I like how Sir Lancelot answered all the questions and crossed the bridge safely only to be arrested by the police.

@zxbzxbzxb1

2 жыл бұрын

He should have just made a feint to the North-East 😭

@priyachoudhary9896

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I forgot how this movie ended, it was so fucking surreal

@mitchconnor3233

Жыл бұрын

😂 proper pat down as well 😂

@patriceaqa288

Жыл бұрын

@@mitchconnor3233 he wanted to make a feint to the north east lol

@mingyaowu7720

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha the ending

The fact that Arthur and the knights are just a bunch of lunatics role playing and stumbling across actual magical stuff makes scenes like this so much funnier.

@dr.wallacebreen3859

11 ай бұрын

It'd be even funnier if they came across actual peasants and French medieval soldiers who think the French empire still exists or something similar.

@Samuel42069

9 ай бұрын

​@@dr.wallacebreen3859wtf is french empire lmao

@corvte6676

9 ай бұрын

@@Samuel42069Are you stupid or just plain dumb?

@taiyoqun

9 ай бұрын

What's even better, some of them are actual knights roleplaying being knights roleplaying being knights.

@PolishGod1234

9 ай бұрын

​@@Samuel42069have you learned history? It was one of the biggest empires in history

The best part is Arthur wasn't even testing his knowledge, he was just asking for clarification. The guy just was so unprepared for someone asking HIM anything that he fumbled his answer. Never be afraid to go against the grain.

@NostalgicGamerRickOShay

2 жыл бұрын

And to think that Authur would have likely not known the answer.

@jayt9608

2 жыл бұрын

@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay Arthur was very careful to refrain from saying anything that indicated his ignorance. Thus he states "As King one mist know these things." Thus he is understood to be ignorant of the speed of the swallow without ever confessing such.

@usakrana8871

2 жыл бұрын

There is a scene when they approach a wall and the guard on the wall chastizes him for having coconuts, arther makes a remark about swallows, than the guards asks a question about swallows but ponders the difference between african or european swallow.. such amazing writing

@nickklavdianos5136

2 жыл бұрын

It's a callback to the opening scene.

@Drnken229

2 жыл бұрын

Bridgekeeper should have just chosen one of the two

I don't know how Dungeons and Dragons goes for everyone but when I'm playing with my friends it's basically just this movie.

@ForTheOmnissiah

2 жыл бұрын

Same. We like to get under the nerves of our DM and rank up diplomacy and talk our way out of epic fights he set up. Quite fun for the four of us, not very fun for him. The best of trolling imo.

@badassbillyb

Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome

@kashirwin

Жыл бұрын

What? Who or what is this DM you speak of?!?!?🧐

@ComicGladiator

Жыл бұрын

Every time I see "we do X in the game, and the DM is powerless" I know that person has a rubbish/incompetent DM. "The Orc chief's brother was killed by a human, and diplomacy is impossible. He stabs you."

@NamelessAndAlone137

Жыл бұрын

@@ComicGladiator Our DM isn't powerless. He sets these situations up intentionally. Comedy is a significant part of our campaigns.

I love how it’s implied that Arthur would have actually known the answer due to his sheer confidence in asking for specification

@aidanforman5950

11 ай бұрын

Someone in a castle told him when they were rambling on about it.

@spimbles

11 ай бұрын

yeah there was an earlier scene that overtly set up and mentioned the answer to the question. you should really watch the movie

@relic323

11 ай бұрын

It was a payoff that had been set up in the opening scene.

@tomgimon5267

11 ай бұрын

We’ll you have to know these things when you’re king you know.

@aidanforman5950

11 ай бұрын

@@tomgimon5267 That too of course

The funniest part was that not even the old man is safe from being thrown into the pit if the question cannot be answered. you could get him by asking a question before he does. heck, you could get him if you don't understand the question, but he doesn't understand it either. I just love the brilliant writing. Lol

@rvhill69

2 жыл бұрын

The really funny part is if Sir Robin had asked, 'during what time period.' The old would have gone off the bridge, and everyone would have made it across. 5 or six cities were the capital of Assyria at different times.

@EdBoonSucks

2 жыл бұрын

Now who's going to be the bridge keeper to ask the questions?

@apokyrfter413

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite part

@13th_Ghostly_Grimm

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdBoonSucks maybe tim

@Mr.Ditto.

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdBoonSucks I don't know. *Gets thrown into pit*

He really DID ask five questions. 1. What is your name? 2. What is your quest? 3. What is your favorite color? 4. What is the capital of Assyria? 5. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? The joke was the first two questions are the same, but he chooses one of three variations for the third question.

