Monty Python - Constitutional Peasants Scene (HD)
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government....
There's a Hillary Clinton joke to be made here, but I feel like it'd be a few months late.
Although I'm sure a Theresa May joke would be far more more relavent just now, lol
Moistened bints are the basis for so much more ;)
I so love that line...
I`m glad off that.
"Help, help I'm being repressed" is one of my favourite movie lines ever.
That's what happens when there's violence inherent in the system.
Thank goodness the killer rabbit didn't see them all.
Legends never die.
The modern equivalent of the Sovereign Citizen's Creed..."Am I being detained?"
@@adamgh0 Is it though?...
I love how the peasants are just making a pile of mud like 7 year olds while describing complicated political theory
It's supposed to symbolize poor people. Poor people are not stupid
what are you talking about? that was some lovely filth xD
The "complicated political theory" is just collectivist garbage, so it fits with their mud-collecting activity.
I thought they were making fertilizer or something
@@DrLoverLover It's meant to symbolize that anarcho-syndicalists are.
"Come see the violence inherent in the system" is one of the all time best comedic lines.
And "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" "Bloody Peasant!" just makes it better
@@edwardmiessner6502*OH!*
@@edwardmiessner6502 the whole end of that scene makes me laugh for 30 minutes
I was waiting to like someone saying that to save me from the hassle of writing anything.
Damn.
@@edwardmiessner6502 "Oh ho ho-oh! What a give-away!"
The great thing about Monty Python is that it's funny when you're 11, but it gets even funnier as you age and start to understand the different layers of humour.
exactly !!
@An aching Ski Walker what
I think they are 11.
It's the same when you read Asterix series
@An aching Ski Walker Eh... what the heck are you talking about?
Two college semester's worth of content in three minutes.
This scene is where I learned anarcho-syndicalism existed
Which has mostly been useful for Hearts of Iron IV admittedly
@Alicia Christian d33p
Ah yes, the humanities.
@Alicia Christian Just want to say that you aren't wrong. People in these comment threads are dolts. Education = good.
@Alicia Christian it's easier to educate people enough to think they're educated, but are conformists, that will vote against their childrens interests.
JG Fichte, New Education 1806
A Stickney, Organized Democracy, 1906
“I’m your king!”
“Well I didn’t vote for you…”
Simply amazing line 😆
I just lose my sh*t every time I hear that!
Also referenced in Warcraft 3 (Clicking on a human worker multiple times)
@moritzgoldi453 Monty Python has had an impact generally on so many, regardless of geography.
Yep exactly what I said when wef Charlie the nonces best friend got his job!! 😂
Especially as some kings were elected: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_elections_in_Poland
Things not basis for government:
1. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
2. Farcical Aquatic Ceremonies
3. Watery tarts throwing swords
4. Moistened bints lobbing scimitars
Things that are basis for government:
1. A mandate from the masses
I gotta disagree here. # 4 sounds fairly enticing.
Um, I'm gonna follow the first watery tart that throws a sword at me. If I have a vote, anyway.....
And Marxism of course
It is for me! He would definitely be my king with these 4 points.
this is no one's favourite scene when they're 12 and everyone's favourite scene when they're adults
Used to fast-forward through this bit. Now I take notes
Not true for me. I was very political and philosophical from a young age and drawn to all these words I couldn't understand. I did end up getting a magister artium in Philosophy, so I'm probably different in that way from the general population. Ironically in terms of work competence this qualifies me to stack dirt.
@@Dominian1 your medal’s in the post mate
@@Dominian1 You sure that dirt isn't mud by the time you get to it with the amount of dribble going on there mate?
I just wrote basically the same thing and had to delete it cause you beat me to it
I came here to see the violence inherent in the system.
USA 2019 : Politicians vs Presidents " HELP HELP I'M BEING REPRESSED ! "
Still, this skit has more common sense in it than anything on Fox or CNN...
BLOODY PEASANT!!
Demented cultists casting votes for a corrupt conman is no basis for a system of government...
Sadly...Terry Jones passed away this last week....thanks for all Terry........
@@scudrunner79 Oh there's a bloody give away!
"If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away."
...unless enough people acknowledged your authority, which would be that mandate from the masses.
That's where Locke's idea that popular soverignity and the social contract come in to play.
THIS is my favorite line. 😂 Followed by, "Come and see the violence inherent in the system!"
@@soubuckeyeWell, in the case of liberal democracy that mandate came from the burgeoning class of wealthy landowners, manufacturers, and merchants. They, not the people, rule in liberal society.
