stockwood has a good humour, but this muggeridge is a complete hypocrit, with his pompous talk of the "incarnation" -- someone put it quite right when he said when muggeridge lost his ability for womanizing he turned to christianity
Thank you Not the Nine O'Clock News for coming to the Pythons aid and standing up for them and for showing how ridiculous that interview was. Bless you x
That bishop and other guy were completely ridiculous. The film criticized the negative aspects of religion, and frankly it is just a film, even if the film was actually blasphemous, even if it was actually offensive I doubt that 2 billion Christians are going to change because of a rather good bit of humour.
@tony671 I find the film amazing and I am a Christian I love what Cleese says about people misinterpreting it and remembering it wrong, since it isn't so much the words but the interpretation and the person using them to their whims that causes problems, I mean to say that that anyone can take anything as a justification for action like Timothy McVeigh who used to beautiful poem Invictus as his final words after blowing up a building. It is the sorruption of words rather than the words.
sorry to nitpick Terry G but it wasnt just the English but the Welsh as well who used to organise trips out of Swansea and Pontypridd to see the film (my parents were actually part of it) so dont go giving the English all the credit but will forgive him as long as he doesnt crucify my Welsh self next to a Swedish person
so ashamed that Mervyn Stockwood was born in my home-town, no wonder i only just found out on Wikipedia as Bridgend is so bloody ashamed to have produced such a pompous arrogant ass
Sorry but saying that Michael Palin, "the nicest man in the world", needs a "new heart" is a bit ridiculous. Bloody American churches are just against cross dressing
God that councillor from Harrogate is such an arse. How the hell did he even get elected? "Have you seen the film?" "No, but the Festival of Light says it's bad." "What do you know about the Festival of Light?" "Nothing." What a prick.
WELL DONE PYTHON!!! love them all- their case was won the minute they released the film and they knew it!! Well done Cleese and Palin!! BTW Loved that Rowan Atkinson bit 'well i didn't expect the spanish inquisition' :D:D:D:D
Being agnostic, i think the thing is most religious people are actually reasonable, but you don't hear about them because they're reasonable and don't complain either finding it funny, or even if they don't like it they realize it's just comedy. You only hear the unreasonable minorities of each religion who feel, for some reason, that they have to take exception and make a big thing of their complaint
Conservative Christians-they ban Life of Brian, but promote Passion of the Christ (which, IMO, does far more damage to Judaism and Christianity). They're a bunch of idiots
The sermon on the mount? One of the "most sublime utterances"? It's just one string of disjointed statements without any one philosphy holding them together. Any demented granny could do better than that.
If these people feel like there faith needs defending then that can't say much about the faith in question can it ?! So effectivly they are saying that there relgion is weak and needs defending. This is exactly what the python team were pointing out in there material. So much narrow minded thinking breeds ignorance and creates misery for others as a result. Long live the python!!!
I'll never understand how people can be so insecure in their religion that they feel so incredibly threatened by a fucking Monty Python movie. Don't they realize that all their doing with their obnoxious demonstrations is making more people want to go see it. Get a life you narrow-minded pricks.
@ 6:40 - Little mistake: The fake-bishop made a film about a guy called "Jesus Christ". His opponents called this blasphemy against Monty Python and the comedian messiah John Cleese.
they did it to Johnny Thunders....they did it to Python...why are there always so many people in every country in every bit of history that have really nothing better to do?! go get a life, for christ's sake! (if you will excuse my language)...
I cannot help to feel sad when I see this documentary. I cant help myself asking when people will stop being so narrow-minded and self-focused on their own beliefs and thoughts of how the world is and will be. It is of course natural for people to defend their way of life but that doesnt justify their way of forcing their life upon others. Religion like science is both a way of life and probably both are needed to live life at its full consent.
You're so full of shit. Who's having the tantrum the person asking for a reasoned supported argument, or the one resorting to name calling and ad hominem attacks?
You never went to college, did you? You see in places of higher learning when someone makes a claim they're expected to back it up with facts. If you can't cite something you shouldn't say it, but I guess you can rely on the anonymity of the internet to say whatever bullshit you want to.
That has nothing to do with "The neighbors of the 19 MUSLIM hijackers said, "they were the nicest people I have ever met."
They were shocked that they slit a 7 year old boy's throat on the plane to make the parent's complacent.' Cite this. Nice try with the straw man though.
Don't get me wrong, I dislike Islam, just as I dislike Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and most other religions. But I've known some great Muslim people, and to tar them with the same brush as the ones issuing death threats is just unfair. Many Muslims are as reasonable as any middle-of-the-road Christian, and since everyone is flawed in some way, I'm not going to judge them harshly.
"You don't have to see a pig sty to know it stinks." What a great way to commit intellectual suicide. Maybe the board member who said that was in fact an undiscovered natural comedy talent...
