20:10 A Gourd is a very important plant in history. Aside from its use as food, its shell is very tough so it can be made into things like bottles, cooking utensils, and even musical instruments.
In their prime, Monty Python was perhaps the greatest comedic power in the world. They were incredibly intelligent and visionary. Their commentary is universal to humanity, in any time, from today to the '70s, to the ancient world. The best comedians know people best. And Monty were masters.
The medieval movie that you're thinking of is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And like their TV series, they all play multiple roles, including many of the women characters.
As far as I know, their rule of thumb (at least for the TV show) was that they would play all characters themselves including the female ones, _unless_ the skit in question relied on a female character being physically attractive. Of course, in their movies they are a bit more limited in that regard due to having so many more characters on-screen at the same time. Playing all on-screen characters themselves would be if not outright impossible then at least unfeasible, regardless of gender.
Graham Chapman played Brian. He passed away years ago which is probably why you didn't recognise him. Oh, &, the TV show was "Monty Python's Flying Circus."
Judith Iscariot was played by Sue Jones-Davies (loved her naked), she became mayor of Aberystwyth where the film was banned. She got it unbanned so people could see more of her!
In the crowded house scene You can see and hear George Harrison - The Beatles George along with the guys from Pink Floyd helped fund the movie. In the chasing Brian scene, the last follower left alone in the street is Spike Milligan - The Goons who happened to be in the area on holiday!
You will not understand how excited I was to see this notification pop up on my YT. Life of Brian is one of those movies that I grew up watching while others watched Disney movies. Brian is adjacent to Jesus. The amount of historical, political and theological jokes and just subtle things in this movie is amazing. I have probably seen this movie more than 20 times, and I still find new jokes in it. I was a big John Cleese fan since Fawlty Towers (another one that I've seen way too young and way too much). Later on, I became a fan of Eric Idle as well. Life of Briain, in my family, we will randomly turn to one another and ask, "Crucifixion?" and the other responds "Yes." and then the first person confirms "Good." Jesus didn't have a last name, but at the time, they referred to where you are from, so you will see Jesus of Nazareth a lot.
After their financial partner pulled out due to the “blasphemous” content, ex-Beatle George Harrison stepped up, mortgaging his house and an office building he owned to provide the financing. When asked why he took such a risk, he replied “Because I want to go see it.” Aberystwyth, a town in Wales, banned the movie when it first came out. The ban was rescinded by the newly-elected mayor in 2009. The new mayor? Sue Jones-Davies, who played Judith (aka nude woman).
Who played who as best as I can remember. Graham Chapman--Brian, Biggus Dickus, one of the three wise men John Cleese--Reg, centurian, guy in charge of the stoning, one of the three wise men, one of Brian's followers(the one who calls the old man a heretic) Michael Palin--Pontius Pilate, ex-leper beggar, nice crucifiction officer, one of the JPF, one of the three wise men, guy in dungeon Eric Idle--guy who kept calling people Big Nose, stone salesman, beard and gourd salesman, guy calling out Brian about the birds, Stan/Loretta, lead vocalist on Bright Side of Life, one of the guards at the prison Terry Jones--Brian's mother, old man whose foot Brian leaps on Terry Gilliam--other guard at prison, prophet with the trident looking spear thingy, I'm sure I've missed something but it gives you a good idea about who is who.
Since you brought up the similarities of the people listening to Brian’s attempts at preaching and Twitter, I find it hilarious that the thing which gets them to start following him is that he’s in the midst of telling them that they’re going to be given something… but he never finishes the sentence. So the whole Brian religion starts with a bunch of people who think there’s something in it for them. 😆
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is fantastic, probably their most well known work today. Just as smart and ridiculous, though if you're not familiar with medieval history and tropes a number of the smartest jokes will sail past your head. Still, everything the troupe does is a complete joy to watch.
I don't know how old you are but I'm amazed you don't know who Monty Python are. I'm 41, so this was made before I was born but it was so iconic when I was growing up.
At that time there actually were a Palestinian Liberation Front and a few similarly named groups, that nobody could remember who was who, they kidnapped the cook of the US embassy and stuff like that.
I think meta jokes were around before this... I mean, there are like plenty of Looney Tunes cartoon, maybe earlier, where meta stuff happens... Going off the film, the film breaking... The animator painting things in... All sorts...
This movie still holds up today and was far ahead of it's time. As an aside. Gladiator, although a very entertaining movie does not really show you how the world of gladiatorial fighting worked. It's about as historically accurate as Braveheart which was also entertaining but not history.
