rest in peace jonesy love ya some highlights include 22:09 spike and da boys 27:05 john does a spot on impression of terry 34:59 john shows off his hair transplants
Monty Python and The Beatles are two of the greatest things to ever come out of the uk. I know Terry Gilliam is american, but you know what i mean. George Harrison who was a very spiritual being and put up the 4 million dollars to make the film, said that the spirit of the Beatles who broke up unofficially in 1969 went in the Monty Python team. It depends on what you believe. I think everyone should have their own beliefs and make up their own minds, which is basically what Life of Brian is about. As John Cleese said when he and Michael Palin were defending this film against a vicar/priest and a censor type on a tv show "Don't believe everything someone tells you. If a man in a pulpit is just qouting something from the bible on a sunday in a cold church don't just believe him because he says so. Question it. Find out things for yourself, don't just follow like sheep." Aswell as being the best comedy film ever made in my opinion, it also has an underlying message. Quite clever those python fellows.😊
I LOVE Monty Python. Honestly, there are no other human beings in the world who have made me laugh as hysterically as they have, both as a kid and adult. I grew up watching them as a 90s kid in Alaska. I remember renting Monty Python tapes over and over again from my local video rental stores. And lots of videogames. Isn't that weird? I had a unique childhood. No regrets.
I remember when this was on the telly.. In school next day we all said we couldn't wait for the film to come out ( our last year).... And then it got banned in Ireland!.. My brother got the soundtrack tape when he got his 1st car. .. Listened to it 1000 Times.. Still as funny as ever
I fondly remember watching this on public television when it aired in 1979. I probably watched it 100 times on my vcr version. Thanks for posting it here.
Michael Palin: "I didn't want to just do a Michael Palin show..you know.. Michael Palin produces sort of thing." *spends next 40 years doing Michael Palin show*
Yeah that was funny wasn't it! To be fair those shows were pretty good, largely because he was always a very generous host and put himself in the background, instead showcasing the scenery and beauty of the places the programmes were about. Palin probably had the best career of any of them post Python and that is partly because although he made a career as a presenter there was always an instinctive humility in there, unlike Cleese who tried to still be the centre of everything he did and has basically turned into the sort of gammony ham he used to send up.
@@stiffori I don't know, Terry Jones seemed pretty happy in his work. None of them seemed to complain much, from how they talk you could argue that Gilliam had the WORST because he was always working and they weren't. And then Spamelot blew by all of them.
Oh I remember queuing up to watch the first showing of Life of Brian at our local cinema all those years ago. I've never laughed so much in my life. The one thing that stood out for me in the film was when Spike Milligan was left standing on his own talking to himself after the masses had decided to follow Brian with their one sandal in hand. It was sheer improvised genius on his behalf. It's still my favourite film.
Pythons are simply timeless legeds. Comedy at it's best: Sureal, absurd and iconoclast. Who else from 50 years ago still look so funny, amusing and fresh?
Fun to see them all relaxed, enjoying the sun, and joking about each other! Love the gossip about each other. Great stuff! Big thanks to the uploader! Cheers!
One of my favorite comedy movies ever, not just favorite from Monty Python. Tunisia really agreed with Michael and Terry Jones; they looked flipping gorgeous here. I love Graham's story about the Queen Mother. Love the bit towards the end with all the Pythons talking about each other. Eric and Graham's observations about John were probably the most poignant and surprising. So glad that Graham got sober for this film, it's one of his funniest performances and he seemed healthier.
The one filming this is bound to be a Devil. "Pun intended" is a worn out 18th century cliché type of humour. The punks were the last people entitled to puns. Wake up, please. You are not even punish!
@Brian Cameron A BBC presentation, the caption reads "BBC wishes to thank Handmade Films", which was the company that produced "Life Of Brian", & this appears to have been shot professionally by their own crew in their spare time on location, so basically you can thank GEORGE HARRISON.
"Well, the thing we've all observed about the behavior of revolutionary groups is that if they're on the Left, they tend to hate each other more than the people who were originally intended to be the enemy." -John Cleese So utterly and completely true.
