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Topic: and now for something completely different...
Posted By: mystic fred
Subject: and now for something completely different...
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 13:00
References to MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS often come up on PA from time to time, so i know there are a few fans here. Many rock groups in the early 70's were big fans, including Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, who helped finance the "Holy Grail" movie. so which sketch is your favourite? i have only listed a few, and below is a section of the "dead parrot sketch" just to get you in the mood!!LOLLOLLOL
 
A customer enters a pet shop..........

Customer: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

C: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
C: <pause> I'm sorry, I have a cold.  I wish to make a complaint!
O: We're closin' for lunch.
C: Never mind that, my lad.  I wish to complain about this parrot what I
   purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's
   wrong with it!
O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking
   at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!  Remarkable bird, the Norwegian
   Blue, innit, eh?  Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it.  It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no!  'E's resting!
C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!
   (shouting at the cage)
   'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot!  I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if
   you show...(owner hits the cage)
O: There, he moved!
C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
O: I never!!
C: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything...
C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!!
   Testing! Testing!  Testing!  Testing!  This is your nine o'clock alarm call!

(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter.  Throws it up
in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
O: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
C: STUNNED?!?
O: Yeah!  You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up!  Norwegian Blues
   stun easily, major.
C: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this.
   That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour
   ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein'
   tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
O: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
C: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!?  What kind of talk is that?, look, why
   did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
O: The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back!  Remarkable bird, innit,
   squire?  Lovely plumage!
C: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home,
   and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in
   the first place was that it had been NAILED there.

(pause)

O: Well, o'course it was nailed there!  If I hadn't nailed that bird down,
   it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and
   VOOM!  Feeweeweewee!
C: "VOOM"?!?  Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts
   through it!  'E's bleedin' demised!
O: No no!  'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'!  'E's passed on!  This parrot is no more!  He has ceased
   to be!  'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!  'E's a stiff!  Bereft
   of life, 'e rests in peace!  If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be
   pushing up the daisies!  'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory!  'E's off
   the twig!  'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run
   down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
   THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!


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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 13:13
I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched.


Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 15:28
Dinsdale!!!
 
Ah, the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Funniest Joke Ever, and the Four Yorkshiremen are my favorites. Smile


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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 15:32
Can't decide but i love the cheese shop sketch! Monty Python are the best! Loved them since the early 70's!

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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 15:35
Can't decide! BTW: Weren't the milkmen locked away in a room on the second floor?GeekWink

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Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 15:40
The Four Yorkshiremen!
Even after 30 years my brother and I still use it in social situations - we've gotten soooome looks let me tell you.
That and the Philosopher's Song - absolutely brilliant


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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 16:29
They're all too brilliant.

SPLUNGE!


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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 16:58
Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

They're all too brilliant.

SPLUNGE!


Are you being indecisive????Angry











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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 17:00
"can't decide they're all brilliant"

I absolutely love Python, both the sketches as well as the films and have seen it all a bit too much.

I still love The Ministery of Funny Walks or that stupid sketch were Pallin has two small fish in his hand and slaps John Cleese's face with them, while doing this stupid dance. At one point Cleese grabs this huge fish and hits Pallin in his face with it. Typical Python nonesense but still good amusement!LOLClap


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Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 01:49
Argument clinic

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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 03:57
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Can't decide! BTW: Weren't the milkmen locked away in a room on the second floor?GeekWink
 
i think you're right! - it was the bedroom not the cellar.!LOL


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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 11:16
First I was going to say, that my favourite one would be.... but then, what about... or was it... or is it.... or couldn't it be... or is it rather..... and what about... plus the movies...

and the records (anybody remember the album which had three tracks on two sides? I don't recall the title and which side it was, but as far as I remember there were two tracks on one side and it depended on where your pick-up made contact with the record that you heard either of the tracks. A friend of mine told me he wasn't even aware for quite some time that there were two tracks.)

... and my favourite - sorry, but I can't decide!


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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 11:25
The Ministry Of Silly Walks is hilarious but I also love the absurd turn in the sketch in The Lumberjack Song ... so I cannot choose, these sketches are so brilliant and timeless. I grew up with Monty Python's Flying Circus in the Seventies and I still enjoy it, it's perfect to relax and it's prooved that a regular laugh is good for your health. This summer I will put all my MPFC video footage on DVD, including the Live At The Hollywood Bowl concert!


Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 15:26
My hovercraft is full of eels.

What happened to the Spanish Inquisition?


Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 15:53
Mine's in my signature!
 
And I expected the Spanish Inquisition to be up here!Angry


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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 16:20
Originally posted by Guzzman Guzzman wrote:

First I was going to say, that my favourite one would be.... but then, what about... or was it... or is it.... or couldn't it be... or is it rather..... and what about... plus the movies...

and the records (anybody remember the album which had three tracks on two sides? I don't recall the title and which side it was, but as far as I remember there were two tracks on one side and it depended on where your pick-up made contact with the record that you heard either of the tracks. A friend of mine told me he wasn't even aware for quite some time that there were two tracks.)

... and my favourite - sorry, but I can't decide!

I remember that album with two tracks on one side. It may have been "Matching Tie and Handkerchief".


Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 16:45
Originally posted by MustShaveBeard MustShaveBeard wrote:

 
And I expected the Spanish Inquisition to be up here!Angry


LIAR! NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!


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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 19:55
None of the Above.

Spanish Inquisition.

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Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 22:41
Spanish Inquisition. No one suspects them, not even me. 


Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 21:51
Why are you forcing me to choose!? CryAngryOuch


Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:35
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

My hovercraft is full of eels.

What happened to the Spanish Inquisition?
 
 
YES! Big smileLOLBig smile


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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:39
Spanish Inquisitio is not in And now for Something completely different...
The thread is about the sketches in that film.
For me; KILLER CARS.....VROOM!!!!


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