Reacting to Monty Python and the Holy Grail - FIRST TIME WATCHING (Warning: I laughed hard) 

Me too. I felt pretty stupid when I figured it out LOL

It took me many years to realize the joke of the ending is that it is a literal "cop out".

The ending is also a reference to a common scene ending they used in their shows before they made a movie.

I did not realize until this comment. That is amazing hahas.

Omg ..I had NO idea what they meant by that .. And I’ve watched this movie 100 times

lmfao!

I envy you!

do you still have that coconut? that would have been awesome!

OMG that is just brilliant. Must’ve been so much fun back then.

I could imagine after the screening, everybody in lobby used the coconuts to pretend like they're riding horses.

And directed by the guy playing Arthur and (either Bedivere or Galahad)

@@matthewkreps3352 Direction was by Terry Gilliam (the animator and Patsy for example) and Terry Jones (Bedevere). Apparently a lot of chaos ensued in the production with two directors, both called Terry. Gilliam has of course directed many fine movies after that. Jones for example directed Erik the Viking and wrote the screenplay for Labyrinth and written/presented numerous history documentary mini-series for the BBC. Jones sadly passed away earlier this year.

Monty Python was a bunch of writers so they're not specifically actors

and it was financed by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. This is why they did the "cop out" at the end. The bands could only give so much money.

The very, very drunk actors, over time...

lol me too!

That's Giuliani in court right now.

Best line of the movie

The TV show is notorious for ending skits abruptly when they lacked a decent capper. Usually with Graham Chapman breaking into the scene as an army officer, proclaiming that the sketch was silly. Best. Leo.

@@michaelbastraw1493 Alright, Stop that. It's silly.

There are people who hate this ending because it's a cop out, completely forgetting this is a Monty Python movie.

@@michaelbastraw1493 That's actually one of the reasons why they started Monty Python. All of them had seen amazing sketches that were funnier than the punchline, so they decided to neglect the punchline and just transition into the next sketch.

they had also run out of money

That's just Galahad trying to avoid being similar to his dad, he's at that rebellious phase.

Coconuts have been used to simulate horses in radio and movie/TV since the beginning. In this case they decided to just go with it anyway.

"taunt you a second time"

If nothing else, they discovered that two directors was a bad idea. Best. Leo.

all the budget went to pyrotechnics

Another fun fact: The only actor who actually more chain mail in this movie was Graham Chapman (King Arthur), everyone else wore wool sweaters painted grey - also for budgetary reasons. And as far as I know, these were very uncomfortable to wear, given the wet and soggy conditions they mostly filmed under :D

Also this film was mostly financed by English bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis, as film studios had refused to fund it and rock stars saw it as a "good tax write-off" due to UK income tax being as high as 90% at the time.

Like Tims name xD

Follow the gourd!

@@satinbarbi No! The shoe! We must follow the shoe and then gather shoes together.

Brian opens a window, MESSIAH!!

@@ronweber1402 Blasphemer! Shoeist! Only the holy gourd of Jerusalem can help us understand Bwians will.

Biggus... Dickus..

Classic

Its the vilence inherent in the system.

"Help, help. I'm being repressed." "Bloody peasant!" "Ooo, what a giveaway. That's what I'm on about."

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords 2024!"

I like her laugh and everything else too :)

@@tsogobauggi8721 i agree i like everything from her 😬

How can anyone be so adorable?

@@captin3149 That's just the way I am, thanks! 🤣

? Where did that come from :p Also, I like laughs based on context, not sound, generally speaking 😃 I get happy when other people are happy.

The Python crew are all knowledgeable & intelligent people. They wove their knowledge into their comedy skits. Terry Jones (RIP) was considered a prominent and respectable historian even among the professional historians. Graham Chapman (RIP) earned a medical doctor degree and could have opened an MD practice if he had chosen to.

When I played the Montry Python and the Holy Grail CD-ROM game, it forces you to answer a LOT of questions at the start, all but one of which are nonsense. The one question that affects your ability to complete the game is "What is the capital of Assyria," and you apparently must correctly answer "Nineveh."

seriously, every time he asks that question (every time I re-watch the movie) I ALWAYS say, "Assurbanipal"... I have absolutely no idea why, or if it was ever the right answer. But it just popped in my head and the association is now stuck there.

However,the King was right..the answers was really five 😄

@@Hiraghm Assurbanipal was the last 'great' King of the Nineveh based Neo-Assyrian empire, before it's decline.

Some people live their lives in the pursuit of any excuse to get blood on their hands and hurt someone, even when they feel it's justified. It says far more about them than their motives. I've met many a bloodthirsty thug

Just... ree... member that we standing on a planet.... 🎶

@@Hiraghm Yes, and you remember the graphic from the instrumental break part of that song, don't you? (So can we 'ave your liver then?)

Every sperm is sacred lol

No 'the' in the title.

You have to!

Yes it's so good

If she liked Holy Grail she’ll love that!

The best Christmas Movie.

I keep coming back for the adorable, heartfelt reactions that Duaffy shares with her followers. Hope she does the other Monty Python movies.

agreed

Yeah most get there once the people responsible were fired but duaffy was there from the start. Great reaction.

Mr creosote sketch in the meaning of LiFF.. E.. was too much for me

Now I'm thinking of making myself a ringtone out of the scene at castle anthrax... lots of good clips there...