@DajeHibus

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I never thought about that

@TheRagingStorm98

2 жыл бұрын

That's clever actually

@chargolo7858

2 жыл бұрын

holeesh thank you garrison

@DeityLink69

2 жыл бұрын

and actually the capital of Assyria is Nineveh

@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you have to get to know someone before you throw them into a pit...

At one time my acting teacher asked, "What is your name?" and I couldn't resist throwing in "What is your quest?" He chuckled and followed it up with a third question (forgot which one).

@Darkreign1

Жыл бұрын

One time I was talking to my history teacher about this movie and the rest of the class had never seen it or even heard of it. Neither of us could believe it so he told me to bring the DVD in and we'd all watch it. It was a great lesson when I brought it in

@Dr.Strangmeme

10 ай бұрын

No, what is the guys name on second base.

@lonewolf5238

4 ай бұрын

​@@Dr.Strangmemewho's on second?

@Dr.Strangmeme

4 ай бұрын

@@lonewolf5238 I don't know?

@lonewolf5238

4 ай бұрын

@@Dr.Strangmeme I don't know's on third

2:30 Michael Palin changing his answer has still got to be one of the funniest, and shortest, gems of pure inspired comedy ever.

@johnpauljacob4596

Жыл бұрын

Thats what happens when you copy your seatmates answer.

@jayman1772

Жыл бұрын

In the german version he says he is colourblind while he falls (dunno why they added it) but was fun xD

@avosmash2121

7 ай бұрын

​@@jayman1772 lol that's great

Ahh, Terry Gilliam. Animator, film director, and bridge-keeper extraordinaire.

@l3eatalphal3eatalpha

11 ай бұрын

I didn't know that. Aaaaaarghhh! (Dictated)

"Well, you have to know these things when you're a king you know" - the most humble quote ever

Sir Robin was actually doomed from the start, since Assyria was already nonexistent by that time, and that Assyria itself had many capitals during its lifetime. (Unless Sir Robin managed to ask, "which period?", which may cause the bridge keeper to answer, "I don't know that!", and thrown earlier to the gorge of eternal peril himself.)

@dawninglight357

Жыл бұрын

That would've been hilarious!!!!

@Chafflives

Жыл бұрын

Trust you to spoil a good story. 😡

@thenoobprincev2529

9 ай бұрын

I mean, for the absloute majority of its history its capital was the city of Assyria, So I assume that would suffice as an answer, really.

@Unknown-mz3ww

9 ай бұрын

​Assur

That accent on "what" tho'

@craigdouglas7613

3 жыл бұрын

Right, off you go!

@Bro-cx2jc

2 жыл бұрын

Rhat is yer nayme?!

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

Ye

@ParzivalTheThird

2 жыл бұрын

And “peril”

I remember seeing this movie as a kid and hating it because I didn't know anything about Monty Python or their humor. I like it now.

@andrewclark7559

2 жыл бұрын

My brother got super pissed off at it the first time he watched it because he was really into knights and the Middle Ages and he wanted see the awesome battle scene but the police ruined it.

@killingtime8652

2 жыл бұрын

@removethatpfp yousubhumansackofshitcuntprick I do reccomend ‘H’anime though Very good culture indeed

@timjohnson1199

2 жыл бұрын

When I moved out of my folks place to the party house we'd all cluster around the TV for Monty Python. We loved it. Did our own skits. They're gone and will never be replaced.

@piotrkulpa8034

2 жыл бұрын

Not only you. I could not understand that time, why ppl think its funny.

They actually did cross over that super dodgy 'bridge of death' in those costumes, well maybe stunt actors. At 3:41 the guy misses a step too!

@Eddyhartz

2 жыл бұрын

If they're using coconuts instead of horses I don't think they had the budget for stunt actors hehe.

@DemPilafian

2 жыл бұрын

They probably didn't even had enough money to buy insurance. I read that the reason the final scene was done outside with modern day cops was that they simply ran out of film production budget.

I love how the not being able to count to 3 is a running gag in this movie.

@fakecomedyandtheabsurd2527

9 ай бұрын

Valve took that bit seriously.

@rusinoe8364

8 ай бұрын

​@@fakecomedyandtheabsurd2527I'm fine with HL 5 coming out next...

I like that Arthur consistently confuses three with five. In the Holy Hand Grenade scene he fail to count to three until corrected, instead counting "one, two, five!"

"What...is the capital of Assyria?" "Before or after the Bronze Age Collapse?" "I don't know that!" Sir Robin gets to live.

@KBGVideos1

10 ай бұрын

3:00

@finelineguy8733

10 ай бұрын

“How do you know so much about Assyria?”

