outstanding comedy.. brilliantly written. I was a teen when they first appeared on BBC and although I found them v funny it is only later in life when you rewatch them that you find nuggets of pure comedy genius..
One of my favourites, I didn’t know it was lesser known? When they're cycling around with Cleese dressed as Hitler, bystanders, who clearly aren't in the sketch, just stare at them. Only in England. 😂😂😂 And Heinrich Bimmler, of all the jobs he chose to have during the war is the almost impossible for Germans to pronounce, 'RRindow Cleaner'. Could have picked any other job. The Python attention to comic detail is astounding. 😂😂😂
When in Britain, Hermann Göring warned Hitler that Ribbentrop was a "stupid ass". Hitler dismissed Göring's concerns: "But after all, he knows quite a lot of important people in England." That remark led Göring to reply "Mein Führer, that may be right, but the bad thing is, they know him".
We were at the Grand opening of the local Phoenix Club (German restaurant), and my husband and I kept making (discreet) references to this and Fawlty Towers' "don't mention zee var!" bit. We were laughing are heads off - embarrassed the heck out of the kids.
