I was just playing Longview by Green Day and this video and paused them at certain points. I then let Longview play--"Where is my motivation?" and then hit play here--"It's over there, in a box." Not spectacularly clever, but it amused me.
heard it first on matching tie and handkerchief ... it was interesting to see the play which led to the review ... but as Hitchcock observes, the ambiguity has put on weight.
Always think if the phrase "clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants" when confronted by pretentious bores. Honorable mention to the more modern "How d'ya like them apples?".
Some people have made the mistake of seeing Shunt's work as a load of rubbish about railway timetables, but clever people like me, who talk loudly in restaurants, see this as a deliberate ambiguity, a plea for understanding in a mechanized world. The points are frozen, the beast is dead. What is the difference? What indeed is the point? The point is frozen, the beast is late out of Paddington. The point is taken. If La
Fontaine's elk would spurn Tom Jones the engine must be our head, the dining car our oesophagus, the guard's van our left lung, the cattle truck our shins, the first-class compartment the piece of skin at the nape of the neck and the level crossing an electric elk called Simon. The clarity is devastating. But where is the ambiguity? It's over there in a box. Shunt is saying the 8.15 from Gillingham when in reality he means the 8.13 from Gillingham. The train is the same only the time is altered.
Ecce homo, ergo elk. La Fontaine knew his sister and knew her bloody well. The point is taken, the beast is moulting, the fluff gets up your nose. The illusion is complete; it is reality, the reality is illusion and the ambiguity is the only truth. But is the truth, as Hitchcock observes, in the box? No there isn't room, the ambiguity has put on weight. The point is taken, the elk is dead, the beast stops at Swindon, Chabrol stops at nothing, I'm having treatment and La Fontaine can get knotted.
Because in this context, the question "has he been..." should end with "murdered". In this type of theatre (remember it's a play) and in genteel society, you were not supposed to used a word like "murder", considered too rough, vulgar. Hence the dot-dot-dot. The fact that they all answer "yes - after breakfast" is a fantastic way to throw in a poopee joke... also a thing to be avoided in genteel surroundings!!
yes its to to with going to the lavatory..in polite society yoi never asked if they had been to the toliet..you just asked if they had been.....the idea is mix up the two 'murderd/going to toilet
I love Gavin Millarrrrr. His is the best bit of verbal comedy in all of Python. The play that precedes his bit isn't nearly as funny. "The beast is dead, the point is taken, the fluff gets up your notice..." Hilarious!
"How could anyone shoot himself, then hide the gun ... without FIRST canceling his reservation?!"
Ha!
--jeff h
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who disliked this video?? he definitely shot himself and hid the gun before canceling his reservation lol
cartmann94 4 months ago
I was just playing Longview by Green Day and this video and paused them at certain points. I then let Longview play--"Where is my motivation?" and then hit play here--"It's over there, in a box." Not spectacularly clever, but it amused me.
WackdProductions 6 months ago
it's from season 2, episode 24: 11. How Not to Be Seen
cartmann94 7 months ago
ECCE HOMO. ERGO ELK
cartmann94 7 months ago
"Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrrrr...was not talking to Neville Shunt." :D:D:D
The best MP sentence ever!!!
koprej 7 months ago 3
Clever people like me who talk loudly into their mobile phones on the 8.23 from Bletchley Park have seen this as a great sketch....
Vidrinskas 8 months ago 9
heard it first on matching tie and handkerchief ... it was interesting to see the play which led to the review ... but as Hitchcock observes, the ambiguity has put on weight.
finophile 9 months ago
Gavin Millarrrrr was way ahead of his time. Also a fine pair of pins on Carol Cleveland there
tvc18 11 months ago
Always think if the phrase "clever people like me who talk loudly in restaurants" when confronted by pretentious bores. Honorable mention to the more modern "How d'ya like them apples?".
