They're a lot taller these days. They e recovered from imperial serfdom, the Century of Humiliation, constant civil wars and invasions, famines, plagues, opium, the lot, and are much stronger for it. Amazing people.
I used to think the Golden Age of Ballooning was the least funny Python thing ever, but the sight of an Elvis impressionist singing I Like Chinese while John Cleese awkwardly waves a strand of ribbon around has it beaten by a mile. Comedy is a young man's game.
+Sara J. I'm not saying I don't appreciate that. Actually I'm honestly afraid now that M.P is done, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett have passed on and John Stewart has sworn not to go back to TV I wont have any thought provoking comedy to enjoy anymore T_T Niel Gaimen usually fumbles the "comedy" part.
This was how he was diagnosed with dementia. This show. He had the worst time trying to remember lines and communicating. John Cleese actually walked off stage (comically calling Jones a doddering old fool,) on the Graham Norton Show. In true Python fashion they made jokes about it. Cleese did come back and pop his head up behind the big red couch. I don’t think Jones had been officially diagnosed yet, and other Python members as well as friends and family grew increasingly concerned . Publicly, the other members of Python made jokes about it when they were being interviewed prior to the shows. All of the above issues that led to his diagnosis happen leading up and over the course of to their final performances as a comedy group at the O2. Dementia is awful. You lose a person twice. I have the greatest empathy for people who knew Terry Jones.
Happy they put the part that's in Chinese on the screen so you can run it through Google Translate. It actually does say "I like Chinese (people)" but I guess the second line is "are you ok?"
Yes ! you are sort of correct! it says "I love China people. Are you good(ok)? Meet again!" "Are you good/ok?" is Chinese version of "how are you?" "Goodbye" in Chinese is literally "Meet again!" :)
It wasn’t a Netflix special. It was a live variety show at the O2 in London in 2014. Netflix had no involvement. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)
This song perfectly illustrates the perspective many in the west have. Do they have nukes? For certain. Is it a lot of people? Most definitely. Can we work out peaceful solutions with them? Probably, if we show mutual respect.
@Proud康米 Thanks for the info. And I mean, who wouldn't love "Communism with Chinese characteristics"? Right! Great stuff. Well...maybe Song Jiang wouldn't be a fan, but Mao didn't figure this out until after he read the book 30 times on the Long March and then banned it, like all great dictators. 他年若得報冤讎，血染潯陽江口!
@Proud康米 Actually, most Chinese are upset with Song Jiang lol. Right? No one likes this ending. However, we know that the author was imprisoned and pressured to change the ending. For me, the end of the book is when they all gather together at Mt. Liang and plan to take over the entire country, overthrowing the totalitarians. That's the correct ending. And maybe one day, I will write it lol :) In the meantime, we have a problem. Both this country and China and others are all moving toward increased totalitarianism. And it is creating instability and uncessary headaches. Everyone needs to have a glass of wine and chill out lol. Maybe a little meditation. After, All Men Are Brothers, right?
Heh. I can *always* count on the YT comments section to help me make a point: Why on Earth and in the holy name of JC would you *cut* the best part just an "instant" after it had occurred?? "Right then, if you're going to be pedantic I'm going to piss off." Whyyyyyyyy????
good song, but not as funny as the original from the contractual obligation album- it was less censored, being from the 70s, and the stereotypes were more ridiculous and therefore funnier. it's sad they had to re-write this to cater to a vast majority of (mostly) westerners who feel it's their duty to take offence on behalf of everyone else. Still, great song, though!
I don't think this version was censored to please PC people. It's full of "cultural appropriation" and pisstakes, after all. I don't think the PC crowd would be happy. It's probably just a case of the lyrics changing to reflect the changes in stereotypes that we hold about Chinese people.
They didn't censor it, they just came up with new stereotypes to update the song that are just as un-PC in a funny way in different ways by saying China bought out America, they make cheap bootlegs of everything, their products suck and are poorly-made, they're still commies, and all the stereotypes of the old version aren't even true with the exceptions of ping-pong and go chess with the Chinese singers in on the whole thing. Plus they keep the part where their only reference to Chinese food are numbers off an imaginary menu at some fusion place in England, the same crappy reference-point that an American would have who has never been to China or even Chinatown for some real Chinese food. They do updates of "The Galaxy Song" every couple of years to keep it scientifically accurate in much the same vein, sacrificing some of the humor for accuracy, albeit humor is to be had in accuracy sometimes via commentary.
Leftist Monty Python's original "I Like Chinese" lyrics are racist as hell, but that goes well with their lack of talent and the media watchdogs' double standard.
"They're still a little communese"
We'll never see such a brilliant group of funny people again. RIP Graham and Terry.
Oh dear! They changed from the original lyrics of, "They're small & eager to please.... & only come half way up to my knees"!
