one of my favorite "characters" in monty python is graham chapman as the army officer who stops the sketches for being too silly, i've met a few officers that would be exactly like him, so glad you're enjoying the series, great job with the editing too!
One of the many thing that made them such a great group was between them at least one had a knack for playing particular British "types". Cleese was great at the accountant types, the overly serious and plainspoken chaps; Chapman the stern military officers and tweedy dons; Eric Idle and Michael Palin the skeevy TV hosts; Terry Jones the shy, solid regular blokes; and Jones and Idle the squawky housewives
Some context on the dirty fork scetch. Pythons were getting complaints from executives that their scetches were too random and didn't have proper punchlines so they made the dirty fork scetch to show how stupid the requirement for a punchline was in a comedy show and then went on making their own stuff.
Monty Python was a very fun show that I discovered through PBS reruns here in America many years ago. I am very glad you have discovered the joy. As others have commented, always check the runtime because the boys play shenanigans with both the beginning and end credits. And now,....The Larch.
I loved your vids before...but now I come for your laughs and pure joy! You've created a great channel, Dawn. I think most of us can see what a genuine and loving person you are.
Us Americans most likely would never had heard of Monty Python if it wasn't for a PBS station in Texas. The Manager had a box of tapes that he was going through looking for something to air and came upon Monty Python. He decided to air it and it was a huge success. Soon, all the PBS stations were airing them.
In the early '80s there was a fairly successful punk band in the US that called themselves the Dead Milkmen and named themselves after the sketch in this episode.
Ya know, when I was a kid they used do re-runs of these on TV and I loved them all. It was so imaginative, different, spontaneous chaos that it re-wired my brain. This type of absurdist comedy is to me the funniest ever. Absolutely love it ! Cheers 🍺
The cut in film clip of the little old ladies clapping was an injoke about the first audiences they got which were full of people expecting an actual circus.
Your happiness and enthusiasm for these gems from my childhood have forced me to binge watch them all..again. I hope you're proud of yourself. **blows dust of the DVD boxset**
They are all so great actors, which makes it even funnier. It is at least 30 years ago since I first watche the flying circus, but I remeber laughing so much about many of the gags. And while of course not all are equally brilliant, there are some which are outstanding and timeless.
On Sept. 22, 1974, Monty Python's Flying Circus made its television debut in the United States - in Dallas, on KERA (Channel 13). I was in middle school and found it . Had to sneak out after everyone went to bed and watch it . Loved it then and still do . Glad I lived in Fort Worth Texas so I could be one of the first United States fans !
I've been watching the Flying Circus for years. I owned all of them on VHS tape. Now I have them on Blu Ray. I can always watch an episode, especially with a friend that has never seen them before. That's the best.
Episode 3 is quite possible my favourite episode, I don't know why, but John Cleese going "and a chuff chuff chuff" and doing an impression of a train is one of the funniest things ever put to video tape...
Haven't watched these in a while. I'd forgotten how good episode 3 is! Anyway, must go. I need to buy some supplies at Rumpletweezer's Dinky Tinky Shop.....
I remember when we had to read Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" in class. You can guess the reaction when we got to the chapter about the trip to Dingley Dell.
Your excitement, the joy on your face ... It's infectious. I absolutely love Python, and to see how much you are appreciating it is a real treat. I find myself smiling hard through your entire reaction. *IMPORTANT TIP* : Each episode does not always end at the ending credits. Be certain to watch to the very end or you may be missing out on much.
I remember my first time watching these, I had the same reaction when an episode was over. I'm glad you're enjoying them and I'm enjoying your enjoyment!
I got exposed to Monty Python’s Flying Circus many years ago when I was a teenager in Los Angeles. Every Friday and Saturday night they aired about 2 hours of Monty Python for years. Later they started including Fawlty Towers. I never got sick of them and even today I still laugh my butt off watching the episodes even if I’ve seen them many times over. Your channel is great!
