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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:33 PM

Collimator (1,486 posts)

How To Explain Monty Python. . .

To a young person who has never heard of them before?

After you have finished bemoaning what the world is coming to and feeling very old, where do you start the process?

I chose "The Spanish Inquisition" and gave the example of the comfy chair.

I also listed a few of their movies. Life of Brian strikes me as an excellent starting place, because Christianity's broad sway gives a point of reference for most viewers. Holy Grail should be fairly accessible, but someone completely unaware of Monty Python may not have heard of King Arthur.

What do you think?

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29 replies	Author	Time	Post
How To Explain Monty Python. . . (Original post)	Collimator	Apr 2021	OP
Can Monty Python be explained? I think you have to experience it.	Arkansas Granny	Apr 2021	#1
+1	happybird	Apr 2021	#3
NOBODY expects an explanation for Monty Python nt	Shermann	Apr 2021	#9
NOBODY!	Arkansas Granny	Apr 2021	#16
I'm Following The Gourd!	leftieNanner	Apr 2021	#2
Blessed are the cheese makers	Walleye	Apr 2021	#6
Oh, SHUT UP, Big Nose!!!!	MyOwnPeace	Apr 2021	#11
"Yes! We are all individuals!'	Iggo	Apr 2021	#29
there is no explanation...	markie	Apr 2021	#4
The Grail is how I first found them, back in middle school	happybird	Apr 2021	#5
My uncle just told me -	OhZone	Apr 2021	#7
You don't "explain" Monty Python. You SHOW them Monty Python. nt	Binkie The Clown	Apr 2021	#8
This. n/t	ms liberty	Apr 2021	#12
The funniest bits, IMO, are the short sketches - The Dead Parrot,	Ocelot II	Apr 2021	#10
Absurd sketches were SO good..........	MyOwnPeace	Apr 2021	#13
Absurd Humor	Collimator	Apr 2021	#26
Is this the European Monty Python or the African Monty Python?	cinematicdiversions	Apr 2021	#14
I'd start with The Ministry of Silly Walks	Shermann	Apr 2021	#15
The ornate christmas ornament/hand grenade is an easy starter	empedocles	Apr 2021	#17
Their comic genius must be absorbed over time.	CentralMass	Apr 2021	#18
I saw all the reruns of their weekly tv show but my favorite movie is The Meaning Of Life.	abqtommy	Apr 2021	#19
"Every Sperm is Sacred"	Collimator	Apr 2021	#20
Well there's three things we can do with your mum	OriginalGeek	Apr 2021	#21
I dunno. Maybe you had to be there, all those years ago.	Paladin	Apr 2021	#22
A few more skits to start with	Leith	Apr 2021	#23
My nipples explode with delight.	Ocelot II	Apr 2021	#27
Monty Python isn't explainable, it just is.	myccrider	Apr 2021	#24
The Upper Class Twit of the Year!	murpheeslaw	Apr 2021	#25
The opening of	MyOwnPeace	Apr 2021	#28

Response to Collimator (Original post)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:35 PM

Arkansas Granny (30,977 posts)

1. Can Monty Python be explained? I think you have to experience it.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:38 PM

happybird (3,820 posts)

3. +1

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:07 PM

Shermann (5,496 posts)

9. NOBODY expects an explanation for Monty Python nt

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:43 PM

Arkansas Granny (30,977 posts)

16. NOBODY!

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:37 PM

leftieNanner (13,515 posts)

2. I'm Following The Gourd!

I'm Following The Sandal!

Life of Brian is one of my favorites.

I don't know if you can explain Monty Python, because you can't really ever explain a joke.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:52 PM

Walleye (22,818 posts)

6. Blessed are the cheese makers

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:23 PM

MyOwnPeace (16,219 posts)

11. Oh, SHUT UP, Big Nose!!!!

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Thu Apr 15, 2021, 09:29 PM

Iggo (46,451 posts)

29. "Yes! We are all individuals!'

I nearly died.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:40 PM

markie (22,285 posts)

4. there is no explanation...

must be experienced.... over and over and over and.............

Life of Brian is best!

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:47 PM

happybird (3,820 posts)

5. The Grail is how I first found them, back in middle school

It’s so sublimely silly, I think it would accessible even to one unfamiliar with King Arthur.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:56 PM

OhZone (3,201 posts)

7. My uncle just told me -

And now for something completely different.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 06:57 PM

Binkie The Clown (7,911 posts)

8. You don't "explain" Monty Python. You SHOW them Monty Python. nt

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:26 PM

ms liberty (7,485 posts)

12. This. n/t

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:20 PM

Ocelot II (107,036 posts)

10. The funniest bits, IMO, are the short sketches - The Dead Parrot,

the Hungarian Phrasebook, the Spanish Inquisition, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsefeg and the three-part science fiction sketch where everybody in England turns into Scots and ends with the Scotsman Angus Podgorny playing tennis with a blancmange.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gf795

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:29 PM

MyOwnPeace (16,219 posts)

13. Absurd sketches were SO good..........

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Thu Apr 15, 2021, 03:51 PM

Collimator (1,486 posts)

26. Absurd Humor

has helped me survive learning about some obscene history. I would be utterly defeated by now if not for the coping therapy of the absurd.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:31 PM

cinematicdiversions (1,969 posts)

14. Is this the European Monty Python or the African Monty Python?

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:36 PM

Shermann (5,496 posts)

15. I'd start with The Ministry of Silly Walks

If somebody doesn't laugh at that, there's no need forward aerial half-turning any further.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 07:50 PM

empedocles (15,751 posts)

17. The ornate christmas ornament/hand grenade is an easy starter

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:17 PM

CentralMass (14,624 posts)

18. Their comic genius must be absorbed over time.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 11:02 PM

abqtommy (14,118 posts)

19. I saw all the reruns of their weekly tv show but my favorite movie is The Meaning Of Life.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 11:05 AM

Collimator (1,486 posts)

20. "Every Sperm is Sacred"

This should be sung, (ironically, of course), during clashing protests with Anti-Reproduction Rights advocates. It will raise morale for the Pro-Reproduction Rights crowd, and confuse and possibly dismay the opposing side.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 05:26 PM

OriginalGeek (12,132 posts)

21. Well there's three things we can do with your mum

we can bury her, we can burn her or we can dump her.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 05:36 PM

Paladin (26,581 posts)

22. I dunno. Maybe you had to be there, all those years ago.

I'm certainly glad I was.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 07:00 PM

Leith (7,656 posts)

23. A few more skits to start with

Argument Clinic
Dead Parrot Sketch
4 Yorkshiremen
The Lumberjack Song
Spam Spam Spam

The young person will be saying "oh, intercourse the penguin!" in no time.

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Thu Apr 15, 2021, 03:59 PM

Ocelot II (107,036 posts)

27. My nipples explode with delight.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 08:11 PM

myccrider (484 posts)

24. Monty Python isn't explainable, it just is.

You might show them some of the skits first. Otherwise Brian would be my first pick, too. Don’t explain, surprise them.

This is still one of my favorite Monty Python skits.

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Wed Apr 14, 2021, 08:39 PM

murpheeslaw (110 posts)

25. The Upper Class Twit of the Year!

[link:https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqln|]

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Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:49 PM

MyOwnPeace (16,219 posts)

28. The opening of

‘The Life of Brian’ is just beyond “classic!”

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