I like how Sir Lancelot answered all the questions and crossed the bridge safely only to be arrested by the police.

The fact that Arthur and the knights are just a bunch of lunatics role playing and stumbling across actual magical stuff makes scenes like this so much funnier.

I don't know how Dungeons and Dragons goes for everyone but when I'm playing with my friends it's basically just this movie.

The best part is Arthur wasn't even testing his knowledge, he was just asking for clarification. The guy just was so unprepared for someone asking HIM anything that he fumbled his answer. Never be afraid to go against the grain.

The funniest part was that not even the old man is safe from being thrown into the pit if the question cannot be answered. you could get him by asking a question before he does. heck, you could get him if you don't understand the question, but he doesn't understand it either. I just love the brilliant writing. Lol

He really DID ask five questions. 1. What is your name? 2. What is your quest? 3. What is your favorite color? 4. What is the capital of Assyria? 5. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? The joke was the first two questions are the same, but he chooses one of three variations for the third question.

2:30 Michael Palin changing his answer has still got to be one of the funniest, and shortest, gems of pure inspired comedy ever.

I love how it’s implied that Arthur would have actually known the answer due to his sheer confidence in asking for specification

At one time my acting teacher asked, "What is your name?" and I couldn't resist throwing in "What is your quest?" He chuckled and followed it up with a third question (forgot which one).

Sir Robin was actually doomed from the start, since Assyria was already nonexistent by that time, and that Assyria itself had many capitals during its lifetime. (Unless Sir Robin managed to ask, "which period?", which may cause the bridge keeper to answer, "I don't know that!", and thrown earlier to the gorge of eternal peril himself.)

"Well, you have to know these things when you're a king you know" - the most humble quote ever

Ahh, Terry Gilliam. Animator, film director, and bridge-keeper extraordinaire.

That accent on "what" tho'

I remember seeing this movie as a kid and hating it because I didn't know anything about Monty Python or their humor. I like it now.

I love how the not being able to count to 3 is a running gag in this movie.

They actually did cross over that super dodgy 'bridge of death' in those costumes, well maybe stunt actors. At 3:41 the guy misses a step too!

"What...is the capital of Assyria?" "Before or after the Bronze Age Collapse?" "I don't know that!" Sir Robin gets to live.

I like that Arthur consistently confuses three with five. In the Holy Hand Grenade scene he fail to count to three until corrected, instead counting "one, two, five!"

The German synchro makes Sir Gallahad at 2:21 even funnier. While he gets thrown into the gorge after saying Blue/Yellow he says "..but I'm colorblind!"

I always find it hilarious when they use puppets, to shoot scenes where someone is being ejected or is falling down. XD

What is your name? The Chosen One of Arroyo. What is your quest? To seek the holy GECK! What is the minimum requirement for the Quick Pockets perk? What do you mean? The statistics or the level requirement? I...I don't know that! (Flies into pit) **Fallout 2 Bridgekeeper Special Encounter**

My Dad and I watch this movie. We couldn't stop laughing

"do YOU believe in God?" "That's a complicated question... Depends on what YOU mean by "God". You see I ..." "Yes or no?" "IT helps no one to be reductive. I believe that... that we are here applies to some degree that, there are forces, larger than us. Now we can get in to this menticality... "YES OR NO?!?"" "The very notion of "believe" itself can be rhetorically whittled to bare nub of its meaning. I'd like to talk to you a lot more about this. Would you be interested in reading in some of my literature?" "NO!!!" Jumps to the pit

In the german Version. 1. What is your name? 2. What is your quest? 3. What is your favorite color? Blue, no Red. -> during the fly he said "iam color blind" PS all in German

The bit that makes me laugh the most is when Michael Palin gets his favourite colour wrong 02:27

I like to assume that answering the bridgekeeper's questions is not necessary at all and you can just walk past him with him whining "Stop! No! Stop please!"

