*Monty Python and the Holy Grail* is PURE GOLD!!!

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail is PURE GOLD!!!

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Ай бұрын

Hello My Friends!! Thanks so much for being here to watch with me!!! This movie is the Holy Grail of Comedy! This is my first time watching Reaction!! CR had me so I am sorry for some of the cuts and missed scenes but if you want to check out the full watch a long's and get early access check out my Patreon! Come be a part of fun crew of amazing cinephiles that has assembled over there!!
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Original Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
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@kenlangston3451 Ай бұрын

When the historian is killed, the guy who kills him is on a real horse. That is how we know Arthur and his band are innocent.

@thejamppa Ай бұрын

I bet it was the french knight's... They had living live stock... they framed Arthur's knights to keep the grail..

@dubbleplusgood Ай бұрын

But is the evidence of their innocence in that scene the presence of a horse or is it the absence of coconuts? If only we knew a king we could get our answer.

@tenjed4224 Ай бұрын

Innocent ... yes. Morons on a larp before larping was officially categorized, yes.

@tenjed4224 Ай бұрын

@thejamppa that's a motive I haven't thought of. But with the many thoughts in my brain, it's hard for me to categorize them. Of course, my friends think I have no thoughts. But, that's a different story for another day.

@kenlangston3451 Ай бұрын

Of course, innocent of that particular murder. Lancelot killed numerous innocent people later.

@LadyIarConnacht Ай бұрын

Before the internet, the ability to quote this movie was the ultimate test of nerdiness.

@OhNoNotAgain42 Ай бұрын

The internet changed nothing. “Nee!”

@Travelinmatt1976 Ай бұрын

Before DVDs the biggest challenge was reading the opening subtitles. They were blurry and cut off on the VHS copies.

@jip5889 Ай бұрын

I member.

@josebrown5961 Ай бұрын

I was a young neo geek in college and my elder geek roommate introduced me to Monte Python. It changed my life! This was 1983. For the next 20 years I devoured all the films and the tv shows on PBS. Then my mom got me the entire TV series on DVD. I still watch those to this day.

@OhNoNotAgain42 Ай бұрын

@@josebrown5961 No you didn’t

@TheGrumpyHobo Ай бұрын

Fun fact, when this movie came out intermissions were still a thing in movies, and the intermission scene plays just long enough for people to stand up and start leaving the theater and then have to rush back to their seat. Such a troll!

@briannaamore1383 Ай бұрын

I'm old enough to remember the dancing candies at the drive-in movie theaters.

@ReddwarfIV 29 күн бұрын

It's also only 5-10 minutes from the end of the movie

@MatthewTheWanderer 28 күн бұрын

@@briannaamore1383 I've seen "dancing candies" ads in regular theaters within the past couple of decades. If anything, it makes ZERO sense for them to play such ads in drive-in theaters, lol. Those ads are meant to remind people of the concession stand within the movie theater building and since drive-in theaters don't have those, it makes no sense for those ads to be in drive-in theaters.

@emile_jeanne 9 күн бұрын

In Iceland Intermissions are still a thing! I watched the Barbie movie there when it came out and bought some candy during the intermission (which is just some ads). It's also great to get a toilet break.

@andrew77961 Ай бұрын

“Message for you, sir” with the arrow in his chest will never not make me laugh.

@pantlessreactions Ай бұрын

Its still my text msg notification

@waynefinnicumbb7218 Ай бұрын

That is my message notification on my phone. Lol😂

@martinhafner2201 Ай бұрын

It was my "you've got mail" message for many years.

@MightyChewbacca 29 күн бұрын

This is also my text notification lol

@mjelves 2 күн бұрын

@@waynefinnicumbb7218 same here!

@kellynorton Ай бұрын

I have spent my entire life searching for Castle Anthrax.

@0okamino Ай бұрын

Are you sure you could endure such peril?!

@chriswhinery925 Ай бұрын

Someone should open a brothel in Nevada with that name.

@user-ci5vo2bi8j Ай бұрын

Futile. It's only a model.

@bethh.6455 Ай бұрын

Dude, same😢😅❤

@MichaelBLynch Ай бұрын

Have you found the Castle Argggghh?

@MuffinHunterX Ай бұрын

There's a litmus test for this movie. If a reactor immediately laughs at the coconuts you're in for a good time. If they question it or worse, complain you might as well move on. This was a fun reaction.

@michaelhall2709 25 күн бұрын

@@MuffinHunterX Yesindeed, and it has nothing to do with having a sense of humor. Many years ago my former boss handed back my DVD of GRAIL with a shrug the day after I’d lent it to him, much to my disappointment. And he was the funniest guy I ever worked for. You just never know.

@AscoyneDascoyne Ай бұрын

As an old, old Brit I will never tire of watching this stuff vicariously through young Americans. It's the best 😆

@holddowna Ай бұрын

hehhe but i am canadian!

@eriklarsson3188 Ай бұрын

Brit? What? You either English, Scottish or Welsh. Brit? Anyone can be a 'Brit', it's like American. Means f.. all. :)

@stpetie7686 Ай бұрын

As on old, old American, neither will I. This movie just stays funny.

@STOCKHOLM07 Ай бұрын

I'll give you my story as a then young American. Around the year 2000 BBCA had a 48 hour marathon of Python, and at 4 am on the second day some insane genius edited an episode to just play the Spam skit over and over, with the end being "and now for something completely different." I watched all 40 minutes.

@stoneagepig3768 Ай бұрын

@eriklarsson if you are either English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish you are also British. I'm not arguing or debating the matter, I've told you the fact and it's now up to you whether you accept the fact, or if you wish to remain ignorant by ignoring the fact.

@jsharp3165 Ай бұрын

"Just a flesh wound" has been a staple phrase in my family for 50 years.

@herstoryanimated 16 күн бұрын

same!

