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Vodstok
03-07-2005, 08:31 AM
I can only see ShankS' avatars so many times before i have to talk about them....
Monty Python is probably the greatest export from England ever. All 3 of their movies are classics.
The show was awesome.
The remaining members have had full carreers since....
okay, what are the best characters and sketches?
I have always thought Mr Creosote was um... unique....
urgeok
03-07-2005, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
I can only see ShankS' avatars so many times before i have to talk about them....
Monty Python is probably the greatest export from England ever. All 3 of their movies are classics.
The show was awesome.
The remaining members have had full carreers since....
okay, what are the best characters and sketches?
I have always thought Mr Creosote was um... unique....
all 3 movies ?
I guess 'and now for something completely different' wasnt like a movie - but it was theatrically released
damn its hard to pick a favorite
Dinsdale !
maybe the Mice Sketch ...
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-07-2005, 08:41 AM
I don't get british comedy.
I always like the Brain Hurts sketch....goes with my avatar as well
T. F. Gumby - Doctor! Doctor! DOCTOR! DOCTOR! Doctor! Doctor! Where is The Doctor?
Gumby specialist - Hello!
T. F. Gumby - Are you the brain specialist?
Gumby specialist - Hello!
T. F. Gumby - Are you the brain specialist?
Gumby specialist - No, no, I am not the brain specialist. No, no, I am not...Yes. Yes I am.
T. F. Gumby - My brain hurts!
Silly walks was another great one.
http://guardian.curtin.edu.au/cga/art/silly3.gif
And who could forget the Dead Parrot sketch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/460000/images/_463071_parrot1.jpg
Vodstok
03-07-2005, 08:52 AM
Albatross!
If i had to pick my single most favorite character, i couldnt pick just one. It would have to be The Frenchman from The Holy Grail, and Sir Lancelot.
John Cleese kicks ass :)
"I'm sorry... Is he hurt?"
"Is he hurt?!?! You stuck your sword through his head!"
John Cleese is the funniest man alive....period.
Vodstok
03-07-2005, 09:01 AM
I loved the dead parrot sketch, but i was witness to too many high school variety shows that thought they would cement their place in comedy history by recreating it again, and again, and again, and again.....
i always loved the group photo sketch where everyone is inadvertantly killed.
And who can forget the Classic Spam sketch?
Or the Lumberjack song :)
urgeok
03-07-2005, 09:03 AM
Originally posted by newb
John Cleese is the funniest man alive....period.
we've been watching the Fawlty Towers boxset ..
he was at his bestin that one ...
but the whole cast was brilliant ..
ShankS
03-07-2005, 09:06 AM
Originally posted by urgeok
we've been watching the Fawlty Towers boxset ..
he was at his bestin that one ...
but the whole cast was brilliant ..
it's superb :)
urgeok
03-07-2005, 09:12 AM
Originally posted by ShankS
it's superb :)
the guy who played manuel was easily the best supporting actor of all time
Mrs. Richards: I've booked a room with a bath and a sea view for three nights. I specifically asked for a sea view in my written confirmation, so please make sure I have it.
Manuel: Qué?
Mrs. Richards: What?
Manuel: Qué?
Mrs. Richards: K?
Manuel: Sí.
Mrs. Richards: KC? KC? What are you trying to say?
Manuel: No, no no no. Qué, "what."
Mrs. Richards: K. Watt?
Manuel: Sí: qué, "what."
Mrs. Richards: C.K. Watt?
Manuel: Yes.
Mrs. Richards: Who is this C.K. Watt?
Manuel: Qué?
Mrs. Richards: Is he the manager?
Manuel: Oh, Manajer.
Mrs. Richards: He is.
Manuel: Ah, Mr. Fawlty.
Mrs. Richards: Oh, what are you talking about, you silly little man?
[to Polly]
Mrs. Richards: Girl, I start to ask this man about my room, and he tells me the manager is a Mr. Watt, aged forty.
Manuel: No, no no. "Fawwl-ty."
Mrs. Richards: Faulty? What's wrong with him?
http://www.dvdwolf.com/Images/F/Fawlty_Towers/Manuel.jpg
ShankS
03-07-2005, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by urgeok
the guy who played manuel was easily the best supporting actor of all time
yeah, I like the way his 'English' progresses through the series, the first episode he aint got a clue, Basil goes mad when he can't get through to him.
Haunted
03-07-2005, 10:40 AM
I love the "Constitutional Peasent" from Holy Grail. To me that is histerical.
And of course, "Tim the Sorcerer."
Vodstok
03-07-2005, 11:01 AM
"For death awaits ye, with nasty big pointy teeth!"
zwoti
03-07-2005, 11:06 AM
ni
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Scripts/HolyGrail/jpgs/13-ni.jpg
Vodstok
03-07-2005, 11:06 AM
It can't be done!