Ah, Sir Robin. Your cowardice was your ultimate undoing.

Right, off you go. 😶 . . .Oh, thank you. . Thank you very much Love that part

I could only imagine audiences when they first saw this got tricked by the intermission to the point when they came back 10 minutes later, the movie was already over without warning.

My favorite part of this scene was when everytime the bridge keeper would always keep changing the 3rd question

"Look, there's the old man from scene 24!" Never taking themselves seriously is one of their hallmarks. Still, for me, the funniest part of this movie is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch scene: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrWimq-bntKzp58.html Here's the transcript of that scene, brilliantly written: _"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"_

The funny thing is that he was given the answer by the questioning guard on the high wall at the beginning of the film. The answer is that a swallow has to beat it’s wings 43 times per second in order to maintain its airspeed velocity.

"What is the Capital of Assyria?" "Which era? and who's empire is controlling the region of Assyria?"

The way he says "Whaaat?!" has stuck with me since I saw this at the Notting Hill Coronet way back when. I still say "Whaaat?!" in the same way now. Comedy has shaped so much of my language from Python through to the Comic Strip, Blackadder, The Young Ones etc. Love Terry Gilliam's work, Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits, Jabberwocky etc. such a talented chap.

"Well, you have to know these things when you are a king, you know". Just fantastic. (wonder, did he learn it from the previous episode where he got bounced off another castle having been bogged in discussion on how possibly swallows could have brought coconuts to England)

One of the funniest scenes in any movie. I love the way Python takes a long time to set you up for a joke, then suddenly springs it on you. In this case it's the wind velocity of a swallow and whether it's African or European. The old geezer doesn't have any idea himself, so it's off into the chasm for him too. 🤣

Classic scene. Always cracks me up when the gate keeper gets tossed in when he doesn't know the answer.

The capital of Assyria was first Assur and later Nineveh. You wanted to know, admit it. I don't own the rights of that comment, the owner is: KnowJesusKnowPeace I just thought everybody wants to know it, after watching that scene.

Monty Python was so great. Casually great. They were irreverent and no silliness was safe from their scrutiny. Even themselves. Like the crusades or fine dining or bicycling.

Old man: "What is the maximum attainable velocity of a coconut falling from 75000 feet?" Main character: "Swallow or otherwise?" Old Man: "Um..." *WHOOSH*

i swear this has to be one of the funniest god damn movies of all time! its aged like fine wine.

What a fantastic move. I remember watching it many decades ago. Good memories.

1:26 I love the space in between "what" and the rest of the question, its almost like he was mad that Lancelot was trying to find the Holy Grail

This was years before game of thrones. And in this master piece really anyone could die!

The Old Man from scene 24: Stop! What is your name. Me: No, What is the guy's name on second base.

The "oh great" makes me laugh probably more than it should.

(Question 3) Bridge keeper - "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"

2:50 "Sire, thou hath pull ye olden Uno reverse card."

"right, off ya go." I dont know why I love that bit so much

Man, I laughed so hard when the bridge-keeper himself gets hurled over the edge lol

I sometimes wonder if Arthur being asked, "How do you know so much about swallows?" was an in-joke just for the Pythons as they were most of only a handful of people that definitely knew at the time that Graham was gay.

I love how the ‘five, three’ gag was just a set up for a future gag with the holy hand grenade

I wonder....what if somebody answered the question with "Could you repeat that please?" And if he repeats it, answer it correctly. If he just says "Of course i can" then say "Then will you?" That way you could get past the 3 questions by just answering your name.

"Well you have to know these things when you are king you know"

Good luck brave Sir Lancelot, God be with you!

My dad would always quote this scene. Miss him so much

That was a very clever trick " African or European swallow." Because the answer is that it's the same swallow.

Ah yes, comedy in the comments. Btw this film scene is probably one of the funniest ever. Next to Tim the enchanter

How To Be King: Know about swallows

I like the Intermission song. It's real catchy

I wonder if he would've accepted Nineveh as the answer for "What is the capital of Assyria?" as Ninevah was the capital in Old Testament times.

