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КОМЕНТАРІ • 249

  • @akthehigh
    @akthehigh 4 роки тому +83

    "Not necessarily, I could be arguing in my spare time" iconic! xD

  • @keeperofthecheese
    @keeperofthecheese 4 роки тому +97

    You can tell that Cleese and Palin have done this sketch so many times that they barely even have to think about it.
    I kind of love that about it too.

  • @Linkan83
    @Linkan83 3 роки тому +59

    Its a shame how social media platforms have put so many argument clinics out of business.

    • @whatwouldhousedo5136
      @whatwouldhousedo5136 2 роки тому +6

      No it isn't.

    • @Metroid22540
      @Metroid22540 2 роки тому +5

      @@whatwouldhousedo5136 Yes, it is.

    • @BrianKScott
      @BrianKScott 2 роки тому +2

      @@Metroid22540 no it isn't

    • @Metroid22540
      @Metroid22540 2 роки тому +1

      @@BrianKScott Yes it is! A paid professional does a better job than some random twit on twitter?

    • @BrianKScott
      @BrianKScott 2 роки тому +1

      @@Metroid22540 No they don't.

  • @WillScarlet16
    @WillScarlet16 5 років тому +70

    "I only came here to make a UA-cam comment!"
    "Oh sorry, you've got the wrong page - this is ranting!"

  • @rig4365
    @rig4365 3 роки тому +26

    How they do this without making an error, or even cracking up is quite remarkable. Their timing is impeccable

    • @dannycaplan6614
      @dannycaplan6614 2 роки тому +1

      "Comedy is a serious business." --W.C. Fields

    • @greypilgrim228
      @greypilgrim228 2 роки тому +1

      @@dannycaplan6614 No it isn't!

    • @Metroid22540
      @Metroid22540 2 роки тому

      @@greypilgrim228 Yes, it is!

    • @greypilgrim228
      @greypilgrim228 2 роки тому

      @@Metroid22540 No, it isn't!

    • @Metroid22540
      @Metroid22540 2 роки тому

      @@greypilgrim228 Yes, it is! Comedy doesn't just happen all on its own!

  • @heggy_69
    @heggy_69 4 роки тому +35

    Man the prices have gone up, back in the good old days you could have a good five minute argument for a pound!

    • @dipi71
      @dipi71 4 роки тому +6

      No no, the prices have most definitely not gone up.
      That'll be 3 pounds fifty, please.

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 3 роки тому +4

      It's the argument tax. Blame Thatcher.

    • @mfrie
      @mfrie 2 роки тому

      @@brianarbenz7206 no you couldn’t

    • @emgee0312
      @emgee0312 Рік тому

      Luxury

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 Рік тому

      @@mfrie You've just contradicted me, rather than argued with me!

  • @jenifercasey3700
    @jenifercasey3700 10 місяців тому +2

    I have watched this so many dozens of times, and it never gets old. I even use it at the beginning of my unit on teaching argument in my clases. Even now, most of them find it pretty funny as well. Monty Python at it's finest. Loved these guy and all their movies and TV shows.

  • @dostthouevenlogicbrethren1739
    @dostthouevenlogicbrethren1739 5 років тому +112

    Twitter accurately summed up some 40 years before it existed.

  • @CarnSarnit
    @CarnSarnit 5 років тому +105

    What happened to the original? It used to be on this channel.
    (And before someone says, "no it wasn't": Yes it was.)

  • @DarkElfAlbain
    @DarkElfAlbain 9 років тому +218

    The abuse room part wasnt nearly as good without Chapman. Hard to find a replacement though for such a magnificent bastard.

  • @Newstarter722
    @Newstarter722 11 років тому +15

    To me this is by far the most brilliant Python sketch !!!

    • @kevindavidge
      @kevindavidge 6 років тому +1

      No it isn't! Lol. It's my favourite too. Classic!

  • @Antonicane
    @Antonicane 5 років тому +13

    I think, overall, this is the best version of this sketch I've seen. The timing and delivery are just impeccable, the little quirks of gesture and expression, it's a really first-class performance all-round.
    Too often, I find, the pacing is too fast that it really undersells the flow of the argument. The little moments of silence when you see the wheels turning in their heads are actually the funniest parts IMO.

  • @Valentinwar90
    @Valentinwar90 15 років тому +14

    John Cleese + Michael Palin = Hilarious sketch xD

    • @johntate5722
      @johntate5722 2 роки тому

      Yes i agree they are the best two for arguments or customer servive clashes. Oddly it only just occurs to me now that python must have recognised this way back then...these two did the eric the half a bee sketch (my favourite), the parrot sketch as well and the cheese shop sketch too.

