Monty Python - Philosophers' World Cup

[shrimponsteroids]

Is it just me, or is the second goal replay not the same goal???

[77raymondt]

Love this video!

[77raymondt]

Awvxt

[Monkeyshouts]

Socrates is dead, RIP

[RoyLeeCampbell]

Thanks for sharing

[SpirityThalia]

Hey, my Humanities teachers showed this to us in class!

[Fantastic44able]

HAHA! german are arguing while greek are shooting , they don't really care whats going on !

[gbuda]

2:05...best part....kinda reminds of of OWS....all show hah aha

[TheAdamTowers]

Awesome :D Such a shame that the average audience now means we get X-Factor over anything that actually requires a brain.

[aurelius54]

The replay shows a similar but clearly different goal. Perhaps Kant has a point--does the first goal really exist? Funny stuff.

[krazypinkballoonz]

Karl Marx cracks me up!

[sherwinrobb]

lol "Confucious he say 'Name go in book'"

[pegasus78w]

Thank you so much for this unique clip.

I love all of our German philosophers´s quotes - especially No 8´s Schopenhauer: "Das Schicksal mischt die Karten,und wir spielen." "Fate shuffles the cards,and we play." Of course the German had to win the match, but I love Monty Python and will forgive them.

And pay attention: "Karl Marx is warming up" :)

and of course Monty Python.

[psycopower90]

English humor is for witty people only - and educated ones, too, not for wanton wretches.

[squaferno]

@psycopower90 Sorry, it made me laugh when I read your comment and saw that you spelt psycho wrong on your username. No offence - it's just an observation.

[psycopower90]

@squaferno

I wrote my nickname 5 years ago, when I was learning english. Now it's quite stubborn to consider me an ignorant in the secondary most spoken language around the spherical world.

[kitzOgen]

Eureka!



[hjsikkema]

soccer tees

[Darkarix]

Offside!

[YellowFever1337]

This is the only way Greece would ever beat Germany :P

[missgreeneyes56]

Love those linesmen! However, where was Duns Scottus?

[kemalettinkamu]

"Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside."

pure awesomeness.

[B4kst4ber]

3 Things make this an amazing video.

1) Karl Marx coming out for the all out attack. And the german no goal argument

2) Socrates getting an idea and just blasting thru the amazing german defence.

3) It's the second half so the teams switch sides thus Greece was attacking right to left instead of left to right at the end of the game so no, ure not going crazy or another take.

But as to the offsides penalty it wouldnt be because the pass was made after they had passed thru the defence onsides.

[GregghoAlevis]

@B4kst4ber You are correct sir, and have a good point too

[JakeVhabae]

This is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[SchoolBully7]

"And Marx is claiming offside"

[muffin090]

Aristotle very much the man in "Form"

best pun I've heard in a while.

[PhilosophySlut]

3:30 reminds me of Trig.

[Lovepillow66]

Is it me or did the Greece score in their own goal? With the Greece constantly being on the side of the field where they scored?

[mbittner91]

@Lovepillow66 they switch sides after halftime in soccer

[Finkyistheman]

What's going on? Live coverage of Socrates' goal shows the keeper standing near the RH post from our perspective. When the replay is shown the keeper is near the LH post. is this something to do with Time and Space. Did Einstein have a hand in the German strategy?

[Skelex20]

@Finkyistheman Just noticed that xD

And if it's the second leg of the final, why is there 'probably going to be a replay'? That's just me being a pedantic arse though :d

[DrTrebonianus]

@Skelex20 In the early 70s there were still replays in case of a draw, in some competitions.

[LukeBerto]

obviously philosophers! only philosopher would place the Kaiser Beckenbauer at midfield!

[outshore]

didn't karl popper score the equaliser putting it beyond plato ?

[feedingtimeproductio]

I don't think he is off-sides; he's behind the ball when the ball is kicked. [Though the second version of it, from behind the goal, he's off-sides, that's clearly not the same take.]

[DavidUmstattd]

Its the third booking for neitchze.

No shock there :-P

[manelmendes]

there's the ball, there's the ball...

[love2live2learn]

genius

[Guadalupefan]

How can anyone not like this?!?! ahahahah

[snerka]

@Guadalupefan 26 people thought it was offside.

[lindsayshields]

Best comedy sketch ever. My high school philosophy teacher showed us this one time in class. Goal was miles off-side though, but german defense was shocking.

[0truth0]

Finally, some intelligent humour.

