@karl75m No problem troll boy. I know for your type, taking what minor self deluded victories you can anaomously get on the internet is important for your therapy.
@mersk100 - Not a troll in the least. I just happen to make a point of bashing conspiracy theorists every chance I get. You are a bane to our society. As Twain once said "Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either" He knew wack job ideas destroy countries and so do I. Critical thinking is important - learn it.
@karl75m Ok, so you deny the fact that the Rothschilds had significant stake in the English Banking industry. Of course the obvious bits in video, an English king tromping around on a collectivist farm, somewhat mirroring current events with OWS people creating their collectivist group and screaming about banks is a point completely lost on you. Frankly it is not a surprise, trolls rarely care about what they comment upon.
@mersk100 - No conspiracy theorist trolls always spout crap about the Rothschilds and central banking everywhere they go. Even when it has nothing or little to do with the video. The "obvious bits" in the vid are only obvious to conspiracy freak who obsess over that kind of crap night and day. A King and political systems and you bring up the Rothschilds and central backing- no obvious connection to the sane, sorry. Honestly this vid is very funny and you ruin it with your conspiracy garbage.
@karl75m ROFL, awww, did I ruin your good time? Too bad. Maybe your mommy will go make you some cookies and hot chocolate so that big bad internet people do not ruin your fun. Run along now little troll, your bull shit is showing.
"You can't expect to wield extreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" HAHAHA I laughed for like yen minutes over this. God I love this movie...:D
@tFighterPilot Ah, true. My bad. Now I feel stupid. I was thinking people had trouble with the accent :P Because CNN did it once in an interview with a British WWII vet. They only subtitled him, and not the interviewer, which I thought was hilarious because it was not a thick British accent. It was very easy to understand. Not like the dude was from Leeds or something.
My wife & I adore this scene. Especially way Dennis mocks the Lady of the Lake. "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of govt! Supreme exec. power derives from mandate from the masses, not from some FARCICAL aquatic ceremony! (at this point I hear a hahaha - plop, ,, which is my wife laughing her head off) just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! If i claimed I was emperor because some moistened bint (or "Bitch?") " lobbed a scimitar at me .."
@thefreetimedude Maybe. Thumbs up, by the way. They were definitely making fun of the whole Arthur legend. I remember seeing this skit AFTER I had seen the movie Excalibur, with Nigel Williamson and Helen Mirren, and laughing forever. Because Dennis mocks the whole "Lady of the Lake" legend beautifully, calling her a strange woman, a watery tart, a moistened bint. I was really shocked when I found out that MP & the Holy Grail was released before the Excalibur movie.
@DukeofTaiwan Yes and notice how the policemen are always clamping down on them, going 'SHUT UP! WILL YOU SHUT UP! BLOODY PROTESTOR!" Arthur's descendents no doubt.
@ahsido1 Alright geez-er, did some watery tart knight you with a sword???,or are you getting a biased picture of events in NY??. Monty Python helped set up the secret policemans ball for amnesty international& did films,shows etc for them, it may suprise you, but most people prefer democracy to plutocracy.
@joni9780 Pshh. Most people prefer Capitalism to Socialism, but don't realize it. Corporations provide just about everything you enjoy in life. So whatevs.
@itsCAKEfan The real issue is the monetary system. They hi-jacked our wealth that was earned through time and labor, ie gold and silver, and replaced it with debt backed green toilet paper. "He who owns the gold makes the rules." The Corporations/banksters and the govt are in bed together. We need to return to sound money to hold them accountable and we will have our freedoms back.
I suspect the reason people hate corperations is because they can't see the human side of them. Some people may realize that they are the collection of people working in or managing the organization whose property is held separately but to many people, all they see is the logo, not the people.
Much of anti-capitalist politics seems to be an effort to turn to a system where they can relate to visible people. The economic consequences are irrelevant to them.
@lipovan87 I agree completely. This quote pretty much sums up my view on the whole thing:
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. -Murray N. Rothbard
@lipovan87 The system is inherently violent, the perverse transformation of desires into profit alienate us from our day to day lives. That is why people are anti-capitalist, besides corporations always try to have a human face, i.e starbucks and its illusionary "ethical capitalism.
ARTHUR: Be quiet! DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ARTHUR: Shut up! DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
DENNIS: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
"I told you! we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune."
