When I was a kid I used to think this was a really boring scene, now that I'm an adult I find it one of the funniest parts of an already hilarious movie.
"Haven't been outside for twelve years." 😂 That line is just one of many reasons why this scene is simply hilarious. So good. The acting and delivery are perfect, delightfully stodgy. Even if the viewer isn't "in" on who the actors are, this is funny.
@hatcat27 I thought that was funny after Nevin said "a pig climbing up the outside of the house" and his wife said "oh" like they were thinking "oh so what, lets get back to eating our dinner" instead of Nevin quickly running outside to say "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
This will always be my favourite scene in any Muppets movie ever. I just find it so hysterical! John Cleese will always be a comic genius! "If I was bored I'd go out and buy something wouldn't I? Like cheese, or a quail's egg."
Was the quail's egg a reference to another Monty Python skit? Because I do remember the cheese shop. :P Now if only he'd mentioned buying a parrot. "Beautiful plumage." :P
Back when I was a kid I thought this was just how all rich people acted. I remember thinking how much fun I’d have in a house like that with my friends if my family was rich.
Just love their general reaction to Miss Piggy climbing up the outside of their house. You'd think with their dull lives and constant disappointment in the weather, something like that would be a highlight.
@Eyes11 I agree, that was funny where after Nevin said "a pig is climbing on the outside of the house" his wife said "oh" like she was saying "oh so what, lets get back to eating our dinner." On the other hand, when he saw Kermit and Miss Piggy in the closet he did say "I don't mean to be rude but is there anything I can do for you" when I would have thought if he saw Miss Piggy climbing outside the house, he would have gone outside and said "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
AND much less called THE POLICE, when Piggy invites Kermit right inside the house, and gives him a tour at his insistence, like she has EVERY RIGHT to be there, when she doesn’t even live there or know who these people are.
Yes, it just so happens he did British film Time Bandits also later on this same year, in December 1981. He played Robin Hood, in the “dream” young Kevin has about going on an adventure through various eons and eras in time, courtesy of six thieving dwarves(hence the title).
I like the scene right after this,where Piggy gives in to Kermit's insisting on seeing the house,as he's curious as to what an English house looks like inside. LOL, as she refers to Neville as the butler(probably inspired by what she just heard,that these people used to have a butler), and then after she and Kermit leave, Neville keeps staring into the closet,as he's so bewildered over all that just happened. "Neville,what are you staring into the closet for?" Dorcas asks of him moments later. And of course,he tells her that he tried to explain to this pig and "lizard"(as he thought Kermit was)that the Dubonnet Club isn't really a restaraunt,but a supper club,but they wouldn't listen. "Well,dear,you dealt with them as best you could,"his wife tells him.
I know,like I said awhile back,(yes,I know this is only a movie),but still,you'd think Neville and Dorcas would have called the police,especially when they see Miss Piggy in the house.Ha,ha.
@HENRY DEUTCHENDORF I agree, after he said a pig is climbing outside the house, they went back to eating their dinner like they were saying "oh so what, lets continue eating our dinner" and if that's what they were thinking, they probably didn't want their dinner to be interrupted.
@@williamhiers1280 I remember that but then he asked politely if he could be of any assistance whether he felt Kermit and Miss Piggy were burglars or not.
Note earlier in the film(and for anyone who was lucky enough to get the book that was based on the movie), this is supposed to be "Lady Holiday's house," and of course, earlier in film, when Piggy and Kermit meet(where she poses as a mock Lady Holiday, for Kermit's sake),because Miss Piggy has no idea where Lady Holiday lives, she merely has Kermit guess, and as it is, Kermit guesses correctly, right off the bat-number 17 Highbrow Street! So the question is, did Kermit already know London well enough, so as to be even acquainted with the streets' names? (Ha, ha.)
@Jerra Maurice Yes, that was funny when he said that and then his wife said "oh" like they were thinking "oh so what, lets continue eating our dinner" instead of Nevin going outside to say to Miss Piggy something like "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
She did an episode of Ripping Yarns with Michael Palin a few months before she did Fawlty Towers[although it was televised a couple of months after]. The episode was called Roger of the Raj, and she and Richard Vernon had a breakfast scene with dialogue not dissimilar from this one. No pigs breaking and entering, though. Only communists.
