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I was recently in hospital … nothing too serious … and they bought a guy in who had broken both legs in a motorcycle accident. After he was settled in I just asked him if he was ‘ok’ in the sense that he obviously wasn’t but it was an opener. He replied ‘’’tis but a flesh wound’. We both cracked up😊😊😊

“One day, son, all of this will be yours.” “What the curtains?”

Two of my favorite scenes are missing. “Castle Anthrax” and “The Constitutional Peasants” scenes 😂

"He's going with that one arm approach" and i cracked up thinking "wait for it..."

The Assyrians had a several capitals over the timespan of their empire, so that was a trick question... something the Pythons would have known, since performer and director Terry Jones (Sir Bedevere the Wise) was a medieval scholar who also went on to write serious academic books about Chaucer and the Middle Ages.

This is a movie that you can watch a dozen times and still find clever details (like that the crossing the black knight was defending was small enough that you could jump over it at any other place). It is absolutely brilliant. I grew up watching Monty Python. There is absolutely no equivalent today.

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" Fun Fact: The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio-show sound effect) came about from the purely practical reason that the production simply could not afford real horses. Metal Funding Fact: Funds earned by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) went towards funding this movie. The band were such fans of the show, they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). Led Zeppelin and Genesis contributed to this movie's budget as well. Swallow This Fact: The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly eleven meters per second, or twenty-four miles per hour, beating its wings seven to nine times per second rather than forty-three. It's true: A five-ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut, but furthermore, no swallow weighs five ounces. The English barn swallow weighs only twenty grams (two-thirds of an ounce). Historical Fact: The French tactic of pelting Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights with livestock echoes the relatively modern legend of a medieval siege of the fortified southern French town of Carcassonne. Said to have been near starvation, the townspeople used the last of their food to pelt the besieging army to convince them, suffering likewise, that the town was well stocked with food and that the siege was hopeless. The tactic was successful, and the siege was lifted.

Well written script with some great improvisation. "Some call me...TIm" happened because John Cleese couldn't remember line so he ad-libbed. "How do you know he's a king? He isn't all covered with shit" was also ad-lib.

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries". Greatest insult in all of moviedom.

Comedy hasn't died in the last few years. It has been murdered.

This movie had me hooked at the opening credits. The stuff about the moose had me laughing so hard I was crying. Monty Python, Mel Brooks and Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker are some of the best comedy filmmakers of all time.

This was SO MUCH FUN! Your laughs were making me laugh all over again. Hey, you two HAVE to see their next movie, "Life Of Brian" because you'll get so many of the jokes. It's more cohesive than "Holy Grail", it's got more of a throughline plot. The animation is always a part of Monty Python; they started as a TV show and the animation would link all the random sketches together. The guy who did the animation was Terry Gilliam and he went on to become a great director in his own right ("Brazil", "Time Bandits", "Adventures Of Baron Munchausen"). But DEFINITELY do "Life Of Brian"!

What was so good about Monty Python in general was everyone involved acted like nothing particularly funny was happening, they all gave serious performances. Graham Chapman played Arthur completely straight, like it was a dramatic role. And something about being serious in an absurd movie is absolutely hilarious. Leslie Nielsen made a career off doing that as well. It always works.

I want to go to a restaurant called “Monty Python’s Holy Grill”.

"I can only imagine how this battle will go." - Oh no you can't !!!

This movie is definitely in the top ten of the funniest movies ever made. Now that you’ve seen it you’ll start recognizing quotes from it in so many things.

I don't think I have ever seen anyone enjoy this film as much as you two did here. This was a blast! Some people watch this and barely crack a smile at all. They just don't get it. This was great! Thank you!

I saw it days after it came out, and I laughed until my cheeks cramped up. I've seen it dozens of times, and I still laugh. I think one measure of a great movie is how many lines it has that people remember, and this is packed with them.

The scene where the dead animals are thrown from the walls. My dad lived in Doune where they filmed several scenes, my dad and my uncles as well as the other village kids got enlisted as it was the school holidays, to help pick the animals up. Then Run them back up to the people throwing them for another take. He said they had great fun helping out. One of the funniest films of all time. Second only to life of Brian, In my opinion.

