As an Englishman I am outraged at the suggestion that we never see the Sun. I can categorically assure you that the Sun did make a brief appearance one afternoon last August....about 2.15pm. It lasted for at least 10 minutes!
I know how you feel. All the tourist who visit Wyoming constantly complain about the wind; usually saying the same thing, _"Does the wind always blow like that?"_ The nerve! There was that day, 11 June 1994, when there was no wind for almost ten minutes. People fell down, because they were use to leaning into the wind to get anywhere.
@@smc1942I lol’d hard at the phrase “All the tourist who visit Wyoming.” It was Geoffrey. The tourist was Geoffrey and his opinion is invalid on account of he meant to vacation in Colorado and got lost on the way.
I love that Cleese's character specified that Ron would be the first to eat an Anglican cathedral. That implies that somebody out there in the Python universe has already managed to eat a Catholic or Orthodox church.
Personally I think it’s more that with the different architectural styles and materials used it would be a different achievement to eat a Catholic or Orthodox cathedral than eating an Anglican one
@@rdhunkins Ding ding ding. Humor is pretty simple when you get how it works. They aren't implying anything, being extra specific when describing something makes it funnier, it's a common element of jokes.
I love the small details that probably at the time were improvised like when Terry turns away from the microphone while speaking and John having to turn him back. Always loved Terrys physical timeing
For those who are interested: Captain Matthew Webb was an adventurer who swam the English Channel from Dover, England to Calais, France in under 22 hours in 1875.
@@jayhache5609 Yes. Swimming under water is extinct. The swimmers actually. For reasons unknown swimmers nowadays try to swim at the surface. Fun fact; many years ago there were people who couldn’t swim and walked over water. Only one survived but he took on another hobby. Something with wooden crosses and nails.
Rebecca Marshall That Mr Obvious has kicked the bucket, shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile. That Ron Obvious is an EX-MORON.
fba90130 I don't buy that, sorry. For someone like Ron Obvious to just be dead is too...well, obvious, really. If you want my opinion, he's still down there breaking that world record as we speak.
RottenRroses I too have tried this and alto having water beneath me was impetus to stay airborne the bricks weighed me down and I only managed 1,3 miles before getting wet😁😁
KlaxTheUnholy Yes, from what I read, Londonistan is supposedly a Safe Space for the worst people on earth, the mohammadans, and according to the vile Left, including the mayor of Londonistan, you're just supposed to go along with the invasion and not say or do anything. I hope UKIP gets in power across the board and can stop and reverse this travesty of justice. MAGA! & MBGA! Take back your country from the evil Left.
KlaxTheUnholy Didn't get what? If you weren't upset about the Left trying to make nationalism unacceptable in your country, then I truly have no idea what you were trying to say.
KlaxTheUnholy I was about to ask you what Stewart Lee honey was, just to be a smartass. But then I decided to Google it...some kind of British comedian, I gather. But I still don't get the reference. I'm American so I'd never heard of him.
I just want to point out the genius of the opening of this skit. A gay man being confronted with his homosexuality, posing as a straight man, pretending to be the stereotype of a gay man as a straight man.
When I first watched this, I expected a Gilliam animation showing Obvious jumping the channel. But I thought it was hilarious how they just let Terry just jump into the cold ocean
"Could make him the first man ever to eat an entire Anglican cathedral." The emphasis on Anglican implies that someone has already eaten an entire Roman Catholic cathedral. XD
That man should start a business and devote himself to encouraging people to believe in themselves instead of trying to do impossible things 😄 OMG thank you Monty Python for everything!!
While there may not have been a word back then, today we're blessed with the word "phythonesc", which describes this kind of humour rather well. It is indeed a great fortune for humanity that this word has been invented just in time to describe those works of genius.
@@HenryLoenwindNo, Pythonesque is when something is reminiscent of Python. Monty Python ARE Monty Python and so are disqualified. That's like saying "this house reminds me of a house". This thread is becoming pretty Pythonesque though.
I remember watching this skit the first time as a kid. I remember feeling really excited to see Ron jump across the channel and really hyped myself up for it, only to watch him just jump into the water. That was the first instance of disappointment I felt and it hooked me on that humor
+Eightosaurus Spelunk I think he's the greatest comic actor there has ever been. Greater even than Peter Sellers, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, Julie Walters, Steve Coogan, David Jason, Gene Wilder, Miranda Richardson, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell, etc., etc. I seriously mean that. Comedy is not a laughing matter.
@@premanadi He probably held the gay community in about the same regard as every other group that the Pythons would skewer, plus with everything I’ve heard about Chapman it’s not hard to imagine him being somewhat conflicted there. Also this was a rather homophobic period of time when homosexuality was still being legislated against in England.
This comedy routine reminds me a bit of America's "SuperDave", a man who also tries to achieve some dangerous (and ultimately unachievable) goal and invariably gets smashed or blown up or eviscerated until he returns again to give it another try.