    • @MichaelBrown-cf6qt
      @MichaelBrown-cf6qt Рік тому

      No it isn't

  • @H4Z4RD5
    @H4Z4RD5 15 років тому +8

    "now are you sure you wouldn't prefer a lengthy moist rogering."

  • @brianfinlay756
    @brianfinlay756 6 років тому +19

    The irony of Chris Langham in the abuse room

    • @kflem80
      @kflem80 5 років тому +6

      The irony of him calling someone a pervert

    • @poulladulay1255
      @poulladulay1255 4 роки тому +1

      Is he the guy from the biggus dickus scene.?

    • @bakidk
      @bakidk 3 роки тому +1

      @@poulladulay1255 Indeed it is. The dude whose face is scrunching up trying to keep from laughing.

  • @jzerony
    @jzerony 15 років тому +11

    I could be arguing in my spare time!! heh heh heh... funniest line of that skit!

  • @TheSeldomSeenDude
    @TheSeldomSeenDude 14 років тому +19

    For a live show, this is outstanding.
    I still enjoy the original more, however.

  • @dogsvomit2
    @dogsvomit2 15 років тому +1

    I love Policeman's film, but haven't seen it in years. Boy, Clapton and Beck make it even better.

  • @terrybaby6146
    @terrybaby6146 5 років тому +5

    Dawn French looks so young, plus she hasn't got the comedy timing down pat yet.

  • @sonyaa-y5858
    @sonyaa-y5858 2 роки тому +2

    I have to act something similar to this in my Speaking class next week 😭😭

  • @ReindeerNavy
    @ReindeerNavy 14 років тому +8

    im arguing on my time off.

  • @bluestevo93
    @bluestevo93 2 роки тому +1

    This is simply genius

  • @user-mm2tw1zr7p
    @user-mm2tw1zr7p 4 роки тому +2

    Only comment section on the whole UA-cam where insulting people and arguing is considered "Respectful and following Community Guidelines"

  • @mrsdylan77
    @mrsdylan77 15 років тому +2

    I think this was better with graham. I love the high pitched AAHHHHAA at the end by michael.

  • @Userlevel6
    @Userlevel6 3 місяці тому

    I thought it was "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball"

  • @Kobraman35
    @Kobraman35 3 роки тому +5

    Ben Shapiro was out here taking notes without realizing this is supposed to be how NOT to debate.

    • @chasetower6773
      @chasetower6773 3 роки тому

      Why would you listen to little Ben ???
      Alt-Right much ??

    • @ricarleite
      @ricarleite Рік тому

      His arguments except the ones related to religious morals are pretty straightforward and he has good points.

  • @kerbe3
    @kerbe3 15 років тому +1

    Look this isn't an argument!

  • @martinkoob7222
    @martinkoob7222 2 роки тому +4

    If you wanted to represent the state of social media today you would knock down the wall between the two offices and sit the customer in the middle between pointless contradiction and rabid abuse.... done in large part by robots.

  • @nomassastro1912
    @nomassastro1912 3 роки тому +1

    Considering this video's length maybe argument was not 5 minute long

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 5 років тому +2

    This sketch is narcissistic personality disorder in a nutshell.

  • @Finnishbastard
    @Finnishbastard 15 років тому

    Yes he IS!!

  • @mlongpre100
    @mlongpre100 3 місяці тому

    0:14 with you ? no way

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 Рік тому

    To clear up the controversy, the initial argument starts at 1:46 on this video and ends at 2:57, meaning the staff arguer is wrong in his claim that the five minutes were up. So Michael deserves a refund.

    • @chelseapoet3664
      @chelseapoet3664 Рік тому +1

      No he doesn't

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 10 місяців тому

      I'm sorry,@@chelseapoet3664 . I can't go on arguing with you until you've paid.

  • @Shorty10101010101010
    @Shorty10101010101010 12 років тому

    Yes

  • @belugatoons
    @belugatoons 15 років тому +4

    But that was never 5 minutes...
    Oh come on!!!

    • @Mitche23
      @Mitche23 3 роки тому +1

      No, it was 11 years and 5 minutes.

    • @belugatoons
      @belugatoons 3 роки тому

      Mitche23 No it wasn’t.

    • @NBT2469
      @NBT2469 3 роки тому

      @@belugatoons yes it was

    • @belugatoons
      @belugatoons 3 роки тому

      @@NBT2469 No it wasn't!

  • @SoapySuds63
    @SoapySuds63 15 років тому

    yes it was

  • @belugatoons
    @belugatoons 15 років тому +1

    What? But that was just getting interesting!

