Top 20 Funniest Monty Python Sketches
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 20 Funniest Monty Python Sketches. We're looking at the all-time funniest and more iconic sketches and scenes from Monty Python's body of work. Is there a Monty Python sketch that has you laughing till you’re pushing up the daisies? Drop 16 tons of your favourites in the comments!
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The scenes are all made immensely funnier by the po-faced and humourless 'explanations' offered by the commentator on just why they are funny - in case we didn't ever get them.
John Cleese. Love Fawlty Towers, too.😊
Graham Chapman.
Try watching more than one episode of Fawlty Towers at a time.
It is just not possible! How Manuel survived Basil's treatment, I will forever wonder.
Mum was a Brit before getting her Canadian Citizenship, so I guess that makes me part. And my Aunt Patsy on Mom's side owned one of the hotels in Torquay! Halford was her married name, Fancott her maiden name.
Oh, another fave - Two Ronnies (when I got my first set of glasses, I actually looked a LOT like Ronnie Corbett)
@@WhiteWolf65 I have the whole Fawlty Towers series on DVD. 😀
And my mum, who is turning 98 next month, is a British War Bride.
I am truly grateful that Watchmojo uk is here to explain the mechanics of a joke over the joke itself- otherwise I would have never known that it was funny. Imagine how boring it would have been if they just ran the clips of genuinely funny people. Thanks guys
you don't like it you can always leave!
People who post stuff like this cannot stop talking ..... agree with you 100%
@@chaserseven2886Done
I did after 2 minutes
.......... and they should go away or you will taunt them a second time
The evil rabbit with the holy grenade in my opinion is Hilarious and deserves a spot on this list.
" The beast of..." forget the name but yeah!
The wizard Tim was hilarious in that sketch.
There are a lot of Holy Grail sketches that could have been in this video. Brian skits as well. I had to watch both twice at the cinema because I was laughing hysterically I missed a lot. Watching it since, I realized that I had still missed a bunch. The killer rabbit is a hilarious classic.
One my favs is when King Arthur confronts some peasants and says he is king because the Lady of the Lake gave him the sword Excalibur. Unimpressed, they tell him, "You can't be the king just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
He’s King cuz he’s not covered in shite!
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
'" "ow did you get to be King? I didn't vote for you!" still use it hahaha
But the better line, same film, how do we know he is the king, coz he is the only one not covered in shit
Who made you king?
Monty Python will never get old and stale! The comedy ages like the finest wine!
I agree. Watched so many times and still laugh like a madwoman. Still quoting, so's my daughter, and granddaughters, and formerly my mother too. Generations of Python fans.
The killer rabbit and the bridge of death both need to be in there
Agree - the bridge of death needs to be in the top 5! 'Ere the other side ye see!'
Don't forget the Holy hand grenade. 3 shall be the number....
@@Rudeolph😂 agree
Especially the bridge, plus one here mate. I would dare to add, castle charge scene as well, it is one of my favorites.
@@selocan469 Oh, the spankings at Castle Anthrax are much better!
The evil bunny always gets me.
Destroyed with the Holy Hand grenade!
That is also my favorite sketch 2nd only with the entire sparrow joke.
Did you notice the " holy hand grenade" looks like a copy of the queens sceptre?
@@duudsuufdof Antioch!
When I retired as an opera chorister, my last performance was in the opera La Boheme. While sitting in the house during a rehearsal , I noticed the English translation of the Italian text projected on the proscenium arch above the stage. One of the singers was singing about having killed a parrot. I had to summon every ounce of self-control to keep from shouting out, "He's not dead, he's just pining for the fjords.".
Ok, now you made me chortle all over again. Gosh, can you believe these sketches are over 50 years old now?
I would have done it, lmao.
King Arthur's debate on his right to rule with Dennis the Anarcho-syndicalist in Monty Python and the Holy Grail is classic. Dennis's multiple off color descriptions of the Lady of the Lake have me rolling every time.😂😂😂
Dennis ... there's some lovely filth over here ...
How do you know he's king? He doesn't have shit all over him.
It took me a moment -- or a month, maybe -- to realize that Dennis and his colleagues are muckrakers. And yes, that scene is absolutely hilarious!
The Cheese Shop has to be included. That is comedy gold!
It's gold, Jerry! GOLD!
