On a side note, back in the Nineties, my brother and his wife took ten kids (ten!!!) into their small two room in house apartment on my parents house and raised them for over a year. It was a sad thing, My brother's sister-in-law wasn't really competent to raise all those kids, and the Greek guy who impregnated her took off with all their money and went back to Greece, never to be seen again. The house and the kids (all with completely Greek names like Socrates and such) were in a sorry state, and Child Protective Services were going to put them in a foster home so my brother and wife took them in. They ranged from about four years old up to 14 IIRC at the time.
All boys, too.
An amazing act, in my eyes.
Anyway, I was visting one day, and looking out the second story window at the kids, all of them running around doing strange things and singing in unison (poorly) something, and I couldn't quite make out what it was.
They had their arms fully extended, spinning around in place, running to and fro, and it looked vaguely familiar...then it hit me.
They were ALL doing this!!!!
Now, this was more than 20 years after the film was released! It made me suspect there was something in the movie that appealed particularly to little boys!
Ni!
Great story...thank you for posting it...enjoyed it very much!
Funny before it even started from the very first opening credits scroll!
“A møøse once bit my sister.”
We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
While on a tour of Scotland I was at Castle Doune where the Rabbit scene of the movie was filmed. Walking up the pathway to the castle we came upon a rabbit nibbling grass. Everyone froze, then grabbing at our cameras to get the pic. It was perfect.
Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem...
THWAK!
When I was growing up in Buffalo, cable TV and HBO was just starting. HBO was free for the summer. They didn’t have much content (and it wasn’t a streaming service) but they showed The Holy Grail a few times a day. I must have watched it a hundred times.
I don’t think I ever sat through an entire Monty Python production, I just don’t think
those poofters were that funny. I didn’t particularly care for Benny Hill, or the Marx brothers, or the 3 stooges. Abbott & Castello and Laurel and Hardy were boring as well. Although Stan Laurel had humorous mannerisms. Martin & Lewis were sort of okay.
I like silent movie comedy tho’ Keaton, Harold Lloyd, but Chaplin wasn’t that humorous.
More likely a balance of magical chemicals!
To this day, I still refer to erroneous or misleading signage as a “Grail-Shaped Beacon”.
Absolutely insane, wonderfully hilarious movie, and one of my all time favorites.
Watch it back to back with Animal House, The Life of Brian, Young Frankenstein, and It’s A Mad, Mad World…
“T’is but a flesh wound…. “
In spring, a young man's fancy turns to lust.
Tim:
There he is!
King Arthur:
Where?
Tim:
There!
King Arthur:
What? Behind the rabbit?
Tim:
It *is* the rabbit!
King Arthur:
You silly sod!
Tim:
What?
King Arthur:
You got us all worked up!
Tim:
Well, that’s no ordinary rabbit.
King Arthur:
Ohh.
Tim:
That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
Sir Robin:
You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
Tim:
Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer!
Sir Galahad:
Get stuffed!
Tim:
He’ll do you up a treat, mate.
Sir Galahad:
Oh, yeah?
Sir Robin:
You mangy Scots git!
Tim:
I’m warning you!
Sir Robin:
What’s he do? Nibble your bum?
Tim:
He’s got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!
King Arthur:
Go on, Bors. Chop his head off!
Sir Bors:
Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin’ right up!
Loved the movie. However I’ve always thought they must have run out of money; hence the lame ending
Five is right out!
You guys are slipping!!
... so I just added it.
The “bring out your dead” and the Holy Hand grenade of Antioch scenes are my favorite parts of the movie, but even after seeing the entire at least five times I still find it hilarious.
They dressed me like this.
- No, we didn’t.
And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.
- Well?
- We did do the nose.
- The nose? - And the hat. But she is a witch!
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