Terry Gilliam the famous american film director was part of this collective and made the cartoon intermissions. He rarely acted in the scenes so it is always fun to see him pop-up now and again in the background. Cheers 🍺
I did the restaurant sketch and the fish slapping dance on stage in high school for an academic competition. Won third for my role as the chef (Cleese's part). In the fish slapping dance, I was the guy with big fish. We used real fish, which caused a few problems: We launched a fish into the audience on our first performance, and then in our final one we lost one on stage. Also, between performances they had thawed a bit, so I got covered in fish blood and guts. And we also left a guts puddle on the stage that the next performer, a dancer, slipped in. But she laughed it off. Our original plan was to the the fresh fruit sketch, but we couldn't figure out how to do the tiger or 16 ton weight.
When they play those ladies with the screechy voices and the hats, those are called "Pepperpots". :) Today some of the original Monty Python sketches seem a little slow, they not all aged to perfection. But responsible for this is the Pythons heavily influencing many of the comedians who came after them all around the world, which from today's point of view makes them seem less revolutionary. But they really were. They openly played with typical TV tropes and expectations the audience would have (like every number needing a punchline) and I guess their "typical" spiel is characters going on a tangent. :)
This was the first episode I ever saw as a kid when they first aired on Friday night PBS stations, and for some reason, those randomly hopping Terry Gilliam bunnies before the Children’s Story sketch gave me the sillies for two minutes. 😂
Thanks for going back to the TV series of Python, and for sharing your enjoyment! Allowing some of us to see them as though for the first time, again! And greetings from Vancouver - fun to see your sweatshirt. :D
John Cleese literally gave up a career in law to become a TV writer/producer at the BBC - and never looked back. In fact, many of his non-Python appearances refer in some way to career choices that weren't ultimately taken up; such as the movie 'Clockwise' in which he plays a time-obsessed school master (he taught for a short time at his old school).
Absolutely brilliant Dawn. I used to sit up every thursday night with my brother when he got home from university late at night, they didn't start until 10.30pm back then, and they were the last program before station close. They were first releases in the 70's, and my brother and I would often share a joint while watching them, they were a hoot and still are xD
👏👏👏 Glad you're liking them, they just keep getting better as they find their groove. Hilarious sketch starts the next episode! Confuse-a-Cat Ltd. Michael Palin and Terry Jones are great as the married couple. And imo Graham Chapman plays the best police constable.
Well I for one find my mood brightened when I see John Cleese. Incidentally, his family name was changed to Cleese from Cheese by his grandfather. John said he wished they would've kept the name because Cleese isn't a name with any history in English and that if he still had the name he could've been called Jack Cheese by his friends The Cardinal Richelieu bit is one of my favorites in the series and Michael Palin's choice to play him that way was genius
Yes! Some classic sketches in these episodes. Eric's "Wink, wink, nudge, nudge" character and the Self defense class against people armed with fruit. LOL!
There is a book called Monty Python's big red book. Its blue. Has that skit where Eric reads out the children's book. The ' naughty bits ' are blacked out. 😅
Expect half hours to last closer to 25 mins. I had the complete box set and still own and treasure the book of the 2 series scripts. The directions and notes in the funniest joke in the world skit are the most funny bits, written just for themselves to enjoy as no one would see these scripts. The line about Scribbler's mother finding the paper and thinking it a suicide note ( "for he had not been doing well these past 40 years")... Is priceless. Just adds so much to the experience.
I must admit you are my favorite youtuber. A great sense of humor, a fantastic accent that makes you unique, a very beautiful woman. I also like your super hair very much. Your smile is superb. Miracle. All your videos are great to watch. Glad to discover your channel.
I have the whole DVD set as well as the transcripts in the 2-book set "All the Words". See you react to them makes me love them even more. They were so imaginative, it was unlike anything else. Have you learned all their names yet? Eric Idle is the one that talks a lot as in the 'Nudge Nudge. Michael Palin is the It's Man, Cardinal Richelieu and Bicycle Repairman. The tall blonde one is Graham Chapman who was the lead in both "The Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian". Terry Jones was the one trying to change into his swimsuit. Terry Gilliam wasn't seen in these 2 shows, he did the animations.
