Monty Python - The Man Who Talks in Anagrams

[JMRolf1]

I"m so dumb I didn't get any of this =/....

[AJackalMan]

Not stupid, but so silly it's clever

[theyellowdart31]

@AJackalMan Or so clever it's silly.

[sabumnimjim]

MOTHER IN LAW - WOMAN HITLER!

[damiankerr]

'Be ot or bot ne ot, tath is the nestquoi'

Brilliant!

[qtworth]

...nice ass! ;D haha

[Drakuma]

@qtworth was watching it with my mom, shes said to watch out for the ass, i responded "what ass?" --- 4 seconds later.

[RectalSpoonNinja]

I learly veold hist Teksch!

[Apollys]

LOLLLL, I had the same reaction when he said ring kitchard...

Then he just walks off lmfaooo

[iloveihop07]

A SHROW A SHROW, MY DINKUM FOR A SHROW

lol i understand everything but that part, but it's still funny just cause the way that sounds

[andhooley]

@iloveihop07 yeah, it's actually a quote it's: a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse

[Grabehn42]

@iloveihop07 As he said, that was a spoonerism, it is "a horse a horse, my kingdom for a horse" from Richard the Third

[ausdude77]

@Grabehn42 That isn't a spoonerism. "Ring Kichard" was a spoonerism because it moved the letters around from different words rather than rearranging the letters of a single word

[MalakaiJ]

@ausdude77 Well if you're going to split hairs I'm going to piss off :P

[MrPunTimes]

@iloveihop07 A SHROE A SHROE, MY DINGKOM FOR A SHROE = "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse" from Shakespeare's from Gink Ditcharr the Dhirt

[mravantgarde123]

"If you're gonna split hairs, i'm gonna piss off!"

[handsomebrick]

This is a great sketch by Not My Python.

[Jaeger7793]

@handsomebrick But that's a spoonerism, isn't it?

[TheTechnoToast]

I seem to have started a wave of people writing the words to this.

[infraball]

blood devestation death war and horror... more popularly known as the news.

[imXaXteapot2112]

"And later we'll be talking to a man who does gardening."

[netzahuacoyotl]

Oh, and, ESL stands for English as a Second Language for those who need help with acronyms.

[netzahuacoyotl]

To get this sketch, you need to: be at least minimally familiar with the works of William Shakespeare, know what an anagram is, know what a spoonerism is (and the difference between the two). And, lastly, you need to be familiar with the meaning of the expression "to split hairs." I can't believe how many people on here don't have the education necessary to understand a comedy sketch. (I'm not picking on ESL viewers, mind you, just the supposed native English speakers out there.)

[lot24]

@netzahuacoyotl

I first saw this at age 6 and knew basically what he was saying, even if I didn't know about Cumberland or Shakespeare.

Really, Michael's very helpful with his hints in this sketch. I agree, it's amazing how few people understand him. I'm American, and as someone said earlier its easy for us not to understand things but...come on, really.

[burningburney94]

if your going to split hairs, I'm going to piss off

[davidls11]

Smoe agmarnas are esay too raed. Yuor biarn olny nedes the frsit and lsat ltetres to be in tiher rhgit pcales. It's aluactly qtuie aazmnig.

[pieloadedshotgun]

whats with the naked man at the end

[tokega]

@pieloadedshotgun It's Monty Python?

[KiteTheRunner]

LOLOLOL this is brilliant!

[MrPunTimes]

@Rorix9 No, this skit is not stupid. Indeed you are not as smart as you thought you were. Perhaps it is not a question of intelligence but rather a question of sense of humor (humour, as the folks of MP would say..er, write).

I guess you just don't understand/appreciate anagrams.

a few good anagrams:

Debit Card - BAD CREDIT

Dormitory - DIRTY ROOM

President Clinton of the USA - TO COPULATE, HE FINDS INTERNS

you see?

[kingcaesar5]

@MrPunTimes Also some i found

Clint Eastwood - Old West Action

Alec Guinness - Genuine Class

[stgm]

@MrPunTimes Are you kidding? Monty Python is incredibly stupid. It's just an excuse for intelligent men to dress up like women and act like morons. That's the whole appeal.

