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  • Опубликовано: 27 июл 2006
  • A man goes into the post office to buy a license for his pet halibut, Eric.
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  • @FoulMouthedChick
    @FoulMouthedChick 15 лет назад +412

    "The man's sign must be wrong. I have in the past noticed a marked discrepancy between these post office signs and the activities carried out beneath. But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure."
    Sheer brilliance.

    • @andrewthompson9714
      @andrewthompson9714 10 месяцев назад +10

      I love the way he reads the sign

    • @NinjaOnANinja
      @NinjaOnANinja 9 месяцев назад +2

      Ah yes, being educated makes you brilliant.
      Oh stop.

    • @diah7130
      @diah7130 9 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@NinjaOnANinjaThere's plenty of so called "educated" persons without the slightest hint of linguistic affluence. The delivery of each line is not only concise but is indeed brilliant!
      Just ask my pet shoe Erik: 👞

    • @NinjaOnANinja
      @NinjaOnANinja 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@diah7130 yes, because most people don't grow up the way he did. Most don't really care about crap like that.
      Still doesn't make you brilliant. Just make you educated.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 8 месяцев назад +8

      @@NinjaOnANinja Let's see you write a funnier sketch then.

  • @Srd1126
    @Srd1126 13 лет назад +84

    The "cat-detector van" is a spoof of the "TV detector vans" they have in Britian, a reference lost on us yanks.

  • @Sofs1994
    @Sofs1994 10 лет назад +257

    'it's people like you what causes unrest'.

    • @KillingAhhs
      @KillingAhhs 5 лет назад +1

      Sofs1994 I still use that line whenever someone pisses me off!

  • @bevistaylor6598
    @bevistaylor6598 5 лет назад +173

    I'm a relative of Sir Gerald Nabarro, and just for the record, he didn't have a shrimp called Simon, but he was chairman of the Dorset Asparagus Growers Club.

    • @kamion53
      @kamion53 11 месяцев назад +37

      meaning the shrimp was named different?

    • @GuyMontag0451
      @GuyMontag0451 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@kamion53thank you

    • @PamelaValemont
      @PamelaValemont 10 месяцев назад

      That's worse

    • @quasarsphere
      @quasarsphere 10 месяцев назад +11

      What was his asparagus called?

    • @animaltvi9515
      @animaltvi9515 10 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@quasarsphereeric

  • @Mrlzman
    @Mrlzman 5 лет назад +293

    This should be on the curriculum of any sketch-writing class. Praline, played pitch-perfectly by Cleese, believes 1000% in his mission, even if he thinks it is mundane. He is fighting for his reality. If there had been any doubt, the whole thing would have collapsed.

    • @Leto_0
      @Leto_0 11 месяцев назад +5

      Making shit up 🙄
      Doubt adds another layer of difficulty, plot, and immersion.

    • @sarcasmo57
      @sarcasmo57 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Leto_0 Sure, maybe.

    • @whyhatestrangers
      @whyhatestrangers 10 месяцев назад +10

      Cleese is displaying Sovereign Citizen Syndrome

    • @richardkammerer2814
      @richardkammerer2814 8 месяцев назад

      The fish ate the cat and the dog, then.

    • @Mr.Monta77
      @Mr.Monta77 7 месяцев назад

      This perfectly describes the MAGA cult.

  • @BrummieAvenger
    @BrummieAvenger 9 лет назад +114

    'It's people like you what causes unrest' - It's lines like that that really stick with you.
    That and ''ad an 'addock.'

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 8 лет назад

      +EriolTolkien *loony, also "recherche" (no accent)

    • @larrydoss9284
      @larrydoss9284 11 месяцев назад

      I can't tell you how many times I've used that line!

  • @queenastilon
    @queenastilon 13 лет назад +79

    The ending had the Lord Mayor coming into the post office. But on Monty Python's Previous Record (I used to have that) it ended with Cleese asking for a bee license.
    "Eric the bee?"
    "No. Eric the half-bee. He had an accident"
    ....and then goes into the song Eric the Half A Bee (it's in the side bar).

