Monty Python, RAF Banter

[spenroy]

Ahh, the original Sir Digby Chicken Ceaser!

[ajmf35029]

Get me the prime minister.

Sir!

NOT THAT QUICKLY!!!

lol

[TheFreddieFoo]

You can tell that this bit was written by Douglas Adams

[balzarfriesen]

Steptoe and Son imitation music. Good stuff.



[joevyse]

Wot-ho squiffy!

[debsmilligan]

Love and miss Monty Python. Cabbage crates coming over the Briney indeed. I understand the Banter ...................I think?

[TheKaerius]

@debsmilligan

Bombers coming over the sea... but what about the rest of it?

[listerone]

After Cleese left the show was finished.It's actually painful to watch those episodes.

[GuillemotWatcher]

I so glad that I live in a nation that's unafraid to take the piss out of it's heroes.

[comanchio1976]

@GuillemotWatcher More like...takes the piss out of older film-makers. Most of the pilots in the RAF were working class...This stereotypical cliched upper class pilot malarkey, is a steaming pile of shit

[GuillemotWatcher]

@comanchio1976 You are right that most RAF pilots during WWII weren't educated at British private schools but this skit was aimed at taking the piss out of banter. Kenneth Moore popped up in so many post war British films that he began to epitomise British virtue, but by the 70s his portrayals, his stiff upper lip defiance in the face of adversity as portrayed on film, were open to ridicule. What ever their motivation the the upper class boys gave proportionally to the defence of Britain,

[animotioned]

@GuillemotWatcher They took the piss out of themselves! It's a joke. For example: when Churchill said 'Never before have so many owed so much to so few', one Battle of Britain pilot quipped 'I thought he was talking about our mess bill' :) They took a joke, and they were heroes all the more for it.

[chainedtotheworld]

0:35

it's amazing how small bins were back then

[TheKenfig]

Is there something up with my banter chaps ?

[AbuAvital]

With the passing of the greatest generation who will be left to explain banter to us?

[pmckeown40]

get me the prime minister! SIIR! Not that quickley! siiir!

XD wat 

[dave2806]

not taking war seriously is not british at all !

[ModshackMerlin]

He shot the German plane right in the arse (how's your father), his plane inverted (Dicke Bertie'd), feathered back on his propeller (Sammy), scarpered (Betty Harpered) and crashed his plane into the sea.

How difficult are you making it to understand banter?

[m2101j]

Oh that is funny. I miss Monty Python. Memories from my youth.

[TheSlinkyStudios]

I wish I knew someone named Squiffy

[Libervurto]

@TheSlinkyStudios

Start calling someone Squiffy and then you do. :)

[mavayu]

Roger, Over

[kylezo]

playboy? proctologist? REAR admiral? probe beneath? voyeur? TELESCOPE????!!?

[GoldenGal42]

"Banged his kite right in the how's your father." He flew his plane into making love? O_o What the...

[Xoahr]

@GoldenGal42

"Pranged his kite right in the how's your father" - He shot the enemies plane, probably fatally damaging it, right in the place it hurts most.

[AberrantAristotle]

Is it wrong that I understood most of the banter?

[phlaminngoo]

Good Lord! How did our chaps react?!

Well, they were jolly interested, sir.

[herr464]

Thank you Shirley

[okayillgonow]

Michael Palin = Best Narrator in History

[bakooi]

That introduction is pure genius. Thomas Diamond is the greatest!

[xvdifug]

Its not Adams its Cleese.

[Shikamaru1212]

@xvdifug

Cleese what a tinny word

[joeloud1]

@Shikamaru1212 Perfectly dreadful.

[BlankPerceptions]

@xvdifug no that's definitely adams.

[neomp5]

douglas adams for the win

[MrVordas]

This is so amazing I don't even like it. :D

[MrMrmike5]

WERE GONNA SHOW THESE CHINESE," "germans" "THESE GERMANS," funny lol

[zof31091]

graham's faces are the best!!! ahahhahahah (especially in his first and last scene)

[MarcusSLazarus]

Talk about six degrees of 'INSERT NAME HERE'; they took a REALLY long time to trace back to the people the story was actually about

[kozmon0t]

the cabbage crates was the only part that almost made sense

but not quite enough to stop the cabbages from reaching their target

[teencomment]

I love how Chapman's lip pouts out after he gets done talking at the end.

[davepx]

Bally tenpenny ones dropping in the custard!

