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| Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
and then there are the rest of you! Although this may be a stretch to call this a period film, it is again one of those lovely light films which you could watch once a year and never tire of. I bought the special Collector's Edition Boxed Set 
a few years ago for my teen boys and they watched it endlessly one year with their friends. Another generation of Python lovers! It came with a small paperback copy of the original script, which I admit to having put in the bathroom drawer (right beside the toilet) for some light reading! |
| Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table-Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
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| The Knights of the Round Table Song from Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
Knights of Camelot: [singing] We're knights of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impec-cable, We dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and Spam a lot. / We're knights of the Round Table, our shows are for-mi-dable. But many times we're given rhymes that are quite un-sing-able, We're opera mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot. / In war we're tough and able, Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable / It's a busy life in Camelot
[solo]
Knights of Camelot: I have to push the pram a lot.
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Come on now, that made you smile didn't it? Admit it!
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| King Arthur fighting the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound.
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| The Taunting French Soldier from Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
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| The Witch Burning Peasants from Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better.
Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway!
Well, that's enough silliness for now, but if you want to know what I pulled out and watched again this week, you now have the answer. Ni! Ni! Ni!
Dear Jenny:
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding me how wonderful "Holy Grail" is - I'm so old that I remember seeing it in the theatres when it first came out! So many funny bits ... I was thrilled when the kids were old enough to understand (and understand the humour of) Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
But how could you leave out my favourite part:
"What's your favourite colour?"
"Green - no, blue!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" (and goes over the cliff)
Anyway, time to watch it again this weekend (maybe a double bill with "Life of Brian" - that's a big favourite at our house ... much giggling at the brief, full-frontal nudity! Gotta love the Python boys!)
Cheers,
Big Sister
I had a crush on John Cleese, Michael Palin and Eric Idle - either in turns or all at once!
ReplyDeleteI was hooked from the first scene where we see that the sound of the horses' hooves are in fact coconuts. And I loved how the characters maintained their absurdity so seriously throughout!
I think my favourite scene is at the Swamp Castle. Make sure the Prince doesn't leave this room...
@Anonymous big sister, well you are older than me if you saw this one in the theatre (lol). I also didn't have room to do the "Bring out your dead-I'm not dead!" scene. Too many to list them all.
ReplyDelete@Charleybrown, I think I still have crushes on some of the Pythons! The Swamp Castle was really great too-"All this will be yours someday!"