"What is the capital of Assyria?" is a question with several possible answers.What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
"It could be Ashur, Nineveh, Nimrud or Dur-Sharrukin. Which period in history do you mean?"
Monty Python & The Holy Grail at 50
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"It could be Ashur, Nineveh, Nimrud or Dur-Sharrukin. Which period in history do you mean?"
I really enjoyed the film the first few times I saw it, but it's been years now. I feel as though I can't go a day without a reference to the film, and it's become tedious.
I do love Spamalot though, and picked up the soundtrack immediately after seeing it when I visited London back in 2007.
I do love Spamalot though, and picked up the soundtrack immediately after seeing it when I visited London back in 2007.
In honor of its 50th Anniversary, Popcorn in Bed uploaded a First Time Watching reaction video
Now you know just how ARTHUR feels.
Then you've no option but to run away. Run away, run away!!!!!
And watch out for the majestik møøse.
Does she get that MP basically invented this kind of thing?*
*No, they didn't. But they successfully exported it outside the British Isles into the American** market)
**Read, "Where the money is."
And thanks to my learning disabilities, sometimes I think I might be the guards when people give me instructions.
To be fair - MOST of the people that drive me "mad" (Mad? Mad am I? I'm not mad! Just a little upset but, not mad.) are the people who SHOULD KNOW better and just assume they are correct.
Folks who have ... issues from the get go, usually not so much of a problem.
Folks who have ... issues from the get go, usually not so much of a problem.
Holy Grail was my entry into the Pythonic Verses, thanks to my seventh grade homeroom teacher. She brought in her well-loved VHS copy of the film one week, and we watched it every morning before first period. Large parts of the script will forevermore live in my memory. It's a classic for a reason.
That all being said, now that I've seen and listened to just about everything the Pythons have ever released, I prefer Life of Brian a bit more.
That all being said, now that I've seen and listened to just about everything the Pythons have ever released, I prefer Life of Brian a bit more.
A somewhat different take upon a "reaction/review" video, a Medieval historian watches it...for historical accuracy!
Before somebody gets their panties in a wad, this person not only loves the film (claiming it's her favorite), it;s what inspired her to choose her profession! You know, this would be a distinctive way to teach a class! I bet the students might retain the information better.
Terry Jones was a medievalist -- I've read his books Barbarians and Who Murdered Chaucer?. I remember reading a LiveJournal post long ago that explained how MP was the most historically accurate Arthurian film.
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It's painful knowing how gripped by alcoholism Graham Chapman was during filming of Holy Grail which shows in his eyes in most scenes. That glazed, bloodshot colour which is a giveaway that someone has been drinking. Something positive to come from it was how it spurred Graham to get sober and secure the part of Brian which he would never have got if he continued drinking. The other Pythons have said that Graham used up most of his baggage allowance when travelling to Tunisia to bring medication which he used to treat the locals during breaks in filming.
I've watched a few of her videos. She very fun and a bit irreverent.
I owned this on VHS, DVD and now on blu-ray. One of my top 5 or 10 movies (and I like and own a LOT of movies).
"I'm not dead" " 'ere now, 'e says hes not dead" "he will be soon, he's very ill"
"I'm not dead" " 'ere now, 'e says hes not dead" "he will be soon, he's very ill"
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"Come and see the violence inherent in the system" Pure Python 
It's a close one but imho Michael Palin was the most versatile.
It's a close one but imho Michael Palin was the most versatile.
I believe I got the scene from the blu-ray. 2016 wasn't that long ago."Come and see the violence inherent in the system" Pure Python
It's a close one but imho Michael Palin was the most versatile.
Strangely enough, I was watching a cheesy kung-fu movie on the El Rey channel several years ago, and that exact piece of music (same recording I think) was playing in it.
I know a medievalist who shows clips from Holy Grail to her students (I’ve done the same with mine, as well as with Life of Brian, though not lately as a few years ago they stopped getting any humorous reactions from the 17-20 year old crowd in my classroom).
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The theater I saw it in went straight into Kentucky Fried Movie without a break. It was 10 minutes before we realized we were watching a different movie.
Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon would have been a terrific double bill. I would have loved seeing them in the theater.
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