[EgholmViking]

@stgm no offence but what are you doing here then?

[stgm]

@EgholmViking ....watching a Monty Python video. Why do you ask?

[ZephyrMoonsilver]

@stgm Pardon me for butting in, but I'd just like to point out that Monty Python is not stupid but in fact pure genius of absurdist humour, which may bear the appearance of stupidity because it makes no sense. The genius of it is, it's not MEANT to make sense. Rather, it is specially tailored to make as little sense as possible while still managing to be hilarious, which takes rather a lot of skill, talent, and crazy.

[TheAle89515]

@MrPunTimes Wow that's impressive... especially if you came up with them.

[Rorix9]

@MrPunTimes i fully understand and appreciate anagrams. Therefore, I would have to conclude my sense of humor is not stimulated by this particular bit. I find the premise itself unfunny. However, I will give it another view to see if I was just in the wrong state of mind at the time.

Also, I found your examples of anagrams clever...but not funny. I guess that's my point.

[MrPunTimes]

@Rorix9 That seems logical enough. I guess it is simply a matter of preference. To me, more often than, clever equals funny. I admire those of quick wit, and I enjoy word play (even puns, if they are clever enough).

Regardless of the material, you must admit Idle's delivery is perfect considering the difficulty of his lines. Classic Monty Python

[Erniethecatisawesom]

They should have done one where they talk entirely in Spoonerisms!

[CanadianStereotype]

lmfao Malliwi Rapesheake

[CorporalHotdogs]

Sounds like typical british talk to me.

[ThisisJamesman]

so, when did they talk to the guy who does gardening?

[LaVonBain]

My brother is called Hamrag and he is from Bumcreland too!

[maurice]

1:26 Best punchline ever. Take back your independence, choose your own image. Totally in sympathy with him.

[DiscordianDisciple27]

I actually could understand most of this

[mindlesspup]

hsif tahw si tou ni ekal?

[ChrisHenniker]

I'd love to write this.

[nowheremanno9]

Ok wise guys, figure this one out.... A dead slut too runny, finer guy in elite

[THEEVANTHETOON]

"Halls I pacreom eteh ot a semrum's yad,

hotu rat remo elolvy dan remo trempeat?"

(Rapesheake's "Nensto's" 18.1-2)

[DKM101]

@THEEVANTHETOON

you forgot an e on the last word

[THEEVANTHETOON]

I wonder if he's ever going to do "Moero and Ujelit" or "Matchbe"? He should also try to do all of Rapesheake's "Nensto's".

[madimaeberri]

Ok, Demetri Martin

[TehGangstaUnicorn]

Jesshamilton1@

...and acting like a retarded, cynical American is even less funny. :D

[aneri97]

I almost died when he said "Malliwi Rapesheake". XD

[lebunga]

!I Lkie tihs eno

[Jesshamilton1]

What the Fk! Acting like retarded Brit is not funny.

[DeadNorwegianBlue]

@Jesshamilton1 how about read the 2nd top comment by Griexxt you lazy dumbass

[MissNeverForEverKB]

The guy at the end? Hehehe xD

[SirDruhHu]

The ending is too awesome

[argentotenebre]

I wouldn't have gotten it if they hadn't mentioned Shakespeare, everything he's saying are titles of plays. Ring Kichard LMAO

[Rorix9]

i pride myself as more intelligent than the average person. I also believe I have a grasp of the english language, greater than most. BUT, I don't get this at all!

Either this is fucking stupid, or I am not as smart as I thought I was. :)

[crazenate]

@Rorix9 It's the latter.

[Rorix9]

@crazenate haha i guess so...

[panty3pirate]

@Rorix9 Oh, there you go again, "i" should be capitalized.

[cbob22]

@Rorix9

Yeah if you don't know what an anagram is you should probably deflate that ego of yours. ;)

[Rorix9]

@cbob22 no no, I know what an anagram is...however I just didn't find any humor in it...but that isn't to say I still shouldn't deflate my ego :P

[panty3pirate]

@Rorix9 It's the latter. And I don't think you should be considering yourself more intelligent than the average person since you didn't capitalize that first sentence. It's not only the first letter of the sentence, but it's "I", which both need to be capitalized. You've really only proved that you're more ignorant than-not smarter than-the average person. If you're gonna go around saying that you have a better grasp of English than most, you might want to learn the language first.

