movie sixteen times before we realized it was incredibly funny and decided to watch it another sixteen times.
I found a piece of wood by a tree near my house. This movie taught me the proper course of action... I decided to burn the wood because I didn't want it casting an evil spell on me.
Bro, how deep-layered Monty Python's humor can be. Only now, in my mid-twenties, can I understand that the whole witch sequence is one grand giggle at scholasticism
I don't know if this is the funniest movie ever made, but it's got to be up at the top of the list. These twelve minutes are amazing, but there's so much more. From the Black Knight, the Knights who Say Ni!, Naughty Zoot and the grail shaped beacon - oh, the peril! Let me face just a bit of it! The Wizard Tim and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog - thank God for the Holy Hand Grenade. The Illustrator dying and killing the Black Beast of Argh! thus saving Arthur and his men to face the Bridge of Death and the old man from scene 24 who will ask them each five questions in order to pass. All while riding pretend horses and banging two empty halves of a coconut together. Genius!
I love how she says it’s a fair cop after that absolute bazar way to figure out if she was a witch. This means she feels annoyed at them that she was caught for being a witch but satisfied she was treated fairly and got what she deserved.
@@Aristocles22 Christ! That's the point. There is no irony. Turns out she was a witch, and weighing the same as a duck showed that she was made of wood and that is the proof. It's Monty Python. Have a guess at what group of people they having a dig at, even back then.
@@kevinmould6979 I know im very late but ill just prove your entire point wrong by pointing out that after they are done weighing you can clearly see that the scales are not balanced and she definetly doesnt weigh the same as a duck
Tony England if you're native speaker you wouldn't mind there is subtitles or isn't. But if you're native speaker of other language and trying to understand English, you can hardly understand the dialogue when there isn't subtitles. I think that's a gesture for those people. I know reason cause i am one of these people.
I don't normally watch with subtitles, but with some of the monty Python snippets I have watched, they would have helped. Esit: I find it funny how the knight constantly has to lift up his visor.
“Between our guests, we seek our quests, when’er we are able”. Holy gawd, so damn funny! The choreography of those knights dancing - the clanking on their helmets… comedy at its very finest!!!
What makes this scene for me was Eric Idle cracking up, (again) and the cameo from Spike Milligan popping up in the background - the one with shaving foam around his face, (genius).
Dicen que el prolongado silencio de Cleese en esta escena fue de su propia cosecha, tomando de sorpresa a Idle y Palin.Y por eso Eric muerde la oz para no reír. Y Mike sonríe tocándose la nariz; (gesto clásico de duda o confusion)por eso están risueños. En fin.Dicen que esta filmación Fue una experiencia desastrosa en muchos aspectos para los muchachos. Por suerte resultó un hit.😆😃💙💞💙💞💙💞💙💞💙💞💙
All these comments about small funny details and nobody noticed that when Arthur and the Knight are talking at the end of that scene, the scales behind them are misaligned, meaning that was the reason they showed that the "witch"'s weight was equal to a duck.
@@GoodwillWright Resolution is horrible so I dont see it, but its irrelevant because the difference between the scales is too great even with a duck in it (birds are notoriously lightweight). And how many women you know that have the same weight as a dyck anyways?
@@lucatr9894 Resolution may not be HD standard but it's still perfectly clear enough to see the back of the duck. As to whether the duck is heavy enough to tip the scales, that is something that will need to be physically or at least mathematically proven which I doubt either of us have the current capacity or care to do. So we can't argue that they are rigged in that regard as the only evidence either of us has is 'trust me, I said it works like that'. Finally, there are no women that weigh the same as a duck, that's the joke - she's a witch. However, there is actually a very plausible theory (or it is essentially confirmed in-universe) that she is not a witch. And that is at the very end of the film where it is revealed that the whole thing was a film inside of a film. Meaning that the 'witch' was just a paid actress. This is about the only hard evidence that the scales were rigged to make a paid actress appear to weight the same as a duck.
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50 years ago this was perhaps funny, but now
it's truly hilarious.
It was just as funny 50 years ago.
Also, holy shit, it's that old already?
@@unimprezzedmclastname4220 Well, it's 40 years
.perhaps ....perhaps ....