[trickusduckus]

In the end, Marx was right. It clearly was offside. :D

[Stupidparrot5]

@trickusduckus  I'll say he was, but Hegel was right as well (:

[lathouxaris]

@trickusduckus He was right about other things too.

[borzakwarlord]

where is the one with one legged pirates vs. men in nightcaps? i cant find it anywhere

[DaSpazzTastics]

Joga Bonito, eh?

[avisheka83]

Did the Greeks score a same-side goal?

[WeAreL3gion]

@avisheka83 No, because it was the 2nd half, so they would have been on the other side.

[SlowBrakes]

and confucius he say, "name go in book".

[juliuscracus]

...Goal is damn nice though!

[crisdean1]

one of my all time favourite monty python sketches; thanks for posting it!

[abean20]

Let's see if he can put some life into this German attack!!

... evidently not

[the4horseman]

Socrates was offside!

[punkers23]

@the4horseman Being behind the ball, he was on-side.

[irlandos1]

Γκολάρα !!!

[Itrytotestify]

Hahahahahaha

[rpattz4eva96]

EUREKA!!! I love this!

[ComeLeVent]

where's nietzsches will to power now? Whatever happened to Ubermensch?

Pussy.

[smokutusofborg]

GGGGOOOOAAAAALLLLL

[aepstein11]

"Germany, having trounced England's famous midfield trio of Bentham, Locke and Hobbes in the semi-final, have been beaten by the odd goal, and let's see it again." I guess that the French never even qualified.

[adamnpaul1]

is there something significant about Archimidedes (sp?) both being on the team, and being the one to finally decide to kick the ball?

[keilidh42]

@adamnpaul1 Well, Archimedes was actually a mathmetician and physicist, not a philosopher at all.

[johnvassoura]

@keilidh42 thats why it is a surprise that he is on the team

[msinummoc]

@keilidh42 Well, thats a question of definiton isnt it? Philosophy in antiquity was, probably, pretty broadly defined. In a socratian sense of "loving wisdom", he most certainly was. Furthermoore, he wasnt entirely without what we today would call philosophical content.

[gnryeah]

Hahaha.

[NitroEthiopian]

looooooooooooooooooooooooool

[jkmj33]

Bekenbaur a bit of a suprise obviously lol

[pierrerichard7777]

still very very funny

[renaissancewriter]

just look at all those delighted Greeks!

[LatterDayProphet]

hahahahaha

[machoTit]

just brilliant. best sketch in the history of british comedy.

[GordonFreeman86]

Nietzsche could win alone

[nickdpark1]

OFFSIDE!

[jbpolhamus]

Marx claims it was offsides...brilliant!

[jlkenney]

What a travesty, he was completely offside.

[SpottedSharks]

pure genius

[2easyftw]

Beckenbauer a bit of surprise here :D :D :D

[buzzandjill]

If only Soccer was this entertaining!!!!

[migu9999]

socrates ( not brazilian) is beter than ronaldo.

[NYSF37]

wheres the vuvuzela? I NEED MY VUVUZELA BUTTON

[Philyo32]

@NYSF37 YESH! YESH!

[jianfongyaw]

not made yet XD

[coolsvilleowner]

@NYSF37 LOOOOOOL

[hamburgerface123]

"and marx is claiming its an offside"

[accquizzer]

"there's the ball, there's the ball." LOL

[MatePenzes]

Where are the vuvuzelas?

[Skateduderocks]

ahahahahahahaha.

sooooooooooooo funny.

monty python is hilarious

[nekokichi11]

i love this video, and feel like a nerd for understanding all of it

[sciencefreak2402]

@stube437 it wassecond half so they switched goals

[gathien]

Hey guys, who replaced Nietzsche in this video (The man in red coat)? I think it's Martin Luther but my friend argued that it's Karl Marx :D

[IndianaJoker]

@gathien I'm pretty sure it was Karl Marx that replaced Neitzsche.

[bahramf]

@IndianaJoker Nope.

[Cometgreen]

@gathien No one replaces Nietzsche. Marx is sent in to replace Wittgenstein.

Clearly a bad move on manager Martin Luther's part.

[Stube437]

didn't the greeks score an own goal?

[couscousrightnow]

Socrates was way off-side for that goal. A disgrace. Lao-tsu should've been ref.

[barnztormre]

The Greek World Cup team has a player with the first name "Socrates". It led me to Google this clip when his "name go in book". :)

[BigJewOnFIre]

@barnztormre YAH! PAPASTATHAPODOULOUS! HE IS A BADASS NAME.

[aragee]

Nietzsche deserved the red card !

[aragee]

I miss Monthy Python sooo much...

