Your favourite Python sketch.

Fred_Quimby said:
Dead parrot but this runs it a very close second.
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When I first looked this up I was quite surprised to discover that it wasn't, strictly speaking, a Python sketch. I don't think it was written by them, and Marty Feldman is one of the original four. Thing is, you can also see that version on Youtube. I've never been able to explain it, but I just don't find the original a quarter as funny as the Hollywood Bowl version. Something about Palin and Idle in that version just makes me fall on the floor every time.
This version, I see, has Atkinson. Again, can't explain it, but I've always found him deeply unfunny.
Humour is a mysterious thing.
Strange how so many programmes that I found really funny in the 60s and 70s barely make me smile.
 
I know the title says sketch but sometimes it was just the one liners.
One sketch has 2 of them dressed as old dears and Cleese walks in, he is the son of one of the women. As they talk one of them explodes (as you tend to do in Python) and the mum gets all sentimental
"She was my best friend"
Cleese replies 'oh stop it mother people explode all the time'
Mum: ' yeh, didn't like her much anyway'
 
What was the one where the effeminate gay son was a coal miner and his typical Yorkshire man Dad was an actor.
That was piss funny.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
When I first looked this up I was quite surprised to discover that it wasn't, strictly speaking, a Python sketch. I don't think it was written by them, and Marty Feldman is one of the original four. Thing is, you can also see that version on Youtube. I've never been able to explain it, but I just don't find the original a quarter as funny as the Hollywood Bowl version. Something about Palin and Idle in that version just makes me fall on the floor every time.
This version, I see, has Atkinson. Again, can't explain it, but I've always found him deeply unfunny.
Humour is a mysterious thing.
Strange how so many programmes that I found really funny in the 60s and 70s barely make me smile.
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I know it's subjective but, like you, I've never found Rowan Atkinson even mildly amusing. Frankly, I've never forgiven him from inflicting the Mr Bean character on us which is probably hilarious if you're five years old.
 
It's been mentioned once but my favourite is the Gumby flower arranging sketch.
Even my old grandma thought it was hilarious
 
Kippaxpete said:
I know it's subjective but, like you, I've never found Rowan Atkinson even mildly amusing. Frankly, I've never forgiven him from inflicting the Mr Bean character on us which is probably hilarious if you're five years old.
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Funny isn't it? But people love that character.
I found the piece he did for the London Olympics on the verge of embarrassing.
 
As an aside to the sketches you could buy Python LP's.
One was brilliant. One one side of the LP there were two sets of grooves. The record sleeve didn't tell you this so you put it on and it would start with a sketch and run for 10-15 minutes, the next time you put it on you might get the same start and obviously think nothing of it. On the other hand you could start with a totally different sketch that you hadn't heard which was really confusing.
 
Blue Mist said:
As an aside to the sketches you could buy Python LP's.
One was brilliant. One one side of the LP there were two sets of grooves. The record sleeve didn't tell you this so you put it on and it would start with a sketch and run for 10-15 minutes, the next time you put it on you might get the same start and obviously think nothing of it. On the other hand you could start with a totally different sketch that you hadn't heard which was really confusing.
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I have that album.

My Brother's favourite sketch was one called Exchange and Mart. Except I can't find it. It's a job interview and at one point the interviewee says it's "not for sale". The Exchange and Mart bloke says incredulously "Not for sale? What does that mean?"

Has him in stiches every time.
 
BimboBob said:
I have that album.

My Brother's favourite sketch was one called Exchange and Mart. Except I can't find it. It's a job interview and at one point the interviewee says it's "not for sale". The Exchange and Mart bloke says incredulously "Not for sale? What does that mean?"

Has him in stiches every time.
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Is it Matching Tie and Handkerchief? The LP that is, not the sketch.
 
Blue Mist said:
As an aside to the sketches you could buy Python LP's.
One was brilliant. One one side of the LP there were two sets of grooves. The record sleeve didn't tell you this so you put it on and it would start with a sketch and run for 10-15 minutes, the next time you put it on you might get the same start and obviously think nothing of it. On the other hand you could start with a totally different sketch that you hadn't heard which was really confusing.
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I didn't know that?

I've got digital versions of their records so that is lost on them.
 
They wrote to make people think as well as laugh.

Coming from very different backgrounds they all contributed in a magnificent way.

Now Cleese Is going on his cancel culture your I'm surprised more people who haven't listened or studied Python will use that argument the cancel argument to destroy their legacy. Just like they did to Spike Milligan. Another comic genius who's works was half a century ahead of its time.
 
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