Sry, as a zoomer here without any clue what I just stumbled upon on youtube, it's boring as shit. Am I supposed to be laughing at the goofy accent?
@Chuck Buskee Life of Brian is 40 next year, Holy Grail is 45 this year.
"She turned me into a newt!"
"...I got better..."
This line doesn't get enough love
"i think i might go for a walk, i feel happy"
It's a MEME.
It’s one of the most quoted lines of any comedy movie ever. I have no idea what made you make such a statement but may god have mercy on your soul.
@@SpaceTravel1776 they probs wants it to get even more love, i agree
"Very small rocks?"
Love how at the beginning Sir Bedevere is testing the ability of a dove to carry a coconut. Never noticed that before.
It should really have been a swallow the question should be African or European
@J Ygb It was common to put loads on messenger doves but not swallows.
Duck duck goose
Yeah mee too ahahah
well it has to be a particular kind of swallow. AFRICAN ONE
he's trying to tie a coconut to a swallow! 0:50
I just noticed this after seeing this scene so many times.
African or European?
🤣
That's a dove.
@@grugonk An another funny guy at parties.
“What else floats in water? Very small rocks!”
And lead
CHURCHES! CHURCHES!
A duck!
I mean he's not wrong. If they're really, really, really small, they'll "float" thanks to surface tension.
@@joskimengstrom2853 no they wont. plus really really small rocks would be called...sand
I think the flagellant monks at the start of this are the most underrated part of the scene.
I probably have brain damage from entertaining my little sisters as a kid by imitating that scene and smacking my head with a door.
Monty Python: very funny!😂😂😂
Matty I almost choked on my food when first watching this movie many times, that was one of them
Y?
You going to blame that on Brexit lol
My 8th-grade science teacher showed me this to show how the scientific method can still lead to incorrect conclusions.
Idk man seemed pretty accurate to me, only makes sense
Then again witches don’t need to be measured
That makes no sense as this doesn't show the scientific method at all. Crap teacher.
@@lookoutforchris its a good example of how you can't assume anything and should test everything if possible (but yes this isn't really the scientific method)
Except they were right. She was a witch.
@@bensemusx yeah, not everyone gets that they were right
I introduced my 10 yr old grandson to monty python with this witch scene. Now he wont stop mimicking the monks walks around chanting and uses the phone book to hit his head. The most hilarious thing I've ever watched him do
Funny stuff. Get him an outfit.
at that part, I grabbed a book and hit my forehead with it when they did it. it doesn't hurt because i had an accident where i was pretty much pistol whipped by my little brother as a child (didn't know he'd hit me {didn't feel the impact} until i felt a ticking sensation, put my hand to the affected area, then saw blood on my hand), so i think there might be some damage to the sensory nerves at that part of my face. the pistol was a toy made of wood. i remember that after my mom had cleaned up the blood and patched me up, i hid that toy so something similar to that accident wouldn't happen again.
Phone book? There are people who still use them?
@@brainblessed5814Of course there are.
I don’t realise you could still get phone books.
My lecturer showed us this video to display the importance of why one should always calibrate their scales.
yeah, because when everyone leaves the scale sustained it's proportion even with the duck on one side but nothing in the other, the first time I saw it and I say "oh no! xD" my family didn't get why
"It's a fair cop"
Most underrated line in this, lol!
I thought it was “It’s a fair court”
What does it mean, fair cop? Thanks!
@@jeromuscle It's a British expression. It means she was given a fair trial.
RelwarctheMighty thanks!
@@RelwarctheMighty lol...
"And what do we burn apart from witches?"
"MORE WITCHES!"
gets me everytime.
😂😂😂😂
"She turned me into a newt!!" "I got better.."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
BURN HER ANYWAY!!
“A Newt?”
as shameless as a politician or journalist when caught in a lie...
3:44 Ok that casual hop down was impressive, i had no idea he was that high.
He's at the top of a flight of stairs, but just steps off from almost 6ft high, and nobody bats an eye. Impressive!
@@Hellcat_UK you an see the way he bounces back up that they have a mattress underneath.
@@danielbroadbridge886 no bounce no mattress
"What are you doing in England?"
"Mind your own business!"
And that's how Brexit started...
Yeah, please excuse me, but did I happen to mention that this Britain, and that I am the King?
