They’re like giggling schoolboys. Two absolute comedy legends.

"If I can't hyphenate 'dog's breakfast' I can't describe the film in one word" 😂 what a wordsmith

God, this is a blast from the past. Interviews to this day with these chaps never disappoint, lol.

Thank you for this and thank goodness for Michael Palin's inability to stop talking. Graham Chapman said of Meaning of Life that it was obvious that six different minds had written it.

My favourite Python film by a country mile. This was great, another gem from the BBC vaults. Thank you.

@A-small-amount-of-peas

Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy it but if did have the whiff of a rushed cash grab

@MarcosElMalo2

Жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard the first time watching that I felt high midway through. I was euphoric walking out of the theater.

@nmeau

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best - they took it to the edge and no-one has gone further since

@gaskellr44

11 ай бұрын

I feel it's a mixed bag, not as solid and flowing as L O B, but some great sketches but also some duds, hence why they feel it is their worst. Possibly H G fares better as more good sketches than M O L. but then again, M O L has 1 or 2 killer sketches.

John Cleese now wears an "I'm 82" t shirt.

Michael and John are so delightful!

John Cleese has a standup tour across Europe now in 2022 ! I already have the tickets for the show this August in Sundsval (Sweden). I'm so happy to see this legend at the sunset of his career.

@mrmaxaxl

Жыл бұрын

Whaat?? Kommer han till Stockholm?

@oskarvikstrom229

Жыл бұрын

@@mrmaxaxl Menar han Sundsvall? Har inte en susning.

@coffeecigarettes9422

Жыл бұрын

I guess he is doing it especially for paying off his bills after several divorces. But anyway I'm sure it will be and I wish you a lovely evening. But don't forget to cheer him up - as you heard during this interview; don't do it like the Icelanders ;-)

@jamesdettmann94

2 ай бұрын

Well clearly the sunset of his career is just like August sunsets in Sweden, lasts forever.

Love this film - their bleakest, nastiest and cleverest. I wish the guys who made it liked it more than they do.

Hilarious for Cleese to accuse anyone else of talking too much. He just liked the sound of his own voice! (As do I)

@advancelast1740

Жыл бұрын

What, like the sound of his voice or yours ?

@andydixon2980

Жыл бұрын

@@advancelast1740 I like the sound of Jeremy's voice, more than John's.

@planetX15

2 ай бұрын

​Clarkson?

Recently watched a David Kelly interview about the Icelandic studio audience for The Builders episode of Fawlty Towers. I have no idea if it was the algorithm that recommended me this precise video in which Cleese passingly mentions the same thing or if it was pure serendipity.

@jeremyjohnson9817

Жыл бұрын

Exact same thing happened to me. Must be the algorithm.

I love how it's the interviewer who came up with "Jones is Welsh", rather than John or Michael.

I love how they never took interviews seriously. So much dry humour 😁😁😁

Cleese and Palin...what legends.

Comedians and engineer are my favorite types of people.

@Chasworth

Жыл бұрын

Crazy

What a delightfully candid interview. Thank you!

I was nearly 2 months old when this was filmed. I still remember people wearing clothes like this deep into the 90s 🤣

Meaning of Life in one word? John: "If I can't hyphenate dog's breakfast then I can't do it in one word". Lovely stuff.

The two were in a movie called "Fierce Creatures" and Palin played a zookeeper who couldn't stop talking...

Great film. Great comedy. Great times ❤️

@brendancadogan6235

Жыл бұрын

Superb but Welsh.

@Costa_Conn

Жыл бұрын

@@brendancadogan6235 he's not Welsh, he's a very naughty boy

@Cortinaman63

Жыл бұрын

Welsh Lad: Thanks for your nice comments about "The Meaning Of Life", As an Actor it is always nice to hear from people that enjoy a Production I have appeared in, together with a fantastic fellow Cast & Crew, I am so pleased you enjoyed the film, it was one of my personal Favourite Productions over many years in the industry to have worked on.

This is absolutely delightful 😊

2:30 context for the rainfall comment Ripping Yans starring Michael Palin kzread.info/dash/bejne/i42k1dxrlaSxf9Y.html "It were always raining in Denley Moor, except on days when it were fine. And there weren't many of those. not if you include drizzle as rain."

@MrSimonmcc

2 жыл бұрын

I watched that very episode only yesterday.

@RodericSpode

2 жыл бұрын

I have to watch those again. That's a great line.

