Love that part - "He has a wife , you know....", and the reaction of one guard is like, "Oh, Ghod, No."

@DJ_K666

Жыл бұрын

That's so well timed that line. Sir Michael Palin is a master of timing in comedy

@bugsplat2755

Жыл бұрын

The first time I heard the next line "Her name is Incontenitia...", with all the swishing lisp Michael Palin delivered, I almost had to change my shorts. I suppose after getting honed out by Biggus Dickus, it would make any "wife" incontinent.

@lizs4796

9 ай бұрын

Yes that guards face is my favourite part too. He closes his eyes and you can see him think ‘oh no’😂😂😂😂

@cleech74

6 ай бұрын

Those are some of the all time funniest scenes in a movie, along with all the quotable lines of dialogue within them. Every once in a while, I slip a “he has a wife, you know…” into a conversation with friends and/or family members who are also fans of Monty Python movies. The same goes for The Holy Grail. When I was a kid, it was the first movie I saw on a laser disc player. One of my parents’ friends had one, and he lived a few houses up the street. We would do a movie night at his home, and he rented them from a video rental place called Errols. The laser disc was the size of a 33 rpm record, contained in a hard plastic jacket. Sony started making beta max tape players soon after the laser disc technology was being used, and eventually VHS became the medium for new movie rentals (and probably porn, as well). One of the other movies we really enjoyed was Time Bandits, and it’s still a favorite of mine.

@suedonegan5069

3 ай бұрын

Super comedy

"He wanks as high as any in Wome" is one of the greatest lines in British cinema.

@suicyconaut

Жыл бұрын

He has a wife you know.

@donallmccrudden4812

Жыл бұрын

You are a very naughty boy

@dneill8493

Жыл бұрын

Many lines in this film qualify for that. I'd say this film has more individual funny lines and moments than any other movie I've seen. In Tv shows I would say Fawlty Towers is on the same level.

@Elusime

Жыл бұрын

*in bwitish cinema

@nigeldepledge3790

Жыл бұрын

But Americans don't get it because they don't have the word "wank" in America.

I love the fact that Spike Milligan was only in the movie because he happened to be in Tunisia on holiday whilst they were filming there. It really is a brilliant movie, that has stood the test of time.

@adewale007

13 күн бұрын

I always thought he might be in it because he was on a bummer and they wanted to give him a nod, a gig and a wink. Spike man, bless his soul.

It's probably been said before but the extras who played the guards were told they wouldn't be paid if they laughed. A brilliant move 😂

@jacek-jan

7 ай бұрын

Yes, they were told that if they would have make dabbles, they won't be able to pay them.

@kentonbaird1723

7 ай бұрын

That's the part that turned it from a funny little 'bit' into a piece of timeless comedy gold. It stopped being about the narrative, and started being about a comedian ABSOLUTELY TORMENTING THE EXTRAS! They are FIGHTING to not laugh!

@RazorMouth

23 күн бұрын

That's a myth, it took multiple takes to get it right for a start.

@jackhemsworth7515

21 күн бұрын

@@RazorMouth each time it was a different name too

we should appreciate the actors who play the guards too! their facial expressions are what makes the scene complete

I first saw the film in Perth, Western Australia upon its release. The US 7th Fleet was visiting at the time so the cinema was over a quarter full of young sailors and marines just when Monty Python was starting to be appreciated in the USA. It was amazing, every seat was taken and everyone was roaring their heads off with laughter. By the end of the show my ribs hurt and I wouldn't have been the only one.

@craigfowler7098

Жыл бұрын

Upon its welease

@rabbiebhoy

Жыл бұрын

Don't believe you.

@b.r.holmes6365

10 ай бұрын

Loved Perth

@RazorMouth

23 күн бұрын

Life of Brian was banned in Ireland for 7 years after release 😂😂😂

Palin's timing with "Incontinentia...Incontinentia buttocks" just gets me every time

@golden-63

18 күн бұрын

The brilliant thing is he doesn't punch the punch line...he kind of lets it drop casually.

It's amazing what incredible actors the Python members are. Michael Palin's fantastic acting plays a great role in making this scene so great.

@Northman_Roams

Жыл бұрын

You can see he's trying not to laugh when he says "He has a wife you know".....

@mikefraser4513

Жыл бұрын

He was my favourite Python. In this one, The Meaning of the Life and as Ke-Ke-Ken the animal lover in a Fish called Wanda.

@Emanuel_Conde

Жыл бұрын

Its not role. Its rwole.

This was genuine ! The actors playing the Roman Guards were warned that they'd be fired if they laughed out loud except were scripted.