Considering we just saw a coronation with a strange woman distributing swords...
And yet...this is the idea monarchy is built on to this day. The idea of divine right. It is as hollow of an institution as how much people would like to give power to it. Same goes for the idea of money.
“Supreme executive power comes from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony” 😂
My favorite line.
Horsehair wigs are still a thing in English courts, Harry Potter robes are shared in US courts. The farce is strong in our cultures
😆🇺🇸✌️
...even if it is performed in Westminster Abbey.
I love the pronunciation of _aquatic._ (Rhymes with fanatic.)
“Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
Words to live by
“If I went around claiming supreme executive power just because some bint threw a scimitar at me id be thrown away”
@@mads-henningjensen7178 Depends on if it was broadcasted to the masses. If so, then you'd be the King. If no, then they'd have you executed on conspiracy against the crown. This only applies in England, you'd have to subjugated the scots and welsh if you want Britain.
oh no it does
What is your profile pic
I love how quickly 'Lady of the Lake' gets transposed into 'watery tart' and 'moistened bint'.
Those are just stage names.
Yes! Hahahahaha
Such a typical Python thing to do, escalate simple terms to absurd levels. Like the Cheese Shop sketch, Spam, Spanish Inquisition or the History of Ballooning episode. Starts off fairly banal, then just gets ridiculous and off track.
"Strange women, lying in ponds, distributing swords", "farcical aquatic ceremony". Michael Palin dishing the dirt
@@RatelHBadger "Dear Sir! I object in the strongest possible terms to all of this! Yours Exceedingly, The Rt. Hon. Sir Adm. Tennisball Washbasin Bint (Mrs.)"
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government" may be the single greatest comedy line ever written. This is my favorite Python sketch, even more than the "Dead Parrot" sketch, and it's intellectual sketches like this, combined with purely slapstick bits like "The Fish Slap Dance" that makes the Pythons such a great comedy troupe.
I love how it repeats and escalates every time. "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords" then "a watery tart throws a sword at you" to "if a moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me," the writing is so brilliant
Agreed - best Python bit EVER. It's pure brilliance.
But is it as good as the Cheese shop 'well, it's so clean! Yes, it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese!'? That's my candidate for the best monty python line.
@@occamraiser Well, "best" is always subjective, but yeah that's a great line! I always say "favorite".
Completely different, but I've always been fond of Mr. Creosote vomiting and exploding all over the fancy French restaurant in Meaning of Life 😂😂
2:42 I love how Arthur is internalizing here how he can't come up with a counter-argument, so he then resorts to the only thing he knows: brute force.
Karl Marx quoted Dennis on his book signing of Das Kapital.
@@TonyEnglandUK LMAO
I learned that from a kid named Scott when I was in 3rd grade….
Bloody peasant 😉
That’s because violence is inherent to the system!
A socialist, a communist, and an imperialist walk onto a farm....
@Zoey Smith Is that you, Peter Hitchens? 🤣
What about the guy with the coconuts?
this comment is underrated and needs more up votes :P
... And all claim they own it.
Ah someone who lives in a commune is a communist, did I get that right?
"I promise I won't get political."
*3 drinks later*
For me it takes a whopping 2 swigs of water.
I get silent during political rants of people around me and when someone asks my opinions I answer "I can't answer you within the legal confines of the German constitution, but I would bring order and end this oppression of thought." Usually triggers some programmed responses, but it's still more fun than ending up in prison for telling the truth.
@@Dominian1 If your gonna get thrown in prison for holocaust denial or violating hate speech laws then your position is a dead giveaway. There are not many forms of speech that will get you put in prison in any of the countries in the global north.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Not my fault that reality has a racist bias and I was born as the kind of autist spastic the general education system couldn't program emotionally. As to the Holocaust: It's quite clear that jewish people of Europe were interned and enslaved by the Nazis. Personally, I just find it odd how ivy league schools chose their candidates and how media outlets pick their personnel. It's also quite odd how Isreal gets to be an ethno-state worthy of protecting and no one else gets away with that.
**3 drinks later**
"Margaret Thatcher was the best thing to happen to the UK."
This scene sends me into a laughing rage every time I see it. Partly because it is hilarious, and partly because I remember my late Parents reaction when they saw it. They were both 82. My Dad was laughing so hard I had to turn up the volume, Mom was laughing so hard she was crying and begging me to turn it off so she could catch her breath. My Parents had a twisted sense of humor and they passed it on to all 6 kids.