@TheRealTricky

23 күн бұрын

@@finelineguy8733 "As a coward... I mean, brave man, you have to know these things".

I always find it hilarious when they use puppets, to shoot scenes where someone is being ejected or is falling down. XD

@jonathanmargetts1035

11 ай бұрын

With Monty Python, it is undoubtedly deliberate. The whole point is for things to look a bit 'naff'.

@ciprianpopa1503

11 ай бұрын

I find it disgusting. Why didn't they use real persons? Obviously a cheap movie.

@JoyRideStudio

11 ай бұрын

@@ciprianpopa1503 I know you are being sarcastic but I hope you didn't misunderstand my comment as a complaint about not using real people for the scenes to look genuine. I clearly enjoy the fact that the way they use puppets as substitutes is hilarious. This is a comedy movie after all. :D

@jackieleep

2 ай бұрын

i love the fact Cleese and Graham had stuntmen to cross the bridge for them 'cus they were afraid to go.

What is your name? The Chosen One of Arroyo. What is your quest? To seek the holy GECK! What is the minimum requirement for the Quick Pockets perk? What do you mean? The statistics or the level requirement? I...I don't know that! (Flies into pit) **Fallout 2 Bridgekeeper Special Encounter**

@DemienC.

2 жыл бұрын

And one of the best armor in the game, bridgekeeper's robes, acquired. Ah, memories.

@BYERE

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, there is no pit, he just dies on the spot, but yea... I remember coming across that encounter too :D

@AG-lf7pb

2 жыл бұрын

Find out the origin of that encounter. Like 23 years after

The German synchro makes Sir Gallahad at 2:21 even funnier. While he gets thrown into the gorge after saying Blue/Yellow he says "..but I'm colorblind!"

@mirko7587

2 жыл бұрын

What, didn't understand.

@martinddhyj

Жыл бұрын

@@mirko7587 German dub

@Igor_054

Жыл бұрын

​@@mirko7587To the pit you go, then.

@TiroDvD

10 ай бұрын

"But I didn't even eat the salmon."

Ah, Sir Robin. Your cowardice was your ultimate undoing.

My Dad and I watch this movie. We couldn't stop laughing

@zsoltkiss545

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know either

@ddthewolf

4 ай бұрын

So did me and my dad

In the german Version. 1. What is your name? 2. What is your quest? 3. What is your favorite color? Blue, no Red. -> during the fly he said "iam color blind" PS all in German

The bit that makes me laugh the most is when Michael Palin gets his favourite colour wrong 02:27

@JacobDTulio

Ай бұрын

I always took that he repeated ‘blue’ because Lancelot said it first, but then suddenly realised it wasn’t HIS favourite colour.

My favorite part of this scene was when everytime the bridge keeper would always keep changing the 3rd question

@bizzaroblake2519

2 жыл бұрын

he could as it was never specified what questions were to be asked as long as it were three questions.

I could only imagine audiences when they first saw this got tricked by the intermission to the point when they came back 10 minutes later, the movie was already over without warning.

The funny thing is that he was given the answer by the questioning guard on the high wall at the beginning of the film. The answer is that a swallow has to beat it’s wings 43 times per second in order to maintain its airspeed velocity.

@jime8532

2 ай бұрын

isn't that redundant? airspeed - velocity? 😂

I like to assume that answering the bridgekeeper's questions is not necessary at all and you can just walk past him with him whining "Stop! No! Stop please!"

@Chafflives

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t bet on that….🫣

@areaxisthegurkha

11 ай бұрын

​@@Chafflivesyet he couldn't stop himself from falling into the pit.

@MXB2001

11 ай бұрын

Try it and see...

@Chafflives

11 ай бұрын

@@areaxisthegurkha Rules is rules. 🤨

The way he says "Whaaat?!" has stuck with me since I saw this at the Notting Hill Coronet way back when. I still say "Whaaat?!" in the same way now. Comedy has shaped so much of my language from Python through to the Comic Strip, Blackadder, The Young Ones etc. Love Terry Gilliam's work, Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits, Jabberwocky etc. such a talented chap.

"do YOU believe in God?" "That's a complicated question... Depends on what YOU mean by "God". You see I ..." "Yes or no?" "IT helps no one to be reductive. I believe that... that we are here applies to some degree that, there are forces, larger than us. Now we can get in to this menticality... "YES OR NO?!?"" "The very notion of "believe" itself can be rhetorically whittled to bare nub of its meaning. I'd like to talk to you a lot more about this. Would you be interested in reading in some of my literature?" "NO!!!" Jumps to the pit

@rabbidsnipes5654

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh I see what you did there, lmao

@rhesareeves5

2 жыл бұрын

Xavier: Renegade Angel is top shelf.

