I'd watch these sketches as a kid on t.v.,and laugh my head off! Now I'm fifty something and still laughing my head off at it!😂 we need them now more than ever,in this crazy mean world 🌎 as we are truly in times where,,if you don't laugh,you cry. Have a happy day!❤🇬🇧
Michael Palin's body language in this is superb. They are all just complete masters - language, voice, body. And we've all seen this guy before...in every country. But have we ever BEEN this guy ourselves? We can only hope.
"I'm on a cycling tour of North Cornwall, taking in Bude..." FYI, all the places he crashes are in Devon, not Cornwall. Just an added comedic detail that may be missed if you don't know the area.
Possibly the first show they did where most of if not all the episode was one long story, no doubt written by Palin and Jones who would do this more in series 4 once cleese left and go on to write ripping yarns together which was more this style of comedy, this could've been an episode of it if it wasn't under the python banner.
@@blakeyonthebuses they dont do this on sketch shows now, sketches are one or two gags then done, these guys turned one sketch into an entire story their imagination was so vast.
Very true indeed ... any satire or inversion of reality or extension of the straight jacket of 'accepted behaviour' wld be completely mis-understood. Wld fall completely flat. The human mind is losing much as each decade proceeds. Strange but true...
We are tomorrow leaving Switzerland on a four month cycling tour of Eastern Europe, and now I am quite fearful of gritty fruit cake and bicycle pumps. Thanks mate. Stay out of N.Z.
@@LucySharkeyart Thanks Lucy. We had a wonderful time, and were loved by "everyone" especially in countries we were told not to visit. I'm 71 and always put on loose clothing when shopping etc.
¿Dónde está mi pastel de erizo? (Where is my hedgehog pie?) This video is icing on the cake for me! I'm on intermediate Spanish at the moment and this was bloody maravilloso 🦔
I have met a "bycycle-rider"-exactly like this bloke,!!-he was gabbing to me "incoherantly"-& my Father had to rescue me,from being "bored to death"--I was lucky !!
Tis funny because the first day of the cycling tour is the 18th of August, which was my late dad's birthday whose surname was Pither! Unfortunately my dad never found it funny 😢
The down side of this episode was seeing how less the show was with very little Cleese influence. The up side is it showed them beginning to think of full length single stories (movies).
I ran into a small group of these types of Brits near Loo at bnb . It was horrible . They seem to have absolutely no interest in bathing and ,as a result , put wife and I off our full british.
+John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. TIME HAS RUN OUT !! BERISHEET 2023-2030 !! Tribulation !+
For God so loved the world that he caused every living thing on it to perish in a global flood (apart from one family and a few animals). God also liked slavery, human sacrifices, forcing a rape victim to marry their rapist, stoning to death homosexuals - your God is a monster.
It's hard to explain why I found this so funny, @professorsogol5824. It's Michael Palin's expression of naieve, enthusiastic optimism when he is on the cycle. He was good at that face. It's why I loved the accountant sketch.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Crashing on a bike is always embarrassing and often painful, but never funny. As perhaps you know there are two kinds of cyclists: those who have crashed and those who haven't crashed yet. I assume you are in the latter group, and I hope you remain in that group for many more years.
One of the most brilliant skits they ever did. I love the constant clanging of the pots attached to his outfit.
not too brilliant :P
All Monty Pithon work is brilliant. You just have to understand the philosophy and meaning of it! Lol
@@cristinabumbac151 The show got on with it. Other shows were funny, but they included too much useless banter.
My favourite episode.
But the sketches with me were good as well.
That and he never takes the backpack off. Even in the dream sequence when he’s back home lol
"How do you know so much about cycling?" If I'm ever feeling blue, I have only to think of this Michael Palin character.
These episodic skits were always my favorites. One narrative that leads from one silly situation to another. Just the greatest.
"The pump caught in my trouser leg" plays in my head whenever I hear a crashing or clattering noise.
- "Just had a chat with your dad!"
- 😭!!!
😅
Brilliant episode this one.
Mine was good as well.
