Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen (with Rowan Atkinson)

[mwakin2]

Michael Palin's accent just makes me think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "She's got huge... tracts of land!"

[Mew4U]

lol!

[0stanley0steamer0]

7 people are cranky because they had to get up half an hour before they went to bed.

[2903Johnno]

7 people have obviously never met anyone from Yorkshire. Or have no bloody sense of humour.

This is still hilarious after 40 years. "eeeee when I were't lad, life was tooof"

[Strophal]

Thanx god it doesnt last long: i was about to die with laughter!! It seems like my parents talking. Bloody hilarious:-))))

[JustSomePerson888]

we never 'ad beds, and didn't 'ave no eyelids neither, they'd been pawned & sold as spare body parts on t'underground organ market. if we wanted to sleep ever, we 'ad to stay down mines we worked in n just turn the lamps off. if we were allowed lamps, which we weren't, if we wanted to see anything down mines we 'ad to first find oil and refine it ourselves into kerosene, and make wicks from clothing. if we 'ad clothes, which we didn't, we just 'ad to cover selves in coal dust. we never 'ad coal

[DirtyMosha]

i swear john cleese can't do a yorkshire accent XD

[verbusen]

You Brits sure do complain a lot!

Why..... I'm living under Obama as my President!

[princetonnjbrit1]

@verbusen you could have been living under Jimmy Carter....Obama's not done yet!

[verbusen]

@princetonnjbrit1 OK, I lived under him also, he was horrible, why I have lived a really hard life under Democrats.. from what I hear Carter can die a happy old man now, Obama has replaced him as worst President ever.

[darrell31316]

@verbusen you think you had it bad? I remember this one idiot who started a war over some WMD that didn't even exist, who started out with a balanced budget but then passed two tax cuts that put us trillions of dollars in debt, who failed miserably at trying to capture Osama Bin Laden, who outed CIA agents, waterboarded prisoners and spied on Americans without a warrant. But you try telling that to the young people of today and they won't believe you.

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@verbusen

You think that's bad, we! Uh..... Hmm... Damn, guess I can't think of anything worse that's happened to me in my life.

[Xagneto]

cardboardbox? Yah. You were lucky

[deadjailorrocknroll]

funniest thing is, yorkys are exactly like this. full of shit. in fact, the best thing to come out of leeds was eric cantona.

[TheAltair4]

"We used to have to get up out of the shoebox in the middle of the night and lick the road clean with our tongues." lol. Terry Jones was so great in this sketch.

[kiuhy8]

great stuff :)

[Jyosama10]

I thought the subtitles were in Swedish. My sister was bitten by a moose once...

[Fortevn]

@Jyosama10 I'm 21 and I get the reference....

[xTheGerbilx]

@Jyosama10

nope, dutch :)

[Jyosama10]

@xTheGerbilx It was actually a reference to one of their more famous movies, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and it's subtitles at the beginning. Even if I didn't know it were Dutch, I can read the description. ;) But dank je wel. :)

[ArthurStern]

@Jyosama10

So typically Swedish: Alsǫ wik Dutch subtitles.

[arayaslayer666]

6 peoples dads murdered them and danced in their graves singing hallelujah

[ArthurStern]

“When you try to tell the young people of today that, they wont believe you..!

[Monaqute]

Personally I think Eric did the part better but this is still freaking awesome!

[thegreatNEb]

Atkinson is a bit weak here, but probably because he is in awe of his company AND is filling in for Chapman.

but it's true, this sort of position is not his fortay. He has a very particular delivery and it is very funny and perfectly executed when he does it, but this sketch is somewhat different.

btw where is eric for this one?

[kingsamoflange]

They were lucky!

[TheSoulMan8]

I love it when John Cleese says right in preperation for his most ludocris one

[Th3Gamr3]

"Luxury"

[Danimation985]

6 people are offended because this is too close to being real

[gsgsgsgsgsgsgsgs]

Terry jones actually looks a lot like Robert de Niro with that moustache.

[DarthGivesAdvice]

This pleases the Empire. And everything in between.

[christianfarmer]

eh, I think rowan atkinson is at his best doing physical comedy. He's the master of that. His speaking parts have never been that great to me.

[dantd95]

@christianfarmer you obviously don't watch Blackadder.

[christianfarmer]

@dantd95 I was basing it on blackadder. I think it's decent, but I think Mr. Bean is where he shows his true genius in facial manipulation and reactions.

[Fortevn]

@christianfarmer Mr.Bean is so-so, Blackadder was where Rowan Atkinson did his best. Also The Thin Blue Line.

[dantd95]

@christianfarmer you obviously don't watch Blackadder.

