The Crimson Permanent Assurance part 1

[ncbloom]

OCCUPY !!!!

[northerbrewer]

I guess these bankers would be included in the 99%

[AchaliNemo]

Alle Macht dem Volke !

[TedSki82]

Ron Paul @ 5:03.

[TedSki82]

"...and YOU: put the kettle on."

[namco21gamefreak]

Overthrow at it's best!!!

[ilikemaguro]

99% AWESOME!

[BeAsTm0aD]

Occupy Everything! ;D

[NeonSloaney]

240P WE MEET AGAIN

[Pwells1]

This is really a part of Meaning of Life though, not really its own short. After all, this story then invades the middle of meaning of life.

[Cupit29]

@Pwells1 I agree! I've only recently found out that it is it's own short. I've never seen Meaning of Life without it and in my mind it's always been part of the main feature.

[leonard267]

I don't get the joke T_T

[ThatSwissGuy1]

Nigel Hawthorne aka Sir Humphrey Appleby from "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" at 5:34.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

“The pirate instinct of the insular nation has a wholly different understanding of economic affairs. There economic activity is considered a matter of combat and booty—ultimately, the individual’s share in the booty. The Norman state, which developed a refined technique of amassing money reserves, was based entirely on the piracy principle. The feudal system was introduced as a magnificent and elegant means to the same piratical end.”

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

Sometimes the Pythons amaze me, though they are not smart by intellectual ability, they seem to be smart by instinct (somewhat): They may have tried to ridicule the boring modern business life by a elderly pirates flick but the German philosopher Oswald Spengler did in fact consider the foundation of English economical thinking to be the piracy of the old Normans, which has developed into the modern economic system, turning the pirate into a millionaire:

[gijoel]

I don't think we'll ever have another global financial crisis if we enact the simple policies of this education video.

[alienvspredator444]

I would totally want to see a full movie about this

[SaintPatrick33]

Hats... people aren't wearing enough.

[albertjester]

huh. reminds me of time bandits for some reason.

[hikariyouk]

@albertjester Terry Gilliam also wrote - with Michael Palin - and directed that.

[czs5056]

only because people are not wearing enough hats

[MrFIFAnatic]

genius

[taekinuru2]

5 people disliked this. ... Are there 5 people out there who just don't like ANYTHING, ever, and are never happy no matter how good things are?

[stegatops]

What was the movie from which this is a spoof of? Was it the Crimson Armada?

[mondomark]

I wish Gilliam was as good as this now. Dr. Parnassus had its moments, but hopefully the Don Quixote film will be a genuine return to form.

[Conman436]

Does anyone know if the music is available anywhere, or other pieces of the same genre?

[turkishfoley]

"and you ... put the kettle on!!!!!!"

[bluetoaster8822]

This is the best thing ever.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Monty Python and The Meaning of Life is awesome. This part's pretty damn funny, too.

[Acrobatdog99]

SACK? SACK! Come on boys let's get at him!

Best line.

[antarcticalex]

Still brilliant after all these years.

[NovusLuc1feriTempus]

you can see the Free-Mason ritual..!!

[elbundy]

@NovusLuc1feriTempus dont just say it, give the time ;)

[NovusLuc1feriTempus]

@elbundy Well all the first part of MP have a Free Macon Occult meaning but when i say FM Ritual i talk the initiation ritual, that start at 1;55.! for more you can listen the 5 part of (Forces occultes - Au Coeur De La Franc-Maconnerie) but this is in french maybe you can found it in english..!!

[kinyodas]

Best... Short... Film... Ever...

[HazMatMedia]

"...and you, put the kettle on!"

Britain is awesome.

[JoeNieroski]

There's a certain Gold Sacks, AIG aspect to this...

[RofesWorld]

GENIAL



[slatour0694]

Brilliant.

[QuikVidGuy]

And YOU... Put the kettle on.

[PaigeEvonne]

RofL! i remember watching this 4 the fist time with my sis. She was like "WTF IS GOING ON?!" while i was dying of laughter from the pure insanity of it all. And her reaction only made it funnier. Oh shit i'll never forget that.

[ytvoice1]

@PaigeEvonne My reaction was ecxatly the same as yours. So the movie must have been popular at that time ;)

[MrMashibaba]

!!DEMENTIA!!

[peterdavisable]

Its sad isnt it but this is what accountancy does to some people

[Jangocat]

When The Meaning of Life came out we saw it in the theater and when this short came on before the actual movie it was the weirdest thing, we didn't know what to make of it! It was like the most awesomely strange beginning to a move ever!

[PawnSacrific3]

This bit should be shown in every economics class.

[ArchitectOfRapture]

@PawnSacrific3 Remember no matter how big your company is Beware of Accountancy Pirates!

[chrispy9229]

This is quite possibly, the greatest short film, in the history of man.

[ste309w]

any truth to the story I heard that this cost more than half the films budget?

[Jcolinsol]

Mutiny on board the Crimson Permanent Assurance.

I need a copy of this movie, I've been puttin' that off.

