And another fact there is always a bellend like you who has to ruin it by stating what everyone doesn't have to be reminded about in the comment section of videos like this.
For me it's the build up to the name " Incontinentia" and the guards all relax, because it's not funny, and then Palin's timing for "Incontinentia Buttox". Just wonderful!
According to legend, this entire scene was basically improv. The loud, slightly disembodied laughter isn't actually from an actor. It was the cameraman, who couldn't keep it together any better then the Romans.
You clearly have no idea how films are made. The team may have 'improvised' somewhat when they originally wrote the scene, but the filming is strict to a script, with only very minor variations on the day. Microphones could never pick up sounds from the filming crew; they are specifically concentrated on the actors alone. Maybe it's better not to parrot out junk just you've overheard for the sake of it, when you have no idea if it is pure b/s or not.
@@1977ajax Absolute and total nonsense. Almost every word. Improv, especially in comedy, is very common and boom mikes can pick up a lot of sound. And I say that as someone with experience in the matter
From what I've heard, the actors playing the soldiers were all told that if they started laughing, they'd be fired, so they were genuinely struggling to keep their shit together at all costs. And they used different silly names every take to make sure they'd be surprised every time.
@dickbong3661 Sorry, but I'm afraid that is completely wrong they were never under threat of being fired simply for laughing when they realised they could improvise the scene using the genuine laughter they went with it.
Can you imagine being Michael Palin and know what was coming and keeping a straight face??. Without doubt one of the funniest sketches in film history and he kept his face straight. Absolutely genius
Michael Palin is incredible in this scene. His comedic interpretation and timing is impecable and utterly hilarious!! One of the best ever comedic scenes.
I"am french, and watched this film, I was around 22 years old and I am now 62 ! And I am laughing without end as the first time I saw it... Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant...one of the best of all the time.
3:10 might be the funniest scene in cinema. The way he approaches, the way he says "risible", the thing he does with his eyes, the guard's reaction... I cannot handle it
Monty Python was, and still is, the best comedy group that I have ever seen and heard of in my life! They are hilarious and amazing with their sketch comedies 🤣😂😉👍
A bloke I worked with explained that the Centurion (Cleese) had no idea what Pilate was talking about and "oh,about 11 Sir" was the Centurion pretending to understand what Pilate was asking ...
Oh the comedic roller coaster. The tension is nearly unendurable when Pilate says "He has a wife you know...". Then comes the line "She's called Incontinentia", where the soldiers (along with us, the spectators) are off the hook for a brief moment. It seems like the storm is over, and the soldiers are safe. Only for the punchline to hit twice as hard. The 3-second interval of hope between 3:59 and 4:02 is what elevates this scene to legendary status.
Fun fact: I saw this movie first in the education room of a Catholic church. The priest was a great man with a good sense of humour. This movie is still the number 1 in its genre. A brilliant masterpiece!
Some assume it mocks Christianity but from what I gather, it really mocks the Jews particularly back then. Monty Python must have thought, "Well the Jews did not believe Jesus is the Messiah when he said he was what if they believed some random dude is the Messiah and he says he is not and still think he is?" One more, thing the funny part in this scene is not the "questionable humor," it's the actors trying not laugh whom were told, "If you laugh, you will not get paid!"
It's so brilliant because the viewer - of course - also feels obliged to try not to laugh, but it's *just* funny enough that you can't help yourself even though it's honestly pretty dumb. Possibly the most masterful example of a group of comedians playing an audience in film history.
one of the greatest films of all time, and they just can't make them like this anymore! Thank you for sharing! my own favourite line was "leave that welsh tart alone!"
I still laugh at this scene though I've seen it so many times! I'm Aussie, but married to a lady from Mindanao Philippines and living there. We speak Bisaya (Cebuano). To my complete astonishment I recently came across a version of this scene dubbed in Bisaya! I fair dinkum laughed my tits off! There was no way to get the names "Naughtius Maximus" and "Biggus Dickus" to be understood in Bisaya, but, hey, they did a great job with funny Bisaya names, and I learned some new words! In the Bisaya version, Brian says his father was a "barangay tanud", a local area official who helps keep the peace. This was actually pretty much what the Roman soldiers were doing in Judaea. When asked for his father's name, he replies "Richard Bangoton". "Bangoton" in Bisaya means "moustached", but the root word is "bangot" which means "crotch hair"! In Bisaya Pilate says his friend ("ang akong amigo, ang akong higala") is called "James Kabahog Bugan". "Kabahog" means "stinky", and "Bugan" means "groin"! I love the Bisaya version just as much as the English one!
