No, here at One Man’s Institute for the Exceptional Documentation of Silly Time Wasting Videos we have a rule that one shall post no fewer than 150 videos – and the number of videos posted shall be 150.
Therefore, being that my wife is an HR manager and has to interview tons and tons of mackerels, and furthermore since she gets a kick out of Monty Python’s classic Silly Job Interview… RIGHT! On with it then!
(In fact, as I understand it she conducts all of her own interviews in this manner. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. Say no more.)
Additionally, in the spirit of being Halibut, I’ve spent a truly silly amount of time sifting through applicants, while wearing pantys and a bra. No I didn’t! Yes – you did! Right. On with it!
- Lumberjack Sketch
- Buying a Bed
- Hitler in England
- Agatha Christie Sketch
- Spam
- Married
- Murderers
- Archaeology Today
- Mouse Problem
- Bicycle repairman!
- Most Awful Family In Britain
- Albatross
- Storytime
- Dirty Fork
- Blackmail
- Bruce
- Lingerie Robbery
- Lion Tamer
- Silly Vicar
- Kilimanjaro Expedition
- The Visitors Sketch
- Trouble at the Mill / The Spanish Inquisition
- Aussie hunters
- The money programme!
- A Man With Three Buttocks
- Mattress Skit
- How to contradict people
- The stolen newsreader
- Interesting people
- The smuggler
- Meat Sketch
- Silly Job Interview
- Lets talk ant
- The Fish Slapping Dance
- Timmy williams coffe time!
- The Bishop
- Semaphore version of Wuthering Heights
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Exploding Blue Danube
- Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson
- Flying Lessons
- I Wish to Report a Burglary
- Confuse-A-Cat Ltd.
- Johann Gambolputty
- The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker
- How Not To Be Seen
- Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1
- Penguins
- Undressing
- Tiny Words
- Italian
- Ministry Of Silly Walks
- Spectrum
- Burglar
- My Brain Hurts!
- The Llama
- Deja Vu
- Office Sketch
- Tennis Anyone?
- River Tossing
- Cheese Shop
- Mr Clean-Air System, the Boxer
- Camel Spotting/You’re No Fun Anymore
- The Dirty Vicar
- Christmas in Heaven
- Prawn Salad waiting room
- Secret Service Dentistry
- Spot The Looney
- Salad Days
- I have a theory!
- 20th Century Vole
- Dead Parrot
- Ypres Sketch
- Queen Victoria handicap
- Travel Agent
- Holy Grail – Black Knight
- Self Defence Class
- Holy Grail – Killer Rabbit
- Monty Python- The Bridge
- Holy Grail – French Invasion Plan
- Holy Grail – Knights of the Round Table
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- Holy Grail – Bloody peasants!
- The Funniest Joke In The World
- The Upperclass Twit Of The Year
- Every Sperm Is Sacred
- Hell’s Grannies
- Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
- Hunting Sketch
- Man Who Speak Only Partial Words
- Expedition to Lake Pahoe
- Whizzo Chocolate Company
- Whicker Island
- Mr. and Mrs. Git
- Rival Documentaries
- Pilots’ Banter
- Cheap Airline
- Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson
- Police Station Silly Voices
- Art Gallery
- International Philosophy
- Careers Advisory Board
- Me Doctor
- How To Irritate People – Need a lift
- How To Irritiate People – Restaraunt
- Naughty Chemist
- Abandoned Sketch
- Silly Disturbances
- Fish License
- Johann Gambolputty
- Poofy Judges
- Travel Agent
- Marriage Guidance Counsellor
- Coupon Code for fleshlight
- Choreographed Conservative Party Speech
- Ken Shabby
- A Scotsman on a Horse
- Fish Club
- Falling Minister
- Introducing Harry Fink
- How to Irritate People – Actors
- How to Irritate People – The Joke
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Norwegian Party
- The First Heart Transplant
- Pope and Michelangelo
- Silly Olimpiad
- Antiracist Song
- Nudge Nudge
- Flying Lessons
- The Money Programme
- Office Sketch
- Hospital sketch
- Freemasons Architects
- Airline Pilot Practical Jokes
- Phallosan before and after
- Monty Python – Bavarian restaurant
- Monty Python Silly Election Results
- The Poet MacTeagel
- Gorilla Librarian
- Raymond Luxury Yacht
Unfortunatly due to the fact that this article was posted an infinetesimally long time ago, the following videos have been lost to the sands of the Interwebs. If any of you Pythonoholics locate them please drop a comment below and I’ll update the post for everyone’s benefit.