@DwarfDaddy

2 жыл бұрын

I hate how I know where this is from

@_JesusChrist.

2 жыл бұрын

Well, so you believe in your savior? If you do you may sun in his name for you are already forgiven if sun and may commit any act if you have true faith. So, do you believe in your savior?

@daystarminion495

2 жыл бұрын

@@_JesusChrist. What????

Monty Python was so great. Casually great. They were irreverent and no silliness was safe from their scrutiny. Even themselves. Like the crusades or fine dining or bicycling.

Right, off you go. 😶 . . .Oh, thank you. . Thank you very much Love that part

Classic scene. Always cracks me up when the gate keeper gets tossed in when he doesn't know the answer.

(Question 3) Bridge keeper - "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"

@kingcamelot1395

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? A strawberry or chocolate Tootsie Pop?

@Yasuda9000

Жыл бұрын

​@King Camelot I don't know that. (Gets launched into the air) AAAAAAHHHHHH!

The "oh great" makes me laugh probably more than it should.

"Well, you have to know these things when you are a king, you know". Just fantastic. (wonder, did he learn it from the previous episode where he got bounced off another castle having been bogged in discussion on how possibly swallows could have brought coconuts to England)

i swear this has to be one of the funniest god damn movies of all time! its aged like fine wine.

One of the funniest scenes in any movie. I love the way Python takes a long time to set you up for a joke, then suddenly springs it on you. In this case it's the wind velocity of a swallow and whether it's African or European. The old geezer doesn't have any idea himself, so it's off into the chasm for him too. 🤣

"Look, there's the old man from scene 24!" Never taking themselves seriously is one of their hallmarks. Still, for me, the funniest part of this movie is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qoOmya6jac-1p84.html Here's the transcript of that scene, brilliantly written: _"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"_

@zsoltkiss545

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome text😂

@christiandilena9526

10 ай бұрын

Amen

@moonscar119

10 ай бұрын

Skip a bit brother

@JustWasted3HoursHere

10 ай бұрын

@@moonscar119Forgot that part! The long windedness of it is what cracks me up, like _"Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached"._ All this just to say "count to three". LOL.

@robertkelley5144

7 ай бұрын

Amen.

This was years before game of thrones. And in this master piece really anyone could die!

"What is the Capital of Assyria?" "Which era? and who's empire is controlling the region of Assyria?"

@kingcamelot1395

2 жыл бұрын

I-I don't know that. WAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

Man, I laughed so hard when the bridge-keeper himself gets hurled over the edge lol

My dad would always quote this scene. Miss him so much

What a fantastic move. I remember watching it many decades ago. Good memories.

Ahhh just like a 2021 corporate call centre for customer services🤣

My favourite Fallout 2 moment.

I sometimes wonder if Arthur being asked, "How do you know so much about swallows?" was an in-joke just for the Pythons as they were most of only a handful of people that definitely knew at the time that Graham was gay.

@twinzzlers

Жыл бұрын

Who's Graham and what do gay people have to do with swallows?

@novelle.27

Жыл бұрын

I would also like to hear an answer to this question

@justarandomhorrorfan7899

Жыл бұрын

@@twinzzlersGraham Chapman is the guy who played King Arthur in this movie. The swallows thing is probably some in-joke of the Monty Python crew as the the original commenter suggested, if it is I don’t get it (because I’m not part of Monty Python) but it could also not be, I don’t know. Either way I had no idea he was gay.

I love how the ‘five, three’ gag was just a set up for a future gag with the holy hand grenade

I like the Intermission song. It's real catchy

I've always got a kick on their blank expressions when they watch their fallen colleagues plummet toward their demise in the pit.

I wonder....what if somebody answered the question with "Could you repeat that please?" And if he repeats it, answer it correctly. If he just says "Of course i can" then say "Then will you?" That way you could get past the 3 questions by just answering your name.

The capital of Assyria was first Assur and later Nineveh. You wanted to know, admit it. I don't own the rights of that comment, the owner is: KnowJesusKnowPeace I just thought everybody wants to know it, after watching that scene.

@wetbadger2174

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Old, Middle, or Neo-Assyria?

@Bro-cx2jc

2 жыл бұрын

@@wetbadger2174 Wha...I don't know that!

@joshu1918

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bro-cx2jc AHHHHHHHHHHH

@davidtomlinson6138

2 жыл бұрын

Ta, I know now , might come in useful l8r , pub quiz etc. 😀

Good luck brave Sir Lancelot, God be with you!