Meaning Of Life is my favorite Monty Python film! ❤️

@Cortinaman63

Жыл бұрын

gus4u2c: I am so pleased you enjoyed the Film, and thanks for your nice comment, as a member of the Cast, with a small featured part in the Film, it is nice to hear the work all my fellow Cast & Crew put in to making this is appreciated and enjoyed by people like yourself, and many thank for your support of the Film.

@planetX15

2 ай бұрын

Life Of Brian edges it for me, but the Meaning Of Life is a definite second, both very close, great shows!

The world was simple then and we were younger and more beautiful

@markkavanagh7377

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't.

My favourite Python film - brilliant - it was all worth it.

@Cortinaman63

Жыл бұрын

Senkigtully 1 ; It was a lot of fun working on this film as one of the Cast, in Part Two "Growth & Learning" and I am so pleased you enjoyed it, thanks for your kind comment, about The Meaning Of Life, it is very much appreciated by myself, and I am sure by my fellow Cast & Crew,

Cleese sarcasm is gold.

They ate the salmon mousse!!!! John Cleese was brilliant as The Grim Reaper. 😁

Thanks

Love this film

It was the dog’s breakfast aspect that I loved. It was a a return to form in a way, sketches loosely tied together thematically and absurdly.

My grandmother had the exact same tree

Comedians like these are keen observers of life and can't help be see the many absurdities. Then then point them out in exaggerated fashion in the their comedy. It's a necessary reflection for humans. You can see it when he jokes about the process of making movies. People who perceive can often get tired of th experience but allow us to laugh and notice things we haven't before.

Brilliant !

I fear its too late now but I always wanted a 2 man John and Michael movie where it's mainly them. They all had great chemistry but I always thought these 2 had the best

@Kasino80

Жыл бұрын

Considering Terry and Michael had the best writing partnership, it really is quite extraordinary how good these two are together. Most of the Python sketches with them are in the top ten of all their skits.

@charlie-obrien

Жыл бұрын

The movie "A Fish Called Wanda" had both Cleese and Palin featured in very funny roles.

@A-small-amount-of-peas

Жыл бұрын

@@charlie-obrien yes I know, but they had very little dialogue with each other

My god I love these guys. If you could be anybody? A python.

When Palin mentioned the most uncomfortable scene in the movie, I thought he was going to mention the 'schoolmaster' scene

Can you upload HangaRRR 17 the complete series.With grandmothers.With the grandmothers corolla forfeits.Uncut.30 minutes.ALL 32 episodes.PLease Paul Leyshon?.

Palin heaven! 🤘🎸😎

its christmas in heaven theres great films on tv

I think that was the cheapest studio setup I've ever seen. Having said that, Python. Simply awesome.

@andrewphippsphillips1455

Жыл бұрын

Classic tree. On a par with the Steptoe Christmas tree

@charlie-obrien

Жыл бұрын

But those were some quality sweatshirts the host gave out at the end. There's your budget.

@ankavoskuilen1725

Жыл бұрын

Cheap but effectieve, better than meaningless glitter.

Would love to see what material was left out of the film..

@charlie-obrien

Жыл бұрын

There was a bit about Martin Luther being a rather lustful monk, that was cut out of one of the films. You can view it on KZread and it's classic Python.

I‘m so glad to hear Cleese describe it as this incoherent mess of a film, because that‘s how I always saw this movie X-D Obviously, it‘s hillerious in so many ways, but damn is it a rambling, meandering piece!

Superb but welsh. 🤣🤣🤣Taffy would love that one.🤣🤣

Please put up Rocky III and Rocky IV "Film 82 and Film 85" :-)

As an Icelander im amazed they managed to find 40 Icelanders that were so dry and boring?? They must have been banned from drinking in the studio then!

thank god for people like this in this world of.... well it's like that.

Can we talk about that Christmas tree?

when saying "Happy Christmas" was still legal ;)

If I were a network exec, I’d give them total freedom to produce whatever they wanted. Imagine the possibilities.

Where's Barry Norman?

@mikemorgan7893

2 жыл бұрын

He left the film show for a couple of years

@treadstone1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikemorgan7893 actually Barry Norman always had other reviewers deputies for him while he took a little break. Michael Parkinson and Russell Harty were two who sat in for him on separate occasions.

Maybe this film is dismissed as a string of comedy sketches, but I prefer to view it like 'The Decameron' or 'The Canterbury Tales': a series of tales told on a journey to the holy of holies. That's right, a tits-out Christmas pageant in Vegas.

I want him to talk about trains

This is great 😂

Can you imagine interviews nowadays? Where have all the Intellectuals gone!

Here: The fish slapping dance.

How hilariously dry! Fantastic.

Have you confused your cat lately?