- French Sketch (broken)
- Blood Donor (broken)
- Penimaster Pro Extender (broken)
- The Writer’s Son (broken)
- The naughty queen Victoria (broken)
- bathmate hydromax discount code (broken)
- New Brain From Curry’s (broken)
- Professor Gumby (broken)
- Man Who Speaks In Anagrams (broken)
- Sherry Drinking Vicar (broken)
- Come Back to My Place (broken)
- Hermit Skit (broken)
- Grab your best deal here (broken)
- Theatre Sketch (broken)
- Seduced Milkman (broken)
Albatross.
Just about all these fantastic links are expired or have moved and need to be updated.
Searched for my favourites and found most but one that get me going every time is called 4 yorkshiremen. Hilarious.
And how do you get rid of the facebook twitter etc links ofn the right, what a dumb place when the site has no lkeft margin, it covers up so much, even this writing.
Ron
Cheers
Ron
Hey man.
Here’s a link for the sketch “The Writer’s Son”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSzPGrazPo
I am trying to trace a Monty Python sketch of a speech given in a church hall. A welcome, I think. The comic effect was created by all the pauses being in the wrong place, altering the meaning of the sentence.
Please help, I really would very much like to hear thins again.
What is the sketch where the building only stays up if the people believe in it?
Does anyone remember the interview sketch with the plagiarist film maker?
Any Peruvian Beaver cheese?
I can watch Monthy Python all day long! Great list!
I can’t find any of those broken videos as the Interweb gives me one of my heads. So I have stuck blue tack and fish parts to my neighbour’s car instead. I hope this helps.
Mrs Statin.
Wow this must of taken some time, I was just ploughing through the site when I came accross this. I love monty python, thanks John. P.S my wife is a big fan also, so thumbs up from her.
I love Monty Python! I was just telling some of my friends about this page a few nights ago. We probably spent an hour on here just watching classic Monty Python skits. They have been playing The Meaning of Life recently on Cinemax or Encore and it is one of those movies that I have to watch every time it is on. I love the scene where they sing “Every Sperm Is Wasted”. They could never do a scene like that today. It is so incredibly wrong on so many levels. They have all of these little kids singing about God striking them down for each sperm that can’t be found. Priceless!
John Cleese is one of my favorite actors in comedy. He is not everyone’s cup of tea so to speak, but he makes me laugh all the time. I miss those guys. The Holy Grail is one of the go to movies we have when we have a card night that involves a lot of alcohol. Even the people that say they don’t like Monty Python find themselves laughing hysterically throughout the movie. Maybe it just becomes funnier when you or drinking or maybe they don’t really despise Monty Python as much as they say they do. Either way, I love it!
Brian
I think that you can see the roots of Fawlty Towers in the more farcical elements of Python.
Late reply to Noel Campbell regarding the Glid of Gloode. This was actually not a python sketch. It was performed on “Not Only, But Also” by Peter Cooke (as the Glid) and Dudley Moore (as the jester who tricks him).
My favourite is the dirty fork sketch. I love the over the top reactions from them especially John Cleese. Its the same type of comedy which made Fawlty Towers so funny too.
wow, I died laughing, very funny!
Can anybody remember the sketch about S & M? Something about finding a drawing pin and saving it for later???