"Some of these sketches must cost a fortune." A Canadian sketch comedy show called "SCTV" relied almost purely on scripts & improvisation. If you watch it, it looks almost as if it was produced by high school students. They used cheap locations, most of which were actual buildings, not even sets. They had a few stock characters who always wore the same clothes. Very few special effects. On another note, while I didn't read _ALL_ the comments, the "Bicycle Repairman" sketch always seems to be under-appreciated. Usually, it takes any new show a while before it feels comfortable enough to try something that subtle & layered. Sure, their were overt elements to it, like the sound effects. But in a world of Supermen, the mundane repairman stood out, unrecognizable without his glasses. They subverted just about every superhero trope in under five minutes.
Your reactions help me relive how funny and exciting it was seeing these for the first time back in the 70s. I have a two-volume set of the scripts for the entire series, both signed by Eric Idle!
Thanks for watching these. In such lonely times, laughing along with others to these great memories is uniquely special. Also the other comments are right, you have a joyous laugh.
I'm so glad you couldn't wait, Dawn love to watch your reactions to what me and my friends used to wait all week to then watch Friday nights. It's a beauty mark. yes we used to get upset cause they went by so fast on TV.
I remember getting together with friends, Sunday night and watching this show on PBS, we were had the same reaction as did you when it was over. a few other British shows you should watch, The Vicar of Dibley, Keeping Up Appearances, Are you Being severed, Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf and The Young Ones
CLOCKWISE (British) is John Cleese as a headmaster who is running late to a lecture. RAT RACE (American) is John Cleese as eccentric millionaire who bets on a cross-country race. Hilarious ensemble cast, including Rowan Atkinson. (You'll 💘 them!) Also a reminder: Fawlty Towers TV series (unless you've seen it in Scotland.
Loving the reactions, it's wonderful to see someone experiencing Monty for the first time and basking in the comedic genius of this merry band of complete nutters. Now that your falling down the rabbit hole and so far laughing your "Bottom" (boyish giggles) off; a couple of other things to check out after you've finished the series. Monty Python Live at Aspen 1998, but you have to watch to the very end for the perfect salute to Graham Chapman. And it's also pretty funny watching John Cleese debating a bishop or some such religious figure, back when Life of Brian came out and was getting banned in certain places. Also I'm quite sure I'm not alone in hoping after Monty, that we get to see your reactions to other great classics such as Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Black Adder, Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous and Black Books!!! Though a heads up on Black Adder, feel free to skip the first season, which is most likely the advice you'd get from the majority of your subscribers; which I know sounds crazy but for that show it works. I'd say more but don't want to give anything away. "BOTTOM"!!!
Love seeing someone going back and watching these! Episode 3 is one of my favorites of the entire series. After you watch these, you should watch Fawlty Towers. Only 12 episodes but each one is gold!
I always loved how John Cleese could go from entirely normal to stark raving mad in an instant. But the weirdest and most surreal stuff all came from Graham chapman.
For people of my generation "nudge nudge wink wink" became a catch phrase. and how to defend yourself against fresh fruit was a classic. I have often wondered if the scene in a fish called Wanda where the third dog is killed by a ten ton weight wasn't a private in-joke for Cleese and Palin based on that sketch.
Don't know if anyone has said it already, but if you're planning on reacting to Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, wait until you have seen all of the Flying Circus. I am so jealous of you for being able to watch all of this for the first time. Keep it up! Also, I've seen others commenting you should watch Fawlty Towers too. I second that.
I love that you are working your way through these. It's great to watch them again with someone who has never seen them. They are so funny and your reactions are so funny too.. Episode three contained two of my favourites - the dirty fork sketch and nude nudge wink wink sketch. You know you could set up a Patreon account and post on there the full version of your reactions.
I know the Python movie "And now for something completely different", which was made of new recordings of classic sketches, doesn't have a great reputation compared to the other Python movies, but I think that the sketches they re-did are usually much improved, because they had more money to spend, and more time to get each sketch exactly right.