"We take turns to act as sort of an executive officer for the week. but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified... in a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of internal affairs but ny a 2/3rd's majority--"
I wrote a paper on how accurate this film was to the actual fable of King Arthur and how their different little adventures showed either a juxtaposition to what was current social commentary and what was happening back then (the french knights, the knoights who say ni, the black knight, witch trials) and this scene specifically on the magna carta in the 13th century and how afraid the gentry were of the peasants.
I think I wrote the knights who said ni to several bands of knights (like the templar knights) or secret organizations who would be created to serve a specific purpose and when that purpose was met, they just...existed as some anachronism or, at best, they would be co-opted into another group to serve another purpose. I wrote that paper a long time ago, but I think that's what I wrote.
let's just be honest, kids: 8 people simply clicked dislike because their opinions differ from those of us who think this shit is the fuckin tits, no clever comments are necessary on a clip like this. you can't compete with monty python, you silly children.
I just married a British Man & he recently had me watch this... It's become one of my favorites!! This is one of the best scenes ~ Thanks, LOVE & BIG Smiles!!
@06cornej Sorry ur wrong bout release dates. HG was in the 70's b/c Graham Chapman died in the early 80's. Ya kno the guy playing king Arthur. Fam Guy is stupid. They rip off everything wit out mentioning copyrights.
That's not quite right. Initially it would go to the best fighter. Often kings would name successors who weren't children, like when you had rival claimants such as King Harold and King William both claiming to have been named by King Edward the Confessor as his successor.
In Scotland, the weak King Duncan was killed in a fair and open duel with Macbeth, who became a beloved king, because he was a war hero, until Shakespeare besmeared his reputation with a play written for Macbeth's weaselly murder's descendant King James VI of Scotland (James I of England).
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
@Lifescythe I had a whole thing typed up explaining what Anarcho-syndicalism was, but then started thinking the best use of the reply button would be:
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Jc40k1 19 hours ago
I'M YOUR KING
Well I didn't vote for you.
OneRadRudeboy 3 days ago 3
He was an anarcho-syndicalist, not a constitutionalist.
ThomasBolanos 1 week ago
10 Rothschild central bankers have watched this vid
mersk100 2 weeks ago
@mersk100 - Is there any video you conspiracy turds haven't infested?
karl75m 6 days ago
@karl75m Aww, did I hurt your feelings? Go make a withdraw from the "eat me" bank.
mersk100 6 days ago
@mersk100 - No hurt feelings at all silly Paulbot.
karl75m 6 days ago
@karl75m No problem troll boy. I know for your type, taking what minor self deluded victories you can anaomously get on the internet is important for your therapy.
mersk100 6 days ago
@mersk100 - Not a troll in the least. I just happen to make a point of bashing conspiracy theorists every chance I get. You are a bane to our society. As Twain once said "Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either" He knew wack job ideas destroy countries and so do I. Critical thinking is important - learn it.
karl75m 6 days ago
@karl75m Ok, so you deny the fact that the Rothschilds had significant stake in the English Banking industry. Of course the obvious bits in video, an English king tromping around on a collectivist farm, somewhat mirroring current events with OWS people creating their collectivist group and screaming about banks is a point completely lost on you. Frankly it is not a surprise, trolls rarely care about what they comment upon.
mersk100 6 days ago
@mersk100 - No conspiracy theorist trolls always spout crap about the Rothschilds and central banking everywhere they go. Even when it has nothing or little to do with the video. The "obvious bits" in the vid are only obvious to conspiracy freak who obsess over that kind of crap night and day. A King and political systems and you bring up the Rothschilds and central backing- no obvious connection to the sane, sorry. Honestly this vid is very funny and you ruin it with your conspiracy garbage.
karl75m 6 days ago
@karl75m ROFL, awww, did I ruin your good time? Too bad. Maybe your mommy will go make you some cookies and hot chocolate so that big bad internet people do not ruin your fun. Run along now little troll, your bull shit is showing.
mersk100 6 days ago
lovely filth
PeterOwen88 2 weeks ago
funny thing is, that's not how Arthur became king . . .
TheBeastprince 2 weeks ago
we watched this in poli sci 103 lol
sLugf3st 3 weeks ago
Excellent!!!
RAMLIA1 3 weeks ago
Help, help! I'm being repressed!
Bloody peasant!
Oh, did you hear that? Dead giveaway!