    • @genepoole1771
      @genepoole1771 10 месяцев назад +4

      The song Eric the Half a Bee is quite the funniest thing. I laughed so much I nearly vomited.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 10 месяцев назад +6

      "Take it away, Eric the orchestra-leader . . ."

    • @veryrancid3128
      @veryrancid3128 10 месяцев назад +5

      I have the same record🤣 it also has the story of the king who made his daughters suitors pass a suitor test by jumping out of a very tall tower

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose 16 лет назад +30

    "The man didn't have the proper form." LOL.
    Marcel Proust had a haddock! Only the Monty Python troupe could be at once utterly esoteric and utterly hilarious.

  • @MSCViolin
    @MSCViolin 10 лет назад +78

    He should've had a fish called Wanda.

    • @jakejones9097
      @jakejones9097 9 лет назад +1

      No he should t

    • @MSCViolin
      @MSCViolin 9 лет назад +19

      Jake Jones Yes he should! Now is this a 5 minute argument or the full half-hour?

    • @ChekkoVisban
      @ChekkoVisban 7 лет назад

      No he shouldnt.

    • @MartTLS
      @MartTLS 6 лет назад +2

      I’ve told you once

  • @PetersPianoShoppe
    @PetersPianoShoppe 6 лет назад +116

    "All right, then.... a bee license!"
    "A license.. for your pet Bee? Called Erik? Erik The Bee?"
    "No.... Erik The Half-Bee...... he had an accident."

    • @dedgeroo4665
      @dedgeroo4665 5 лет назад +2

      Lah Dee Dee, 1 2 3, Eric the half a bee....

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 5 лет назад +1

      @@ohgosh5892
      licence/license. In American English both the noun and the verb, not just the verb, are spelled with an 's'. Sorry, you thing it's wrong, and don't check before incorrecting someone.

    • @langdalepaul
      @langdalepaul Месяц назад

      I love him carnally!

    • @thomasread2667
      @thomasread2667 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@langdalepaulsemi carnally

    • @langdalepaul
      @langdalepaul Месяц назад +1

      @@thomasread2667 Cyril Connolly?

  • @judet5426
    @judet5426 9 месяцев назад +19

    The way he sticks his head through the hatch and screams
    "IIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!!" Has me in hysterics every time 😂😂😂😂

  • @dummatube
    @dummatube 9 месяцев назад +12

    One of my favourite Python sketches! I named my pet lab rat ‘Eric-The-Half_A-Rat’ and all of my students used to bring him presents!

    • @terryhennigan3911
      @terryhennigan3911 3 месяца назад +1

      Bet all the students were called Eric too 😂

  • @Tamashikiri
    @Tamashikiri 15 лет назад +25

    Cleese screaming "ISSSS!!!!" into the grille like a maniac is priceless.

  • @princeofdaftness
    @princeofdaftness 13 лет назад +157

    My cat is called Erik thanks to this sketch, and so was a previous cat too

    • @StamfordBridge
      @StamfordBridge 11 месяцев назад +19

      I hope you have a licence for the Erics.

    • @princeofdaftness
      @princeofdaftness 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@StamfordBridge that Erik lived to 21 years old , we now have another Erik

    • @StamfordBridge
      @StamfordBridge 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@princeofdaftness May Erik II live even longer.

    • @o00nemesis00o
      @o00nemesis00o 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@StamfordBridge That would have to be a descendant of Erik, but I expect that this was an unrelated cat, so he/she should be called Erik, not Erik II.

    • @simonatford1
      @simonatford1 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@o00nemesis00o If he occupies the position of Cat and has the same name he is Eric II. Cats are like Kings only more important.

  • @TallyRocky
    @TallyRocky 11 месяцев назад +69

    It’s people like you what causes unrest! 😂 I’ve used that line myself many times. One of my favorite Python sketches

  • @pocketlint60
    @pocketlint60 9 лет назад +580

    I love how this sketch is basically just the internet.

