*MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL* had us roaring (First time watching reaction) 

Excuse the awkward music at the very end 😬 The copyright gods would have smitten us otherwise, so we chose to replace the audio with silly music from the RU-vid audio library. Thanks for watching!!

The crazy thing is the guy who killed the historian was on horseback. The Knights of the Round Table were using coconuts. Meaning an outside party framed them.

Some of the best jokes in this movie were because they couldn’t get the budget to do what they wanted to do.

I'm so old, I saw this in the theatre, on it's first run. The audience were in hysterics. It messed with the audience, because this was a time when movies actually had intermissions, so that intermission break really did have people getting up to go to the toilet, then seconds later hurrying back their seats, because the movie had started again. Happy times.

So, some of the weird things explained about the movie: -The police arresting them at the end is a running Monty Python gag from Flying Circus. A lot of their sketches abruptly ended with the police arresting everyone for being “too silly” - The black screen at the end is a relic of its theatrical run. Since all the credits are at the beginning, the black screen and music are at the end for when they turn up the theatre lights and everyone leaves.

The ending is literally a “Cop Out”. In their TV show they would often not have an ending for their sketches so they would have the police barge in to end the sketch. Also, King Arthur and his knights couldn’t have been the one to kill the historian because the knight who killed him was on horseback.

So a few points on the jokes. The reason they didn't have horses is because they couldn't afford to buy and use horses for any of the shots, thus the whole thing with coconuts. The reason the sorcerer is called Tim is because Cleese was supposed to say this really long and elaborate name, but on the day of the shoot, he forgot his line and instead said the Tim line, and everyone just rolled with it as they couldn't afford to re-shoot the scenes due to the pyro taking up so much budget (and they didn't have any spare film for the camera) The ending, where they all get arrested, is quite literally a "cop out" ending. And finally, the reason the screen is just black at the end of the movie... is because the people responsible for the credits were all fired at the start of the movie! XD

The part where he's running but not getting closer, only to suddenly be within striking range and start stabbing the guards, "haHA!!" Gets me every time

"I fart in your general direction" IS one of the hardest lines in a movie

I think the weirdest thing about the entire movie is that they were randomly accurate to history in some points. The flagellants, the animal lobbing, it’s so random and honestly shows how intelligent the writers are beyond just jokes.

For non-Python fans, you guys honestly got it.

i once interned at a funeral home (long story lol) but the employees always quoted the “bring out yer dead” part from this movie and it killed me every time😭

One note on the Tale of Sir Lancelot: For the repeated shots of Lancelot running in from the distance, he wasn't running in place or getting farther away; they just kept replaying the same footage of him running over and over. Incidentally, one of my favorite moments in the movie lol

I love how the joke of the horse coconuts stemed from the fact that they actually couldn't afford horses

When I was in high school my school did a production of Spamalot (this movie but with musical numbers and a few more characters). Right after the scene where Arthur fought The Black Knight the kid playing the latter looked down at what was left of his body and improvised the line “I wonder if Obamacare covers this.” I’ve never heard an audience laugh that hard 😂

I'm super glad you guys enjoyed this. A lot of people complain about the ending but I think it's perfect. I always interpreted the ending as revealing that the entire film takes place in modern day by a large LARPing crew that's way too into their roles.

As a note, coconut halves actually sound like horses' hoofs. Every time my mom would buy us coconuts, we would do this around the house because of this movie!!

The end is not only a "Cop out"... it is given its own backstory within the movie as its own subplot. The GENIUS of this film is still yet to be fully recognized.

"i got better" is one of my favorite quick deadpan lines in a comedy, up there with "my father went the same way" in the naked gun.

Always loved how despite lancelot massacring the dancers doing that circle, the ones that survive are continuously trying to reform and continue the dance regardless.

Watching Americans laugh so hard and appreciate classic British humour fills me with so much pride

It's actually an extremely esoteric movie. The boys really did their research. Everybody always asks why a rabbit? Apart from being funny the white rabbit is the guardian of the cave that leads to the river Styx. The movie is peppered with them, little old world nods to pre Christian beliefs. Even the coconut gag.