LilyblissEnigma 3 weeks ago
I am a watery tart who happens to enjoy throwing swords and i find this offensive.
ChristopherBock1993 4 weeks ago 7
Ah yes the politics student's favourite ever skit!
Ukka68 4 weeks ago
Yay, 1000th like!
lookielouE1705 1 month ago
10 dislike? really? 10 imperialists I guess.
fr1nkly 1 month ago
@fr1nkly
nah, 10 guys who got their supreme power by getting a sword thrown at them by some watery tart.
Warrior536 3 weeks ago
"Help, help! I'm bein' repressed!"
SqueakWhimsical 1 month ago
Possibly the funniest thing ever.
MattMonk 1 month ago in playlist limit bs
"You can't expect to wield extreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" HAHAHA I laughed for like yen minutes over this. God I love this movie...:D
meghan0095 1 month ago
@meghan0095 "Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses"
crimsonsamuraiftw 1 month ago in playlist Pop Philosophy
One of the best scenes in this film and everyone except me wasn't laughing at this scene.
redeyedbandit1251 1 month ago
i love it when people say the same thing three different ways :)
ultraNewt 2 months ago
Subtitles? Really?
Swidhelm 2 months ago
@Swidhelm Deaf people should be able to enjoy this movie as well.
tFighterPilot 1 month ago
@tFighterPilot Ah, true. My bad. Now I feel stupid. I was thinking people had trouble with the accent :P Because CNN did it once in an interview with a British WWII vet. They only subtitled him, and not the interviewer, which I thought was hilarious because it was not a thick British accent. It was very easy to understand. Not like the dude was from Leeds or something.
Swidhelm 1 month ago
@Swidhelm In Israel most Hebrew shows that aren't live have subtitles. It sometimes help even if you're not deaf.
tFighterPilot 1 month ago
@tFighterPilot Yeah I can see that. Makes sense.
Swidhelm 1 month ago
My wife & I adore this scene. Especially way Dennis mocks the Lady of the Lake. "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of govt! Supreme exec. power derives from mandate from the masses, not from some FARCICAL aquatic ceremony! (at this point I hear a hahaha - plop, ,, which is my wife laughing her head off) just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! If i claimed I was emperor because some moistened bint (or "Bitch?") " lobbed a scimitar at me .."
VrgniaMailman 2 months ago
Occupy Wall Street idiots, 36 years before they oozed onto the scene. Maybe Monty Python was psychic.
weirddave 3 months ago
@weirddave im pretty sure it was the king they were tryin to show as the idiot
thefreetimedude 3 months ago 3
@thefreetimedude Maybe. Thumbs up, by the way. They were definitely making fun of the whole Arthur legend. I remember seeing this skit AFTER I had seen the movie Excalibur, with Nigel Williamson and Helen Mirren, and laughing forever. Because Dennis mocks the whole "Lady of the Lake" legend beautifully, calling her a strange woman, a watery tart, a moistened bint. I was really shocked when I found out that MP & the Holy Grail was released before the Excalibur movie.
VrgniaMailman 2 months ago
@weirddave Really because the peasant sounded smarter than the king, even though he was annoying
nkelly1432 3 months ago
@weirddave someone here doesn't get it...
cajunbrit 2 months ago
@weirddave the occupy wall street idiots believe in violence in the system (the tax system).
HuxleyWasRight 2 months ago
@weirddave Yes, because justice and equality were invented in 2011.
niceguy1068 1 month ago
COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!!!! HELP! HELP! IM BEING REPRESSED!!!!!
jackalpwn42 3 months ago
Dennis's descendants probably started the Occupy protest
DukeofTaiwan 3 months ago 2
@DukeofTaiwan Yes and notice how the policemen are always clamping down on them, going 'SHUT UP! WILL YOU SHUT UP! BLOODY PROTESTOR!" Arthur's descendents no doubt.
ZillaRocks 2 months ago
it's like they're from 2 different worlds. it's a collision of cultures.... i guess they never agree
MRSUMONE 4 months ago
i lol'd
JustinxGirikoFan13 4 months ago
I used to laugh.
antuerius 4 months ago
Goddammit, Dennis was the only one at Occupy Camelot who had any idea what he was talking about.
JigJrod55 4 months ago 66
It's a classic. "I didn't vote for you!"