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 9 лет назад +18

      Most underrated Monty Python sketch imo.

    • @Penningtontj
      @Penningtontj 9 лет назад +43

      pocketlint60 This isn't just the internet, it's also working in any public service role where you have to deal with the general public. And to a lesser extent all retail jobs.

    • @hemipemi
      @hemipemi 7 лет назад +58

      No it isn't.
      When he pulled out the book to reference his claim, the person he was talking to conceded and offered him an apology. That would never happen on the Internet!

    • @randomisedrandomness
      @randomisedrandomness 7 лет назад +10

      Yes it is.

    • @hemipemi
      @hemipemi 7 лет назад +12

      No it isn't!

  • @cdub2k351
    @cdub2k351 10 лет назад +67

    I'm 32 and I wasn't even born when Monty Python made these skits and I will say that their comedy is timeless

    • @drapas
      @drapas 6 лет назад +7

      I am 20 and I am wholeheartedly agree.

    • @newperve
      @newperve 5 лет назад +13

      Then you might not have gotten the "Cat Detector Van" reference. There is a license fee for owning a television set in the UK and the government used to claim they had detector vans that could tell if you had a TV and no license. It was a bluff but it worked.

    • @milascave2
      @milascave2 5 лет назад +6

      cd: They made a decision not to focus on the issues of the day, such as a particular politician, but instead on broader situations, such as politicians in general. Because of that, it is timeless, while other comedy shows that focus on the current situation may be good at the time but tend to age quickly.

    • @chucknola484
      @chucknola484 5 лет назад

      so true

    • @neithere
      @neithere 5 лет назад +6

      Michael Price thank you! As a foreigner, I realize that I get only a part of their jokes, and sometimes I wonder how big is that part, but anyway even a fraction of _that_ was once enough for me to put way more effort into learning English; it was a decade ago, and I'm very grateful to the Pythons for that.

  • @IsoscelesKramer
    @IsoscelesKramer 10 лет назад +64

    But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure!

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 5 лет назад

      The frustrated look directly into the camera was excellent.

  • @Tsphere
    @Tsphere 16 лет назад +23

    Python's best sketches tread on the line between brilliant and disturbing.

  • @Gruntol5
    @Gruntol5 16 лет назад +102

    Book on Attaturk by E.W Swanton (he was a cricket commentator!), forward by Paul Anka (50's pop singer!). Brilliant & crazy Cleese. Bloody marvellous!

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 11 месяцев назад +2

      *foreword

    • @nathanrye
      @nathanrye 11 месяцев назад +3

      I thought the book was real

  • @alice8754
    @alice8754 5 лет назад +67

    How they didn’t crack up during the “is”, “isn’t” argument is beyond me 😂 especially John’s facial expressions and voice 😂❤️

    • @TylerLL2112
      @TylerLL2112 5 лет назад +17

      Because they went to that argument clinic. It helped.

    • @EugeneOneguine
      @EugeneOneguine 10 месяцев назад +1

      You know they just don't shoot these in one take ?

    • @tylernichols6768
      @tylernichols6768 6 месяцев назад

      @@EugeneOneguine How observant of you. You know, people already know that and can still respect that someone did it at least once without fucking up and laughing or missing a line? Crazy I know..... some people are just happy and can enjoy things, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them. Just food for thought.

    • @1st2nd2
      @1st2nd2 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​ twas N0T an argument, twas a contradiction!

  • @ultimtdisc
    @ultimtdisc 10 лет назад +59

    These two are just brilliant together.

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi 6 лет назад +16

      Absolutely. I feel all the pythons have amazing chemistry, but Cleese-Palin are on a league of their own.

  • @XemawthEvo2
    @XemawthEvo2 10 месяцев назад +29

    John Cleese basically brings a Looney Toons sketch to life with this preformance

  • @emimoon1712
    @emimoon1712 6 лет назад +110

    Oi mate, you got a license for that fish?

    • @kajmak
      @kajmak 5 лет назад +10

      Loicense*

    • @lewisconroy6225
      @lewisconroy6225 5 лет назад +6

      Oi m8, you got a loicense for that correction?