[Xendinthian]

In my opinion, this is by far the best part of The Meaning of Life.

[Raycheetah]

Man, it ended too soon! =^[.]^=

[DeafFret]

The theme music to this is awesome.

[Pricher1991]

who wrote this fantastic soundtrack??

[talleyho12]

@Pricher1991 same guy who wrote the uhf music and the robojox theme. he really didnt get enough credit

[pancocayo]

Nothing to do with 'Up' this is like one million times better!!

[mittfh]

Fat, bloated merchant bankers...in 1983! Some things never change...

[9898983]

Merchant Wankers not bankers

[seide23]

I bet those old chaps had a great time making this! And the theme itself hasn't aged a day.

[Tommygun1135]

Probrably one of the best parts of the movie.

[tredlow]

Haha, this reminds me of Pixar's Up!

[fizzgigify]

This is brilliant!

[CommodoreFluffy]

YEEEEEES!

[RAZEAN55]

oh oh i gotta nother one ..... Hear about the armies of the undead??? heres the armies of the NEAR-Dead! XD

[suhuso59]

I remember seeing this in the Cinema with the première of Meaning of Life and have been searching for it since - apparently it is not always shown with it - pity - it is an absolutely BRILLIANT example of the completely out-of-left-field genius that is the Python. I bow to you, Mr. Gilliam.

[mainsqueeze1977]

A shame, I think this better than the rest of the film!

[cogidubnus1953]

I'd forgotten quite how amazing this was...

[Bleenderhead]

The window washer on the left is Michael Palin.

Also, look at what the one on the right does to his face xD

[doomed2obscurity]

the one on the right is terry gilliam!

[jerkwallace]

No the window washer on the right is Gilliam.

[Bleenderhead]

I said the one on the LEFT was Michael Palin. And he is.

[wallspiderbones]

terry grant is in this.. not sure what part, you probly dont know who terry grant is.. hes mantracker on tv

[truefakeness]

I think this is really the most bizarre thing Monty Python ever came up with.

[Chrshonore]

Terry Gilliam is the scaffold from 9:37 on

[ecuadorthree]

The attention to detail in this is brilliant. Of course, attention to detail ain't cheap.

[turbohusque]

This is the very definition of the word "Epic".

[icovada]

You, Sir, are an idiot

[halfdark000]

No, 'Assurance' and 'Insurance' are very different words.

[Cutekillerkayaker]

Brilliant short film!! Love it!! And my great gran is the little old lady with the tea! :D

[stegaflaps]

Apparently 60% of the films budget went on the Crimson Perm. sketch...........I thought it looked too well polished for a "pre-cursor!"

This was better than the film!

[adrenalinejunkie93]

funniest thing in the whole film and the other pythons wanted it taken out!?!?! I LOVES IT!

[noun12345]

because it didn't fit with the style of the movie

wikipedia says blame john cleese

[Goldberg1337]

This is definately the only good part of "MP's Meaning of Life". The rest is just stupid and offensive, but this part is really, really cool!

[thompsfloyd]

How is the "Machine that goes PING" offensive?

How is "The Salmon Mousse" offensive?

How is " A Tiger, in Africa?" offensive?

sergeant Major marching up and down the square, Birth in the 3rd world (Yorkshire)?????

are you sure you even watched this movie?

[Goldberg1337]

I saw it a long time ago. However, stuff like "Every Sperm is Sacred", a sex ed class where people have sex, live liver transplants, and of course Mr. Creosote really were just too much for my tastes.

[thompsfloyd]

some of it is pretty over the top I suppose, That's just the Python's style though, different strokes for different folks.

[damanhl]

offensive? Come on...what is so offensive about it?

[GMSzulcer]

I saw it yesterday at night I thought it was a dream

[earmall]

Someone should hack Fox News and CNBC's satellite signals and put this on a continuous loop.

[madhammudeux]

...we'll keep our fingers crossed that such a messiah is delivered to us ;)

[jimmybfan]

Revolution... people are sick of gettin screwed by big business and the government. Tea party anyone?

[jimmybfan]

Yep Corporate sharks screwin the little guys. Seems kind of prescient for 1983 eh? Only took 25 years but it's happening. Greedy assholes

[Kyrkby]

Awsome sketch, but it's also true, in some ways.

[MidoriNoSaru]

Yaarrr, me hearties!!! Hard aport! There be Northern Rocks ahead!

[mafre029]

First monty python sketch I ever saw

[jimmybfan]

how how do you spell that word..ap rah poor fuckin robber barons look like school girls compared to todays ilk

[agrigoat]

Well this is one way to take vengance on those irresponsible banking chappies

[stegaflaps]

They had this on TV two weeks after the 911 attacks............and for some reason they cut this entire scene out..........funny about that!

[killermole]

Just pure awesome, british comedy at its best

[claredontyoudare]

Indeed, the greatest film, albeit short, directed by Terry Gilliam.

[YellowMagi]

In these times, this is exaclty what we need, a real cleanup!