@@devcybikowere fresh out of that, sorry!
Forgot the cheese .
And don't forget the Holy Hand grenade , and the witch trial, the Knights who say Nee, the I want to be a woman sketch in the arena....I could go on and on
"It's a bit runny, sir"
"You're not the Messiah!...You're a very naughty boy!" my Mum once said to me, out of the blue!
Some time later Brian finally cracks: "ALLRIGHT, i am the messiah; now fuck off!"
😂 Real comedy, this entire film had me cracking up with laughter....
Glad you included THE ARGUMENT CLINIC, it's one of my favorites. The bit with Graham and Mike in the abuse room was great, but the best part for me was when Mike says to John I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS and John says NO YOU HAVEN'T and Mike says OH SHUT UP !!!!! It's silly stuff like this that cracks me up... Much thanks for the post...
I think the most overlooked part of that original sketch is when Michael Palin originally leaves the receptionist and enters the wrong room, getting yelled at, responding "I didn't come for this! I came for an argument!" "Oh, that's room 12B this is 12A..... (and after he leaves) stupid get." lol
They're all great, but one of my favourites is 'Romans go home' written in Latin, incorrectly, by Chapman and John cheese correcting him. 😅😂😅😂 Gets me every time! 👍
Cleese was actually a Latin tutor when he was at university, so, way to use that education on the job!
"People called Romans they go the house?!" "It says 'Romans go home'." "No it doesn't."
Wonderful combination of intellect and humor. I do wonder how many times this has been shown in classes.
@@user-tz3yx8dr1j I love your optimism that it HAS been shown in classes.
@@cainealexander-mccord2805they would definitely show the lumberjack born in wrong body and say that it's a documentary.
The good ol days, gone but not forgotten.
I knew that the Dead Parrot sketch was gonna be number 1
great skit and twit of the year skit.
2:39 when we're stuffed with a meal I say to my wife "not even a waffer thin mint?" lol
Just give wafer one f.
@@glen1ster f in the chat for you!
I think the death scene in the meaning of life is hilarious. The way the American asks "What line of work of work are you in death"? 😂😂😂😂
The salmon..................MOUSSE!
The Meaning of Life was woefully underrepresented in this video, but I guess that's to be expected when you limit your field to 20 items.
Missing “you are all individuals…I am not”, cracks me up every time
"Um, excuse me, but if it's not a personal question, are you a virgin?"
These all are brilliant. Ageless, from back in a time, when you didn't need to swear to get a laugh
One of the more bizarre, but still treasured by me... "Confuse-a-cat Ltd."
Exactly. I always think of that...of course, I have a cat...
The shot of the cat sitting outside having zero reaction is what makes this sketch pure genius. On of my all time favorites that never fails to make me laugh.
I loved the Pythons slapping each other with fish. These people were Gods in their time. 😊
Palin as pontius pilot.....is comedic genius .😂😂😂😂
Welease Wodger!
Even the mere thought of his leering "He has a wife you know..." sends me into spasms of laughter.
I love the scene from Holy Grail where the King is trying to order two soldiers to guard his son 😂
We're not to enter the room, even if you come and get him.
@@MrHartApart No, you're supposed to stay here and make sure HE doesn't leave, until I come and get him
And the one member...blanking...dammit...the one who unfortuantely had the alcohol problem, was shit-faced in that scene. Graham Chapman?
She's pretty, she's rich, she's got huge ... tracts of land
@@YourDoomIsSealed Chapman wasn't in that scene but yeah, he was to the point of DT'ing during an interview. Not great. He probably should've left the room, even if they came and got him.
My favorite is the song from the movie, Every sperm is sacred.
Especially the children singing it.
That was filmed at the end of my street where I used to live ♠️
So awesome.
That whole scene is hilarious. "so I've sold you all for medical experiments"........
But that's just like us dear, we have 2 children and we've had sex twice 😜
I expected it to be included, too. Let's face it; very few of their pieces were not comedy gold.
The actors playing Pilate's guards were told they wouldn't be paid if they laughed. Which is why their reactions are so realistic.