Every night in the 1970's and early 1980's we ate dinner together and had a blast cracking each other up with off-beat humor about our day. It wasn't a joke telling session, it was just a skewed, funny banter about everyday events. Now my siblings and I are approaching senior citizen status, we get together quite often, and it's the same thing. Our kids are just as twisted as my parents were. I would go so far as to say we continuously have the funniest family get togethers ever.
It was really fun watching our kids bring a future husband or wife to the table. Of course they'd be nervous, but in no time they caught on. Now there are more than 30 of us good-hearted, twisted individuals. All because my Parents saw the funny side of things. Isn't life grand?
Well said. I've turned my girls on to this movie when they were young and they get it. Had to skip over the castle anthrax scene however.
I missed about fifty percent of the funniest lines the first time I watched it because I was laughing so hard.
def had some smart parents
Beautiful
This comment really helps me look on the bright side of life.
Also it goes from “held aloft Excalibur” to “handing out swords” to “threw a sword at you” to “lobbed a scimitar at me” 😅
"who's that, then?"
"I don't know; must be a king"
"why?"
"he hasn't got shit all over him"
One of two lines which were censored (from the original US cut) when this first aired on TV. The other was at the end of the Castle Anthrax scene.
The Monty Python collective were brilliant.
That "he hasn't got shit all over him" line was completely ad-libbed. It wasn't in the script.
Super funny, but not in the clip…
Can you point me in the right direction?
@@ManfredYB Eric Idle says it to John Cleese at the end of the 'bring out your dead' scene.
The funniest part of this scene is, that while very adept in political thought, they are still gathering filth and putting it into bags.
Palin was on Richard Herring's podcast a couple of weeks ago and had a great anecdote about this.
@@jonathancripps6489
...And?
@@Crlarl ...and people who are interested can find said podcast. I thought that was implied?
@@jonathancripps6489 you mean a different sketch.
@@gordonbrownpm3853 Yup, just watching it back and you're not wrong. My bad!
Bet you wished a moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at you in 2010, eh Gordon?
'Now we see trhe violence inherent in the system' - brilliant ending to the scene.
The first "be quiet" gets me all the time. He was starting to get pissed by how dennis sounded more smart than him and how he was starting to make sense about society.
You are trapped in your own thought patterns, break out!
I really like how Dennis stops what he’s doing and stares at Arthur while he’s explaining why he’s the king.
No, he wasn't interested and wanted to get some information and be on his way.
Then he became frustrated because the peasants wouldn't respect his authority.
@@Cheepchipsable thus, the violence inherent in the system.
@Cheepchipsable what authority? Just because some strange lady in a pond said so?
I love how these literally “filthy peasants” are political scientists 😂😂😂
Years ago I was in a Labour club in Birmingham when one of the commitee was going on about how many people were disregarding the "constitution" at the same time that his partner's chilgren were running amok in the club, where children were to be supervised at all time. I understand the alternative lyric of the Red Flag oh too well, " The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the gaffers job at last." Even more poignant with modern Labour.
It's so funny
These concepts will always be re-discovered by the people living with the consequences of the systems they're criticizing, even if they don't use all the same vocabulary
At least Dennis seems to be.
Peasants usually think they are!
"If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd lock me up "...priceless.
jimmy j I love how he has different names for a sword
Why do you think they stopped throwing swords? Terrible aim and too many dead monarchs that’s why.
Never heard the word bint before but its damned funny
I thought it was "bink"
*they'd put me away*
Watching Holy Grail as a kid: thinking Dennis is just a funny weirdo spouting nonsense.
Watching Holy Grail as an adult: realizing that Dennis is based as fuck.
can you please explain it? I don't get it
@@krito5832 The peasants aren't just saying random stuff, they're invoking advanced political philosophy to make an argument for self-governance vs monarchy.
Anarcho-syndicalism is a real thing and Dennis actually defends it quite well here, illustrating how irrational the "divine right of kings" (basis of monarchy) is.
And he rightly calls out Arthur for trying to shut him up with violence, as that's what monarchies do.
Basically, when you're young you think this scene is about mocking peasants. When you grow up, you realize it's about mocking royalty. :)
@@ek5847 I get that part.
I just realized that I didn't understand the original comment. I thought that Dennis as a name was based (as an idea of Monty Python). I didn't get that the name wasn't important and was confused by that.
Thanks for the explanation anyway
@@krito5832 The Python's often used what they called "dull" names for interesting characters - that's how Brian got his name in a later Python classic, too.
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 "There are some who call me... Tim."
