Here’s a lost gem of entertainment that heralds back to the old school days of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. For those who didn’t even know they had a TV show, then you’re really in for a treat :) Monty Python was the Beatles of the sketch comedy world. Good times indeed.
Here’s a great skit entitled The Bishop. The Bishop travels around town with four henchmen in what appears to be an old Firebird. Hilarity and stupidity ensues. Enjoy this classic!
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February 9th, 2007 at 12:08 am
May British humor never die!
February 9th, 2007 at 1:29 am
You have to post the Spanish Inquisition sketch now. It’s a requirement.
February 9th, 2007 at 6:16 am
indeed, NOBODY expects the spanish inquisition!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO68fUMWx3g
February 9th, 2007 at 9:37 am
A lesson for the younger men: Reciting lines from Monty Python doesn’t impress girls.
Oh how I wish I had learned that earlier in life.
February 9th, 2007 at 11:48 am
A lesson for the younger men: Date women that are impressed by reciting lines from Monty Python. You will find some wonderful women that way.
February 9th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Indeed, Humanistic. I did just that.
February 9th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I had always wondered why “The One” eluded me for so long…it’s because I’ve found no one who knows anything about the windspeed velocity of swallows!
February 9th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Humanistic speaks the truth. But yes, this is a fantastic sketch. I wish comedy were still this good today.
February 9th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
I like monty python as much as the next guy but… I don’t egt it.
February 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I doubt this will work
February 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I don’t get it either.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Not every Monty’s sketch has a meaning. Some do, some have very deep ones, and some are just ridiculously funny.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
The best ones are just like that, there is no clear cut, simplified punchline but you have to get it. Some never do but that goes with most jokes.
February 20th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Snurp Says:
February 9th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I had always wondered why “The One” eluded me for so long…it’s because I’ve found no one who knows anything about the windspeed velocity of swallows!
Speak for yourself:
http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
February 1st, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Could somebody please explain this sketch? I also don’t get it. Is this the kind of sketch that has a deeper meaning or is it a parody of something or is this one of those silly-type of sketch that’s funny because it’s so silly? :D
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:09 am
It’s simple. The usual spiritual illusion, like a mirage.
Monty python has the gift of presenting something that is the opposite of what it should be. Most of us tend to be tricked into believing that ‘bishophood’, like religion,
is the be and end all of human goodness. Introducing the sinister part of the human character into this sketch makes the whole thing seemingly irreal. Nevertheless, I do believe that chapman, cleese and co. were closer to the truth at that time and were probably afraid to admit it.
Then came ‘The life of Brian’ and thereafter all barriers fell. Windscreen wipers for our minds!!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Hmmm . . . but who was behind all these murderous bits of nefariousness? A radical cabal of militant athiests? ;)