George Harrison of The Beatles funded the Life of Brian. His film company hand made films produced it along with many other great British movies. George also has a cameo in the movie. A masterpiece

@stu2333

Жыл бұрын

Holy grail he funded

@stu2333

Жыл бұрын

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek cheers pal I stand corrected 👍

@robanderson473

Жыл бұрын

I believe George said of The Life Of Brian, in regards to his financing of the flick,that it was the world's most expensive movie ticket! I think he also mortgaged Friar Park (his home at Henley on Thames) to help finance the film, that's how much George wanted the film made.

@Steve_Gee74

Жыл бұрын

George appears in the clip being watched at 11:33

@cr10001

2 ай бұрын

@@robanderson473 George Harrison rescued it. The film company were about to fly out to Tunisia when the chairman of EMI read the script (finally!) and got cold feet and pulled the plug. George stepped in at the last minute because 'he wanted to see the movie' and yes, he did have to mortgage his house. I'm sure he got his money back, but still, incredibly brave of him.

This movie is so much funnier if you've studied latin. You're really missing half the jokes 😂

I've never laughed so hard in whole my life as I did when I watched The Life of Brian the first time...I got a stomach ache😂

@gcullen104

Жыл бұрын

I love the glorious absurdity. Only the Pythons could conceive of Pontius Pilate not being able to pronounce the letter R. And having a friend called Bigus Dickus who had an outrageous lisp and a wife called Incontinentia Buttocks. 🤣

One of the greatest gifts my dad ever bestowed upon me is a love of Monty Python. The deadpan way he says the Incontinetia Buttocks punchline still cracks me up after all these years. A comedy master class.

@lynette50

Жыл бұрын

It's always thought her name was Incontinetia Bucket 🪣 which made it hilarious for me 😂

@karenglenn6707

2 ай бұрын

My dad brought us up to love British comedy here in Australia from the 60’s onwards. He used to listen to The Goon Show in the car with us as little kids. When I got older he and I would watch The Two Ronnies, The Dave Allen Show, Porridge, Dads army, etc. and I have adored British comedy for all of my life, and my son was also brought up the same way as I was and he has a huge collection himself. Also absolutely loved Red Dwarf, a later UK comedy that is brilliant. My dad died in December 2022 aged 87 and I am so grateful that he and I had those times, just us, laughing our butts off. Miss him so much.

This is the time when the teacher is absolutely pissed off but everybody else is finding it hilarious but also don't wanna get sent to the office.

@MalcolmBarron

Жыл бұрын

Believe me, the teachers find it side splitting too :D

"He has a wife, you know.." - the sheer misery on the left hand soldier's face is priceless.

Damn, I love Monty Python. British humour at its finest. 😂

The worst time to laugh or giggle is at a funeral, especially when you remember a funny time with that person before passing away and you can feel the giggle/ laugh building up

@AutomaticDuck300

Жыл бұрын

Reverse psychology. Tell yourself it’s OK to laugh and then you’re less likely to.

@kalinaphillips9779

Жыл бұрын

Wakes in my family are the funniest occasion as we remember the pranks and "misfortunes" our family had.

@LittleV179

Жыл бұрын

the giggle-loop from "Coupling" the uk sitcom sums it up perfectly.

@RS14988

Жыл бұрын

@@LittleV179 Exactly what I was thinking. Sadly that series doesn't get around too much, Jeff made that show

@LittleV179

Жыл бұрын

@@RS14988 totally worth finding a clip of the giggle-loop but I don't think one exists, a great show for the first couple of seasons for sure.

I am very guilty at laughing at the most inappropriate moments. The worst was around the graveside at my grandmothers funeral. My gran’s sister wrote the card for the family wreath and instead of writing “From a loving family” she had written “ From a lovely family”. I spotted this at the graveside and started giggling which sort of spread around all those standing there. Not my finest moment! 🤣

@ggenie7489

Жыл бұрын

I have to admit I laughed at my mums internment, but only because some mad lady showed up who wasn't invited and managed to drop her car keys in the hole. Only myself and my sister saw it happen and we were talking to the vicar at the time, we both just took off running in opposite directions through the graveyard because we couldn't stop laughing. I think the poor man thought we were mad. And she did get her keys back in the end.

@clarestewart877

Жыл бұрын

@@ggenie7489 Maybe it’s the emotional state we are in at funerals. We either cry or laugh?

