The Piranha Brothers pt. 1

[aardalek]

Marylebone Cricket Club.

[j0njn]

I'm not British, so I have to ask; what is the MCC?

[MrOllonne]

I with Harry snapper organs was my dad.

[mysticblade100]

PEOPLE They are call MONTY PYTHON not monthly python......

[neonatalpenguin]

The Piranha Brothers are being incorporated into the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[1KillaSkrilla1]

You gotta respect Monthy Python. Loved that shit as a kid, they most definitly changed the comedy game...Kids In The Hall was the shit too...

[pinnpro]

Graham Chapman FTW!!!!

[Brendanvio]

Their father, Arthur Piranha, a scrap metal dealer and TV Quiz Master...........

[CptSchmidt]

Does anyone have any idea what that intro music is at the very beginning?

[flautobasso]

Sibelius - Karelia Suite, 1st movement: Intermezzo

[CptSchmidt]

@flautobasso THANK YOU :D

[neoprankster]

There's no better title for a news show than Ethel the Frog.

[CenaTv2]

The best parts are the school interview at 2:14 and the line "and tv quiz master". i lmfao at those.

i have this on a dvd called "Micheal Palin's Personal Best", i also own "Eric Idle's Personal Best", "Life of Brian", "Holy Grail", "And now for something completly different", "Almost the truth", "At last the 1948 show".

and this christmas, i hope to find the flying circus box set.

[MetalDave12]

One of my favorites. Yes, my one favorite Monty Python sketch is the Piranha Brothers, and My Brain Hurts. Sorry, my two favorite sketches are The Piranha Brothers, My Brain Hurts and Election Night Special. AMONG my favorite sketches are....oh forget it.

[DragoonUser]

I am Dinsdale piranha don't beleave me go on my profile and see for your self

[spagnitz]

this is the best python sketch IMO

[UncleBaldy4427]

Vince is hilarious, but what really gets me is the way Terry says, "When they tried to take over the MCC, they were, for the first time in their lives, slit up a treat!"

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

The Operation and the Other Operation are the same thing.

[sutilversatil]

Mi sketch favorito de todos los tiempos...Lo mejor que hay,me crie mirando a estos grandes...Monty Phyton para siempre

[riisitauti]

but .. why oh why the laugh track :(

[Morningstar91]

They din't have Cartesian dualism? LMFAO where do they come up with this stuff.

[psilord5]

I think Monty Python is great... it is one of the few things from my fathers generation i can truly enjoy (and admit i enjoy it at the same time).

[retread01]

Python is such art that some of it makes you feel giddy. I mean, the level of invention and cross referencing is amazing, having the gasmen from a previous sketch lined up and never mentioned behind Palin as the woman is inspired.

[joshaf26]

Ethel the Frog!

[scobiedog1]

most inspired episode ever, also had ministry of silly walks!

harry 'snapper' organs!

[Falru]

Be fair there was nothing else 'e could do, I 'ad transgressed the Unwritten Law!

[painlessissuicide]

And what had you done?

[KidAmnesiac12]

Graham Chapman's performance in this skit is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen. What a wonderful person, it's so sad that he passed away so early, absolute genius

[goosebagman]

An' e splits me nostrils an' saws me leg off and pulls me liver out...

My laughter did not end for many minutes...

[Salierethefish]

Graham Chapman as Vince is absolutely supreme. What a physical transformation.

[TheLegendfamily]

@ about :13: BILLY BREMNER!!

[SODEMO2007]

oh god "They split me nostrils open!"

cant stop laughing

[Filmdude2001]

-Best Part-

Reporter: He nailed your head to the floor?

Vince: At first, yeah.

Perfect!.

[oiscout2000kenny]

i cant get enough of this. still my favorite. its just ridiculously hilarious

[pietroerperugino]

John Cleese is simply hilarious as both the anchorman and the "female impersonator".

Dinsdale watched by a giant hedgehog, Spiny Norman. Sincerely, the first time I heard this, I just couldn't stop laughing. And let's not talk about the "mute" scene with Graham Chapman and Terry Jones.

[Doubleacefortwo]

DIIIIIIIINSDALE!!!!