Traditionally, Sir Galahad was supposed to find the Grail, but here he got side-tracked by a decoy beacon (and… other things) at Castle Anthrax, and then cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril because he forgot his favorite color. By the way, depictions of murderous rabbits can actually be found in some medieval illustrations, so even that is sort of historically accurate. 😄

They only used 2 castles for this film, and the castle on the island at the end still has someone living in it. The other castle has a pair of coconuts at the entrance for visitors to use.

I've watched this over-and-over for decades. I still laugh every time.

I guarantee that over the next few days and weeks you will be quoting lines from this movie. I still say "it's just a flesh wound " whenever I accidentally hurt myself

"Son, someday, this will all be yours" "What, the curtains?" "No, not the curtains!" 😂

Has been my favorite movie for 50 years. I have these skits in my head 24/7 and drive my family insane

I have loved this movie since I first saw it as a kid in the late 70’s, I’m 56 now and I still love it, I showed it to my grandson and now he just runs around yelling “NI”!!!!😂

I'm humbled by how easily you embraced the beautifully absurdist comedy of this film, I honestly didn't expect it. One of the best reactions I've seen to The Holy Grail. Cheers- I hope to find 'The Life of Brian' on your channel at some point!

Yes, monty pythons flying circus. ( BBC) 5 guys they met in college and were in the acting/ comedy club . They put on a show that was so funny, they were asked to take it to the theatre, it did great and they got a TV deal. They did 3 movies and another was like highlights of the show. And several huge live comedy tours . ( monty python at the Hollywood bowl) was particularly good . They all had great careers. John Cleese did sitcoms ( one of the best , the witch in this was his wife and they wrote it together) ( faulty towers) two perfect seasons . Four brits and one American. ( the director and the coconut guy , and several other characters) he had a great directing career . Made movies with Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Bruce wills. ( the Fisher King, also about someone looking for the holy grail) and 12 monkeys. Oh and fear and loathing in Las Vegas with Johnny Depp.

This is such an intelligent film. The first 15-20 minutes of this is some of the greatest comedy I’ve ever seen.

i was born in 79 and grew up watching Monty Python and i must have seen this film 100s of times and i still laugh every time, if you liked this then Life of Brian and meaning of Life are two you defo need to watch

Around 1994, (yes I’m old) the BYU University Theater did 4 showings of The Holy Grail (with some editing) starting with the first Showing at 9pm and the last showing starting Saturday Morning at 6am. All 4 showings sold out in 30 minutes. My friends and I had tickets for the second show at 12:30am. When it started there was cheering and clapping which lead to everyone quoting the lines out loud even before they happened in the Movie. For the first few minutes it was fine then it started to get annoying because you could not hear the movie just the whole audience quoting the movie out loud. After a few minutes myself and others started to yell “Shut up”!!! More started joining in. It took 15 minutes to everyone to Stop Quoting the Movie out load. We were finally able to enjoy the movie. Great memories, ton of fun, and easily one of the greatest and most influential comedies of all time

The Pythons were highly educated University students, that had incredible abilities to satirize anything. I saw it at my University , re-watch the earlier scene with Dennis complaining about Arthur's Rigjt to be King, and the social structure of the collective community. I was a science major but the information about sociology is spot on accurate and funny as shit.

Yes. I saw it in a theatre in Australia with a bunch a 17 yr Python fans. We cried laughing!!.. Have seen it many times since and enjoyed watching it again with you. And to concur with your insights, Eric Idle , one of the Pythons, said that there are two essential elements to comedy, "Not enough money, and not enough time."

Monty Pythons Life of Brian has to be next, arguably better, imho Life of Brian is one of the best comedy films ever made...The fact you both loved this, it's a must watch.

When I was in high school, there were so many "memes" from this movie. Kids would go around quoting a piece, and everyone knew the follow up. Like the entire "She's a witch" skit, the black knight ("It's just a flesh wound"), etc.

I lived in England as a kid and grew up with Monty Python's Flying Circus. I saw this movie in 1975; with the background of having watched the TV series, the ending made perfect sense to me. I really enjoyed your reaction, and I was impressed that you picked up on Sir Bedivere with the swallow and the coconut. Many reactors completely miss that. Your laughter was infectious. You've got to watch Life of Brian next.