Islam has no more entitlement to respect than anything else. Free speech doesn't give way to anyone, especially those who try to silence it through fear.
The festival of darkness is more like it. These people have the same mind set as the people who ran the inquisition. And would be quite happy to start it up again.
@EvilMouseOfDoom yeah mate,exactly right ! And the sad thing is that it was local government guys just like him who decided whether or not it was LEGAL for me to watch that film-I was 16 when it came out-so I could have seen it legally in some parts of the city I lived in (because over 14) but couldn't have in others( because under 18 ).But this was the same time when "Never mind the bollocks" by the Sex Pistols was sold in brown paper covers because it was "offensive". Sadly I'm not joking
Judaism isn't called "church." There isn't really a collective name for the Jewish religion, (besides Judaism). Yeah, there's no such thing as a Jewish church lol
As irrelevant as their sexuality may be, it cracks me up that one of them was referred to as a well known 'friend of mary', which sounds like a colloquialism for homosexuality in and of itself.
Yes, Graham Chapman was gay and was a frequent drunk, but he never came across as being morally superior. Being that the church looks down on homosexuality and womanizing, I find these two clowns on the left of the stage to be quite the hypocrites. The making of the movie was both brilliant and brave. Thankfully, with the backing of George Harrison, this movie was made.
...maybe if there were some young boys in "smashing" tight altar outfits, all oiled up and ready to 'find God'--under their robes of course, the priests wouldnt have had a problem with the movie.
...good "product placement"...it can make all the difference!!
Ug, I hate censorship. However, if you want to make sure that your film/book/etc gets publicity, the best way to do so is to have it be banned/censored.
I think from 9:20 to the end summarises things nicely.
Religious leaders hold so much power its dangerous. There is no safety from them and they can pretty much say anything and cause thousands, possibly millions to act on their words. Political leaders would dream of the power of what religious leaders wield...
well thats the reason there is religion not to put people together or help people being respected by this ''god''
religion is a political party only their leaders are not democratic and therefore allowed to forbid everything they want to and people follow them because they never felt being responsable for their decisions
thank zeus the world is not as influenced by these religious nuts as it was back then! they're still around (i.e. jerry falwell, abu hamza), but i think most people now see them for what they are.
I absolutely love that not the 9 o' clock news sketch, sheer genius! I think that you have tho be a proper python fan to understand it though (as i am!) - Rowan Atkinson- "Well, I Certainly didn't expect the spanish inquisition!" rofl!
Yeah, they think it mocks Jesus cause they're too damn stupid to notice that Jesus and Brian were 2 different people (Jesus was in the movie after all); my guess is that they're the same people who're convinced guys such as Ozzy Osbourne is a satanist... they just never look beyond the extremely obvious things and completely miss the point of things.
I don't think it's ridiculing anybody, really. I think they just decided to make a film, and, it was really funny. They didn't have a plan that they were at dawn to go out and verbally berate people.
the funny thing is that it isn't ridiculing God or Jesus. it's ridiculing the people who are stupid and have no thoughts of their own. it's ridiculing people who banned the film without seeing it.
Really, i'm a Christian with NO doubts about my faith, and Life of Brian is the funniest thing ever. A lot of the jokes there would only be picked up by christians anyway. I notice that the Pope, or the Archbishop of Canterbury or the PAtirarch of Jerusalem raised no voices. it's all Protestants and fundamtenalist Christians. that begs the question: how were these responses, by these people, any different from the radical Muslim response from the Danish cartoon incident?
John Cleese: "You've got to remember that christianity in America is mainly about sex. They're so deeply uncomfortable about every aspect of sex, that they don't care much about wars or DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT (watch?v=OtjaVVmGJCU) or financial corruption. But anything to do with sex is set above. And this is because these people are operating at a very low level of mental health. They are incapable of understanding the teachings."
I just wanted to express my agreement and extend to the EU.
Once again the american religious freaks try to save us all with their ignorance. Whats changed todays in 2008 . . . . absolutely nothing. We wouldnt be able to make this film today.
PS. Have you ever noticed how religious zealots look completely unevolved. Take that fucking slap-headed Mary Whitehouse colleague. This guy is the D in DNA, and that D stands for denial. What a plonker.
can someone upload the interview that john cleese and michael plain had with those two other guys, since it looks interesting and i have never beeen able to find it.
I just might add here that to the youth of Holy Royal Britania and the youth of Holy Holy United Holy States of Holy America, the pythons are bigger than Holy Jesus.
Holy Uuups!