[bootymanager]

"I've been told Dinsdale Piranha nailed your head to the floor" "No, never! He was a smashing bloke, used to buy his mother flowers and that. He was like a brother to me." "But police actually have film of Dinsdale nailing your head to the floor." "Well, yeah, he did that." "Why?" " Well, I 'ad transgressed the unwritten law" " What had you done?" "Er, he didn't tell me that, but he said their was a case and that's good enough for me with old Dinsie. I 'ad to insist! He wanted to let me off!"

[cybermess21]

Well done mate, youve just written down exactly what we've just seen.

[Tareltonlives]

DINSDALE?!

[xXBasskidXx]

Great episode, i remeber the silly walks being there and the faulty oven/stove i think.

[BiftecStudios]

So he came 'round again, and I asked if he wouldn't mind not nailing my head to the floor that week, so he just screwed my pelvis to a cake stand.

[TedFurgeson]

Doug was born in Feb 1929, and Dimsdale 2 weeks later, and again a week after that.

[bassist118]

The best Python sketch I reckon,

'They were born, on probation'

[jlhs92]

"Well one day I was at home threatening the kids"

[x17z17x]

what episode of the flying circus was this from?

[xXBasskidXx]

series 2, episode 1 (in discription)

[DomIstKrieg]

that was funny. But a bit odd.

[nagnudd]

gotta be my favourite monty python sketch. but i have a question...does anyone know who is playing "vince snetterton lewis"? he looks like a stoned paul newman, and it isn't graham chapman.

[fatmaccam]

hmmm...look again.

[Whiplashr]

It's definately Graham Chapman.

[ultraflash]

Yup def Graham Chapman, my favourite part of any Monty sketch! ...and then he nailed my head to the floor! ha! Amazing

[happyprincess456]

he was a cruel man, but fair

hahahahaha

[admralak]

i wonder were they got the wedding pictures from

[crazypdj]

"He nailed your head to the floor?"

"At first, yeah."

[MisterSynyster]

Kierkegard bites the heads off of whippets!

uh...well he never told me that! I had to INSIST!

he knows how to treat a female impersonator!

[WristCutGauze]

He just nailed my pelvis to a coffee table...

[MisterSynyster]

wasn't a cake stand?

[PIRANHABROTHERSCZ]

Fantastic

[m4ps]

This is most funny because it's actually is a pretty accurate discussion of the way the Kray twins et al operated, ie: using sarcasm etc.

[MattyGK166]

Funny comments all...ah pythonists...GSOH

[luridplanet]

They were too mentally unstable, even for National Service

[OilCityrat]

WHAT THE F***

[krimskrams]

this is one of the best sketches ever! *lol* i completely forgot this one! "starring...billy bremner"

[GreenHairedKaiba]

I love this episode! The whole concept on nailing someone's head to the floor is crazy lol!

[ElladoraDuBois]

"I HAD transgressed the unwritten law!"

xD

[krimskrams]

DINSDALE!!

[Hero1957]

I love Ethel The Frog

[bergamotblonde]

'he was a cruel man but fair "

ah my hero

[Albran]

"Cheerful and violent!"

[genoyoko]

Genius.

[superdude13666]

This is their best episode.

[tylerboobbabe]

"Doug was born in feburary 1929 and Dinsdale 2 weeks later, and again a week after that."

Total geniuses

[kenfig]

Possibly,out of SO SO MANY contenders,THE best Python episode of them all ; series 2,episode 1. Also includes 'Face the press','Gas cooker sketch','Silly walks', and ends with THIS ! What can you say ?

[VT16]

It really is one of their all-time classic episodes.

I also love the other episodes that had long-running sketches. One even went through a whole episode un-interrupted. The guy on the bicycle one.

[kenfig]

Yes 'VT' thats a great one and 'Science fiction sketch' in series 1 where blancmanges from outer space turn all English people into Scotsmen so they can win Wimbledon ! Thats superb !

[VT16]

That episode showed how flexible the gang were with regards to episode setups. Usually comedy shows have sketches that go on assembly-line, but Monty Python could mess things around, go back and forth between sketches, have an ending at the beginning or vice-versa, continue the episode long after the credits, etc. And that sci-fi story sketch came after several short ones, taking up over half the episode. Fun stuff. Loved waiting to see if it would end suddenly or go on until the end.