Wrong Scene
I was watching the clip where they jumped out and said “no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!” Right before this, but while watching this video I accidentally clicked the previous video button
Needless to say, I did not expect the Spanish Inquisition
If it is "Needless to say", then why say it? This phrase has become SO overused!
@@stevenscottoddballz F off :3
@@stevenscottoddballz lol, so true
@@stevenscottoddballz it’s rhetorical
@@stevenscottoddballz It leads into the punchline of the whole post. Have you actually seen the Spanish Inquisition sketch?
the monk chant translated from latin goes- merciful jesus, grant them rest.
It’s actually “Please Jesus, make it stop.”
i want to like but...
I thought that they said we don’t get no respect. Weird
I am brazilian and as such speak portuguese, a language evolved from Latim.
Pie is what became pious (or merciful)
Jesu well that's easy, Jesus
Domine remember dominatrix? Domina is the feminine form of Dom, master, owner, Sir
The first part is a form to talk about Jesus, "Merciful sir Jesus"
Dona sounds like Donnor, I don't know english grammar but I think it is called imperative form, "Donate!"
Eis u guys probably had spanish right? Ellos? ring a bell? it means They/Them
Requiem ah the famous musical genre, used in funerals, sounds like Requiescem in pacem (RIP, rest in peace), Requiem indeed can mean rest but "re" is an intensification and "quies" is, wait for it... Quiet! yeah, this one is even debated if it came from u guys, proto-indo-european root "kwyeh" I doubt, sounds like a neanderthal screeching. Anyways the intesive quietness is commonly death... chills...
O Merciful sir Jesus, give them rest
This "them" depending on the time could also mean "these", talking in fact about themselves, it was common to talk in third person.
Merciful sir Jesus, give these (of us) rest.
@@deivisony Thank you for this detailed explanation.
6:35 the guy clapping along in the dungeon gets me every time! XD
"Oh, you lucky bastard"!
Never noticed the guy with shaving cream on 0:47
It's Spike Milligan
@@stevekaczynski3793 It's Spike Milligan.
@@stevekaczynski3793 behind the scenes TELLS you its Spike Milligan
You can't miss that.
CSReeves987 sir that’s clearly not shaving cream but its rather his beard!
I love how the witch just witchnesses the first use of the scientific method and in the end just goes with because, ngl, that logic was flawless.
I hate and love how you extemely unsubtly snuck in that horrible pun that somehow still made me chuckle
But don't people also burn when they are set on fire ? So aren't all people made of wood and therefore weigh the same as a duck ? So if they don't weigh the same as a duck, they are not normal and therefore a witch
@J Ygb That's the scientific method. It isn't always right.
I'd question whether the duck was a witch at that point to be honest
5:53 “it’s only a model”
-literally the guy who made the model (terry Gilliam)
Yeah, he was a very creative guy. Animations also if I'm not mistaken. 👍
Unfortunately he died while doing the animated drawings of the dragon chasing the knights around the cave; the peril was no more
Graham Chapman is a god. The way he says "A duck." with perfect seriousness and regal confidence 🤣🤣
Haha. Every time I see a duck I just go "A duck!" as regally and seriously as I can. My friends think I'm nuts
Ironically he also played God in this film
My mum took me and my brothers to the cinema to see this in the 70's, it has stood the test of time. Bloody funny, I still love it
"And that my liege is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped." Hahahaha! I never remembered that line. Oh Jesus... what a movie.
This new learning amazes me. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
Most Python material stands the test of time and this scene is no exception.
At their best they were simply brilliant.
"What also floats in water?"
*Bread!*
*Apple!*
*VErY sMaLL ROcKs*
*CHURCHES*
Farts!
Witch: Oh come on Man, PLEASE!
"We dine well here in Camelot, We eat ham and jam and Spam a lot"
*perfection*
Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film was the one who snitched to the cops at the end.
Flat Earth disproven, long live Banana Earth!!!
4:29
Not so much banana. The earth is lumpy and has random edges but looks pretty round.
@@hypertech116 Wooosh
I was doing a genealogical history of a family of British gentry, and got down to the final living representative, a widow in 17th Century England. She was accused of witchcraft, and a man testified against her that he had often seen her turn herself into a cat. And like the guy in this comedy skit who said the witch turned him into a newt but he recovered, this witness also testified that she turned him into an animal and he recovered. Not joking. She was convicted and burned. How can you argue with such powerful testimony?