It is reported that Mary-Klux Whiterobe-Klan is going to burn down the Holiwood (holy) Bowl...
thanks for uploading this as never saw it as i missed it when they showed it on tv so thank you!!!!
also i was brought up as a catholic and im a big monty python fan and when i first saw the life of brian i absolutly pissed myself and still do ......basically religion in it whole needs to fucking lighten up its redicoulus !!!
if people feel threatened by a good-natured spoof that what is that saying about the values they stand for? a religion should be able to withstand more than a bit of an entertaining jab. i respect some parts of the christain faith but the parts those two leaders stood for was just ridiculous and hypocritic
I don't think there could have been anything that promoted Life of Brian better than banning it in so many places. As they said, people would get together and go see it somewhere else anyway. And by banning it, this probably made the public more aware of it than they even would have been otherwise. So Mary Whitehouse and Co.'s plan backfired big time.
I am a devout Christian but I love Monty Python and this film didn't offend me one little bit. When you look at certain films/shows today, Life of Brian's spoof pales in comparison
When the interviewer or whoever asked that old dude about why they banned Life of Brian and he said that he banned it because of what he had heard and he hadn't even had seen it, i was sitting there thinking it had just become a big joke and people were taking it too far. The pythons were respectable people and wouldn't do some of the things people were accusing them of. Its just a bloody movie, get over it!
Oh my god... i feel so bad for Michael... he's such a great man, had all the best intentions when making this film... he didn't deserve being to vicously attacked by these church people.. at 4:48 he looks like he's going to cry, right after he says "You've come with an open mind I realise that"
Python has had a far more positive impact on human history than Christianity, it's brought a lot of joy and laughter to people, where as religion has only brought fear and guilt.
Yes, and we all know comparing the best with the worst is such an accurate way of comparing. Especially when it's topped off with lovely rash generalisations.
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That's not true. Jesus has done way more for me, and millions of others, than Python ever could. I love Python, but Jesus is definitely better. Belief in Him, and obedience to His words, brings hope, love, comfort, grace, goodness, peace, and so much more. He's the best! But, you don't relate to Him much, so I can see how you can have your perspective.
stockwood has a good humour, but this muggeridge is a complete hypocrit, with his pompous talk of the "incarnation" -- someone put it quite right when he said when muggeridge lost his ability for womanizing he turned to christianity
MoveOverCasanova 3 months ago
John has it right, Catholicism is about sex!!!!
Nabo00o 5 months ago
8:12
HURR DURRR
fucking mongoloid
HerbertTheHamster 7 months ago
John Cleese
underblade666 7 months ago
Thank you Not the Nine O'Clock News for coming to the Pythons aid and standing up for them and for showing how ridiculous that interview was. Bless you x
Moosegrove1989 7 months ago
@Moosegrove1989 That Not the Nine O'Clock News part was genius :)
findusfunk 7 months ago
"these people are operating at a very very low level of mental health" LOL John Cleese for president of the galaxy!
sondano 7 months ago
@sondano I think you're right- I've seen some interviews with him, and he is very bright, very clever.
MsPwain 7 months ago in playlist Life of Brian - Debate
8.12 - That made me literally ashamed to be Cornish.
Religion: The deadliest killer in existance
morwenmur 8 months ago
Great film, very important, very influential, very funny.
MicDoane 8 months ago
AHAH!! i am operating at a low level of mental capability.. :(
senorspiegel 9 months ago
Marvin Stockton was a well know boy buggerer. Look at the way he fondles his cross, like it's the hard cock of a small boy.
BigDuke6ixx 11 months ago 6
Those two old men are propably in my top 100 off most awful person I've watched uttering words.
ReitersOfTheStorm 11 months ago
i think john cleese is god.
obsday 11 months ago
Oh my God, I love monty python!
ReitersOfTheStorm 11 months ago
That bishop and other guy were completely ridiculous. The film criticized the negative aspects of religion, and frankly it is just a film, even if the film was actually blasphemous, even if it was actually offensive I doubt that 2 billion Christians are going to change because of a rather good bit of humour.
xpo50 11 months ago 2
its the greatest parody of christ and religon ever and it needed to have the piss took out of it as all religion is bullshite
tony671 1 year ago
@tony671 I am a Christian and I loved the film.
xpo50 11 months ago
@tony671 I find the film amazing and I am a Christian I love what Cleese says about people misinterpreting it and remembering it wrong, since it isn't so much the words but the interpretation and the person using them to their whims that causes problems, I mean to say that that anyone can take anything as a justification for action like Timothy McVeigh who used to beautiful poem Invictus as his final words after blowing up a building. It is the sorruption of words rather than the words.
xpo50 11 months ago
"Have you actually seen the film?"
"No."
... fucktard.
MegaAdam1000 1 year ago
sorry to nitpick Terry G but it wasnt just the English but the Welsh as well who used to organise trips out of Swansea and Pontypridd to see the film (my parents were actually part of it) so dont go giving the English all the credit but will forgive him as long as he doesnt crucify my Welsh self next to a Swedish person
lickstickly 1 year ago
@lickstickly My father went on a trip from Swansea to go and see this film too. I agree though, forgiven because of all the awesome stuff he's done.