It seems Joan Sanderson is reprising her role from 'Roger of the Raj', a Ripping Yarn shot a couple of years earlier. Her counterpart there not being John Cleese but Richard Vernon. In 'Roger of the Raj', a break-in occurs whilst they're having a conversation in bed, but there is also a very similar conversation (to this) round a dining room table.
"The weather's been awfully frightful lately,raining nonstop." Well,but then, it is London. Ha,ha. Frankly,I don't see how those Londoners live with it,constant rain,and FEW hot summer days, above all. Well,they get used to it and live with it somehow,I suppose.
"Neville, I think we'd better call 911, now that that pig has committed BREAKING AND ENTERING!" Or rather, the British equivalent of 911, of course. Typical British scene, with the soft violin music playing as the soundtrack, to emphasize the quality, or mood, of the scene. So no one ever bothered to visit Neville and Dorcas--well, depending on your point of view here, they have a visitor NOW, even if this unexpected visitor did commit breaking and entering.
Apart from playing Mrs.Richards in Fawlty Towers, Joan Sanderson did a similar scene with Michael Palin and Richard Vernon a couple of minutes into this: ruclips.net/video/1r41zyLgFJk/видео.html
When I was a kid I used to think this was a really boring scene, now that I'm an adult I find it one of the funniest parts of an already hilarious movie.
SAME!
"Haven't been outside for twelve years." 😂 That line is just one of many reasons why this scene is simply hilarious. So good. The acting and delivery are perfect, delightfully stodgy. Even if the viewer isn't "in" on who the actors are, this is funny.
When I watched this as a kid, I had no idea why this was in the movie.
As an adult, this is the funniest part of the whole movie.
"Next time they want stunts, they get a double!" Best Miss Piggy quote ever!
One of the most brilliantly funny scenes in all cinematic history. And half the current generation would never understand why. I love this film.
I couldn’t have said it better.
I'm not familiar with english comedy. Are these actors from a famous tv show ?
My father is a rather dry sort himself, but the deadpan, "A pig...climbing up the side of the house" gets him every time...
@hatcat27 I thought that was funny after Nevin said "a pig climbing up the outside of the house" and his wife said "oh" like they were thinking "oh so what, lets get back to eating our dinner" instead of Nevin quickly running outside to say "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
This will always be my favourite scene in any Muppets movie ever. I just find it so hysterical! John Cleese will always be a comic genius!
"If I was bored I'd go out and buy something wouldn't I? Like cheese, or a quail's egg."
Was the quail's egg a reference to another Monty Python skit? Because I do remember the cheese shop. :P
Now if only he'd mentioned buying a parrot.
"Beautiful plumage." :P
Back when I was a kid I thought this was just how all rich people acted. I remember thinking how much fun I’d have in a house like that with my friends if my family was rich.
Absolutely brilliant. This scene and this movie take me back to when I was a kid in the late 80's early 90's. It was on TV a lot back then.
You cant even tell that the john cleese actress partner, is acting. Perfection!
I kept expecting Dorcas to say 'WHAT!!!' or 'What ARE you talking about, you silly little man!' 😂
"What ARE you doing?" "QUE???!!!"
I'll Answer IT! gets me every time! LOVE THIS
I thought you said the pets are dead
Me too
you remember that pig I. mentioned?
it seems to be in the house now with a...lizard
Apparently Neville didn’t know what a frog looked like.
“I thought you said the pets were dead?” Such a great line.
Just love their general reaction to Miss Piggy climbing up the outside of their house. You'd think with their dull lives and constant disappointment in the weather, something like that would be a highlight.
They underreact to everything. That's the joke.