[aragee]

Marx was right after all ! All other political ideologies are offside...

[Pr1ceisright]

There's a grea blog it's called you can't use your hands?! it's from wordpress

[joeveca]

The very first World Cup Championship! (not really....)

[Dreamhatchet]

This is awesome!

[SlappaDeBassMon]

This is one of the funniest things i have ever seen. So, so clever.

[alexandrafol]

"The Greeks, obviously, a much more defensitve line-up" topped it for me!

[stevekimberley]

In a bizarre instance of reality imitating art, Brazil's World Cup team in 1982 was captained by a doctor of philosophy called Socrates who played for a Sao Paulo team called Corinthians. If you don't believe me, check it out! You couldn't make it up...!

[yatter1]

@stevekimberley I remember him missing the most stupid penalty in world cup history, what a player, what a nutjob he was.

[jagdpanther1944]

I think the boy Tommy Paine should have played up front....at least for New England Revolution (the right backs of man)

[HolgerLovesMusic]

offside!!

[deadbaby94]

@HolgerLovesMusic Dat's da gayest video ever made. anyone who tinks dat funny is a fag

[Muhlumania]

@deadbaby94 surely it might seem like that if your sense of humor still consist of only potty jokes :)

[sami2503]

That may have been onside in a parallel universe, there may not have even ever been a match at all, this could all be just a dream

[Molo9000]

"Beckenbauer obviously a bit of a surprise there"

epic

[NinjaMatie]

Best sketch ever made, I hope you don't have to be a philosophy maniac to appreciate this priceless sketch.

[michiel77]

Karl Marx didn't have a belly. The rest is close to reality.

[bheast86]

@michiel77 he was also dark enough of complexion to be nicknamed 'Moor'; wonder how many times he was stopped and searched on suspicion of being black?

[closertofiftythanyew]

I think Israel imploded as a possible World Cup winner when they split up as two factions at half-time, goats to one side, and pickled fish to the other.

[nicoterradas]

The best of it all... is that Marx was actually right: it was offside indeed!

[NEDM1991]

this is my favorite skit of all time.

[DictionRedaction]

How appropriate that it was scored on a header...

[AbdielAbiram]

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah­a

[PanopticEye]

But Socrates was indeed off-side. Errol

[jcalcio]

Good goal, actually

[liekkis]

Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside.

[bluenigmax]

@liekkis From the replay, it looks like Marx was right.

[bheast86]

@bluenigmax he does seem to have been right about shortcomings of capitalism; I suppose he could also have mastered the offside rule.

If Martin Luther managed Germany, who did Greece?

[jbenvenga]

@liekkis that was the best line of the whole thing... "Aristotle very much the man in form." was close though..

[AvaAvaneDawn]

@liekkis

Haha, Marx is keeping it "real" then with hirs materialistic analysis. :P

[andres550]

@liekkis marx as practical as ever

[whalenturnerfan]

don't you love it when philosophy majors suck the humour out of jokes.

[laudypapa1]

this is great XDXD

[waaatwat]

Wittgenstein would have kicked the ball.

[BrucknerMotet]

Beckenbauer was a bit of an odd choice, being a coach and not a player or world-famous philosopher.

[kappants]

Beckenbauer was one of the best players to ever play football for Germany or the world for that matter. That is the joke. He deserved to be on the pitch but is not a philosopher.

[BrucknerMotet]

I see where I went wrong. When the players ran out of the tunnel, Beckenbauer looked like an old man dressed like a coach, so I figured MP was making a joke about him being the coach. But later, I checked Wikipedia which said that this hypothetical match-up occurred in 1972, which was a year when Beckenbauer was in his prime, dominating world football. Now I get it!!!

[thegoodcocklife]

"...and marx was arguing it was offside" ha ha

[obiwanobiwan13]

So many great jokes in just the German linuep alone:

-The "back four," I assume the defenders, are Kant and Schoepenhauer and the like... more defensive ideologists

-The "front runners" I assume the attackers- well, look at who they have: Nietzsche (maybe the biggest "attacker" of ideas ever) Wittgenstein (controversial too with his linguistic theories) Heidegger (another attacker.. and was a Nazi in Hitler's Reich!)

-Marx, ANOTHER "attacker"

"Team problems" for Germany? I'll bet! ;)

[csailus]

Enough amateur philosophy. It's comedic genius and historically accurate, just enjoy it.

[Sanisaninja]

well, archimedes wasn't even greek...he was syracusian...