The Hermit sketch (from Life of Brian, right?) is on MP’s youtube channel.
Does anyone know the name of the sketch where an old guy (mayor or something) is opening a new hospital wing or similar. He’s wheeled out on a mobile lecturn but he can’t think of anything to say except “um” and “ah” repeatedly?
Cheers.
I’m also looking for this sketch? Did you find it?
Rowan Atkinson is great, I love him so much :P
These are great, thanks for the list :P. Many of the links are broken now, though, and a few of them are repeats, so I don’t think there ever really were 150 XD.
Were to find the walking brigade video?
You repeated two skits:
40 & 98 – Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson
44 & 110 – Johann Gambolputty
Weyrleader
Thankyou for this. I just love the Spanish Inquisition one of course but there is so much here I have never seen or possibly forgotten about, (Once you get past 40 the mind starts to go)
Living in Spain most people don’t get the Nudge Nudge Wink Wink references!
Our wee dog was chewing on yet another bit of wood.
Naturally I started reciting the glid of gloode to my goode wife.
Didn’t get past the calmly standing bit.(ho hum).
This may have been caused from the whole excessive age/alcohol thing.
In any event I would like somebody else to verify that such a skit existed and possibly supply the text.
Not to retrieve any dignity (long gone) just for personal interest.
P.S.Wasn’t game to download any of the sketches (very limited limit thingy) but did have some seriously funny flashbacks browsing through them Noel
You really do have a huge variety of topics on this blog! One minute I’m reading about Woopra and the next I find this GOLD MINE of Monty Python links! This is definitely in my favorites! I could watch The Holy Grail – Bloody Peasants! sketch a thousand times. You inspired me to pull that movie out of my collection for this weekend.
Brian
I love everything Rowan Atkinson has done, almost all anyways.
Brings back a lot of memories of watching these. Thanks for the post.
I think you’re after a Rowan Atkinson sketch in which he plays the devil. The John Cleese connection may be because the two have worked together on Amnesty International benefits, so maybe you’ve seen John Cleese do the sketch himself sometime.
Great site! I am trying to track down a Python sketch that I only heard once years ago and only the audio. As I recall, it was John Cleese and he was Beezlebub (I think) and was separating people into groups for assignment to various parts of Hell. That’s all I know and I am hoping you or those who visit the site might be able to sort this out for me. Thanks!
Wow this must of taken some time, I was just ploughing through the site when I came accross this. I love monty python, thanks John. P.S my wife is a big fan also, so thumbs up from her.
Right now on Comcast On Demand you can watch your favorite Monty Python movies with all five available in SD and four available in HD! Every Monty Python movie ever made in one place right in your own living room.
It was Terry Jones
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/jump.htm
A Monty Python sketch in which a chap called members of the press down to the beach to witness him leap over the English Channel. Was the chap Michael Palin or Terry Jones?
I am trying to identify the sketch name and episode number of the Flying Circus sketch that shows men in suits walking along normally until they see a pretty lady and then they take off running after her. This happens several times. I think one of the guys was an announcer asking no one in particular what made them do that. I think this sketch was at the beginning of the episode. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone,
it seems there’s a huge bunch of python-experts in here … maybe you can help me:
I’m looking for a sketch, i’m pretty sure it actually IS a python sketch. The sketch shows a general or some other kind of high ranked military guy, who just got a bad message or something… he then begins jabbering about the next steps and gets more and more excited.. talking at some point about a “holy threefold total mobilization” land, water, air and so on…
that’s pretty much all i can recall. i have seen all the flying circus episodes but haven’t found it yet, so i started to go through all the movies,life of brian, meaning of life, grail, and now for something completely different, how not to be seen, the hollywood bowl thing and even jabberwocky..still … nothing…
does anyone have an idea in which production this sketch was shown in, or its name or script or anything ?
thanks in advance
I think it is from a Leslie Nielsen movie, a spoof on police movies
I’m trying to find a Python sketch which involves a very boring man talking about road directions. I think it is Palin that plays the part and just keeps going on and on about things like taking the A26 as far as a certain roundabout then avoiding the bypass.