@suficer7827 13 күн бұрын

I hear, and use, " 'tis but a scratch" more often than that one when some rather painful looking incidents happen lol

@OmegaSoypreme Ай бұрын

Lancelot's approach to the wedding absolutely kills me! And the guard's response; "Hey." 😂

@davidsmith8279 Ай бұрын

Yeah...very few reactions I've watched pick up on the belated 'hey'. First time I seen it I was in stitches laughing at it 😂😂

@potatusha793 Ай бұрын

I always judge youtubers on whether they laugh at him stabbing the flowers on the stairs 😆 She passed!

@phousefilms Ай бұрын

The line that kills me every time is: "You only killed the bride's father, thats all!" "I really didn't mean to..." "Didn't MEAN TO?!! You put your SWORD right through his head!!!" "Oh dear, is he alright?"

@neil2444 Ай бұрын

"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England."

@dragons_red 20 күн бұрын

The Lancelot Story at yhe wedding is one of the funniest parts and so seldom mentioned. Lancelot storming the gate will never not make me laugh out loud.

@RealDrunkenMaster Ай бұрын

"Don't question anything about this movie ever" Wise words.

@rickcrane9883 Ай бұрын

And….as a former history instructor, I was particularly offended by the needless murder of the famous historian.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

LOL poor dude!

@MusikCassette Ай бұрын

I would have thought you were offended by placing it in 932

@ink-cow Ай бұрын

"No famous historians were harmed in the making of this film"

@arwelp Ай бұрын

The “Famous Historian” bore a more than passing resemblance to A.J.P. Taylor, who was a famous historian of the 60s and 70s.

@MrHws5mp Ай бұрын

How do you know it was 'needless'? He might have been asking for it for years...

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen Ай бұрын

True story! While living in Houston I was at a restaurant with my GF, after taking our order our waitress asked if we had any questions? I couldn't help myself and I asked "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" She said I don't know and walked off. When our waitress came back she said " I have to ask are you an astronaut?" My girlfriend then proceeded to blow her iced tea out of her nose.

@r.d.hargrave8159 Ай бұрын

Was that before or after your Girlfriend became a Dr.?

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen Ай бұрын

@@r.d.hargrave8159 Dr Girlfriend got her degree in villainy before we met.

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen Ай бұрын

@@r.d.hargrave8159 Not sure why my reply was removed! Try a different route She was a Dr before we met.

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen Ай бұрын

My replies are being deleted! Why?

@EthanBSide Ай бұрын

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen the reply asking about deleting is still here... Interesting

@MrTorgueHighFiveFlexington Ай бұрын

The coconut shell horses was not just a brilliant gag but was one born out of need since none of the pythons knew how to ride and even if they could ride it didn’t matter since they couldn’t afford to get horses for the shoot

@nazfrde Ай бұрын

Also, The Enchanter's name was originally something else, but when the camera was rolling, Cleese had a brain fart so he just said, "Tim" because it was the most ridiculous thing he could thing of. They kept it in, of course.

@ciaranconlon84 Ай бұрын

Even if they could afford and ride horses, they would have still done the coconut gag because it's just too absurd not to.

@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb Ай бұрын

The scene with the famous historian had a horse in it. Cheers 🍺

@MrTorgueHighFiveFlexington Ай бұрын

@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sbbig difference in cost between having one horse for one scene as opposed to several horses for the entire shoot as well as stunt doubles to ride them in place of the cast

@BillTheScribe Ай бұрын

More horse/coconut trivia: back int he days of radio shows, coconuts were commonly used to simulate horse hooves. This was required because there was no portable audio recording technology at the time. All sound effects had to be generated live in the the studio. When tape recordings came along in 1948-50, they were able to use real horse hooves for the sounds, but audiences had gotten so used to the sound of the fake ones that they hated the change to the "fake" hoof sounds. The preference for the special effect over the real version is known as "The Coconut Effect" for this reason, and there are still examples of it today. Shows set in space where the starts slowly drift pass the windows as the show moves at sub-light speed is wrong twice. Once because the start are so far away, any movement would be impossible to see with the unaided eye. And also because any light in the room would make the stars invisible, for the same reason you can't see starts near the full moon at night. They are too faint for the light do be noticed. Take away either of them, and the scene looks wrong, so it's intentionally done wrong to look right. Gunshots and punches are also usually dubbed over with "more realistic" sounds.

@kenpullig1652 Ай бұрын

"Don't question anything about this movie, ever." You have just stated the perfect philosophical interpretation of this classic Monty Python masterpiece of cinema.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@RayBetterThanEvilCanival 17 күн бұрын

10:50 “Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?” Is such an underrated line.

@utf59 Ай бұрын

I've watched some other people react to this movie, and you're the only one who started getting it right away. Thank you!

@holddowna Ай бұрын

this movie is amazing!

@timhill7105 Ай бұрын

I love the way that you get this. I watched this movie when it came out. I have it on DVD and watch it periodically. My 3 sons(born 89,91and94) loved this movie from the first time I showed it to them, and also re watch it!

@lanmandragoran8337 Ай бұрын

@@holddowna I'm a 35 year old American, I've been watching this movie a few times a year for the last 2 decades at least. You noticed things I've never noticed before, including with other reactors. The man swatting at the stream with a branch, for instance. I had never even noticed he was there. And for some reason, it never clicked to me that the cops were inspecting the shrubbery in that scene either. Thanks for adding something to my vision of this movie. You've enhanced it for me eternally =)

@frankie3041 Ай бұрын

@@timhill7105 We were shown it in our high school theatre! We were only about 13 or 14!

@user-ci5vo2bi8j Ай бұрын

My ex wife didn't think Monty Python was funny. Should have been a red flag.