  • @MothJosh
    @MothJosh 8 років тому +35

    This video isn't the Argument Clinic at all.

    • @_fesh
      @_fesh 8 років тому +27

      Yes it is.

    • @DidntExpect
      @DidntExpect 7 років тому +23

      No it isn't.

    • @instanceTu
      @instanceTu 6 років тому +20

      YES IT IS!

    • @jamesbyersmusic
      @jamesbyersmusic 6 років тому +22

      If you wan't people to go on commenting, you'll have to pay for another 5 minutes!

    • @Eleanor-yc6bw
      @Eleanor-yc6bw 5 років тому +15

      That was never 5 minutes just then

  • @ethanstatler1827
    @ethanstatler1827 3 роки тому +3

    In this day and age, there is so much to argue about.

  • @TruBeliever4Life
    @TruBeliever4Life 13 років тому

    yes it is. i always thought that hair style looked so cute on her

  • @TEHORANGEAVENGER
    @TEHORANGEAVENGER 12 років тому +2

    It is an argument. If I didn't take up a contrary position we would be agreeing not arguing.

  • @davep8221
    @davep8221 5 років тому

    Fucking brilliant.

  • @justinfrost
    @justinfrost 15 років тому

    lol, subtle

  • @CaptChrispy
    @CaptChrispy 3 роки тому +1

    The whole video was only 4 minutes and 35 seconds, ergo it couldn't have been 5 minutes! I run rings round you logically!

    • @NBT2469
      @NBT2469 3 роки тому +2

      No it isn’t.

  • @DjingoRango
    @DjingoRango 15 років тому +8

    not as funny without Graham Chapman.... BUT STILL HILARIOUS!!!!!!

    • @kflem80
      @kflem80 5 років тому

      No it isn't

    • @ehought
      @ehought 4 роки тому

      @@kflem80 Yes it is

  • @nirmalranadive
    @nirmalranadive 4 роки тому +1

    There should be actual argument clinics ... Or is there ?

    • @originaluddite
      @originaluddite 4 роки тому

      I think there are. I went onto a news site comments section today and think I encountered a try-hard John Cleese in action. :)

  • @bradlittle8047
    @bradlittle8047 3 роки тому

    Haha ❤

  • @Drumsinstopmotion
    @Drumsinstopmotion 15 років тому +1

    no it isnt was he the black night?

  • @wolfsden3812
    @wolfsden3812 2 роки тому

    Love it

  • @Thumper17
    @Thumper17 15 років тому

    lmao, awesome.

  • @graciegj63
    @graciegj63 6 років тому +5

    That one guy's delivery didn't seem lively enough. Chapman IMO was better at the insults.

  • @YannickTheJoker
    @YannickTheJoker 13 років тому

    @Ch3ckm4t3 She said 'A course of 10', not '10 minutes'. It's not a joke. so it's not a surprise nobody laughed at that.

  • @keithlauderjr1691
    @keithlauderjr1691 5 років тому +2

    GREAT SKETCH! No it wasn't. 😁

  • @Wasserschloss
    @Wasserschloss 15 років тому +1

    He couldn't been Chapman if he would be able to do a handstand with both arms captivated :(

  • @1258-Eckhart
    @1258-Eckhart 3 роки тому +1

    Not the complete sketch.

  • @FilmGeek44
    @FilmGeek44 13 років тому

    @hellomynameisscen yes it was

  • @HumanTransformers
    @HumanTransformers 14 років тому

    i think u should put formerly at the begining of this

  • @scotland7yard
    @scotland7yard 15 років тому

    I'm afraid it was

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 15 років тому +2

    Graham was better, I have to say

  • @Shorty10101010101010
    @Shorty10101010101010 12 років тому +1

    Yes it is. This is a contridiction. Not an arguement.

    • @KZ-xt4hl
      @KZ-xt4hl 5 років тому +1

      no it isn't XD

  • @FilmGeek44
    @FilmGeek44 13 років тому

    @LadyMagnolia90 No you haven't

  • @spardaking
    @spardaking 15 років тому

    no he's not

  • @ReindeerNavy
    @ReindeerNavy 14 років тому

    @Frexner you did not!

  • @spardaking
    @spardaking 15 років тому

    oh no he isn't!!!!

  • @ericr4764
    @ericr4764 6 років тому

    didnt th original start with the secretary asking if he's come for something racy?

  • @belugatoons
    @belugatoons 15 років тому

    No it isn't!

  • @HappyHippy18
    @HappyHippy18 15 років тому

    He is NOT!

  • @singingway
    @singingway 2 роки тому

    Was that Dawn French?

