Ok, but something I haven't yet seen anyone mention: Why do those words sound "woody" and "tinny"? It's sort of absurd, linguistically, for any word to sound like a physical object, but for example, "oak" and "mahogany" sound decidedly woody, and this isn't just because they're kinds of wood; "teak" is tinny despite being a wood, and "cedar" is patently and clearly a very tinny word.
go to a bookstore pick up a book ask if its tinny or wooden librarian doesnt know what im talking about pull out a chart explaining whats wooden and whats tinny *laughs* “its a good book, sir” buy the book its tinny
Probably the most subtle and sophisticated skit they wrote. I wish I understood the culture well enough to see all its nuances. Or maybe it's just bonkers and I'm a prat - could be that.
Has anyone else noticed the parallels between this skit and American politics today; what with its woody right and tinny left and everybody behaving like Becky when anyone even mentions the other side. 😂
The subtitles are mostly accurate, but "gorn" for "gone" is a pretty significant mistake that changes the tenor of the whole sketch. It makes it sound like he's making up a word because he likes the sound of it, whereas the rest of the sketch makes it clear that they are talking about existing, English words.
She is all tinny and he is all woody. But she dispises her own tinniness to make him feel at ease, even at the expense of her own well-being. A mighty sketch about female self-dread in the patriarchal structures of the Victorian era Britain.
This is true. Even middle class snobbish southern English like to AVOID using words seen to have plebeian connotations. Newspaper and bin are words for lower classes who have to work for a living and need to stay informed about events etc. The leisured complacent upper classes don't have to actually do much except sit around and do little.
Is this true in the present day? It seems that even wealthy people don't sit around and do nothing anymore. Everyone seems so frantically busy nowadays
I begin to understand Cleese's frustrations and his ultimate departure. This is funny post -Cleese stuff , but overly long , lacking in pace and feels like a student revue performance. He complained that they were becoming repetitive and complacent , relying on tried and trusted tropes , and increasingly unfunny.There's some evidence of that here , unfortunately.
Cleese's gift was physical humor. Unless you're a master satirist like Joe Orton, which these guys weren't, or a brazenly daring working class hero like Ricky Gervais, (David Brent), Britain in this long gone era offered up these highly educated comics, ( and others, Peter Cook/ Dudley Moore) who channeled scads of upper crust society life, wafer thin on humor and even less so on universal appeal, sketches that the real elite did, and do, just as well or better, to better or best themselves. Cleese was correct to bolt from this lexiconic vacuum.
i loved it, but it's very much a "the hell is wrong with the English upper classes" series of jokes bunch of people sitting around trying to find something to do with their time
"Dead is she? What a blow for her." Fucking kills me every time 🤣
I love how camp they are about someone dying right in front of them.
"Oh, crikey! Old song's finished her off!"
And her.
“Sorry old horse”
I N T E R C O U R S E
Later dear.
@Jeezes718 NO! NO! NO! THE WORD, "INTERCOURSE."
GOOD AND WOODY!
“Sorry old horse!”
The servants in the background trying not to laugh ahahaha
Not sure why but this is my favorite Python sketch
pretty good choice xD
Best post Cleese....or thereabouts
This is, in fact, one of the best Python sketches. The Ken Clean-Air-System skit is another contender 🤣🤣
Wtf I just commented on a 14 year old video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah it's probably my favorite as well
this new season of Downton Abbey is fantastic
"You can't beat wood." I beg to differ. Every morning.
Right-O, Old Sport -- just keep some tweezers handy for those nasty splinters
my ADHD brain when someone is talking to me:
It's all about the Bouba-Kiki effect :)
PERT PERT THIGHS
B O T T Y
sort of Bouba.
EROGENOUS ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!
This sketch feels like word association mixed with word play.
@@mysteryman3854oh prodding. Thanks
🌊
IT'S BACK????