Vaeril 4 months ago
you. yes you below; get thee gone !
russinhouse 4 months ago
Help, help, Im being repressed.
LOL, He's a Wall street occupier.
lesatseaside 4 months ago 4
At least they were committed and not just a string of pussy jokes
sonofcy 4 months ago
Honestly one of the funniest scenes ever created...
murf69 5 months ago
Peasant for president!
killaguy555 5 months ago
Geez we are seeing this come to life on the streets of New York with the "Occupy Wall Street" tools
ahsido1 5 months ago
@ahsido1 Alright geez-er, did some watery tart knight you with a sword???,or are you getting a biased picture of events in NY??. Monty Python helped set up the secret policemans ball for amnesty international& did films,shows etc for them, it may suprise you, but most people prefer democracy to plutocracy.
joni9780 5 months ago
@joni9780 Pshh. Most people prefer Capitalism to Socialism, but don't realize it. Corporations provide just about everything you enjoy in life. So whatevs.
itsCAKEfan 5 months ago
@itsCAKEfan The real issue is the monetary system. They hi-jacked our wealth that was earned through time and labor, ie gold and silver, and replaced it with debt backed green toilet paper. "He who owns the gold makes the rules." The Corporations/banksters and the govt are in bed together. We need to return to sound money to hold them accountable and we will have our freedoms back.
carzthtgobm 4 months ago
@itsCAKEfan
I suspect the reason people hate corperations is because they can't see the human side of them. Some people may realize that they are the collection of people working in or managing the organization whose property is held separately but to many people, all they see is the logo, not the people.
Much of anti-capitalist politics seems to be an effort to turn to a system where they can relate to visible people. The economic consequences are irrelevant to them.
lipovan87 4 months ago
@lipovan87 I agree completely. This quote pretty much sums up my view on the whole thing:
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. -Murray N. Rothbard
itsCAKEfan 4 months ago
@itsCAKEfan Murray N.Rothbard is, and always will be, a cunt of the highest order.
almanacofsleep 2 months ago
@lipovan87 The system is inherently violent, the perverse transformation of desires into profit alienate us from our day to day lives. That is why people are anti-capitalist, besides corporations always try to have a human face, i.e starbucks and its illusionary "ethical capitalism.
almanacofsleep 2 months ago
I came here to see the violence inherent in the system. I saw it.
itsCAKEfan 5 months ago in playlist itsCAKEfan's Favorited Videos 2
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garfocusalternate 5 months ago
ARTHUR: Be quiet! DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ARTHUR: Shut up! DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
Cowpath3 5 months ago
@Cowpath3 It's subtitled you idiot, I'm sure most people watching this can read.
randomshit1234412 5 months ago
@randomshit1234412 Damn, someone is having their very *special* time of the month.
Cowpath3 5 months ago
DENNIS: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Cowpath3 5 months ago
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
I'm going to use that next time I'm ordered to tidy my bedroom!
JediVulcanTimeLord 5 months ago
9 people were called old women
cnakilla 5 months ago
"you cant expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" best line
MaDmOu5e 6 months ago 6
He's an anarcho-syndicalist peasant, not a constitutional one.
Salt0fTheEarth 6 months ago 113
Best scene in the movie in my opinion.
Bmarch08 6 months ago
seen this so many times, but i am still laughing.
theimpeccabledude 6 months ago
you moistened bint!
spikeyredcactus 6 months ago 2
Does Dennis remind anyone else of Sam from Lord of the Rings? Or is it just me...
DeviousPlatypus 7 months ago
@DeviousPlatypus
It's just you (lol)
haastaboozia 6 months ago
England doesn't have a constitution :U
dertdood 7 months ago
"I told you! we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune."
"We take turns to act as sort of an executive officer for the week. but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified... in a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of internal affairs but ny a 2/3rd's majority--"
Vladdyboy 7 months ago
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
KiwiProductionsTv 7 months ago
I love the snarky way he goes:
"I mean if I went round, saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"
Carnage1235 7 months ago
i'm 37
jshnicl 7 months ago
"Oh there you go bringing class into it again." --priceless
4thelordlove 8 months ago
I just thinking about how John Oliver could play Dennis if they were to remake this movie.
swampskater 8 months ago
I didn't vote for you.
harrifullxx 8 months ago
Shut up Dennis!
kitkatcutie520 9 months ago
I wrote a paper on how accurate this film was to the actual fable of King Arthur and how their different little adventures showed either a juxtaposition to what was current social commentary and what was happening back then (the french knights, the knoights who say ni, the black knight, witch trials) and this scene specifically on the magna carta in the 13th century and how afraid the gentry were of the peasants.