As Jesus is a Latinised version of Joshua, which itself is a Greek version of the Hebrew name Yeshewe, his real name was Yeshewe bar-Yusuf (Joshua, son of Joseph) - so his last name was bar-Yusuf
Apart from "son of (Joseph)", people tended to be called usually by what romans called the "cognomen", a sort of alias. Jesus's alias was "the Galilean". The modern concept of surname didn't exist in ancient Israel the way we understand them today.
Actually the scene where they all sit in the Arena and one of them says he wants to be a Woman because it’s his Right as a man, has sadly become a reality today. Any man in a wig has more rights than a woman since Germany adopted Self ID recently. It’s a sham and a scandal. And as you demonstrated, anyone recognizes a man dressed up as a woman but if you point that out you can be fined a Heavy fine. We live in dystopian times 😢 PS: it’s Not inclusive, it’s an Act of evil to intrude into women‘s Spaces and Tell the women who object to shut up about it.
Since you asked: Jesus - actually Jeshua (= Joshua) in his native Aramaic, "Jesus" is a Greek rendition of it - would have been called Jeshua ben Jussuf ("Joseph") in his earlier life, but his (adoptive, not biological) father seems to have died when Jeshua was fairly young (presumably after the family's visit to the Temple when he was 12, I think), so he was later sometimes referred to as Jeshua ben Maryam ("Mary"). Those who knew the story about him being fathered by a Roman soldier called "Panthera" (as recorded in the Talmud) may have called him "ben Panthera." (A young Jew from Sidon, named Abdes Pantera, a slave who joined the Roman Army, is a possible candidate. He served 25 years in the Army to earn his freedom and Roman citizenship- a standard deal - served at least 15 more, and died in AD40 in Germany, where his memorial was found in a Roman military cemetery in the late 19th century.)
@@AlBarzUK Yes, true enough. Although I'm British, I'm somewhat invested in music from other parts of Europe (and used to live in Germany), where "j" is pronounced as "y" is in English, so I subconsciously slipped. Interestingly, as i have recently learned from another video, In 1st century Judea the name was pronounced something like "Yeshuagh" with a fairly soft closing gutteral (remember 'aleph' was originally a consonant denoting a glottal stop). However, the Galillean accent (which 'Jesus' presumably had) was distinctive - a century or so later some writers mocked it for losing the closing "-gh" on such words and names - so it's not unlikely that he would have pronounced his own name without it.
I think it's just sad that everyone only thinks of being canceled and being political correct instead of having a laugh and simply enjoying a movie. It feels like people are slowely but surely losing their sense of humour... we used to make jokes about anything and everything, including ourselves without problems. People should learn to laugh again.
@@CinobiteReacts i'd say lets hope for the best. I'll for sure keep my sense of humor even if people get offended, i'd rather enjoy my life and not let others opinion bother me. Glad you enjoyed the movie, i had to watch this and the holy grail multiple times to get some of the jokes, worth it!
Indeed, the film poses the question - what if the Jesus we know today was a mix up from back then. So "Brain" is actually our Jesus and the "real" Jesus died/left/moved on without anyone noticing!
great comedy, but also something more. it's no coincidence that religious fanatics still hate this movie. well, if they don't have a sense of humor, that's their problem..
Like the vast majority of Tribesmen a persons last name reads as ( Jesus,The Son of the fathers given name ) Jesus Bar Joseph. or like Jesus' scapegoat, Jesus Bar Abbas.
Although Jesus is based on the Greek version of the name, I think... He'd be like Yeshua or something... I'm not sure if Joseph would be different... But yeah, the principle of the last name is likely as you say.
@@KitsyX Er No, not likely, thats the way it is as it is with my name. James O'Hara, the O' denotes (Son or Grandson of) Hara or in the original tongue hEaghra is the Clan name and the Tribe is the Irish Tribes.
You wont get cancelled for laughing at Christian core beliefs, nowadays. On the contrary, it is almost expected to make fun out of Christianity. But God forbidd, if you dare to laugh at some other themes on the film, that are very current things now. Then you most likely will be cancelled.
There is no cancel culture. So nothing you have to fear. Laugh about jokes, it's fine. I don't get where all this insecurity comes from. It is totally fine to ridicule concepts of power and oppression. Just don't be a dick about people and you're fine... It really is that simple.