Curious thing. It's March 2023, now, and we've got Bing Images. I just put "the peach assailant should be attacked with a crocodile" into it and that phrase is blocked! There's a content warning! I can only surmise that the problem words are 'assailant' and/or 'attacked'. I love, love, love lazing about and re-watching Python sketches with Dawn.
just finished the first one i’m watching in order. did you do first 2 episodes of Series 3 ? i can’t seem to find that one. i love the Njorl’s Saga😆 they just can’t get that saga started…
I had an adventure with "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief" album (1973). "The album's original LP edition is particularly notable in that it was mastered with two concentric grooves on side two, so that different material would be played depending on where the stylus was put down on the record's surface. For this reason it is sometimes referred to as a "three-sided" record." I bought it, took it home, played it, called a friend to come over and listen to it. We got very stoned. When I put on side 2 it was completely different from the side 2 that I had heard just before...there was great consternation until I read 'three sided'...
There was a kind of friendly rivalry within the Pythons. Much of the deliberately silly stuff is penned by Michael Palin and Terry Jones (the Oxford-educated side), with John Cleese and Graham Chapman (representing Cambridge) leaning more on linguistic subtleties. That left Eric Idle (also Cambridge) to take up the broader satire in the middle of things and token American Terry Gilliam (who is, of course, a hugely respected film-maker today) was left to hide away in his studio, producing the linking animations that the rest of the team only saw after the fact.
one of my favorite "characters" in monty python is graham chapman as the army officer who stops the sketches for being too silly, i've met a few officers that would be exactly like him, so glad you're enjoying the series, great job with the editing too!
One of the many thing that made them such a great group was between them at least one had a knack for playing particular British "types". Cleese was great at the accountant types, the overly serious and plainspoken chaps; Chapman the stern military officers and tweedy dons; Eric Idle and Michael Palin the skeevy TV hosts; Terry Jones the shy, solid regular blokes; and Jones and Idle the squawky housewives
He was known as Colonel Silly
Some context on the dirty fork scetch. Pythons were getting complaints from executives that their scetches were too random and didn't have proper punchlines so they made the dirty fork scetch to show how stupid the requirement for a punchline was in a comedy show and then went on making their own stuff.
Be careful because sometimes they sneak the ending credits in early, but there will still be more sketches after
Good point. I think there's an episode in season 2 when the end credits come right after the opening titles!
Yeah, all episodes are close to a half hour so pay attention to the running time.
Or opening credits 5 minutes before the end of an episode...love it :)
"It's!"
This nonsense made me so happy as a kid...and still does. I'm glad you're appreciating it, I wish you much joy in the lunacy to come!
Ni.
Monty Python was a very fun show that I discovered through PBS reruns here in America many years ago.
I am very glad you have discovered the joy.
As others have commented, always check the runtime because the boys play shenanigans with both the beginning and end credits.
And now,....The Larch.
"wink wink, nudge nudge" is one of my favorites.
The Hollywood Bowl version is my favorite!
Say no more
I like the version in 'And now...'. The TV one feels rushed.
Say no more!
I loved your vids before...but now I come for your laughs and pure joy! You've created a great channel, Dawn. I think most of us can see what a genuine and loving person you are.
You should react to "Fawlty Towers" the John Cleese television series.
Don't mention the war!
and, since there were only twelve episodes ever made, it's not an enormous commitment :)
@@garymcgregor5951 I mentioned the war once, but i think i got away with it
@@garymcgregor5951 you started it
Outboard motors?
"And pointed sticks." Eric Idle is one of my faves. He's so soft spoken, it adds extra punch to some of his lines.
Us Americans most likely would never had heard of Monty Python if it wasn't for a PBS station in Texas. The Manager had a box of tapes that he was going through looking for something to air and came upon Monty Python. He decided to air it and it was a huge success. Soon, all the PBS stations were airing them.
In the early '80s there was a fairly successful punk band in the US that called themselves the Dead Milkmen and named themselves after the sketch in this episode.
Ya know, when I was a kid they used do re-runs of these on TV and I loved them all. It was so imaginative, different, spontaneous chaos that it re-wired my brain. This type of absurdist comedy is to me the funniest ever.
Absolutely love it ! Cheers 🍺
The cut in film clip of the little old ladies clapping was an injoke about the first audiences they got which were full of people expecting an actual circus.
