The Fish Slapping Dance is my absolute favourite Python skit ever. I recommended it back on your Holy Grail vid, so I'm just going to be massively presumptuous and claim credit for you watching it now. It was all me everybody! But really, Dawn your reaction was everything I'd hoped for. As a sketch it's so quick and so absurd, yet somehow the end seems like the logical conclusion to such a daft beginning. Monty Python at its finest, distilled into about 15 seconds of wonderful absurdity.

Part of the brilliance of John Cleese is that he can perform the most outrageously silly antics while maintaining a complete sense of dignity. He is an incredible talent.

For amusement during the pandemic, somebody in the Seattle area put a Silly Walk zone on the sidewalk in front of their house, and people did it, it was great

Just a few suggestions: -Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more! -How not to be seen. -The society for putting things on top of other things.

The thing i love about this is how I watched all of these skits 30 years ago and now I'm watching someone else watching them and crying laughing as I did and then you shared it with someone even younger and she was laughing. Monty Python is timeless.

If you haven't already you have to watch "Upper Class Twit Of The Year".

Your daughter is absolutely darling, and I think she's on the way to being as charming and lovely as you. I adored watching you react to her laughter, it was soooo sweet!

Fish Slapping Dance trivia: the water level in the canal was far lower, on the day of shooting, than it was when they chose the location.... Michael Palin gamely took that 15 foot plunge anyway.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael Palin!!! He's 78 years old today (May 5, 1943). Yes, it does seem that the best Python sketches are ones with just John Cleese and Michael (i.e. Dead Parrot, Cheese Shop, Fish Slapping Dance, Argument, etc.) for some reason.

Oh god. Watching your daughter laughing was pure magic. I'm 60 and I'm crying. Thank you, I needed that. ✌❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

No, it is totally normal to laugh as you are, I am laughing with you and I have seen them 100's of times. If John Cleese and Michael Palin can see this video, they would be so HAPPY to see that their work is being loved by yet another generation of Fans. :D

Thank you so much for these reactions. You've restored my faith in humanity. I've never met girls who thought Monty python were the least bit funny. Every girl we watched these shows with back in the day just sat there with a blank stare. Seeing the pure joy in your eyes brightens the day so much.

There was a series some time ago where each Python was asked what their favourite sketches were. They all had different opinions, except one thing. *Everybody* had the fish slapping dance on the list. 🐟🤣

Fun fact Michael Palin and John Cleese always used to try and make each other laugh deliberately while they were filming these sketches. This one is my favorites.hope your daughter feels better soon.

Michael Palin always said the Fish Slapping Dance was his way to test someone's sense of humor. Clearly, you have a great one😁😍

You are such a wonderful and thoughtful mother. That laugh is exactly what Carmen needed to start feeling better.

Watching you react to (and laugh at) my favorite Monty Python moments just makes my day! Some more great Monty Python skits include "The Cheese Shop", "Fish License" and the "Killer Joke". I mean, all the skits are great but these are some more classic ones. Keep up the great work!

Been laughing to python since the late 60s. They have there own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, "Pythonesque "

Possibly the most natural outburst of fabulous and spontaneous laughter I've ever witnessed. You clearly have the right 'funny bones' for the great Monty Python. Whenever I see Michael Palin fall in the canal I always worry he gets injured....so I'm worrying while laughing. Doh !

"Argument Clinic" is both funny and very clever in its wordplay. One of my favourite Python sketches.

O Monty Python é demais....o humor inglês é o melhor....eles influenciaram o humor no mundo todo, aqui no Brasil a influência deles é enorme até hoje....

In these miserable days - it is wonderful to see such joy in a person! Keep laughing Dawn!!

It's so much fun to see someone howling at the real old stuff. Because, many, many years ago I laughed my ass off at this stuff. And YES, Cleese and Palin were always my favorites. Hands down. For decades now.

Generations watching Python. Thus does comedy become classic.

Monty Python is was and always will be the most revolutionary comedy group ever. By the way your laugh is brilliant, such a treat. Great stuff.

The fish-slapping dance is just a masterpiece of sublime silliness, by the comedy gods themselves, Monty Python. I'm still in stitches every time I see it. Comedy genius! :D

These sketches are best enjoyed in the context of an entire episode. The argument clinic was placed after the end credits of that episodes with references to earlier at the end of that sketch, making it all the funnier.

The Fish Slapping Dance perfectly encapsulates the comedic relationship between John Cleese and Michael Palin.

Cleese and Palin are an underrated comedy team. They did a lot of their sketches together. They even take whimsical shots at each other during interviews. They're so funny together. The first time I watched the Fish Slapping Dance with my wife, she laughed so hard I thought she was going to pass out!

Silly walks is probably the very best MP bit ever. But the fishslapping dance is up there too. I also like Mr Hilter very much...

The fact you're a mom makes this video much more lovely. I always saw mom energy from you, it's why I found you super charming.