Right this very moment, I'm watching the Coronation of King Charles in England. This skit immediately came to mind. Makes me laugh and laugh every time.
Some farcial church ceremony, supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses.
@@DrumToTheBassWoop Unless you have some moistened bint throw a scimitar at you (or, in the present case, you have some Bavarian bloke as your direct ancestor, who married his first cousin, which everyone knows helps the gene pool - banjos anyone?).😂
So how did Charles become King anyway? I didn't vote for him!!!
Yeah. I was so infuriated I wrecked my telly. Managed to miraculously get it back . King Charles . 🤨🔎📺👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
@@sargentstephens45Not to get all serious but Parliament makes all the decisions and they are voted for.
I love how he makes a compelling argument while toiling away in filth
That middle ages Britain for you.
Demonstrating that, regardless of the system of government, someone is still always to be found at the bottom of said system.
@@garrettlowell7637 They're all mucking about in there together I expect. Or probably take turns to do the messy jobs. That would be fair.
@Maxx Marino and you'd be dead shortly thereafter cause you wouldn't be paid. You do realize it's interconnected, don't you?
@@rhythmdroid why wouldn't they be paid?
Love how King Arthurs whole role as King is trickled down and questioned by a vagrant who collects mud.
Filth. Not mud. FILTH
Questioned by a peasant..
As it should be.
UP THE MUD COLLECTORS!!!
Dennis isn't a vagrant, he is a member of an autonomous collective.
I remember watching the very first episode of Monty Python on TV in 1969 and going to school the next day. Some of us gathered in the playground to talk and one said "Did you see that Monty Python thing on telly last night. What was that all about?" We all looked at each other. We had been expecting a circus with trapeze artists and lions and stuff. Nobody spoke for a moment or two. That sort of awkward silence when nobody wants to be the first to say what everybody is thinking. Eventually, somebody said: "Funny though, wasn't it..?" and we all started talking about the sketches and moments later we were all falling about laughing. Never missed .an episode after that. Monty Python has made me laugh for more than 50 years. Sheer genius.
wow! at 17 yrs old and school the next day no way was I allowed to stay up that late. Around 11pm on the schedule. Don't remember being the only one who didn't see it first time round in my class. 😲
@@hazelrodgers4896 When I was 17 I was already in college. First saw Monty Python here in the U.S. in 1973. My roommates and I fell over laughing. It was like an acid trip.
For some reason, "Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?" kills me every time.
Same omg, def an underrated line of this scene.
John Cleese was asked how they decided on the imaginary horses and the coconuts sound effect. His answer was most enlightening regarding the comedy writing process. "We didn't have the budget for horses and their handlers." Pretty much says it all.
Hahhhaaa 😂 And so, the best comedy was born out of necessity 😁
One the best comedies ever was made because of 6 words "it was not in the budget"
Œo
@@SatumainenOlento Not a comedy, but the same thing happened in the Lindsay Anderson film If...the production only had so much money for colour film stock and the parts set in black and white were rhapsodised over by critics because of the "tremendous insight" and "mise en scene" demonstrated by the B & w portions...No....they just didn't have the money, lol
Thank Michael Palin for coming up with the coconut idea
This scene might be comedy perfection. There's not a single wasted word.
It's got it right what a mandate is. A mandate comes from the people not from the dictator or king.
It's got seven: "Well, how do you become king then?" They coulda/shoulda cut this line.
@@lestercross5123 That line shows how the peasants completely misunderstand the system of government they are embedded within. Also, I hear it as only 6 words: "Well, how'd you become king then?"
@@KingstonCzajkowski U know that Oasis song "D'you know what I mean?" British got their own contractions, so when I hear "How'd'you..." I interpret it was "how do u" over "how did u," but maybe ur right. 🤷♂️
@@lestercross5123 they’re right because for example the word there’s instead of there is, it’s just making two words one like ya’ll
I was fortunate enough to have seen this film on the Sunday night, first night of it's public showing, at the ABC Hammersmith Broadway, London W6. The cinema was packed. I cried my eyes out laughing at this scene, to be followed by many many more scenes. When you hear an entire cinema laugh as one along with you, it is so uplifting. One of the best comedy films ever made.
Coming back to this after hearing people have been arrested for signs say "not my king" and "down with the monarchy" which is shoeing the violence inherited in the system
I so wish the Scotsman being arrested had been shown live on tv shouting "I'm being repressed!"
@@yesimb2137 Policeman: "Bloody peasant!"
Protesting Scotsman: "Oh-hoh! that's a give-away!"