PrinceMishka 9 months ago 39
@PrinceMishka i cant relate to the knights who say ni, please elaborate :o
anandodasgupta 8 months ago
@anandodasgupta
I think I wrote the knights who said ni to several bands of knights (like the templar knights) or secret organizations who would be created to serve a specific purpose and when that purpose was met, they just...existed as some anachronism or, at best, they would be co-opted into another group to serve another purpose. I wrote that paper a long time ago, but I think that's what I wrote.
PrinceMishka 8 months ago
@PrinceMishka Sounds like an interesting read, actually :P
Roaningdotcom 4 months ago
@PrinceMishka that's because Terry Jones is an Arthurian scholar, he knows that stuff for sure and it was undoubtedly deliberate
NeverlandLilith 2 months ago
One of the greatest movies of all time. Should be standard issue for all high-school aged students.....
NYSkinsFan82 9 months ago
HELP HELP I AM BEING REPRESSED...too funny, all of these were on wc3 as well when u keep clicking the peasant...WE FOUND A WITCH! MAY WE BURN HER?
anandodasgupta 9 months ago
That's what I'm on about........
oksuremaybe 9 months ago
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MsBeaStar8 9 months ago
My god. Decade after decade, this movie rules.
drumrnva 10 months ago 3
let's just be honest, kids: 8 people simply clicked dislike because their opinions differ from those of us who think this shit is the fuckin tits, no clever comments are necessary on a clip like this. you can't compete with monty python, you silly children.
MrMistermoges 10 months ago
@MrMistermoges
Or perhaps there was an issue with the weather which momentarily jarred their hand as they went to click the thumbs up.
frrVegeta 9 months ago
@MrMistermoges Help Help those 8 are being repressed!
anandodasgupta 9 months ago
The U.S. is being repressed
megamanzero3 10 months ago
@megamanzero3 No, it's really not, imbecile.
RealLifeAttraction 9 months ago
8 people were repressed
TheLarper123 10 months ago
this is my favorite scene from the holy grail.. it's priceless
shaashiie 10 months ago
Now that I have done Sociology I understand this scene waaaaaay more than when I first saw it at about 8 years old. Still as awesome as ever though.
Wildrage101 10 months ago
@Wildrage101
Hope it didnt take a college level Sociology for you to understand this scene
711webster 10 months ago 3
@711webster no, course not. What I was saying was that when I was younger I didnt know what he was on about, now I know perfectly.
Wildrage101 10 months ago
Eight people haven't found their grail.
maniacmaryoom 10 months ago
"just 'cause some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me" LOL
UberWagen 10 months ago 2
@06cornej - holy grail 1995? Surely you mean 1975 :) Get on with it!
Tentacleed 11 months ago
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Jesus is future king of earth, repent for his judgement comes. Jesus loves you
bass109 1 year ago
Help help! I'm being repressed!
RandomForceDuh 1 year ago 2
I just married a British Man & he recently had me watch this... It's become one of my favorites!! This is one of the best scenes ~ Thanks, LOVE & BIG Smiles!!
Marciah33 1 year ago
@Marciah33
You're a lucky woman. I will never marry anyone who haven't seen this film already!
hermaphroditic 11 months ago
@hermaphroditic ~ I Am Verrry Grrreat Full... hehee!!
Marciah33 10 months ago
@Marciah33 Awesome!
standforthmysoul 10 months ago
@standforthmysoul ~ :)
Marciah33 10 months ago
8 people do not see the violence inherent in the system
HOWEVER 462 believe in the Anarcho-syndicalist Commune
NadaqShaker 1 year ago 6
@06cornej MP and the Holy grail was released in 1975, not 1995, but I can see by the last and very beautifully worded paragraph that that was a typo.
sxmcwhi 1 year ago
Yikes, that subtitling is terrible.
ZylonBane 1 year ago
Moistened bint. Such a beautiful combination of words. :D
Liolar43 1 year ago 2
@06cornej Sorry ur wrong bout release dates. HG was in the 70's b/c Graham Chapman died in the early 80's. Ya kno the guy playing king Arthur. Fam Guy is stupid. They rip off everything wit out mentioning copyrights.