Fun fact: Tim the enchanter got his name because John Cleese forgot the line giving his name and said "Tim" instead, and the rest of the cast just rolled with it and never broke character. I think the name was supposed to be some long, ridiculous sounding name. Personally, I like "Tim" better, because the delivery is so much better. The hesitation before he says it, the slight questioning tone in his voice (is he even sure what people call him?), and the perfect punchline of a mundane name for an eccentric character.

“Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?!” To this day, my favourite line on any movie ever.

Monty Python is a masterclass of “Never Let Them Guess Your Next Move”. You like to think you’re gonna see the punchline, but then it pulls something COMPLETELY different and completely unhinged out of their ass.

"As long as it's funny, you can get away with anything in a movie" That is so well put. If The Holy Grail wasn't funny, like if they tried to make it historical or a period drama, or even a bad comedy, it would be a disaster. And yet, it's regarded as a masterpiece in comedy. A true classic in every sense of the word.

PSA: catapulting deceased (several days or weeks old) animals was sort of an "area denial" tactic during castle defense. The rotting corpses would split open upon landing, spreading foul odors, bodily ephemera, and disease.

Every time you mentioned how much the cut back to the murder investigation was your favourite joke, I got more excited about the ending. It’s so left field

I love how when they met Tim the enchanter that was a blooper, the actor was meant to say some long crazy sounding name but when they went to film it he forgot and just adlibbed the name Tim that is part of why the pause before saying his name is so long lol

Here's some fun facts for you: This movie is considered such a classic that many game developers have put references of this movie in their games. The game Worms W.M.D has the holy hand grenade as a useable weapon and in the game Minecraft you have a chance to come across a white, red eyed bunny that attacks you. Edit: Also it's implied the historian that died during the filming was killed by someone not part of the movie as the killer was the only one with an actual horse while no one else during the film did. Which means he could still be out there...

The ending is literally a cop out which makes it my personal favourite joke payoff of all time 🤣

I love the ending because it's like they were a bunch of crazy cosplayers who eventually got shut down at the end lol

I saw this when it first came out back in the '70s ... in a double bill with Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles! I could barely walk out of the cinema afterwards, my stomach ached so much from laughing 😂

This was a great reaction, you both explained the ending the same way I do. They love adding a "fuck you" moment for the audience and will just change the narrative on a whim.

Due to both budget constraints and the fact that most castle owners didn't want anything to do with it, the various castles are mostly all the same castle shot from different angles. If you go to that castle now, it's a tourist location. At the gift shop, if you feel so inclined, you can rent a pair of coconut half-shells so that you can go riding around the castle grounds.

I saw this movie in the 70's at a drive-in theater. I was laughing so hard I could hardly breath and had to turn around to catch my breath. I turned back around at the point when the monks were chanting and hitting themselves and immediately had to turn back around. I've never laughed so hard before or since. A true classic. So many quotable lines.

My history teacher in highschool showed us this movie, wasn't even part of our lesson he just wanted us to see it. I'm so glad for it though he introduced me to something that I would reference to this day, I genuinely say "I fart in your general direction" with a stupid french accent anytime I can.

"Tis but a scratch!" "A scratch!? Your arms off!" "No, it isn't " "Well, what's that?" "I've had worse." "You liar!" "Come on, you pansy!"

The animator who was at his desk, and keeled over with a heart attack, was indeed Terry Gilliam, who did all of Python's animation in the TV show, as well as their films. He also played Patsy the first coconut clapper, as well as the bridgekeeper.

My husband showed me this movie the moment we subscribed on Netflix. I had never laughed so much in my entire life and I was so confused by the end until I realised that they fired the entire credits team so they can’t do the credits! Very clever humour.

The part where it takes a billion cuts for Lancelot to just suddenly come up and start stabbing everyone kills me everytime, the first time I saw it I laughed for a solid 10 minutes cos it just took me off guard completely.