@@aarchiewaldron In Bisaya the only way to translate that would be "Pagkawalay pagpugong sa sampot" which literally means "To lose (the ability) to stop the butt". It sure feels like that sometimes!
Python wouldn't be given a series by the BBC today. A bunch of white men who'd attended the UK's best universities smacks of systemic waycism and class privilege. They'd need to reapply with two black members and three women. That'd make them funnier, right?
"A Woman?" "Woudy webel!" "I want him fighting wabid animals within a week!" "Biggus Dickus" Ladies and gentlemen, the guy who brought in Roman god statues to Judea (causing an uproar), did nothing during a Samaritan revolt in A.D. 36, and killed rebels without a trial.
When i watched that movie the first time.. i was so surprised alot of times, i never could imagined that this movie would be the funniest movie ever.. i was watching excitedly then suddenly again laughter after laughter .. so clever moves, ideas, faces, behaviors, and adaptation of quasi serious conversations :DDD
Every little detail to mannerisms and timing of line delivery is unmatched even by modern standards. Peak comedy. Why can't we have fun things like this anymore?
It's tremendously hard to even try to pick one Python as being the funniest, since they are all so hilarious, each in their own ways. But with a gun to my head, this one scene might have elevated Palin like 1/10th of a percent over the others.
This might just be the funniest thing the Pythons ever did. First time I saw this I couldn't stop laughing for a half hour & missed a lot of the following jokes.
"He has a wife you know..." and you could see the guard to the left blinking and mentally shaking his head, most probably saying, "Oh God, no, please help me"
Fun fact:that hysterical laughter in the end isn't of any extras on the set,instead it's the cameraman who didn't know about the upcoming joke
Bullshit
This is true. I was the camera.
Lie
Its the best of all
And another fact there is always a bellend like you who has to ruin it by stating what everyone doesn't have to be reminded about in the comment section of videos like this.
"He has a wife you know" is probably my favourite line any human being has ever uttered.
And how the guards are like "oh dear God no i can't take any more"
Agree, along with "and don't do it again" delivered by the centurion when Brian's finished daubing. I have found myself using it my entire life...
That gets me every time, also welease wodger, he's a wobber and a wapist and a pickpocket 😂 absolute gold
Ditto
Her name is lou sanus
I love the way that nobody is allowed to react until Palin delivers each line and he hangs on to it, to the last second everytime. Just brilliant
Absolutely 😂😂😂🥁🥁🥁
Just bwilliant
The story I heard is that if they did laugh they wouldn't get paid which off course made the situation much worse, a bit of reverse psychology.
@@vodaredhill1704Well I guess the Cameraman didn't get paid then
After Cleese responds, "oh, ah, about 11, sir," Palin gives him a look, then is about to speak, then stiops and gives him another look, is priceless
I love how Pontius is supposed to be serious but you can see Michael Palin trying not to laugh.
When he's in that one centurion's face, they're both smiling. Love it
@@pat2rome haha yes, could see him trying so hard not to laugh :)
For me it's the build up to the name " Incontinentia" and the guards all relax, because it's not funny, and then Palin's timing for "Incontinentia Buttox".
Just wonderful!
The true value of an "Oxbridge" degree, steeped in Latin.
Agreed
According to legend, this entire scene was basically improv. The loud, slightly disembodied laughter isn't actually from an actor. It was the cameraman, who couldn't keep it together any better then the Romans.
I heard they had not told the guards what was going to happen.
You clearly have no idea how films are made. The team may have 'improvised' somewhat when they originally wrote the scene, but the filming is strict to a script, with only very minor variations on the day. Microphones could never pick up sounds from the filming crew; they are specifically concentrated on the actors alone.
Maybe it's better not to parrot out junk just you've overheard for the sake of it, when you have no idea if it is pure b/s or not.
@@1977ajax
How do I know you've never worked on a set, ever?
@@richardseaton1570 You don't. What a stupid question. Blocked and muted for stupidity.
@@1977ajax Absolute and total nonsense. Almost every word. Improv, especially in comedy, is very common and boom mikes can pick up a lot of sound. And I say that as someone with experience in the matter
That guard's (on the left) face when Pilate mentions that Biggus Dickus has a wife is priceless.
I honestly thought h He was gonna say Biggus Dickus's wife was called Happius Larrius 😅
When he heard "Incontinentia" he was for a split of a second like "that wasn't so..." than came rebound.
It's, "Oh my god, oh my god, pleeeeaze don't be funny, please..."