@@lookbovine How do you square that with the effwits who stormed the Capitol? If they had succeeded, I think that would have qualified as an attempted revolution, no? An overthrow of the established order... (I haven't checked the dictionary so I don't pretend to have an answer)
@@mysterymac38 An overthrow of the establishment was literally what the most zealous members of the storming wanted. Some of them even had zip ties ready to use for the kidnapping of senators or do worse. I don't know why that simple fact seems to bother you. It's not hate.
39:29 "Don´t get into an argument with Terry, unless you sorta have a free week basically." I wish, I could´ve observed the arguments between Cleesy and Jonesy 🤣🤣🤣
@@ParadoxapocalypSatan This person is posting gibberish comments under a couple aliases, all over this page. It's either a bot, a troll, or a disturbed person.. for their sake, let's hope it's a bot.
Being on so late at night we developed a cult following... insomniacs, intellectuals... and burglars.😂Me being born in 74' I've been able to (thanks Dad) watch these works for my entire lifetime.🥇✌️💖
@@MrDorbel We're going to agree to disagree on the TV show... The Python show was groundbreaking comedy that was often hilarious... Did everything land? Of course not... but more brilliant than not. Having said all that, I DO Love the films.
I love the Pythons. I grew up with them and have loved them all no matter where they have wandered individually. They all had such a great view of the world around them, mostly silly, often outrageous, but never heartless or intended to hurt, or offend for the sake of offending. I could have watched another hour or more of this. Great stuff.
@@angelwingz892 Oh yes, there's more to being a scrumptious dish than just looking hot. It takes intelligence, wit, compassion and lots of silliness as well.
@Trevor Smith Not ironic. Alcoholism isn't a matter of "intelligence". And obviously, neither is being gay. He did at least spend the last 12 years of his life sober, but of course the earlier years may have contributed to the cancer that killed him. Or not. It's hard to pinpoint the exact cause of a specific tumor. Bad luck in not detecting it sooner.
Shame that his brief foray into politics was not covered. In 1970 he ran for British Prime Minister under the name Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
What's incredible is that it was made in a Muslim country where Issa (Jesus) and other prophets are held in great reverence. I'm awfully glad the film got made, it would be impossible today.
It’s funny because it’s actually true, I know because it happened to me. I went to school with a former Lions player, we played front row together, decades later I met him after a rugby game and he refused to talk to me while he stood with my brother, who he also knew and my then 13 year old son. I later found out he does this regularly, and charges €10,000 minimum to give speeches.
@@ClannCholmain Carl Sagan was a jerk like that. A Cornell sorority found out he was going to be alone, so they invited him for a holiday dinner. His reply was a request for an appearance fee. They clarified that they didn't want a speech, but were just inviting professors. He still insisted on a fee. So the fraternity axross from his house strung out Christmas lights saying "EAT ME, CARL"
@@moviemad56 At least the uncool stuff was less self-conscious and more spontaneous than the decade which followed. But I agree that the late seventies tapered off rather.
38:16 He's wearing a lambda necklace, main symbol of gay liberation alliance in the 70s. With a naked girl on his lap. The irony certainly isn't lost on me!
Graham sleeping off massive hangover, with Palin chewing his ear? That was my first thought. But they say he'd gotten sober. So maybe being the star was more exhausting. Then again, he was the medical man; so he'd have the best answer
@@LateralTwitlerLT I was just admiring that they did mention Pakistan as one of the country where the comedy show aired and I can easily understand what they meant and they specifically talked about their series in one of the interview not the presentation related to a particular movie!
Hi friends: Am I misremembering it, or wasn't there a longer version of this, with longer takes, less broken up, and more takes and retakes from scenes in Life of Brian where you saw them getting tighter and tighter until they were, as seen in the actual movie... perfect?
Monty Python, one of the few things Humanity has done right.
I'm grateful that they gave credit to Spike Milligan and the Goon Show, and that Spike was actually in the film.
Touche` ! Those are the most brilliantly wise words I have heard in a long time, including my own baseless drivel.