  • @throttlemccrackin1877
    @throttlemccrackin1877 9 лет назад +54

    This how I feel every time I have to go to the DMV.

    • @derekp7864
      @derekp7864 6 лет назад +18

      Then its you own fault. The DMV is not where you go to get a fish license.

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 5 лет назад +3

      No, you have to go to the DAV-BD: the Department of Aquatic Vehicles, Biotic Division.

  • @bigbird2451
    @bigbird2451 8 месяцев назад +3

    Good job making my click money seventeen years after posting. Well done Sir!

  • @karanrajguleria9073
    @karanrajguleria9073 5 месяцев назад +2

    It's people like you what cause unrest.
    Thank you.

  • @lexagon9295
    @lexagon9295 15 лет назад +12

    I love the bit with the book about Kemal Ataturk, the "author" E.W Swanton was a famous cricket commentator and the forward written by Paul Anka (famous singer)

  • @dharmaseed
    @dharmaseed 14 лет назад +21

    Has anyone else noticed that everyone's name in this sketch is Eric? The customer is Eric Praline, the cashier's name is Eric Last, the fish's name is Eric, the dog's name is Eric and the cat's name is Eric. The fruit bat's name is also Eric.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 10 месяцев назад +10

      And don't forget Eric the half-a-bee, who is only mentioned in a re-recorded version of this sketch.

    • @Pikashockdragon
      @Pikashockdragon 8 месяцев назад +2

      Pity Eric Idle wasn't in this skit. :p

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@Pikashockdragon - he was Eric The Orchestra-Leader in the version that was recorded for LP.

    • @pfarnsworth84
      @pfarnsworth84 28 дней назад

      ​@nigeldepledge3790 "Take it away, Eric the orchestra leader!"

  • @Gruntol5
    @Gruntol5 13 лет назад +12

    John Cleese at his most bizarre and hilarious. Just his facial expression when he comes in is enough to get me going.

  • @TimothyMathews
    @TimothyMathews 11 лет назад +17

    They require cat licenses in Australia, as they're an introduced species. Fees are payable to the local council.

  • @pachy444
    @pachy444 7 дней назад

    One of Johns best performances in my opinion and although John's lines have a strong scent of Michael's style it works really well with Michael playing it completely straight.
    Absolute Python

  • @DieFlabbergast
    @DieFlabbergast 8 лет назад +137

    "He's an 'alibut. I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat." One of the great classic comedy lines of all time, but the audience didn't catch it - sigh.

    • @RandomAmerican3000
      @RandomAmerican3000 5 лет назад +33

      Are you saying the joke fell... flat?

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 5 лет назад +2

      @@mohamadmahmoud6926
      Just where does he say the audience didn't understand the joke? He said they didn't catch it, which is not the same thing. But that isn't why you posted. You just felt a need to call someone a circle jerking fucking loser. Must have been looking in the mirror.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 2 месяца назад +1

      @@RandomAmerican3000 In a manner ... of speakin'

  • @Gruntol5
    @Gruntol5 14 лет назад +34

    John Cleese at his most manic. Absolutely brilliant and wonderful.

  • @DobermanCrew
    @DobermanCrew 12 лет назад +3

    i am 23 and i really love monty python movies and when i was looking for some scenes from Monty python and the holy grail i found these sketches ...... and i really enjoy them , i do not think it is a fact of age , but rather a fact of intelligence .... today's comedy is just people acting stupid , and that is just sad , but these older comedy sketches have a message .......

  • @garethb1961
    @garethb1961 9 лет назад +25

    It's brilliant and it goes on to the bee license. Eric the bee? No, Eric the half-bee! Funniest song in the history of the Universe

    • @vardellsfolly5200
      @vardellsfolly5200 9 лет назад +2

      Long live the half-a-bee!

    • @leopold7562
      @leopold7562 5 лет назад +1

      Cyril Connelly?

    • @keithterry2169
      @keithterry2169 5 лет назад +2

      Half a bee philosophically, must ipso facto, half not be.

