I can't believe, in all my years of watching this scene, I never noticed that those catholic kids are still filing out of the house throughout the entire speech this guy makes. lmao!
Growing up in a catholic country, I must say the most unsettling thing about this scene is the implication that Protestants eat toasted bread with a knife and fork.
These are the knife and fork Protestants. They're the ones who have priests that wear big hats, like Catholics. We call them the big hat Protestants. There's a further church schism regarding the use of the knife and fork in the eating of toast. The rest of the Protestants, the majority who don't have priests with big funny hats, pick up the toast with their hands, and then like as not, use it as a big scoop, as God intended, to pick up everything else on the plate and eat it like a sandwich. 😂
We actually eat so called Hawaii sandwiches with knife and fork in Sweden. It's toast with pineapple, a slice of ham and a slice of cheese. Though most of us are atheists, and it's just easier to eat the toast like that because it's been in the oven and the cheese has melted 😺
The protestant couple is one of the best moments of the Pythons. Nothing over the top nor too much outrageous (like the Mr. Creosote scene or the liver transplant), just Champman and Idle talking and giving simply brilliant performances.
I think my dad had this on a vhs when I grew up in the 80s but I was too young to have an interest in watching it. The clips here are hilarious though! "John Thomas" XD Lmao
"When Martin Luther nailed up his protest to the church door in 1517, he may have not realized the full significance of what he was doing. But 400 years later, thanks to him my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas"
In the name of ALLAH , Most Gracious, Most Merciful Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.20 Surra Iron From the Holy Qur'an 💜 Muslims Holy Book💜💜
@@biekgiek Overzealous religious people often have a tendency to spam comment sections with completely unrelated quotes from whichever book they concider to be holy, as if they believe that they can "save" or convert the filthy non-believers by doing so. I never understood the point, but then again I'm just a filthy non-believer.
Just to clarify for non-Brits, he's eating fried-bread, a common part of breakfast in the UK. You fry your bacon/eggs/tomatoes/whatever, when they are done, take them out of the pan and throw in a slice of bread and cook both sides until toast-like, it absorbs the juice from what was in the pan before, delicious.
As an American, I want people from other countries to know that we are not all fat, inbred, gross hillbillies. Honey Boo Boo's mom doesn't represent an entire country.
This is why Monty Python is genius. They actually filmed a scene of a man talking about Protestantism with his wife, and her getting severely sexually aroused by it.
In the name of ALLAH , Most Gracious, Most Merciful Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.20 Surra Iron From the Holy Qur'an 💜 Muslims Holy Book💜💜
Loved this little dialog so much, I've memorized the lines, and, once in a while (to my wife's embarrassment), I'm known to "perform it" when we have company over, should the conversation turn in that general direction! Oh my!......
+Paul Shiltz Well next time you perform this with company over, might I suggest you covertly video it and then post it back on youtube. It would be hilarious. :) :)
This little dialog is so great that I memorized it without ever watching it! Yes, it is the true, I have a friend who (besides being a fierce atheist) found the dialog so funny, that he used to quote or recite it several times for our amusement. That's how I learned it (and enjoyed it) before i watched it.
I use to parody the scene with Death about food poisoning every time we had friends over and my wife was cooking. Of course they are all python fans as well, so sometimes they take over It’s great fun!
Now I know why the little shop at Westminster Abbey sells French ticklers and Black Mambos in a presentation kit with talc and bath salts for Mothers Day!
In the DVD commentary of this scene, it's mentioned that the children filtered out of the front door, walked around the house, came back in through the back door, and wandered out the front door again until this scene was complete.
There were 62 kids filing out of the Catholic house while they were in the scene. They were moved out of frame for a while but at the rate they were coming out, there would have been at least 10-12 more, and at the end of the clip, there were still more in the dorway.
When Martin Luther nailed up his protest up to the church door in 1517, he may not have realized the full significance of what he was doing. But, four hundred years later, thanks to him my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas...
Me mum showed the Holy Grail to my brother and I-and we adore it to this day. Riding on that, she rented Meaning of Life without having ever seen it. I remember looking at her face during the Sperm song and this part. Even funnier than Holy Grail.
