Favourite Monty Python Sketch

[TyeDye75]

Mine has got to be.... 'close order swanning about' from series one (I think it was the 'how to recognisedifferent parts of the body' episode)

[terrya]

1. For me...the Dead Parrot Sketch.

It's my favorite.

But it's a tough choice.

T

[chicagojoe]

5. Dead Parrot is SO GOOD it can't be included in voting.

It stands alone. Actually, it was "nailed to the perch"...

[terrya]

9. I'd say that "The Bishop" is a very close second for me.

But "Dead Parrot" is my very favorite.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. That is my choice!!!!!

[maveric]

2. Upperclas twits, and Confuse your cat.

Lumberjack is #3.

[flvegan]

14. Another vote for Upperclass Twits

[chicagojoe]

3. The "Piranha Brothers" episode always killed me.

Also, there was something about a Norwegian fish-slapping dance.

[madinmaryland]

4. just one more wafer thin mint!

:nuke:

[billyskank]

17. Fuck off! I'm full!

[SarahB]

37. That's mine too!

:thumbsup:

[jandrok]

6. I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok......

...I sleep all night and I work all day......


Slays.

[benny05]

39. The Lumberjack song

to continue my fav MP skit/song..

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavatory,
On Wednesdays I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea.
(He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lavatory,
On Wednesdays he goes shopping, and has buttered scones for tea)

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers,
I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
(He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wild flowers
He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars??)

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girly, just like my dear Papa.
(He cuts down trees, he wears high heels, suspenders? and a bra???)
(girlfriend: I thought you were so rugged! oh, you!!)

(walks out)

He's a lumberjack and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.
He's a lumberjack and he's okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.....
he sleeps all night and he works all day.

source: http://www.azlyrics.us/202869

:silly:

[kodi]

7. 4 Yorkshiremen

we was poor but we was 'appy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Angus Podgorny and the blancmange from outer space.

That was so deranged...

[7th_Sephiroth]

the man seeking an arguement and getting abuse

lol

[ronzo]

22. Absolutely classic.

Of their actual sketches that's probably my favorite.

[7th_Sephiroth]

25. i also like the cross-eyed guy setting up an expedition

that one makes me howl

[ronzo]

30. Good bit.

The "argument clinic" reminds me of another great sketch, the "job interview" sketch. Great dynamic.

I haven't seen the flying circus in years... :)

[ronzo]

31. Cheese Shop

:D

[cruadin]

10. Spam, spam and spam. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

11. "Dinsdale!" (Spiney Norman and Doug & Dinsdale Pirrhana)

[TyeDye75]

21. He then proceeded to nail my head to the floor /nt

[Gogi]

12. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cardinal Fang! The comfy chair! Confess!

[Demit]

15. Haha! you beat me. What are our main weapons, then?

[skygazer]

41. Our chief weapon is fear

Fear and surprise... our TWO chief weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency... our THREE... wait a minute... I'll come back...

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise...

[Demit]

13. No-o-o-body expects the Spanish Inquisition!!

[Historic NY]

18. Knights who say NI............................

HEAD KNIGHT: Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!
ARTHUR: Who are you?
HEAD KNIGHT: We are the Knights Who Say... Ni!
ARTHUR: No! Not the Knights Who Say Ni!
HEAD KNIGHT: The same!
BEDEVERE: Who are they?
HEAD KNIGHT: We are the keepers of the sacred words: Ni, Pang,
and Ni-wom!
RANDOM: Ni-wom!
ARTHUR: Those who hear them seldom live to tell the tale!
HEAD KNIGHT: The Knights Who Say Ni demand a sacrifice!
ARTHUR: Knights of Ni, we are but simple travellers who seek the
enchanter who lives beyond these woods.
HEAD KNIGHT: Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!
ARTHUR and PARTY: Oh, ow!
HEAD KNIGHT: We shall say 'nee' again to you if you do not
appease us.
ARTHUR: Well, what is it you want?
HEAD KNIGHT: We want... a shrubbery!

ARTHUR: A what?
HEAD KNIGHT: Ni! Ni!
ARTHUR and PARTY: Oh, ow!
ARTHUR: Please, please! No more! We shall find a shrubbery.
HEAD KNIGHT: You must return here with a shrubbery or else you
will never pass through this wood alive!
ARTHUR: O Knights of Ni, you are just and fair, and we will
return with a shrubbery.
HEAD KNIGHT: One that looks nice.
ARTHUR: Of course.
HEAD KNIGHT: And not too expensive.
ARTHUR: Yes.
HEAD KNIGHTS: Now... go!

[ronzo]

19. The Killing Joke

Great bit.

[TyeDye75]

20. Theres another that I really love

but its not a sketch its a whole episode. The cycling tour of north Cornwall.

[rocktivity]

23. The Ministry of Silly Walks

with The Bishop running a close second.

And does the monks slapping themselves in the face with planks in the Holy Grail movie count?

:headbang:
rocknation

[nytemare]

48. Second for Silly Walks!

Silly and Dead Parrot!