It was….. THE SALMON MOUSSE 😂

Have you ever seen a sadder tree?

The Christmas tree budget at the BBC was quite low that year.

No expense spared on the Christmas Tree 🤔

@paulcallan8714

2 жыл бұрын

Just thought the same thing .But maybe we just bling things up to much these days

"The Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood of England"? Which one is which? I reckon Cleese could do a Jimmy Carrey-class impersonation of Eastwood's squinting, mouth-contorting tough-guy face. So that leaves Palin as Paul Newman. Well, look at him - doesn't he just ooze Butch Cassidy?

@treadstone1970

2 жыл бұрын

Well John Cleese has actually appeared in a western before.

No expense spared on that Xmas tree. BBC looking after my money.

@andrewphippsphillips1455

Жыл бұрын

Steptoes Christmas tree, they borrowed it. In those days it wasn't about how garishly you decorate a studio

This is just before I was born...so much brown

@mikearchibald744

2 жыл бұрын

This was after the seventies, have you SEEN what people wore in the seventies? Eighties stepped down to brown and purple except for pop bands and punk, now everybody all wears black and we think we're more individualized.

@krashd

2 жыл бұрын

80's grey and brown was preferable to the 70's orange and yellow.

@mikearchibald744

2 жыл бұрын

@@krashd Thats a matter of opinion, it was garish, but you ever notice since the vibrant colours of the sixties each decade has gotten increasing drab until there is no colour left at all.

Superb but Welsh! 😂

I sugest we shoulde as refer to john cleese as John Cheese. An immediate referendum should be called for to clear his name of all those dredful women who rob him of his money. Beastful those ladys. 💛🙏 Amen. JMH.

The worst of the python films in my opinion...but still 10x better comedy than 99% of the crap produced today.

@mikearchibald744

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, when three films are THAT good and for completely different reasons its hard to 'rank' and probably shouldn't even be attempted. The sketch form at least made up for 'and now for somethig completely different". Like they said in the interview, people always say they don't like it til they remember the sketches. Given that MOST comedies have about five good jokes in them, there really needs to be a different name for mel brooks and monty python.

@charlie-obrien

Жыл бұрын

I rank it the third best Python film, but as you said that still puts it in the top 50 comedies of all time.

Icons

My free book has the answer to the meaning of life.

What the F is that thing he's sitting behind? I witnessed a vandal destroying origami artwork. I saw it all unfold. Isn't it odd we've got armpits but not legpits?

The BBC at it's best. How I lament the decline of the beeb. Over 40 years ago now. A different country.

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

How it is a decline ?

"superb, but welsh"

@Jeff_Vader

2 жыл бұрын

I love it. When I was younger one of my brother's friends was being philosophical after he had a bad day in Wales (don't know what happened) and he came out with the wonderful phrase "I think, therefore I am.....not Welsh"

@mikearchibald744

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jeff_Vader I'm not laughing at that as its not politically correct:)

@jonathanhough2203

Жыл бұрын

@@mikearchibald744 I’m not laughing because it’s about as amusing as eating a bowl of dogshit but yknow….each to his own😐

and now we got ESSEX......🤮

the meaning of life is where they came down from everest. it was a mess

Sweater

Wasn’t that sweet

Boring. Impossible? This is like the outtakes of a comedy where instead of all the best bits ...

Love Cleese's work, but always found him kind of a whiny baby in interviews. If being a working comedian and writer is so miserable, maybe he should have quit and went to work digging ditches.

@garethhanby

2 жыл бұрын

It's called the "Sad clown paradox". Many comedians suffer from it.

@sarahdee374

2 жыл бұрын

@@garethhanby True. I think Basil Fawlty probably voices a of of Cleese's genuine thoughts. As I said, I do love his work and sense of humor.

@charlie-obrien

Жыл бұрын

If he hadn't become a comic actor he would have been a lawyer, and lord knows we've enough of that sort.

6:36 that set is absolutely GRIM. why were the 80s so determinedly ugly?

@mattgilbert7347

Жыл бұрын

Thatcher

Horrible. This precisely defines why Brits are NOT funny.

@jaybenny7719

2 жыл бұрын

We are not funny to you …. 😉

@richardmell299

2 жыл бұрын

I'm flabbergasted, I don't think I'll sleep tonight with that News.

@witness1013

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaybenny7719 oh, quite the contrary,as a people, i find you, your love of Royals, and your love if importing welfare takers, very funny!

@SpotlessLeopard

2 жыл бұрын

Met us all have you misery arse?

@xenomorph6961

2 жыл бұрын

Someone is still sore about the 'Life of Brian"! That makes me happy :P