I love the expression "John Thomas", I'm from Canada so I never heard that one before. They called it "Johnson" in the 80s movie "Top Gun." Ding Dong, ding a ling are pretty popular too. I feel bad for someone named John Thomas who moved to England and didn't know the expression, would be pretty embarrassing, especially for a kid in school.
Little rubber devices ..... french ticklers, black mambas, crocodile ribs. "Harry, I want you to sale me a condom, in fact, today I think I'll have a French tickler." LMAO !!!!
My father was a big fan of fawlty towers and a staunch Catholic. I was in the next room when he watched this. He switched it off and none of the Pythons were welcome on TV in his house after that.
It makes fun of Protestants just as much in that they are allowed to use contraception but in this sketch are so staunch and lacking in passion they don't need to.
They do such a great job depicting the cultural differences. Poor, Raggedy Catholics versus stuffy, but wealthier Protestants. Ironically, Protestants allowed marriage but had smaller families. The Catholics shamed it, but the kids kept coming.
"We can take precautions"
"What you mean, lock the door?"
Hahaha hilarious stuff!!
Doganshang it would keep the kids from watching the entire time
yeah that was good
and add sandbags
@boiledkettles6066 "Let. The boy. Watch. He needs to learn, like i learned from my father and he learned from his father"
I can't believe, in all my years of watching this scene, I never noticed that those catholic kids are still filing out of the house throughout the entire speech this guy makes. lmao!
It's because his speech is so engrossing that few notice what is going on across the street.
It's what makes pythons so great. Great funny and clever written scripts ,great acting and stunning cinematography and Gilliams brilliant animation.
I didn't either--thanks for pointing it out!
I did
kevnar 👍
Graham eating toast like it’s a steak is utter class.
I took a girl on a date once and we ordered cheeseburgers and she ate it like that. We broke up the next day.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere damn. Sounded like a keeper, man.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere She was being ladylike, so she was obviously too good for you.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere She had made the great leap out of the middle ages.
How did I never notice that detail?
Growing up in a catholic country, I must say the most unsettling thing about this scene is the implication that Protestants eat toasted bread with a knife and fork.
And proud of it! Lol
It’s because they take precaution
These are the knife and fork Protestants. They're the ones who have priests that wear big hats, like Catholics. We call them the big hat Protestants. There's a further church schism regarding the use of the knife and fork in the eating of toast.
The rest of the Protestants, the majority who don't have priests with big funny hats, pick up the toast with their hands, and then like as not, use it as a big scoop, as God intended, to pick up everything else on the plate and eat it like a sandwich. 😂
We actually eat so called Hawaii sandwiches with knife and fork in Sweden. It's toast with pineapple, a slice of ham and a slice of cheese. Though most of us are atheists, and it's just easier to eat the toast like that because it's been in the oven and the cheese has melted 😺
“400 years later, thanks to him, my dear, I can use whatever I want on my toasted bread”
The protestant couple is one of the best moments of the Pythons. Nothing over the top nor too much outrageous (like the Mr. Creosote scene or the liver transplant), just Champman and Idle talking and giving simply brilliant performances.
The Meaning of Life isn’t my favorite Python movie, but this scene is probably my favorite Python moment.
@@jarsenberg Agreed, it's sublime how the two of them each carry on with the bit, and talk right past each other. Repeated punch lines every time.
"But 400 years later, thanks to him my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas"
This killed me...
Chapman was freakin brilliant!
I died too lol
Such an English joke.
I think my dad had this on a vhs when I grew up in the 80s but I was too young to have an interest in watching it. The clips here are hilarious though! "John Thomas" XD Lmao
"When Martin Luther nailed up his protest to the church door in 1517, he may have not realized the full significance of what he was doing. But 400 years later, thanks to him my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas"
In the name of ALLAH , Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.20
Surra Iron
From the Holy Qur'an 💜
Muslims Holy Book💜💜
We can thank Martin Luther for the wearing of French Ticklers- and for capitalism!
@@estabrq What does your post have to do with this skit?
@@biekgiek Overzealous religious people often have a tendency to spam comment sections with completely unrelated quotes from whichever book they concider to be holy, as if they believe that they can "save" or convert the filthy non-believers by doing so. I never understood the point, but then again I'm just a filthy non-believer.
@@biekgiek Well, the skit certainly seems to be "amusement and diversion."
Eric Idle is convincing as a woman.
SIE44TAR oh yes Arry
Loretta you mean! 😉
Hello sister.