That last bit in the car about safer food is very funny indeed.
I'd watch these sketches as a kid on t.v.,and laugh my head off! Now I'm fifty something and still laughing my head off at it!😂 we need them now more than ever,in this crazy mean world 🌎 as we are truly in times where,,if you don't laugh,you cry. Have a happy day!❤🇬🇧
"Just had a chat with your dad" 🤣🤣
Michael Palin's body language in this is superb. They are all just complete masters - language, voice, body. And we've all seen this guy before...in every country. But have we ever BEEN this guy ourselves? We can only hope.
One of their best characters, just brilliant!
Good job Mr Pither is really 'Bicycle Repair Man' !! Super Hero Extraordinaire !! 🚴
Michael Palin was THE best. Every favorite skit (except silly walks) had him at the center. He kills me! So sad when he eventually passes!
Let me show you the door. No thank you, I saw it on the way in. Hahahaha
Just amazing one of my all-time favourites.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant...
My favorite skit 😂
Brings back my childhood memories I will always find it humorous
para mí es el mejor!
¡ No podría estar más de acuerdo contigo! 😁
One of my favourite Palin characters😁
People that ride bicycles and/or watch Monty Python are just as good as normal people. 🚲
😂😆
No we’re not.
@@middleagedwhiteblokeno I m not normal
Nothing normal about me! And I don't ride a bicycle.
What the hall is normal anymore?
Ever since 1972 I loved this Charles Gounod waltz. But there is more to it then those 8 bars.
7:03 “safer food!”
For a cycling tour in North Cornwall he was going to some very strange places.
pure genious
I commemorate every September 2 by noting that I did not fall off my bike.
Surely this is the inspiration for the Where's Wally/Waldo books!
One of my favorite sketches.
First time Pythons did something with coherent narrative for whole episode. It is just as silly.
"I'm on a cycling tour of North Cornwall, taking in Bude..." FYI, all the places he crashes are in Devon, not Cornwall. Just an added comedic detail that may be missed if you don't know the area.
It's fairly obvious that the character has absolutely NO sense of direction whatsoever. lol
We Americans miss many of your references. 😢
Possibly the first show they did where most of if not all the episode was one long story, no doubt written by Palin and Jones who would do this more in series 4 once cleese left and go on to write ripping yarns together which was more this style of comedy, this could've been an episode of it if it wasn't under the python banner.
Absolutely agree. Ripping Yarns were great.
@@blakeyonthebuses they dont do this on sketch shows now, sketches are one or two gags then done, these guys turned one sketch into an entire story their imagination was so vast.
They did that more in season 3. Dennis Moore is another one.
@@detvarsomfankanske they did it even more in season 4 cos john left so then palin and jones became the dominant writing team.
@@johnb1150 I'm a huge Python fan, but I don't think that I've even watched all of season 4. Not funny without John imo.
Banana and cheese sandwich?
Where do you keep your hard boiled eggs?
how do you know so much about cycling?
Just had a chat with your Dad.
Anyone getting fast show vibes ... i like to go a wandering fal da ree fal da raaaa 😅😊😊😊
Mental. Completely mental. And nowadays we have reality TV. We are impoverished.
Very true indeed ... any satire or inversion of reality or extension of the straight jacket of 'accepted behaviour' wld be completely mis-understood. Wld fall completely flat. The human mind is losing much as each decade proceeds. Strange but true...
We are tomorrow leaving Switzerland on a four month cycling tour of Eastern Europe, and now I am quite fearful of gritty fruit cake and bicycle pumps. Thanks mate. Stay out of N.Z.
Wear shirt trousers and you should be ok.
@@LucySharkeyart Thanks Lucy. We had a wonderful time, and were loved by "everyone" especially in countries we were told not to visit. I'm 71 and always put on loose clothing when shopping etc.
The first crash I almost shit my pants laughing.