@DavidHeywood_Legend

Жыл бұрын

I started laughing at a funeral service with my sister sat next to next to me in church. My sister looked at me and she started too! Both of us sat there stiffing the giggles and coughing to disguise it, the more I did it the more she did. People were turning round to stare, which made it worse. i think we've secured that special place in hell.🤣

@ggenie7489

Жыл бұрын

@@clarestewart877 that's very kind of you to suggest but no I was just laughing like a crazy person. My mum would have enjoyed it too .

@chatteyj

Жыл бұрын

@@clarestewart877 damn I feel sorry for you

If you haven't seen the memorial service for Graham Chapman, then it's worth watching. They've all gathered to celebrate his life and Cleese really goes for it.

I read the guards were not told about Biggus Dickus, so some of their laughter is real

@robthornton6288

Жыл бұрын

I heard the same. You can see they're genuinely struggling not to laugh.

@CS-zn6pp

Жыл бұрын

Python was well known for not putting the jokes in the script for the extras for that reason.

@normalgermanguy7976

Жыл бұрын

That´s the truth. Director said they can only do this one time to look real and funny, repeated takes would´ve made the joke lame and no one laughig anymore. So they told only the main characters what will happen, the "NPCs" were taken by surprise. And it worked of brilliant. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@henpaidesu

Жыл бұрын

There's actually more to the story. As you said the laughter is indeed real and they were extras. They go something like they only have one take of this shot cuz of budget, and they have to be completely still. No reaction, no laughing and anyone who does something out of character doesn't get paid. Hence you see they were so unprepared what's coming when they start rolling.

That scene is hilarious and it really got to me so much. You should react to the one in Monty Python and the holy grail where the knights sing "Sir Robin" and also when one of the knights asks a black knight if he would join his crew after seeing him defeat other knights.

The night before a Scout parade (St George's Day) another leader and I watched this. We paraded to the local church where the vicar introduced himself before his sermon: "Gweetings, I'm Wobin". We were crying with laughter for rest of the service...

I still love that they kept this as it was all an unscripted and those soldiers were genuinely laughing 😂🤣✌️🇦🇺

Wonderful. They just don't make comedy like this any more. Loved The Pythons.

Fabulous! When, as a teenager I saw this first scene in the cinema (movie theatre) "....and you know what his wife's called..." I laughed so hard, I fell off my seat into the aisle. It never fails to amuse me. 😄

I was at a funeral last year and the 3-year old grandson left behind had just been told he had to say please nicely in order to share. He literally screamed "please nicely!" and I had to repress the laugh.

Monty python, masterclass of comedy. Never bettered...ever.

The scenes in the holy grail with the rabbit, and the charging knight are amazing

@Mrs_Sugar_Min

Жыл бұрын

I have a couple stuffed rabbits from the Holy Grail and I always attached it to my cats tail!😅😅

I can only imagine that the extras who played the guards had one of their best days ever on set. Such a great film, and in particular, that clip.

Love how Daniel just gets British humour 😂

I’m afraid I would find myself in gladiator school very quickly…as would you guys 🤣

a film that remains murderously funny to this day.

Monty Python 🐍 just pure class 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

I love this scene. But it's made doubly great by watching you two guys enjoy it :D "Welease Woger!"

Made me cry laughing as a kid and still does to this day

You missed one of the best lines because you were laughing at quack legion. He wanks as high as any in wome

What the people playing the guards didn't know was the use of Biggus Dickus. They were just told to "be stern", and while the cast went around getting reactions, those were their real reactions trying not to laugh.

Fun fact: even the director and the actors said that the joke comes across better in the German translation They said the same thing about the German title "Die Ritter der Kokusnuss" which is the German translation of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". the german titel is literally " the Knights of the coconut " (allusion to the horses that don't exist!) even the movie poster shows the "cheap version" with the coconuts

@robanderson473

Жыл бұрын

Coconuts make for excellent mounts! I could be wrong, but I'm sure the reason they used coconuts was that the budget wasn't quite enough to cover real horses! Again, I could be wrong but if that's the case then it was a stroke of genius, regardless.🥥

@jameseadie7145

Жыл бұрын

If you go to Doune Castle, where parts of it were filmed you can buy coconuts in the gift shop and you can always spot the Python fans.

So glad I've got monty python films 🎥 box set uncensored life of Brian, Holy grail, the meaning of life, absolute classics👍🤣

Michael Palin is an exceptional actor

Fun fact: Ceaser and the Centurion Captain were actually in on the joke so they were straight faced where as the loud the laughing and Snickering was genuine and the big burst of laughter was the cameraman loosing it with laughter

@JB-yb4wn

2 ай бұрын

That was Pontius Pilate, not Caesar.