teflon72 1 year ago
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auteuricon 1 year ago
Some people have made the mistake of seeing Shunt's work as a load of rubbish about railway timetables, but clever people like me, who talk loudly in restaurants, see this as a deliberate ambiguity, a plea for understanding in a mechanized world. The points are frozen, the beast is dead. What is the difference? What indeed is the point? The point is frozen, the beast is late out of Paddington. The point is taken. If La
auteuricon 1 year ago
Fontaine's elk would spurn Tom Jones the engine must be our head, the dining car our oesophagus, the guard's van our left lung, the cattle truck our shins, the first-class compartment the piece of skin at the nape of the neck and the level crossing an electric elk called Simon. The clarity is devastating. But where is the ambiguity? It's over there in a box. Shunt is saying the 8.15 from Gillingham when in reality he means the 8.13 from Gillingham. The train is the same only the time is altered.
auteuricon 1 year ago
Ecce homo, ergo elk. La Fontaine knew his sister and knew her bloody well. The point is taken, the beast is moulting, the fluff gets up your nose. The illusion is complete; it is reality, the reality is illusion and the ambiguity is the only truth. But is the truth, as Hitchcock observes, in the box? No there isn't room, the ambiguity has put on weight. The point is taken, the elk is dead, the beast stops at Swindon, Chabrol stops at nothing, I'm having treatment and La Fontaine can get knotted.
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I do think these lampoons of arts programmes (and the sort of people that appear on them) are among the best of Monty Python's work.
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
Gavin Millar...
"RRRRRRRRRRRR"
...was not talking to Neville Shunt.
quizmaster85 1 year ago 2
I love the rant by Gavin Millarrrrrrrr. It'll get stuck in my head even though I can't quote most any of it.
DarkRubberDucky 1 year ago 7
La Fontaine can get knotted!
lemoncurry19 2 years ago
"Where is ambiguity? It's over there in the box. (...) Ecce homo, ergo elk."
pietroerperugino 2 years ago
Finally someone with Gavin Milarrrrr!!!
That monologue is my favourite in all of comedy history! Monty Python FTW!!!
Musicninja007 2 years ago
which episode and seson was this?
DaVinciChianti 3 years ago
i beleive it was on "how Not To Be Seen"
the 24th total episode......i think....
2nd season, episode 11......
Musicninja007 2 years ago
has he been......? yes, after breakfast!!!
my word, you were here quickly inspector! ... yes! i caught the....
ROLTF!!!
jimischmendrick 3 years ago 3
still genius sketch
nuudel3 4 years ago 2
i don't get the after breakfest joke
nuudel3 4 years ago 2
He went to the bathroom after breakfast.
princesstamika 3 years ago 4
I hate to look like an idiot, but I still don't understand that joke. Why they're even asking whether he went to bathroom, if he is dead?
I'm ebarassed not to understand it, but I have to ask :)
Yoorek 3 years ago 2
Think about how they say the following phrase in Agatha Christie Novels...
"Has he been... murdered?!?"
;)
MattafProductions 3 years ago 4
Because in this context, the question "has he been..." should end with "murdered". In this type of theatre (remember it's a play) and in genteel society, you were not supposed to used a word like "murder", considered too rough, vulgar. Hence the dot-dot-dot. The fact that they all answer "yes - after breakfast" is a fantastic way to throw in a poopee joke... also a thing to be avoided in genteel surroundings!!
lemoncurry19 2 years ago 2
yes its to to with going to the lavatory..in polite society yoi never asked if they had been to the toliet..you just asked if they had been.....the idea is mix up the two 'murderd/going to toilet
radicalsystems 2 years ago
Thank you much. What good stuff.
6wKpaTns 4 years ago
"I suggest you murdered your father for his seat reservation!" OMG who would do such a thing :P love this sketch!
dorekatja 4 years ago 2
I love Gavin Millarrrrr. His is the best bit of verbal comedy in all of Python. The play that precedes his bit isn't nearly as funny. "The beast is dead, the point is taken, the fluff gets up your notice..." Hilarious!
weikko79 4 years ago 9
True, but it provides a bigger context to his segment, as does Neville Shunt's writing methods.
VT16 4 years ago
I love this clip!!!!
hiddenhobbit 4 years ago