@hgman3920 Ай бұрын

In Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is know as the chaste and is the purest of all the knights, which is why he ends up in Castle Anthrax in this film

@martinhafner2201 Ай бұрын

My name is Zoot. Just Zoot.

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

Also in some of the legends Galahad actually finds the grail but immediately dies after finding it so it is lost again.

@SamuelBlack84 6 күн бұрын

He had it offered to him on a plate and the daft sod ran away

@Billinois78 Ай бұрын

I think you're the first to immediately recognize the "Trojan horse" as a rabbit. My favorite part is the "Brave Sir Robin" song. It put me in tears when I saw it for the first time and still kills me. Also, "One day, son, this will all be yours" "What, the curtains?" "No not the curtains!"

@JanWyman-dv1qh 13 күн бұрын

Many years ago some friends built that Trebuchet (the rabbit) for one of our friends "the bunny lord". It actually worked, and being medieval reinactors of course we brought it with us, and used it. So all of us in armor, medieval clothes etc. Always funny every time.

@blakebufford6239 Ай бұрын

I love the peasant discussing forns of government with King Arthur as they slap mud into baskets. " Help help I'm being repressed!!"

@Diomedene Ай бұрын

"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"

@fubar1217 Ай бұрын

"Come see the violence inherent in the system!"

@RicktheCrofter Ай бұрын

It’s not mud. It’s manure. They’re muckrakers. Both literally and figuratively.

@fubar1217 Ай бұрын

@@Diomedene Ha...you beat me to it!

@roystoyscomics1361 Ай бұрын

"Just because some watery tart lobs a scimitar at me...". Lol 😆

@davedove67 Ай бұрын

When you're a king, you have to know these things.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

LMAOOOO

@DRAONWEED Ай бұрын

Terry Gilliam is the only American member of that group, the guardian of the gorge of eternal peril. When you're the King, you have to know these things.

@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb Ай бұрын

And a true genius in his own right, too. He directed some of the best films I have ever seen. Cheers 🍺

@DRAONWEED Ай бұрын

@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb 12 Monkeys, Absolutely Brilliant.

@FloridaMugwump Ай бұрын

His specialty was the animation portions of the show. He rarely appeared onscreen, but his jailer in Brian with stuttering Eric was amazing.

@MrHws5mp Ай бұрын

He was Patsy as well, and the animator, of course. He did all the animations for the TV series and films. His own films are superb: Brazil is one of my all-time favorites. You can see the Monty Python absurdist influence all through it, but evolved and applied to a much darker and more sophisticated story.

@portland-182 Ай бұрын

and also 'The Animator' who has a heart attack, Patsy, Arthur's assistant, The Green Knight (defeated by the invincible loony Black Knight), Knight of Camelot (the song part), Sir Bors, and The Gorilla Hand

@ianp1986 Ай бұрын

My favourite of the Monty Python films. I got the Black Knight as a tattoo on one of my stumps when I had my legs amputated

@lanmandragoran8337 Ай бұрын

Drama Queen. It was just a flesh wound.

@d4mdcykey Ай бұрын

That's cool af.

@ejtappan1802 Ай бұрын

My college friends and I had this whole movie memorized. One of us would randomly start the first line of a scene and everyone else would join in and complete the whole thing, lol.

@sdbruddah77 Ай бұрын

I appreciate that you allowed yourself to just enjoy the this movie as it is. Most of the reactions to this movie I’ve seen didn’t understand the humor of Monty Python. This was a great reaction and I really enjoyed it. It’s a classic movie. I look forward to more of your reactions.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

thanks for hanging out!!!!!

@MrDearmon Ай бұрын

Agreed. You "get it" and your 🤣 was genuine! I found myself laughing contagiously with your reaction. Especially the bridge keeper being thrown into the gorge. One for the 2024 highlight reel.

@stickman1742 Ай бұрын

Sadly, a lot of younger people I think just don't get it because they haven't been exposed to much. Most of them have just watched Hollywood shows in their life which have become about as bland as you can get. Show them something different and they don't know what to think. We used to be exposed to a wider variety which helped. Now with everyone moving to streaming they should be starting to see a wider variety again so there is hope for the future. It is quite sad to see a young person watch many of these skits with a blank look on their face not understanding what is going on.

@dan_hitchman007 Ай бұрын

"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!" A-men!

@jeffreysmith236 Ай бұрын

"If I went 'round saying I was emperor 'cause some moistened bit had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away"

@user-gi8pk9uc7q Ай бұрын

@@jeffreysmith236 Shut up , will you shut up?

@bigdream_dreambig Ай бұрын

@@jeffreysmith236 FYI, I'm pretty sure that's "bint," not "bit."

@jeffreysmith236 Ай бұрын

@@bigdream_dreambig well, that is a new word. What, precisely, is a bint?

@bigdream_dreambig Ай бұрын

@@jeffreysmith236 It's British slang and I'm from the U.S. so I'm the wrong person to ask, but online dictionaries tell me it just means girl or woman, though it's some degree of offensive or derogatory.

@davidleedutton Ай бұрын

I love how the opening credits go on forever, and then at the end it just stops. I saw this movie in a theater when it first came out, and nobody was prepared for how brilliantly silly it was.

@tomsimons3303 Ай бұрын

When I saw it when it came out, the film broke; we all sat in the dark for minutes before realizing this was not part of the film's jokes.

@colbyboucher6391 Ай бұрын

The intermission is a joke that doesn't really land any more. In theaters when the intermission came up, everyone realized oh god, this movie's like two and a half hours or more, better go to the bathroom... and then the intermission's over before anyone can even walk out, and there's only fifteen minutes left.

@adamscott7354 Ай бұрын

You are correct A, Monty Python & The Holy Grail is single most hardcore medieval larp session ever

@westcoast7429 Ай бұрын

LARB*

@thanquolrattenherz9665 25 күн бұрын

@@westcoast7429 larp Life Action Role Play

@JonNo86 28 күн бұрын

Every time he yells "Jesus Christ!" I just burst into a laughing fit lol.