[DenisTheMenace93]

syracouse was a greek colony..their language was greek,they worshiped the olympians..they were greeks..

[BrucknerMotet]

Yeah, but Syracuse was spectacular in the finals against the Athenian Fleet at the "Great Harbor" stadium. After Nicias called that fateful timeout, forwards Demosthenes, Menander, and Euthydemus saw their gameplan stymied by the Syracusan defense while by Sicanus and Agatharchus of Syracuse on the wings and Pythen from Corinth in the center tore toward the Athenian netminder like a herd of wild buffalo!

[heybuddyheybuddy]

@JasonEA Socrates is the one who is offside when he recieves the header not heraklitus

SO MARX WAS RIGHT

[JasonEA]

you are right.

My knowledge of the offside rule pales to that of Marx.

Maybe communism is the one true way!!

[thestevo1992]

ha

they completely insult Marx with him just saying it was offside as opposed to that crazy philosophical hypothesis

[foxofthenight]

@thestevo1992 mäh but he was actualy right ! insted of arguing reality because of a goal so i don't think they were insulting marx maybe even a hint of admiration there

[closertofiftythanyew]

Uwe Seeler should have been easily a better choice than Beckenbauer, since he was more experienced in the concept of infinity meeting introversion in the wing attack concept of life approach in a goal orientated greek antagonism, methinks.

[up2trix]

i think marx should have been in the starting line up

[HaHaxIxWin]

This is so funny. My philosophy professor sent this to me hahaha.

[ComradeCommissar1]

This is my favourite Python sketch EVER.

[BardOfShwa]

I think Marx says it was offside because it's a sort of stab at the upper-class status that the Greeks just gained in the game--they had an advantage, and Marx was, so to speak, 'empowering the common man' and trying to make both sides equal. Why you'd have Marx in a competitive philosophy match is a mystery to me.

Also, not surprised that Nietzsche got booked for arguing with the ref.

[h2jazz5]

it was an offside. and Marx is one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century.

[orangekush3]

I agree with your statement about why marx is in a phil match but I can seem to understand the joke behind why nietzsche would get booked for arguing with the ref (is it because he is known for arguing) thanks if you reply

[BardOfShwa]

Nietzsche's most famous quotation is "God is dead." In my mind, he is most known for postulating a "survival of the fittest" worldview in an effort to arrive at the ultimate "superman". I think it makes sense for Nietzsche to get booked arguing with the ref because in my mind, he was pretty good at arguing with God. And in football, the ref is the God of the field.

[obiwanobiwan13]

Because Nietzsche not only argued, he argued vehemently... one of the reasons he's one of the best of all time is because if you read his books (you should, AMAZING... I recommend "Beyond Good and Evil") his tone is usually half the time very witty and half the time volatile and ot just angry or mad... he's boiling-hot FURIOUS!

And, of course, he IS, as someone just said, known for saying "God is Dead" and knocking free will, so it makes sense.

Go Nietzsche- next year you'll win it! ;)

[xoixoi0]

@BardOfShwa - "survival of the fittest" (or more accurately theory of natural selection) is not a thought of Nietsche, it's Charles Darwin!

About Nietsche, I know one funny story about his "Gott ist tot". I can't say if it's real or not. Anyway, allegedly. someone wrote somewhere on wall "God is dead - F. Nietsche.". A few days later someone else wrote underneath: "Nietsche is dead - God."

[lithfrasir]

@orangekush3 Well he accused the ref of having no free will. Nietzche saw the human mind as a social and biological construct which can only produce a subjective response Since human thought is determined by its own condition etc it is difficult to talk about choice and free will in the traditional sense.

[foxofthenight]

@BardOfShwa marx was right has nothing to do with class just football rules

[eisenkreuzmusik]

I thought Socrates was Brazilian

[tylersora]

no, do you even know Marx's philosophy? they made him say that it was offsides merely to be funny

[SolidSmashies]

Where's Max Weber? Wonder what he would say, haha

[bulletforthetrooper]

can someone please explain the karl marx joke. he claimed that the goal was offside and i think he is right, taking it from a football point of view. but i'm sure there is a deeper meaning to that

[TheGMaster111]

@bulletforthetrooper

The joke is that everyone's putting forward very advanced, complicated philosophic ideas, but Karl Marx is just saying it's off side.

It doesn't really work when you explain it.

[closertofiftythanyew]

I think it was all about time and place, in reality, and Karl might have a point, though it was not given.

[wadefk]

@bulletforthetrooper

Apparently Soccer was invented during Marx's lifetime so maybe it adds to the realism that he knew the rules.