Monty Python - A Scotsman On A Horse

[MrBuch169169]

That wedding was too perilous!

[Monaqute]

Sir Lancelot saves Sir Galahad.

[Revenantch]

well at least it is a horse, and not a coconut XD

[tekranolupain]

reminds me of lancelot from holy grail.

[Bristol92]

LOL I wanna steal Michael away >:)

[MultiNouns]

Nanda91 : The episode you are thinking of is #37, titled Dennis Moore. Now, hand over all of your Lupins!

[Nanda91]

@HorrorFrogPrince and wouldn't you steal the groom yourself? It's Michael Palin! :D

[Nanda91]

Damn it! I can't find that episode where there's a man that keeps stealing firetails from people and giving them to the poor. Anyone knows the name of that man?

[gerrybhoy1916]

hilarious :-I

[mechislander]

funny, but i was expecting that.

[Kamikazebutterfly]

The Made of Honor movie should have ended like this. Lol.

[moselstein]

lol

[jennyschofield]

hahahaha, brill......

[rowiian]

I would so do that if I were Cleese and the bridegroom was Mikey, too.

[Floobegusted]

Monty python is the silliest thing ever, yet extremely funny.

[murielsartre]

The man sitting next to Terry Jones' Pepperpot in the kitchen is Ian Davidson, friend of Python and comedy writer.

[joshaf26]

Anyone know who the actor is who plays the husband in the first bit of this?

[Azner2254]

Michael Palin i believe.

[joshaf26]

@Azner2254 no it's someone else. he's cut out of this clip, but it's the man in the kitchen w/ the Terry Jones female character who pulls the sketch out of the hat.

[Azner2254]

@joshaf26 Ah, i see him.

Well, half of him.

[DarkRubberDucky]

I think this is in the top ten favorite MP skits for me.

[TheCuntFaeCoatbrig]

john cleese looks like billy connolly i think

[squishy3000]

Ahh, a typical Scottish wedding- the groom gets carried off on a horse :D

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

Wow, they made Palin look almost exactly like Robert Burns.

[Random22222y]

I see what you mean! Robbie Burns is Awesome!

[kenns9]

I believe that is mike's REAL wife!! in the skit!

[hunga224]

William Topaz McGonagall (1825 or 1830 29 September 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor and poet. He is comically renowned as one of the worst poets in the English language.

[Finnishbastard]

How come? I would like to know

[wellershill]

Because he has terrible metre and rhythm, his poetry is realy just prose chopped up into lines, his images and details etc are banal and like an engineer's reort, and he is melodramatic and sentimental.

[vinroyhor]

love the one with the deaad parrott

[vinroyhor]

brilliant we need more of this

[ccp15]

Umm, I don't get it. Longtime Python fan here although I am from the US.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Generally in Monty Python, there is very little to "get".

In this case, however, it is implied the the Scotsman on a Horse is riding to stop the wedding. Normally, this would involve the removal of the bride. In this case, it is the removal of the groom.

Basically, it's a gay joke.

[ccp15]

OK. I wasn't sure if there was some cultural in-joke I wasn't getting. Family Guy has a Scotsman on a bicycle joke, I didn't know if there was a specific cultural context to put it in.

Thank you.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

The Family Guy joke was probably just a reference to this and the other Scotsman on a Horse skit.

And the fact that Cleese was riding a bike in this, since he couldn't ride a horse.

[wellershill]

It's not really a gay joke - it's a for everyone joke. All jokes are based on reversal of expectations or the norm. And I think there is usually a lot 'to get' in Monty Python - a great example is the comical but biting satire on religion 'Every Sperm is Sacred'. That's why Python are still relevant. I was lucky enough in the 1980s to interview both Cleese and Palin at length and they each have a strong social conscience.

[kentamitchell]

Interesting. Reversal of expectations...either that or exaggeration.

I have the greatest admiration for MP- although I think it's a shame that *nobody* has balls big enough to do "The Life of Muhammed"- they'd do so at the risk of their lives.

[unijade]

My apologies, my previous comment was for

kentamitchell, not wellershill

[oduneyeman]

@wellershill that must've been quite interesting

[wellershill]

It was,. Cleese was very serious and we talked about psychology and mortality etc.

Palin was very funny even in private and both were modest and not hung up on ego. Very refreshing to meet people who are famous for actually having enormous talent and intelligence - not just for being celebrities.

[unijade]

Sadly, as a Muslim, I have to agree with you, I know how people might react. But then, do remember that the movie was "Life of Jesus" either. MP got a lot of criticism over the movie at the time, and had to explain that they weren't trying to ridicule Jesus (and the movie wasnt even about him), but making fun of illogical religious zealots in general.

[kentamitchell]

MP got a lot of criticism, as did Martin Scorcese after making "The Last Temptation of Christ". However, I do not recall anyone making death threats against them.

[unijade]

Yeah, no one did. I already AGREED with you on that one. Oh boy..

[kentamitchell]

OK- no problem. Thanks for the clarification.

[wellershill]

You are absolutely right, unijade - Python got enormous criticism, especially from fundamentalist Christians in the US who didn't understand the film nor the message of the gospels to love one's neighbour. Fundamentalism (extremist zeal) in any religion is a potentially dangerous and divisive thing - doesn't matter whether it is Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu etc.

[oduneyeman]

haha amazing i am jealous

[randomloves74]

@wellershill what did you interview them for? Do you have video or a transcript? I would love to see it or read it if you do. :)

[cipndale]

@HorrorFrogPrincess No way. I thought his gonna take the priest. Thanks for making it so crystal clear. We do expect you to explain some other MP sketches.

[HerrXRDS]

@HorrorFrogPrincess prove it

[nanoLove92]

a bit predictable but it still makes me giggle every time.

[vigo894]

If there's any more stock film of women applauding, then I shall clear this

courtroom.

[MyMoi93]

Haha! xD Terry is so cute ^^

Funny funny sketch xD

[murielsartre]

Apparently, at the time, John couldn't ride a horse, so that's not him in the long shots. For the close-ups, John's on a bicycle.

[riarokz]

Not John... that's Michael Palin. His cute face is unmistakable.

[Stephie2007]

i saw this last night on BBC america. When that scotsman picked Mikey up. oh lord, i almost died.

[pockypurse]

Best. Scotsman sketch. Ever. :"D

[fishypaw]

ach laddie ye dinnae ken whit yer oan aboot. kamikaze scotsman is wah funnier. ;OP

[Chamael]

God bless Monthy Pythons

[millymollymonged]

is it wrong to find terry jones attractive? (er, dressed as a man though... ahem)

do you have the sketch when john cleese is interviewing michael and eric as school boys? can't seem to find it anywhere.

[spookette]

If you haven't found it already, look up "Monty Python Young Pythons". It's by dirtyoldsod

[millymollymonged]

thankyouthankyouthankyou!

[spookette]

You're quite welcome! :)

[julianveronica]

god i love terry jones...he's woefully unsung and absolutely lovely.