[LankanTVPresenter]

John cleese thniks he's fucking hot. look at the way he was bullying that por guy there on stage..man, i wish id been there instead..id have properly put that bully cleese in his place...the instant he started smirking at me, id have said, and woot are yer smirking at me for, yer fucking arsewuipe? fook you, mayte! h'd have ben properly taken aback at my authoritative outburst.

[xemily91]

i think they could've done all the ridiculous improv and still made a killing. Poor Terry, John knew he was going and played on it. xD

[tachuman]

Michael is the only real Yorkshireman amongst them! Vry good skit! Thanks for posting!

[rockingKitten]

Devilish little bastard, that John Cleese, look at him smirking at poor Terry cracking up!

The best about Pythons is probably the fact that they didn't take themselves seriously and always did whatever they wanted and had fun. I love them guys.

[nothingbutrock666]

WOOOOO, ROWAN!!!!!!!

[witness124]

Without milk.

Or Sugar.

Or Tea!

[worldviolist]

I think Cleese just likes to see people breaking up on stage... you can see his evil grin as he looks at Jones toward the end of the sketch.

Definitely the best version on Youtube!

[FlippieX]

Rowan Atkinson was definitly the best when he said: Luxury!

incredible funny XD

[monicacastro04]

cleese fukin ledgend !!

[Evertale1]

The only one truly worthy to do this scene with the Pythons - Rowan Atkinson <3

This is absolutely the loveliest version on the tube!

[ArthurStern]

Luxury.

[DeASplode]

Great actors, all four of them.

[Blomsternisse]

Best skit on youtube

"eat a lump of freezing cold poisson" lol

[musicmandon1]

no contest, this is the best version of this routine on youtube, and as stated, Cleese does the last bit far better than Eric Idle did it, as great as Eric was. I still tell at least 2 friends of mine that my dinner is "one lump of freezing cold poison," to my knowledge they're both Monty Python fans.

[SoulMusic121]

Terry Jones just completely loses it at the end, and I don't blame him. How can you expect someone to sit there and listen to John Cleese say those lines and not burst out laughing?

[Sabohaque]

This is my personal favorite version.

[momeio]

hahahahahahahahahahaha monty python. true great's of comedy.

[elalola0]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahah

[ChrisZimny]

This is the best version

[ITn1njas]

Wow...what's Mr. Bean doing with Monty Python?

[Rombizio]

@ITn1njas Rowan Atkinson is a good friend of all Python members. He is considered one of the best physical comediants alive and he was probably invited to this sketch because of of the other Pythons could not make it.

[joebstarsurfer]

kids today have no idea we happy in those days .Cricket on telly no internet porn lol.

[MsGidea]

Me and a mate did this sketch on a pier... Legendary!

[fribbleTIME]

@MsGidea aye we did but you tell the kids nowadays and they won't believe you!

[headbanger623]

What ethnicity is Rowan Sebastian Atkinson?

[xSisterxGrimmx]

@headbanger623: English.

[jerry303]

Priceless, the best ever

[tryharder75]

Yes i realise that now ;)



[Drakaland]

This was NOT 40 years ago.

[tezmt1]

@Drakaland Did you watch the sketch? they're talking about 40 years ago.

[Drakaland]

@tezmt1 HAH yah I know, I felt stupid after I hit the submit button on that one. DOH!

[tezmt1]

@Drakaland Did you watch the sketch? they're talking about 40 years ago.

[ericcarr21]

why is rowan atkinson in the sketch?

[xNightmarexVampsx]

@ericcarr21 Why not?

[rarosera]

@ericcarr21 because Graham Chapman died before they filmed this.

[funkmystar]

@tryhardon75

You knew he was, but if ur just instigating outraged responses well that's quite alright with me ?

[gbe17]

This was first written and performed in 1967 by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman, for their show "at last the 1948 show" (there are some good clips on Youtube, check them out). It's been performed many times but personally I think this is the best version. John Cleese at the end is superb.

British comedy at it's very best.

[Jungbeck]

best version. ever!

[johnatspray]

This is the best version of the four Yorkshiremen

[tryharder75]

Cleese is a bit shit in this. He wasn't part of the original group was he?

[devourerofbabies]

@tryharder75

Boo, bad trolling. Try harder.

[tezmt1]

@tryharder75 Yes, Cleese was part of the original

[Cutflood]

Its not a reference to how old the clip is. I believe he/she is refering to the fact that John Cleese says "Who would have thought, 40 years ago, we'd all be.."

[Spergematic]

It wasn't 40 years ago. This version comes from "The Secret Policeman's Ball", which was a charity fundraiser for Amnesty International in 1979. I think this is the best version, by the way.