I think the joke was that these bulwarks of the Women's Institute were perhaps the people least likely to applaud a Python sketch.
@@ThreadBomb Not according to Eric Idle
Are you serious?
this group is so addicting, feel u not beeing able to wait, and beeing so happy to watch them again, truely iconic humorist of the century
Your happiness and enthusiasm for these gems from my childhood have forced me to binge watch them all..again.
I hope you're proud of yourself.
**blows dust of the DVD boxset**
Thanx for even doing a lovely reaction of MPFC!!! I loved watching this show when i was a kid....And it still holds!!! And so do you!!
They are all so great actors, which makes it even funnier.
It is at least 30 years ago since I first watche the flying circus, but I remeber laughing so much about many of the gags. And while of course not all are equally brilliant, there are some which are outstanding and timeless.
"No! I don't want it to be finished!"
You're in my world now, hilarious and gorgeous Dawn.
On Sept. 22, 1974, Monty Python's Flying Circus made its television debut in the United States - in Dallas, on KERA (Channel 13). I was in middle school and found it . Had to sneak out after everyone went to bed and watch it . Loved it then and still do . Glad I lived in Fort Worth Texas so I could be one of the first United States fans !
I've been watching the Flying Circus for years. I owned all of them on VHS tape. Now I have them on Blu Ray. I can always watch an episode, especially with a friend that has never seen them before. That's the best.
Episode 3 is quite possible my favourite episode, I don't know why, but John Cleese going "and a chuff chuff chuff" and doing an impression of a train is one of the funniest things ever put to video tape...
The whole Trial of Harold Larch sketch looks like something the boys would have done for their old Oxford variety-club days at college. 😆
My favourite is number one:
The larch
@@ethanlivemere1162 which is a ongoing joke in the series...
THE LARCH
@@Greenwood4727 And now:
Number three:
The horse chestnut
Micheal Palin is so funny
Haven't watched these in a while. I'd forgotten how good episode 3 is! Anyway, must go. I need to buy some supplies at Rumpletweezer's Dinky Tinky Shop.....
I remember when we had to read Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" in class. You can guess the reaction when we got to the chapter about the trip to Dingley Dell.
There's an episode called "The Cycling Tour" which is one of the few episodes to have a narrative story.
Also Ken from a Fish called Wanda, "It's!"
Your excitement, the joy on your face ... It's infectious. I absolutely love Python, and to see how much you are appreciating it is a real treat. I find myself smiling hard through your entire reaction.
*IMPORTANT TIP* : Each episode does not always end at the ending credits. Be certain to watch to the very end or you may be missing out on much.
"Does anyone else act like this when watching Monty Python?"
You just described my adolescence.
So many fantastic sketches in Season 1. I love watching you watch these classics for the first time.
I remember my first time watching these, I had the same reaction when an episode was over. I'm glad you're enjoying them and I'm enjoying your enjoyment!
I got exposed to Monty Python’s Flying Circus many years ago when I was a teenager in Los Angeles. Every Friday and Saturday night they aired about 2 hours of Monty Python for years. Later they started including Fawlty Towers. I never got sick of them and even today I still laugh my butt off watching the episodes even if I’ve seen them many times over. Your channel is great!
Terry Gilliam the famous american film director was part of this collective and made the cartoon intermissions. He rarely acted in the scenes so it is always fun to see him pop-up now and again in the background.
Cheers 🍺
I did the restaurant sketch and the fish slapping dance on stage in high school for an academic competition. Won third for my role as the chef (Cleese's part). In the fish slapping dance, I was the guy with big fish. We used real fish, which caused a few problems: We launched a fish into the audience on our first performance, and then in our final one we lost one on stage. Also, between performances they had thawed a bit, so I got covered in fish blood and guts. And we also left a guts puddle on the stage that the next performer, a dancer, slipped in. But she laughed it off.
Our original plan was to the the fresh fruit sketch, but we couldn't figure out how to do the tiger or 16 ton weight.
Your enthusiasm for and appreciation of MPFC is simply delightful. It’s a wonderful addiction.
