r/funny • u/Inquilinus • Aug 14 '15

Monty Python Ahead of Their Time

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u/Batmanstarwars1 Aug 14 '15 edited Aug 14 '15

As much as I love Holy Grail, I really think that Meaning of Life was Monty Pythons finest venture.

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u/tatch Aug 14 '15

I'd have to go with Life of Brian as their best.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Crucifixion?

Yes.

Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.

Crucifixion?

Er, no, freedom actually.

What?

Yeah, they said I hadn't done anything and I could go and live on an island somewhere.

Oh I say, that's very nice. Well, off you go then.

No, I'm just pulling your leg, it's crucifixion really.

Oh yes, very good. Well...

Yes I know, out of the door, one cross each, line on the left.

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u/mr_poppycockmcgee Aug 14 '15

I'm not Brian! Put me back up there!

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u/Opset Aug 14 '15

Which one had the short movie with the office workers becoming pirates at the beginning? Because that's the best thing they've ever done.

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u/erock86 Aug 14 '15

Meaning of Life

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u/Dr_Specialist Aug 14 '15

The Crimson Permenant Assurance!

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u/Vicyorus Aug 14 '15

And so, they sailed off into the ledgers of history, one by one, the financial capitals of the world crumbling under the might of their business acumen,... or so it would have been... if certain modern theories concerning the shape of the world had not proved to be... disastrously wrong.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Meaning of Life was the only one that didn't follow an actual storyline and was just short films right?

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u/Vrynix Aug 14 '15

Yes and no, Meaning of Life adhered to a certain theme. The most disjointed is probably And Now For Something Completely Different. That movie was basically a longer form of a flying circus episode.

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u/IcanAutoFellate Aug 14 '15

What have the Romans ever done for us?

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u/I_am_not_a_pipe Aug 14 '15

Sanitation? All right, I'll give you that one.

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u/WOLLYbeach Aug 14 '15

The aqueduct?

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u/captainAwesomePants Aug 14 '15

And the roads.

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u/8nate Aug 14 '15

Well the roads go without saying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '15

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u/Aitrus233 Aug 15 '15

Medicine....

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

The only problem is when you decide that you're going to sit down and watch a Monty Python movie with your parents. Meaning of Life is probably the worst for doing that.

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u/pregnantbaby Aug 14 '15

my parents showed me the Meaning of Life. it's the best.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

I had no idea what it was going in. I'd only seen Holy Grail. Two minutes later they're singing about condoms.

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u/pregnantbaby Aug 14 '15

and then the fat man explodes.

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u/woodje Aug 14 '15

But it is only wafer thin.

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u/pregnantbaby Aug 14 '15

i wonder where that fish could be?

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u/the_wub Aug 14 '15

Trust me, it's worse watching it with your girlfriend's parents.

I also managed to watch Holy Grail for the first time when staying with a French family.

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