"I thought we were an autonomous collective." gets me every time
An autonomous collective would be the closest thing to a utopia. Sadly many believe that capitalism is the greatest system ever and anything that involves humans helping each other is evil communism.
🤣
You’re fooling yourself
@@rac1061 we’re living in a dictatorship. A self perpetuating autocracy!
It is a defacto autonomous collective. The King really doesn't give a shit about the peasants. There were no laws or protections. Just taxes collected on the land owners / nobles. Even the soldiers were professionals, rather than conscripted.
I love how Dennis completely ignores the mythical quality of how Arthur became king and criticizes it from a pragmatist point of view.
@Nigel Tufnel I'd never heard of Ralph Ellis until I read your comment, now I'm reading every word he's ever written.
@Nigel Tufnel That's not true at all. Arthur was a real briton or based on one who fought the Saxons. Jesus has nothing to do with it
@Nigel Tufnel The modernised Arthur maybe, but it's like the French claiming that they created him.
Adam Jones there’s no evidence of Arthur ever having existed. The Britons were never centralized or united enough to have a king anyway.
@@thereyougoagain1280 Obviously not, but it's likely that he was based on a real person.
The British public when King Charles passes through town
We just say _"There's Charles. He hasn't got shit all over him"_
@@upturnedblousecollar5811 oh he has, figuratively.
I learnt more about history, politics & culture in this one scene than I ever did in school.
what you learned at school is the only reason the scene makes sense to you
*Me reading the comment section*
"There is some lovely filth down here!"
There is indeed, Master Chief. There is indeed.
Ooh...how do you do?
Didn’t you know? All they want is filth lol
Alright, you win
Flowers come from filth
“Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down here.”
So much pure comedic gold in this short clip.
My favourite line..
Don’t know,it just makes me happy and laugh out loud.
While he’s ranting intellectually he’s still playing with the filth lol
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Alot of games I've played over the years have turned that into titles, Achievements, Trophies, and Dialogue across Steam, Playstation, and Xbox
Absolutely brilliant and hysterically funny! "I mean, if I went round saying I was an emperor just cuz some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"
I love how the king gets more and more irritated the more the “peasant” speaks the truth.
The king was just asserting dominance
To be fair said peasant was just rattling off, i’d be a bit peeved too if was asking for something and some dude jut yapped all the way to Sunday
it was very funny to see 10/10
I spent four years doing a b.a. in political science. I could have just watched this.
political science is an oxy moron.
@@7Earthsky huh?
@@FNA27601 they’re saying that politics and science are conflicting words.
So, basically you wasted four years of your life, you’re in a lot debt, and you won’t be able to find a job. Noice!
@@Nagz45 he could be from a country where they have free uni education...
The one thing every absolute monarch cannot stand: A commoner who won’t stop talking about the flaws in the system.
actually...arthur was not a absolute monarch...even though in the true story of arthur the events happened in the british dark ages, the type of medieval king Arthur, as the movie has him portrayed, would have relied heavily on the nobility. The communication infrastructure and way of raising armies by warbanner would've made central government impossible... absolutism was introduced in to europe way past the middle ages and was very rarely successfully implemanted...
@@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer King Arthur wasn't real lol
@@ulyssessphoenix2745 yes...but the Arthur legend was set in a real periode of human history...just like robin hood...or don quichotte...so the social mechanics have to apply to the story according to the time periode they are set in...
@@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer Alright bro
THat's why he was a bad king. The Tart in the pond gave him a sword, and when the appropriate time came, he didn't use it.
thinking of this again with people getting arrested at protests during Charles III's accession
"Now we see the inherent violence in the system! Help, help I'm being repressed!" *has* to make the 6 o clock news.
This aged well.
Whenever someone says comedy is being ruined by politics, I think about this scene and chuckle.
Politics is the joke, and we are the butt of it.
@@woshadoo6614 Politicians say that society is inherently chaotical and bad and people need a guiding force, like a government.
Ergo, politicians says that we are dumb & on a leash.
Sad thing is, society is inherently chaotical and bad, since society spawned politics.
@@martinhorvath4117 People are the problem they cant lead themselves....
@@woshadoo6614 This reminds me of Adam Douglas' quote from H2G2.
"The major problem-one of the major problems, for there are several-one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
To summarize the summary of the summary: People are the problem."
@@nottletottle its Douglas Adams, not Adam Douglas
“ Strange women laying in Ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government” - utter comic genius.
"you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
No but more pointy than riding an imaginery horse somehow...
Actually it's starting to sound pretty good right about now!!