As a long time D and D player, I feel obligated to point out that Tim is NOT an enchanter, he is clearly an invoker, lol.

Thank you for enjoying this movie. It is one of my favorites and the fact that the two of you enjoyed so much means alot. thanks again

Its so gratifying to see the younger generation appreciate the classics for what they are & acknowledge that modern output is rubbish!

It's definitely an iconic British comedy. I think it was recently voted 2nd best British comedy movie ever.

The Holy Grail is one of my all time fav movies. Since you liked this I can also recommend their other movie "Life of Brian". There are so many quotes from these movies. The priests that chanted and hit themselfs with a board was actually included on the DVD as a sing-a-long with the instructions to use the DVD box as a board. But the instructions are interupted by them because it gets out of hand.

The Animator was an American called Terry Gilliam & a fully fledged member of the Pythons. His animations were used in the Pythons tv shows too. I've gotta admit that you cracked me up when you lost it at the rabbit scene. Never seen anyone react like that at the bunny, hilariously contagious.😂👍

I have probably watched this masterpiece at least a dozen times & never noticed the guy one of you mentioned was trying to have a pigeon carry coconuts! LOL!!!

The bunny scene always gets anyone watching LoL

I first saw this movie when I was 14, I'm 56 now. I was high when I watched it with a bunch of my friends also high. Talk about side splitting pain from laughing. Still funny after all these years and still high.

Living in Paris in the late 70s/early 80s, there was a cinema which ONLY showed 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' all day every day, for years. We would skip school/college to go and see one or both whenever we needed a fix :-)

15:45 As Buster Keaton observed, "The audience loves the slow thinker." 😁

Every single D&D group ever can quote this movie almost perfectly. I actually run two "Rifts" groups, which is a science fiction RPG. My east coast, bread basket, west coast, and even my Australian players regularly quote this movie.

I could not agree with you more, Michelle. Comedy is all but dead and a film like this is a testament to great writing. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!😊

The Holy Grail is funny because it is totally original and it was written and acted by some of funniest guys in comedy.. i.e the Monty python team.. These guys are not only exceptionally clever and funny guys but they are also hilarious in front of the camera as well. This along with the Life of Brian and also the Meaning of Life is some of the funniest stuff you will ever see .

I watched this film several times in the theatre, because it was there more than a year and we all repeat watching this just because we wanted to see the faces of people who watched it for the very first time, specially at the end when the screen turned black and the music was still on.

The ending being a literal cop out will always be the greatest unsaid joke in the movie. Also none of the main characters could've been the murderer because the knight who killed the historian was the only one on an actual horse.

Real things: They borrowed the Rabbit, having promised to return it in good shape. But the red dye they used for blood, couldn't be washed out. LOL. The owner wasn't happy about their little bunny.

My favorite movie comedy, narrowly ahead of "Airplane." As you point out, a good example of how good writing is much more important than a big budget. They also had the advantage of being an experienced ensemble cast from the TV show. Kind of like Orson Welles and his radio theater company when they made "Citizen Kane."

Y’all would love their sketch comedy series Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

They got most of the money to film this from rock acts like Pink Floyd and others. The original script had the Pythons find the Holy Grain in Harrod's Department store because you can find ANYTHING at Harrod's.

Fawlty Towers, featuring John Cleese and Connie Booth from this movie is arguably the funniest TV series ever made. Check that out for more comedy genius.

At least now you'll understand if somebody says: You thought it was just a harmless little bunny?

“A king?” “Well, I didn’t vote for you!”

OK you guys… I can always tell how well I’d get along with someone by how they react to Monty Python. There’s usually no in between with them. People either love them or can’t stand them. I’m so glad you fall on the correct side of that line.😂 Anyway, I stumbled across your channel by accident, saw that you were reviewing the holy grail, and decided to watch. I’m not at all disappointed, and I’m looking forward to going back through your uploads to watch all the reactions. Keep up the good work and have fun with it!!!

FINALLY! The reaction that I've been longing for from reactors on KZfaq who watch this movie! Thank you both for making me laugh almost as much as the first time I watched this movie back when it first came to theaters. Imagine being in a packed movie theater at midnight, where no one has ever seen the movie before. It was hard to hear the dialogue sometimes due to the constant hysterical laughter! My friends and I left that theater with aching stomachs and sore throats from laughing so hard. It was brilliant! This is truly the best reaction that I've seen, and I've pretty much watched them all.