When they play those ladies with the screechy voices and the hats, those are called "Pepperpots". :) Today some of the original Monty Python sketches seem a little slow, they not all aged to perfection. But responsible for this is the Pythons heavily influencing many of the comedians who came after them all around the world, which from today's point of view makes them seem less revolutionary. But they really were. They openly played with typical TV tropes and expectations the audience would have (like every number needing a punchline) and I guess their "typical" spiel is characters going on a tangent. :)
This was the first episode I ever saw as a kid when they first aired on Friday night PBS stations, and for some reason, those randomly hopping Terry Gilliam bunnies before the Children’s Story sketch gave me the sillies for two minutes. 😂
It’s A Man’s Life In The British Dental Association
Just ask 🎶Lemming of the BDA!
TEETH
@@arthurerickson5162 🎶 Lemming. Lemming. Lemming of the BDA🎶
This is the best. Every sketch in ep03 is perfect. The entire court scene absolutely kills me.
There's also..
Ripping yarns.
With Michael Palin.
☺
Thanks for going back to the TV series of Python, and for sharing your enjoyment! Allowing some of us to see them as though for the first time, again! And greetings from Vancouver - fun to see your sweatshirt. :D
John Cleese literally gave up a career in law to become a TV writer/producer at the BBC - and never looked back. In fact, many of his non-Python appearances refer in some way to career choices that weren't ultimately taken up; such as the movie 'Clockwise' in which he plays a time-obsessed school master (he taught for a short time at his old school).
"I don't want it to be finished!" - just like when I binge-watched the episodes with my younger brother! :D
I will never tire of anything the Pythons have done. Been a fan since the mid-70's....
was waiting for this ;) The LARCH....
Bicycle repair man perfect Dawn
Dawn thank you
Episode 4 Self Defense Against Fresh Fruit is one of my very favorites. I'm brave, not afraid of pineapples. Your reactions are delightful.
Absolutely brilliant Dawn. I used to sit up every thursday night with my brother when he got home from university late at night, they didn't start until 10.30pm back then, and they were the last program before station close. They were first releases in the 70's, and my brother and I would often share a joint while watching them, they were a hoot and still are xD
👏👏👏 Glad you're liking them, they just keep getting better as they find their groove. Hilarious sketch starts the next episode! Confuse-a-Cat Ltd. Michael Palin and Terry Jones are great as the married couple.
And imo Graham Chapman plays the best police constable.
The locked up milkmen
Seduced milkman sketch. A classic.
Monty Python, Jaws, The Ramones, Monday Night Football, the Yankees. The 70s was the best time to be alive
I'm always so happy to see reactions to Monty Python's flying circus :)
Well I for one find my mood brightened when I see John Cleese. Incidentally, his family name was changed to Cleese from Cheese by his grandfather. John said he wished they would've kept the name because Cleese isn't a name with any history in English and that if he still had the name he could've been called Jack Cheese by his friends
The Cardinal Richelieu bit is one of my favorites in the series and Michael Palin's choice to play him that way was genius
"It's a man's life in the RUclips comments section!"
Now, why didn't *I* think of that?!! 😕 😁
Stop that, that's silly!
Not long until we see Raymond Luxury Yacht...
Aaaah! Anti-semetism!
@@DrunkenCoward1 I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually made that claim...
Pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove
Another great reaction Dawn, we are all very happy to see you enjoying the Python silliness!
You haven't hit their Golden Age yet. Best is yet to come.
That's called a beauty mark Dawn
I've never not seen her look absolutely gorgeous
I remember watching this show on tv back in the 1990's but they would only play one episode a week.
Yes! Some classic sketches in these episodes. Eric's "Wink, wink, nudge, nudge" character and the Self defense class against people armed with fruit. LOL!
There is a book called Monty Python's big red book. Its blue. Has that skit where Eric reads out the children's book. The ' naughty bits ' are blacked out. 😅
Expect half hours to last closer to 25 mins. I had the complete box set and still own and treasure the book of the 2 series scripts. The directions and notes in the funniest joke in the world skit are the most funny bits, written just for themselves to enjoy as no one would see these scripts. The line about Scribbler's mother finding the paper and thinking it a suicide note ( "for he had not been doing well these past 40 years")... Is priceless. Just adds so much to the experience.