Looking at the shit show we have at the moment, it might be worth giving it a go!
He said lying in ponds. Because laying is wrong here :|
In a scene that is amongst the highest echelons of comedy, it will always be 'moistened bint' that makes me laugh the loudest.
This is still the best, most concise description of anarcho-syndicalism I've ever heard. It's not particularly thorough, but it gets the basic idea across very well.
the problem with this movie is that every scene is a classic moment.....so you dont know which one is your favourite...
jeetenz hurlollz “damn I hate when movies are good all the way through!” You’re right though, the whole movie is a quotable masterpiece
No it isn't
Same with Life of Brian.
Every scene is great from Start2Finish.
@@tabchanzero8229 Yes it is
@@jasperjenkins7729 but you can't have babies!
Every single Python gag has more levels and angles than entire movies by other people.
So true! Brilliant writing and character casting! Happy Days indeed! :-)
And all on a tiny fraction of the budget.
Dunno about levels and angles some of, most of it, is just plain old daft. But it’s still the best.
I counted four just in "and Marx says it was offside" in that Philosopher Football sketch.
@@Thesomersetgimp to be fair, a knight in armor interrupting someone by clubbing them in the head with a fish does not have a whole lot of nuance to it... but it is still funny
I love all the little added details like how you see all the other peasants vigorously nodding at the end when he asked if they witnessed his repression.
King Charles III right now.
When a scene like this can be relevant and poignant 50 years later, you know the brilliance behind it.
...or that we are a species of retards.
@@elihenline6089 Each to his own.
@@elihenline6089 We would need to have a point of reference to confirm that, unless you meant that there are some people who are less intelligent than others?
@@elihenline6089 Or nothing has really changed since 50 years ago.
@@DarkSol16 Many, many things have advanced astronomically. Politics, unfortunately, has been left in the dust comparatively. Whether that’s intentional, I’m not sure, but the point still stands.
Still watching in 2021. You don't need millions of dollars and special effects to make a timeless movie. You need good writing and good actors. Period.
AND COCONUTS
And a shrubbery.
@@vibrolax multiple shrubbery for a nice terrace effect
And some lovely filth!
@@merrittn6397-Also to shape it into a path.
This video is about to gain some popularity
Actually back then 37 was considered fairly old
I love how the peasant is just stacking mud as he’s explaining different systems of governance
There's some lovely filth over here
Peasants were smart!
It’s clear that years of collecting mud has given Dennis time to consider the pros and cons of a civilian managed political system. Dennis went on to explain how their democratic attention to problems at their bi weekly meetings was indeed most appropriate in the region. The idea of a lord in charge ruling over the people is just silly.
@Jack Neet what? You're reaching, peasant.
Is this where the fraice dirt poor came from
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
TigerTrollUSA supreme executive power is derived from a mandate from the masses. Not some farcical aquatic ceremony
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor, just because some moisten bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
SHUT UP I AM ORDERING YOU TO SHUT UP!!!
jhibbitt1 Oh, now we the violence inherent in the system! Help help, I'm being repressed!
you bloody peasant!!!
0:47 "Ooooh, king eh? Verrrry nice."
I still find this hilarious after all of these years. That man calls the lady of the lake a strange woman lying in a pond, moistened bint, farcical aquatic ceremony and a watery tart. LMBO.
No system for a basis of government 😂
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government!"
I always lose it with that line, I can't handle it.
Then you are hit with the the following line about farsical aquatic ceremonies lol!
Anyone who doesn't find this film hilarious should be avoided at all costs because there must be something very wrong with them.
This is my favorite bit from that movie (I know, that's hard to decide) And that line is the best part of this bit. So yeah, I always lose it there too.
The second best line is *"Denis, there is some lovely filth down here!"*
I managed to get Excalibur in old school runescape and that happened was I made an honorary round table knight.
@@kishascape I read your comment ten times and still have no idea what it is you are trying to say. I don't mean to be insulting. If you are in 1st grade, I'm happy for you. If you are beyond 1st grade, somebody dropped the ball.
What makes it funny is that there's no better basis.
"Help, help I'm being repressed!"
That was my system sound when minimizing a window back in Windows 95 days.
@@IJustWantToUseMyName hahahahah
Every Twitter user lol
COVID 19 and lockdown. Lol.
Oh no, look at the violence inherent in the system
He's got a point.
I have found this scene coming to mind following the queens passing…
It is just crazy how well this scene has aged.
Oh yeah.
Like a good wine or a whiskey
That's because it's English.