    • @theuglybiker
      @theuglybiker 11 месяцев назад

      Ho-ho-ho
      Tee-hee-hee
      Eric The Half A Bee

  • @bloodhammer27
    @bloodhammer27 13 лет назад +16

    Now I have the urge to name all my future kids and pet Eric!

  • @TheZombiePimpernel
    @TheZombiePimpernel 16 лет назад +17

    You mean you've got Monty Python: The Final Rip Off. Wonderful album, and the version of this sketch (and the parrot sketch) on there is amazing.

  • @mike129995
    @mike129995 12 лет назад +1

    I should really get some sleep...
    Right after I watch one last Monty Python video.

  • @SootyPhoenix
    @SootyPhoenix 3 месяца назад +1

    As a self-declared looneyologist, I can confirm this looney is one fishy looney indeed.

  • @kamaeqaf
    @kamaeqaf 17 лет назад +16

    i just LOVE that sketch. it is one of the most funny scenes ever made for comedic purposes. Thanks a bunch for posting!

  • @InfiniteEcho99
    @InfiniteEcho99 6 месяцев назад +6

    Came here from Elon's interview with Lex..

    • @Core1138
      @Core1138 6 месяцев назад +1

      Same brah, same. 🤣👍

    • @hiphopanoyomous
      @hiphopanoyomous 6 месяцев назад

      Same same.....

  • @fergusof
    @fergusof 4 месяца назад +2

    I have a nephew named Eric. Sometimes I call him 'alf a bee! :)

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 6 лет назад +4

    john cleese, such a serious silly man.

  • @NapBoney
    @NapBoney 10 лет назад +55

    An alibut

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK 5 лет назад

      Isn't it a flat fish, bottom of the sea?

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 5 лет назад

      I believe it is written "an halibut". ... Or "Anne Halibutt".

  • @yabbadabbadoo8225
    @yabbadabbadoo8225 5 месяцев назад +1

    my ex father inlaw morphed into this loon in his 70's, the funniest fossil of all time. Had no idea where he was.

  • @halflifeger4179
    @halflifeger4179 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is how I imagine all of my interactions with insane people on the internet

  • @Modified67
    @Modified67 12 лет назад +7

    DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID!

  • @AcidFlorist
    @AcidFlorist 13 лет назад +7

    Their is-isn't fight is the best part of this video. You can't not-laugh when witnessing John's faces there

    • @pyrobreather1
      @pyrobreather1 6 месяцев назад

      It's what he does in his spare time.

  • @simonpenny2564
    @simonpenny2564 2 месяца назад +1

    in my opinion, on of Cleese's finest, along with the word association sketch, and the logician sketch , both originally on LPs.

  • @PureNeptune
    @PureNeptune 8 месяцев назад +1

    "The ministry of housinge" 😂

  • @OeditpusRex
    @OeditpusRex 14 лет назад +4

    Good catch. The character's name is Mr. Mousebender; he appeared in a few other sketches as well, including "Current Affairs" in episode 18. ("Hello. 'Ow are you? I'm fine. Welcome to a new half-hour chat show in which me, viz the man what's talking to you now, and Brooky - to wit, my flat mate - and nothing else, I'd like to emphasize that - discuss current affairs issues of burning import.")

  • @bryanmason76
    @bryanmason76 14 лет назад +11

    I have been watching Monty Python since I was in the early teens and as I have the upmost respect for every member I have to say that John Cleese can act rings around the rest of the troupe

  • @plywoodcarjohnson5412
    @plywoodcarjohnson5412 11 месяцев назад +2

    It's a parody on a Clint Eastwood stare down. It's John Cleese acting out his inner looney. Scary, funny and fascinating. The unability to choose your battles.

  • @whitechair3846
    @whitechair3846 9 месяцев назад +2

    How they kept a straight face in these shows is beyond me >

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy 10 лет назад +6

    John Cleese's character should have had his own movie.