John Cleese and Michael Palin made a few movies outside of the Monty Python group. Check out A Fish Called Wanda from the mid 80s. Also very funny with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline to boot. 😁

I saw this not long after this film was released. I was a teenager and loved it. It’s nice to see adult women enjoying this.

Theree are so many little details, throwaway lines and facial expressions that you don't notice on first viewing, it's very rewatchable! Also check out Life of Brian like everyone else has said :)

"Run Away, Run Away" !

Lost count of how many times i watched this over the years, laugh my arse of every time

Don’t forget your coconuts on your way to work. 😂😂

The arrow noise, followed by "message for you sir" was my text notification for a very long time. Now that I'm ancient, it's just "If you ignore it, it'll go away"

One of my favorites! Grew up watching Monty Python's Flying Circus. Thanks for sharing!

Fun facts. Tim the enchanter was supposed to have a long and hard to pronounce name. But during the take, he forgot his line so the way he said Tim, is the actor forgetting his name. But they loved the contrast and irony so much, they kept it.

I really enjoyed you guys reacting to watching the the Holy Grail. Tons of laughs 😂 Shoutout to Natalie in her red dress 💃🏼 She looks awesome 🥰

Most of us who saw this in the theater were already huge fans of Monty Python's Flying Circus, their long running BBC TV series (US PBS reruns). It was the highlight of our viewing week. So we were so pumped when they took their talents to the big screen. This wasn't their 1st film but, imo, it was their finest. These 5 silly men will live forever! Loved you reaction! You're so right, it takes a few watches to get it all.

Wot?!? No Castle Anthrax? No brave Sir Robin? 😂 Glad you enjoyed this classic bit of cinematic humor 😁👍 Now watch The Life of Brian, and The Meaning of Life - both also Monty Python flicks.

I have never seen you two laugh so hard! I probably watched the rabbit scene 10 times, it was hysterical!! Thanks for sharing!

Monty Python’s humor is as much a vibe as anything

Great reaction. Repeated watchings really are rewarding. Also, the more history you know, the more funny you'll find them. Five out of the six Python members were Oxford or Cambridge educated in law, medicine, or history and their scripts and settings are filled with plays on anachronisms, language, etc, that tweak the brain. You mentioned SNL. The Monty Python television show that ran from 1969 to 1974 was one of the main inspirations for the creation of the original "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. You also mentioned at the beginning that you thought you might have heard men talk about the film more than you'd heard women talk about it, and it did seem back in the seventies that, though their appeal was broad, Monty Python and their humor did have maybe more of an appeal to men than to women, not that the troupe intended it that way. I remember a female friend years ago recalling that back in the seventies and early eighties, guys tended to just go on and on about Monty Python, endlessly repeating lines from their shows. This friend considered that to be a sign that a guy was not partner material, that a guy who did that lacked originality and might be tedious to be around. Monty Python was that popular, though. People really did quote from them all the time back in the seventies and early eighties.

This movie's ending is one of those strange jokes that works best once you've seen it once. Like a prank really - the first time it leaves you a bit confused and disappointed (because you're the butt of that joke) and then the second time, or when you think about it later, it's just hilarious that anyone would dare DO that to an audience. It's also fascinating how the low budget is worked into the fabric itself - they use this constant theatrical fakery to render all the ultraviolence completely harmless, so they get to make extremely morbid jokes and show such death and we can still call it silly. Plus the use of animation to cheaply render a monster is world class, it works because we're already in "theatre" modes of suspended disbelief (or rather, belief is irrelevant), and it just also works as a joke about using animation to cheaply render a monster, on top of which they stack an even further joke about the animator's contribution. And then on top of all that, they weave in that one thread of modern day reality just to puncture it all further. Also you made it funnier and more refreshing, thankyou!

The first time I watched this movie, I laughed so hard, I almost lost my breath. I had to seriously calm down. But I kept on laughing. It is so much funnier when you have read the history of the middle ages, particularly England/Britain as well as fiction set in those times.

The entire score, aside from the songs from Camelot and Robin's minstrels, is pieced together from cues provided by the De Wolfe Music Library. Most of them can be found on KZfaq in their unedited forms. Hats off to whomever went through all the cues and edited them together; that must have been a lot of work!