Once again, I agree wholeheartedly with you in that John and Michael are my two favorite also. Their chemistry is undeniable. These men could make you laugh until you cried.!!!!!

Twit Olympics used to have me rolling on the floor.

Out of all the skits that he did, the fish slapping dance is Michael Palin's favorite skit that he did.

Its no coincidence that nearly all the most iconic Python sketches are John Cleese and Michael Palin. They perform so well together. The Fish Slapping Dance, I don't know why but the colonial era uniforms just make it perfect. Comedy gold! Another great couple of sketches with them are Hungarian Phrasebook and Bee License

I could watch the fish slapping dance a thousand times and I would still laugh every time.

If you haven't seen it, you should do a reaction to A Fish Called Wanda

The fish slapping dance has to be one of the funniest things ever put on tv and it’s just so simple

Firstly, I started watching these guys in the mid 70s. Absolutely loved it then. Still do. Secondly, bravo to the young lady for doing a silly walk as she left the room. Monty Python would be proud!

Sadly the silly walk clip you saw stopped before the secretary came in with some tea.

I'm 62 and have been in many relationships, but I've never been with a woman who "got" Monty Python. So I love your reactions. It's a wonderful thing to see.

The Piranha Brothers is my favorite Monty Python sketch!!!! PLEASE REACT TO THAT!!!! Also, Confuse-A-Cat is diabolically silly!!!! Also, also... Mr. Hilter is great!!!!! Also, also, and.....also again.... I love your reaction vids and I dig how you're introducing your daughter to this brilliant library of amazing sketch comedy group!!!! Cheers, from Virginia (the states)!!!!

John Cleese and Michael Palin were both in A Fish Called Wanda. Very funny, worth watching.

We all crack up throughout these skits, no matter how many times we’ve seen them. It was refreshing that you invited your daughter to watch a couple of them at the end, and equally refreshing that you previewed them first so she didn’t see some of the (now) offensive stuff.

The ministry of silly walks and the Spanish Inquisition are probably the funniest skits they ever did

In an interview either John or Michael said "The Fish Slapping Dance" was there favorite skit. I agree with you they have the funnier ones. Although my favorite is "The Spanish Inquisition"

It's so cool to see Monty Python still killing it, decades later, with both kids and adults.

The fish slapping dance is John cleese's favourite sketch. 🤣😂

So cool to see another generation of Python fans.

Cleese (who was already a TV star by the time the group came together - the BBC almost perceived it as John Cleese & Friends) was partially motivated to form the troupe after seeing Palin in the children's afternoon comedy sketch show 'Do Not Adjust Your Set'. Since he was mining a similar brand of absurdity in 'At Last, The 1948 Show' it was a no-brainer. Although they hardly ever wrote together on the show, their on-screen pairing is undoubtedly the best.

I brought my kids up on a healthy dose of Monty Python and now as adults I'm proud of their crazy sense of humour. Family dinners are insane and I love it!

I'm so glad your daughter liked the silly walks sketch. I was about her age the first time I saw it, 1970 something. The next day at school everyone was walking around like that.

Every time I pass Teddington Lock always think of this sketch

A group of us boys got detention when we left school assembly doing the silly walk a day or so after we saw the show on telly. Now, about 50 years later I'd probably put my hip out!

Fish Slapping Dance is on of John Cleese’s favourites. He loved working with Michael Palin and chose him as his ‘luxury item’ on Desert Island Discs.

You should definitely try to have your daughter react more at least to the Monty Python stuff. It's good to get new generations involved with the classics, and she seems to enjoy it.

"Last year, the government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on national defence." It's outrageous. My recommended Monty Python sketches that always makes me cry with laughter: Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses Flying Lessons The Death of Mary Queen of Scots/Exploding Penguin

This is far too cute. A beautiful lady laughing at the funniest stuff in the world :D

I've loved MONTY PYTHON forever!!! John Cleese and Michael Palin (along with Eric Idle) are my favorites. The two were hilarious in A FISH CALLED WONDA... should watch if you haven't.

I think she'd really like the History of the Joke sketch from the Hollywood Bowl show.

Your daughter should react with you more often. Monty Python is the funniest team in history.

That's awesome Mum and daughter laughing together at silly walk.

My favorite part was watching Carmen grin and then laughing. YES these men will make you laugh until you cry.

I would tell my kids I'd do those walks if they didn't behave when we were out

The Cheese Shop sketch is a must!! Great Cleese-Palin skit

Just makes me happy to watch someone laugh till they cry like I did when I first watched it over thirty years ago.

Yes, the argument clinic was one of their best sketches. I like it so much that I used to recite it to friends. I even mimic their accent. I used to record it and play it back in school during home room.

In the Fish Slapping Dance, I just love the way John Cleese lines up Michael Palin with a 2ft long Salmon, and wallops him into the canal with it :D Also, second the guy who recommended "How not to be seen"... That one has to be one of my favourite Python sketches

Your laugh is so real and warm and real.. I agree with you that John and Michael are brilliant together... This is a wonderful skit by the masters... Dawn, my dear, laughing until we cry is one way we know that it is good... And these men are legend. So dry yet brilliant. Talent... With government backing..?? In America these days this is a chant that many folks repeat over and over. Something for nothing... Carmen has a great smile and a good laugh... And a silly walk... Laughing until you cry is normal when you watch Monty....