I mean, it might not be as effective as some believe and he's probably not big enough to be at any real risk from it at the moment, although some less popular people have been hounded too... But even when it's not ultimately successful, it's not like there are no attempts... Gina Carano, while arguably unwise to do things her bosses at Disney might not like, didn't technically do anything particularly dickish... I think Kevin Hart lost his Oscar gig for something years ago... It was a bit stupid what he said, but I've certainly said stupid things in the past that I didn't even mean... Johnny Depp had a rocky period after Amber Heard seemingly falsely accused him of domestic abuse... UA-cam and other social media change rules all the time... What is offensive changes all the time... A guy jokingly taught his girlfriend's pug to do a Nazi salute, to annoy her, then the video gets him arrested and fined... It wasn't a particularly amusing joke to me... Not that I found it offensive, it just didn't amuse me, but really? It's just a dumb joke... He's probably fine, but there is some stupid BS going on, so I think there's reason to be at least a little worried, even if he's likely not actually at risk.
20:10 A Gourd is a very important plant in history. Aside from its use as food, its shell is very tough so it can be made into things like bottles, cooking utensils, and even musical instruments.
In their prime, Monty Python was perhaps the greatest comedic power in the world. They were incredibly intelligent and visionary. Their commentary is universal to humanity, in any time, from today to the '70s, to the ancient world. The best comedians know people best. And Monty were masters.
The medieval movie that you're thinking of is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And like their TV series, they all play multiple roles, including many of the women characters.
As far as I know, their rule of thumb (at least for the TV show) was that they would play all characters themselves including the female ones, _unless_ the skit in question relied on a female character being physically attractive. Of course, in their movies they are a bit more limited in that regard due to having so many more characters on-screen at the same time. Playing all on-screen characters themselves would be if not outright impossible then at least unfeasible, regardless of gender.
Graham Chapman played Brian. He passed away years ago which is probably why you didn't recognise him. Oh, &, the TV show was "Monty Python's Flying Circus."
This is one of the greatest comedies ever!
“You lucky bastard!”😂👍
Judith Iscariot was played by Sue Jones-Davies (loved her naked), she became mayor of Aberystwyth where the film was banned. She got it unbanned so people could see more of her!
In the crowded house scene
You can see and hear George Harrison - The Beatles
George along with the guys from Pink Floyd helped fund the movie.
In the chasing Brian scene, the last follower left alone in the street is Spike Milligan - The Goons who happened to be in the area on holiday!
You will not understand how excited I was to see this notification pop up on my YT. Life of Brian is one of those movies that I grew up watching while others watched Disney movies.
Brian is adjacent to Jesus. The amount of historical, political and theological jokes and just subtle things in this movie is amazing. I have probably seen this movie more than 20 times, and I still find new jokes in it. I was a big John Cleese fan since Fawlty Towers (another one that I've seen way too young and way too much). Later on, I became a fan of Eric Idle as well.
Life of Briain, in my family, we will randomly turn to one another and ask, "Crucifixion?" and the other responds "Yes." and then the first person confirms "Good."
Jesus didn't have a last name, but at the time, they referred to where you are from, so you will see Jesus of Nazareth a lot.
I loved how deep and intelligent it all was!
After their financial partner pulled out due to the “blasphemous” content, ex-Beatle George Harrison stepped up, mortgaging his house and an office building he owned to provide the financing. When asked why he took such a risk, he replied “Because I want to go see it.”
Aberystwyth, a town in Wales, banned the movie when it first came out. The ban was rescinded by the newly-elected mayor in 2009. The new mayor? Sue Jones-Davies, who played Judith (aka nude woman).
Ah yeah, I spent some time in Aber - around 2009 actually! - I didn't know about the Mayor until after I watched the film. Crazy!
Great Reaction we all learned a lot I’ve seen other reactions but I love your reaction the best
Thank you!! 😊
@@CinobiteReacts Yes sir much respect
Who played who as best as I can remember.
Graham Chapman--Brian, Biggus Dickus, one of the three wise men
John Cleese--Reg, centurian, guy in charge of the stoning, one of the three wise men, one of Brian's followers(the one who calls the old man a heretic)
Michael Palin--Pontius Pilate, ex-leper beggar, nice crucifiction officer, one of the JPF, one of the three wise men, guy in dungeon
Eric Idle--guy who kept calling people Big Nose, stone salesman, beard and gourd salesman, guy calling out Brian about the birds, Stan/Loretta, lead vocalist on Bright Side of Life, one of the guards at the prison
Terry Jones--Brian's mother, old man whose foot Brian leaps on
Terry Gilliam--other guard at prison, prophet with the trident looking spear thingy,
I'm sure I've missed something but it gives you a good idea about who is who.