PS: I've seen this movie ten thousand times. I NEVER noticed that the sun on Arthur's chest has a mustache on it. THANK YOU! This is why I love reaction videos. I never, ever noticed that. You guys are great!!!! I'm a happy subscriber!

It's such a joy seeing people react to the Monty Python stuff and it still works exactly as it did in the 70s/80s, back when it was new. :D It IS some of the best comedy out there in movie form. ONly surpassed, perhaps, by Monty Python's Life of Brian.

“My face hurts!” So happy to see you have this experience now and still enjoy it so much, I watched this movie so many times growing up and it never gets old

I remember going to a local movie theater for a rerun in the late 1980s with a girl I had a crush on, and we also took her younger sister along. And, while I was laughing SO hard, the girls were just totally confused with what was going on onscreen... Taught me that the woman I wanted to spend my life with needed to have a sense of humour similar to mine!

I originally saw this in the theater around 1976, and during the scene with the monks slapping their foreheads with wooden tablets ("ee--ay-es-u-dor-mi-nayyyy"), I found myself down on all fours on the sticky theater floor laughing so hard that I literally could not breathe. As funny as the movie is, it's even better with a large audience. You guys talked-through and missed a great line at 3:02. When still in the plague riddled town the king and Patsy "ride" by and the fella pushing the cart full of dead bodies (Eric Idle) says "That must be the king". When he is asked how does he know he replied "He hasn't got shit all over him".

I just wanted to say I love editing skills: the close-ups and the captioning. Made the reaction even more enjoyable.

I've seen this movie so many times, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching it with you guys!

I watched this movie as a 14yo kid in the 80s. I didn't get half of it but laughed just as much as you guys did. Watching it again with you, now, as a 56yo kid who gets it, I'm laughing even more. Thanks guys

7:19 - The cartoons that are in the film were done by one of the main members of the Monty Python group, Terry Gilliam. In fact, Terry was responsible for all animation work throughout the Monty Python show and films. Terry was also the co-director for the film as well.

"This movie is shot really well!" You should see what directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones can do with a budget. Monty Python goes on to make several more movies, and there's a scene in the next one that cost as much as this whole movie. But it's when the Terry's came to Hollywood when they started creating their most iconic and epic work. Terry Jones directed the hysterical "Erik The Viking," with Tim Robbins and various Python members. Terry Gilliam's "Dream Trilogy" will melt your brain. "Time Bandits" "Brazil" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" is full of Pythonesque humor but will explode your mind with their brilliant visuals. He went on to make the popular hits "12 Monkeys" "The Fisher King" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."

Fun fact: the “Bring out your dead” bit is a real thing that happened during the Black Plague. Not sure if there were people saying “I’m not dead” and subsequently killed, but hey, it’s possible.

Seeing these reactions to a movie I love bring me such joy. It just shows that the humor is ageless.

I absolutely adore peoples initial reactions to any Monty Python movie or sketch, its always hilarious, timeless classic

Dudes....I was OBSESSED with Monthy Python as a teenager! Holy Grail, The meaning of Life and Life of Brian are 3 of my top tier comedy flicks of all time! there are scenes in each movie that still crack me up to this day like the sheer chaos of that intro scene, the whole discussion about coconuts, the citizens who are OPPRESSED!!!, the Black Knight fight or the sorcerer they call..................Tim I also love the idea of "Here is a historian telling the story AND NOW HE´S GONE!" and how that essentially leads to the abrupt ending of the movie Those just scream to me "What if we just go nuts and see what sticks in the editing room?"

I remember my sister watching this for the first time and she wasn't interested. But at the end she shouted "that's it?! That's how it ends?!" 😂

Had to return to the theater over and over to get the jokes because of the continuous laughter. Can you imagine full grown Army soldiers having this entire running dialogue memorized? True Story. The animals and heavy objects were flung by Trebuchets, a type of catapult.