@Eyes11 I agree, that was funny where after Nevin said "a pig is climbing on the outside of the house" his wife said "oh" like she was saying "oh so what, lets get back to eating our dinner." On the other hand, when he saw Kermit and Miss Piggy in the closet he did say "I don't mean to be rude but is there anything I can do for you" when I would have thought if he saw Miss Piggy climbing outside the house, he would have gone outside and said "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
AND much less called THE POLICE, when Piggy invites Kermit right inside the house, and gives him a tour at his insistence, like she has EVERY RIGHT to be there, when she doesn’t even live there or know who these people are.
I'm amazed Miss Piggy scaled that building while wearing glass slippers. She's got skill. XD!
Long live the Legendary John Cleese...
Yes, it just so happens he did British film Time Bandits also later on this same year, in December 1981. He played Robin Hood, in the “dream” young Kevin has about going on an adventure through various eons and eras in time, courtesy of six thieving dwarves(hence the title).
These actors were hilarious together in Fawlty Towers as well =)
Oh!! So thats where they're from!! I knew i wasnt in on something here, i knew they must have been famous
Basil Fawlty and Mrs Alice Richards
"Thanks Jeeves. No time for cocktails."
Why are standing in the closet Neville?
This was my childhood man!!!!! Loved this as a kid in the 80’s
I like the scene right after this,where Piggy gives in to Kermit's insisting on seeing the house,as he's curious as to what an English house looks like inside. LOL, as she refers to Neville as the butler(probably inspired by what she just heard,that these people used to have a butler), and then after she and Kermit leave, Neville keeps staring into the closet,as he's so bewildered over all that just happened. "Neville,what are you staring into the closet for?" Dorcas asks of him moments later. And of course,he tells her that he tried to explain to this pig and "lizard"(as he thought Kermit was)that the Dubonnet Club isn't really a restaraunt,but a supper club,but they wouldn't listen. "Well,dear,you dealt with them as best you could,"his wife tells him.
He also thought Piggy was a male, probably a drag queen.
One of my very favorite scenes in the history of cinema. How could 13 people (as of this writing) give it a thumbs down? It's hilarious.
Next time they want stunts, get a double.
The way they are surprised by the doorbell and then discuss it!
A pig is climbing up the house and they dont think that's weird, suspicious, strange, etc.
I know,like I said awhile back,(yes,I know this is only a movie),but still,you'd think Neville and Dorcas would have called the police,especially when they see Miss Piggy in the house.Ha,ha.
He DOES initially mistake them for burglars, considering he follows them with a fire poker. XD
@HENRY DEUTCHENDORF I agree, after he said a pig is climbing outside the house, they went back to eating their dinner like they were saying "oh so what, lets continue eating our dinner" and if that's what they were thinking, they probably didn't want their dinner to be interrupted.
@@williamhiers1280 I remember that but then he asked politely if he could be of any assistance whether he felt Kermit and Miss Piggy were burglars or not.
Still makes me laugh every time
"I'LL ANSWER IT!"
LOL
Of course Miss Piggy is going to answer the door,if neither Dorcas or Neville will,because we know what she's thinking-"That has to be Kermie!"
I thought the pets were dead?
The wife in this scene was in Fawlty Towers too and played Mrs Richards. Such a brilliant performer.
this scene is hilarious..I love how casual they are as if. all of these things happen daily lol
If I ever get to visit London, this house location is on my list of stops.
It doesn't get much more exciting than calve's foot jelly!!!!!
Glad to see Mrs. Richards' hearing has improved
Nevile and Dorcas of Number 7 Highbrow Street. GLORIOUS.
Number 17.
*Piggy observing the couple* I could have probably have walk through the front eand they wouldn't have even noticed!
These two wouldn't give Basil any grief, I'm sure.
Note earlier in the film(and for anyone who was lucky enough to get the book that was based on the movie), this is supposed to be "Lady Holiday's house," and of course, earlier in film, when Piggy and Kermit meet(where she poses as a mock Lady Holiday, for Kermit's sake),because Miss Piggy has no idea where Lady Holiday lives, she merely has Kermit guess, and as it is, Kermit guesses correctly, right off the bat-number 17 Highbrow Street! So the question is, did Kermit already know London well enough, so as to be even acquainted with the streets' names? (Ha, ha.)
“A pig is climbing the outside of the house.”
