"Red sea pedestrian" from when Moses parted the red sea allowing the jews to escape Egypt 😂

So the “children’s matinée” is an old theater concept of showing a modified version of a show at an early time so aimed at little kids, usually has a little interactive bit, maybe cut a scene or too if its too blue for the room. Which is hilarious considering it was a gladiator match.

no one seems to recognize the title sequence, the song, is a parody of the james bond songs that open each bond movie. watch "goldfinger," "diamonds are forever" or any james bond film and you'll hear the similarities. who's oppressing him from having babies? its called reality, biology. that's the point. no one is oppressing poor stan. they're just trying to get him to accept reality.

In fact, you can eat gold, although it is meant to sound ridiculous. You can go to some very expensive restaurants and order a gold-foiled steak. I mean, you can if you WANT to. Life of Brian is in the news recently, as they are preparing a new stage version. John Cleese (who played Reg and the main Roman guard here, and Lancelot and Tim the Enchanter in Holy Grail) said that they will NOT be cutting the Loretta bit.

You did pretty good on most of the gags; the ones you missed were mostly Bible/history/religion related and that’s OK if you didn’t grow up among Christians and Jews. (“Red Sea pedestrian”, Brian’s mother’s virginity, taking the Lord’s name in vain, etc.) Good luck with your channel!

"Cheese makers? They have cheese at this time?" If you have milk sooner or later you're going to have cheese, it kind of just happens.

Monty Python's previous movie, Holy Grail, was produced on such a low budget that they couldn't afford horses (as per the jokes in that movie about the coconut shells). It was a big success but many sources of income were terrified of being involved with a movie making fun (or seen to be making fun) of christianity. This movie was financed by former Beatles member, George Harrison.

A.D. is Anno Domini meaning "In the year of our Lord."

Red Sea Pedestrian means passing through the Red Sea to escape the Egyptians.

You got a lot right and caught a lot of the jokes. I don't think I heard anyone pick up on the "prophets" spewing various kinds of nonsense. I would point out that, while the authorities were the Roman empire, the story takes place in and around Jerusalem, which was a part of the empire then A lot of the jokes seem to me to very sharply point out the absurdities of religion in general and christianity in particular. It shows how people in that time and place were eager to make a messiah out of anybody, and would see "miracles" everywhere, which seem to always turn out to be mistakes, at best.

A.D. is "Anno Domini" meaning "The year of our lord"

GREETINGS EARTH GUY: The guards were not in on the joke before filming, so their laughter is authentic. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says "Blessed are the peacemakers."

Brian was the first to go to space 😂😂😂

The movie starts with the so-called star of Bethlehem - a heavenly portent of a great religious event like a birth or death was a common trope in stories all over the region back then. This magic star led the so-called wise men ("magi" from the same root that gives us "magic) to where Jesus was born. Interestingly, NO one else back then saw this star. It leads these men from the East to follow it, and since they claim they saw it in the east (in the bible account), doesn't make much sense. Once the star gets the magi to Jerusalem, it abruptly turns off so the wise men have to ask King Herod about it and what it meant. This alerts him to this coming threat to his power (at least he thinks so). He in turn asks them to return on their way home to tell them what they found, so he could kill this upstart to his throne. (He could have just sent some of his guys to follow them instead, OR his men could have followed the same star.) The wise men go home a different route, avoiding Jerusalem. This gives Herod a reason to slaughter all the newborn (up to age two) male children in Bethlehem. This story only occurs in one gospel and this incident and several others are intended to invoke the Moses story hundreds of years earlier, where the pharaoh slaughters all the newborns in Egypt. (I.e., most scholars think this story is one of many made up for religious reasons.)

My high school Latin teacher here in the UK let us watch it once a term it felt like, so have seen it many times then and since. Maybe why I did my PhD in connection to the Romans! Glad you enjoyed it.

