Well, this is actually the last eight and a half minutes of The Buzz Aldrin Show (season 2, episode 17), including two Gumby announcements, the Chemist sketch and general madness of the lovely Pythons :D
I love how you can see elements of different python jokes in all their work. They mentioned the parot and the officer also used the word "ptang" which in Holy Grail was part of what the knights of "Ni" said - "icky, icky ptang!!"
The first time I ever got an STD scare, I went to that dingy little clinic, left a blood and a urine sample, and waited with all those people- nobody making small talk, nobody even looking at anyone else in the room, just a dead, embarrassed silence... all I could think of was, "WHO'S GOT THE POX?"
Semprini was a popular light musician/pianist in the UK back in the day. Well, 'popular' in the sense that your great-great grandma would've liked him; a sort of English Liberace or Lawrence Welk type.
They really had a lot of mileage out of that storefront set! The Chemist Sketch, The Dead Parrot Sketch, The Pet Conversion Sketch, The Cheese Shop Sketch, The Lingerie Shop Sketch,... the list must be endless!
"This man has been shoplifting, officer!" "Oh yes?" "Yes!" "Are you trying to tell me my job?" "No but he's been shoplifting!" "Look, I must warn you that everything you may say will be ignored! Furthermore, given half a chance I'll put my fist through your teeth! PTANG PTANG!" That and this: "RIGHT! I'm taking you down to the station!" "What for?!?""I'm charging you with illegal possession of whatever we happen to have down there!" That last line gets me every time XD God bless the Chaps!
I always thought it was Gary Semprini from Ipswich. The unknown creator of the hot dog. He will be upset when he finds out. He's 104 years old now. And it's the only pleasure he has since being deleted from Wikipedia.
We loved this. The next day at school was very funny. A Friday, I think. Monty python permanently changed humour for millions of us. Amazing, really. BBC indoctrination.
"RIGHT! I'm taking you down to the station!" "What for?" "I'm charging you with illegal possession of whatever we happen to have down there!" That line gets me every time lol
He did the best Gumby, no doubt. The professor who argued that the Battle of Trafalgar was fought on dry land, near Cudworth, Yorkshire. "Because Drake... was too clever... for the German... fleet!"
"The BBC would like to apologise to the police for the character of Police Constable PanAm; it was not meant to be representative of the average police officer. Similarly, the reference to Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut, was the product of a disordered mind, and should be construed as having no other significance."
0:54 Here's what the "rude" pharmacist (Chemist) was describing. Pox: Most likely Gonorrhea Boil on the bum: self-explanatory The Winds: Excessive gas As for the "chest rash"...😉
i've seen about a million MP sketches, and always wondered how they didn't crack uo every 2 seconds.. Is here any such thing as a MP outtake reel? I hope not- I like to think they NEVER "lost it." Funniest show in history, either side of the pond.
Did anyone else noticed a very quick image and sound in between Ken Shabby's line "keeps my skin nice and scaly" and "uh sorry again can't stop"? It's just one of many instances in the series of rough edits left intact in episodes that suggest cut scenes. Judging from the "I..." sound and image, it's appears to be John Cleese.
As a teenager this was a favourite sketch.i was always saying requisite trying to do it like michael palin. I really got n my mates nerves but loved the play on words as the pythons did.good old days.requisite t.t ....😅
I totally crack up at 5.16 when Michael Palin goes 3 types, no FOURR! kinds of aftershave lotion! & Graham Chapman policeman! bursts in at 6.10 and shouts!!!> 'Right, right RRRRIGHT!! bRILLIANTNESS! U.S end credits- great!
I nominate "Nobody remembers who the second man to walk on the moon was" as a candidate for the Top 10 shabbiest, most ill-considered cliche's. Everybody who is anybody remembers that it was Buzz Aldrin. Why would that fact be forgotten? The chap's name is Buzz. That's fun-to-know trivia if I ever had any sneak up and bite me on the arse.
I have one critique for this: After the chemist said "Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition", they should've waited a second for the Spanish Inquisition to jump in, emphasizing the fact that they weren't. Other than that, brrrriliant!
The expression: "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!" was a common phrase at that time, spoken by anybody who felt that they were being overly scrutinized or harassed. The humour lies in the very fact several men dressed like Spaniards from the era of Inquisition show up after Cleese emits that perfectly common complaint.
The real Buzz Aldrin show was filmed in a studio and on location (hidden by cloak of secrecy) somewhere. All my friends preferred Thunderbirds which had color and more action
It reminded me of the "A.T. Hun Turns Himself In to the Police" sketch where Terry Jones was having trouble with his mustache and eventually threw it into his hat. I guess they didn't have good Spirit Gum on the set in those days.
