Oh dang, I forgot about this movie! 
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I did on PC back in the day…I never got anywhere…but I had fun doing it!
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Can I count the entirety of Life of Brian as my favorite sketch? LoB is one of my top comedies. I like it more than Holy Grail, which seems to be the fan favorite.
“Do you find it…wisible…when I mention the name of my fwend…”
“Spliiter!”
“What have the Romans ever done for us?”
“It’s symbolic of his struggle against reality.”
“Because it’s written, that’s why!”
“He’s not a messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!”
“Only the true messiah denies his divinity!”
“Romanes eunt domus? The people called ‘Romani’, they go like a house?”
“Suicide squad, attack!”
Always look on the bright side of life
Adventures of Baron Munchausen is one of my favorite all-time movies, so I guess that’s my adjacent pick.
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I have very few holiday traditions of any kind, but watching Life of Brian every Easter is at the top of the list.
For whatever it’s worth, I loved movies but never paid attention to filmmaking before I saw Munchausen. It was playing at the student union, I had never heard of it, and for the first time in my life I was floored by how what I was watching was shot. I’m pretty sure it was the scene in the sultan’s palace with all the columns that caught my eye.
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Here’s a fun factoid. Douglas Adams wrote a sketch in the final episode. He also appeared in two episodes, once behind a surgeon’s mask and once as a “pepperpot” lady holding a missile.
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Makes a great double-feature with Ben Hur.
I think it’s culmination of the Gilliam aesthetic. Also, “Open The Gates!” is perpetually relevant…
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Or King of Kings?
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This is the bit that goes through my mind most often:
And just because…
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My favorite version of the legendary Dead Parrot Sketch.
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“Now let’s go on to something ruder: Wankel rotary engine.”
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The Spanish Inquisition, which is better than Mel Brooks’ Inquisition bit in History of the World Part I:
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Well I wasn’t expecting that.
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NO ONE does!!
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One of my favorites - the Michelangelo sketch from the Hollywood Bowl show.
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I’d like to have an argument, please.
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No you wouldn’t.
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You vacuous, malodorous, toffee-nosed pervert!
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As I scroll through this topic, every time I think of my “favorite” sketch I immediate see a post about something else and think OH YEAH THAT
But there are a few that are special to me for one reason or another…
- The Ministry of Silly Walks
- Simpson’s Individual Stringettes (which was on a tape I had, Monty Python’s Contractual Obligation Album)
- How to Defend Against Fresh Fruit
Besides various bits of Holy Grail, the Python line I probably reference most often is one that works whenever someone acts weird: “Did somebody say mattress to Mr Lambert?” For example: my husband says “walkies” in front of the dog and I get to say “Did somebody walkies to Mr Hercules?” It comes up surprisingly often.
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Now I’ve got to stand in the tea chest.
And did those feet, in ancient times…
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