CRINGE 😬🤦♂️
typical. humanity taking credit for something England made.
Monty Python and The Beatles are two of the greatest things to ever come out of the uk. I know Terry Gilliam is american, but you know what i mean. George Harrison who was a very spiritual being and put up the 4 million dollars to make the film, said that the spirit of the Beatles who broke up unofficially in 1969 went in the Monty Python team. It depends on what you believe. I think everyone should have their own beliefs and make up their own minds, which is basically what Life of Brian is about. As John Cleese said when he and Michael Palin were defending this film against a vicar/priest and a censor type on a tv show "Don't believe everything someone tells you. If a man in a pulpit is just qouting something from the bible on a sunday in a cold church don't just believe him because he says so. Question it. Find out things for yourself, don't just follow like sheep."
Aswell as being the best comedy film ever made in my opinion, it also has an underlying message. Quite clever those python fellows.😊
It’s like watching “Get Back” but better. My heroes behind the scenes.
I LOVE Monty Python. Honestly, there are no other human beings in the world who have made me laugh as hysterically as they have, both as a kid and adult. I grew up watching them as a 90s kid in Alaska. I remember renting Monty Python tapes over and over again from my local video rental stores. And lots of videogames.
Isn't that weird? I had a unique childhood. No regrets.
I remember when this was on the telly.. In school next day we all said we couldn't wait for the film to come out ( our last year).... And then it got banned in Ireland!.. My brother got the soundtrack tape when he got his 1st car. .. Listened to it 1000 Times.. Still as funny as ever
Do you remember the travel /gondola prelude? Cleese having a go at Paddy ( again )
Peter you are still baned in UK - and you are still funny as ever
I fondly remember watching this on public television when it aired in 1979. I probably watched it 100 times on my vcr version. Thanks for posting it here.
Michael Palin: "I didn't want to just do a Michael Palin show..you know.. Michael Palin produces sort of thing."
*spends next 40 years doing Michael Palin show*
Yeah that was funny wasn't it! To be fair those shows were pretty good, largely because he was always a very generous host and put himself in the background, instead showcasing the scenery and beauty of the places the programmes were about. Palin probably had the best career of any of them post Python and that is partly because although he made a career as a presenter there was always an instinctive humility in there, unlike Cleese who tried to still be the centre of everything he did and has basically turned into the sort of gammony ham he used to send up.
@@dzonbrodi514 Terry Gillian had the best career post Python
@@stiffori Gilliam sp.
@@stiffori I don't know, Terry Jones seemed pretty happy in his work. None of them seemed to complain much, from how they talk you could argue that Gilliam had the WORST because he was always working and they weren't. And then Spamelot blew by all of them.
As John Cleese says, "Michael Palin's wonderful travelogue show YAWWWWWWWNNNNN"
Oh I remember queuing up to watch the first showing of Life of Brian at our local cinema all those years ago. I've never laughed so much in my life. The one thing that stood out for me in the film was when Spike Milligan was left standing on his own talking to himself after the masses had decided to follow Brian with their one sandal in hand. It was sheer improvised genius on his behalf. It's still my favourite film.
Pythons are simply timeless legeds. Comedy at it's best: Sureal, absurd and iconoclast. Who else from 50 years ago still look so funny, amusing and fresh?
Fun to see them all relaxed, enjoying the sun, and joking about each other! Love the gossip about each other. Great stuff! Big thanks to the uploader! Cheers!
One of my favorite comedy movies ever, not just favorite from Monty Python. Tunisia really agreed with Michael and Terry Jones; they looked flipping gorgeous here. I love Graham's story about the Queen Mother.
Love the bit towards the end with all the Pythons talking about each other. Eric and Graham's observations about John were probably the most poignant and surprising. So glad that Graham got sober for this film, it's one of his funniest performances and he seemed healthier.
no, your favorite comedy is BBC NEWS
Graham didn't 'get sober for this film'. He got sober a couple years earlier and was sober until he died. But yeah, he was so much better sober.
@@linusp9316 Thanks for the correction. Yes, he seemed much happier. I'm glad he got to have that.