ClockworkComputer 11 months ago
so ashamed that Mervyn Stockwood was born in my home-town, no wonder i only just found out on Wikipedia as Bridgend is so bloody ashamed to have produced such a pompous arrogant ass
lickstickly 1 year ago
"You started with an open mind. I realize that"
dead0piggy 1 year ago 2
Sorry but saying that Michael Palin, "the nicest man in the world", needs a "new heart" is a bit ridiculous. Bloody American churches are just against cross dressing
killdog95 1 year ago 3
To ban something only makes it more desirable.
MickeyLove01 1 year ago 7
American Jewish Church? WTF?
ThomasJAckerman 1 year ago
God that councillor from Harrogate is such an arse. How the hell did he even get elected? "Have you seen the film?" "No, but the Festival of Light says it's bad." "What do you know about the Festival of Light?" "Nothing." What a prick.
JediSlayer22 1 year ago 8
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Bigots then and bigots now. Spouting Christian morality and leading the most hypocritical lives.
Nowadays child molestation seems to be more the M.O.
PhilipPorter 1 year ago
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PhilipPorter 1 year ago
You have to be a pretty big asshole to get Michael Palin angry, don't you? He looked like he was about to cry.
aquagrl63 1 year ago 16
WELL DONE PYTHON!!! love them all- their case was won the minute they released the film and they knew it!! Well done Cleese and Palin!! BTW Loved that Rowan Atkinson bit 'well i didn't expect the spanish inquisition' :D:D:D:D
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NOMADdaf 1 year ago
"I started off by saying this is such a tenth-rate film" "I know, you started off with an open mind " = OWNED !!
echo680 1 year ago 10
"Very low level of mental health," I love it!
saintaureus 1 year ago
Being agnostic, i think the thing is most religious people are actually reasonable, but you don't hear about them because they're reasonable and don't complain either finding it funny, or even if they don't like it they realize it's just comedy. You only hear the unreasonable minorities of each religion who feel, for some reason, that they have to take exception and make a big thing of their complaint
kayfray6 1 year ago 3
@kayfray6 exactly right (speaking as a 'reasonable' Christian who loves Life of Brian and Monty Python in general)
starbuckslover1990 1 year ago
The Councils and the Festival of Light should be arrested and prosecuted for violating freedoms of speech and information
TheVoiceOfReason93 1 year ago
4.10 isn't it blasphemous for him to call Jesus a human being??
Goi825 1 year ago
If you make a movie that ends up being protested by religious people, you know you've done something right.
lisambofoh 1 year ago 6
@lisambofoh
haha well said
thedarknesscallingme 1 year ago
As a Christian I can say that John Cleese is absolutely right about 'American Christianity'
alexanderwotl 1 year ago 2
He's not the Prophet Mohammed,he's a very naughty boy!!!!!.Well they remake everthing else why not Brian
waynedaniel 1 year ago
Conservative Christians-they ban Life of Brian, but promote Passion of the Christ (which, IMO, does far more damage to Judaism and Christianity). They're a bunch of idiots
Tareltonlives 2 years ago 6
@Tareltonlives I once knew a learned Rabbi who tought me to say 'It's all been down hill since Mad Max 2' , in Aramaic.
gamesbok 1 year ago 3
I hearby swear that if I ever find an uncut version of that debate I will upload it. It must exist somewhere in the vaults.
weirdloopyloo 2 years ago 8
The sermon on the mount? One of the "most sublime utterances"? It's just one string of disjointed statements without any one philosphy holding them together. Any demented granny could do better than that.
MomoTheBellyDancer 2 years ago 6
8:15 is most likely the most stupid person I've ever seen.
EvilMouseOfDoom 2 years ago 3
2:35
That bisshop looks like it a perfect monty pyton charakter
wybo2 2 years ago 8
It would be great to see the full Muggeridge/Python debate.
Does anyone out there have it?
edmund184 2 years ago 7
God bless Monty Python!
Sistererica 2 years ago 3
"thirty pieces of silver"....
cheap shot, merv!
j43ms 2 years ago 3
If these people feel like there faith needs defending then that can't say much about the faith in question can it ?! So effectivly they are saying that there relgion is weak and needs defending. This is exactly what the python team were pointing out in there material. So much narrow minded thinking breeds ignorance and creates misery for others as a result. Long live the python!!!
pureluck101 2 years ago
Yeah not the 9 oclock news another classic
TheWELSHGUARD 2 years ago
I'll never understand how people can be so insecure in their religion that they feel so incredibly threatened by a fucking Monty Python movie. Don't they realize that all their doing with their obnoxious demonstrations is making more people want to go see it. Get a life you narrow-minded pricks.
