This is the point at which John Cleese said he would never do another Python TV series ever again. All the sketches became combinations of sketches they had done in Series 1 or early in Series 2.
For years after I tried to grow luipins in my garden and inevitably killed them. In some places, like Iceland, they’re an unstoppable invasive weed! They’re sensitive to climate but if it’s right for a particular variety they’re unstoppable.
This is exemplary comedy writing. I remember laughing at it when i was 10 and its still funny 40 years later with several LOL moments, from the sidebar botany lesson, to the devolving theme song, the absurd ineptness of Dennis Moore, even the existential crisis in the midst of the robbery, to the argument with the theme song that stops everything in its tracks. hilarious ! Even the end where our bumbling Dennis redistributes wealth on the spot. A post modern masterpiece of comedy writing !
This bit was in the first Python show I ever saw, on Canadian TV around 1973. I was a kid. Laughed my head off, loved Monty Python from that moment on. It's good to see again. Thanks for posting this!
Yup, Friday nights at 10 pm on CBC, IIRC. (Although I was in a weird situation, living in Yellowknife, getting CBC via satellite from a Vancouver feed, so everything was an hour later.) This, Dead Parrot, Election Night Special ... OMG, what a revelation to a 10-year-old! And then CBC running Holy Grail one 1976 summer night in place of hockey, uncut! Ahhh, those were the days!
"...Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Galloping through the sward Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore And his horse Concorde..." The imagery. 'Python's 'Dennis Moore' is another classic for the ages. What wit these guys possess. Thank you, Monty Python.
Dennis Moore: Don't worry, I've brought you something Peasant: Food? Clothes? Wood for the fire? Dennis Moore: Lupins! Peasant: OH CHRIST! *laughed so hard
This is one of my favorite Python sketches. I hadn't seen it for years. I came here because the other day at work, my mind went blank after someone did something so idiotic, I started humming this song out of the blue...all these years later! Thank you for posting!!!
"We all shagged Mathilda, we all shagged Mathilda. We all shagged Mathilda, and so did our mates. And she moaned and she groaned as she took it up the billabong. We all shagged Mathilda, and so did our mates." Seen on "Russell Howards Good News"
I remember as a young lad aged 12 watching this sketch and seeing those women in their underskirts and thinking....err..mmmmm....and .. that night.......
Dennis Moore Dennis Moore Dum Dum Dum the night Dennis Moore Dennis Moore Dum Dum Dum the fight He steals dum dum dum And dum dum dum dee Dennis Dum Dennis Dee Dum Dum Dum
The album version is a bit shorter, and has some different song lyrics. I recall: "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, riding through the sward, soon every lupin in the land will be in his mighty hand, he steals them from the rich and gives them to the poor, Mr Moore, lu-PIN do-NOR, extra-OR (dinary)." Anyone know why the horse being called Concord gets such a big laugh?
I still remember watching this in the mid 70s as a kid and laughing till I literally cried because they sang and rhymed "stupid bitch!" with rich. I sang the song for days after the broadcast.
Having missed most of the tv series by living in regional NSW, I'd never seen ''Dennis Moore'', but had heard it in audio only on an LP of various Python skits. Thank you, youtube !
I am pretty sure the full DVD set is available on Amazon...Here's a link to the full 4 season run (restored): www.amazon.com/Monty-Pythons-Flying-Circus-Complete/dp/B0B9T3GZ5D/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1PNHFH1BRPD4O&keywords=monty+python+flying+circus+complete+series&qid=1687382261&sprefix=Monty+Python+Flying+C%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-3
From what I get from this is that its kinda like a methaphor for how socialism dosen't work in the long run, which most people(especially does on the receving end) fail to realize.
sidDkid87 - cześć, piszę bo to dziwne.... przez ostatnie 20 minut oglądałam grafiki z Monty Pythona żeby umieścić post na G+, i...wchodzę na główny strumień a tam niespodzianka ! znajduję Twój post w temacie. Witam w klubie! fajnie !!!!! ;)
"Moore: What's the tree that has a leaf with sort of regular veins coming out and the veins go all the way out to the... Girl: Serrated? Moore: ...to the serrated edges. Parson: A willow! Moore: Yes, that's right. Parson: That's nothing like a willow. Moore: Well it doesn't matter, anyway. I can hit it seven times out of ten, that's the point. Parson: Never a willow. Moore: Shut up! This is a hold-up, not a botany lesson."
There I was watching Charlie Dimmock on Garden Rescue and she was planting lupins. ‘Your money or your lupins’ went through my brain and I just had to find this and watch it once more. Then have another nap in the chair 🤣🤣
"He giiiives to the poooor and giiiiives to the riiiich... stupid bitch." First time I heard that a few years ago, I lost it. It's still hilarious today.
@Dannypuck Um, No, the GOP steals from the rich, and gives to themselves...Demoncrats and Rob-publicans are the same these days. And no, allowing the companies and people who EARNED the money to KEEP more than 10 percent of what they earned so they can hire people and aleveate unemployment is NOT "stealing from the poor" or "giving to the rich" - Unless you can cite an example where someone has been hired full time by a poor person, Scat.
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, dum dum dum the night. Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, dum da dum dum fight. He steals dum dum dum, and dum da dum dum dee! Dennis dum! Dennis dee! Dum dum dum.
Peasant: mr moore shes going fast medicine at last? some bread? some wood for the fire? Moore: "No, Lupins!" (smiling and producing a bunch of Lupins) Peasant: Oh Christ!