Here is my list:
20: „Romanus eunt domus“ from the life of Brian
19: The ex-leper from the life of Brian
18: „Every sperm is sacred“ from the meaning of life
17: „Spam“ from Monty Python’s flying circus
16: The competition for the upper class twit of the year from Monty Python’s flying circus
15: The pac man pram from Monty Pythons flying circus
14: Hells Grannies from Monty Python’s flying circus
13: The Trojan cow from Monty Python and the holy grail
12: The black knight from Monty Python and the holy grail
11: The three questions at the bridge from Monty Python and the holy grail
10: “Always look on the bright side of life “ from the life of Brian
9: The league against chartered accountancy from Monty Python’s flying circus
8: The lumberjack song from Monty Python’s flying circus
7: “Biggus Dickus” from the life of Brian
6: Stan/Loretta” from the life of Brian
5: The ministry of silly walks from Monty Python’s flying circus
4: The stoning from the life of Brian
3: Brian’s speech to his followers from the life of Brian
2: The killer joke from Monty Python’s flying circus
1: The dead parrot from Monty Python’s flying circus
Honorable mentions:
The Intro to Monty Python and the holy grail
The salmon mousse from the meaning of life
Bicycle repair man from Monty Python’s flying circus
The suicide of the Judean Peoples’ front from the life of Brian
The killer rabbit from Monty Python and the holy grail
My favourite Python is John Cleese. He always does the most absurd things with an air of perfect seriousness.
I would have to add the Three Wise Men scene from the Life of Brian. The bit about Jesus's star sign is brilliant, and the Don't You Want to Haggle Scene from Brian is too funny.
Honestly, I would never have included Upper Class Twit of the Year in any of even their top 50. It's just tedious. There are so many more sketches that outshine that one. I'm glad you included the Stan/Loretta sketch. I think I enjoy that one even more now than ever before. "Where's the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?"
@@mak7combatgsis204 Yes, this myrrh part is still living in my family... :-D
Pritty good list, but I would add the intro-animation and song from "meaning of life" and the galaxy song 😊
Counting down the funniest Python sketches = wonderful idea
Explaining each sketch = nothing could be less Python and less funny
Exactly. If the sketches needed explained, they wouldn't be funny!
They need the context of entirety and we can't have that on YT, now can we? Explaining also helps with certain cultural references that viewers of different generations and locations may be unaware of.
My favourite sketch is "Crunchy Frog". I nearly died of laughter when I saw it the first time. 🤣
That is definitely an awesome one. I prefer the version from the show over the stage shows, but that may be because it's the one I experienced first. Another overlooked one is the Mister Smoketoomuch sketch, where the man (Eric Idle) has it pointed out to him that he should probably quit, and for the first time realizes that his name sounds like the actual phrase. There's also the Raymond Luxury Yacht sketch. ;-)
I want Bright side of life played at my funeral or I'm not turning up.
Penguin on the back of the TV is my favourite 😂
Love also "the job interview", "the warriors ho say NI", "The bridge of death", "the enchanter", "cheese shop", "selling matresses", "help I'm being repressed", "bring out your death", "we found a witch", "may we leave", "the kilker rabbit", and so many other scketches, Monty Pythons are memorable.
My son's name is Tim, I got him the t-shirt with "there are some who call me ... Tim?" on it.
Ethel the Frog with the Pirahna Brothers is my favorite.
There is an English guy named Hugh Newman, who is always on those Discovery shoes, like Ancient Aliens. He has a broken nose, and every time he comes on screen, I immediately think of the Pirahna Brothers. He looks like the kind of guy who would be working the docks with brass knuckles. "You want me to take care of this guy, Dinsdale?"
I saw Python live in Regina Sask. in 1973 on their And Now For Something Completely Different Tour. The 'Dead Parrot Sketch' was pure gold.
4 Yorkshiremen was written by the entire cast of "At Last the 1948 Show" - including Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman.
It was actually originally performed by the troupe while they were part of the Cambridge Footlights.
And Barry Cryer, who only had a bit part in the scene but wrote most of it
The Fish Slapping Dance is my Fave
It's great. It's just too short. ;-)
Number 20 is severely underrated. *_Saturday Night Live_* would later do a similar sketch about _The Walk, Talk, and Act Like A Sissy Olympics_ , and it was equally hilarious.
"Camelot" (the song) from "The Holy Grail" also from the same movie "There's lots of lovely filth down here Dennis" and of course "We've found a Witch, can we burn her?" ............. now I've got to go and watch the whole movie again, thanks a lot.