So many great classic sketches!
I must admit you are my favorite youtuber. A great sense of humor, a fantastic accent that makes you unique, a very beautiful woman. I also like your super hair very much. Your smile is superb. Miracle. All your videos are great to watch. Glad to discover your channel.
I have the whole DVD set as well as the transcripts in the 2-book set "All the Words". See you react to them makes me love them even more. They were so imaginative, it was unlike anything else. Have you learned all their names yet? Eric Idle is the one that talks a lot as in the 'Nudge Nudge. Michael Palin is the It's Man, Cardinal Richelieu and Bicycle Repairman. The tall blonde one is Graham Chapman who was the lead in both "The Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian". Terry Jones was the one trying to change into his swimsuit. Terry Gilliam wasn't seen in these 2 shows, he did the animations.
And now for something... unlike anything else.
He's not only a witness but also a character.
"Some of these sketches must cost a fortune." A Canadian sketch comedy show called "SCTV" relied almost purely on scripts & improvisation. If you watch it, it looks almost as if it was produced by high school students. They used cheap locations, most of which were actual buildings, not even sets. They had a few stock characters who always wore the same clothes. Very few special effects.
On another note, while I didn't read _ALL_ the comments, the "Bicycle Repairman" sketch always seems to be under-appreciated. Usually, it takes any new show a while before it feels comfortable enough to try something that subtle & layered.
Sure, their were overt elements to it, like the sound effects. But in a world of Supermen, the mundane repairman stood out, unrecognizable without his glasses.
They subverted just about every superhero trope in under five minutes.
Your reactions help me relive how funny and exciting it was seeing these for the first time back in the 70s. I have a two-volume set of the scripts for the entire series, both signed by Eric Idle!
Thanks for watching these. In such lonely times, laughing along with others to these great memories is uniquely special. Also the other comments are right, you have a joyous laugh.
Self-defence is one of my favourites 😂
Yep. This is us on Python. We act like that. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Lol
SAY NO MORE!
I'm so glad you couldn't wait, Dawn love to watch your reactions to what me and my friends used to wait all week to then watch Friday nights. It's a beauty mark. yes we used to get upset cause they went by so fast on TV.
Seeing as you like Michael Palin take a look at the TV series "Ripping Yarns", specifically " Season 1 Episode 2-The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite"
black pudding..
@@Greenwood4727 "Black pudding's very black today mother"
I remember getting together with friends, Sunday night and watching this show on PBS, we were had the same reaction as did you when it was over. a few other British shows you should watch, The Vicar of Dibley, Keeping Up Appearances, Are you Being severed, Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf and The Young Ones
CLOCKWISE (British) is John Cleese as a headmaster who is running late to a lecture. RAT RACE (American) is John Cleese as eccentric millionaire who bets on a cross-country race. Hilarious ensemble cast, including Rowan Atkinson. (You'll 💘 them!) Also a reminder: Fawlty Towers TV series (unless you've seen it in Scotland.
PROFESSIONAL Cardinal Richelieu impersonator 🤣🤣
Loving the reactions, it's wonderful to see someone experiencing Monty for the first time and basking in the comedic genius of this merry band of complete nutters. Now that your falling down the rabbit hole and so far laughing your "Bottom" (boyish giggles) off; a couple of other things to check out after you've finished the series. Monty Python Live at Aspen 1998, but you have to watch to the very end for the perfect salute to Graham Chapman. And it's also pretty funny watching John Cleese debating a bishop or some such religious figure, back when Life of Brian came out and was getting banned in certain places. Also I'm quite sure I'm not alone in hoping after Monty, that we get to see your reactions to other great classics such as Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Black Adder, Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous and Black Books!!! Though a heads up on Black Adder, feel free to skip the first season, which is most likely the advice you'd get from the majority of your subscribers; which I know sounds crazy but for that show it works. I'd say more but don't want to give anything away.
"BOTTOM"!!!