The sketch was called “World at War, The Walker Brigade”. You are correct that it was NOT a Monty Python sketch, but was done on Saturday Night Live, during the February 10, 1979 show, Cicely Tyson being the host. I remember watching that one and rolling in the floor as the paratroopers floated down with their walkers, then were such easy targets and were mowed down. The Walker Brigade idea was, indeed, quite a failure. I wish that I could find it on YouTube.
I’m looking for a Monty python video in which there is a very tall man, and you can just see his torso. He is standing next to a regular sized man and the tall man says to the normal sized man, “you have something on your face.” I think they are eating bananas. And then the regular sized man says the same thing to the tall man and a large piece of banana falls from his face.
Do you know which sketch this is? THANK YOU!!
Does anyone remember an animated short of a postman delivering a christmas card to a man seated in a chair and while the man was looking at this beautiful card it began to evolve into war? Then at the end a knock came at his door and the postman grabbed the card and said wrong address and took the card from him? I am dying to see this one again and if anyone could direct me I would appreciate it.
What a brilliant collection. We’re about to interview the great Mr Cleese on a Sydney radio station and I was sifting around doing some research and came across your site. I laughed so hard! Thank you for compiling the segments. Our interview will air on http://www.2gb.com at around 5.30pm Australian EST if anybody wants to listen in on the net. All the best. Bec
I’ve got it in my head for some reason that it was in one of the Monty Python sketches that the imortal words “Wrap me up in Sellotape and bite me bum I like it”, were said. I told someone recently it was from a Python Sketch, then it started me thinking. You’ll probably know better than me. Any ideas?
Thanks for posting all the wonderful python skits. Has anyone seen the skit “How To Be An Idiot”? One of Cleese’s finest moments. Also I don’t think I’ve seen the skit of the hairdressers climbing Mt. Everest.
please find the walker brigade,it is MP and i saw it about 20 years ago and loved it my brother was there too and we still kid about it.if you do lo0cate it let me know about it thanks
I believe both of those are on “Monty Python’s Previous Record.” Not too sure about the 1st one, but the 2nd one definitely is!
I remember a scetch or LP recording at least which invloved a King, Princess and a Prince Walter who was to marry the Princess (he was in the Book of Princes and in the Forward.) The King played his Hammond organ and sang a funny song like this: “Yar-de-a-bugedy-rum-fink-atoo-ni-ni-ni-yahoooo!”
What is the name of this bit? Is it here on the site and if not what is the title of the LP it is on? Please, I want my son to here it. Also, I’m looking for one where Palin (?) intoduces us to “The Wonderful World of Sound!” where he plays sounds of an Ant and Wood Louse magnified many times amonst others. What is that one called?
I have been looking to at least verify the “The Walker Brigade” did exist. Thanks for letting me know I did not imagine it. I cannot find it in any copy of MP that I can rent or purchase. I’m sure it will be a let down after 25 years of searching but I hope to see it once more before I die. Thanks for any help.
It was the mouse problem.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9U0tDU37q2M
That would be “The Mouse Problem” :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uK92NYwBMts
The Walker Brigade was a send-up of WWI documentaries. In this instance, the subject was a brigade of soldiers who fought their way through the trenches, crawling on their bellies beneath machine gun fire, lobbing grenades and such while laboriously taking with them their unwieldy aluminum “walkers” (like those typically found in nursing homes, etc.) The narrative was quite somber and grave. The gag was quick and silly, but it was, at first glance anyway, a very funny bit
Could anyone tell me the name of the sketch with the lines:
” Who can say they’ve never set fire to some great public building? I know I have.”