THIS VID WENT DOWN FOR LIKE A YEAR OR SOMETHING AND ITS FINALLY BACK
Yes it was gorn but now it's back
Damn accurate depiction of British aristocracy. Jolly good show, Simkins! Please do carry on😁
“Seemly”: Bit tinny.
Recdivist - frightfully tinny word
Aaaah!! (runs from room)
Ok, but something I haven't yet seen anyone mention: Why do those words sound "woody" and "tinny"?
It's sort of absurd, linguistically, for any word to sound like a physical object, but for example, "oak" and "mahogany" sound decidedly woody, and this isn't just because they're kinds of wood; "teak" is tinny despite being a wood, and "cedar" is patently and clearly a very tinny word.
@@leoribic1691 A rough guess is that Latin-derived words sound "tinny" and Anglo-Saxon-derived words sounds "woody."
The sketch grew on me. At first I did think it overlong. Also, damn fine episode what with the RAF banter sketch. Lets get the bacon delivered!
I think this was from Python's last series in '74 when the sketches tended to be overlong. This one worked.
Caribou GONE!
When the sketch begins with "I say...The croquet hoops look damn pretty this afternoon." you know it's gonna be a banger.
I like that Becky’s the first person to say “tin” & doesn’t react at all when she says it, but when anyone else says it she’s frightfully off-put.
"Frightfully off put" what a weird blend of a woody yet tinny kind of sentence.
That's HER word.
for... SHE'S GOING TO MARRY YUM YUM!
I never even noticed he was singing The Mikado. Arthur Sullivan was a very woody sort of composer.
(1:46) "well you gotta come to terms with these things."
- Mansfield Vermin - Jones.
"Sorry old horse!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🪦🪦🪦
Mansfield shot one in the antlers
"Sorry Dear, Don't understand!" hahaah
Sorry old horse
go to a bookstore
pick up a book
ask if its tinny or wooden
librarian doesnt know what im talking about
pull out a chart explaining whats wooden and whats tinny
*laughs* “its a good book, sir”
buy the book
its tinny
This skit lives in my head tent free
CARIBOU GORN
"triumvirate" is the most woody word of all time imo
Probably the most subtle and sophisticated skit they wrote. I wish I understood the culture well enough to see all its nuances. Or maybe it's just bonkers and I'm a prat - could be that.
"Bound"... is it bad I found myself agreeing with this man?
Later, dear.
Refractive …
Rrreffffffractive …
Me sent me here
Elon Moosk nice profile pic
Nice intro vid~..
That they didn’t say “festoon” is a missed opportunity
Dreadfully tinny word! I prefer PORRIDGE
"SIMPKINS! Nasty, tinny sort of name..." 🤣🤣
gorn off
Thumbs up if you just noticed that the maid's wearing sunglasses
Probably two black eyes from excessive use of tinny words
Graham's relentless mugging throughout this sketch completely ruins me.
By far this is the best sketch of the last season of MPFC
One person really doesn't like tinny words!
One of the best!
Has anyone else noticed the parallels between this skit and American politics today; what with its woody right and tinny left and everybody behaving like Becky when anyone even mentions the other side. 😂
Becky old chap...😆
this disappeared from youtube for about 6mo
The truth shall make ye fret brought me here.
The subtitles are mostly accurate, but "gorn" for "gone" is a pretty significant mistake that changes the tenor of the whole sketch. It makes it sound like he's making up a word because he likes the sound of it, whereas the rest of the sketch makes it clear that they are talking about existing, English words.
The Gorn are quite frightening in the Star Trek universe. Not a "tinny" word per se, but they'd still kill the old horse Becka off right quick.
"existing". Dreadfully tinny sort of a word, that. Tinny, tinny.
@@iilwjcanc I say...
“Caribou gorn!”
Could we train an AI with this video to predict which words are woody and which are tinny?
@utubeworms I added subtitles for those, who learn English.
Intercourse
4:31 the invention of heavy metal
You can't beat wood 😂😂😂😂
@pictures3d I think you missed the double negative. He said 'never not funny' therefore - it never isn't funny. So it is funny! I love it :)
2:22 It sounds like the wife is saying haribou.