The French insults in this movie are so fantastic. They're "designed" as insults that actually seem very lame and soft, but get worse and worse the more you look into them and actually think about it, which makes them fantastic 😂 Also... _"I fart in your general direction!"_ 😂

Meaning you're that insignificant I can't even be bothered to aim properly lol

There seems to be an urban myth that those lines are full of meaning, but it's more likely they're just surreal insults with no hidden meaning at all. If they wanted to make out that Arthur's mother was promiscuous, then they'd have used the usual "rabbit" analogy, as in "she breeds like a rabbit" (I've never heard "hamster" being used in the same context). Elderberries are used to make the rather pleasant elderberry wine, which is associated with things like the Womens' Institute and church fêtes. They're also be used to make elderberry syrup, elderberry pies and tarts, so they're not exclusively associated with alcohol, let alone alcoholism. As it is, "hamster... elderberries" is in the same ballpark as "empty-headed animal food-trough wiper", "illegitimate-faced bugger-pope" and "I burst my pimples at you"... it's just straightforward silliness.

@@ftumschk Well the over-analyzing brings it full circle, and I'll reply with that this is just the instinct of people having done comedy their whole life :D (And we can start the analytical circle over again :p If you get me)

@@SebHaarfagre If elderberries/hamster has any deeper "meaning", maybe someone will analyze "empty-headed animal food-trough wiper" and "second-hand electric donkey bottom biters" etc, and report back when they've found something :)

You mean Monty Fython? Lol

XD

I was also disappointed at the lack of mooseness in that film

I'd like to see that as the tag line for the sequel/reboot..... HOLY GRAIL 2: “I still haven’t seen any moose yet."

I think that was my favorite part of the entire reaction!!

@@JuandeFucaU Go for broke; ... T-shirt

Good ideas, but please watch the original Jack Benny and Carol Lombard version of To Be Or Not To Be--mel Brooks is much, much better in Blazing Saddles, The Producers or Historyof the World Part I

Whats the reference?

It's in the subtitles in the opening credits.

Do you _really_ blame it, though?

Shirly, you can't be serious!

@@cheeseburger12 i am serious and dont call me Shirly

"Top Secret!" is the best of them, IMO.

Also Hot Shots and Loaded Weapon 1. Edit: Yes, and Top Secret, too, with Val Kilmer. Love that movie.

@@MeanMrMustard1 Loaded Weapon 1 is very underrated. But she might want to watch the Lethal Weapon movies first

your cool bro, dont put any bumperstickers on your car that have monty python quotes

Have to say the argument scene has to beat that one.

@@suficer7827 Arguement clinic! Excellent!

No it isn't

The argument is brilliant, but the accountant sketch is one of my favourites

That was really only in the very early days, before multiple projector systems were invented. More recently movies would have intermissions if they were very long, say more than three hours. Gone With the Wind (1939) running 3 hours 58 minutes had an intermission, as did Lawrence of Arabia (1962) running 3 hours 48 minutes, and Doctor Zhivago (1965) running 3 hours 17 minutes. Once upon a time studios had the decency not to expect an audience to sit through a four hour film non-stop.

@@ElliotNesterman The last time I saw a movie that had an intermission break, it was _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ (1979), smack in the middle of that interminable "Tour of V'Ger" sequence. The theatrical run was only two hours and twenty-five minutes but they managed to make it seem much, much longer.

@@ScreamingScallop Ah, yes. Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Eagerly anticipated, sadly disappointing.

@@ElliotNesterman Intermission were also used to sell more food and drinks at the bar. We still have intermissions in some cinemas. Not in their premium Dolby Digital rooms but in the cheaper ones.

@@ScreamingScallop that movie must be watched at 1.5x speed.

Don't forget his other works, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.

@@walter1383 And Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Even the others are good.

@@walter1383 High Anxiety was pretty good too iirc.

I like History of the World Part 1 the best

Elvis was the first hot nerd.

@@MeanMrMustard1 Elvis died doing a hot turd.

Also "Live at the Hollywood Bowl," if she has access to it.

And the Flying Circus TV show.

Ah now you see the violence inherent in the system!

princeoftonga Come see the violence inherent in the system!

@@susanmaggiora4800 You saw it, didn't you?!

I had totaly forgotten that played with the film. Thanks for reminding me.

Thank you for watching :) Hope you had a good day!

the goon show also helped create that sort of insanity.. if you can listen to some of those episodes they are just as anarchic

i have seen the version were a different movie starts first. i too thought i was watching the wrong movie, even after checking the title i thought someone messed up and titled the video wrong. took me longer than i would care to admit until i realized what was happening.

@@sam-psonsmith9951 You might be thinking of Meaning of Life, which has a short at the beginning, which ties into the main film later.

@@MeanMrMustard1 No, Quest starts with a different movie first. Something to do with dentists, I believe.

@@SuddenReal is that a deleted scene or director's cut?

@@MeanMrMustard1 No idea, never saw it without that beginning.

Oii gracias 😊

And a big inspiration for Saturday Night Live.

This is one of those rare opinions that's also a fact.

I blend easily into every group of Brits I'm with..... simply by yelling..... "come see the violence inherent in the system, help, help, I'm being repressed!"

@@JuandeFucaU Until someone calls you a bloody peasant.

Most don't get the humour.

My kids grew up on it. When we had a minivan with a DVD player they would play it all the time. My wife never actually saw the movie until this past year. She always heard it from the front seat. Couple years back we were in Germany walking around a ruined castle and my kids and I automatically started using dialogue from Holy Grail. We cant help ourselves.

I think someone's on your lawn.

Yeah, also no H after the P. But for a moment i was really confused and wondered if i just never saw that in the last 40 years 😂🤣

whaf?

Indeed.

@DA BOUL BLACKLUNGZ Lots of undercover geeks out there.