The noises Graham made when he goes to the floor alone crack me up

We went to a show in Blackpool & there was this trio on singing a Toni Braxton ballad. I started chuckling to myself silently as they put so much emotion in to their routine but it got worse & my stomach muscles were rippling too. My friend whispered what's up? but I couldn't dare open my mouth. That set her off shaking silently. I was getting ready to rush out but thankfully they finished & I could laugh during the applause.

I started laughing at a funeral service with my sister sat next to next to me in church. My sister looked at me and she started too! Both of us sat there stiffing the giggles and coughing to disguise it, the more I did it the more she did. People were turning round to stare, which made it worse. i think we've secured that special place in hell.🤣

This is the absolute truth, We had a work visit when at school to a local industrial plant. We were very polite and did not react.... BUT... the guy showing us around, with a stutter on the letter "C".... was Colin, a Chemist, who specialised, in Chromatography.

It's only a flesh wound! Thats the best monty scene ever

2 of the greatest comedy movies of all time, Monty Python's 'Holy Grail' and 'The Life of Brian'. so many silly laughs

You can hear the entire camera and production crew crack up laughing at the Incontinentia Buttocks bit.

The Life of Brian is one of my all time favourites! Pure genius!

I wish that both of you had the chance to sit down with him over a beer. Like you, I am in absolute awe of what he did. I still get physically ill, watching this. Imagine climbing that ladder at at such a height, climbing out at a 45 degree angle over the 5 foot overhang, and the ladder is not even secured at the top end. It's unbelievable the courage that he had. Thanks for sharing this, and keeping his legacy alive.

Chris Langham as the guard who does his best not to laugh. Also known for several roles in Not The Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith & Jones

@victorhernandez8723

2 ай бұрын

He was also a writer for the Muppet Show.

You guys should review the whole Life of Brian Movie, as well as the Month Python and Holy Grail Movie, and Monty Python’s Meaning of Life.

You have got to watch the whole film.It's the funniest thing commited to film.

@EmbraceTheSuck21

Жыл бұрын

Full film reaction is on our Patreon, link is in the description, this is clipped from that full reaction

@synaesthesia2010

Жыл бұрын

@@EmbraceTheSuck21 you gotta do Holy Grail next if you haven't already, that film is absolute genius

yours is the best reaction I've ever seen to this clip - for some reason it seems to go over the heads of a lot of reactors.

Thanks for doing both parts

Great stuff, you have amazing sense of our comedy

I love your reaction! The first time I saw this I about died laughing!

Palin did so well to keep his shit together

When I was at school a long time ago and your in trouble for misbehaving in class and the teacher is in your face telling you off and for some reason you can't stopp bursting out in hysterically it's so awesome

@samih5916

Жыл бұрын

I remember a similar situation in my first year of high school except it didn't happen to me, it happened to a classmate. Basically our teacher told him off for mishbehaving and sent him out of the classmate and he was laughing while being sent out and the teacher got even angrier then ever.

@redf7209

Жыл бұрын

Been there done that!

The British sitcom Coupling had a scene where Jeff described the "giggle loop" basically it's trying to hold in a laugh in the worst situation possible.. a funeral etc

Thanks for sharing this one little piece of a great movie. I think I first saw it in 84.

every time i see this clip it reminds me of the time a boxer called chris eubank who has a lisp hosted a music show called top of the pops and reading out the top 10 at number 6 is suggs the cicila i was crying

Laughter is one of the most fundamental blessings of life. There is no inappropriate time for laughter.

@robanderson473

Жыл бұрын

Good for one's health too!

@hellepost1439

Жыл бұрын

Bloopers - Religious host laughs at singing caller🥴

@SpeccyMan

Жыл бұрын

@@robanderson473 You're forgetting the guy who laughed himself to death (heart attack) after watching a Goodies skit.

@robanderson473

Жыл бұрын

@@SpeccyMan Ha! You're right there, I remember that decades ago.

Can't believe this is you just seeing this all-time classic

Agree with Julians comments, serious situations most of the time make us giggle, remember when me and brother(about 14, at the time) we're be taught about how to use a fishing rod at home it was my dad,a very serious man, he went to sit on coffee table to explain and the four leg's just went, we just took of up stairs, still laughing days after, (never took up fishing. ).

A puppy dies every time you staunch a laugh

Reminds me of what my paternal uncle said to me at my dad's wedding blessing service, he looked at the organist, and said to me 'bet the organist gives good a good tit job', as I started to laugh his wife hit around the back of head, he went ouch and was in the crap for hours.

when i was in the british army we had a squadron oc that had a stutter and a sgt major who had a lisp, some of the scenes you had here were similar to our squadron parades when addressed by oc and sgt major

@jameseadie7145

2 ай бұрын

What unit?