[Apollyon511]

Holy shit terry jones is thin, its freaking me out.

[oldschoolcaddilac]

This episode is definitely my favorite non-cleese episode

[xvdifug]

@oldschoolcaddilac He's the Surgeon

[b25mtchll]

@xvdifug that's actually Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Alwyn2112]

Cabbage crates coming over the Briney!



[CheeseEAster]

@ShowYourWorking

It doesn't matter, it's an amazing sketch one way or the other

[eXPerienceyeah]

"Get me the Prime Minister"

"Sir"

"Not that quickly"

"Sir"

LMAO 6:03

[CheeseEAster]

Bally Jerry primed his kite, right in the how's your father. Harry Blighter, Dicky burded feathered back on his sammy. Took a war spear, flipped over on his petty harpers and caught his can in the birtty.

That's what I got from it at least

[Simpson654]

The beginning of this sketch must have been an inspiration for James Burke's TV series Connections that first aired in the late 70s.

[OABW4RR10R]

Banjo Monkeys on the ceiling sir! grab your (head and fours?) and lets get the Bacon delivered!

[yourdefeated]

Hahahaha wow, he said 'oh god! thank you shirley', just as the female comes out from under his desk!

[GoblinXXX]

Eric's exasperated look at 3:45 is great.

[thecomanche1]

"Bunch a monkeys on the roof grab ya xxxx 4,s lets get the bacon delivered "



[GoblinXXX]

@thecomanche1 ...  Cabbage crates coming over the briny?

[SamEmerson93]

exeter :')

[dexterccf2]

i just love how the wraf bird was totally ignored

[DynamicEquilibrium]

I wonder what that woman was doing under his desk...

[sambluecat]

well thats just silly

[MtheGate]

SAUSAGE SQUAD UP THE BLUE END!

Interesting image. XD

[mokotosegawa]

jerry flew out into trouble, harry followed, flipped over, got behind jerrys tail. took some dmg, flipped around and shot down the enemy......i think

[PortCharmers]

@mokotosegawa Look, it's perfectly straightforward: Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

[GoblinXXX]

@PortCharmers ... No, I don't understand that banter at all.

[sorenvoss]

ibras. dk/montypython/episode42. htm

[Maphysto]

What ho, Squiffy!

[servantofLoviatar]

"Slower Banter, Sir?"

[Maphysto]

@servantofLoviatar Ra-THER!

[Moosemansam1]

Pranged his kite right in the how's ur fathers

[wotrabbitfish]

i'll wager 3 bob til tuesday on michael ellis's king charles bitch ant against bally jerry's spiders

[helixator]

1;21 'Internaional Playboy' is a dead ringer for Ian Thorpe

[TerryOShea]

sausage squad up the blue end!!

[Endrawnia]

when graham says thank you shirly, a lady comes out from under the desk O.O

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

1:25 That's Douglas N. Adams. Writer of the Hitchhiker series. This is where 42 came from!

[SniperMaske]

xxPatheticEmoxx :

Well, actually, Douglas Adams himself stated 42 was just selected randomly, but I too had made the connection some time ago and thought it was absolutely hilarious.

Some good trivia to shine in society there!! :D

[YouCuntProductions]

For BANTER. Just click my page....

[psychohampster1]

Easily the most surreal of the 4 series. Cleese is brilliant, but this season is amazing without him.

[webbtje]

Embarrassingly, I understood most of Idle's banter.

[Endrawnia]

@webbtje then kindly explain cause i get completely lost lol

[Fatmanmi]

I understood Palin's banter.

[mentalrectangle]

This was my favorite episode from series 4.

Many of those episodes suffered without Cleese, I thought. This one seemed to manage though.

[calisoldier414]

They peaking cockney?

[Apollyon511]

Terry Jones looks strangely thin

[brandstifter68]

That was from the Douglas Adams page on Wikipedia, by the way.

[dharmaseed]

What ho, Squiffy?!?

[riotagus]

Bloody hell ! at 0.05 left hand side by the trees there is a church where i got married back in 78!!!!!!!!!!!! How Exeter changed sense then.

[baconsandwich2007]

@riotagus God yeah! It's Cowick St innit??

[riotagus]

@baconsandwich2007 Yes in did , Are you from Exeter ?

[baconsandwich2007]

I lived there for quite a few years. I'm only down the road in Sidmouth now.