[Rorix9]

@panty3pirate do you truly believe i didn't capitalize "i" due to ignorance? i would certainly hope not. if that were the case, i would highly question your intelligence...this is the internet. Commenting on videos posted on youtube is far from a situation where proper capitalization and punctuation is needed and/or desired. Lazy does not equate to ignorance.

[BritishStrings]

@Rorix9 Laziness is however, the leading cause of ignorance... whether it was correct or not, it was a fair assumption to make

[Rorix9]

@BritishStrings perhaps...

or perhaps invention leads to a desire for efficiency which results in innovation...but then agian that requires understanding there is a gray area and not all things are able to be boxed in. Some are not capable of such objective reasoning.

[Hendishness]

@Rorix9 Lighten up you stuffy, dimwitted old fart.

[Rorix9]

@Hendishness touche

[TheHambone12]

I've noticed, "Blood, Devestation, Death, War and Horror" probably had the most inthusiastic audience of all the Monty Python episodes.

[BlackDiamondXx]

oh Eric. how i love you sooo. his expressions just make what he can do even more amazing.

[madscientist90]

Umm... is it weird that I can understand what he's saying? ><

[ddogthepimp]

@madscientist90 if your american, then no. its popular to not understand things there.

[madscientist90]

@ddogthepimp Nope, not American. DEFINITELY not. xD Guess I'm just retarded then.

I'm secretly cheering to your comment over here.

[LordZero666]

Awesome... i wonder how hard was to memorize all that weird script.

[spyware60]

this is humor.

[ben9345]

This is what Welsh sounds like to everyone else.

[BambisaurusRex]

This just shows how clever they all were. So simple

[Supasaiyanfrieza]

Hist hows si trega.

[Daedalus1776]

Fuck, this hurts my head. x.x

[russinhouse]

@Daedalus1776  yep

[gayshorts120]

fuck the ending

[ADEMruinedmylife909]

This has me thinking of my old Latin classes for some reason...

[markstar777]

hahhhhhhhahhhhhhah

[IPD07]

in order: Taht si crreoct. I stom certainly od. Revy chum so. Hamrag - Hamrag Yatlerot. Bumcreland. Staht sit sepreicly. Sey, sey - taht si crreoct, er. Ta the mnemot I'm wroking on 'The Mating of the Wersh'. Nay, by Malliwi Rapesheake. 'Two Netlemeg of Verona', 'Twelfth Thing', 'The Chamrent of Venice'.... 'Thamle'. 'Be ot or bot ne ot, tath is the nestquie.' 'Ring Kichard the Thrid'. 'A shroe! A shroe! My dingkome for a shroe!' If you're going to split hairs, I'm going to piss off.

[erock195]

@IPD07 Translated: That is correct. I msot certainly do. Very much so. Cumberland. That's it precisely. Yes, yes, that is correct. At the moment I'm working on "The taming of the Shrew". Nay, by William Shakespeare. "Two Gentlemen of Verona, "Tweltfh Night", "The Merchant of Venice"... "Hamlet". "Be to or not to be, that is the question. "King Richard the Third." A horse, a horse,! My kingdom for a horse."

[sallygirl2066]

Manny me rape chic. WHAT THE HELL HAHA

[heatbucspies55]

The great thing about them is even if the original idea starts to get old, the punchline at the ned is always hilarious.

[algerhistogram]

@heatbucspies55 something you can't say about SNL

[heatbucspies55]

@algerhistogram

I am American, have to agree though.

SNL's claim to fame, IMO, is the careers that it launched, but the show itself isn't great to me.

[fenderkid6]

@heatbucspies55 we'll fly over piers morgan if you send us Dan Aykroyd.

[heatbucspies55]

@fenderkid6

We already sort of have him here.

Not that I really wanted him.

[fenderkid6]

@heatbucspies55 Well, it's your turn now. We've had to deal with the cnut for ages.

[theinfectiondrummer]

The ending made this perfect

[lecoupdefoudre93]

Comedy genius right there!

[MXB2001]

A shroe, a shroe, my dingkom for a shroe! Brilliant!