CARIBOU G O N E
Still, in most videos the CC is nothing but nonsense. This one seems to get it right for the most part.
Alien mousk damnit
Moosk*?
She is all tinny and he is all woody. But she dispises her own tinniness to make him feel at ease, even at the expense of her own well-being. A mighty sketch about female self-dread in the patriarchal structures of the Victorian era Britain.
Isn't that the house from the old "Blithe Spirit" film?
Never noticed this before but the maid in the upper left hand corner is perfectly dressed for the part, yet absurdly weari g sunglasses 0:47 lol
Maybe she's blind?
lololol this one always makes me laugh!!!!!
in musk we trust
anybody notice the maid 2nd from the left flinch when he fired the gun?
Elon Musk brought me here
Elon.. 😂
Hi
The croquet hoops in the intro are tin.
This is true. Even middle class snobbish southern English like to AVOID using words seen to have plebeian connotations. Newspaper and bin are words for lower classes who have to work for a living and need to stay informed about events etc. The leisured complacent upper classes don't have to actually do much except sit around and do little.
Is this true in the present day? It seems that even wealthy people don't sit around and do nothing anymore. Everyone seems so frantically busy nowadays
@@gauravtejpal8901 Well the wealthy people in Englandshire act like Americans, well at least some of them do.
How are the extras keeping it together man xD
Isn't he saying gone, and not gorn? Gorn is only a Star Trek word
Gorn.
Goorrrrrn.
A Loony Must brought me here.
Do we really need english subtitles for people speaking english????
who was brought here by Elon?
How did Elon bring you here
1 person did not like the tinny words
Goooone
@pictures3d
Which is nice of you and a really good idea. ^_^
I'm pretty sure Eric Idle likes crossdressing, I mean he crossdresses A LOT in this show😂
So it's not set in Egypt, Ecuador, or Ethiopia? What a rip off! Not very woody of them at all!
What language is that? I need english transcription :(
Охтеров Егор It's still English, but with somewhat strong accents. With some colloquialisms thrown in for good measure.
Wealthy people are funny.
I begin to understand Cleese's frustrations and his ultimate departure. This is funny post -Cleese stuff , but overly long , lacking in pace and feels like a student revue performance. He complained that they were becoming repetitive and complacent , relying on tried and trusted tropes , and increasingly unfunny.There's some evidence of that here , unfortunately.
Cleese's gift was physical humor. Unless you're a master satirist like Joe Orton, which these guys weren't, or a brazenly daring working class hero like Ricky Gervais, (David Brent), Britain in this long gone era offered up these highly educated comics, ( and others, Peter Cook/ Dudley Moore) who channeled scads of upper crust society life, wafer thin on humor and even less so on universal appeal, sketches that the real elite did, and do, just as well or better, to better or best themselves. Cleese was correct to bolt from this lexiconic vacuum.
i couldn't disagree more, this is basically one of the best python bits to be done, and that old crusty fuck is nowhere in sight
I don't agree with you, this skit has depth.
One of my favourite sketches 🤷🏾♂️
@@davidmurray2539Mmmm... Yes. That was a nice woody sort of comment
@pictures3d Tinny!
Thornton Wilder, this ain't. 🧐
2:51
Model 3 massive!
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@tareqs1 Yeah, this scene is not best. I don't know why people "like it" :)
It's a sketch, not a scene.
Really this is never not funny
so it's always funny?
elon whyyyyy
Elon, anyone?
Not to be rude, but I didn't find this funny at all?
It isn't funny at all. That's why.
Is that a question?
i loved it, but it's very much a "the hell is wrong with the English upper classes" series of jokes
bunch of people sitting around trying to find something to do with their time
i can't be the only one who thinks this isn't funny.
You’re among the striking minority.
Caribou, gone!
Elon Musk brought me here
bahadır Durmaz same
i want a model three but im broke
Shelby S I'm 16 and broke so it's pretty impossible now for me xD
me to..
Same