@Cubs-Den-Reactions 22 күн бұрын

I believe it's more JAYSUS CROIST! But I agree

@doubleubee7523 Ай бұрын

The ending is a cop out, a literal, cop out. There is only once castle in the entire movie. It was shot from different angles.

@adamscott7354 Ай бұрын

So as it turns out, ‘twas ALL silly places!

@holddowna Ай бұрын

LITERAL COP OUT my patron said that to me and i DIED

@flerbus Ай бұрын

it's just a model

@michaeldavid6284 Ай бұрын

There were actually two used in the filming, as both Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam have related many times over the years.

@jenssylvesterwesemann7980 Ай бұрын

@@flerbus Sshh!!

@bobbobertbobberton1073 Ай бұрын

The reason why us British have the best sense of humour is because of our weather, when its not freezing or cold its raining or wet and windy and miserable. Like an Italian comedic I love he says 'We don't even have stand up comedy in Italy because its too nice outside.' lol.

@AlanCanon2222 29 күн бұрын

Kentucky here. In 2003 while visiting England, a Wiltshire BnB owner actually apologized that it was raining, but then said "Of course, that's why it's so green," which is certainly true. I assured her that one of the items in my bucket list was "Standing in the English rain" as the Beatles sang. The UK is my favorite country and I hope I can return someday, and that it rains the whole time.

@bobbobertbobberton1073 29 күн бұрын

@@AlanCanon2222 Suppose ypu can romanticise it but I'd I'd rather be in any warm climate. Spend a winter here and you'll know. You wake up and its dark and then you get out of work and its dark.

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

@@bobbobertbobberton1073It will be just as dark in any other country at the same latitude but probably colder in most of those other countries in winter since the UK and the countries on the west coast of Europe are warmed by the gulf stream.

@bobbobertbobberton1073 9 күн бұрын

@@davidwebb4451 No it won't, we are tilted on an axes. Also the UK being warmed by the gulf does not make it warmer than rest of Europe lol. It makes it warmer than it would be without it lol. Britain is still an Island in the North Sea/Atlantic Ocean, the North Atlantic current makes it warmer but it doesn't mean its a warm climate.

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

@@bobbobertbobberton1073 The tilt of the Earth's axis affects how the amount of daylight varies throughout the year but affects all points on the same line of latitude in exactly the same way since the Earth rotates about this axis. If this were not the case then assigning the zero line of longitude would have been as easy as assigning the zero line of latitude since you could use say the line passing through the north pole and the point on the equator with the minimum length of daylight. But that is not the case so instead a convention was held and representatives from around the world voted on where this arbitrary line should be drawn with the result being that it was decided it should go through London (largely because at the time Britain had the largest empire and was the supreme naval power and thus the majority of maps were already using that line). As for the gulf stream. In my comment I already included the western European countries which are affected by it as well as the UK. If you doubt its warming of the UK and those western European countries in winter then compare winter temperatures in the UK with those in Canada at the same latitude or compare the winter temperatures in London with those in Moscow which are at around the same latitude.

@Raged_Consumer Ай бұрын

I can't recommend Flying Circus, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life enough. Monty Python really were ahead of their time.

@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Ай бұрын

The weirdness in Meaning of Life outdoes anything in "Grail" or "Brian".

@michaeldmcgee4499 Ай бұрын

The Ministry of Silly Walks, The Twit Olympics...😝😝😝😝

@PhilBagels Ай бұрын

I'd recommend starting with MPFC. A good overview of the style. Some bits are better than others, but we all remember the great ones: Argument Clinic, Bee License, Deja Vu, Detective Sketch, Architects, Book Shop, Parrot Sketch, Deja Vu, Spam, Crunchy Frog, Naval Expedition to Lake Pahoe, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge, Deja Vu, Dennis Moore, Johann Gambolputty, Njorl's Saga, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris's Ford Popular, RAF Banter, Courtroom Sketch, the other Courtroom Sketch, yet another Courtroom Sketch, and the Spanish Inquisition!

@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Ай бұрын

@@PhilBagels Don't forget Deja Vu. 😂

@Shutterbug5269 Ай бұрын

@@Raged_Consumer Spam spam spam spam Spam spam spam spam

@BGBG617 Ай бұрын

The attack bunny gets me every time.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

its tooo good

@Ironoclasty Ай бұрын

Where comedy meets tabletop role playing games, it is known as the Vorpal Bunny, borrowing "vorpal" from the vorpal sword from Jabberwocky: "...his vorpal sword goes "snicker-snack.""

@BGBG617 Ай бұрын

@@Ironoclasty I dunno. Looks like a highly-trained Special Forces bunny to me.

@dereknolin5986 Ай бұрын

When I saw this for the first time at age 12, my brother and I had to pause the videotape in this scene, because we were both laughing so hard we couldn't breathe!

@sharkdentures3247 Ай бұрын

And Old (literally & metaphorically, they were my father's peers & played decades ago) Dungeons & Dragons table I had joined for a short while, had actually INCLUDED it in their game! In their game it was called a "Vorpal Death Bunny"! (A "monster" that extremely high-level Druids could magically "summon".)

@peterzerfass4609 Ай бұрын

This is one of those movies you come back to every few years...and you laugh at the same spots. Every. Single. Time.

@thra-x1855 Ай бұрын

nice to see someone really appreciate it for what it is; not a movie, but a joke about movies.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Soo good

@shawnbridges8703 Ай бұрын

The opening credits are golden.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

prob the BEST ever!

@MrHws5mp Ай бұрын

@@holddowna You didn't fall for it, but it's funny watching some reactors assume that the subtitles are generated by KZfaq and frantically try to adjust their settings to the right language: an extra level of comedy that the Pythons couldn't have anticipated when they made the film.