Oh what!? Brian was also Biggus?!?!? I never notice that!
Since you brought up the similarities of the people listening to Brian’s attempts at preaching and Twitter, I find it hilarious that the thing which gets them to start following him is that he’s in the midst of telling them that they’re going to be given something… but he never finishes the sentence.
So the whole Brian religion starts with a bunch of people who think there’s something in it for them. 😆
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is fantastic, probably their most well known work today. Just as smart and ridiculous, though if you're not familiar with medieval history and tropes a number of the smartest jokes will sail past your head. Still, everything the troupe does is a complete joy to watch.
Mur is used on the body after death, makes a great baby shower gift
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The genius that is...
Spike Milligan 🙃
Took a year for you to appear in my feed again. A Surprise I’m sure, but a welcome one.
I don't know how old you are but I'm amazed you don't know who Monty Python are. I'm 41, so this was made before I was born but it was so iconic when I was growing up.
I'd heard of them, but wasn't sure if it was one guy like a producer or a group or act etc. Kind of like Bon Jovi :P
At that time there actually were a Palestinian Liberation Front and a few similarly named groups, that nobody could remember who was who, they kidnapped the cook of the US embassy and stuff like that.
I think meta jokes were around before this... I mean, there are like plenty of Looney Tunes cartoon, maybe earlier, where meta stuff happens... Going off the film, the film breaking... The animator painting things in... All sorts...
This movie still holds up today and was far ahead of it's time. As an aside. Gladiator, although a very entertaining movie does not really show you how the world of gladiatorial fighting worked. It's about as historically accurate as Braveheart which was also entertaining but not history.
They were say Jehovah (the name of God translated into english) NOT Jesus Crist😂😂😂😂
You are correct monty python was a collective name for the group. Graham Chapman died in 1989 and so this is probably why you have not heard of him.
Monty Pythons Flying Circus. A BBC TV series that I loved as a kid. They wouldn't make that series or this movie these days.
Unbreakable, as you have apparently watched split.
Don't watch glass before unbreakable though
Try out the Holy Grail aswell its hilarious 😂
“What was Jesus’ last name and don’t say Christ” 😂? Has the same energy as “what’s Obama’s last name?”
🤣 I looked it up after, apparently he never really had one 😛
As Jesus is a Latinised version of Joshua, which itself is a Greek version of the Hebrew name Yeshewe, his real name was Yeshewe bar-Yusuf (Joshua, son of Joseph) - so his last name was bar-Yusuf
@@CinobiteReacts Nobody had a surname.
"Of NetFlopz" For Barry
Apart from "son of (Joseph)", people tended to be called usually by what romans called the "cognomen", a sort of alias. Jesus's alias was "the Galilean".
The modern concept of surname didn't exist in ancient Israel the way we understand them today.
Christs sakes man😂😂
Can you show these on YT? Don't know, but you definitely should.
"Right, now don't do it again". Make sure you do Meaning of Life and Holy Grail too. Christianity was started by Jesus' disciples.
Actually the scene where they all sit in the Arena and one of them says he wants to be a Woman because it’s his Right as a man, has sadly become a reality today. Any man in a wig has more rights than a woman since Germany adopted Self ID recently. It’s a sham and a scandal. And as you demonstrated, anyone recognizes a man dressed up as a woman but if you point that out you can be fined a Heavy fine.
We live in dystopian times 😢
PS: it’s Not inclusive, it’s an Act of evil to intrude into women‘s Spaces and Tell the women who object to shut up about it.
10:50 little did we know, grammar nazis actually stole tradition from a long line of grammar romans.
Since you asked: Jesus - actually Jeshua (= Joshua) in his native Aramaic, "Jesus" is a Greek rendition of it - would have been called Jeshua ben Jussuf ("Joseph") in his earlier life, but his (adoptive, not biological) father seems to have died when Jeshua was fairly young (presumably after the family's visit to the Temple when he was 12, I think), so he was later sometimes referred to as Jeshua ben Maryam ("Mary"). Those who knew the story about him being fathered by a Roman soldier called "Panthera" (as recorded in the Talmud) may have called him "ben Panthera."