Laughing is good medicine. I hope this skit helped Carmen to feel better. Laugh until you cry is proper reaction to these guys.

Seeing you and your daughter laughing together was a delight.😂

There's not many reactions I'll watch again and again, but honestly Dawn, you nail it.

I'm an American and I've been watching Python since 1973. Best comedy product from the UK...EVER !!! Loads of competition I know, but still the best.

Another great work by Michael Palin is Ripping Yarns, especially 'The Curse of the Claw'. Oh, and 'Tompkinson's School Days'.

Your daughter is adorable! I believe that letters to John Cleese and Michael Palin would make them both smile and she (maybe) will receive letters in return!

"The art of not being seen" and "The Albatross" sketch are totally brilliant.

Interesting bit: John Cleese and Michael Palin were in separate writing groups. Normally Cleese wrote with Graham Chapman, and Michael Palin wrote with Terry Jones.

YOU are a great mom. Any parent that introduces their kids to Monty Python gets my vote!

I've seen the 'Spam' sketch at least 100 times, and it still makes me laugh.

"Do y'all find these way too funny or am I crazy?" Ooh, gurl.... I won't even try to express what happened the first time I saw the Fish Slapping Dance. That one SLAYED me. Like, unreasonably so. I watched it several times in a row, I couldn't stop. Like.... Painful amounts of laughter. His little skipping dance is too much. Even now years later it still gets me. And to this day I still can't explain why. Beyond saying "his little dance def helps" I suppose On a similar note, I was showing some friends the Holy Grail once, and the part where the monster is chasing them and "SUDDENLY, THE ANIMATOR SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK" and it cuts to a shot of the dude sitting in a chair and falling back in defiance of physics.....? A really good friend of mine could NOT stop laughing. She had me replay that like 12 seconds of the movie no joke at least 15 times before my other friends started getting sick of it and she just gave up, I don't even think she wanted to stop watching it yet, but everybody else basically demanded we stop and just let the movie finish. I don't remember for sure, but I think after the movie finished she might have even had me go back to play it one or two more times xp

Dawn, No slapping. Monty Python equals Funny! Bust your gut funny.... Well what.?? We all love these guys.... Laughing until you cry is one way to know that it is good. All good, every skit.... I adored Carmen's reaction, honest and heart felt...

Your laugh is contagious, love it lol. Also... one of my all time fav skits... just absolutely brilliant!

You have to be one of the best mums in the world, brilliant.

👍☺️ #YAY 😃👌 Thanks for the Fun and Laughs, Ladies! 🖖🤓✌️

So glad you watched and enjoyed those as they are favorites of mine. Thanks, too, for the bonus reaction. I'm thinking it's time for another movie. So here are a couple of my favorite comedies: My Cousin Vinny The Breakfast Club Thanks for the genuinely enjoyable reactions. I had fun, too.

John Cleese is so tall and gangly that it adds an extra dimension to his physical comedy. When he first saw film of himself acting. he described himself as 'a giraffe on a hovercraft.'

It doesn't matter how many times you see it or what time period, Monty Python is always funny.I started watching them in the 70's and I still laugh at it. You need to watch only funny videos because you have the most beautiful laugh, I could listen to it all day, or at least just to hear you talk.😊. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️.

Was having a bad day, found your channel, heard your laugh and now I can’t stop smiling and laughing along with you. Awesome that you get Monty Python.

The walk John Cleese did in the Germans episode of Fawlty Towers is my favorite. He got them legs above his head!

I saw all these sketches when Monty Python was first broadcast back then, and they were as hysterically funny then as they still are now. I hadn't seen the Argument Clinic for at least 40 years and I've just fallen about laughing all over again.Absolutely wonderful stuff. Thanks so much for doing this for all of us to enjoy again.

Dawn your laughter gets me laughing .Thank you 😂❤❤❤

Lovely reaction Dawn Marie. You have a really nice family :)

It's really cute how your mannerisms are exactly the same AND in sync. Like mother like child. :)

Dawn this video was so amazing keep up the good work

The fish slapping dance is the single greatest piece of comedy ever

Dawn, I watch this 3 years on and it still makes me giggle

Yes, Monty Python is simply the best, me and my boys are not able to get enough of them either :) ..... there is a really funny sketch too, it's called " The Four Yorkshire men" it is an Awesome video .... have fun with that one too

That is one way to tell you how funny it was/is. Laugh until you cry.

It is normal to be crying laughing, I was doing it with you, Monty Python is just so funny that it's Impossible not to be crying with laughter whilst watching it, another great reaction, and I just have to say that your laughter😂😂😂😂😂 is infectious, love it

Palin's hat amazingly stays on the platform.