Ahhh just like a 2021 corporate call centre for customer services🤣

It's so funny when the old man gets yeeted xD and he kinda looks like William Dafoe with prosethic makeup 🤣 I don't know why

My favourite Fallout 2 moment.

Hilarious! I love how the King got him lol😃😁🤣🤣😅😅!!!

The first time I heard about Monty Python was from a Family guy cut away gag. It was that one episode where Brian meets his son for the first time. Glad I watched that episode.

I've always got a kick on their blank expressions when they watch their fallen colleagues plummet toward their demise in the pit.

I wonder if anyone got up in the theatre for 'intermission' 😂😂😂

I SO miss Monty Python's flying circus! Great comedians every one of them!

What: is the answer to life, the universe and everything? Forty-two! What: is terminal velocity? That's easy. It's the maximum velocity attainable by an object as it falls through a gas or fluid What: is the capital of California? Uhhh, San Francisco...no, LA, no....AAAAHHHHH!!!

blue.. no! yelloooooow χαχαχα πεθαινω

I think about this on a daily basis😂😭

I re-enacted this scene in a theater class in middle school with a few of my peers.

I love the running joke that Arthur can't count to 3

"WHAT is your name?" "The Rock." "WHAT is your quest?" "To be the People's Champion!" "WHAT is your favorite color?" "It doesn't matter what The Rock's favorite color is!" *[delivers a Rock Bottom to the bridgekeeper]*

The dude not knowing his own favorite color was a pretty good one.

even when i'm old and have forgotten my own name i'll still remember Assur and 20/25 mph (european/african!)! because you never know when someone will ask!

Lancelot was ready to murk the old man

as a king i know a lot about swallows. Its important for a succesful rule!

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is what happens when your D&D group goes out LARPing and records it hahahahaha this movie will always stand tall among the titans of the movie hall of fame.

I don't CARE what anyone thinks...this movie is in the top 10 FUNNIEST movies of all time!!! Hell, it even makes fun of the opening credits!!! Btw..we are NOW the knights who say "ECKY ECKY ECKY ECKY PA-TANG RU-BOING EN-ZOWIE-UM!!!"

Simply GREAT XD

Arthur outsmart the old man because he is so wise in the ways of science

I love the horrible timing of the intermission

Question-What is the Capital of Assyria? Answer-Nineveh. Thank you, Veggie Tales.

"There's the old man from scene 24" lmfao missed that when I was a kid

Love how this ties in with the very first scene when King Aurther just walked away in frustration 😂😂😂

From the 'original script'... A short time latter, 'Those who would cross the sea of fate must answer me these questions 28'.

The way their eyes and head follow the bodies being flown into the pit is comedic genius.

UAHAHAhahaha brilliant ! And Arthur the greatest king

Lmao just watched 2 of his best friends get thrown into a gorges and just 🤷 I'm good...

3:26 i always use that intermission gag on my gameplays as a running gag joke on my let's play when my PlayStation decides to be a dick and stops recording on a blocked scene.

I was in Scotland on vacation with my dad. Came across this little town called Dune, I think that’s how it’s spelled. Checked into the local hotel and went to see the local castle. Every town has one. Walked in and there is all this Monty Python stuff. It was the castle they filmed in. Awesome surprise!

“Well you have to know these things when you’re a king, you know!”

Idk why this cracks me up so much "huh, what? Idk that". The way the troll is confused seems so natural.

just the randomness of this makes me smile

That thumbnail looks like an incredible but horrifying painting

It's funny how clarification can really help you in a situation. And not just in school or work (not my that close-minded boss is helpful or understanding).

Funniest part is it’s him sending them plummeting for wrong answers 😂 so he sent himself for not knowing.

WHAT...about the droid attack on the wookies?