<3 Monty Python :)
ncarraway22 2 years ago 18
@ 6:40 - Little mistake: The fake-bishop made a film about a guy called "Jesus Christ". His opponents called this blasphemy against Monty Python and the comedian messiah John Cleese.
wittyvegan 2 years ago 3
they did it to Johnny Thunders....they did it to Python...why are there always so many people in every country in every bit of history that have really nothing better to do?! go get a life, for christ's sake! (if you will excuse my language)...
shashwati 2 years ago
blessed are the cheesemakers
gondor420 2 years ago 8
Cleese got the point (at the beginning) - - -
OrontesRM 2 years ago 3
He probably got secretly turned on by the drag if anything.
TheClassicalLiberal 2 years ago
They're British males. They don't have any hangups about going drag.
undersolo 2 years ago 4
I cannot help to feel sad when I see this documentary. I cant help myself asking when people will stop being so narrow-minded and self-focused on their own beliefs and thoughts of how the world is and will be. It is of course natural for people to defend their way of life but that doesnt justify their way of forcing their life upon others. Religion like science is both a way of life and probably both are needed to live life at its full consent.
PokkiTube 2 years ago 8
I love people whohave such beleif in their faith that they feel obliged to defend it so strongly.Kinda negates the whole faith thing really.
longbody01 2 years ago
I love all of Monty Python
. Thank you for posting this doc -i've never seen it before.
(btw-Oooh the small-minded twats everywhere...!)
stmpcol 2 years ago
Thanks for admitting it. Good day sir.
VicVinegar 2 years ago
You're so full of shit. Who's having the tantrum the person asking for a reasoned supported argument, or the one resorting to name calling and ad hominem attacks?
VicVinegar 2 years ago
You never went to college, did you? You see in places of higher learning when someone makes a claim they're expected to back it up with facts. If you can't cite something you shouldn't say it, but I guess you can rely on the anonymity of the internet to say whatever bullshit you want to.
VicVinegar 2 years ago
That has nothing to do with "The neighbors of the 19 MUSLIM hijackers said, "they were the nicest people I have ever met."
They were shocked that they slit a 7 year old boy's throat on the plane to make the parent's complacent.' Cite this. Nice try with the straw man though.
VicVinegar 2 years ago
Can you cite where you read this?
VicVinegar 2 years ago
Did I not just say I don't like Islam? You have to distinguish Muslims from doctrine. That's my whole point.
Thornfox 2 years ago
So all atheists are Josef Stalin now? All Christians shoot abortion doctors? Now we're descending into pure bigotry.
Thornfox 2 years ago 2
Don't get me wrong, I dislike Islam, just as I dislike Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and most other religions. But I've known some great Muslim people, and to tar them with the same brush as the ones issuing death threats is just unfair. Many Muslims are as reasonable as any middle-of-the-road Christian, and since everyone is flawed in some way, I'm not going to judge them harshly.
Thornfox 2 years ago 2
Islam is a religion, not a political movement. Radical Muslims/Islamists are the problem.
Thornfox 2 years ago
"You don't have to see a pig sty to know it stinks." What a great way to commit intellectual suicide. Maybe the board member who said that was in fact an undiscovered natural comedy talent...
mateuszmattias 2 years ago
*bows*
Honestly though, there are few things worse than people who can't have a laugh.
poweredxbyxhope 2 years ago
What am I supposed to say?
Islam has no more entitlement to respect than anything else. Free speech doesn't give way to anyone, especially those who try to silence it through fear.
poweredxbyxhope 2 years ago
And so what if it did offend? Like Sconz's comment, everyone has to deal with offense. If I can take it, surely the creator of the universe can.
poweredxbyxhope 2 years ago
Who cares if someone was offended. I get offended everyday but no one gives a shit.
Sconz32 2 years ago 6
The festival of darkness is more like it. These people have the same mind set as the people who ran the inquisition. And would be quite happy to start it up again.
leofrankfurter 2 years ago 3
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JustineK45 2 years ago
have you seen the film? "no" what do you know about it? "nothing"...........idiots....
strawberris 2 years ago 4
palin for president
ttulicreme 2 years ago
he meant michael, not exactly correct but a passing semi-joke
jazzjackrabbits 2 years ago
The Bible belt with its pants down..
sidensvans54 2 years ago 7
Ha, ha! I wish I thought of that!
undersolo 2 years ago 4
funny that the audience is laughing it´s arse off, while the talkmaster describes the "disgusting" content of the movie ^^
diderik89 2 years ago 15
haha john cleese owns it
NevermineOfficial 2 years ago 42
"So you have not actually seen the film?"