You were right the first time. Graham stopped drinking December 1977, just a few months before filming started.
One of the best comedy teams given to the world by the Brits... life would have been a little less enjoyable without the Monty Python team..
Thank god (Pun intended) that someone had the foresight to film this.
The one filming this is bound to be a Devil. "Pun intended" is a worn out 18th century cliché type of humour. The punks were the last people entitled to puns. Wake up, please. You are not even punish!
@@voornaam3191 Drugs much?
@Brian Cameron A BBC presentation, the caption reads "BBC wishes to thank Handmade Films", which was the company that produced "Life Of Brian", & this appears to have been shot professionally by their own crew in their spare time on location, so basically you can thank GEORGE HARRISON.
@@papagreenemusic. Thanks, George.
@@Bricameron VOICE OF GEORGE: "My pleasure."
I really did NOT want this to end!
That was a wonderful look back at the comedic geniuses in their younger days
My goodness, they WERE young, weren't they?! I didn't realise at the time how young they were.
extraordinary charisma the sober and reflective graham chapman had... i would have loved to have met him!
Sounds like you met the drunk Graham Chapman?
I’d like to have done either.
It always amazed me how eloquently Terry Gilliam spoke compared to his roles 😆
This is film history on it's very own 😊!
"Well, the thing we've all observed about the behavior of revolutionary groups is that if they're on the Left, they tend to hate each other more than the people who were originally intended to be the enemy." -John Cleese
So utterly and completely true.
Sadly, it's a purity competition. I hope it changes but it's clearly as bad as ever, if not worse.
Revolutionary groups on the Right would be...? Counter-revolutionary groups, i.e., not revolutionary groups.
@@lookbovine How do you square that with the effwits who stormed the Capitol? If they had succeeded, I think that would have qualified as an attempted revolution, no? An overthrow of the established order... (I haven't checked the dictionary so I don't pretend to have an answer)
@@Gottenhimfella #Triggered Take your hate to CNN where it belongs.
@@mysterymac38 An overthrow of the establishment was literally what the most zealous members of the storming wanted. Some of them even had zip ties ready to use for the kidnapping of senators or do worse. I don't know why that simple fact seems to bother you. It's not hate.
39:29 "Don´t get into an argument with Terry, unless you sorta have a free week basically." I wish, I could´ve observed the arguments between Cleesy and Jonesy 🤣🤣🤣
My brother was like that... once he got started he'd trap you in a corner and tell you endlessly why you were mistaken about everything.
@@moviemad56 Because you were!
Watching Monty python kept me sane during the covid "crisis"
Priceless ❤
We were so young , handsome and with lots of hair. Oh, .... the days 😊
@MichaelCockgobbler What do you mean?
@@ParadoxapocalypSatan This person is posting gibberish comments under a couple aliases, all over this page. It's either a bot, a troll, or a disturbed person.. for their sake, let's hope it's a bot.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is as funny today to ALL audiences as it was when it was released! Who else can make such a boast?!
They were the comedy Beatles weren’t they.
George Harrison said that when the Beatles broke up, their muse transferred to the Pythons. (The timing was spot-on.
Indeed. It's great, too, that they acknowledged their considerable debt to Spike. Almost every episode of the Goons is a blueprint with ensuite fount.
They were the band the Beatles wanted to be.
Lennon once said it would have been great if the Beatles had formed a group with the Pythons and the Bonzo Dog Band
@@danielfisch389 I think that was George.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been trying to find something like this for ages
There problem is this is not the original. Anyone know how to find that? Txs!
Being on so late at night we developed a cult following... insomniacs, intellectuals... and burglars.😂Me being born in 74' I've been able to (thanks Dad) watch these works for my entire lifetime.🥇✌️💖
Adam you where born in 1872 to be precised and Im moving to your house
COMEDY LEGENDS. Never not funny.
Thank you, chaps, for the very best!
comedy legends I grant you, but often not funny on their tv shows! The films were much better.
@@MrDorbel We're going to agree to disagree on the TV show... The Python show was groundbreaking comedy that was often hilarious... Did everything land? Of course not... but more brilliant than not. Having said all that, I DO Love the films.