That face that says, without words, “Oh you fucking bastard.”
"Oh Christ no..."
That squeal between "Biggus" and "Dickus" is absolutely one of the best cinema moments ever!
This is arguably the funniest scene ever to appear in any body of work ever. I just can't stop laughing no matter how many times I see it.
David Ziffer this & the stoning are the best scenes in the movie.
David Ziffer the room scene, mirror scene in Marx brothers are funnier
RIP David Ziffer
@@HistoryandReviews lowkey probably yeah
Romanes eunt domus
How the hell they managed to even film this scene through to the end is remarkable! It's hilarious.
Fun fact the whole scene was improvised because they couldn't genuinely not laugh at that name so the whole scene was shot from the hip.
From what I've heard, the actors playing the soldiers were all told that if they started laughing, they'd be fired, so they were genuinely struggling to keep their shit together at all costs. And they used different silly names every take to make sure they'd be surprised every time.
@dickbong3661 Sorry, but I'm afraid that is completely wrong they were never under threat of being fired simply for laughing when they realised they could improvise the scene using the genuine laughter they went with it.
@@andrewtaylor2525Someone said they would be fired? In modern times?
Not a serious threat tbh, just trying to ensure how they would react.
"Can I go now, sir?" is one of the most underrated lines in cinema history.
Yea.. and Pilates doesn't even care lol so funny
The New "rapscallion" Was really at " Naughtius maximus" Mode on 😂
"Stwike him, centurion!"
@@ladyv5655 "And uh, throw him to the floor sir?"
Oo yes. Thwow him to the floow.
Gods bless the Woman Empiwe!
*snicker*
😂🤣
Oh, please no. They wouldn't have any....
Bickus......
Dickus.
About eleven, sir!
3:33 Even Palin's little walk from one guard to the others is tellingly funny. The scene is stuffed full of great moments.
Yes, and the way he positions himself behind and between the two soldiers near Brian. That is definitely cinematic.
you don't have to go that far, look at his face at 3:23.
Can you imagine being Michael Palin and know what was coming and keeping a straight face??. Without doubt one of the funniest sketches in film history and he kept his face straight. Absolutely genius
Can you imagine being one of the extras and know what was coming and keeping a straight face (despite what you were told?).
Michael Palin is incredible in this scene. His comedic interpretation and timing is impecable and utterly hilarious!! One of the best ever comedic scenes.
As a 15 yr old kid i would literally cry watching this!!.....one of the funniest scenes ever done:)
I'm in tears now.. at 47
That look on Palin's face at 3:40... a few secs later you can see him almost losing it & laughing.
He stated on the DVD commentary that he was losing it at that point in the scene...
this must be one of the funniest 4 minutes ever on screen. No matter how often you watch it, Michael Palin's delivery and timing is comedy genius.
I"am french, and watched this film, I was around 22 years old and I am now 62 !
And I am laughing without end as the first time I saw it...
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant...one of the best of all the time.
1:13 I don't know why, but Pilate's reply to the centurion's question makes me laugh everytime
DeLEET Titan You and I botn. For me it's the "Oooh yes."
1:43 the way he shuts down his laughter makes me laugh out loud every time
Saw this at the ABC cinema in Sheffield with my little sister, sat behind footballing legend and World Cup winner Jack Charlton.
We had to go watch it in Basildon as it was initially banned in Southend-on-Sea!
Hard to believe this was filmed in 1978, timeless classic of comedy
Filmed in 1983, I believe.
Whoops! Meaning of Life was 1983, Not life of Brian.
@@steve122140 My bad, thanks for the correction
3:10 might be the funniest scene in cinema. The way he approaches, the way he says "risible", the thing he does with his eyes, the guard's reaction... I cannot handle it
YES. hes eyes man hahaha. and afet that when he says... "... when I saaaay the naaaame....
I love how every synonym he comes up with for "spirit" also has an 'r' in it
That’s a clever scriptwriter for you. Plenty of time to look them up in Brontausaurus.
Monty Python was, and still is, the best comedy group that I have ever seen and heard of in my life! They are hilarious and amazing with their sketch comedies 🤣😂😉👍
"Ah, about 11, Sir." What the fuck can that possibly mean? I love this movie.
What time are the otter noses served?
A touch of derirng do - normally served at 11 (but only at weekends).
@@ChazCharlie1 Get 'em while they're hot, they're delicious!
Pilate is talking about spirit. The centurion refers to English pub opening time. 11:00 am.