AD means Anno Domini. In English it means in the year of our lord

The gospels claim that Pilate had a tradition (which for many reasons, we know he didn't) during Passover to give the crowd a choice of which of two criminals to crucify. In this case, Jesus or a person named Barabbas (in some accounts, his first name was also Jesus). Barabbas was a monster criminal but the crowd chose him over Jesus. Now "barabbas" literally means "son of the father." Jesus at times was called "the son of the father." Many atheist scholars feel this was made up, and was to make the crucifixion into a symbolic Yon Kipper event. In this Jewish ceremony, two identical goats are chosen. On one all the sins of the nation were supposedly transferred, and sacrificed, while the other is literally the scapegoat, set free. In this movie, they are parodying the idea of this choosing one prisoner to set free concept. Again, Pilate was a brutal monster who the emperor eventually recalled due to his excessive cruelty, and no way would they let loose a convicted criminal/murderer to appease the Jewish population.

We don't have good accounts of how prisoners were actually crucified, including nailing or tying their hands (which for nailing would have to be through the wrists as the palms are not strong enough to bear the weight). The account in the gospels seems to be referring back a psalm in the old testament about someone being pierced but it might also translate as clawed by a lion. However, there is a broader meaning. "Crucified" is from a Latin word which also gives us the word "cross." But the gospels were written in Greek, and the term they use is related to "stick" or "stake." Crucified actually meant any execution by any means, including stoning, and then the hanging of the corpse on a tree, stake, cross, whatever afterwards as an ultimate humiliation, left to be eaten by birds and wild dogs. (It could also mean impaling a person lengthwise - don't want to get more graphic than that.)

There’s no animal called a balm, but there is a balm named after a dangerous animal. Tiger Balm (made in Singapore). The balm itself isn’t dangerous, though. Not that I know of, anyway.

It's really about politics as well, such as Roman occupation, people blindly following (including the old man in the dungeon) such as when Brian makes his speech and the crowd chants in unison that they are all individuals (obviously they aren't as they act together). Everyone is made fun of whether those in power or rebels. It's more of a narrative than Holy Grail and the layers and word play are much more prevalent. The alien space ship vaguely references Star Wars battles, both films were shot in Tunisia.

Two contradictory birth stories in the bible. One has the "holy family" living in Bethlehem, the wise men visit the newborn in the house where the family must be living. The other has the family originally from Nazareth who have to travel to Bethlehem for tax purposes, and because all the inns, etc. are crowded, Jesus is born in a "manger" in a stable. In other words, either newborn in a manager OR a visit by the wise men. Christians typically mush the two very different stories together for the xmas card version generally presented today.

AD = Anno Domini, or 'Year of the Lord' in Latin, commemorating Jesus's birth.

Yeah, pretty good reaction. Monty Python sort the wheat from the chafe when it comes to reactions because the humour is pretty obscure.

Enjoy yer reaction no you got nothing much went over your head I’ve seen lotta reactions and I enjoy watching your reaction one of the most😊

'She has a son, how is she not a virgin'.....you may wish to rethink that!

AD starts with the Birth of Jesus, not when he was gone.

the bearded women were in fact men

The light in the night sky was the star of Bethlehem, which led the wise men to Jesus' birthplace. A,D, + anno domini -- "the year of the lord".The sermon on the mount you should have recognized, it was Jesus' most famous speech. A stoning is an execution by throwing stones. No, Jews cannot speak the name of God, it it too holy. Nor can it be taken in vain, by Christians. "He should be happier?" That's the whole joke. Jesus' healing ruined his livelihood. "Red Sea Pedestrian" refers to Moses' leading the Jews out of Egypt and miraculously parting the red sea so they could escape the Egyptian army across the dry sea bed.

Jesus' mother is said to be a virgin...

This film uses a judeo-christian framework to poke fun at all organized religion

The whole movie apparently went over your head!😂😂😂😂😂

Leprosy doesn't mean that you don't have limbs. It means that your body has patches of poorly pigmented, numb skin. I notice that you missed every biblical reference.