Michael Palin was gorgeous..
Indeed !!
indeed
I like John Impression of Terry. He matches His Voice perfectly.... 🤣🤣🤣
"And Terry Jones who of course is Welsh! So it's very difficult to know what else to say.."
I love the Pythons. I grew up with them and have loved them all no matter where they have wandered individually. They all had such a great view of the world around them, mostly silly, often outrageous, but never heartless or intended to hurt, or offend for the sake of offending. I could have watched another hour or more of this. Great stuff.
hahaha.... well....i´m still hooked to their humor...after all this years. Monthy Python... are an timeless treasure for humanity ;)
Dear Lord/Brian, Michael Palin was scrumptious. He's still a dish.
He was the chick magnet
Still is. Such a lovely man.
Glad to see someone brave spoke up about his hotness. Attractive mind, body and maybe soul too.
@@angelwingz892 Oh yes, there's more to being a scrumptious dish than just looking hot. It takes intelligence, wit, compassion and lots of silliness as well.
Jonesy was such a babe back then.....💖💖💖
Later he joined Sex pistols
First time seeing this doc since 1980, when I audio taped it from my TV. Thank you for this.
43:46 Graham Chapman talking about being gay with a naked girl sitting on his lap is pretty genius...
@Trevor Smith Does it matter? He was bi (depending on availability and how much he had drank) almost everyone is.
@Trevor Smith Not ironic. Alcoholism isn't a matter of "intelligence". And obviously, neither is being gay. He did at least spend the last 12 years of his life sober, but of course the earlier years may have contributed to the cancer that killed him. Or not. It's hard to pinpoint the exact cause of a specific tumor. Bad luck in not detecting it sooner.
@@highbaroque3859 I'm Super Straight. 110% hetero lol
We’ve all done it.
@Trevor Smith
Graham Chapman, was a HE.
What a gem. Thanks for posting
This is bloody marvellous (said in a Palin Yorkshire accent)
What a gem this is. Thanks.
I was having a crappy weekend until I saw this.
It wasn’t the weekend 2 days ago when you posted this lol
Thanks for this. I grew up with Python in 70's Britain. They were brilliant. It never seems to date. It is just a funny now as then.
This is great to see. Never knew there was a documentary following them during this shoot. Sad to know Graham and Terry have now gone.
Michael Palin was sexy with the long hair.
He was always 'the cute one'.
haha
Oh gosh, it makes me happy to watch this! Thank you! :-D
Amazing footage!
Fan bloody tastic thank you👏👏👏👏👏
Michael Palin is just so devilishly handsome, wasnt he?! Look at that strong jawline! *grrrr*
They all seem very relaxed in this. Maybe that's why this is such a brilliant film.
There is no man that cannot be brought down by alcohol
Thanks for sharing this. I understand that you had to cut some parts out for copyright reasons but it was still great to watch.
The greatest comedy of all time. Monty python's masterpiece.
Great stuff. All those posh accents they used to put on when being interviewed. RIP Jonesy.
Great film and beautiful country..so i decided to visit tunisia myself in 2002 and never regretted it.
Best history of the Pythons I've seen -- thanks! ❤️
Thanks for sharing. :) #alwayslookonthebrightsideoflife
I enjoyed this very much. And funny thing happened, there was no interruption by commercials. Funny when you think about it.
Not yet....
It was an act of God.
what a little gem of a film... gentle genial genius abounds!
Loved their creations. Mr. Palin😍this record is priceless 🏆 camera loves them🎥
Michael Palin makes me question my sexuality just a little bit.
But you'we a Woman
@@RideAcrossTheRiver That's news to me.
@@BrokVoekler Youw fathew wasth not a Woman?
The 6 of them eating together at 18.30 is as davinci-esque as it is python-esque
I loved how the same person would play 20 different parts!
“Insomniacs and intellectuals... and burglars “
Well now I know where that foot came from.
“That’s just what Jesus said sir”
Bloody marvellous 👍
Great. Thanks for posting.