I remember Super Dave! 80s, wasn’t it? Possibly 90s? Hilarious. Hazy memory of a sports sketch, American Football maybe…? Viewing in the UK. No idea what show it was on.
@@Michael-mm3fmIt was a reoccurring comedy skit on 'The Bizarre Show' which aired on the showtime network in the early 1980's. The skit featured fictional daredevil Super Dave Osbourne, who was loosely based on the famous daredevil Evel Knievel. The dressed Super Dave up in a similar costume with a crash helmet and all only every stunt that he attempted went tragically wrong ending with Super Dave being brutally maimed. All of the episodes are on RU-vid.
Yes, Graham still had a lot of laughs to give us. 😓 So did... John Belushi John Candy Chris Farley Phil Hartman Gilda Radnor ...and others gone too soon!
Ron Obvious paved the way for subsequent greats like Super Dave Osborne, a famous Englishman of the USA. Super Dave was the first man to traverse the CN Tower, vertically, in a single step.
"Chapman kept his sexuality a secret until 1967, although he did allude to it in some Monty Python sketches." -Wikipedia. Haha that's awesome. Genuine opening scene.
Jay Flippen Given that Python started in 1969, if Chapman was out by 1967 there would be no need to "allude" to his sexuality in Python sketches since it would already be well-known. I strongly suspect that this is the wrong date
+AksieB "came out to John" wonder if that convo went a bit like this: C: Hello John, fancy a bit of a tug and rub? J: CHAP ! I can't believe you said that ! Your hilarious ! Join our rowdy band of misfit comics. C: Sure John but what about the tugger? Micheal: What's Chap on about on his knees ? J: Wait till he's finished, he's not half bad at it.
@@kerryedavis There used to be an official Python RU-vid channel, and then I think they sold the rights to everything to someone (Netflix?) and everything was blocked or disappeared. I don't know why they are suddenly back.
Funny that each goal gets grander. First he tries to jump the English Channel, then he tries to eat a cathedral, then he attempts to tunnel to Java, and then tries to run to Mercury.
Ah, yes, I remember this well. I flew over to England to view this spectacle. Unfortunately the sun decided to hide itself halfway through his jump causing me to be unable to get a decent picture. But the excitement was impalpable.
I think it would have been funnier for him to ALMOST succeed at one of the things...for example, to land in the surf five feet short of the beach at Calais.
Ron sadly failed in his attempt to eat Chichester Cathedral, but later, after further intensive training, he succeeded in devouring the Loch Ness monster. He accomplished this feat on November 19th 1974, at approximately 11.47 p.m. Lamentably, the event went unrecorded, as a storm rendered the camera inoperable, and Ron's, and his manager's subsequent claims to fame were treated as evidence of a delusional personality, and an attempt to raise funds fraudulently for Ron's next planned task, which was to drink the Dead Sea. This attempt was begun on July 6th, 1975, but tragically ended after a few short moments when Ron was overcome with nausea, later passing away due to acute salt poisoning. His manager's whereabouts are not known. Recent sightings of the Loch Ness monster have given rise to theories that Ron's story is a total fiction. This is, of course, total fiction.
I remember while touring Normandy in 1989, I missed the bus,and had to long jump from St Marie Eglise to Le Harve. Just my luck, there were no cameras filming me... The good news was, there is no record of me crashing into that barn just out of Caen!!! I misjudged the wind! I was only in traction a few months.😁
You're right. In one sketch from "At last the 1948 show", Graham (after having been offered several items and even women from his doctor) shouts "I'm not interested in girls!". ^_^
Ron actually made his jump in 1982 - he did however take advantage of a particularly severe low tide. Unfortunately he was lost at sea on the return jump during Brexit.
Yes, a request! - the singing/dancing scene with the soldiers, from 'And Now For Something Completely Different' - all I remember is a close-up of John Cleese as he sang, winking at the camera, "OOH scratch yer eyes out".
As an Englishman and sponser of the Chippenham Brick Company I'd just like to say that sadly Nigel Winklebottom never made the jump across the channel.
5:42 DAYUM! That was a painful sounding scream! hehe Hey kids, just remember, you can do anything if you put your mind to it! And with god, ALL things are possible - even eating an entire Anglican cathedral! You just have to have faith! If at first you don't succeed.... you know the old saying.
Thanks for uploading this! I recorded this on an audiocassette at least 35 years ago, and the episode as a whole is still one of my favourites. I'm off to look for the woman being serenaded by her lover in her bedroom as her husband watches ("It's just a trick of the light, dear"), and the Confuse A Cat service skit.
As an Italian-American, I always get a kick at how the Pythons stereotype Italians as crooks...Luigi Fercotti was also with his brother when they tried to shake down Graham Chapman and the British army in another sketch
@gbindahouse94 And I, as a Minnesotan, proudly declare that it is "mid-night" outside, and the glowing day-ball has been scared away by the shiny night-time toe-nail clipping.