  • @cecilyalgernon
    @cecilyalgernon 15 лет назад +4

    I'm not a Briton, but I hope you don't mind me answering your question. :D
    Cleese here is acting as 'Eric Praline'. He appears several times in the python shows. He was in the 'Dead Parrot" sketch wearing the same style outfit.
    Its kind of his style - Eric Praline - its a a PACAMAN - a fold up raincoat. I guess he just likes wearing it. :D
    Eric Praline also sings, if your wondering - look for the song, Eric the Half a Bee

  • @StamfordBridge
    @StamfordBridge 11 месяцев назад +2

    I wonder if he also had a pet half-a-bee.

  • @powrxplor69
    @powrxplor69 15 лет назад +1

    "why should I be tarred with the epithet
    "looney" merely because I have a pet
    halibut" LOL

  • @jonguirl3942
    @jonguirl3942 9 лет назад +4

    Cat Detector Van. Never seen so many ariels in all me life!

  • @victorselve8349
    @victorselve8349 8 лет назад +9

    in Germany he would have good a licence in time with all Formulars and legal formalities in triplicate

    • @knrdvmmlbkkn
      @knrdvmmlbkkn 3 месяца назад

      "in Germany he (...) formalities in triplicate"
      Realer irrsinn...

  • @scrubjay93
    @scrubjay93 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was sure that Eric the Half-a-Bee was going to put in an appearance, but it was my addled brain mixing up bits.🐝🐟

  • @henrylivingstone2971
    @henrylivingstone2971 4 месяца назад

    I like how he carries around the “cat license” 😂😂😂

  • @arnaudmoos8098
    @arnaudmoos8098 10 лет назад +2

    Just do it when the occasion arouses, it is very rewarding. I got a customer once who said: ' The devil is among us ! " , I replied with: ' How do you do ? " and I gave him a hand. His eyes became a shilling and his his mouth fell open, after this he retracted his hand and fled through the open door. He hasn't been seen since ...

  • @heyjoesoap
    @heyjoesoap 10 лет назад +3

    Why is it that this sketch seems to be so much more professionally filmed than most other Flying Circus sketches?

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 11 месяцев назад +4

      This isn't from the Flying Circus tv-series but from the film "And now for something completely different" a one and a half hour feature film where they remade a lot of the sketches from the tv-series. So it actually is technically superior, being filmed on 35mm with better sets and rehearsed acting. Though it lost some of the spontaneity of the tv-series.

  • @richardbrown1189
    @richardbrown1189 11 месяцев назад

    Pity we didn't get to see the Lord Mayor at the end! Brilliant stuff.

  • @granthurlburt4062
    @granthurlburt4062 2 месяца назад +1

    Nowadays he'd be on Facebook claiming the moon landings never 'appened!

  • @51yourtimeisup
    @51yourtimeisup 10 лет назад +12

    "Mr. Last" lol

  • @mysterioussquirrel4456
    @mysterioussquirrel4456 8 лет назад +36

    I grew up on Monty Python. My parents didn't get it. They grew up on Morecambe and Wise and World War Two. As a teenager, it was as important to me as was John Peel and Alan 'fluff' Freeman. Without Monty Python we would not have had Fawltey Towers and Michael Palin would not have travelled the World and show us how lucky we are and how we should value what we are. And that power and wealth isn't spread among we humans equitably.

    • @thrashkid665plus1
      @thrashkid665plus1 8 лет назад +1

      +Mysterious Squirrel youre everywhere, aren't you?

    • @mysterioussquirrel4456
      @mysterioussquirrel4456 8 лет назад

      Prakhar Aggarwal I try to be.

    • @onevastanus
      @onevastanus 5 лет назад

      It's not a usual case that growing up on python would create such a loony as you. You're lucky your parents grew up though, I'm pretty sure mine never did.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 5 лет назад +1

      You have your time-frame skewed. The Monty Python shows (1969-1974) were roughly contemporaneous with the Morecambe & Wise shows (1961-1983). If you watched Python as a teenager, you would have been watching M&W during the same years. Your parents would have grown up on the Goon Show, Flanagan & Allen, Hancock's Half-Hour, etc.