@@jojams2000 Class! 😅🤣🤣
Yes, and as far as I understand the maoism has been also deleted.
@@lovaserzsebet670 PC woke bollocks! The Worlds 🌎 gone mad 🤪 & l don't like it.
I didnt even recognize Eric Idle right away
They're a lot taller these days. They e recovered from imperial serfdom, the Century of Humiliation, constant civil wars and invasions, famines, plagues, opium, the lot, and are much stronger for it. Amazing people.
I used to think the Golden Age of Ballooning was the least funny Python thing ever, but the sight of an Elvis impressionist singing I Like Chinese while John Cleese awkwardly waves a strand of ribbon around has it beaten by a mile.
Comedy is a young man's game.
I can't stop laughing at the part where he starts trying to tap dance.
He was 71 so it's not that surprising.
+Sara J. I'm not saying I don't appreciate that. Actually I'm honestly afraid now that M.P is done, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett have passed on and John Stewart has sworn not to go back to TV I wont have any thought provoking comedy to enjoy anymore T_T
Niel Gaimen usually fumbles the "comedy" part.
lol I see they've updated the lyrics.
Eric Idle is a national treasure
All the Pythonese are National Treasures and should be knighted, even the dead ones.
International.
"They're still a little comunist" gets me all the times XDDDDDD
This is a great update! Especially when the dancers correct him about "their little trees." That's Japanese!
banzai is Chinese
That what I thought…
@@wewinhomes bonsai is Japanese…
They also removed the lyrics about the Chinese being short. Otherwise it would contradict the tall Chinese dancers on stage.
He also credits the Chinese with chess, which comes from Persia.
Wonderful to see the Montys in action again
What happened to "They only come up to your knees" - clearly sanitised for modern times.
Eric being respectful
Perhaps Eric has shrunk in his old age
Now they reach his waist!
@@crazyorganist1609 No Eric being a pussy and capitulating to the woke.
"They're still a little communeese"
Wolf equals Flow. 11-27-2021
Those signs on the background, I hv seen most of them in real life, most of them are still operational in MK of Hong Kong
My eyes watered a bit seeing Terry Jones (RIP)
This was how he was diagnosed with dementia. This show. He had the worst time trying to remember lines and communicating. John Cleese actually walked off stage (comically calling Jones a doddering old fool,) on the Graham Norton Show. In true Python fashion they made jokes about it. Cleese did come back and pop his head up behind the big red couch.
I don’t think Jones had been officially diagnosed yet, and other Python members as well as friends and family grew increasingly concerned . Publicly, the other members of Python made jokes about it when they were being interviewed prior to the shows.
All of the above issues that led to his diagnosis happen leading up and over the course of to their final performances as a comedy group at the O2.
Dementia is awful. You lose a person twice. I have the greatest empathy for people who knew Terry Jones.
"hahahaha you funny English-we take you stuff last" As an American, I want to sing this for Winnie the Pooh- I mean Chairman Xi
actually the tiny trees arrived from china
or the art of it atleast
There's one in every crowd.
just couldn't do this today - Shame we have no python equivalent that will carry on this harmless, good humoured irreverent laugh fodder
It was already changed from the original “they only go up to your knees”
Twitter would shut them down anyway
@@magicalhikari5859 Twitter can't shut down jack. Just don't acknowledge anyone there.
Python was never harmless. They sparked their fair share of outrages and moral panics back in the day.
My favorite skit is the ignorant peasant.
Not so ignorant after all.
" Shut up! "!
Great Eric! 😘
Excellent!! Wonderful!! Marvelous!!.......l LIKE CHINESE!!!😆😆😄😅🤣
I love the original lyrics, and these 'contemporary lyrics are great.
The 'great USA' is OWNED by China.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
welp, they no longer come up to your knees, cute, cuddly, and ready or ready to please
No, but they are still a little 'communese'.
Now that's how yo u farm social credits
..... they oooonly come up to your kneeees !
Eric is very good with songs❤
I was here for this!
Ok, almost ten years later and more relevent than ever. Where are the Pythons when you need them? Oh yeah, dead or retired.
I met John Cleese not too long ago. He was cool. I would love to meet Eric Idle.
Happy they put the part that's in Chinese on the screen so you can run it through Google Translate. It actually does say "I like Chinese (people)" but I guess the second line is "are you ok?"
Yes ! you are sort of correct! it says "I love China people. Are you good(ok)? Meet again!"
"Are you good/ok?" is Chinese version of "how are you?"
"Goodbye" in Chinese is literally "Meet again!" :)
@@ZhiyingHarp thanks for clarifying!
So injoyable
What a great finale! When and where was this recorded? Does anyone know?
It was for the Netflix special ‘One down, Five to go’
It wasn’t a Netflix special. It was a live variety show at the O2 in London in 2014. Netflix had no involvement. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)
This song perfectly illustrates the perspective many in the west have.