Strange women, lyin' in ponds, distributin' swords, is no basis for a system of government!
It's only a model.
You forgot the only man in a world of superheroes, who can save everyone, Bicycle Repair Man.
In a world made up of Supermen, who can fix a flat and get a cyclist back on the road?
Bicycle repair man ... how can we ever repay you?
The royal society for putting things on top of other things!
Two old ladies on a park bench. "What is that?" "It's a piston engine." "Well how do you cook it?"
Silly Job interview, fish slapping dance😂
Fish slapping dance!
Thanks for taking me back through these sketches. It triggered a plethora of memories from the 70s!
I think the argument clinic was definitely one of their finest skits...I loved many of them.. I couldn't wait to watch their shows. i 've seen most of their movies multiple times... but "The Holy Grail".. is my favorite movie of theirs...
This parrot is no more . It has gone to meet its Maker.
He's f**kin snuffed it!
It's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace!
I'm really shocked that the Every Sperm is Sacred musical skit didn't make #1.
I have to agree with the others, I do love the KILLER RABBIT sketch! But I also really loved the Argument Clinic! I’ve even used that technique! All those bits were great!
The Spanish inquisition: I love the one where they put her in the comfy chair, then torture her with a fluffy pillow!
They're all great but you failed to include the brilliant 'Galaxy Song'.
Can we have your liver then?
It is indeed brilliant. I've always thought their intellect is why the comedy isn't everyone 's cup of tea. Sure, some is very silly, but most is obviously the work of extremely bright, well-read men. (All men in the troupe, of course. ) Anyway, I loved it way back in the old days and I love it now.
The Spanish Inquisition is at the top of my favorites list! The grandmas skit slays me everytime!
I had totally forgotten the class Twit of the Year and the Grannies, thanks for the reminder; and what about those angry turn left signs? Totally "out there"! LOL The ministry of silly walks is one of my favorites. All this with straight faces, kudos. I think you did pick good ones, yet there are so many! Thanks
12:45 And everyone had a sense of humor.
My favorite skit is from The Holy Grail "bring out the dead". "But I ain't dead".
You are now!
British humor are the finest in the world. I grew up eith these guys, thanks to my older brother.
Too bad the "fish slapping dance" wasn't included. It was hilarious.
Protection racket on the British army was my favourite.
What? No Cheese Shop sketch. This is an outrage!
No need to rehash the Dead Parrot sketch. It's a copy, and one of the reasons John Cleese left the show. He felt they were remaking old material. They talked him into a 3rd season (when Cheese Shop appeared), but he left before the 4th season. It also contained half the number of episodes of the previous seasons as a result. Mr. Neutron was probably the only halfway decent sketch in the last season.
The Black Knight sketch STILL makes me crack up every time I see it! 🍸
Black Knight from Holy Grail is by far one of my favorites - the look on Graham Chapman's face when he says "What are you going to do, bleed on me" kills me every time.
The "Run Away!" bit in Holy Grail always had me rolling in laughter.
Monty Python never gets old. I always get a laugh, no matter what!
I grew up in the Baptist church and I can quote Python orders of magnitude better than I can quote the...th...what's that one book Baptists are always using to virtue signal, again?
A great list and there are so many that could have been chosen but The Cheese Shop is definitely Top 20. I also love the the continuation of the Judea line where Stan wants to be called Loretta and have babies and the Gas Cooker…
Its a very contentious scene in current day, it was almost prophetic when you look at where we are now with all the gender nonsense.
Wasn't expecting number 6!
NOBODY EXPECTS NUMBER 6!!!!
The cheese shop is funnier than the lumberjack song. I’m really surprised that song made the top 20
Thank you for this program. We will never again see this level of raw true comedy genius. Be well.
"Penguin on the Telly" from Flying Circus - classic
Great sketches, did not need to be told what I am seeing and hearing thanks.
So funny can’t stop laughing and it’s just the clips simply the best
Yes, those were great. And I still enjoy them just as much now as I did 40 years ago. Thanks
I always cracked up when one of them would break into a skit and be like, Right! Stop that! 😂 I still use that. 😁
"We used to dream of a hole in the ground!"
Luxury!
My favourite sketch is "The Undertaker."
Cleese and Chapman hit an all-time low in bad taste with that one.