    • @onevastanus
      @onevastanus 5 лет назад +1

      You know his family better than he does? Wow.

  • @halburd1
    @halburd1 7 месяцев назад

    oooooh this guy is so clever he found a way to get free arguments on his lunch break!

  • @mateuszmattias
    @mateuszmattias 13 лет назад

    "...and the late great Marcel Proust 'ad an 'addock!" Couldn't possibly think of any better way of underlining an undisputable fact and consequently ending a discussion.

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 6 лет назад +7

    I wonder how much comedy the MP members thought up that was based on classical literature, like Shakespeare, that was never used because they thought no one would understand it?

    • @jimthorne304
      @jimthorne304 11 месяцев назад

      I bet the number of people who have read any Proust at all is pretty small, but MP did a 'Summarizing Proust' contest, in which contestants had to summarize the entire work in a few seconds. None of the contestants were any good so the prize went to the girl with the biggest tits.

    • @douglassun8456
      @douglassun8456 4 месяца назад +1

      I suspect that they never held back. There are erudite references all throughout the TV series, and I'm quite sure they were aware that it added a whole extra layer to their comedy.

  • @manw3bttcks
    @manw3bttcks 10 лет назад +17

    I've always wondered what John Cleese was wearing in this sketch. Is it a rain coat? (looked it up) Ahh, it is, it's called a "Cagoule"

    • @Gribbo9999
      @Gribbo9999 6 лет назад +2

      No. A cagoule has no opening at the front and a hood. He's wearing a "Pakamac"

    • @onevastanus
      @onevastanus 5 лет назад

      With the oversized sleeving and full front I would have to demand that it is in fact a windbreaker.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast 5 лет назад +1

      It's a Pakamac.

    • @guyfawkes9951
      @guyfawkes9951 5 лет назад +1

      It's a Pakacunt, Mac.

    • @justvin7214
      @justvin7214 5 лет назад

      I'm sorry, I think you'll find it's a Macuntosh.

  • @Hyoukikyo
    @Hyoukikyo 6 лет назад +2

    I have to admit that this one of their skits that i do not understand yet.

  • @janemillerick9614
    @janemillerick9614 5 лет назад +2

    worked once with someone who, when she mentioned going to get a fishing license with her boyfriend the next day said (!) ‘I hope I can pass the test.’

  • @TeoTorriate
    @TeoTorriate 14 лет назад +14

    Oh my god, I love them to death.

  • @robertpeston6692
    @robertpeston6692 10 лет назад +7

    I see this the whole time in British Post office's!!!!

  • @derekcouzens9483
    @derekcouzens9483 10 месяцев назад +1

    Born in 1951 saw it originally. Can you image what a culture shock it was in comparison to the American and English sitcom like Sgt Bilco or Terry and June?

  • @morganfreemanwannabe
    @morganfreemanwannabe 5 лет назад +1

    How have I never seen this one? This is gold.

  • @NFITC1
    @NFITC1 5 лет назад +5

    This show amazes me. Most interviews I see involving it always has the cast saying things like they never knew if the episode they were filming would be the last on the air and that a good chunk of their dialog was purely improved. Yet it still always seems funny even if they recycle the gags.

  • @ClockworkComputer
    @ClockworkComputer 13 лет назад +5

    Michael looks so beautiful every time there's a close-up of him. This is my favourite Python sketch ever. :)
    On another note - @ReitersOfTheStorm - Isn't.

  • @Poopaloo55
    @Poopaloo55 15 лет назад +2

    It's a Pac-A-Mac...a thin plastic raincoat you carry for unexpected downpours...not really intended as a regular garment and used here to identify the 'type' of character (eccentric nutter!)

  • @Gasoline85
    @Gasoline85 10 лет назад +2

    John Cleese is most epic when he plays these sorta deranged cases.

  • @MarxistKnight
    @MarxistKnight 15 лет назад +9

    I love John's character here, they should have used it for more sketches, in fact it's the same one as the Parrot Sketch isn't it?