[Patsy Stone]

24. Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit

http://www.jumpstation.ca/recroom/comedy/python/banana.html

Or: Penguins: http://www.jumpstation.ca/recroom/comedy/python/penguins.html

Also, anytime I hear, "Number 3: The Larch"

Since I'm sure most of the classics have already been mentioned, I'll not add:

Spam
The Argument Clinic
Cheese Shop
Dead Parrot
Killer Sheep
Nudge, Nudge

Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera. You might have had a better chance asking "Least Favourite..." :)

[Blue-Jay]

36. Absolutely, the self defense sketch!

You shot him. You shot him dead.

Well, he was attacking me with a banana.

Well, you told him to.

Look, I'm only doing me job. I have to show you how to defend yourselves against fresh fruit.

And pointed sticks.

Shut up.

Supposing someone came at you with a banana and you haven't got a gun?

Run for it.

You could stand and scream for help.

You try that with a pineapple down your windpipe.

A pineapple?

[Patsy Stone]

44. Poin-ted Sticks? Poin-ted STICKS??

Don't come crying to me!

Sgt.: How about cherries?
All: We did them.
Sgt.: Red and black?
All: Yes!

"Tigers however do not relish the peach."

[Kat45]

42. Yes. Everytime I pass by a Larch Street, I immediately

say "the larch" in that tone of voice and crack up.

[Patsy Stone]

45. So good. You can't help but do that. :) n/t

[chicagojoe]

26. Hell, I guess they're all good.

[THUNDER HANDS]

27. the hell's grannies sketch

gangs of old ladies patrolling the streets...eventually morphs into dangerous gangs of keep-left signs.

[jmowreader]

28. Whizzo Chocolates

Inspector: We have to protect the public! People aren't going to think there's a real frog in chocolate! Constable Clitoris thought it was an almond whirl! They're bound to expect some sort of mock frog!

Mr. Hilton: (outraged) MOCK frog!?! We use NO artificial additives or preservatives of ANY kind!

Inspector: Nevertheless, I advise you in future to replace the words 'Crunchy Frog' with the legend, 'Crunchy, Raw, Unboned Real Dead Frog' if you wish to avoid prosecution!

[LeftyMom]

29. 1. Dead parrot

2. Lumberjack song
3. Spam

[deadparrot]

32. Well, my username, obviously. I love "Argument" and "Fish License," too.

[Minstrel Boy]

33. The North Minehead By-election

Bimmler: Pleased to meet you, squire. I also am not of Minehead being born but I in your Peterborough Lincolnshire was given birth to. But am staying in Peterborough Lincolnshire house all time during vor, due to jolly old running sores, and vos unable to go in the streets or to go visit football matches or go to Nuremburg. Ha ha. Am retired vindow cleaner and pacifist, without doing war crimes. Oh...and am glad England vin Vorld Cup. Bobby Charlton. Martin Peters. And eating I am lots of chips and fish and hole in the toads and Dundee cakes on Piccadilly Line, don't you know old chap, vot! And I vos head of Gestapo for ten years.(Hilter elbows him in the ribs) Ah! Five years! (Hilter elbows him again, harder) Nein! No! Oh. NOT head of Gestapo AT ALL! I was not, I make joke! (laughs)

Landlady: Oh, Mr Bimmler. You do have us on!

[KittyWampus]

34. But I Don't Like Spam. Spam Spam Spam Spam

[Wilber_Stool]

35. I had to bury the cat today.

Yeah
Yeah, It took me three hours.
THREE HOURS?
It wasn't dead yet.
Not dead?
No, but it was real sick.

I think it was part of the 'How to put down your budgie" skit

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

38. The Cheese Shoppe

I'm feeling a little peckish...

[Kat45]

40. The penguin on the telly.

"Oh, intercourse the penguin."

[Patsy Stone]

46. Ha! Run rings around your logic...

http://www.jumpstation.ca/recroom/comedy/python/penguins.html

[skygazer]

43. The Travel Agent sketch

Absolutely brilliant. First Eric Idle goes into the Travel Agent's and the receptionist asks him, "Are you booking a holiday or do you want a blow job?"

Then he goes into the whole routine about being Mr. Smoketoomuch after which he gets going about package tours and delivers a nonstop monologue for about 5 minutes straight about package tours - "...fat German businessmen making pyramids in the swimming pool and frightening the children and barging in the queues..." Oh, god, it's hysterical and how he can do it, I don't know. He does it on the "Live At the Hollywood Bowl" video, even reappearing in the audience still talking. A classic.

[muriel_volestrangler]

47. The Black Knight

"It's only a flesh wound. I've had worse."

[baldguy]

49. CHEESE SHOP!

It's not much of a cheese shop, is it?

Finest in the district!

Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.

Well, it's so clean, sir!

It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese....

[gmoney]

50. The Architects Sketch

Could be the best Cleese rant ever...

"Well, I wouldn't become a Freemason now if you got down on your lousy, stinkin' knees and begged me."

[miss_kitty]

51. Deja Vu, The Hilters, The Walker Brigade, The Killer Joke

Hell's Grannys, Upper Class Twit of the Year, The Spanish Inquisition...I can't pick just one.

[mockmonkey]

52. The Undertaker sketch

"We can eat your dead mother and if you feel bad about it, you can throw up in a grave."

This line probably isn't exact..but close enough.

[frylock]

53. mr. neutron! the most dangerous and terrifying man in the world!

Mrs. S, I can eat enormous quantities of ice cream without being sick.