Do they have nukes? For certain. Is it a lot of people? Most definitely. Can we work out peaceful solutions with them? Probably, if we show mutual respect.
Brilliant 😂😂😂
CunningX Duck it's CPTNSarky93
what happened to "they only come up to your knees" ?
it has become " they copy everything they see" and " I like their Qi and Taichi" hahaha.
got to love political correctness @@ZhiyingHarp
@@artwithalexander5359 😅 times are different now
Is this brilliant? Yes it is.
Can anybody write a lyrics for me?
there's actually a version on the monty python channel with the original lyrics.
China invented Bonsai (Penjing). :)
@Proud康米 Thanks for the info. And I mean, who wouldn't love "Communism with Chinese characteristics"? Right! Great stuff. Well...maybe Song Jiang wouldn't be a fan, but Mao didn't figure this out until after he read the book 30 times on the Long March and then banned it, like all great dictators.
他年若得報冤讎，血染潯陽江口!
@Proud康米
Actually, most Chinese are upset with Song Jiang lol. Right? No one likes this ending. However, we know that the author was imprisoned and pressured to change the ending. For me, the end of the book is when they all gather together at Mt. Liang and plan to take over the entire country, overthrowing the totalitarians. That's the correct ending. And maybe one day, I will write it lol :)
In the meantime, we have a problem. Both this country and China and others are all moving toward increased totalitarianism. And it is creating instability and uncessary headaches.
Everyone needs to have a glass of wine and chill out lol. Maybe a little meditation. After, All Men Are Brothers, right?
Most Chinese people today are really stressed and depressed. They have to work hard just to get by.
Heh. I can *always* count on the YT comments section to help me make a point: Why on Earth and in the holy name of JC would you *cut* the best part just an "instant" after it had occurred?? "Right then, if you're going to be pedantic I'm going to piss off." Whyyyyyyyy????
BAH! I suppose you want INSTANT POT also. Am I right?
You can buy it at WALLMART. Along with your Pinoqachole drug. You are a dope addict.
~YEAH~
Trumps new song
The man who speaks in anagrams likes Chinese!!
Should have used Chinese dancers. Some might be, but not all. And the Japanese line is funny.
11-27-2021
So funny...
I'm glad they removed the line "They only come up to your knees". Not so much for reasons of racial sensitivity: it just wasn't a proper rhyme.
they drink milk these days😂
good song, but not as funny as the original from the contractual obligation album- it was less censored, being from the 70s, and the stereotypes were more ridiculous and therefore funnier. it's sad they had to re-write this to cater to a vast majority of (mostly) westerners who feel it's their duty to take offence on behalf of everyone else.
Still, great song, though!
I don't know man, the choreography was pretty bad...
I don't think this version was censored to please PC people. It's full of "cultural appropriation" and pisstakes, after all. I don't think the PC crowd would be happy.
It's probably just a case of the lyrics changing to reflect the changes in stereotypes that we hold about Chinese people.
(I prefer the original too, by the way. But that's when the Pythons were at their prime.)
I'm right on board with the "fuck political correctness" sentiment but I have to agree with Sposchy on this one.
They didn't censor it, they just came up with new stereotypes to update the song that are just as un-PC in a funny way in different ways by saying China bought out America, they make cheap bootlegs of everything, their products suck and are poorly-made, they're still commies, and all the stereotypes of the old version aren't even true with the exceptions of ping-pong and go chess with the Chinese singers in on the whole thing. Plus they keep the part where their only reference to Chinese food are numbers off an imaginary menu at some fusion place in England, the same crappy reference-point that an American would have who has never been to China or even Chinatown for some real Chinese food. They do updates of "The Galaxy Song" every couple of years to keep it scientifically accurate in much the same vein, sacrificing some of the humor for accuracy, albeit humor is to be had in accuracy sometimes via commentary.
I like Chinese so much I married one 🥰
Not as funny as the original but entertaining nevertheless.
China is a pretty horrible place but I love this song
I love it how they’ve changed the lyrics to be pc
Leftist Monty Python's original "I Like Chinese" lyrics are racist as hell, but that goes well with their lack of talent and the media watchdogs' double standard.
Fast forward to 2020.. I don't think the world likes them so much now, Eric.... #MakeChinaPay #FreeHongKong
Took me forever to figure out why Elvis was there 😂
I still don't get it :v (help me please)
The Fassa he was actually a major fan of Monty Python!
@@junypadgett6478 Also because chinese copy _everything_
they actually cut out all the funny non PC words of the song!
Yonatan Maayan like they home up to my knees?
Yonatan Maayan “they copy everything they seize” is pc now?
its a different story NOW.
i dont
Ehhh....this proves that not every Python skit is memorable--except for its forgettableness.
You remember that one Python skit I can't recall?
Bet he's eating his words now covd19
What a disappointment.
what disappointed you,Sir?
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