[BillGates999]

one of the greatest things Terry Gilliam has ever made

[WoozyJos]

This is not a fictional story

[bushcraft80]

Absolutely awesome sketch, and easily my favourite from the film. Terry Gilliam's vision for surreal fantasy is unparalled! Great stuff by the Python's.

[demosj]

Holy shit.

[acidbomb44]

truly the greatest moment of british comedy :)

[ragnarok993]

NOW we know where the bale out money went!!!!

[Todd8Todd8Todd]

This is one of the things that made me support pirates over ninjas.

[liquidfreak]

To hell with those ninjas!

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

I love The Meaning Of Life! I even have the DVD.

[Eptin]

I love how Wall Street really did collapse around the same time as Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Not that I like the whole collapsing part...

[interstitialofficial]

It only hurt people who don't create wealth for a living. They just process it and collect interest and fees, etc. Poor investors. Poor bankers. They don't work. They just get rich off your back. You work in the factory so that you can send them a mortgage check every month. Let them jump out of top story window when they go broke. Please, someone film it so I can watch it day in and day out and have a laugh.

[Soulmirago]

You have no idea what you're talking about. Here are some very basic benefits of banks:

Keeping money safe while also allowing withdrawals when needed

Issuance of checkbooks so bills can be paid and other kinds of payments can be delivered by post

Provide personal loans, commercial loans, and mortgage loans

Issuance of credit cards and processing of transactions and billing

Issue of debit cards for use as a substitute for checks

Allow financial transactions at branches or by using ATMs

[interstitialofficial]

The only part I have a problem with is paying for things with money you don't have.

[grgkstnz]

so ... it didnt hurt the family who was investing in a 529 plan to send their kids to college?

And it didnt hurt the 55+ working class man who had been saving all his life so that his retirement would be comfortable?

And it didnt hurt the guy who just got laid off because the company he worked for was having a tough time because the global credit crunch was causing a lot of companies to cutback?

You are a complete idiot

[interstitialofficial]

When the people at the top start getting rich at a slower pace, they begin cutting people at the bottom. What makes this a terrifying proposition for folks is that they have shelter by dint of monthly payments - we live in a system of paying for things with money we don't have. So that income has to be steady or you're up a creek.

Striking a nerve says more about you than it does me.

[jamesmorgandavies]

As a metaphor this gets 6/5 stars!

[Kiddiss]

Gives a whole new meaning to "Corporate Raiders" LOL

Did anyone else expect to see a very large man stand up out of the "waters" and find that the boat-building was a hat for him? Maybe that was just me... (Time Bandits ref.)

MeOw!

[Spule4]

This is somehow fitting this week....

[54spiritedwill54]

This is what Terry Gilliam makes when you give him a massive budget for a sketch.

[GolumTR]

In the commentary for this scene, Terry Gilliam talks about how great it was to work with these old actors. Most of them were old Song-And-Dance men and this was many of their last chances to work.

Also, despite the highly physical nature of the short only one person was injured. And not badly, thank goodness.

[benbisley]

Awesome!

Perhaps we should do the same with the hospital where I work.

What was the building on which the CPA was modelled? Wikipedia says the Lloyd's Register of Shipping in Fenchurch Street, but it doesn't remotely resemble it. That remarkable clock which forms the figurehead of the CPA should give a clue.

[strife17O7]

Classic.

[EmersonsL100]

Is that Nigel Hawthorne at 5:35?

[GreenHatTrick]

I always loved this bit.

[Haliphax]

Terry Gilliam is the fucking man.

[shellycoat]

Absolutely brilliant.

[Astro7Nut]

Me and my coworkers should do the same thing one day....

[airdriver]

When Meaning Of Life was in the theatres, this was treated as a short, artsy sort of independent movie and the audience treated it that way. Atleast until they showed the attack on Wall Street from the victim's point of view. Brilliant joke the Python's played on us.

[Socialism4Ever]

One more victory for the workingman!

[053bss]

Well, one more victory for the dusty English establishment, maybe. they are capitalist accountants, after all.

Great film nonetheless: Terry Gilliam is a genius.

[Socialism4Ever]

I know. It's just funny. Terry Gilliam= awesome.

[053bss]

Ha ha, true :)

[kascnef82]

thanks for uploading this short!!! This is the best part of the last monty python movie.

[ThePineo]

This was my favorite part of the DvD

[garydocool]

'I Demand to see my lawyer!'

[Padpaw22]

I always thought this was so well done.

[Senorpoppy]

and the other window washer is michael palin

[jduncker]

Nice cameo appearance by Gilliam as one of the windowwashers.

[Graphicals]

He should've used his hearing aid wire as a garotte on those yuppie scum Lol..

[ForgivenR]

this was at the very start of the TV version of de film

[TannenWamsley]

lol its on the monty python meaning of life vid special edition

[VuaRapuun]

hilarious short!

[mmmpie]

fuck yes!

[GamerErman2001]

This is what Terry Gilliam makes when you give him a massive budget for a sketch.

[Montork]

holy hell yes!!!