@@geobloxmodels1186 Idiocracy might be a good close.
Universal principles
"strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." truer words have never been spoken.
"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you"
Even truer words.
I’m not so sure. I live in America, where we should probably give it a try.
There have been worse bases (I guess that is the plural of basis).
@@garfel1 I agree with your pluralisation and as a Greek I'm happy that the plural of basis somewhat resembles the Greek plural of basis. I also agree that there have been worse systems of government (a certain guy with a square mustache comes in mind for example), but the watery tart system is not good either.
Considering the lady of the lake may had been an aboriginal who had watch over the land for thousands of years, then she had the most right to determine who will be the ruler.
Now in 2022 It is TOTALLY relevant
Welcome to the Machine. 🖖
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords" is oddly poignant with Penny Mordaunt giving a sword to Charles
Strange women standing in churches distributing swords?
@@arianrhodhyde7482moistened bint
I couldn't help but think "moistened bint" when I saw her with the sword. 😅
"A self-perpetuating autocracy" is the most concise definition of a monarchy I have ever heard.
No it isn't
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 😁
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 “By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.” Yeah that’s a pretty good summation of the monarchy at this point in history. Honestly, it sounds a lot like America today.
@@AleisterMeowley It wasnt outdated then was it. And never will be actually. Look at the rising Chinese Empire and the attempts at a new (franco)-German Empire called EU.
@@gavasiarobinssson5108 haha the dogma (the lady in the lake, Excalibur, divine right) is outdated, not the system that uses it to exploit the workers. And yes, it’s obviously a lot more complicated than a couple sentences but as far as an elevator pitch for monarchy goes, you could do a lot worse. If you had to breakdown the basic concept of monarchy to an idiot, this would probably work, although you’re certainly proving to be the exception in this case.
"I order you to be quiet!"
"Order? Who does he thinks he is?"
"I am your king!"
"Well I didn't vote for you"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@CSXRockford what's that have to do with the clip?
@@TheNoor9000 It doesn't. People obsessed with politics love to compare anything to modern times
@CSXRockford sounds like trump to me. and yet he's no longer president
@CSXRockford trump lost & you're a loser too bud. Election isn't going to be overturned 😢
@@TheNoor9000 if you don’t get this you are a bigger simp then the king in this clip.
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords"- "farcical aquatic ceremony" - "watery tart threw a sword at you" - '"just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me"
This feels even more prudent now the Queen has croaked.
I rather hope this version of King Arthur is what Charles is reduced to, in the same way that Hitler is reduced to bunker parodies.
@@yesimb2137 , why? Getting rid of the monarchy won't make the country any better.
Mando: "Distributing swords is no basis for a system of government..."
Bo-Katan: "Excuse me?"
This a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Oh shoot
It's not the sword it's the story.
Hello there!
Mace Windu: Anakin is not the chosen one, hes a very naughty boy!
Ahhh, Gone are the days when a simple man can make a living designing, selling and arranging shrubberies.
@Jack Neet Are you saying, "Ni," to that old woman? Oh, I'm sorry, that was "Neet."
...all I want is a shrubbery....
I am a shrubber. My name is Roger. I am Roger, the shrubber.
This is what the rich have taken from us
A shrubbery?!!
37 was very old during the middle ages! Especially for a peasant, I imagine!
The extra icing on the cake with the Pythons is the delivery. Always hilarious in itself. Like the "king of the who?" line. Live this movie
I remember wanting to skip this scene all the time when I was a kid. Now that I’m older and understand everything Dennis is talking about it’s one of the funniest skits I’ve ever seen. It gets better the older you get. Dennis is based.
probably because the skit is the truth of today.
@@DavidBrown-ok1rf timeless scene!
@@DavidBrown-ok1rf Except the peasant is living in luxury the king of that time couldn't imagine and lazily carping on the same garbage on twitter.
Same here!
@@AltaMirage yeah and the "kings" of this time lives even better in relation to that. Not even the most powerful king in Europe could hope to have the power and wealth of a president or CEO
"You can't expect to wield *supreme* executive power just cos' some watery tart threw a sword at you"
Always overshadowed by the others, but easily my favorite line
Which overshadows my favourite soon after - "If I went round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d put me away!"
can we reenact this scene at Charles' coronation please?
The monarchy's changed since then. It doesn't hold absolute power anymore.
@@nicholasemjohnson47 Thanks to Dennis.
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
bloody peasant
“Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down here.”
One of the best lines in the film. This must have been hilariously fun to write.