@Urizen777 Ай бұрын

@@MrHws5mp Yeah, I've seen this happen. An another layer added to their absurd comedy, simply by chance. It reminds me of their idea to blow up every TV in Britain by having a sketch that goes more and more silent and just when people would turn on the volume on their TV's thinking that something is wrong with it, a massive sound would blow their speakers. They never went through with it, although John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers" took the idea and did something similar in one episode.

@JeffGes Ай бұрын

My only problem with the opening credits is few people are alerted to their ongoing humor. Initial audiences miss them. But one of the great things about the opening credits is that they - almost single-handedly - can be used to convince audiences to rewatch them. Just to 'catch' the credits.

@FloridaMugwump Ай бұрын

Speaking of pranksters , i had a monty python live LP back in the seventies. The third time that i played it, i heard totally different skits on side two. Freaked me out. Turned out that they cut two concentric spiral grooves, side by side. What you heard depended on which groove you set the needle into.

@jumpjet777 Ай бұрын

The LP was 'Monty Python's Matching Tie & Hankerchief' ....... I think

@FloridaMugwump Ай бұрын

@@jumpjet777 Yeah, that's it, thanks. The track listing on wiki has "side two:groove one" and "side two:groove two"

@bitfenix90 Ай бұрын

I still love the "King Meets Peasants" discussion of watery-tarts deciding gov'ts, despite the repression. And that witchcraft newts can get better.

@LordVolkov Ай бұрын

"He's on a killing spree!" Lancelot is the OG Red Wedding 🤣🤣🤣 Ha-Ha!!!

@keithgoode6313 Ай бұрын

Thanks Ames! You're one of the few reactors who doesn't try to dissect every little thing in the film but just sit back and enjoy the lunacy with the rest of us. Kudos!

@magicbrownie1357 Ай бұрын

Rare to find a person of the younger generation that really gets and enjoys Monty Python. In my estimation, this is the funniest film of all time. The theatre of the absurd never shone so brightly.

@jamesalexander5623 Ай бұрын

No It Didn't!

@stickman1742 Ай бұрын

It's always been my favorite pure comedy film of all time. Nothing else really comes close.

@HerpMcDerp89 Ай бұрын

I love how the sigil on Sir Robin the Brave's shield is a chicken! 🤣🤣

@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357 Ай бұрын

it was FUN watching you LOSE IT over the 3 questions bridge scene! 🤣😂😅 GREAT REACTION! 👍😁

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😁 I LOVED that scene so much! CR had me edit out so much ahahahah

@Terribadguy. 9 күн бұрын

My favorite lines from this movie are when they are trying to burn the witch and one of them goes "She turned me into a newt!". Then everyone looks at him and he says "I got better."

@Galantus1964 Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching this, im 60 years old and this movie gets me every time. some of the best burns...

@holddowna Ай бұрын

i love this film so much keeps getting better! was LOLing so much still whilst editing it!

@dunringill1747 Ай бұрын

@@holddowna There are jokes and / or biting sarcasm in the movie that people literally hadn't caught even after they have seen the movie 20 times. I'm going to assume you are up for watching "Monty Python's Life of Brian" next?

@IDLERACER Ай бұрын

😄👍 At 28:55, the animator who suffers a fatal heart attack is Terry Gilliam, the same guy who is knocking the coconuts together throughout the movie. 🥥

@parissimons6385 Ай бұрын

Director of "Time Bandits", "Brazil", "12 Monkeys", and other movies, too.

@kuronos23 Ай бұрын

Always a joy watching someone not stop laughing through this whole film.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

I couldn’t stop laughing!!

@kwams26 Ай бұрын

According to John Cleese, the troupe wanted to write one of their movies (I forget which one) in Auschwitcz. When the guards wouldn't let them in, Graham Chapman said "tell them we're Jewish."

@Stogie2112 Ай бұрын

Here's the real story: The Pythons went to Germany to write some comedy skits for some German TV shows. They first went to Munich and were then given a tour of Dachau. When they arrived at the camp, it was about to close, so Chapman said, "Tell them we're Jewish".....and it worked! They were allowed in!

@pathighminded5463 13 күн бұрын

"i thought he boxed her" i almost fell out of my chair laughing at that

@JasonMoir Ай бұрын

One of my favorite movies. "It can leap about....look at the bones!"

@LordVolkov Ай бұрын

What's it do, nibble your bum?

@fubar1217 Ай бұрын

"What's he do? Nibble your bum?" ROFL

@DJBell1986 Ай бұрын

21:58 for the longest time I used the arrow hitting sound followed by “Message for your sir!” As my text notification sound.

@aMulliganStew Ай бұрын

Coincidentally, today I watched a review of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of The Moon." I learned that some of the royalties from that album went to fund this movie. Funny how that all works out.

@axebeard6085 Ай бұрын

10:00 A lot of people seem to miss what the suspected witch means when she says "That's a fair cop." It's a British term. She's basically saying "You caught me. I am a witch, and deserve to be punished."

@briannaamore1383 Ай бұрын

They also used that line in the "Dead Bishop" sketch. "It's a fair cop but society's to blame."

@sirbobloblaws Ай бұрын

Sort of like when the accused agrees to cop a plea -- admitting guilt, though perhaps to a lesser charge.

@knojustenuftobedangerous2442 Ай бұрын

Ms Ames, all of us nerds repeated the movie lines all thru junior high and high school. I'm so glad you enjoyed it cuz now I feel like you're one of us old school nerds. Thanks for the great reaction!

@Pixelologist Ай бұрын

Hell, I STILL repeat these lines ad nauseam! 🤣

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Love it!