[hempefi]

if your gonna split hairs i'm gonna piss off.

[McRocket]

This must have been such a time consuming skit to write.

Very impressive though.

[nellgwenn]

@McRocket Go to Rutland Weekend Television-Gibberish.

[JustThink00]

Monty Python seems to be 90% silly and boring nonsense punctuated by a few rare moments of sheer genius that deserve to go down in history....this would be the former.

[waldoman7]

how is it funny when you can't understand a thing he's saying?

[EpicCheez2]

@waldoman7 Guess what?...thats the joke.

[waldoman7]

@EpicCheez2

that's not a joke. If that's a joke thenn murahakwelagjajkldngaoiewejgqk­l.

why aren't you laughing?

[EpicCheez2]

@waldoman7 Idiot, do you even know what an anagram is? stfu homo.

[waldoman7]

@EpicCheez2

of course I do. the fact that they found a way of babbling that requires a very very slight degree of inteligence does not make the babble funny. I appreciate witty british humor but wit in and of itself is just smart, not funny. We don't laugh in math class after all.

[garyhcole]

@waldoman7 its not random jibberish, an anagram is where the letters of a word are rearranged

[waldoman7]

@garyhcole

which is usually gibberish. If the anagram had turned out to be real words and there was something funny in those words, then we would have a joke. However I can't make out a thing he's saying so it might as well just be giberish(and maybe it is). It's a tad harder to do than making random sounds, but not any funnier.

[Griexxt]

@waldoman7 "how is it funny when you can't understand a thing he's saying?"

It isn't. But then the problem isn't with the sketch, it's that you don't understand a thing he's saying.

[waldoman7]

@Griexxt

see now, there's an answer I can get behind. I know that I have a little bit of trouble with word comprehension, exspecially where accents are involved.  Making anagrams out of it just makes it hopeless.

[AshitakaNakagawa]

@waldoman7 It's done by relative association. By knowing what he's talking about you tend to narrow down what the word could be to that particular subject. When he's talking about Shakespeare, you know what he means when he says The Mating of the Wersh. You just have to think about it a little.

[waldoman7]

@AshitakaNakagawa

Taming of the Shrew. Hard to pick that sort of thing up as fast as they move. Still not seeing any humor though, but then again I have no idea what a wersh is.

[einileethestrange]

nice sketch... oops, I mean " Nick the sec".

[drystyx]

cine tiks

[G0DOFMILK]

its easy to understand hind

[Milomia9]

what are anagrams?

[Tenjeen]

@Milomia9 Anagram is a word that makes another word when you mix the letters correctly. Although they are supposed to make sense, but you know how monty python goes...

[TheTechnoToast]

the music at the beginning is so unfitting

[ThatThingByTheShed]

@TheTechnoToast If you're gonna split hairs, then I'm gonna piss off.

[TheTechnoToast]

@ThatThingByTheShed nife neth!

[ravinepatrickswayze]

Man 'Thamle'. 'Be ot or bot ne ot, tath is the nestquie.'

Interviewer And what is your next project?

Man 'Ring Kichard the Thrid'.

Interviewer I'm sorry?

Man 'A shroe! A shroe! My dingkome for a shroe!'

Interviewer Ah, Ring Kichard, yes... but surely that's not an anagram, that's a spoonerism.

Man If you're going to split hairs, I'm going to piss off.

[ravinepatrickswayze]

Interviewer Hello, good evening and welcome to another edition of Blood, Devastation, Death War and Horror, and later on we'll be meeting a man who does gardening. But first on the show we've got a man who speaks entirely in anagrams.

Man :Taht si crreoct.

Interviewer Do you enjoy it?

Man :I stom certainly od. Revy chum so.

Interviewer And what's your name?

Man :Hamrag - Hamrag Yatlerot.

Interviewer Well, Graham, nice to have you on the show. Now, where do you come from?

[ravinepatrickswayze]

@iBischoff haha thats awesome thank you

[TheSuperfreak1234]

Its actually welsh

[thegirlwhoeatsfeet]

@TheSuperfreak1234

It actually has vowels, Welsh, however, does not :')

[iBischoff]

I need someone to translate everything he said lol

[TheTechnoToast]

Palin: Aha King Richard yes, But surely that's not a nonanagram, that's a normal word.