Hey guys! Another great reaction! Python is always an interesting test of a person's sense of humour because Python is a particular brand of humour that is unique to them, and it is certainly not for all tastes. The way that they mix heady, intellectual humor with just plain silliness is unmatched. By the bye, the idea of the "French Taunter" (I wave my private parts at your aunties!) is actually based on historical fact. Armies often would taunt each other in this way as a part of warfare in the middle ages. Indeed, a lot of the brilliance of this film is how they use historical research as the core of what they are doing and then twist that in a hundred different ways. As a preview for Life of Brian (my favourite of their films, and their best film), it first came to them when a reported asked Eric Idle what the title of their next film would be, and he replied, "Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory." Also, the film was banned in several American cities and in several countries around the world. So you have that to look forward to!!

Fantastic reaction. Welcome to the insane world of Monty Python.

"And spank me!" - "And Me - and me!" - / "Well I guess I could stay a little bit longer".

This is my absolute favorite movie ever. Seen it easily over 50x, no exaggeration.

It’s amazing how much comedy today is inspired from Monty Python. Deadpool’s credits and the fight with colossus was clearly inspired from this movie and that’s just one example. Unlike many comedies that came after they used more comedic techniques than just dialogue such as the Lancelot running scene, however techniques like that are mostly used in animation now. It’s amazing how much of comedy was shaped by this movie.

There's no credits at the end because they fired everyone in charge of credits at the beginning.

I remember a random fact about the musical score in the movie. "Serious" or classical type music had never been used before (or was known to have been) in comedy movies before, so that part is highly experimental. It worked out well! (The animation stuff of course also being a staple of Monty Python)

What you said at the end is exactly right - this is the perfect movie to watch when you don't want to have to think about a plot, you just want to laugh and have a good time.

The animated bits were already a big thing in the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus - they're created by the one American member of the Pythons, famous director Terry Gilliam. (Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits, Münchhausen...)

The movie was directed by two members of the Python team; Terry Gilliam is the one who went on to acclaim, and you can tell when he's directing, due to atmospheric use of smoke, lots of set dressing in shot, unusual angles and use of wide angle lenses. Gilliam also did the animations. His first solo movie, Jabberwocky, also had a medieval setting, and is definitely worth watching. Also, did you notice that all six Python members were playing multiple parts throughout the film? Comedy albums were big in the 1970s, and Monty Python put out a number of them, including a "soundtrack" of Holy Grail. The gimmick is that it is supposedly a live recording of a showing of the movie; it includes scenes from the film but also additional sketches. You can find playlists of the complete record on RU-vid. And another thing! Technically the first Monty Python movie is "And now for something completely different", for which they redid some of the best sketches from their TV show, but this time in widescreen and on film.

My parents introduced me to Monty Python and I instantly feel in love with the group and their movies, they're actually pretty deep at times even though they seem extremly shallow at first. Glad to see you also did the life of brian :) Edit: I would have loved to experience these in theatre, unfortunately the movie is as twice as old

This movie really is one of the great comedies of all time... And the ending was absolute trolling before trolling was a thing... If you rewatch the battle charge you'll see a rifle, bayonet & WW2 helmet on top amidst the swords & pikes. The murder scene is basically the only actual horse in the entire movie, whether due to low budget or just for comedic effect.

Monty Python just goes to show what five British transvestites and one American illustrator can accomplish when they really put their minds to it. Filmed on location in Scotland.

18:53 His name was improvised. His character was originally supposed to have a long, complicated name, but the actor forgot, so he just called himself Tim. The director thought it was so funny, they changed the script to call him Tim.

As a huge Python fan who’s seen both the film and the musical numerous times, it is such a delight to see your first reactions to this. It’s such a fun journey.

The holy greande of Antioch is what Worms games is using one of the iconic weapons based on that reference.

Fun fact. The movie was financed by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, the movie's co-producer Michael White, a cricket team, and three record companies.