@flerbus Ай бұрын

@hkpew Ай бұрын

I was just a little too young to see this when it came out in the theaters, and didn't get around to watching it until well into the VHS rental era. By the time I did finally see it I was kind of disappointed, because there wasn't a line in the movie that I didn't already know.

@Haselius00 28 күн бұрын

This is absurdist comedy at its best. The joy of skewering so many film tropes makes me giggle every time I see it. Monty Python's best work IMO.

@triadmad Ай бұрын

When they asked the "enchanter" by what name he is called, John Cleese's mind went blank on the name in the script, so he said the first name that came to his head, Tim. Everyone agreed that it was much funnier than what was in the script. In the springtime, my front yard is awash with the bloom of purple violets. In the springtime, every time I look out at the flowers, I want to yell like Dennis the peasant and say "Ah!... now we see the violets inherent in the system!"

@holddowna Ай бұрын

That’s awesome!!

@ftumschk Ай бұрын

The Enchanter was already called "Tim" in the earliest version of the script.

@triadmad Ай бұрын

@@ftumschk I saw an interview with Mr. Cleese, which was held years after the movie was made. That was what he said, so I went with it. I have a book that has the script and and the script of the deleted scenes, and it, like your source, only has him listed as Tim.

@ftumschk Ай бұрын

@@triadmad Thanks! We should always be cautious with actors telling anecdotes... they have a tendency to embellish the truth and/or make things up to please the audience :)

@bigdream_dreambig Ай бұрын

@triadmad Something you have to worry about with scripts, though, is that you often get ones that are transcribed by writers after-the-fact from the film footage. Often it's impossible to get an actual pre-production or production script.

@dreams2xs Ай бұрын

There were 3 movies I made sure my sons watched growing up. #1 was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", the second was "Blazing Saddles", and the third was "Being There". All three in my option are the best comedies in my life. I saw each in the theater when they were released.

@MrNobodee Ай бұрын

Defending your Life - with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep is a good choice as well.

@AuthorGuy1 16 күн бұрын

So nice to see someone who gets it. The opening credits are the funniest part of the film.

@tompercy1211 Ай бұрын

I’ve watched a lot of people react to this movie and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone laugh as genuinely hard as you did. You’re going to love the Python library.

@d4mdcykey Ай бұрын

I saw this at a midnight show that was big in the 70's and 80's movie theaters, we would get blazed into oblivion in the parking lot and then go watch whatever they were showing each weekend. I'd never heard of Monty Python so had no idea what was in store. Fast forward over four decades later and this remains my #1 favorite comedy film of all-time; I was laughing so hard that night I literally couldn't breathe, never experienced that before, and it changed my entire concept of what comedy could be.

@geraldherrmann787 Ай бұрын

Logical follow-up; „The Life of Brian“ 🙃

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Only logical!

@justsmashing4628 Ай бұрын

@@holddownayep, Life of Brian 😊

@moleratical1232 Ай бұрын

@@holddowna Well, not that logical

@user-ci5vo2bi8j Ай бұрын

Life of Brian is not as outrageously funny (close though) but it is BETTER satire. More thought provoking.

@DarkwolfRedsoul Ай бұрын

I love that the "Swedish" names included letters we dont use. We use Å Ä and Ö and not ø

@RedSntDK 28 күн бұрын

As a Dane I noticed that as well, but Møøse does sound funnier than Mööse imo

@norXmal 28 күн бұрын

Wasn't it targeted towards Norwegians, assumed it was with the Ø and the Norwegian Dentist from Oslo bit?

@swagromancer 26 күн бұрын

I notice that so often when people make up fake Swedish words. On a different note, "Mööse" is even funnier when you're German.

@W.TX806 Ай бұрын

I've been a subscriber for a long time, and have never commented... but this is the best overall reaction to M.P./Holy Grail of any I have seen. I've watched them all; or at least started them all. When I was a teenager, I could quote this entire movie. You have a wonderful sense of humor, and a great laugh to go with it. 😁

@Southsidestu Ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this reaction, i don't think i have ever seen anyone laugh so much at anything ever, it was just a joy to see you react to this movie

@emcsquared8681 Ай бұрын

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is my fav. It’s absolutely brilliant

@snowymonkey5215 16 күн бұрын

One of my favorite bits is that they say run away instead of retreat because the word retreat originates from France

@mikealvarez2322 Ай бұрын

Ames, your reaction to the Holy Grail is absolutely precious. You actually made it more enjoy and funnier.😅

@holddowna Ай бұрын

thanks MIKE! I loved this movie!! def one of my FAVE reactions ever, but the movie is pure comedy gold!

@billrab1890 Ай бұрын

@@holddownaYour reaction was fantastic but if you really love this movie I highly recommend that you watch their TV show "Monty Pythons Flying Circus". It was absolutely hysterical. It ran for five seasons on the BBC and was shown in the United States on PBS in the early 1970's which is how I was introduced to Monty Python as a kid. In my opinion it was the funniest TV show ever made and when this movie came out I couldn't wait to go see it in the theater.

@leisastalnaker3790 Ай бұрын

My doormat. “What is the air speed of an unladen swallow?”

@randy_n Ай бұрын

The gag with the cats...they are beating the dust out of the cats like it was a rug. 😆

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

Cats were associated with Satan (and later with witches) and myth has it that a Papal bull in 1233 AD on this subject led to mass purges and torture of cats. This killing of cats has been associated with the spreading of the black death as there supposedly weren't enough cats to kill all the rats. This is largely a myth as the Papal Bull was issued a hundred years before the black death and probably had little real long term effect on the numbers of cats. Cats are also susceptible to Yersinia pestis so were likely being killed by the black death along with the people.