BURN HER ANYWAAAY :D
A sad story, I feel sorry for her
Witches were not usually burned in England - the penalty for witchcraft was hanging. Scotland burned witches, though they usually strangled them first. The English did burn heretics. I'm curious - may I ask which case this was?
@@Silver_Owl She was the last living member of the Bodenham family, who had been prominent gentry in medieval times. If I recall this took place in the 17th Century. The case was very well covered in civic records. I no longer have my notes, but I'm sure if you trace the Bodenham family to its last member you will her name and her story.
@@АндрейОнищенко-з8х How could the court doubt such incontrovertible evidence?
The guy in chains hanging from the wall clapping, gets me every time.
At 2:40 you see Eric Idle playfully bite the blade of the hatchet he's holding. It was later revealed he did this to keep from cracking up and ruining the take.
Because John Cleese was supposed to take a while to answer but drew it out waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than expected. You can also see Michael Palin drop his head just before, for the same reason
😂
@@DomNePlumePalin looks like he's picking his nose.
"Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?"
"I am Stephen, King of the Hawking"
"My liege!"
*SOMEBODY MAKE A MEME FROM THIS*
Wouldn’t that be better...
“Stephen, King of the Whore”?
I'm French, I'm 46 and I find this movie hilarious... British humour has this absurdly amount of fun !
Don't taunt us
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 A duck !
I love how he says "Logically" (at 3:26).
Just focus on Michael Palin's face through this whole thing! He has the most hilarious facial expressions like he did as Caesar in the "Biccus Diccus" scenes of "Life of Brian".
It was Michael Palin who played Pontius Pilate in "Life of Brian"
@@mauricio460 Yes, you are quite correct! Thats what I get for typing at 2 in the morning! Love Micheal's facial expressions though.
I also love John Cleese’s intensity when he wants to burn the witch. That double fist clench, is on point.
Just looking at Michael Palin cracks me up! The scene in “The Meaning of Life” where he’s an army officer wanting everyone to join him in “marching up and down the square” has me rolling every time I see (or think about!) it!
@@rod928s4 Especially as the head knight who until recently said "Ni".
"Don eis requiem" - WHACK -
That scene KILLS me every time I watch it.
The most intelligent one is probably the one carrying the banner. He escapes the whacking process.
*_The crowd is the youtube comment section._*
Greatest plot twist of the century.
I still think that guy with the shaving cream for a beard is the most hilarious shit in this scene
Except it isn't shaving foam for a beard, he was in the process of having a shave when they found the witch and forgot all about that in the excitement of being able to burn the witch.
That was Spike Milligan! Comic genius.
Forty six years later and I’m still laughing. Such genius.
1:47
“well, she turned me into a newt!”
“a newt?”
**perfect comedic timing** ... “i got better”
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes."
There's so many things about The Holy Grail I absolutely love and so many things to quote it may as well be the entire script. You know what always made me laugh the hardest though? That poor chap at 6:34 just clapping along to the song.
That guy is having the time of his life. Best dungeon he's ever been in yes sir.
Too bad about the cat though.
Hard agree.
"I'm French!
Why do you think I have this oUtrAAAAAAGeous accent, you silly king!?"
That moment when it’s only a model
5:55
Lochrine -8 Shh!
Yikes
Huh?
5:53
The funnier thing is that it actually was a model
dang that end cut before the cow toss. rip
Greatest disappointment of this clip, definitely.
Ikr?!
I am grateful that they put in the subtitles for us, the poor Americans that suffered through this movie sixteen times before we realized it was incredibly funny and decided to watch it another sixteen times.
'What else floats?'
'Churches, no. Gravy'
Me: Dead.
So much of it is timing and pauses. It works because they all worked together, did skits together, not just actors brought in for a script.
The coconuts as horses clopping along always gets me.
Ironically they have subtitles for those of us who can't speak the queen's English! Oh well at least they aren't in French!
They could be for deaf people
how about those for whom English is not a mother tongue?
Im watching the movie for more 40years. I learned all the scenes in english with friends for fun. And others from Bryan...Btw i speak french...