This is driving me crazy(er)
Thanks
I’m looking for the sketch about the mountain climbing expedition up the street in a town. Anyone know which one this is?
Trying to find out about one sketch in particular, yet I’m not even sure if it’s from Monty Python to begin with! My husband is trying to find a sketch that has to do with a ‘walker brigade’ (I think it’s a spoof on some old war films or documentaries….not all that sure, though).
Any help would be appreciated!
It’s not a Python sketch. Bill Murray did a pseudo war documentary sketch on SNL about the Walker Brigade as Richard Burton. It was a story about an idiotic WWII plan to train geezers with walkers and have them march toward Nazi lines in the hope that the Nazis’ spirit of fair play would prevail over their training to machine gun the enemy. The whole thing worked out badly for the Walker Brigade. No survivors. No one ever tried it again.
link to (what i think is the) chemist sketch: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BtM95-SpthE
antiracist song = broken
as much as i agree that enough is enough, the very name of this site is justification for the inclusion of as many sketches as our associates and fellow players choose to locate. besides some of then actually like them. sic.
We Brits may not be good at much but comedy is something we are proud of.
Useless fact number 174 – John Cleese was an accountant before he became famous.
Link to The Writers Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPGMzgGxNWE
“Hitler in England” is wrong link :-)
nice list
So much videos.Whats the point in posting them in such a number.I think at least 20 were enough.Because i didn’t like this “Monty Python” Thing.
Thanks for that pointer Ivan. I also managed to find a few more while I was over there on the UK YouTube site. :-)
John
Here’s the architects skit
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IwwztaZUkUw
okay, that just isn’t fair. finding this on a monday will keep me occupied for most of the week! I cried laughing on Monty Python – Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1.
You want the “death of Mary, Queen of Scots” / “Penguin on the Television” skit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GTjxeddEs
BURMA!
Here is link to the Sheep in the Wainscotting skit, including the “Even I really truly don’t know” bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0m8yEXZZ68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0f2aFhZ3Uk
Here’s the link to the Hermit sketch, one that was broken…
Mr Creostote can be found on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk.
If you have Snapz Pro X you can record it and keep it for yourself.
What was the one where the penguin explodes on the TV set??? That was one of the best of Monty Python….
Ok. I’ve gone through and updated as many as I could find. There are still some missing, but I managed to fill in about 2/3rds of them at least.
Thanks again for the assistance.
John
A,
Thanks for the fantastic reporting there! I really appreciate it. I’m working on getting those videos replaced right now.
John
your links are not doing too well: 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 44, 47, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 82, 84, 90, 93, 100, 102, 104, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 146, and 147
Doug,
You missed it! It’s number 77, you silly vicar!
John P.
I love you. I found them on all Youtube, but I’m sure I’ve only seen 1/3 of the beautiful beauties that Monty Python has produced over the years.
Thanks! <3
What? No “Dead Parrot” sketch?
This bloglist is INCOMPLETE, I TELL YOU!! INCOMPLETE!
Hmmm. That’s bad news. :-( If anyone comes across one that is broken please let me know which ones and I’ll replace them if possible. Otherwise I’ll have to go through them when I get a chance and try to fix them up.
John
Looks like a lot of the YouTube vids have been pulled down. Sadly, the 150 is shrinking rapidly if you’re counting valid links.
Ahhh, but Bob… You aren’t giving me credit for the interview skit which is actually embedded in the page! Hint, hint…nudge, nudge… wink, wink.
John
no fewer than 150? so how come there’s only 149? eh? eh?
anyway, classic comedy, they don’t make em like this anymore.
I love them, I sit here and click me from one sketch to the next, loughing my a.. off and forget about the work… Thank you guys for force me to overtime… (I am self employed, so nobody has to pay for me)
cheers
Rhoody
Where is Mr. Creosote?
I had forgotten most of these. The philosophy soccer match is one of my favorite…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vdlEcWxvM&NR