As a British woman, yes....thats literally what they look like.
They used to have him play the more convincing women. Terry Jones played the ugly ones.
Eric Idles "Oooh" and excited interest is a hidden gem of this scene.
Oh, yes... Harry...
‘Have you got one ?’ Eric Idle, the master of timing. As they all are/are. Geniuses.
Tried to edit! The second ‘are’ should be ‘were’ in recognition of Graham and Terry.
@@duncansmith8992 That's odd. I can edit posts years later when I stumble upon them.
Anyway, carry on.
I love the extra touch of absurdity by way of Graham Chapman eating a single piece of dry toast off a plate with a fork and knife.
I thought he was eating baked beans or a poached egg at the time.
@@lemsip207 Baked beans? Luxury!
That's what being a proud protestant is all about.
And it's not just pure absurdity. It actually adds to the character, on how square minded he is
I think this is one of THE funniest and most brilliant scenes in this awesome film!
The whole movie is funny 😁
Yesterday I visited the church where Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation and I was thinking about this scene the entire time :D
+Jimmy X Nice yo! I was there this summer.It's the Schlosskirche, right? It was under heavy renovation when I was there, unfortunately.
The Protestant Reformation, no no no. I think you mean "The Great Condom War"
Samuel Pepys Anglicanism came before Lutherism
sliat1981 Anglicanism: 1534 Lutherism: 1517...
Dewey Dezimal fair enough, but let’s not forget one was founded by an antisemitic German and the other by a murderer
Geniuses; all of them. Epic talent, the Beatles of comedy
I think it was Terry Jones who said, on the commentary track, that this sketch was representative of the apex of their writing abilities as group.
so brilliant, even down to the cutting of toast with a knife and fork.So perfect.This is the image of true comedy.
This is one of the funniest scenes ever! It looks like he's eating toast with a knife and fork
What's wrong with that?
MrGeek91 Exactly.
+Day Tripper he is - because he is a PROTESTANT
Just to clarify for non-Brits, he's eating fried-bread, a common part of breakfast in the UK. You fry your bacon/eggs/tomatoes/whatever, when they are done, take them out of the pan and throw in a slice of bread and cook both sides until toast-like, it absorbs the juice from what was in the pan before, delicious.
And the US is the one with the obesity problem
For all you Americans, I am yorkshire. Yes we do talk like that
I love a good Yorkshire accent!
As an American, I want people from other countries to know that we are not all fat, inbred, gross hillbillies. Honey Boo Boo's mom doesn't represent an entire country.
Zach Haywood I went to Florida last year and not everyone there was fat
Zach Haywood only tick shit would think that anyway
As a Lancashire man I can indeed confirm all Yorkshiremen are married to their sisters 😜
"Every Sperm Is Sacred" followed by this...no wonder I loved this movie!
Graham Chapman was just brilliant, utterly brilliant. lol
Notice how there are kids walking out of the house the ENTIRE TIME!
You made this a bijirillion times better
that's part of the joke
turn on the subtitles
To make that possible they actually had the kids enter the house again from another door and then walk out again.
It would take a harem of women to have that many children over their breeding years.
Absolute quality - one of the very best written and performed sketches ...EVER ANYWHERE!
This could be film of my Dad. A proper Yorkshire Protestant. Fried bread included.
Eric's facial expression made this sketch
"We're protestant, and fiercely proud of it"
+Russell Grey GOOD
Boooo
Sounds like Rangers fans
This is why Monty Python is genius. They actually filmed a scene of a man talking about Protestantism with his wife, and her getting severely sexually aroused by it.
Only the Pythons can take the mundane and turn it into art.
I’m a catholic but this is absolutely hysterical
I'm a Protestant but this is absolutely hysterical:)
I am a lapsed Catholic and this is hilarious
I’m a Zoroastrian and this just killed me.
I'm sorry.
Allahu Akbar but this is absolutely hysterical. ( just kidding about the allahu akbar bit )
Eating his toast and jam with a knife and fork. The most British thing ever.
Er - we don't really 🙂
From here on out, I'm renaming The Protestant Reformation "The Great Condom War"
I've sometimes thought of converting to the Church of England just so I can boast that my religion was founded on a dare
I'm a staunch protestant and I love this scene.. What you just wrote had me out my chair laughing.. Well done.
