Except for your list of them. And the list that includes everyone but them. And also the list the includes everyone who was excluded from the previous list.
I'm rather more interested in how you think that your assumptions on the attributes of this god are correct. I mean, it is just as likely that after you die, you become a celestial brick for a heavenly palace, why not? It could be a number of things really if you blindly choose to allow for the supernatural and ethereal to exist despite the evidence to the contrary. Perhaps only Hell is real... perhaps the Muslims got it right, or the Zoroastrians. You could just as easily reincarnate into a slug. What makes you so sure that within this unlikely realm of a myriad possibilities, your baseless assumption is correct?
Well your work on A Fish Called Wanda was absolutely superb. That film would never have been made without you. It was such a good film that no-one is surprised that the publicity department of Turkish airlines was never again involved in movie making. Out on a high.
@@johnmulchins6300 Actually I love Python's humor --- it can be both subtle and obvious depending on what's required but either way it's always funny. No, my comment actually was simply (in a subtle way of course), to point out the original poster's misspelling of the comedy troupes name ('Monte' was used instead of Monty) --- thus the reference to the famous novel.
@@Hernal03 I don’t know how I missed that! I’ve always loved Monty Python and I’m currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo for the first time and I’m loving that too :)
I met John Cleese in Brisbane sometime in the 80's as I was getting in an elevator and he did his silly walk out to his limo and proceeded to give me a royal wave as he was driving away! Something I will never forget and laugh about after all these years! 😂🇦🇺
Michael Palin once said that Cleese's strength in the writing he did for Python was in making lists of things. This is evidenced in the Cheese Shoppe sketch and the Dead Parrot sketch in particular, and here, one of the cleverest and funniest lists of all time.
Don’t forget to credit Graham Chapman for his contribution to the dead parrot sketch which was originally about a broken toaster John Cleese could not return. “That’s boring make it a parrot instead.”
André Ávila Yes! This^. He even pauses in the middle to mimic like he’s at the end of the list and he’s staring at the small scrap of paper to identify the tiny letters and then continues on for longer than the first half of the names. Absolute genius.
@@TboneI989 I finally found a video of this after all these years! There was one thing I always remembered about this that apparently didn't happen. I'm actually wondering if John did this bit at another award ceremony? The one I remember (or misremember) is that when he pauses in the middle of reading off his list of names, he actually turns the piece of paper over before he continues reading the rest of the names. That makes it funnier in my head but as always, the magic is in the delivery of the joke and John is perfection here!
Thanks for the info! I wondered about that because I remember John pronouncing Michael's name correctly when he was amused by Sarah Palin's hilarious stupidity and sorry for Michael not being the funniest Palin anymore. :)
I work and live in Huntsville Ontario. John is doing a movie here and has come to the restaurant I work at a couple of times. Very nice man, easy to talk to and still wants to crack a joke anytime he can. He's been a pleasure to serve.
No shit, John Cleese was in Huntsville? Any idea what they were filming? Did he get down to Gravenhurst to see the giant chair? Inquiring minds need to know!
it's amazing that he put so much effort into memorising this purely for love of comedy, think about it he probably didn't get paid for this and could have just given any old speech but instead came up with a moment of utter comedic genius
Given how small that piece of paper was (fantastic prop work there that made the bit even funnier) he must have rattled off that list of names from memory. Or else he just came up with the names off the cuff. Either way it's comedy gold. The man was an absolute genius.
Transcript of the whole speech: I’d obviously like to thank a few people. I’d like to thank Charlie Cryton, for doing the plot with me, and Jamie and Kevin for writing their parts. I would like to thank Michael Palin, for checking the scene numbers. I’d also like to thank John Comfort, Jonathan Benson, Roger Murray-Leech, Hazel Pessig, Glenn Palmer-Smith, Cynthia Kayla, Mariah Aitkin, Johnathan Aitkin, Lord Beaverbrook, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack Cousteau, and his wife Mimi, Soren Kierkegaard, Gisela Werbezerk-Piffle, Sonny Liston and Hayden Jones, and her husband Pip, Gregor Mendel - the founder of the science of genetics, my tailor, Harriet Beacher-Stowe - author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The London Symphony Orchestra Brass Section, The Leighton Orient Strikers, Mother, Bismarck, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds, Sir Basil Smallpiece [long pause] St Francis of Assisi, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Earl Haig, Wily E. Coyote, Mother Teresa, Herb Alpert, and his Tijuana grass, Herman Goering, Dame Agatha Christie, the planet Saturn and, of course, all of its rings, Joan Collins, The Publicity Department of Turkish Airways, the unknown soldier, Tammy Whinette, and last, but of course not least, God. (not 100% on all the spellings, but mostly right)
I’d obviously like to thank a few people. I’d like to thank Charles Crichton, for doing the plot with me, and Jamie and Kevin for writing their parts. I would like to thank Michael Palin, for checking the scene numbers. I’d also like to thank John Comfort, Jonathan Benson, Roger Murray-Leach, Hazel Pething, Glenn Palmer-Smith, Cynthia Caylor, Maria Aitken, Johnathan Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacques Cousteau and his wife Mimi, Søren Kierkegaard, Gisela Werbezerk-Piffle, Sonny Liston, and Ann-Haydon Jones and her husband Pip, Gregor Mendel - the founder of the science of genetics, my tailor, Harriet Beacher-Stowe - author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the London Symphony Orchestra brass section, the Leighton Orient strikers, mother, Bismarck, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds, Sir Basil Smallpeice, St Francis of Assisi, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Earl Haig, Wile E. Coyote, Mother Teresa, Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass, Hermann Göring, Dame Agatha Christie, the planet Saturn and, of course, all of its rings, Joan Collins, the publicity department of Turkish Airways, the Unknown Soldier, Tammy Wynette, and last, but of course not least, God.