"No"
That just got to be one of the stupidest things ever
EvilMouseOfDoom 2 years ago 60
@EvilMouseOfDoom yeah mate,exactly right ! And the sad thing is that it was local government guys just like him who decided whether or not it was LEGAL for me to watch that film-I was 16 when it came out-so I could have seen it legally in some parts of the city I lived in (because over 14) but couldn't have in others( because under 18 ).But this was the same time when "Never mind the bollocks" by the Sex Pistols was sold in brown paper covers because it was "offensive". Sadly I'm not joking
echo680 1 year ago
"American Jewish Church."
...
Yes.
eileenvirginia 2 years ago
in the usa every religious group is called church.
diderik89 2 years ago
Judaism isn't called "church." There isn't really a collective name for the Jewish religion, (besides Judaism). Yeah, there's no such thing as a Jewish church lol
97musicgirl 2 years ago
As irrelevant as their sexuality may be, it cracks me up that one of them was referred to as a well known 'friend of mary', which sounds like a colloquialism for homosexuality in and of itself.
peterwantspie 2 years ago 7
LIFE OF BRIAN RULES AS THE BEST COMEDY EVER
END OF.
people should wake up to modernity and realise some people don't care about religion and that if you dont wanna be offeneded dont watch it
mcflysmcfairie 2 years ago 8
Yes, Graham Chapman was gay and was a frequent drunk, but he never came across as being morally superior. Being that the church looks down on homosexuality and womanizing, I find these two clowns on the left of the stage to be quite the hypocrites. The making of the movie was both brilliant and brave. Thankfully, with the backing of George Harrison, this movie was made.
max86max 2 years ago 8
I hate to burst your bubble, but there was a man who both "drank alot" & was homosexual called GRAHAM CHAPMAN.
Yes...I'm afraid ole "Brian" himself lived up to the standards set by Muggeridge & the Bishop.
longerdaysdyings 2 years ago
Apparently, if neither the Bishop nor Muggeridge were sexually active, nor drank alcohol, their opinions would be acceptable.
What a pile of dogshit.
Attack their opinions you arseholes...not their lifestyles. You fucking pricks.
longerdaysdyings 2 years ago 4
...maybe if there were some young boys in "smashing" tight altar outfits, all oiled up and ready to 'find God'--under their robes of course, the priests wouldnt have had a problem with the movie.
...good "product placement"...it can make all the difference!!
NevadaBoss 2 years ago
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The gay bishop was the biggest hypocrite of all!
imperialcereal 2 years ago
It's amazing what you can get away with in this world if you just state you're doing it "for religious reasons".
MissKateUK 2 years ago 2
Ug, I hate censorship. However, if you want to make sure that your film/book/etc gets publicity, the best way to do so is to have it be banned/censored.
chemgirlie 2 years ago 3
I think from 9:20 to the end summarises things nicely.
Religious leaders hold so much power its dangerous. There is no safety from them and they can pretty much say anything and cause thousands, possibly millions to act on their words. Political leaders would dream of the power of what religious leaders wield...
MajinOtaku83 2 years ago 2
well thats the reason there is religion not to put people together or help people being respected by this ''god''
religion is a political party only their leaders are not democratic and therefore allowed to forbid everything they want to and people follow them because they never felt being responsable for their decisions
luxemkingII 2 years ago
thank zeus the world is not as influenced by these religious nuts as it was back then! they're still around (i.e. jerry falwell, abu hamza), but i think most people now see them for what they are.
diefortacos 2 years ago
I absolutely love that not the 9 o' clock news sketch, sheer genius! I think that you have tho be a proper python fan to understand it though (as i am!) - Rowan Atkinson- "Well, I Certainly didn't expect the spanish inquisition!" rofl!
thespoon94 3 years ago 3
Amazing, 8.20, They banned it because of what they had heard and that they thought it would offend people lol
SubjectToConditions 3 years ago
my religion is for people not to be an ass in life
BigAlzo 3 years ago 6
That's a great religion can I join?
luxemkingII 3 years ago 6
By normal and logical thinking, you are now one of us with pure freedom (don't go naked in the street is all we asking)
BigAlzo 3 years ago 4
Well, screw that then! :)
TheCanadianPublic 3 years ago 4
Great Documentary, you can find the deleted scenes with the nazi jews here on youtube as well.
GIMMEADOLLAR1 3 years ago 3
nazi jews is the best idea ever!!! I mean no one on earth would have had this idea:D
luxemkingII 3 years ago
hahah like the gay bishop. his the biggest hypocrite of all.
imperialcereal 2 years ago 2
Why is he a hypocrite?
The truth is that you are the hypocrite by equating homosexuality with the argument he makes.
You are saying that, because he is homosexual, he has no right to an opinion on the film.
What on earth has his sexuality got to do with his opinion? Absolutely nothing.
All your comment does is expose your homophobia.