[mashamorgan]

very passable that, very passable !!

[CujoShuntStrikesBack]

!I used to get up in the morning at half past 10 at night, half an hour before I went to bed...!"

LMAO!

[klausgroi]

Eric Iddle isn't here, is he ?

I just recognize John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson

[mads2k]

From left to right: Michael Palin, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese and Terry Jones

[klausgroi]

thanks

[jainos28flagens]

John Cleese's speech at da end is goddamn hilarious...im not suprised Terry Jones cracked....lol....love it....

[Thor00430]

Is that Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) , between Eric Iddle and John Cleese?

[keithapm]

@Thor00430 Nope, it's Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) between Michael Palin and John Cleese

[SophieTewpitz]

is this 40 yrs ago? in the 1970?

[Danaesss]

i thing it is the alternative name of the sketch

[xSisterxGrimmx]

John Cleese shamed 'em all with his last story.

[FREEW0RLD2012]

No,that was Eric Idle.

[xSisterxGrimmx]

The one with the father killing his kids, dancing on their grave, and singing, "Allelujah"? I think that was John Cleese.

[FREEW0RLD2012]

xSisterxGrimmx: Oh,your right. In the ORIGINAL sketch,Graham Chapman played that part. I always watch the original.I made my comment off the cuff without watching this one. Rowan Atikson was never a part of Monty Python.He's filling in in this video for Graham Chapman,Cleese is filling in for Eric Idle.

[xSisterxGrimmx]

(To FREEWORLD2012) It's ok! I've seen the original, too.

[KaptKan1]

Cleese is second from right.

[MtotheN1]

That was John Cleese. The 30 year old one was Eric Idle.

[TennisCoachno1]

best line eva i used to get up in the morning at half 10 at night half an hour before i went to bed = LMAO!!

[bleedingmartyr89]

I love when Cleese cracks his fellow Pythons up!!! His face is just lit up with delight at having made them laugh!

[madmanmapper]

this IS the best version. that new one is good only because it supplements this one. my fav line = 1:48

[NeverSayNeverToAlway]

"We used to dream of living in the corridor".

[ChristInMeA2Z]

this version is sooooo much better than the one with a million views.

[HamsterOfFury]

Bwahahaha Terry Jones lost it.

[Markvdl25]

love it when Terry Jones breaks up

[contemplativegirl21]

@Markvdl25 I know! Terry Jones is cracking up is the best part of the skit to me--he tries so hard to compose himself, but looks up again at John Cleese and loses it again.

:-D

[33point1]

rowan atkinsons and john cleese's timing in this is perfect, those little half second pause before the line are magic, they really build up the anticipation and then deliver a really funny line, and J.C's face is so funny all the way through.

[FandPrulethesky]

is terry jones laughing:)

[Arrested101]

Yeah, at Cleese's delivery of his last lines :-)

[FandPrulethesky]

hehehe amazing. love python

[airspirit475]

genious =D

[cbak12sg]

This wasn't originally a Monty Python sketch. It was first in At Last The 1948 Show, with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman.

[mashamorgan]

This is my favourite version, Cleese's face is so funny.

[Stilte24]

"Luxury!"

[Mr2xT]

I used to get up in the morning at half past 10 at nigh 1/2 an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of freezing cold poison, work 28 hours a day at mill, and pay mill order to let us work there and when I got home, our dad used to murder us in cold blood each night, and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah!

[FREEW0RLD2012]

Mr2xT: ROFL! I know! I LOVE that bit!

[TheBlueSchool]

that is almost completly wrong! right it out correctly jack ass

[Mr2xT]

I don't know wat ur hearing but it is obvious u ain't right fo shit cockhead

[TheBlueSchool]

that just doesn't make sense! right it in proper english! unless you're american... then kill yourself!

[Mr2xT]

says the yank, u obviously can't read go back to kindergarten and learn how to read

[TheBlueSchool]

if you must know, i'm english we don't have 'kindergarten' we have a thing called reception - and all i was saying was that what you wrote down to star off with wasn't what he said

[Mr2xT]

well ok we obviously have our own opinions and i think i wrote it out right other people on here agree u saw their replies to my typing

[lopzag]

BEST SKETCH EVER!!!!!!!!

[netenute]

I would have been awesome to if Rowan Atkinson had been with the Pythons from the beginning

[netenute]

Even though he was only 14 when they started

[psychee1]

Yeah, Rowan is actually damn funny outside Mr Bean. Check out Not the nine o'clock news.

[HarryPotter15b]

Ik had het nog moeilijker... xD

[pigeonfiles]

i love terry jones corpsing at the end, and watch how cleese hones in on him...

