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Quote: “Nietzsche has just been booked for arguing with the referee!”Ģ6. The philosophers merely philosophise ('Marx is claiming it was offside!') – but it’s Palin’s cool narration, a tone-perfect imitation of a real sports announcer – that makes this one such a winner. Here, it's 'Let's prick the dry pomposity of deep thinkers by forcing them to shed their academic dignity and play football.' Sometimes the idea behind the sketch is enough.

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This short-and-not-very-sweet sketch features a busty lady luring Palin’s randy milkman inside her house for a quickie, only for him to discover she’s got a whole room full of other (bored, bearded, skeletal) bottle-droppers locked away, too.Ī relative Python rarity - a proper punchline. Next: Milkman Seducer, Philosopher's Football Match Quote: “Would you like a body that can’t fail to attract women?” You can almost hear Gilliams splutters of mirth as he draws increasingly larger and ludicrous muscles, scribbling at them until they strain and stretch and, eventually, pop…

Gilliam gives the concept of body-building his own unique spin in this animation spoofing the famous Charles Atlas adverts that appealed to 90lb weaklings who got sand kicked in their faces. Quote: “Life’s a piece of shit, when you look at it…” Soiled by overfamiliarity - and being taken out of context - it's a potent example of an underrated Python trick: inky black humour. Idle’s chirpy cockney attempts to cheer up a mid-crucifixion Brian by singing him a song about how things aren’t so bad, really. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ( The Life Of Brian ) Quote: “In this picture, there are 47 people. Mr Smoketoomuch (Idle) tries to book a holiday with Mr Bounder (Palin) and launches into a hilariously sustained rant about the irritations of then-novel package holidays.Īnother gem in which the entire budget no doubt went up in flames as various pieces of scrubland are blown up to illustrate the vagaries of detectability. Next: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

God shall make them pay for each sperm which can’t be found.” Quote: “Let the heathens spill theirs on the dusty ground Yes, the song’s mighty catchy, and the dance number is worthy of anything you’ll see in Oliver! (check out the Chinese dragon).īut this extended critique of Catholicism illustrates another key Python trait: equal-opportunity offending. Every Sperm Is Sacred ( The Meaning Of Life ) Quote: “Understand? Now write it out 100 times.”ģ3. Quote: “This used to be a nice neighbourhood before the old ladies started moving in.”Ĭhapman’s Brian gets an impromptu lesson in Latin from a Roman centurion who collars him daubing protest graffiti on a wall.Ĭlearly written by men still holding bitter resentment for being forced to sit through endless, confusing and ultimately pointless Latin lessons at school. No wonder Chapman’s Sergeant Major steps in to stop the sketch for being “too silly”. Pushing people off the pavement, graffiti-ing ‘Make tea not love’ on walls, rioting during screenings of The Sound Of Music … old ladies are the new hoodies, according to this gleeful twist on standard moral panic.Īnd then there are the babysnatchers, not to mention the vicious gangs of ‘Keep Left’ signs. Next: Hell's Grannies, Romans Go Home įrom the elongated death of Mary Queen of Scots on the radio, to the strangled look on Graham Chapman’s face as he tries his damnedest not to laugh after blurting out “Burma!”, this languid little skit features Chapman and Cleese in full drag and full flow. Bear in mind this was the BBC 40 years ago…

Never did Python have more fun than when they were playing with authority figures – often in the naughtiest way they could. Short but perfectly formed, this earnest little sketch has Palin complaining about a stolen coat to a copper before the story goes somewhere else entirely. Quote: “Your cat is suffering from what we vets haven’t found a word for.”

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Is your cat staring into the distance for no discernible reason? Is it outside on the lawn, night and day? Are you worried sick about the poor kitty? What you need to do is… CONFUSE IT!Ĭue extreme Python lunacy in the form of a crack team of confuse-a-cat commandos who, along the way, rather confuse us, too… The animator got to play with Venus again 17 years later, this time in real life and in the form of Uma Thurman in The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. Terry Gilliam loved to bend, fold, spindle and mutilate famous works of art and Botticelli’s ‘The Birth Of Venus’ was a prime candidate for some animated mockery – just watch those legs fly!

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