¿Dónde está mi pastel de erizo? (Where is my hedgehog pie?) This video is icing on the cake for me! I'm on intermediate Spanish at the moment and this was bloody maravilloso 🦔
I have met a "bycycle-rider"-exactly like this bloke,!!-he was gabbing to me "incoherantly"-& my Father had to rescue me,from being "bored to death"--I was lucky !!
How do you know so much about cycling?
35p for a banana and cheese sandwich in the early 70s ?
Just discovered where the inspiration for Forest Gump came from. 😃
Indifferent to cheese?!
Pure madness!
Tis funny because the first day of the cycling tour is the 18th of August, which was my late dad's birthday whose surname was Pither! Unfortunately my dad never found it funny 😢
Still hilarious
What do you keep your hard-boiled eggs in?
Her response:
@@chrissteed8170😐
Thats me on social media 😂
Lovely
Monty Python was good because it had very little filler. If it wasn't funny, they cut it. One funny bit after another, about every 5 seconds or less.
❤❤
Is this available in the area...
35p for sandwiches!
Ha! I shouted that same thing rewatching it again lol. I remember prices like these. Gods I’ve been around too long
Unfortunately they didn't do many 'long' stories like this one
I wonder if this character was the inspiration for 'Where's Wally'?... I think we should be told.
Sir Michael!
Ah Mr. Pither... God's lonely cyclist.
What happened to the rest of it?!😂
The down side of this episode was seeing how less the show was with very little Cleese influence. The up side is it showed them beginning to think of full length single stories (movies).
We're in a minority here. This episode showed MP well past its bloom.
@@-danR The fourth year was embarrassing. But Cleese came back for the movies and all was well again.
sigh....where are the Carol Clevelands of the world now that im single?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I ran into a small group of these types of Brits near Loo at bnb .
It was horrible . They seem to have absolutely no interest in bathing and ,as a result , put wife and I off our full british.
Being a hipster before it was cool. Except, you know,...it never was.
Just let him walk.
25 p for multiple sandwiches fokin inflation :(
✌️🤠💥🌟🌀🙏
@#rolfdejonge@
Seems to be a divisive skit. I thought it was funny.
Cyclists bunch of kants , still in 2024
I thought this was one of the more tedious Python shows.
Thank you for the entertaining comment.
@@middleagedwhitebloke my pleasure
You have no sense of British humour!
@@neilprocter No one hates you, Clodagh
They cant all be comedy gems….
Amazing looking back how desperately unfunny and weak a lot of the Python stuff was, in amongst all the gems.
Unfunny comment.
@OuterGalaxyLounge It wasn't meant to be funny, it was an opinion.
@@OuterGalaxyLounge reflexive comment.
+John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. TIME HAS RUN OUT !! BERISHEET 2023-2030 !! Tribulation !+
Is his son a God being son of a god? Why is God male if he is the only god? Who would he have sex with?
I wouldn't got THAT far. Clodagh!
For God so loved the world that he caused every living thing on it to perish in a global flood (apart from one family and a few animals). God also liked slavery, human sacrifices, forcing a rape victim to marry their rapist, stoning to death homosexuals - your God is a monster.
Well this hasn't aged well
It wasn't funny 50 years ago, either.
it makes fun of people obsessed with their bikes. They should just update the skit with mtn bikers.
Another example of how important Cleese was. He left and season 4 was awful. And he went on to make Fawlty, which was great.
What's wrong with it?
@@kevhead1525haven’t you seen that John Cleese plays in this sketch?
No laughs here
It's hard to explain why I found this so funny, @professorsogol5824. It's Michael Palin's expression of naieve, enthusiastic optimism when he is on the cycle. He was good at that face. It's why I loved the accountant sketch.
@@coreycox2345 I think it's the same character as the accountant. This episode could have been called "Pither the accountant's cycling tour."
It's one of the funniest things they ever did!
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Crashing on a bike is always embarrassing and often painful, but never funny. As perhaps you know there are two kinds of cyclists: those who have crashed and those who haven't crashed yet. I assume you are in the latter group, and I hope you remain in that group for many more years.
@@professorsogol5824 I'm sorry for you, Clodagh
still funny 50 years later