The funny thing is the man who shouts out Roger and then Roderick is Terry Jones (who also directed the film) and he genuinely could not pronounce his ‘R’s.!

You guys need to watch a British sitcom called coupling. There is an episode in which they talk about the 'giggleloop'. That also involves the concept of laughing at inappropriate times. It's also an amazing comedy series all round.

"Biggus Dickus , which I have never seen!" ... Yeah, yeah.... we believe you Spencer ; )

Best part was the extras weren't even meant to laugh. The directors told them to play it straight but they just couldn't hold back

@Lnch4ALion

Жыл бұрын

You know this for sure? Where from ?

John Cleese is playing the Guard, Michael Palin plays the Roman aristocrat.

"Life of Brian" had a budget of £4 millions and box office of £20 millions. Please, watch "what the Romans did for us". It is also from "Life of Brian".

@gordonmcmillan4709

Жыл бұрын

"What did the Roans ever do for us?" and don't forget "Romans go home"

The people playing the part of the soldiers were not told what the scene would be.and were simply told not to laugh in the Biggus Dikkus scene

Guys you could stay in Isle of Man during TT, The whole Island gets busy though. Book Early. Its not expensive. Flights to England take about 20 minutes. For the Saturday football game.

The giggle loop ("Coupling").

The first "Try not to laugh"-challenge seems to have been in Roman times

I just realised I'm the worst of the worst because you know in Happy Gilmore where he tells him to go to his happy place? Okay, so you know when you're in a room of people and someone says something, then something comes into your head that's like the most inappropriate thing to say at that moment, but a part in your mind says don't be a pussy so you just say it anyway? You're left with this moment where everyone takes that sharp intake of breath, like damn, did I hear that right? That moment right there, that's my happy place.

nowadays generations are feeling offended by the sketches of Monthy Python. We, the X-ers grew up with this humor of them. watch the Holy Grail. that's a classic one. We need more of these back on the TV. We need a good laugh again.

Monty Python is just amazing

Those romans who are laughing were extras and were not yold about the sctipt, the laughter you see is real lol, i love that about this film

apparently they were extras that were told to NOT LAUGH or else they'd not get paid, and told nothing about what was going to happen in the scene.

It brings to mind the scene in the principals office in the movie Porkys with the stiffled laughter.

In german this scene is even funnier. His speech impediment is even more pronounced and "Biggus Dickus" is translated to "Schwanzus Longus" which one could re-translate to "tailus longus". And instead of "b" he pronounces everything with a "p", so it's "werft den Purschen zu Poden" in german, the most iconic line from this movie in Germany.

The genius of Monty Python is encapsulated in this scene; probably the funniest clip of any movie of all time.

History’s first “try not to laugh” challenge.

"I'd rather say 'I have a missive diarrhea right now'" - cue the "He has a wife, you know" scene XD

I met Michael Palin and Terry Jones at the book signing of "The Life of Brian" script in Cardiff in 1980, Terry Jones called me a boring little tick! They were both brilliant, very nice people and five hours later I realised my face was aching from grinning all day.

Dude on our left: I found myself powerless before your prolonged, directly pointing finger at me/us: I smashed the "like" button! Little secret--I would have anyhow, lol! You guys were great, and reacted so naturally laughingly to this classic "Don't Laugh!" bit! Another one up this alley is the classic Mary Tyler Moore (sitcom from the 70's) episode which involves inappropriate laughing at a FUNERAL SERVICE. Just google, you'll find it, and it WILL be worth it, I promise you!

you guys need to see the "giggle loop" scene from the show Coupling It explains the exact situation hilariously

This clip has made me laugh til i'm nearly sick for over 20 years!!

The best of all is that the extras playing as the guards didn't know that this was gonna happen. The team told them to just stay there, on a serious face and hold it. xDDD

With a name like Biggus Dickus his wife's name does make sense 😂

An episode of The Mary Tyler Moore show from the 1970’s called Chuckles the Clown is widely regarded as one of the best sitcom episodes ever written and that’s all about inappropriate laughter. You should check that one out it’s absolutely brilliantly written and superbly acted out by all the cast members.

The life of Brian 1 of the all time classics

As a 47 years old brit I was brought up on monty python. Love it.

Biggus Dickus had a distant brother whose name was Wankus Erectus

Slightly different, but still Monty Python, is the Cheese Shop sketch with both John Cleese and Michael Palin. Well worth watching too.

One of the true classics. Ranks alongside the "Carry on Cleo" film's immortal line, "Infamy, Infamy - they've all got it In-for-me." Damned Womans.