Absolutely hilarious. 🤣
"It's just a flash wound" gets me every time!
With the Dead Parrot Sketch, it was obvious that someone in the writing crew had noticed the MANY euphimisms for "He's dead." --Bob Bailey in Maine, USA
11:28 - That Camera Zoom
This period of my life, 1969-1974, was my high school years & my friends & I loved them all & would go about repeating the sketches, especially the songs! Thank you for bringing them back!
We have rat tarts, rat pudding and strawberry tarts...with a little bit of rat in it.
I needed this.Thank you
I love the lifeboat cannibals
Often overlooked but genius none the less, The Argument Clinic.
Fish slap dance: completely out of the box, with a surprising end
I was pretty sure that the Dead Parrot sketch was going to be number one.
The fish slap dance was hilarious.
The one you didn't mention: The Vorpal Bunny!
For me it's the scene in Holy Grail with the knights arriving in Camalot...
Cheese shop, bicycle repairman, fish slapping dance ,so many others . Best show ever. Well,maybe except SCTV .
The haggling scene from Life of Brian gets me. '10? For this? You must be mad!'.
My 14 years old son was watching that ... and I guess he's another victim/follower of Monty Python cult now... :-D
The architect sketch should definately be in the top ten. All they wanted was a simple block of flats - not an abattoir!
What a happy surprise to start my morning!
You know, there's an actual skit of "Four Yorkshiremen" with only Pythons in it. The one shown here has Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, neither of them Pythons.
As he stated in the video, Cleese and Chapman performed it with their troupe in At Last the 1948 Show before teaming up with the rest of the Pythons, and showed that version. There is apparently no video of them performing it in university with the Cambridge Footlights, which they did while studying law (Cleese) and medicine (Chapman).
Fish slapping!
Definitely should have been in this list
@@elliottprice6084 Right! I mean so many good ones but that was ridiculous silly funny!
@@segreen1046 when you watch the fish slap dance, it's so silly it shouldn't be funny, but it's rib snappingly hilarious 😂
This sketch affected me deeply growing up! To this day I still say that line, "Wink! Wink! Nudge! Nudge!" :D
I grew up watching Monty Python's Flying Circus in Boston, on PBS channel WSBK. during the 70's. Because of that, my parents assumed that it was perfectly harmless, and because it was an educational channel, wanted no part of viewing it. Thus, we boys got to see Carol Cleveland's bare breasts on local TV, in a Mr. Pither sketch. What the P's never knew about us!
WMEB out of Bangor ME. Python and the 6 part HHGTTG would play on Friday night. Doctor Who and Blakes 7 on Saturday after all the DIY and workshop shows. Lifetime Python fan.
The best comedy troop ever, one of the greatest sketches was the life of an English broker from breakfast to the office, my GF at the time totally lost it over the office scene,. Totally classic comedy we will never see again. 😂
And? Best comedy troupe!
Thanks for this list and many funny moments/sketches I'm sure if I rewatch some of Monty Pythons Flying Circus episodes, some or even lots will pop up that should have made the list (Bicycle repair man?), but the one that comes to mind is in The life of Brian when he has escaped from the Romans and they are chasing him while running up a tower, he falls... into a space ship with aliens that just happens to fly by, they have a rough fly through space, get shot at (by other alien space ships?) and finally he falls out at the exact same place (so he has to run from the Romans again and immediately).
ALBATROSS!
"Do you get wafers with it?"
@caseymacmacl7463 of course not it's bloody sea bird! ALBATROSS!
@@caseymacmacl7463 "course you don't get F***ing waffers with it"
"That's no ordinary Rabbit!" the ferocious Rabbit in the cave needed to be on this list.
The Argument is my favorite
Biggus Dickus should be much higher
Thats what she said!
Yes!
I'd say the only gag you missed was the "people falling off of tall buildings" gag...
The black knight is my favorite, followed by Biggest Dikkus, the Spam song, Trojan cow, 3 Questions at the Bridge, the argument office ❤❤❤and the taunting Frenchmen! I love it! Classic and very funny!
Welease Bwaian!
"RUN AWAY!"
I watched this as a kid in San Francisco on KQED, LMAO at the naughtiness of it, even though a lot of it went over my head at the time. Decades later, I have Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life as my Zen place.
Why not the one at the Hollywood bowl. American beer is like sex in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water