(A young Jew from Sidon, named Abdes Pantera, a slave who joined the Roman Army, is a possible candidate. He served 25 years in the Army to earn his freedom and Roman citizenship- a standard deal - served at least 15 more, and died in AD40 in Germany, where his memorial was found in a Roman military cemetery in the late 19th century.)
Sorry, _bar_Jussuf, etc. Forgot which millennium I was in for a moment.
Thanks for the info - I didn't realise Jesus being the son of a Roman was a real thing! I'll have to go and read up!
More likely pronounced as Yeshua.
@@AlBarzUK Yes, true enough. Although I'm British, I'm somewhat invested in music from other parts of Europe (and used to live in Germany), where "j" is pronounced as "y" is in English, so I subconsciously slipped.
Interestingly, as i have recently learned from another video, In 1st century Judea the name was pronounced something like "Yeshuagh" with a fairly soft closing gutteral (remember 'aleph' was originally a consonant denoting a glottal stop). However, the Galillean accent (which 'Jesus' presumably had) was distinctive - a century or so later some writers mocked it for losing the closing "-gh" on such words and names - so it's not unlikely that he would have pronounced his own name without it.
I think it's just sad that everyone only thinks of being canceled and being political correct instead of having a laugh and simply enjoying a movie. It feels like people are slowely but surely losing their sense of humour... we used to make jokes about anything and everything, including ourselves without problems. People should learn to laugh again.
I couldn't agree more! I see they want to remake Faulty Towers, but I can't see that working well in 2023
@@CinobiteReacts i'd say lets hope for the best. I'll for sure keep my sense of humor even if people get offended, i'd rather enjoy my life and not let others opinion bother me.
Glad you enjoyed the movie, i had to watch this and the holy grail multiple times to get some of the jokes, worth it!
This is great
When are you doing the fantastic beasts films
After the next series I reckon. So depends if everyone chooses a few Hunger Games or forces me to watch the extended versions of Lord of the Rings 🤣
Strange title. The film makes it a point to show that Brian isn't Jesus.
Indeed, the film poses the question - what if the Jesus we know today was a mix up from back then. So "Brain" is actually our Jesus and the "real" Jesus died/left/moved on without anyone noticing!
great comedy, but also something more. it's no coincidence that religious fanatics still hate this movie. well, if they don't have a sense of humor, that's their problem..
Like the vast majority of Tribesmen a persons last name reads as ( Jesus,The Son of the fathers given name ) Jesus Bar Joseph. or like Jesus' scapegoat, Jesus Bar Abbas.
Although Jesus is based on the Greek version of the name, I think... He'd be like Yeshua or something... I'm not sure if Joseph would be different... But yeah, the principle of the last name is likely as you say.
@@KitsyX Er No, not likely, thats the way it is as it is with my name. James O'Hara, the O' denotes (Son or Grandson of) Hara or in the original tongue hEaghra is the Clan name and the Tribe is the Irish Tribes.
A very mind full of META Ewok-o-Pud.....Wonder if even aware ...META TARO BLURY....time been and gone ...not a cult
You wont get cancelled for laughing at Christian core beliefs, nowadays. On the contrary, it is almost expected to make fun out of Christianity. But God forbidd, if you dare to laugh at some other themes on the film, that are very current things now. Then you most likely will be cancelled.
There is no cancel culture. So nothing you have to fear. Laugh about jokes, it's fine.
I don't get where all this insecurity comes from. It is totally fine to ridicule concepts of power and oppression. Just don't be a dick about people and you're fine... It really is that simple.
I mean, it might not be as effective as some believe and he's probably not big enough to be at any real risk from it at the moment, although some less popular people have been hounded too... But even when it's not ultimately successful, it's not like there are no attempts... Gina Carano, while arguably unwise to do things her bosses at Disney might not like, didn't technically do anything particularly dickish... I think Kevin Hart lost his Oscar gig for something years ago... It was a bit stupid what he said, but I've certainly said stupid things in the past that I didn't even mean... Johnny Depp had a rocky period after Amber Heard seemingly falsely accused him of domestic abuse... UA-cam and other social media change rules all the time... What is offensive changes all the time... A guy jokingly taught his girlfriend's pug to do a Nazi salute, to annoy her, then the video gets him arrested and fined... It wasn't a particularly amusing joke to me... Not that I found it offensive, it just didn't amuse me, but really? It's just a dumb joke...
He's probably fine, but there is some stupid BS going on, so I think there's reason to be at least a little worried, even if he's likely not actually at risk.