Just watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

[logan89]

for the first time.

And want to know what everyones favourite bit is from it.

mine it at the start when they're having the argument over whether a swallow could carry a coconut.

“It could be carried by an African swallow.”
“Oh yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow, that's my point.”
"But then the African swallow's not migratory."

So what's yours?

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

please let me go back and face the peril

no, it's too perilous

saw it for the first time in 1987 and more than 20 years later it still sends me into fits of laughter........

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

'come back here !!! i'll bite your legs off'

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

swamp king to son

one day lad...all this'll be yours...

what,the curtains?

class

 

[skipper734]

Come back you coward it's only a flesh wound.

 

[logan89]

the other bit that i really remember is,
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

When danger reared its ugly head he turned his tail and bravely fled..brave,brave,brave,brave sir robin!

 

[Brovion]

The political argument, starts something like:
"Who are the Britons?"
"We all are, and I am your king."
"Well I didn't vote for you."
"No, you don't vote for kings."
"That's not very democratic is it?"

It IS a good bit, honest, but I'm not doing it justice.

 

[JJ McClure]

Quality film, my best bits ripped off imdb

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King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

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King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

Witch (Connie Booth): It's a fair cop

 

[HseagullsH]

I watched the Holy Grail and Life of Brian both for the first time last week.

I loved the Holy Grail but didn't really like Life of Brian, anyone else share my views?

As for the Holy Grail, I love the part when they all try to cross the bridge of death. Such a funny scene...

 

[Barrow Boy]

This one,

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[jharris]

Life of Brian, Holy Grail and The Meaning of Life are all classics !!!

 

[NMH]

I watched the Holy Grail and Life of Brian both for the first time last week.

I loved the Holy Grail but didn't really like Life of Brian, anyone else share my views?

As for the Holy Grail, I love the part when they all try to cross the bridge of death. Such a funny scene...

You didn't like LOB?? Astounding, go back and watch it again.

Agreed about the bridge of death. Laughing just to think about it.

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[SUIYHP]

wizard: there he is!
arthur: where?
wizard: there!
Arthur: what behind the rabbit?
Wizard: it is the rabbit
Arthur:...you silly sod!

and then a whole scene of this rabbit just killing the knights

Run away! run away!

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

How do you know he's a King?

I fart in your general direction.

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

 

[Life After Bobby]

King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis:Well, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

 

[sully]

"Once it gets dark, you me and Lancelot climb out of the chicken...... Oh!" (not certain these are the exact words, but I'm sure you know what I mean)

Plus many of the other bits people have mentioned already. The French taunter and Denis are definitely the best characters.

 

[sully]

Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis:Well, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Help, help, I'm being repressed

Bloody peasant

Oh, what a giveaway. You saw him repressing me, didn't you?

 

[Twinkle Toes]

ARTHUR and BEDEVERE:
Ni!
ARTHUR:
That's it. That's it. You've got it.
ARTHUR and BEDEVERE:
Ni!
CRONE:
Ohh!
BEDEVERE:
Ni!
ARTHUR:
Ni!
CRONE:
Agh!
BEDEVERE:
Ni!
ARTHUR:
Ni!
BEDEVERE:
Ni!
ARTHUR:
Ni!
BEDEVERE:
Ni!
ROGER THE SHRUBBER:
Are you saying 'ni' to that old woman?
ARTHUR:
Erm,... yes.
ROGER:
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
ARTHUR:
Did you say 'shrubberies'?
ROGER:
Yes. Shrubberies are my trade. I am a shrubber. My name is 'Roger the Shrubber'. I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies.
BEDEVERE:
Ni!