I saw this as a teenager when it came out. For me, a big part of the humour came from seeing movie conventions subverted and mocked. The genuinely heroic theme music would play, and I'd be up for some real adventure, and then wham! they'd frustrate my desire with yet another transgression! Not everybody likes Monty Python, but those who do, like it a lot! By the way, mocking the police is a Monty Python passion, and you'll note that not only do the police stop the picture and ruin the ending, they do it by incompetently arresting innocent people; King Arthur et al could not have been involved in the murder of "Famous Historian", because the guilty party rode a horse.

One of the greatest mysteries of modern times is why was the Black Knight guarding the bridge and who commissioned him to let no one pass.

I grew up with Monty Python, and saw them on stage in Oxford during their "First Farewell Tour" in 1973. They are a massive part of the UK culture, and have affected many aspects of modern life - for example, "Spam" emails are named after one of their sketches. I would recommend "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979) next, and then the movie version of their sketch show "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971).

I love how much you two are laughing at this. Some other reactors I've seen watch this didn't seem to "get it", but you both really seem to be having a great time. And that makes me happy.

Was a pleasure to see you get a kick out of this. Silly is timeless

I lost four mates when we first watched it. Literally died laughing. Fortunately I could pull through (barely). My favorite comedy of all time.

When they shot the scene introducing the 'enchanter' John Cleese couldn't remember the name so he just said 'Tim' and they went with it.

Oh yes, I saw it in its first release. It is so well written that it is one of the most quotable movies ever with many, many memes dedicated to it. It is meant to be watched over and over and savored.

Just found your channel today. As a Brit brought up on this, it's really nice to see you enjoy Monty Python, as it's a hard "sell" overseas. Some Americans get the humour, some don't. You seem like you were happy to just go along with the silliness, which is nice to see. Incredible to think that the production cost for this movie was only $400,000.

17:26 I also did not expect that, having seen the Holy grail many many times now, i did not expect such a short and instant charging scene,

I saw an a reaction from someone who was an expert on the authorian legend/books. He said surprisingly this was one of the more faithful to the actual tale; and pointed out one of the Pythons went to university and studied it.

Thank you! Thank you! Your reaction to this touched me. 😊 I and my two friends saw this movie in the theater five times when it was released. Five decades later, we quote the best lines to each other and laugh all over again. Having you enjoy it just as much as we have makes me misty... For your consideration, "All of Me" (1984 Steve Martin / Lilly Tomlin) is amongst the best comedies of all time. I think everyone will enjoy your reaction to it, and it will bring fond memories to us all. I'll be back to see what you do next. Much love...

"PETA would be so mad right now." - More like proud. Their idea of liberating a pet, is killing it.

The only member of Monty Python that's not from Britain was the Animatior. He's from Minnesota! SKOL!!!

On to “The Life of Brian” ladies. Had a lot of fun watching you enjoy this film.

You two just made my day with your continuous laughter, glad you enjoyed it. NEE! Nee!!!😂

Thanks, ladies. We are all maidens between 17 and 19 and a half. 😆. I don't what to marry her . But son, she has two huge big beautiful ( tracts of land ) . . They ran out of Money for the horses. The movie was going to not get made , but George Harrison from the beatles stepped in . And he funded the next two . ( he was a fan of the show , and script)

There are couple of things that you see constantly in this film but you won't notice. First, Arthur is the only one who has a real mail and others have t-shirts with mail print. Second, nobody knows who is the killer of historian for nobody had a real horse😂

One of the best things the Monty Puthon troupe dud was to take a joke as far as possible, leavd it, then bring it back when they think you'd forgotten it. Plus, you had thd best of both elements of comedy at work. Half the team specislized in verbsl give and take, and thf other hslf specialized in visual comedy. The music by the DeWolfe library was their go to for stock music throughout the TV series as well.

I first saw this movie when it came out on VHS in the 80's. However I already knew all the skits because my best friend in school was a big Monty Python fan and had a stack of Monty Python albums. We would memorize the bits spent hours in School reciting Monty Python skits. So every time I see a Monty Python movie It reminds me of all the fun Derik and I had running these lines. Thanks for the memory's. Chris