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.
Thë subtitles are øbviøüsly needed før the løveli sweedish peøple.
I found a piece of wood by a tree near my house. This movie taught me the proper course of action...
I decided to burn the wood because I didn't want it casting an evil spell on me.
So do you think that wood is made of witches? That kind of explaind why are school desks so scary
wait this isn't California
you should weighted in against a duck.
Did you make sure it weighed the same as a duck first?
Should'a built a bridge out of it
Bro, how deep-layered Monty Python's humor can be. Only now, in my mid-twenties, can I understand that the whole witch sequence is one grand giggle at scholasticism
I don't know if this is the funniest movie ever made, but it's got to be up at the top of the list. These twelve minutes are amazing, but there's so much more. From the Black Knight, the Knights who Say Ni!, Naughty Zoot and the grail shaped beacon - oh, the peril! Let me face just a bit of it! The Wizard Tim and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog - thank God for the Holy Hand Grenade. The Illustrator dying and killing the Black Beast of Argh! thus saving Arthur and his men to face the Bridge of Death and the old man from scene 24 who will ask them each five questions in order to pass. All while riding pretend horses and banging two empty halves of a coconut together. Genius!
The Holy Grail has the funniest sketches.
Life of Brian is the best film.
"Its a fair cop" love they kept so many python tropes in
The way he says “Guy de Loimbard” has me in stitches every time 🤣
A friend and I used this sketch in an RE class back in the 80s - to huge eyerolls from the teacher. We were like 12 or something.
4:07 guy with the shaving cream on his face.😂🤣😂🤣
Hes imitating a beard
Best logic ever, get this man an award
The funny part of The Holy Grail is the whole movie.
Legendary.
Yes
Palin's exaggerated "Do they hurt??" @ 2:11 just kills me every time! 🤣🤣
I’ve just realised that I’ve been laughing at this for over forty years!
fun fact: they wanted to have horses initially but didnt have enough money
what were they going to do, carry then under their dorsal guiding feathers ?
This is one of the best movies ever. Even the credits are hilarious.
0:24 the guy on the right stumbles slightly
I've got this movie sitting on the shelf. This is obviously my cue to watch it! Thanks.
"Let's not go to Camelot, it is a silly place"
*proceeds to ride a coconut horse*
I love how she says it’s a fair cop after that absolute bazar way to figure out if she was a witch. This means she feels annoyed at them that she was caught for being a witch but satisfied she was treated fairly and got what she deserved.
The irony is that if this was real, the knight would have saved her life by suggesting she has to weigh the same as a duck to prove she's a witch.
I'm guessing you missed the scales where she was proved exactly that: weighing the same as a duck. Do try to keep up.
@@firebird77clonefirebird89 You should do the same. If this was real, she wouldn't have weighed as little as a duck.
@@Aristocles22 Christ! That's the point. There is no irony. Turns out she was a witch, and weighing the same as a duck showed that she was made of wood and that is the proof. It's Monty Python. Have a guess at what group of people they having a dig at, even back then.
@@kevinmould6979 I know im very late but ill just prove your entire point wrong by pointing out that after they are done weighing you can clearly see that the scales are not balanced and she definetly doesnt weigh the same as a duck
@@kevinmould6979 the scales are misaligned.
3:42 I dunno why but I always loved that guy in the back banging his fist against his palm. An absurdly hilarious way of showing enthusiasm
Sir, "that guy" is John Cleese.
@@flavoredwallpaper Oh- no wonder he stood out to me
3:45
That casual drop off the podium, likely 170cm high, in full armor. What a champ.
The witch was Cleese’s wife. Also in Fawlty Towers
Makes perfect sense!
Connie booth she wrote Fawlty towers with him first series was written while they were married second while going through their divorce
A seriously classic scene from a hilarious film.
"We should use my largest scales" *shatters both ankles*
Thanks for the subtitles
lol I've noticed subtitles on practically all Python videos on RUclips.
Do people really struggle to understand Englishmen speaking English?
Tony England if you're native speaker you wouldn't mind there is subtitles or isn't. But if you're native speaker of other language and trying to understand English, you can hardly understand the dialogue when there isn't subtitles. I think that's a gesture for those people. I know reason cause i am one of these people.