@nicholassala5195 Ай бұрын

I will never forget the first time I saw this film... I was a freshman in high school and in a sophomore year history class. We took a field trip to Medieval Times in Orlando, FL and this was playing on the bus ride. I was too young to fully appreciate the absurdist comedy that Monty Python is known for, but this film quickly became one of my top favorites. Love the channel, Ames! 😊❤

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Thanks for hanging out!!❤️❤️❤️

@rydiavalentine 14 күн бұрын

Watched this on TV with my dad when I was a kid. We were like "WTF". But we laughed anyway🤣

@pepsiman990 Ай бұрын

There is a very subtle sight gag that most people miss, Sir Robin has the biggest shield out of all the other Knights.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

I noticed the paintings but not that!

@josheldridge8546 Ай бұрын

One of the two Terrys in Monty Python, Terry Jones, was not just a co-director, but he was a medieval scholar in college-- a lot of stuff in the movie was based on history/athurian legend: a group of peasants who governed themselves because all the nobles thought the land they were on was more trouble than it was worth, Sir Lancelot's m.o. in battle to charge in and indiscriminately kill anybody in swinging distance, a religious order that would beat themselves publicly as displays of piety, there's a serious vein of legitimate research in it. Terry did a couple of series of documentaries on medieval life for the BBC, and theyre interesting stuff. I mentioned this in a reply elsewhere, but the other Terry is Terry Gilliam. He did the animations for this, and the Flying Circus tv show they had. The BBC had a kids' show that taught different, intro-level lessons to animation, and Terry guested on an episode to talk about how he made his animations. Really interesting watching for a fifteen-minute show.

@martinhafner2201 Ай бұрын

Terry Jones must have dug up the quote "The swallow may fly south with the sun ...", which was a translation of a phrase about migration in a 1500's falconry manual by king Frederick II of the Holy Roman empire. It was in the sketch arguing about coconuts and swallows with the tower guards. The issue in the original manual was some geese in a country that had no nests to be found anywhere. A bunch of people decided that the geese were transforming from other life forms and such foolishness. Frederick was making the sensible observation that their nests must be in another region/country and they migrate in and out seasonally. Who else would be reading a 1930s book translating a 1500s falconry manual? The line matched the book word for word.

@shadowwynd6641 Ай бұрын

Many French words enter English following the invasion of 1066 CE. Including the word “retreat”. Since this is prior to the invasion, they say “Run Away”. The Latin lessons in “life of Brian” are flawless as well.

@SuperiorPosterior 29 күн бұрын

My favorite historical accuracy in this movie is a two-fer-one: There were so many castles but so few _British_ nobles on the British Isle that a *_lot_* of the castles were owned by French nobles. Also, the word "retreat" is French, which is why Long Arthur and his Knights yell "Run away!!" instead.

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

The Norman French didn't take over until 1066 - over a hundred years after 932 AD. After taking over in 1066 William the Conqueror began a large castle building program in order to allow him to secure and control the country - these Norman Castles are what we tend to think of when talking about castles rather than the preceding simpler Anglo-Saxon fortifications. If there was a real King Arthur who fought the Saxons then he was much much earlier. At the date depicted the king was Athelstan (924 - 939) AD who is generally reckoned to be the first king of England and was an Anglo-Saxon.

@QuisletEsq Ай бұрын

Great reaction. One thing I noticed only after multiple viewings was during Lancelot’s attack the dancers not killed continued dancing.

@holddowna Ай бұрын

omg i missed that!

@polyglot12 Ай бұрын

You can't go wrong with Monty Python. They raised silly to an art form. "Bring out your dead!" is one of my favorite parts.

@Stogie2112 Ай бұрын

People sometimes miss the great end of the dialogue during Lancelot's saving of Galahad. GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril. LANCELOT: No, it's too perilous. GALAHAD: Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can. LANCELOT: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on! GALAHAD: Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril? LANCELOT: No. It's unhealthy. GALAHAD: I bet you're gay. LANCELOT: [pause].....No, I'm not. 😆😆😆

@phousefilms Ай бұрын

The pause kills me every time. XD!!!!

@thanquolrattenherz9665 25 күн бұрын

didnt lancelot and arthur ran away together because of a secret love affair which provoked guinevere to lay siege to his castle and losing several table knights in the conflict

@davidwebb4451 9 күн бұрын

According to the Arthurian legends Galahad was the illegitimate son of Lancelot - so he was cockblocked by his father.

@MsAriesQueen 20 күн бұрын

First time i watched this i was with my dad when i was 14. The ending had me. I had a romp watching it with my dad, when that endiny happened i was repeating "thats it? There has to be more". Love those memories In high school my best friend at the time reenacted the animator having a heart attack toppling over his chair accidentally in the middle of class 😂

@jimperry6463 Ай бұрын

The look on your face when the intermission hit was worth it.

@jerryward3311 Ай бұрын

The joke with the intermission was that people saw that in the theater and got up to use the restrooms or get snacks but it was so short they would have to rush back to their seats.

@KefkeWren Ай бұрын

The best part of the ending...it's a _literal_ cop out.

@ralphhenderson5276 Ай бұрын

Before the Internet age, the average American had a very dim idea of British culture and knew even less about British humor. When this film hit the US in 1977, words cannot describe how blown away we were.

@TheGoIsWin21 Ай бұрын

Every time someone uploads a reaction to this I always find myself saying "wait you haven't seen this?!" Such a fun movie. It never gets old seeing people slowly realizing the literal cop-out ending is happening for real. Also, the no-horse thing IS genius, especially considering that the whole reason they came up with it was because they didn't have the budget for a full set of horses 😂

@myoung7654 Ай бұрын

Your laugh is truly infectious 😂 Must be decades since I first saw The Holy Grail and I enjoyed your reaction as much as rewatching the movie, TY Ames 👍

@holddowna Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@jordonvh91 Ай бұрын

My 7th grade history teacher had us play a fun little game where we split up into kingdoms and could politic and deal with the other kingdoms as part of our European history unit. And at the end of playing the game we had a pizza party and watched this movie, I've loved it ever since and probably watched a few dozen times since that first watch 20 years ago.