I've read similar comments re heavy drinking...total irrelevance. Heavy drinker/Homosexual= religious bigot....nope, sorry.
longerdaysdyings 2 years ago
lmfao!
i love monty python and life of brian is amazing!
i come from the bible belt in texas but after having religion shoved down my thought like the pythons i get why religion is annoying
but theres 3 things
1]what cleese said about american christians is 100% true i just havnt ever found a way to find the words!
2]people need to learn to have a sense of humor
3] the sad thing s to this day people in churches in the bible belt say that this movie mocks christ
haha people are stupid oh well :]
misselphie7 3 years ago 2
Yeah, they think it mocks Jesus cause they're too damn stupid to notice that Jesus and Brian were 2 different people (Jesus was in the movie after all); my guess is that they're the same people who're convinced guys such as Ozzy Osbourne is a satanist... they just never look beyond the extremely obvious things and completely miss the point of things.
dapanzy 3 years ago
Brilliant! Especially Cleese's analysis of American Christians in the beginning... :-)
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KcMc1994 3 years ago
Is this the greatest comedy ever made? Anyone?
undersolo 3 years ago 3
XD
Thank you for that explanation John!
lol
MissHarpoMarx 3 years ago
Its a bloody outrage that the council could censor a cinema what a load of bullshit.
hoglymogly 3 years ago 3
i feel sorry for the people who just "couldnt" see it!
ITS BRILLIANT!!!
i cant believe its still band in some places.
haha
gutted
fuckedupspaz123 3 years ago 2
Someone put that debate up please! That would be so wonderful to see. John and Michael countering arguments with those two.
operating 3 years ago 3
Yeah, that looks awesome.
Tareltonlives 3 years ago
he kinda looks hott all mad, micheal palin i mean.
DaVinciChianti 3 years ago 3
I would have been too, arguing with those two hypocritical wankers...
Brendanvio 3 years ago 2
Michael Palin getting mad... That's priceless!
regerstreen 3 years ago 10
I don't think it's ridiculing anybody, really. I think they just decided to make a film, and, it was really funny. They didn't have a plan that they were at dawn to go out and verbally berate people.
youvebeenthunderstru 3 years ago 3
the funny thing is that it isn't ridiculing God or Jesus. it's ridiculing the people who are stupid and have no thoughts of their own. it's ridiculing people who banned the film without seeing it.
captainspudnick 3 years ago 10
It's not about religion! stop beeing so full of yourself
Staal75 3 years ago
Really, i'm a Christian with NO doubts about my faith, and Life of Brian is the funniest thing ever. A lot of the jokes there would only be picked up by christians anyway. I notice that the Pope, or the Archbishop of Canterbury or the PAtirarch of Jerusalem raised no voices. it's all Protestants and fundamtenalist Christians. that begs the question: how were these responses, by these people, any different from the radical Muslim response from the Danish cartoon incident?
ironknight5990 3 years ago 14
John Cleese: "You've got to remember that christianity in America is mainly about sex. They're so deeply uncomfortable about every aspect of sex, that they don't care much about wars or DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT (watch?v=OtjaVVmGJCU) or financial corruption. But anything to do with sex is set above. And this is because these people are operating at a very low level of mental health. They are incapable of understanding the teachings."
I just wanted to express my agreement and extend to the EU.
Irratzo 3 years ago 8
I just loved that he said that. I agree wholeheartedly
anaruth731 3 years ago 3
Any man who gets around in a purple frock waving a big silver cross about should expect ridicule.
znotty 3 years ago 3
Can someone tell me whhere to find the whole interview please...
12smurfs 3 years ago
im goin mad tryin to find it, plz tell me if your able to find it, thanks :)
Bolgey1 3 years ago
Never been released I'm afraid.
BritHumour 3 years ago
Micheal palin PWND that debate!
junoreactor05 3 years ago 10
I can't find it anywhere, where could I find the whole thing?
ErikVaughnDillinger 3 years ago
Once again the american religious freaks try to save us all with their ignorance. Whats changed todays in 2008 . . . . absolutely nothing. We wouldnt be able to make this film today.
TwoOpposableThumbsUp 3 years ago 3
"So, you've not actually seen the film?"
"Er, no, we haven't."
Religious ignorance personified.
PS. Have you ever noticed how religious zealots look completely unevolved. Take that fucking slap-headed Mary Whitehouse colleague. This guy is the D in DNA, and that D stands for denial. What a plonker.
stephenbrolan 3 years ago 3
that mary whitehouse leech is punchable, stupid old fool
dubzy81 3 years ago 2
"God created man in His own image."
Surely God has a sense of humour if the above is correct?
LilCrazyKim 3 years ago 8
What again?
EvilMert 3 years ago
Fuck religion.
NukeFascistAmerica 3 years ago
banned the film because of what they've heard about it, lmao
3kToT 3 years ago 6
lol.. "Christianity in America is mainly about sex"
XatxiFly 3 years ago 8
can someone upload the interview that john cleese and michael plain had with those two other guys, since it looks interesting and i have never beeen able to find it.