BlackWolf
03-07-2005, 02:41 PM
He's not quite dead!
heartchunks
03-07-2005, 03:47 PM
bring me..a shrubbery :p
"Your Mother was a Hamster and your Father smelt of elderberries!"
Favorite Holy Grail Character: The Black Knight
Favorite MP movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Favorite Sketch: This is difficult at best! The ones that come to my mind first are;
The Lumberjack song and The Dead Parrot sketch.
:D :D
ningenmanga
03-07-2005, 04:22 PM
I'll up the ante on the Monty Python discussion . . .
Holy Grail or Life of Brian?
BlackWolf
03-07-2005, 06:33 PM
I'll up the ante on the Monty Python discussion . . .
Holy Grail or Life of Brian?
I like the Holy grail more, both are funny as hell though:D .
I'll bite your legs off!
Elvis_Christ
03-07-2005, 07:58 PM
Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
I don't get british comedy.
More into Friends style sitcoms?? :p
IDrinkYourBlood
03-07-2005, 08:20 PM
I got a plush toy of the black night and his limbs come off. And another plush toy of the killer bunny. Fuck, now i wanna watch it.
Amalthea
03-07-2005, 10:54 PM
I agree, John Cleese is the funniest man alive!
zwoti
03-07-2005, 11:22 PM
nobody expects...
http://people.csail.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/tt3.jpg
urgeok
03-08-2005, 02:56 AM
i once gave a nun VD, but i got over it
Vodstok
03-08-2005, 05:08 AM
Half a Denari?! My bloody life's story!
There's no pleasing some people.....
That's just what Jesus said, sir!
ShankS
03-08-2005, 05:18 AM
Originally posted by ningenmanga
I'll up the ante on the Monty Python discussion . . .
Holy Grail or Life of Brian?
Brian, without a doubt in my eyes.....true comic masterpiece that'll never be bettered.
urgeok
03-08-2005, 05:19 AM
you lucky bastard !!!
(after surviving the UFO crash)
:D
Vodstok
03-08-2005, 05:44 AM
Life of brian was definately the most insightful of all of them, with the most political commentary.
The Holy Grail was just silly fucking funny
urgeok
03-08-2005, 05:45 AM
I want to face the peril !
i bet you're gay !
Vodstok
03-08-2005, 05:48 AM
No Im not....
Brave Concord! You will not have died in vain...
I'm not dead yet...
Brave Concord, you will not have been mortally wounded in vain!
Actually, i feel quite well...
BlackWolf
03-08-2005, 12:51 PM
What is your name?
"My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot"
What is your quest?
"to seek the holy grail"
What is your favorrite color?
"Blue"
Right. off you go
Vodstok
03-08-2005, 12:57 PM
What is your name?
Arthur, king of the Britans
What is your quest?
To Seek the Holy grail.
What, is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What do you mean? and african or european swallow?
Well... I dont know that....AHHHHHH!!!!!!
How is it that you know so much about swallows?
You have to know these things when you're king....
tom-tom
03-09-2005, 12:23 AM
How about the knights who say neeeeeee...?
Classic seen from the Holy Grail.
Sedated_replica
03-09-2005, 07:26 PM
UCB is the best comedy of all time
but Monty Python and Kids in the hall are a close second
FairyKorpes
03-09-2005, 08:26 PM
I saw The life of Brian when i was 9 and from there i was/am a huge fan. The Meaning of Life is ok, i could have done without the fat dude barfing everywhere, but hey.
Oh and Faulty Towers is a close second lol
Sergio
03-10-2005, 09:35 AM
I think my favorite was the luberjack barber too. The Bishop had some funny parts to it too. The Life of Brian and The Holy Grail were my favorite movies. I can't pick just 1 out of those 2.
Vodstok
03-10-2005, 09:39 AM
Originally posted by Sedated_replica
UCB is the best comedy of all time
but Monty Python and Kids in the hall are a close second I actually thought the Upright Citizen's Brigade did more of "Maybe if we make this REALLLY whacky, it'll be funny..."
They had balls, but were not nearly as funny as they thought they were.
However, the people from UCB have gone on to do some really hilarious shit.
Sedated_replica
03-10-2005, 12:50 PM
Originally posted by Vodstok
I actually thought the Upright Citizen's Brigade did more of "Maybe if we make this REALLLY whacky, it'll be funny..."
They had balls, but were not nearly as funny as they thought they were.
However, the people from UCB have gone on to do some really hilarious shit.
I disagree. I think UCB was there best stuff.
I wouldn't say it was whacky but REALLY weird.
Monty Python was semi-dry but really silly. I think they're great. They get all the credit they deserve
UCB is overrated, unknown, and it shouldn't be that way.