That was all about :)
"Lock the door?" gets me every time
That was a beautiful lecture by Graham. He'd have been a great college professor.
I watched this movie the night before my history test and this scene helped me answer a question during the test
Montypython tried to pull the wool over our eyes and say this was Yorkshire in 1983 when we all know it’s Northern Ireland in 2021.
Has anybody tried to reenact the dialogue without laughing? Because I'm sure Graham and Eric had a ball trying to get through this whole cut.
Graham and Eric always had such great chemistry with each other.
That's how Monty Python taught me, the Jew, about the difference between Catholics and Protestants :D
+AnnetteWarren I hear that sister!
AnnetteWarren they teach you we are completely off our heads ? that just about sums us up !
Indeed, you have got a lot to learn, Jewish girl.
There's more to it than that...
You shouldn't get your religious education from comedy films. Just saying.
Lmao he is just avoiding his wife's follow up questions as much as possible.
He's avoiding his wife's follow-up shag.
No, he's not listening.
In the name of ALLAH , Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.20
Surra Iron
From the Holy Qur'an 💜
Muslims Holy Book💜💜
@@estabrq Shut up!
@@estabrq your fake god doesn't exist 😂
They managed to make fun of both the Catholics AND the Protestants in one skit on the same subject!
Loved this little dialog so much, I've memorized the lines, and, once in a while (to my wife's embarrassment), I'm known to "perform it" when we have company over, should the conversation turn in that general direction! Oh my!......
Paul Shiltz Sorry for the necro, but geeky husbands FTW! Now you just need to convince her to play the wife. "What do you mean, lock the door?" XD
Lokisdottir LOL!!!
+Paul Shiltz
Well next time you perform this with company over, might I suggest you covertly video it and then post it back on youtube. It would be hilarious. :) :)
This little dialog is so great that I memorized it without ever watching it! Yes, it is the true, I have a friend who (besides being a fierce atheist) found the dialog so funny, that he used to quote or recite it several times for our amusement. That's how I learned it (and enjoyed it) before i watched it.
I use to parody the scene with Death
about food poisoning every time we had friends over and my wife was cooking.
Of course they are all python fans as well, so sometimes they take over
It’s great fun!
get me some french ticklers, for I am a protestant!
I like how the caption says "Shell explodes" right as Eric is panting and asking the husband to go get some Fresh ticklers. 😂
Now I know why the little shop at Westminster Abbey sells French ticklers and Black Mambos in a presentation kit with talc and bath salts for Mothers Day!
And the best thing about this clip is, there's a completely different skit in the subtitles to enjoy at the same time!
That's from the battle scene elsewhere in the movie.
For me it's the double "they", as he points his knife at the children. Can't stop laughing at it
25 years after the first time I saw it, it’s still funny.
It’s still smart.
Those pythons were cool!!
In the DVD commentary of this scene, it's mentioned that the children filtered out of the front door, walked around the house, came back in through the back door, and wandered out the front door again until this scene was complete.
There were 62 kids filing out of the Catholic house while they were in the scene. They were moved out of frame for a while but at the rate they were coming out, there would have been at least 10-12 more, and at the end of the clip, there were still more in the dorway.
“Respects the individual, and the individual’s right to decide for him or herself”
This hasn’t aged well
Monty Python are the best at portraying boring people's lives
When Martin Luther nailed up his protest up to the church door in 1517, he may not have realized the full significance of what he was doing. But, four hundred years later, thanks to him my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas...
Eric getting all hot and bothered, biting his lip kills me.
Chapman is always at his best when he puts on a northern accent.
"That's what's being protestant is all about!" :-D
You mean, lock the door?
+steven batty I know...I love that!
I just love the rant starting at 1:14.
RIP Graham and Terry J.
Me mum showed the Holy Grail to my brother and I-and we adore it to this day. Riding on that, she rented Meaning of Life without having ever seen it. I remember looking at her face during the Sperm song and this part. Even funnier than Holy Grail.
"And children multiplied everywhere." (Very last sentence of video) yay!! LOL.
I love the expression "John Thomas", I'm from Canada so I never heard that one before. They called it "Johnson" in the 80s movie "Top Gun." Ding Dong, ding a ling are pretty popular too. I feel bad for someone named John Thomas who moved to England and didn't know the expression, would be pretty embarrassing, especially for a kid in school.
to show someone ones "stan smith" is to show someone ones *chode*.