Awesome you love the silliness of Monty
Happy you enjoyed these! ❤️
Love seeing someone going back and watching these! Episode 3 is one of my favorites of the entire series. After you watch these, you should watch Fawlty Towers. Only 12 episodes but each one is gold!
Their greatest skit is from their third season; 'A Cycling Tour Of North Cornwall'.
she does have a great laff. i love reactions that are sincere. think its funny when the reactor kinda overshadows the clip they looking at
I always loved how John Cleese could go from entirely normal to stark raving mad in an instant.
But the weirdest and most surreal stuff all came from Graham chapman.
For people of my generation "nudge nudge wink wink" became a catch phrase. and how to defend yourself against fresh fruit was a classic. I have often wondered if the scene in a fish called Wanda where the third dog is killed by a ten ton weight wasn't a private in-joke for Cleese and Palin based on that sketch.
Don't know if anyone has said it already, but if you're planning on reacting to Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, wait until you have seen all of the Flying Circus.
I am so jealous of you for being able to watch all of this for the first time. Keep it up!
Also, I've seen others commenting you should watch Fawlty Towers too. I second that.
Welp, she's hooked now.... can't even wait. Welcome to the ranks of Monty Python addicts, you will find yourself in good company.
Anyone can look a little comical wearing a chef's hat, but John Cleese with a scowl on his face looks really hilarious in a chef's hat.
I love that you are working your way through these. It's great to watch them again with someone who has never seen them. They are so funny and your reactions are so funny too.. Episode three contained two of my favourites - the dirty fork sketch and nude nudge wink wink sketch. You know you could set up a Patreon account and post on there the full version of your reactions.
"What's wrong with a pointed stick?"
My goal in life is to find someone like Dawn❤️❤️
I know the Python movie "And now for something completely different", which was made of new recordings of classic sketches, doesn't have a great reputation compared to the other Python movies, but I think that the sketches they re-did are usually much improved, because they had more money to spend, and more time to get each sketch exactly right.
But the selection... It was horrible for sure to choose which made it in the movie and which not. I missed the ministry of silly walks...
Curious thing. It's March 2023, now, and we've got Bing Images. I just put "the peach assailant should be attacked with a crocodile" into it and that phrase is blocked! There's a content warning! I can only surmise that the problem words are 'assailant' and/or 'attacked'.
I love, love, love lazing about and re-watching Python sketches with Dawn.
I really **am** enjoying them as much as you !!!! I'm excited **for** you !!!!! Love your reactions ^_^ . Monty Python is my all-time fave show ^_^
11:34 last time I saw an ice truck like that was like 2002.
These guys saved my life too many times as a kid
just finished the first one i’m watching in order. did you do first 2 episodes of Series 3 ? i can’t seem to find that one. i love the Njorl’s Saga😆 they just can’t get that saga started…
I have read that John holds a degree in law. I agree with you these guys can make you laugh until you cry. FUNNY!
Episode 3 contains some of their best sketches.
I had an adventure with "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief" album (1973).
"The album's original LP edition is particularly notable in that it was mastered with two concentric grooves on side two, so that different material would be played depending on where the stylus was put down on the record's surface. For this reason it is sometimes referred to as a "three-sided" record."
I bought it, took it home, played it, called a friend to come over and listen to it.
We got very stoned.
When I put on side 2 it was completely different from the side 2 that I had heard just before...there was great consternation until I read 'three sided'...
Never mind the Beatles or the Stones, this was the most played album of my youth.......I was already informed of the three sides by the NME
Always as funny; The Monty Pythons. Gotta love them! Dawn, I guess you've already seen John in Fawlty towers?
There was a kind of friendly rivalry within the Pythons. Much of the deliberately silly stuff is penned by Michael Palin and Terry Jones (the Oxford-educated side), with John Cleese and Graham Chapman (representing Cambridge) leaning more on linguistic subtleties. That left Eric Idle (also Cambridge) to take up the broader satire in the middle of things and token American Terry Gilliam (who is, of course, a hugely respected film-maker today) was left to hide away in his studio, producing the linking animations that the rest of the team only saw after the fact.
Thank you miss happy.
You would love Staggering Stories of Ferdinand Debargos.