[Aognubjosh]

@kenfig I also love that Sci fi sketch :D Shame it isn't well known though!

[sylsylsyl]

Mr Pithers cycling tour of North Cornwall!

"I bet she'd like some cider"

[scobiedog1]

@kenfig great how they interview 'april simnel' & the line of gasmen is behind her!

[Brendanvio]

@kenfig I must agree with you. I find this and Full Frontal Nudity two of my favourites.

[worcesterwombat]

who's playing Vince Snetterton-Lewis?

[VT16]

The late, great Graham Chapman.

[fieldofhatsify]

oh yeah, speaking of long-running sketches, love both dennis moore and njorl's saga

[worcesterwombat]

the best!

[Bizarronumber4]

One of my favorite Python sketches.

[pestyy]

took me for a scrape around the block.'

[SiruselVaranus]

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.

[getwicked]

One of THE BEST episodes. Love.

[teenonator]

It's a fair cop, but society is to blame.

[Yetisly]

one day i was home, threatenin the kids...

[BethGoth15]

Stig?! Wasn't he a Rutle? Lol.

[wiikkeee]

great !!!! ^^

[Kain456]

"What do you remember the most about them?"

One really has to wonder what Anthony Viney is really saying to the reporter.

[NOMIND101]

Harry "Snapper" Organs. Good god. I'm going to name my child that. And if it's a girl, Mrs. BJ Smegma. WITH the Mrs. So if she marries when she grows up, she'll be Mrs. MRS. BJ Smegma Jones.

Mrs. Mrs. BJ Smegma Brookhampster.

Mrs. Mrs. BJ Smegma Clean-Air System.

[Salierethefish]

How'd you know it isn't 'Harry Snapper-Organs'?

[Salierethefish]

Oh, wait...never mind.

[patwow]

Then I told him "My name's not Clement..." And then he loses his temper....

[tomken8d]

an' wuts wrong w' a bit o' the old ultra violence?

[Kain456]

I like what it says about the Anthony Viney part of the sketch in the script: "The interviewer (Terry J) fails to point the stick mike at Viney (Graham) who answers. However, when the interviewer poses the next question, he points the stick mike at Viney. This goes on, the mike always facing the one who is not talking, while Viney relates a facinating tale, complete with large, riveting gestures."

[Zelinkokitsune]

If you saw the entire episode you'd get why the line of guys in brown overcoats is funny!

[Muneca12345]

This skit made me a fan of the series, bought the whole series on DVD and everything. For that time, in English television, even though it's silly, it was a very original idea. Only 2 or 3 Python episodes incorporated a skit that lasted nearly the entirety of the episode. Until then it just wasn't done. Thank you random BBCAmerica documentry.

[Zelinkokitsune]

Aye the men in those brown suits and hats were there from the Gas Cooker Skit which was the first in that episode.

[AndyJs29]

This reminds me of Bernardomahoney the infamous bullshitter who thought he was a 'key member of an Essex firm'.

[RonnieOfTheEarth]

Hillarious video!!!!

[Supermercado]

And what's more 'e knew how to treat a female impersonator.

[MasteroftheForce1337]

Cleese you brilliant genius.

[adi87tya]

TV quizmaster...lol this one is timeless

[skottichan]

My Uncle and his best friend used to recite this whole sketch when they babysat me when I was little

[GoldenFallingHeart]

Brilliant pisstake of the krays and books and interviews were people say things like they only hurt there own ect

[TheWarriorPoet]

When I was in high school, Python played on WTTW in Chicago 11:30 on Sunday night. I spent about a month prowling the halls between classes, poking around corners and saying "Dinsdale... Dinnnssssdal?!?" in a pretty good imitation. The vast herds around us thought we were crazy.

[VT16]

Hahaha, that's great. But to be honest, some of those repating line-jokes quickly grow old on me, even if they are performed by Monty Python.

[jasonyoon5251]

3rd comment!!!

[tuttt99]

He was a cruel man, but fair!!

[VT16]

And I says: "My name's not Clement". And then he loses his temper.