[DarwinISmyHOMEboy]

@riotagus i know Exeter which road is this on? I can't recognize it.



[riotagus]

@Darwin IS my HOMEboy That road is in S Thomas, and is called Cowick Street. Everybody in Exeter knows St Thomas!

Caming over the Exeter Bridge and passing under the railway bridge, Cowick Street starts from there rigth to

to the end , were the Pub First&lLast is !

[DarwinISmyHOMEboy]

@riotagus You are absolutely right. I've only lived here about five years so i really didn't recognize it. i Just spent the last 25 minutes or so trying to find it on Google street maps. That is so cool i go there a lot! You have made me very happy sir!

[bilobigglesbyron]

it is douglas adams, this episode was filmed in october 1974 when adams was 22.

[sonicx33]

NOT THAT QUICKLY!

[HeatherRawriee]

Did anyone else laugh more than they should of at the name 'Squiffy' of was it just me?

[FullersLondonPride]

Bloody German crashed his plane right into the sea.....Hairy individual jumped out, pulled on his parachute.....er....spun out of control.....er....flipped over on his Betty Harpers and caught his can in the Bertee. Easy.

[N64isgreat]

I love the face he makes at the end = P

[benhaversham]

top notch

[sonicspeedx13]

lol dont you love those movies that swch the main people quickly 0:00 - 2:44 XD

[ZildjianRC]

The doctor in the beginning is Douglas Adams

[p5b1969]

I disagree, I think it is John Cleese (Douglas Adams would be too young when this was filmed around 1969) Also he was not one of the Python team.

[brandstifter68]

Neither was Cleese part of the Python team at that point. He wanted nothing to do with Series 4.

"Douglas had two brief appearances in the fourth series of Monty Python's Flying Circus. At the beginning of episode 42, Adams is in a surgeon's mask (as Dr. Emile Koning, according to on-screen captions), pulling on gloves...At the beginning of episode 44, Mr. Neutron, Adams is dressed in a "pepperpot" outfit and loads a missile on to a cart..."

[whatshisface371]

i love how they keep switching people lol

[Endrawnia]

i wish i could understand what theyre saying lol

[FullersLondonPride]

Bally Gerry, pranged his kite, right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter dicky birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, fipped over on his Betty Harpers and caught his can in the bertee. What bit don't you understand?

[Endrawnia]

all of it lol

[ilovehell666]

I'm glad I have a laptop so I can watch this on the toilet.

[Matyi1987]

... Lucky we have the technology...

[Endrawnia]

LMAO ah the comforts of life

[EdofEngland]

I really need to buy some Monty Python - this is pure hilarity!

Cabbage Kritz coming over the briney!

[Rolheider]

Cabbage Crates coming over the Briney...

Bombers coming over the ocean.

Gerry = Germans

Kite (might) = plane

How's your father, (might) = hit the spot, got a good hit, or ironically walked into a trap.

Birdied = Golf reference... either shot down a number of planes, or took a dive (hit the ground)

Feathered back on his Sammy = Parachuted back.

Took a Wasp = took a hit

flipped over on his betty Harpers = ??? maybe got tangled up

Can in the Bertee = landed his arse in the ??? (grave, ocean etc.)

[Muddyw67]

betty harpers maybe cockney rhyme for garters?

[epocaliptos]

One of their finest.

I wish I could see a bloopers for this. :D

[myles4u123]

what is the music that starts at 2:40?

[robinamarie007]

Right in the how's your father?! Dirty bugger.

[brandonplaysguitar16]

Whole afternoon to kill. Better have a bath I suppose.

[Endrawnia]

was that a woman that came out from under the desk when he said "well, thank you shirley" ? O.O

[scotland7yard]

this is the story of a man who flew with him

[montypythonchick1]

Talk about a segue!

[roteroktober1917]

Not that quickly!!! XD...

[SatanCinque]

Anyone recognise the woman at 1:42? Could it be Candace Glendenning?

[ODST226]

deagla, WHAT THE FUCK does that have to do with monty pithon?!

[bonereater]

Three minutes just to get started. Absurdism at its best.

[CharlotteC94]

haha, Steptoe and Son theme :P

[hnaef83]

It's a good spoof, but it's really the tune of 'When Does A Dream Begin?' by Neil Innes. The original song is played over the credits of this episode.

Innes wrote a lot of Python music (he was known as the '7th Python'). He was also part of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. There's plenty of stuff of theirs here on YouTube. If you like Python you'll like them.