  • @michaelkarnerfors9545
    @michaelkarnerfors9545 4 роки тому

    £2 for a 5-minute argument is it these days? That's inflation for ya...

  • @belugatoons
    @belugatoons 15 років тому

    No it wasn't!

  • @Saint_nobody
    @Saint_nobody Рік тому

    @xwing God is real. Let's debate. 😁

  • @sitamaja3717
    @sitamaja3717 3 роки тому

    found this mentioned under a phub comment. pure gold

  • @DomesticatedApe_
    @DomesticatedApe_ 4 роки тому

    Is that dawn french?

  • @TEHORANGEAVENGER
    @TEHORANGEAVENGER 12 років тому

    No it isn't.

  • @remohead1066
    @remohead1066 13 років тому

    @DjingoRango No it isnt !!!!

  • @villainuday5365
    @villainuday5365 2 роки тому +1

    YT comments section nowadays

  • @nevergonnagiveyouup136
    @nevergonnagiveyouup136 8 місяців тому

    Skibidi ohio rizz

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 9 років тому

    (--Continued from last joke)
    "Der Führer's thoughts on the subject of a German response to the use of the World's Funniest Joke in contravention of the Hague Conventions are well known as this quote from "the Hitler Diaries" clearly demonstrates:
    Colonel Stupnagel:
    It seems as if our wily fox, von Stauffenburg, has escaped certain death once again.
    Suffice it to say that heads will roll . . . so watch your feet. You might trip and, oh, I
    don't know, fall on a sword or something. That's what happened to poor beloved
    von Schlump; fell on his own sword at least twelve times according to eyewitness
    reports. Ghastly business, that. It's a good thing the GeSP were there to make sure
    the papers didn't run away with it.
    It is said that von Stauffenburg was friendly with certain members of th AntiNazi
    resistance (you know of whom I speak: Fatty and Piggy). These men will be soon
    volunteering as organ donors be and that should sort them out. In the meantime, I
    would prefer it if Herr Unibrow died of food poisoning in his Scottish Hotel. See if
    you can arrange something and I will make sure you get that Hans Holbein you've
    got your eyes on before Fatty gets his grubby hands on it. As for the matter of who
    gets the electric model railroad I'm sure a plebiscite will straighten it all out in a trice.
    Captain von Schmundt assures me that Galland is not planning a coup and,
    apparently, neither are Speer or "Rocket man", who has, otherwise, set up a slave
    empire under the Fartz Mountains, though for what purpose I cannot imagine, since
    all impressed workers have got the clap. I saw to it myself, you know. Anyway,
    I do wish they would spend more time in the Bunker . . . it's so lonely here without
    my dogs.
    I ordered your King's Bishop to Knight's Square Two Cross with the candy canes
    and frilly ponies, but our jeweler has experienced a sudden, catastrophic, backlog.
    It was a larch, I think, but I was not given film of the event. A strategic necessity, I
    was told by a sweating adjutant, that it (the film) must only be shewn to officers
    under the rank of Uberunderscharffurer. I may, according to Schmundt, be invited
    to a party later on involving the matter. Maybe I'll attend. I don't get out as much
    as I'd like since my luggage exploded.
    Let me know about Unibrow, will you? I didn't even know he could fly a plane,
    though I was quite convinced--and rightly so, as events proved--that he's too much
    an ass to land one. His early retirement leaves a hole in my heart that can only be
    filled with Rumanian Oil.
    Yours,
    A.H.

  • @Death5222
    @Death5222 15 років тому

    This is hilarious

  • @frankromano4902
    @frankromano4902 3 роки тому

    What would a lifetime cost?

    • @Metroid22540
      @Metroid22540 3 роки тому

      How much is a wedding these days?

  • @BlueSmoothie4Eva
    @BlueSmoothie4Eva 13 років тому +3

    Is that Dawn French??? :D

    • @MrT8599
      @MrT8599 5 років тому

      @Dylan O'Hara but it isn't

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 3 роки тому

      @@MrT8599 But it is

    • @MrT8599
      @MrT8599 3 роки тому

      @@experi-mentalproductions5358 No it's not

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 3 роки тому

      @@MrT8599 ...I'm not going to waste my time arguing with an idiot... bye.

    • @MrT8599
      @MrT8599 3 роки тому

      @@experi-mentalproductions5358 but you weren't even arguing

  • @kerbe3
    @kerbe3 15 років тому

    'es right you know, this is just contradiction.

  • @MrGsteele
    @MrGsteele 5 років тому

    Was that Dawn French as the receptionist?