A bloke I worked with explained that the Centurion (Cleese) had no idea what Pilate was talking about and "oh,about 11 Sir" was the Centurion pretending to understand what Pilate was asking ...
The soldiers know it’s all over when Pontius says “He has a wife, you know”
This Movie is a Priceless... Taught my 10 yr. Old Son how to interpret Voical Comedy
Oh the comedic roller coaster. The tension is nearly unendurable when Pilate says "He has a wife you know...". Then comes the line "She's called Incontinentia", where the soldiers (along with us, the spectators) are off the hook for a brief moment. It seems like the storm is over, and the soldiers are safe. Only for the punchline to hit twice as hard. The 3-second interval of hope between 3:59 and 4:02 is what elevates this scene to legendary status.
I wove this bit,and am pleased that wodger was weleased..
😂😅🤣👍
you mean pweased, I assume?
Fun fact: I saw this movie first in the education room of a Catholic church. The priest was a great man with a good sense of humour. This movie is still the number 1 in its genre. A brilliant masterpiece!
Learning about Biggus Dickus is probably the most appropriate Catholic education a boy can get.
The craziest thing was seeing a penis. The first time I watched it wasn't expecting to see it then window opened and boom penis.
Given that this movie was closer to real events than the bible...
Some assume it mocks Christianity but from what I gather, it really mocks the Jews particularly back then. Monty Python must have thought, "Well the Jews did not believe Jesus is the Messiah when he said he was what if they believed some random dude is the Messiah and he says he is not and still think he is?" One more, thing the funny part in this scene is not the "questionable humor," it's the actors trying not laugh whom were told, "If you laugh, you will not get paid!"
My favorite part was "He has a wife you know" And that one guard, you could basically see him going "Oh god no!"
Bring back the good old eye watering laughter scenes. Think I may have woken up next door with my howls of laughter !
One of the best scenes in the history of movies.
I long ago lost track of how many times I’ve seen this. And it NEVER disappoints
The way actors are trying not to laugh to not spoil the shot (inspite tey knew the scipt) because of tight budget and camera roll price: a legend.
Gotta love Michael Palin. Lord knows I could not say his lines without losing it.
"... make one large living awea" is probably my throwaway line of all time.
How they filmed this is superb! The outtakes through laughing must have been numerous! 😂😂👍
Palin is just fantastic in this scene! And John Cleese!! And many others in this movie!!! Life of Brian is a masterpiece!!!!
It's so brilliant because the viewer - of course - also feels obliged to try not to laugh, but it's *just* funny enough that you can't help yourself even though it's honestly pretty dumb. Possibly the most masterful example of a group of comedians playing an audience in film history.
one of the greatest films of all time, and they just can't make them like this anymore! Thank you for sharing!
my own favourite line was "leave that welsh tart alone!"
Back in 1979. I literally slid off the cinema seat
This never gets old 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still laugh at this scene though I've seen it so many times! I'm Aussie, but married to a lady from Mindanao Philippines and living there. We speak Bisaya (Cebuano). To my complete astonishment I recently came across a version of this scene dubbed in Bisaya! I fair dinkum laughed my tits off! There was no way to get the names "Naughtius Maximus" and "Biggus Dickus" to be understood in Bisaya, but, hey, they did a great job with funny Bisaya names, and I learned some new words! In the Bisaya version, Brian says his father was a "barangay tanud", a local area official who helps keep the peace. This was actually pretty much what the Roman soldiers were doing in Judaea. When asked for his father's name, he replies "Richard Bangoton". "Bangoton" in Bisaya means "moustached", but the root word is "bangot" which means "crotch hair"! In Bisaya Pilate says his friend ("ang akong amigo, ang akong higala") is called "James Kabahog Bugan". "Kabahog" means "stinky", and "Bugan" means "groin"! I love the Bisaya version just as much as the English one!
dick hair and stinky groin lol
@@EvilNecroid Tinuod na! It's true!
Unexpectedly, "Incontinentia Buttocks" had a direct translation
@@aarchiewaldron In Bisaya the only way to translate that would be "Pagkawalay pagpugong sa sampot" which literally means "To lose (the ability) to stop the butt". It sure feels like that sometimes!
No u.
I must of seen this hundreds off times over the years and still makes me life like the first time
I agree totally, ales me laugh everytime
Absolutely awesome films never get this good again ever
Bloody brilliant!! Written well, acted soo well! 🤣🤣 Nuff said!.
This never gets old.
Michael Palin`s look @ 3:40 ......just the best! You know you`re going to roll laughing, and he takes such sadistic pleasure in it.
