I've got the entire Set on DVD too and my favorite sketch is The argument clinic, followed closely by the Ministry of silly walks and the spanish inquisition. I haven't seen the meaning of life in a long long time, But I still think the otehr 2 are clasics, but I can't decide wich is better.

If life is unfair how come I haven't won yet?

"This parrot is no more, it has ceased to be." Parrot sketch rules. Holy Grail drags on and on and on, but when it has it's moments, they are funnier than life of Brian. Although, Brian does have nudity, always a plus... --- VH16

Maybe Jesus was just some guy preaching to elude Romans. Didn't help him in the end, now did it?

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot

@Wolfy, Flying Circus was the TV show that was aired in the late 1960's on BBC 1.

@VH, I recognize your sig, but your username is different, who were you?

Sir Spectre

EDIT, oh you were RR16. Okay ... why the change?

Edited by - Sir Spectre on 18-12-2003 02:11:21

And then, of course, there is "My theory about dinosaurs" by A. Elk. Well that's Anne Elk, if you must know... Ahem ahem ahem

The flying sheep skech was pretty kool.

yeah, I chat to Giskard every now and then.

In the fashion of an old advert...................


Yesterday, we were talking mostly about X2 the Threat.....

@Chips, do you think he would be welcome to an email from me?

Back on topic, my least favourite Python (although you couldn't have Python without him) was Graham Chapman, he was rarely funny. But as serious lead character of the movies he was necessary and quite good. I definitely prefer Cleese and Palin as the best of the comedic troupe.

My favourite short sketch ... when a gumby goes to the brain specialist.

Sir Spectre

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And then, of course, there is "My theory about dinosaurs" by A. Elk. Well that's Anne Elk, if you must know... Ahem ahem ahem

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lol! i used to have that whole sketch memorized word for word, with the voices down and everything. that's probably one of my favorites. i've never seen it on tv though, my dad has a monty python record, and that sketch is on there.

"The Brontosaurus is thin at one end, much, MUCH bigger in the middle, and then thin again at the other end. That is my theory, which is the theory that is mine!"


i haven't listened to it in a long time, but on that record there's also this talk show where people claim they can do these crazy things, and this one guy says that he can "burrow through an elephant." just the way he says it cracks me up every time

Kyp

The other day, in study hall, i farted really loud, you know...so the guys would laugh...and i swear it was so hanus that Susie Johnson almost ralphed up her salsbury steak.
it was freakin sweet...

What is your name?... King Arthur
What is your quest?... to find the Holy Grail
What is the Carrying Capacity of a swallow?...
Which one An African or an American?...
oh i dunno... WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

I like the letter "ñ", I like the outcasts, I learned the verb forms of the word "vivir" to live. Put three and three together and what do you get? And for those of you wondering, "Vive Hispaña" translates loosely into "Long live Hispania" or "Hispania lives". And yes, I realise that Hispania is spelled without an "ñ", but it would be in the original spanish. --- VH16

By the way 300th post, woo!

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot

Flight Comander, awesome. --- VH16

Movin' on up

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot

@Vive

Ummm. Spanish? Don't know about how you conjugate vivir but I believe that it is .. VIVA not vive. Vive is French.

I don't think the Pythons did a French Inquisition.

Edited by - Indy11 on 19-12-2003 03:31:59

The Spanish Inquisition sketch - "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Among our weaponry, we have fear and surprise..." Classic.

And of course, the whole "Knights of Ni!" scene is also rather amusing.

Esquilax

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The above post is true, and by true I mean "false". It's comprised of lies, but they are entertaining lies and in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer is "no".

I love the Spanish Inquisition, Michael Palin wrote that, as he also did of my favourite The Bicycle Tour. Cleese is my favourite Python actor, but Palin is my favourite Python writer.

For a favourite scene in a film, I really enjoy the Latin Lesson on the wall.

"Romanes Eunt Domus? Romanes go the house?"
"It says Romans go home!"
"No it doesn't."

The idea that he doesn't see what is written but how it is written and then makes him write it 100 times the correct way ... Classic.

Sir Spectre