@MrDearmon Ай бұрын

Great idea for a history class, but I teach US History. Great idea though.

@hairyheartsmith8513 Ай бұрын

@@MrDearmonBlazing Saddles it is then

@jordonvh91 6 күн бұрын

@@hairyheartsmith8513 this guy gets it!

@burni82 Ай бұрын

The ending was the best (literal) cop out in film history.

@MrGadfly772 Ай бұрын

Being as old as I am I always forget that there are so many great movies that young folks have never seen. I am SO glad that you saw this movie, your sense of humor is perfect for this movie. You must watch The Life of Brian next. I have to say that your reaction is the absolute best that I have seen to this movie, and I have seen many.

@elderberry-hamster Ай бұрын

Saw this around 1977 on late night tv when my sister woke me up to watch it. To keep from laughing out loud, I had to keep running into my bedroom to laugh in my pillow. Most jokes when over my young head, but the silliness of it all was moments I will always cherish. 😆

@ajivins1 Ай бұрын

This is technically The Pythons' second movie. The first was 'And Now For Something Completely Different' which was basically a collection of sketches from their TV show.

@ACNelson-officialchannel Ай бұрын

This film is absolutely hilarious from beginning to end! One thing that non-British audiences don't pick up on is the use of Cockney accents and Aristocratic accents being reversed. You should also watch "Life Of Brian". The "Loretta" scene will have you rolling! 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome reaction!❤

@holddowna Ай бұрын

I think I pick up on accents! Im used to a lot of british stuff

@TheFingerFrame Ай бұрын

In addition to breaking the fourth wall, the way that the movie kept referencing it’s own jokes about swallows and not being dead is awesome. In the original draft of the script, they find the grail in the Grail Department at Harrod’s Department Store, because, of course, you can find anything at Harrod’s. The Coconuts are both a brilliant BBC Radio joke as well as a way to keep costs down, since they made the movie on a shoestring budget.

@jerryward3311 Ай бұрын

The budget was so small they couldn't afford shoestrings.

@martinhafner2201 Ай бұрын

And Arthur's explanation about the presence of coconuts out of their climate "The swallow may fly south with the sun ..." is a direct quote from a 1940's translation of a 1500's falcrony manual by King Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire. They have an historian in the bunch.

@briannaamore1383 Ай бұрын

And George Harrison of the Beatles funded their films. He was the man behind "Handmade Films".

@zacjumpman209 3 күн бұрын

I love watching people react to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. My dad was a huge fan of Monty Python (and pretty much anything else from Britain), so this movie helped form the bedrock of my sense of humor growing up.

@humor1012 Ай бұрын

I watched it when I was a kid dubbed in Spanish, for me was hilarious, when I moved to the USA, I learned that I got almost every jock right 😂😂😂

@Elephant2024-wi2li Ай бұрын

One of the most hilarious comedies of all time. Will never forget the day I first saw it. Was 13 years old and had a couple of teeth extracted earlier in the day. Needed a laugh and watched this movie. Never laughed as hard at any movie. Non-stop laughfest.🤣

@JPDillon Ай бұрын

Laughing hard with fresh stitches in your mount! That must have hurt!

@Elephant2024-wi2li Ай бұрын

@@JPDillon There was going to be discomfort no matter what. But laughing at and enjoying the Monty Python movie made the time considerably more pleasant.😃

@Grf1556 20 күн бұрын

I have watched this movie probably 30 times in my life and it still never fails to make me laugh.

@ScottMStolz 14 күн бұрын

The 932 A.D. was written in an old style font. Numbers like 2 and 1 were the size of lowercase letters like the letter n, while other numbers like 9 and 3 had tails like the letters q and p, and numbers like 6 and 8 were like the letter h and k and were the same height as uppercase letters.

@robcoz98 Ай бұрын

28:11 Glad to see another reactor subscribe to the LARP idea. It even opens up an extra mystery on who was the "LARPer" with the genuine horse who framed Arthur and the Knights for killing the historian and gives a fun explanation of the same actors being different characters (minus the genuine reason of course the Python's are a sketch troupe)

@ITPalGame 17 күн бұрын

There is a video meme now showing the two guards standing watching the guy run for a long time at them. The guards are labeled with "Secret Service".

@Stogie2112 23 күн бұрын

Can't give enough praise to Carol Cleveland (Zoot & Dingo), the "other" member of the Python troupe. She had so many awesome parts in the Flying Circus TV series as well as the films. 👍👍

@Jimi-ld2vw Ай бұрын

I enjoy watching this movie with someone who hasn't seen it and has the sense of humor to appreciate it.

@Jimi-ld2vw Ай бұрын

@T.eleg.ram.HolddownA Go

@corralescoyote Ай бұрын

Saw this when I was in high school. I didn’t get the “k-nig-it” pronunciation of “knight” until I took a class on Chaucer. I guess in Middle English they used to pronounce all the consonants, so.. ✌️

@holddowna Ай бұрын

love it! CR came for me with all the french taunter scenes and the bridge! xx

@Ironoclasty Ай бұрын

Actually, they did pronounce all of the consonants. Medieval language was quite literally spoken the way it was written. "Ke-ny-guht of ye olday rah-und tay-bleh." At least that was what an actual linguistic historian had to say about it.

@josiahslack8720 Ай бұрын

@@Ironoclasty Another thing happening from Late Middle English to Early Modern English was what's called the Great Vowel Shift (and I'm not making any of this up). Until then English vowels were pretty much pronounced the same way as continental Europeans pronounced them. Then over a couple of hundred years or so, the pronunciation moved towards the current pronunciations. Which is another reason the the spelling of English words only has a tenuous connection to how they're pronounced.