The first time I heard about Monty Python was from a Family guy cut away gag. It was that one episode where Brian meets his son for the first time. Glad I watched that episode.

Old man: "What is the maximum attainable velocity of a coconut falling from 75000 feet?" Main character: "Swallow or otherwise?" Old Man: "Um..." *WHOOSH*

Ah yes, comedy in the comments. Btw this film scene is probably one of the funniest ever. Next to Tim the enchanter

I wonder if he would've accepted Nineveh as the answer for "What is the capital of Assyria?" as Ninevah was the capital in Old Testament times.

@ChrisRedfieldsbloodline

10 ай бұрын

The correct answer is Assur. It was always spiritually the heart of the empire.

"right, off ya go." I dont know why I love that bit so much

How To Be King: Know about swallows

I love the running joke that Arthur can't count to 3

"Well you have to know these things when you are king you know"

I wonder if anyone got up in the theatre for 'intermission' 😂😂😂

It's so funny when the old man gets yeeted xD and he kinda looks like William Dafoe with prosethic makeup 🤣 I don't know why

@lonewolf5238

4 ай бұрын

Possibly because he WAS Willem Dafoe in prosthetic makeup 😅

as a king i know a lot about swallows. Its important for a succesful rule!

Hilarious! I love how the King got him lol😃😁🤣🤣😅😅!!!

I re-enacted this scene in a theater class in middle school with a few of my peers.

Lancelot was ready to murk the old man

I SO miss Monty Python's flying circus! Great comedians every one of them!

Arthur outsmart the old man because he is so wise in the ways of science

2:50 "Sire, thou hath pull ye olden Uno reverse card."

"There's the old man from scene 24" lmfao missed that when I was a kid

Simply GREAT XD

The way their eyes and head follow the bodies being flown into the pit is comedic genius.

From the 'original script'... A short time latter, 'Those who would cross the sea of fate must answer me these questions 28'.

I love the horrible timing of the intermission

Love how this ties in with the very first scene when King Aurther just walked away in frustration 😂😂😂

That thumbnail looks like an incredible but horrifying painting

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is what happens when your D&D group goes out LARPing and records it hahahahaha this movie will always stand tall among the titans of the movie hall of fame.

blue.. no! yelloooooow χαχαχα πεθαινω

@sakisproios1480

2 жыл бұрын

Η καλύτεροτερη ταινία που έχω δει.....

Still gets me after all these years...

“Well you have to know these things when you’re a king, you know!”

Lmao just watched 2 of his best friends get thrown into a gorges and just 🤷 I'm good...

That was a very clever trick " African or European swallow." Because the answer is that it's the same swallow.

I was in Scotland on vacation with my dad. Came across this little town called Dune, I think that’s how it’s spelled. Checked into the local hotel and went to see the local castle. Every town has one. Walked in and there is all this Monty Python stuff. It was the castle they filmed in. Awesome surprise!

UAHAHAhahaha brilliant ! And Arthur the greatest king

Question: What is the average airspeed of an unleaded swallow? Answer: That would depend on the variety of Swallow.

AWESOME!

3:26 i always use that intermission gag on my gameplays as a running gag joke on my let's play when my PlayStation decides to be a dick and stops recording on a blocked scene.

The Old Man from scene 24: Stop! What is your name. Me: No, What is the guy's name on second base.

Idk why this cracks me up so much "huh, what? Idk that". The way the troll is confused seems so natural.

1:26 I love the space in between "what" and the rest of the question, its almost like he was mad that Lancelot was trying to find the Holy Grail

just the randomness of this makes me smile

WHAT...about the droid attack on the wookies?

I don't CARE what anyone thinks...this movie is in the top 10 FUNNIEST movies of all time!!! Hell, it even makes fun of the opening credits!!! Btw..we are NOW the knights who say "ECKY ECKY ECKY ECKY PA-TANG RU-BOING EN-ZOWIE-UM!!!"

"WHAT is your name?" "The Rock." "WHAT is your quest?" "To be the People's Champion!" "WHAT is your favorite color?" "It doesn't matter what The Rock's favorite color is!" *[delivers a Rock Bottom to the bridgekeeper]*

It's funny how clarification can really help you in a situation. And not just in school or work (not my that close-minded boss is helpful or understanding).

Question-What is the Capital of Assyria? Answer-Nineveh. Thank you, Veggie Tales.

My favourite part of this seen is when it did the intermission, the combo of the music and the fact it caught me off guard really cracked me up

I like how they just reuse the same clip of the dummy being dropped into the pit each time