0:57 Pilate's look always cracks me up :D
I think Michael Palin really hit gold with this performance😅
It's the best small piece of acting here xd
A master class in, among other things, comedic timing.
Monty Python was one of the masters of comedy. Always loved them.
Python wouldn't be given a series by the BBC today.
A bunch of white men who'd attended the UK's best universities smacks of systemic waycism and class privilege. They'd need to reapply with two black members and three women.
That'd make them funnier, right?
Incomparable. Glad this happened in my lifetime 😂
Forgot that hysterical lisp from Pontius Pilate.
it doesn't matter how many times you watch the movie - it gets better each time!
A masterclass in comic acting and timing by Michael Palin.
Only warped geniuses would come up with the idea of giving Pontius Pilate , such a prominent figure , a speech impediment !
How did the cast keep straight faces ?
This is the funniest sketch I have ever seen
"A Woman?"
"Woudy webel!"
"I want him fighting wabid animals within a week!"
"Biggus Dickus"
Ladies and gentlemen, the guy who brought in Roman god statues to Judea (causing an uproar), did nothing during a Samaritan revolt in A.D. 36, and killed rebels without a trial.
I am surprised Looney Tunes still hasn't done a parody of this scene with Elmer Fudd playing Pilate. :)
Ditto. Perfect, perfect timing too !!!
The extra that bites his lips to try to hold the laughter is as iconic as this scene. I have to google his name.
Chris Langham
Did his own comedy series called people like us.
Got busted with child porn . Disappeared from the screen
When he says ...."he has a wife you know" he is going in for the kill.
Best of British comedy films. Pity we do not get much funnies coming out from UK nowadays. They need to develop their film making again.
Ikr
"He has a wife, you know..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Being able to keep a straight face doing this is amazing. The soldiers had it much easier.
the Olympus of comedy scenes. Unrivaled
When i watched that movie the first time.. i was so surprised alot of times, i never could imagined that this movie would be the funniest movie ever.. i was watching excitedly then suddenly again laughter after laughter .. so clever moves, ideas, faces, behaviors, and adaptation of quasi serious conversations :DDD
And of course im still amazed and still laughing. But the first time it was a kind of shock, never could imagine something like this could be produced
My mates and I still say these lines to each other, timeless brilliance
Every little detail to mannerisms and timing of line delivery is unmatched even by modern standards. Peak comedy. Why can't we have fun things like this anymore?
this scene made my father laugh the hardest i have ever seen!
Because it's inprovised. The guards didn't know that he was going to do all that
It's tremendously hard to even try to pick one Python as being the funniest, since they are all so hilarious, each in their own ways. But with a gun to my head, this one scene might have elevated Palin like 1/10th of a percent over the others.
1:26 it cracks me up the way the centurion slaps brian XD
We watched this over and over and over again. That was our one option at the time. Such a great option.
Palin almost loses it at 3:22
I never….EVER get tired of watching this scene! Comedic gold of the ages!!!
thank you for this and long live the python's for they were the true masters of comedy
Priceless & more now than ever..😊
This might just be the funniest thing the Pythons ever did. First time I saw this I couldn't stop laughing for a half hour & missed a lot of the following jokes.
Imagine reading the script for the line said at 1:30. You would think he was saying "your father was a WOMAN"!
_"No no, spiwit! Bwavado... a touch of dewwing do."_
_"Oh! About eleven sir."_
I never understood that joke…
The scriptwriter(s) had a lot of fun putting as many Rs as possible into Pontius Pilate's script.
Stwike him wuffly indeed.
“Do you find it wisible….” I laughed so hard I coughed.
Well wait till biggus dickus here's of this
Silius Sodus. But meanwhile does anyone else love the costumes in this scene?
It's a brilliant piece of film.
"He has a wife you know..." and you could see the guard to the left blinking and mentally shaking his head, most probably saying, "Oh God, no, please help me"
John Cleese trying so hard not to laugh as he escorts that centaurian away.
0:55 that feeling when you talk with old folks and dont quite understand them and you smile and say yes...
Simply brilliant
I love the look of horror on the left hand guards face when he says " he has a wife you know?'
no comedy comes no where near this scene its brill 👍😁
I was laughing so hard when I first saw this that my wife had to Stwike Me Wofly to get me off the floor.
Fantastic film
Absolutely gold !!
The little head move at 3:46 setting up “he has a wife, you know” absolutely kills me
Incontanentia Buttocks !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
And now after the Sue Gray report, here in Britain we have a new friend: Boris Cuntus
Silly bunt
He wanks vewy highly.
I love these guys.