@John No shit, Sherlock. Thanks for that information.
@@TonyEnglandUK Jeez you ask a question and when a guy answers it you act like a dickhead? Fuck off
@@TonyEnglandUK Actually, it's pretty hard in the Monty Python movies.
I saw this at the movies (I think it was 1979) & roared laughing all the way thru it!
Monty Python's "Non sens humour" : A gift for mankind, i said !
Not for everyone
@@GuyWets-zy5yt well, nothing's for everyone. But there is no discussion that Holy Grail is the greatest Comedy film of all Time.
I love Sir Bedevere’s attempt to get a pigeon to carry a coconut at the start 0:50
I don't normally watch with subtitles, but with some of the monty Python snippets I have watched, they would have helped.
Esit: I find it funny how the knight constantly has to lift up his visor.
There is nothing underrated in this movie. I know having seen it easily over 100 times by the time I left college back in the 70’s.
"What a strange person"
"Now look here, my good man-"
I haven't seen the movie with subtitles. The subtitles make it SO much better
I'm not sure how many times I have seen this, but only now do I realise that "K-niggets" is actually "knights" pronounced very literally.
...I can't believe that all these iconic scenes were in under twelve minutes.
50 years ago this was perhaps funny, now its disturbingly prophetic reality
You're commie !
How
@@jacobscott7261 why, we’re all serfs of course!
This small clip got most of the best parts of this film. Thank you for posting it
I like how the person in the dungeons is able to have a good time
Greatest movie of all time!
Over 40 years old and this and Life of Brian have never been bettered for comedy value.
“Between our guests, we seek our quests, when’er we are able”. Holy gawd, so damn funny! The choreography of those knights dancing - the clanking on their helmets… comedy at its very finest!!!
This is especially impressive when you consider how much vodka Graham Chapman was drinking daily during the filming .
What makes this scene for me was Eric Idle cracking up, (again) and the cameo from Spike Milligan popping up in the background - the one with shaving foam around his face, (genius).
"What do you burn apart from witches?"
"MORE WITCHES!"
2022. This brings back so many memories. Used to be able to recite huge chunks of the script.
I swear when Graham says "A duck!", they''re parodying a trope that didn't come about til 30 years later.
Dicen que el prolongado silencio de Cleese en esta escena fue de su propia cosecha, tomando de sorpresa a Idle y Palin.Y por eso Eric muerde la oz para no reír. Y Mike sonríe tocándose la nariz; (gesto clásico de duda o confusion)por eso están risueños. En fin.Dicen que esta filmación Fue una experiencia desastrosa en muchos aspectos para los muchachos. Por suerte resultó un hit.😆😃💙💞💙💞💙💞💙💞💙💞💙
this show is so ridiculous in every moment....
i love it....
I've seen this movie a million times and this scene even more and I've never noticed him testing a coconut out on a bird at the beginning
All these comments about small funny details and nobody noticed that when Arthur and the Knight are talking at the end of that scene, the scales behind them are misaligned, meaning that was the reason they showed that the "witch"'s weight was equal to a duck.
I thought this at first too, but the duck is still on the scale. The scale is still rigged, but they didn't make it that obvious.
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science
Duck is still in the scales. Look again.
@@GoodwillWright Resolution is horrible so I dont see it, but its irrelevant because the difference between the scales is too great even with a duck in it (birds are notoriously lightweight). And how many women you know that have the same weight as a dyck anyways?
@@lucatr9894 Resolution may not be HD standard but it's still perfectly clear enough to see the back of the duck.
As to whether the duck is heavy enough to tip the scales, that is something that will need to be physically or at least mathematically proven which I doubt either of us have the current capacity or care to do. So we can't argue that they are rigged in that regard as the only evidence either of us has is 'trust me, I said it works like that'.
Finally, there are no women that weigh the same as a duck, that's the joke - she's a witch.
However, there is actually a very plausible theory (or it is essentially confirmed in-universe) that she is not a witch. And that is at the very end of the film where it is revealed that the whole thing was a film inside of a film. Meaning that the 'witch' was just a paid actress. This is about the only hard evidence that the scales were rigged to make a paid actress appear to weight the same as a duck.
Building the bridge out of her completely killed me)) I'm crying))