Actually, that isn't how Monty Python worked. Instead of writing dialogue, the directors/screenwriters/etc gave the actors the bare bones of what was going on in the scene, and the actors would take it from there. The most fun people had working for Monty Python was, in fact, hearing the crazy shit that everyone was saying with every take. A brilliant example of this amazing improve skill is the "Biggus Dickus" scene in Life of Brian, in which the extras were only told to stand there and not laugh.
@@iansutcliffe7003 But The Holy Grail was stuck very closely to their script.
The Cast, Crew & Writers were mostly just arguing who got to be King...
I completely lose my shit laughing every time at this part, so over the top with the voice and scampering around on the ground
@@iansutcliffe7003 Thank you, I didn't know that. It adds considerably to my enjoyment of both this and Life of Brian, which I adore.
to be honest, if a moistened bint throws a scimitar at you and you live to tell the tale, you deserve to be a king
Fair enough!
but that's no basis for a system of government
Only if it was said king who caused the bint to become moistened.
@@leedaintry2923 😂
the use of the word moistened lol
the constitutional peasants skit was written as a satire of class structure, but belied a deep cultural difference and made light of their decision making processes, but it showed that by honoring their core values and that made them feel safe enough that when the “the king” came by they didn’t feel a need to be rescued by a more wealthy and powerful force which is the usual rubic of these interactions. Their culture addressed their why, it motivated them to put forth efforts, and made them resilient.
There’s a master’s level thesis in this scene, if you have the time and sanity to spare
This is literally the American Revolution played out by three people.
I can't believe I actually understand what the peasant is saying
Did you grow up on a healthy diet of anarcho-punk? That’s how I understood it. haha
sociology class lol
kropotkin
Chomsky helps a lot
AmericanNohbuddy ™ Exactly. He's anarchosyndicalist
King Edward confronts the Union of Britian (1941, colorized)
10/10
Lorenzo Pagani like no one would understand this reference. I'm surprised thus many people do
Ha ha gold man never thought I would hear that game here
Unable to refute the Syndicalist's arguments, the backwards monarchist resorts to a futile attempt at supressing the righteous Syndicalist.
I don't know, I've found that the democratic British exiles effectively walk through Scotland half the time
That's a reality check for the UK.
"What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior." "Well, I AM king."
"Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses. Not from a farsical aquatic cerimony."
That is so funny and deep that it's glorious!
Luiz Alex Phoenix BE QUIET!
In this day and age it seems worth reconsidering.
I loved the "aquatic ceremony" part. LOL!
My favorite part was the "distributing swords" bit. Made me think of a random person handing out swords to people
Its supper funny. Democracy is cancer though
That has got to be one of the funniest movies ever made...so much that you have to watch it multiple times to absorb all the nuances, a genuine classic.
As far as comedy films go, this is on my "Mt. Rushmore," along with Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Airplane.
This aged better than the Queen.
Strange women walking through fire and hatching dragons is no basis for a system of government.
I just arrived here from Lindsay's video. Looks like I'm not the only one :D
Is this a GoT reference?
rezandra rizky watch Lindsay Ellis’s review of Game of Thrones and if you don’t like it skip to the post credit scene of part 2 and you’ll see a parody of this scene
@@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 .....No.
@@justOneOllie i can't find it
“Help! Help! I’m being repressed! Did you see him repressing me?”
Genius
Bloody peasant! Oh what a giveaway.
I did see it mate
Used that on a San Francisco cop who grabbed me when I was a hippy street musician, in exactly the same mocking way. He let go of me so fast he left skid marks in his skivvies (can't confirm, but strongly suspect). Thank you, MP!
"Oh there you go bringing "class" into it." I'm sure all of Marx' friends told him the same thing 😂😂
As a sjw and woke warrior, I agree with pretty much everything Dennis says. I still can't stop laughing at that line because it's so present in leftist culture and circles :')
@@ykMMDTwo leftistssit down for a meal, three splinter groups stand up again.
@@ykMMDbeing a class-conscious socialist feels a bit like how I reckon Cassandra of Troy felt.
Marx's mum really did say that she wished he'd make some capital, rather than just writing about it.
Dennis' movements while being "repressed" remind me of Scarecrow form the Wizard of Oz.
The Pythons incredible use of language is what puts them a cut above and makes their comedy timeless
A dead art. Especially in comedy.
Sadly, it also places them squarely beyond the reach of most american audience.
Good schools & a love for the language.
I second that, regarding how much these guys loved just playing with language. The criminally underrated "RAF banter" sketch is another good example.
Nowe didn,t