@Jerra Maurice Yes, that was funny when he said that and then his wife said "oh" like they were thinking "oh so what, lets continue eating our dinner" instead of Nevin going outside to say to Miss Piggy something like "who are you and why are you climbing up my house?"
Mrs Richards finally got her hearing back!
Joan Sanderson was one of the best guest stars on Fawlty Towers in Communication Problems with John Cleese.
Johnny De Silveira she was Mrs Alice Richards very funny episode
She did an episode of Ripping Yarns with Michael Palin a few months before she did Fawlty Towers[although it was televised a couple of months after]. The episode was called Roger of the Raj, and she and Richard Vernon had a breakfast scene with dialogue not dissimilar from this one.
No pigs breaking and entering, though. Only communists.
Next time they want stunts they get a double! 😄😄😄
"I should have signed with Disney. They never would have allowed this sort of thing to happen."
@@dnasty312 *Mufasa* you should reevaluate that...
I wish all the Monty Python guys were in this movie!
2:00 - 2:04
Of course, that would imply that the cheese shop did in fact have any type of cheese at all. And no annoyingly loud folk dancing.
It’s Mrs Alice Richards from Fawlty Towers communication problems
12 years inside the house is a long time lol
It seems Joan Sanderson is reprising her role from 'Roger of the Raj', a Ripping Yarn shot a couple of years earlier. Her counterpart there not being John Cleese but Richard Vernon. In 'Roger of the Raj', a break-in occurs whilst they're having a conversation in bed, but there is also a very similar conversation (to this) round a dining room table.
I want to believe this was all improvised
I guess Basil eventually gave Mrs Richards the price reduction :D
Came here to see if anyone noticed where she was from. :)
OMG IT'S BASIL AND MRS. RICHARDS!
The past 20 months
I didn’t even realize that’s freaking John Cleese in this scene during my first watch
Love this scene!
The Children are gone, pets are dead, the Bulter's been discharged, no-one evah visits us
The butler's dead?
@@ddthewolf i couldn't say. But I do say, care to pop out to fetch some cheddar? Could be an adventure
@@ddthewolf no no, it's the pets that are dead
best scene they are so bored lv Joan Sanderson all class n funny like john cleese
You said the pets were dead 💀
"The weather's been awfully frightful lately,raining nonstop." Well,but then, it is London. Ha,ha. Frankly,I don't see how those Londoners live with it,constant rain,and FEW hot summer days, above all. Well,they get used to it and live with it somehow,I suppose.
Did you say a pig was climbing on outside of the house?
Basil Fawlty and Alice Richards together again only now she can hear
I accept this entity 😂For Dear🌚dorcas 🥰she wants to go long term with her husband! Eloise Wil kin 😭
I don't understand.
He's not doing anything and yet I'm laughing my head off.
"Neville, I think we'd better call 911, now that that pig has committed BREAKING AND ENTERING!" Or rather, the British equivalent of 911, of course. Typical British scene, with the soft violin music playing as the soundtrack, to emphasize the quality, or mood, of the scene. So no one ever bothered to visit Neville and Dorcas--well, depending on your point of view here, they have a visitor NOW, even if this unexpected visitor did commit breaking and entering.
Classic!
Basil Fawlty marries Mrs. Richards. And they get rich.
Where can I find Carlsford Jelly? Must be the same isle as Sparkling Muscatel (one of the finest wines of Idaho).
Basil Fawlty and Mrs Richards!
MRS RICHARDS?!!?!?!?!?!???
3:34 I'll answer it
"I thought you said that the pets are dead".
They probably don't remember of having a talking bipedal pet pig.
I'll be honest, the scene would've been better if it were Prunella Scales opposite Cleese
PIX Promos & More Sybil Fawlty
Apart from playing Mrs.Richards in Fawlty Towers, Joan Sanderson did a similar scene with Michael Palin and Richard Vernon a couple of minutes into this: ruclips.net/video/1r41zyLgFJk/видео.html
wait, is that woman Mrs Richardson?
Mrs Richards, yes.
Q!!!
But can you see the sea? ;D
Funny