[ArthurStern]

Luxury...

[Bernankegreenspan]

OMG John Cleese's last few lines in this video are so much better than when Eric Idle did them. He added so much passion to such a rediculous phrase.

[ArthurStern]

@ LemmyDecaution.

Im not so sure I understand what you are saying. But did you mention a Moose? As in "a Møøse once bit my sister" (Holy Grail :-))

[LemmyDecaution]

Yeah yeah, I missed spelled something there. It was late and I was tired LOL

[ArthurStern]

Hiya, LemmyDecaution

Sure, late and tired. My most favorite excuse is single malt whisky. ;-)

[KamiKaZantA]

I agree with Bernankegreenspan, this is the best version of this sketch I know of.

[lomax343]

@Bernankegreenspan The original Four Yorkshiremen were Cleese, Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman. This is because it is NOT a Monty Python sketch - it comes from AT LAst It's the 1948 Show, which pre-dates Python.

[TheLeisurePirate]

Ze vertalen hier 'If we were lucky' als 'als we keken'. XD

[Brendanvio]

This is my favourite version of the skit.

John nails Terry at the end. I guess it must have been revenge for the amount of times Terry got the others to laugh on stage.

[sanikleen]

i like it more cause rowan antkinson(

mr bean) and john cleese is in it

[CompletlyDifferent]

"And if you try to tell young kids that today, and they won't believe you."

Most awesome line ever.

[ArthurStern]

And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.

To me it is the most hilarious line ever.

I guess the fun is that the most of us actually know people that are in fierce competition about who has had the worsted childhood. And bragging about that.

[sanikleen]

agreed

[EuskaltelEuskadi]

but it was good in them days

[TheSwede88]

"We used to dream of living in a corridor" xD

[baniscool314]

that wasn't very funny

[askjiir]

oh no?

[oktayne]

Right.

I used to have to get up at 3am six months before I was born, clean entire world using only my nostril hair, go work down mill for 90 hrs a day and let mill owner sodomize me on an hourly basis. when I got home, my Dad would set me on fire and squirt lighter fluid at me, all while whistling the Ethiopian national anthem backwards!!

Beat that!!!

[TheDUDE184]

We used to dream of living in the corridor!!

[ilonka12poland]

where did eric idle go?

[aa4285]

This was filmed during the Secret Policeman's Ball. Eric was not available so they put Rowan Atkinson in the sketch.

[jjkool20]

i used to get up at ten thirty in the morning half an hour b4 i went to bed.eat a lump of freazing cold poison. work 28 hours a day at mill and pay mill and right letters to work there. when i got home our dad used to murder us in cold blood and dance aound on our graves sing hallaloya.

[elshulo99]

its 'i used to get up in the morning at half past ten at night half an hour before i went to bed' at least qoute it right

John Cleese rules!

[enkelainen]

Righ... forgive my ignorance, but I don't recognise one of them. You have Jones, Cleese, Atkinson and... who's the other one?

[jamesolner]

Michael Palin is the one on the far left

[enkelainen]

Cheers, mate!

[fullfist]

i don't like this version. the timing and the pace seems off compared to the other version.

they seem mad, rather than just braging over the top

[KamiKaZantA]

Exactly how I feel about the other version x)

[KnightOfTirawley]

We were evicted from our 'ole in the ground

[8080256256]

I love the way Jones is corpsing during Cleeses final monologue.

[Markvdl25]

the look between Cleese and Jones at ' end is priceless

[pclanc]

The other version on YouTube is so much more polished, the timing exquisite, the accents dead on. Never ceases to amaze me at how many people have no fucking taste.

[pclanc]

Anyone who says this version is best is a total numbnut. The best version is The Final Rip Off, but the other YouTube version is way better. Cleese is good, and Rowan okay, but Chapman was and will forever be the best of the Pythons. He was so funny.

[randallcaster]

Took me quite awhile to find this, as it'd been 30 years since I'd heard it, and didn't know what it was called. Had to use intuition.

Great clip.

[TicoTorres]

this version is the absolute greatest! it's hilarious!!!

[swingindoorspro]

Is this version from a python stage show os one of the secret policemens balls

[creepywonder]

Great! super! I love these guys!!

[Pamathey]

I like the one with Eddie Izzard, too. Nice tribute.

We would've DREAMED of living in a corridor...haha. Men. Always having to one-up each other ... even if it's about how bad things were. ;)

[HeeroYuy911]

This is a great skech but i would rather the classic without rowan atkinson in, he is good comic but just don't seem right in this.

[KapernicusI]

Yeah, strange that.

[frooboochick]

some of my friends and i did this sketch for a talent show in middle school. brillience.