MikeMJPMUNCH 3 years ago
whoa... Michael looks mad.
he never gets mad. The pythons have only seen him get angry once, and that was after he crawled through the mud, eating fake mud.
How could they make him mad?? That's amazing. Only pure evil can get Michael mad...
xleper17 3 years ago 13
I just might add here that to the youth of Holy Royal Britania and the youth of Holy Holy United Holy States of Holy America, the pythons are bigger than Holy Jesus.
Holy Uuups!
It is reported that Mary-Klux Whiterobe-Klan is going to burn down the Holiwood (holy) Bowl...
aerztin13 3 years ago 2
I can really call myself as a faithfull catholic girl, but Life of Brian is the funniest picture I've ever saw!!!
I just love it!!!!
MandyLoren 3 years ago 8
thanks for uploading this as never saw it as i missed it when they showed it on tv so thank you!!!!
also i was brought up as a catholic and im a big monty python fan and when i first saw the life of brian i absolutly pissed myself and still do ......basically religion in it whole needs to fucking lighten up its redicoulus !!!
MONTY PYTHON ALL THE WAY!!!!!
cms12344 3 years ago 3
For some reason my computer stops playing this at 8:53. Anybody else have this problem?
EpifanesEuergetes 3 years ago
if people feel threatened by a good-natured spoof that what is that saying about the values they stand for? a religion should be able to withstand more than a bit of an entertaining jab. i respect some parts of the christain faith but the parts those two leaders stood for was just ridiculous and hypocritic
backupnameplease 3 years ago 4
Great debate, it's fairly obvious who won.
pizt 3 years ago 5
Can anyone tell me where I can watch the entire interview? I can't find it...
Laurensy182 3 years ago
extremest sucks
kevdev59 3 years ago 4
I wonder what John Cleese said to Muggeridge at the very end of that interview.
TulseLuper 3 years ago 2
"Monty Snake" - How original me must have felt.
DontTouchMyTea 3 years ago 9
I don't think there could have been anything that promoted Life of Brian better than banning it in so many places. As they said, people would get together and go see it somewhere else anyway. And by banning it, this probably made the public more aware of it than they even would have been otherwise. So Mary Whitehouse and Co.'s plan backfired big time.
Revolution0712 4 years ago 4
I am a devout Christian but I love Monty Python and this film didn't offend me one little bit. When you look at certain films/shows today, Life of Brian's spoof pales in comparison
NathanF11989 4 years ago 3
Yes! Take that, bible thumping, other book burning, evangelical leaders!
mensoelrey 4 years ago 7
God, Mike is cute even when he is upset...
I love how he and John Cleese stare at each other after the "30 pieces of silver" quote at 6:25
lucynaribola 4 years ago 10
"Well, I certainly didn't expect the spanish inquisition!"
aahahuhuauhauhauhauhauauhuauhauhauhauhahuuhauha
hmatzenbacher 4 years ago 10
just love when they explain the jokes the audience laugh. proves which side they were on.
healy1234567 4 years ago 5
When the interviewer or whoever asked that old dude about why they banned Life of Brian and he said that he banned it because of what he had heard and he hadn't even had seen it, i was sitting there thinking it had just become a big joke and people were taking it too far. The pythons were respectable people and wouldn't do some of the things people were accusing them of. Its just a bloody movie, get over it!
Kiami1 4 years ago 2
shut up, you bible bashing christian freaks, it was just a comedy,thats still funny,even today..
skinuthbilly 4 years ago
phytons are so clever it's amazing!
Staal75 4 years ago 3
Oh my god... i feel so bad for Michael... he's such a great man, had all the best intentions when making this film... he didn't deserve being to vicously attacked by these church people.. at 4:48 he looks like he's going to cry, right after he says "You've come with an open mind I realise that"
I love this man to death;...
Sukriti 4 years ago 4
Python has had a far more positive impact on human history than Christianity, it's brought a lot of joy and laughter to people, where as religion has only brought fear and guilt.
eamonncake 4 years ago 5
Yes, and we all know comparing the best with the worst is such an accurate way of comparing. Especially when it's topped off with lovely rash generalisations.
BuffaloBill23 4 years ago
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That's not true. Jesus has done way more for me, and millions of others, than Python ever could. I love Python, but Jesus is definitely better. Belief in Him, and obedience to His words, brings hope, love, comfort, grace, goodness, peace, and so much more. He's the best! But, you don't relate to Him much, so I can see how you can have your perspective.
freeindeed7 4 years ago
Maybe for you, not for me. And nobody is going to be burned for forgetting the words to the parrot sketch.
eamonncake 4 years ago 9
I think you may have left out the word 'tolerance' from your list.
Jonesie12344 4 years ago 6