Off the top of my head he's the last actor to be nominated for an Oscar in a (genuine) comedy. I'm obviously excluding "prestige" drama films full of comedy elements such as The Wolf of Wall Street and The Passion of the Christ.
I think John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Gram Chapman and Terry Jones are an absolutely genius ensemble. That so many talented men were able to work together as often as they did for as long as they did is simply astounding. Usually that much raw talent all in one place, such as with bands, self destructs and they fade away. Love their work.
InformationIsTheEdge True. Guess you could compare them somewhat to the beatles. A relatively short period of all working together and creating something new. Then getting the feeling it's time for each to set his own course - with success in a various range of fields (Palin: documentaries, Cleese: fawlty towers and movies, the Terry's: directing movies and series, Idle: got on well with his music), and a tragic death (Graham Chapman). And for all their sarcasm, they still get along - got the impression even Cleese toned down on the cynical part lately.
I watched this for the first time a week ago...4.1.20222. Since then, I fall off to sleep making my own thank you lists. Pee Wee Herman, Herman Melville, Ace and Jesse Ventura, Chaka, Imran, and Ghenis Khan....
Theses guys are taking stabs at each other for decades, he would be disappointed if Cleese didn't. Cleese also did a fantastic speech at the funeral of Chapman where he said (paraphrasing) "when I wrote this speech it was like Graham watching and urging me to use this opportunity to utter the word "fuck" in a church" ... these guys know each other inside out and in their mind it would be a crime to not do such a joke if the opportunity arises.
Well, existentialism wasn't really a thing when Kierkegaard was writing; at least it wasn't known as such, although his writings certainly served as a theoretical source of inspiration for Jean Paul Sartre in founding existentialism.
This goes down as the single best acceptance speech of all time. Saturn, and, of course, all of its rings!!! I've watched this dozens of times over the years and love coming back to it for a quick laugh.
Damn, if awards shows were still as funny and down to earth as this one, more people would be watching them. Actors today take themselves too seriously.
@@francesatty7022 oh, no, that was definitely and totally part of the gag. Note how he sort of squinted at the piece of paper, there. That was deliberate.
I almost feel like the pause was to allow the audience to digest Basil "Small Piece," ala "Nigel Small-Fawcett" in Never Say Never Again. Then there's that big laugh from maybe Dudley, getting the "Small Piece" bit.
I love how you can see when his name is called that he genuinely is displeased; he really didn't think he should be the one to earn this award. That kind of attitude is fantastic; no arrogance, no prideful ego. More actors need to be like this man right here.
@@RuefulCenturion Improv would actually be more impressive. I mean, memorizing dialogue/speeches&text is a central skill of any actor and can be trained, however, improvising is hard if not impossible to learn, either you do have that gift or your don't. And in this case it also had to be funny.
@@RuefulCenturion no. He avoided improv whenever he could, and still does. It makes him uncomfortable, worrying that he will mess something up if he doesn't have his lines down just so. At least that's what he's said in interviews where it's come up.
@@Puschit1 he prefers to avoid improv, as he's always concerned he will mess up and embarrass himself. Ironic, with the silly comedy he's always done, but he's always been very practiced at his craft.
and? if you're parent's never had sex then you wouldn't have been able to watch this video. if you didn't eat last night, you wouldn't have been able to take that poo you had this morning. if they didn't decide to put on the award ceremony, he wouldn't have been able to win the award. if the big bang didn't happen, there would be no girl guides. if there was no lisa there would be no mona lisa. if there were no cars there would be no motor racing. if there was no sea, there would be no submarines. if there were no humans, there would be no elevators. if there was no comments section, there would be no stupid comments.
And so gracious in his acceptance...seems to have been a thing those generations did, speak well of eachother in a very direct way. Absolutely love him, my idol
@@jamesbyersmusic you sir have just made 2020 a bit better ....I have always loved that sketch. Best name ever. Thankyou for the time and effort for posting that. Cheers and Happy new Year to you from Australia. :)))
His mentioning the "unknown soldier" brought back a memory of some decades ago, from "my old country" ( somewhere in the bottom pit of Europe). There were these two rascals, both in their early 20's, who went door to door, seeking donations for the MOTHER of THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER!!! They had the whole spiel worked out: "The mother of our ONLY (!?!) unknown soldier today lives in poverty, in a rundown basement, with no heat and only occasional use of electricity. It is our duty, as true patriots, to do all we can to help this heroic old lady get her life back on track again. That's the least we can do to repay her for her immense sacrifice. Can you please donate any amount for this noble cause?" I never found out if they got rich.
@@TimThomason no, he's not an improv guy. He much prefers having it down by rote, not leaving anything to chance. It's so he doesn't have any room to mess up. It's just how he has always done stuff.