Shame that his brief foray into politics was not covered. In 1970 he ran for British Prime Minister under the name Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
Thanks for posting.
Life of Brian is a very shrewd film!
What's incredible is that it was made in a Muslim country where Issa (Jesus) and other prophets are held in great reverence. I'm awfully glad the film got made, it would be impossible today.
@@moviemad56 It wouldn't be impossible today. Unless you mean filming in Tunisia.. I have no idea.
I love that bit where they're being too rich to speak
Although they have consented to wave at the camera😁
It’s funny because it’s actually true, I know because it happened to me.
I went to school with a former Lions player, we played front row together, decades later I met him after a rugby game and he refused to talk to me while he stood with my brother, who he also knew and my then 13 year old son.
I later found out he does this regularly, and charges €10,000 minimum to give speeches.
So, Scthum.
@@ClannCholmain Carl Sagan was a jerk like that. A Cornell sorority found out he was going to be alone, so they invited him for a holiday dinner. His reply was a request for an appearance fee. They clarified that they didn't want a speech, but were just inviting professors. He still insisted on a fee.
So the fraternity axross from his house strung out Christmas lights saying "EAT ME, CARL"
So much cool shit was going on in 1979.
Don't worry, there was also a lot of incredibly uncool stuff... (I'm old enough to remember). LOL :)
@@moviemad56 At least the uncool stuff was less self-conscious and more spontaneous than the decade which followed.
But I agree that the late seventies tapered off rather.
This is gold. Thanks for sharing.
brilliant . i really enjoyed it , great stuff.
19:02 "I like seeing Instagram"
Michael Palin looked like Bon Scott in this.
It was fun to see Spike Milligan in a cameo on Life of Brian. That’s why he was with python in tunesia
He was there researching his war memoirs having been in Tunisia in 1943.
Glad that I’m here at 5 am
Glad that you're here at 5 am
THANK YOU FOR THIS AAAAA
Well done whomever dug this up.
38:16
He's wearing a lambda necklace, main symbol of gay liberation alliance in the 70s. With a naked girl on his lap.
The irony certainly isn't lost on me!
Great to see this.
Quality Content
Thank Brain this movie was made thank to George.
auto subtitle of the singer at the beginning:
*I'm cool I'm not nervous*
I recall watching this in 79.
I used to watch this more than the movie it came with
Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this!
Look closely at the Bronzino painting. That is not Cupid's foot. It's the foot of another person whose upper body is hidden.
Is there a reason why this is the edited version? Lots missing from the original. Thanks!
yeah, i had to remove some of the clips because copyright!
what is the name of the original
@@namelessgames1608 Unspeakable Perversities with the Pythons
College, 1970: Monty Python, The Avengers and The Prisoner. No wonder I turned out like this
Graham sleeping off massive hangover, with Palin chewing his ear? That was my first thought. But they say he'd gotten sober. So maybe being the star was more exhausting. Then again, he was the medical man; so he'd have the best answer
27:00
They are a great duo... Albeit mostly just in interviews through the words of John Cleese.
Also great: 39:34
Terry Jones💋
Damn I didn't know it aired in Pakistan! Perhaps in the mid 70s!
The movie was first released in 1981 (or perhaps 1980, I can't really remember atm), so I'm 100% certain it wasn't shown in Pakistan in the mid '70s 😂
@@LateralTwitlerLT I was just admiring that they did mention Pakistan as one of the country where the comedy show aired and I can easily understand what they meant and they specifically talked about their series in one of the interview not the presentation related to a particular movie!
I think I saw your lip move... Brilliant.
Still have a Goon Show Record. Keep it with my Gene Krupa and others.
Thank you
Michael Palin was so cute!!
Hi friends: Am I misremembering it, or wasn't there a longer version of this, with longer takes, less broken up, and more takes and retakes from scenes in Life of Brian where you saw them getting tighter and tighter until they were, as seen in the actual movie... perfect?
The ultimate party boys 😎 I wish I was there 😇
they were certnly a rarity in britain, now a little bit less, but these kind of people are still rare....