[Shadowhog]

Cool story bro

[carkastoken]

"Get me the Prime Minister!"

*opens door*

"NOT THAT QUICKLY!"

[DavidCasper]

Hahaha that's probably the greatest thing I've ever seen!

[FutureAbe]

kvóru... Lang

[nak54222]

I love Graham's face at the end with his neck stuck out and his lip all funny...

Lol  XD

[russradicans]

wizard Jape !

[hdje39m8]

This always makes me think that Little Britain should have tried a bit harder to steer away from mainly toilet humour .

[99marijuannas]

thank you shirly! giving him a blow job under the desk! muahahahahaha

[hellpmaboab]

The phrase is "How's your Father?" not "house of your father", but it's literally meaningless, as it's normally used as a euphemism for a coarser phrase.

I haven't the faintest idea how it originated

[RasMajnouni]

"Bally Jerry fouled his kite right in the house of your father".The German plane crashed his plane on British soil". "Dicky birdy"? flipped his plane upside down and caught his hand in the propeller"

[sledge999]

Wrong on nearly all counts! Bally Jerry (I) pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Pranged = crashed. kite = plane. how's your father + euphemism for anything really (up the arse in this case!) Caught his can in the bertie. Caught his can = crashed. Bertie briny = sea.

[kageti]

This banter is legendary!!!

[airforce82]

The strange thing is, i understood most of it! haha

[kageti]

Lol, you must be an Englishman!!

[fazzanator]

nah, its just cause his name is airforce82 haha

[kageti]

lol

[linkinpark4eva2k7]

RAF love

them RAF Regiment soon for me

[blackchampagner]

i love Monty Python!

[obiwil]

just quit commenting and get the bacon delivered!!!

[Nevenius]

Dr. Proctologist is DOUGLAS ADDAMS.

[Lima0620]

"not that quick!" awsome:)

[WMajchrzak]

Great stuff:) x but I have to say, the map behind the commander is definetely not up to 1944, it's like the Europe looked like after the war. but who realy cares?

[gallefreyan]

3:13 by far the best bit xD

[Mucky1little2me3]

Spiders in match boxes!

The cunning swines.

[loqutor]

Umm...caribou nibbling at the croquet hoops?

[drahoop]

who did it end on in the end?

[jasonswindon]

steptoe and son

[wilton969]

That transition up to the actual sketch is genius.

[EdTheGringo]

What's goin on on the background at 2:45 :O ? confusing..

[BOOSHBOYDOM]

jst looks like 2 people fighting

[WinchesterRanger]

It just never was that funny.

[BOOSHBOYDOM]

wht?!

[Shadowhog]

Anyone else notice when The Colonel says "Thank You, Shirley" a girl pops out from under the desk? xD

[SamWycombe]

yes.......it's the idea. Unless you don't understand it old chap....

[Darthcaboose87]

Get me the Prime Minister... Sir!!!

NOT THAT QUICKLY!!!!

Sir!!!

Hilarious...

[eshep2006]

The entire transition beginning with the Up The Pavement all the way to the part with Rev. Charlie Drooper (LOL) is hilarious! When I first saw this on tv, I died laughing.... :)

Long live Monty Python!!

[lazevola]

What concerns me most about the banter was that I actually understood some of it.

[darganx]

LOL!! Steptoe and Son pisstake at the strart!

[lieutenanterrrrrrrr]

Oh god no! Not cabbage crates!!

[markgoodall]

were gonna show these Chinese.......Germans sir........Germans...

[xtoofastforlovex]

i always loved graham's face at the end. "we're gonna show these chinese..."

[GurlCat123]

NOT that quickly!!!

[TallGuyProductionsNC]

Thank you, Shirley

[adhill]

I'm crying with laughter!

[torgman]

Humphery's daughter is hot!

[CaptainWatson234]

I understood EVERYTHING then.

[SirHawkeyeWho]

Douglas!!!!!

[scoob2007]

This was one of the 3 or 4 episodes where John Cleese did not appear. Oddly enough they were the some of the most hillarious episodes. I say this because Mr. Cleese is my favorite member of the group and I don't want to be a Cleese grater!!

Get it!! huh??!!!? Get it???

[deeperwell42]

NOT THAT QUICKLY!

[deeperwell42]

John Cleese wasn't in series 4, though he did contribute some sketches.