    • @ehought
      @ehought 4 роки тому

      No it wasn't

    • @MrGsteele
      @MrGsteele 4 роки тому

      @@ehought I do believe you are wrong, sir! T'was the Vicar, it was, if I ever saw one!

    • @ehought
      @ehought 4 роки тому

      @@MrGsteele I'm not, it wasn't, and you never did

    • @MrGsteele
      @MrGsteele 4 роки тому

      @@ehought Au contraire, Mr. Wensleydale - stop that damned Bouzouki music and nail that Norwegian Blue back on 'is perch. As for Dawn, n-n, n-n, n-n . . . yes! 'T'was 'er, every bit, and you owe me another quid - time's up.

  • @glaucomflecken
    @glaucomflecken 3 роки тому

    Came here from house MD reference of room12A

  • @Ch3ckm4t3
    @Ch3ckm4t3 14 років тому +1

    Noone from the audience got the "2 pounds for 5 mins, but 15 pounds for 10 mins" joke.

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 5 років тому +5

      Because that's not what she said. She first referred to a course, then specifically a course of ten. So the course of ten is a savings of five pounds. And don't argue with me. Besides, I'm in the future.

    • @mrkimble2618
      @mrkimble2618 3 роки тому

      Yes they did

  • @einysjame
    @einysjame 15 років тому +1

    It really wasn't that great without Chapman..

  • @fabioemerim
    @fabioemerim 12 років тому

    When was that? Mid 90s?

    • @jamesbyersmusic
      @jamesbyersmusic 6 років тому +1

      Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, 1989!

    • @MrT8599
      @MrT8599 5 років тому

      @@jamesbyersmusic So after Graham Chapman's death? Or was it when Chapman was very ill?

  • @avaemberton9004
    @avaemberton9004 3 роки тому

    fail

  • @Veggieman87
    @Veggieman87 15 років тому

    Who were the non-Python players?

  • @themadbadger2920
    @themadbadger2920 3 роки тому

    The original is WAY better!

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 Рік тому

      Where can I find the original?

  • @damonmiller556
    @damonmiller556 4 роки тому

    Orason Bean was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show he said of his long marriage-12 years in the eyes of the lord- "I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith [or] pledge myself to you."
    Koresh was alleged to be involved in unproven multiple incidents of child abuse and sexual abuse. Koresh's doctrine of the House of David did lead to "marriages" with both married and single women in the group purportedly including with at least one underage girl. The underage girl was Michelle Jones, the younger sister of Koresh's legal wife Rachel and the daughter of lifelong Branch Davidians Perry and Mary Belle Jones.
    Koresh fathered multiple children by different women in the group. His House of David doctrine was based on a purported revelation that involved the procreation of 24 children by chosen women in the community. These 24 children were to serve as the ruling elders over the millennium after the return of Christ.
    In his book, James Tabor states that Koresh acknowledged on a videotape sent out of the compound during the standoff that he had fathered more than 12 children by several "wives". On March 3, 1993, during negotiations to secure the release of the remaining children, Koresh advised the Negotiation Team that: "My children are different than those others,” referring to his direct lineage versus those children previously released- A prenuptial agreement is a written contract entered into by a couple prior to marriage or a civil union that enables them to select and control many of the legal rights they acquire upon marrying, and what happens when their marriage eventually ends by death or divorce. Couples enter into a written prenuptial agreement to supersede many of the default marital laws that would otherwise apply in the event of divorce, such as the laws that govern the division of property and retirement benefits and savings, and the right to seek alimony (spousal support) with agreed-upon terms that provide certainty and clarify their marital rights. A premarital agreement may also contain waivers of a surviving spouse’s right to claim an elective share of the estate of the deceased spouse-“uh-uh-to have and to hold- In my experience marriage is a temporary sex inspired state of infatuation that fades but, loving relationships never die.

  • @Coldstreamer17
    @Coldstreamer17 4 роки тому

    The original is better..

  • @martinpatrick1746
    @martinpatrick1746 3 роки тому

    Recycled sketches from the show.

  • @mazeman90
    @mazeman90 13 років тому

    I am making this comment to begin an arguement. :)

    • @KZ-xt4hl
      @KZ-xt4hl 5 років тому +1

      no you are not

    • @cleiven3533
      @cleiven3533 5 років тому

      No you are.

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 3 роки тому

      Are you making this comment to begin a full half-hour argument, or just the five minute argument?

    • @mazeman90
      @mazeman90 3 роки тому

      @@brianarbenz7206 Apparently the full decade, from the looks of things!

    • @hicranf5716
      @hicranf5716 3 роки тому

      @@mazeman90 no it’s not