I met a young American lad once, whose name was Lance Long. I don't know what his parents were thinking.
There's a John Thomas Dr. in Seven Points, Texas. I chuckled every time I rolled down it.
Graham was the greatest.
at least 65 kids walking in the background
They're just coming round the corner and walking back out the door, the same children all walking in a loop.
MitziTsetse you must be fun at parties
RojoSostenido The funnest.
MitziTsetse there was like 150 kids that appeared in this skit in the movie. Think about it. Look it up.
funzalow12 Ooh, ouch.
All these years... and I missed the little touch of him eating his toast with a knife and fork. So perfect.
"and the domination of alien episcopal supremacy" Classic description and true!
Classic movie !!! This is one of the best parts.
Little rubber devices ..... french ticklers, black mambas, crocodile ribs. "Harry, I want you to sale me a condom, in fact, today I think I'll have a French tickler." LMAO !!!!
Don't even get him started about the "only fish on Friday" bit...
As good as the song, Every Sperm is Sacred, is great, this tops it! I love historical religious humour.
damn they were brilliant.
This may be the best scene in film history.
If Graham Chapman was talking to ME about bedsheet bingo, I'd be turned on as well. You're not the only one, Eric :P
And now? 😂
I remember watching this film on acid, but i literally forgot all the scenes except the weird "the middle of the film" thing.
Oh fishy fishy fishy fish (and it went wherever I ...did go)
Every section of the film was aimed at a specific Python fan demographic. The "Find the Fish" one was yours...
My father was a big fan of fawlty towers and a staunch Catholic. I was in the next room when he watched this. He switched it off and none of the Pythons were welcome on TV in his house after that.
It makes fun of Protestants just as much in that they are allowed to use contraception but in this sketch are so staunch and lacking in passion they don't need to.
As a devout and pretty traditional catholic, that’s disappointing
@@Spearca Protestants and Catholics are both equally ridiculed in that sketch.
that's just sad
These 7 men will go down in history as pure comedic genius in a way we will never see again. Just brilliant!!!
Graham, who usually played the straight man when he was on form, could be funnier than the other Pythons.
I've got no option but to sell you all for scientific experiments...
The funniest scene in the history of comedy.
in case anyone's wondering. This is an average conversation in Northern Ireland
The kids are going in a loop and coming back out through the door 😁
Its depressing how true this is in my old town Catholic families were huge while the protestant kids had like one sibling maximum
They do such a great job depicting the cultural differences. Poor, Raggedy Catholics versus stuffy, but wealthier Protestants. Ironically, Protestants allowed marriage but had smaller families. The Catholics shamed it, but the kids kept coming.
I only had one sibling as did my parents. Just one sibling each.
I only have one sibling and I grew up Irish Catholic. Maybe my mother is secretly Protestant and hid it from my father. 🤔
@@cityhawkThere are exceptions to the general principle.
Kind of sad too, because it's actually true.
This sketch is so funny.
Then there's the Unitarians, who can wear somebody named John Thomas on their John Thomas. 😂
I'm Protestant and I definitely need to start wearing some French Ticklers after seeing this scene.
LOL... the English slang is Brilliant... and a Free history lesson to boot...
That's some hot dirty talk by Chapman right there.
Mc Kra I always think that may have influenced the Orgasm scene from "When Harry Met Sally".
OH YES, HARRY.
Graham Chapman fully cracks me up.
I like how the kids stream continuously out of the door in the background throughout the entire scene...
“Oh yes, Harry!”
Toast with a knife and fork when it's got kippers all over it.
Or baked beans...
I am a Prot and allways take very much fun with this clip!
RÉPONDRE
hello
A loud, steady voice.
Love how he's only eating a piece of dry bread with a knife and fork
At 1:29 Eric's character's thinking, "I'd like to nail YOU up to the church door."
god i love this scene!
Best part is the kids continuously spilling out in the background. I managed to count 66
Pissed myself laughing - that rare type of comedy that I proudly fit into
The real meaning of the saying better safe than sorry
"Oh yes, Harry..."
Well, I'm glad that I'm Protestant!
Oh god I miss these days . 😢
Eric makin me act up