Idle: If you're gonna split hairs I'm gonna piss off.

END

[7beers]

@TheTechnoToast But surely that's not an anagram, that's a spoonerism.

[TheTechnoToast]

Idle: Yes, yes, that is correct. At the moment I'm working on The Taming Of The Shrew. Palin: The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare? Idle: No, by William Shakespeare. Palin: And, er, what else? Idle: er, two gentlemen of Verona, er, twelfth night, The merchant of Venice. Palin: Have you done Hamlet? Idle: Hamlet. To be or not to be, that is the question. Palin: And what is your next project? Idle: King Richard the Third. Palin: I'm sorry? Idle: A rose, a rose, my kingdom for a rose! P2

[7beers]

@TheTechnoToast A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse.

[TheTechnoToast]

@7beers That's it precisely. Whoops.

[TheTechnoToast]

Palin: Tonight is a man who speaks entirely in nonanagrams. Idle: That is correct. Palin: Do you enjoy this? Idle: I most certainly do. Very much so. Palin: And what's your name? Idle: Graham, Graham Tatleroy. Palin: Well Graham, nice to have you on the show. Now where do you come from? Idle: Cumberland. Palin: Cumberland? Idle: That's it precisely. Palin: And I belive you're working on a nonanagram version of shakespeare. ....PART1....

[jackhillty1]

remember smart comedy?

[spore56go]

@jackhillty1 remember people who actually respect other peoples opinions? BE ONE YA GIT.

[flounder2760]

so anyone else notice the goofy naked guy banging the ivory

[TheTechnoToast]

Sith is so Unnfy

[Tyrathius2361]

Chek! Isth idove dema em oflam!!! oll!

[THEARBITER1236]

"maliwee rape sheep" DA FUCK?

[KPJohnson85]

@THEARBITER1236 The anagram of William Shakespeare would be roughly Malliwi Rapesheaks.

[SouthernPoint52]

A Shroe a Shroe, My Dinkom for a Shroe

[MidnightWonko]

For those of you who are hopelessly lost on this....

Anagram.

Spoonerism.

Now that you know how they're spelled, you can look them up for yourselves! :D

[dharmaseed]

@MidnightWonko Manks thuch! Taht si dicenbirly flepuh!

[MickeyLove01]

@MidnightWonko I spoonerism and she took me jism

[andrewdeangelo1]

i think the 11 people who disliked this werent well enough educated to A:know what an anagram is....or B:be able to follow eric idle's amazing ability to go through the entire skit without error.

[TheIrishlad12]

need to know python to catch all the nuances

[startreking2007]

Ok who in Seattle recorded this?

[siebenny]

1:29 is the best.. hahah wtf

[jochemlol]

Naked organist's face ftw.

[mcog2006]

If you're gonna spit hairs, I'm gonna piss off. That's awesome and funny.

[TheGRH1994]

lol Sounds Welsh?

[TangoSlapp]

The end had me confused. naked pianist

[Penningtontj]

@TangoSlapp I believe that's the idea.

[Mucky1little2me3]

@TangoSlapp A Knowing gratuitous wink as an apology for the intellectual and geeky nature of the previous sketch knowing the pythons - which actually I never did.

[misslewellen]

Im completely lost...ive got no clue what he is sayin...

[WaterShowsProd]

@misslewellen an anagram is a sentence or phrase where the letters are rearranged to make new words. "Ring Kichard" is a spoonerism for "King Richard" where the first letter of each word is swapped, so technically not an anagram.

[WalrusGumboot42]

"Ood devastation"

Like if you thought of doctor who.

[philblah]

no apostrophe's please



[mas5003]

oll htahts yrve unfny! i usre ovel mtnoy ytponh :D

[theboyks]

@mas5003 You're doing it wrong.

[DanielL5583]

Hits saw hewn yomdec saw erpope yomdec.

[redshiftexperiment]

@DanielL5583 STOP THAT .. it's silly.

[DanielL5583]

@redshiftexperiment I ond't ese hyw I dulosh.

[tbeher]

that BUTT!!!

[Ettoredipugnar]

Feckin brilliant.