    • @Clive697
      @Clive697 11 месяцев назад +2

      Hello Sir Marxist, assuming you're still around after 14 years. Yes, this is 'parrot sketch' manic Cleese. Never seen this sketch and it's rather good, isn't it. If only our P Offs were as civil as these nowadays. Our local one is staffed by surly Asians conversing with each other while reluctantly serving the public.

    • @PoesRaven73
      @PoesRaven73 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@Clive697 He’s even wearing the same see-through raincoat in both.

    • @VijoPlays
      @VijoPlays 11 месяцев назад +2

      It also has a few touches of 'argument'-Cleese. The way he just denies for like 6 times until he 'wins' the argument

    • @ClaudiaGonzalezKinkyFloyd
      @ClaudiaGonzalezKinkyFloyd 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@PoesRaven73I do love that raincoat!!! (and also John)

  • @Halfbloodalchemist
    @Halfbloodalchemist 14 лет назад +10

    Im American too, but I grew up with British Humor as a staple in my life (american humor just doesn't really cut it for me anymore). Therefore the references, jokes etc. make perfect sense to me. Its something you have to grow onto or have grown up with I suppose.
    Watch more Monty Python!!! You'll get it!

  • @lafilledebeatles3
    @lafilledebeatles3 15 лет назад +2

    I AM NOT A LOONY! Haha. I love that part.. John's so out there and Micheal's so calm haha.
    Gosh, they're amazing. ;]

  • @BlackSabbath86
    @BlackSabbath86 15 лет назад +1

    "But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure."

  • @87boombox
    @87boombox 7 лет назад +19

    4chan /b/ in nutshell..

  • @herakleitus
    @herakleitus 7 лет назад +6

    I wish this clip included the Lord Mayor with his powerful thighs.

  • @1aranel
    @1aranel 10 месяцев назад +1

    I had a rocky start of my day. Just watched this and feel much better. 😂

  • @jukeboxrunner
    @jukeboxrunner 15 лет назад

    i love the way that bloke just walks out backward

  • @slackologist
    @slackologist 15 лет назад +1

    these guys were great.. love it

  • @328shirley
    @328shirley 10 лет назад +7

    I've got no license for my pet dog, Looney!

    • @ultimtdisc
      @ultimtdisc 10 лет назад +2

      I don't have a license for my pet cat, Erik. Erik Too, actually. Not to be confused with Erik (the first cat) or my pet budgie, Erik.

    • @328shirley
      @328shirley 10 лет назад

      There's also the half a bee!

    • @TetchedFlame
      @TetchedFlame 9 лет назад +4

      I had one for my pet parrot, but it expired, and then the license ran out

  • @ReyaitheShadowWolf
    @ReyaitheShadowWolf 9 лет назад +15

    ... "houzinge"?

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 5 лет назад

      Housinge

    • @Mnemonix8001
      @Mnemonix8001 3 месяца назад

      looney detector van more like @@Dowlphin

  • @JAIGH83
    @JAIGH83 12 лет назад +2

    I've dealt with customers like Cleese lol. "Can you send me a letter signed by your board of directors stating that I am no longer in debit to your company?" "erm.....no I can give you a payment reference number and a receipt" "put me onto your manager NOW!"

    • @Ag3nt0fCha0s
      @Ag3nt0fCha0s 8 месяцев назад

      We’ve all been there

  • @13remark37
    @13remark37 11 лет назад

    He certainly runs an argument clinic!

  • @Gasoline85
    @Gasoline85 15 лет назад +3

    The way he says it as well as his facial expression, is just perfect.

  • @vardellsfolly5200
    @vardellsfolly5200 9 лет назад +3

    "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  • @SamuelBlack84
    @SamuelBlack84 Месяц назад

    This poor mam keeps trying to find his ideal pet amd keeps coming up against insane bureaucracy

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 11 месяцев назад

    Comedy at a deeper than normal level.
    I found most later attempts at this kind of material, couldn’t get anywhere near it.