As I get older, it warms my heart to watch younger people laugh at the stuff I laughed at when I was a kid.

One of my favorite movies. Glad you guys enjoyed it!

Watching you guys experience this classic for the first time is great... and the editing is also wonderful! Great work!

If you think this movie is a "Fuck You," Just wait until you watch Life of Brian.

This is absolutely my favourite Monty Python reaction ever. I got a box set of the MP films for my 12th birthday (17 years ago!) and I remember crying laughing at those moose jokes in the opening credits!

Watching this as a child definitely shaped what I consider humorous, always loved the Monty Python stuff. Glad to see you guys enjoyed it so much

"I just don't know what to expect." And that's when the choir shoved trumpets up their butts. The accidental, utterly stupid comedic timing on that is perfectly Monty Python.

As someone who's watched this film more times than I can count, it's so great to see you reactions. Like seeing it through fresh eyes.

This proves just how ahead of the times the sketch was imo.. it's utter genius

Absolutely glorious reaction! I was grinning from ear to ear the whole way through. I'm so happy you loved it so much. 😀

I love pretty much every joke in this movie, but I love how it ends as a literal cop-out the most. It's why they did all of the credits at the start instead of at the end like most movies.

Gauging by your taste in movies from past reactions I suspect you guys would really enjoy one of my favorites of all time: The Dish (2000) is an Australian comedy drama that didn’t see a huge worldwide release but is an absolutely great little gem of a film. It’s very loosely based on real events surrounding a satellite dish crew that played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, but the real fun is all the zany characters and fictional plot that it’s wrapped in.

It's been so long since I have watched this and seeing someone enjoy it for the first time makes my heart so happy. Thank you.

This is the absolute top of British humour! Timeless classics these movies 😂

You must watch this movie more than once. You get new jokes every time. I can't tell you how many times I have watched it since it was released. Every reaction video I've watched for Holy Grail has ended with the reviewer saying, "Is that it?" Every single one. Yes, that's it.

Another great react guys. Fun fact, John Cleese actually forgot the wizards name. They loved the joke of "Tim the Wizard" so much they kept it in. If you are looking for random comedy I recommend Weird Al's "UHF" movie.

My absolute favourite movie of all time. I have watched this hundreds of times over the years and it still makes me nearly wet my pants laughing. Still have this on VCR!! My sister and I still use quotes from the film to this day, she is 60and I’m 63. It never gets old!🤣🤣🤣

God, I haven’t seen this in ages and needed the laugh! Back in the early eighties I worked with a couple of guys that basically had this movie memorized. We were out at a bar one night and this was playing on the tv’s above the bar. (On mute) We all sat at the bar and recited this line by line as it played. It’s been 35 yrs and I remember that night as if it happened yesterday. 😂😂😂

So happy you did this, I love watching fresh victims fall prey to Holy Grail's ending! DEFINITELY check out Life of Brian if you haven't already - it's a bit more of a coherent movie but it's just as funny!

Its genuinely nice to see someone experience this film for the first time and the joy it brings, it's kinda like seeing someone's first time watching Fight Club cuz they don't know the twist yet.

Seeing how much you loved this made me laugh along too. Your smiles and reactions are fantastic!

Absolutely loving you guys watching, and enjoying this one... such a masterpiece!

The gag with the coconuts was apparently supposed to be a short one in there from the beginning. But they realized that putting up a stable and hire horses and everything else would cost more than the making of the entire movie. So they ended up having everyone ride using coconuts.

The fact that “Tim?” wasn’t meant to happen makes it that much funnier. The actor forgot his actual name so just went with “Tim?” Plus the gag of having all the credits at the beginning and then just 10 minutes of a blank screen at the end. 😂😂😂

I saw this in 1975 shortly after it was released. The laughter in the theater was epic.

The way you guys keep the flow of the movie going while commenting is top tier… most people stop start or chop it up so much it’s hard to follow. I love this movie and it was great watching you guys see it and edit it in such a coherent way. Props.