Kuroneko388 1 year ago
7 people are watery tarts
smiles5678 1 year ago 3
I love how the peasant's jobs are stacking mud and chopping water!
bratwurstle 1 year ago 3
Shut Up Dennis!
Thumbs up if you get the reference
Jared4242 1 year ago 5
7 people didn't see the violence inherent in the system
Soulforge00 1 year ago 56
@Soulforge00 i saw and cheered it on :)
elgostine 1 year ago
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
BEST LINE!
katzepolieren 1 year ago 134
@katzepolieren "Supreme executive power derives from the mandate of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"
"BE QUIET"
"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you"
"SHUT UP"
"If I went round, saying I was emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, the'd put me away"
THE BEST CONVERSATION EVER!
joejoewba4lyf 6 months ago 3
haha this has been a childhood favorite of mine
holmzy31 1 year ago
....Excalibur... "You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you."
djtrickypat1 1 year ago 6
@djtrickypat1 thats what i say in my chorus performance of this
coreothe111 1 year ago
Who does he think he is? "Must be a king." He do you figure that? "He doesn't got shit all over him."
dadoody 1 year ago 6
Dennis was simply way ahead of his time.
torgyman 1 year ago 3
That's not quite right. Initially it would go to the best fighter. Often kings would name successors who weren't children, like when you had rival claimants such as King Harold and King William both claiming to have been named by King Edward the Confessor as his successor.
ysbaddaden2003 1 year ago
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In Scotland, the weak King Duncan was killed in a fair and open duel with Macbeth, who became a beloved king, because he was a war hero, until Shakespeare besmeared his reputation with a play written for Macbeth's weaselly murder's descendant King James VI of Scotland (James I of England).
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ysbaddaden2003 1 year ago
"Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for government.."
kylhunt 1 year ago 11
Still funny, after 35 years!
drumrnva 1 year ago 2
This is my favorite part of the Holy Grail. These men were brilliant!
mdevey 1 year ago 2
Actually, anarcho-syndicalism is about as far away as you can get from constitutionalism. /nitpick
Salt0fTheEarth 1 year ago 5
there's some lovely filth down here.
amphixious 1 year ago 2
Yeah Ponty Python steals from Seth McFartlane lol don't compare that hack with his team of 100 writers to these guys.
GuysSeriously 1 year ago 4
This is how its gunna be if Tony abbott becomes PM and the King of Australia (note John Howard playing Patsy his "Horse")
covemangreg 1 year ago
@covemangreg thats abit harsh... even for tony abbot and howard.
elgostine 1 year ago
Classic!
garytheagnostic 1 year ago
I'm grateful for the subtitles.
mikjay5 1 year ago
You don't vote for kings
cvdqr 1 year ago 2
listen. Stranger women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of goverment
davidsonchamps2009 1 year ago
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
cr8tonboy 1 year ago
BLOODY PEASANT!
cohanfilms 1 year ago 2
The most hilarious movie of all time.
thimoneus 1 year ago
Classic!
dbailey62 1 year ago 2
OO HERES SOME LOVELY FILTH
punxnotbread 1 year ago 4
Just made it facebook official:
"Political views: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords"
silntdoogood 1 year ago 9
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
drebatista 1 year ago 4
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Such a stupid, unfunny movie.
richmond450 1 year ago
@richmond450 stupid, unfunny comment.
almostunimportant 1 year ago 3
@richmond450 then dont watch clips on youtube then?
WiiGeee 1 year ago
Bollocks to being governed by 'common people' ...fucking upstarts...let's have Charles making the decisions, I say. He's a decent chap.
Hellishcrusade 1 year ago
Help I'm being repressed!
WMUnited 1 year ago 3
This is the greatest movie scene ever
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nikesbskater5 1 year ago
i love pezzies
nikesbskater5 1 year ago
There will never be a movie as funny as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, ever. It's the funniest movie of all time...
hapikainen 1 year ago 4
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Dennis = Glenn Beck
Woman = Sara Palin
Arthur = Obama (a guy who thinks he's a king when he is supposed to be a president)
Lifescythe 1 year ago
@Lifescythe
You think that Glenn Beck is an anarcho-syndicalist who hates the class system.
I hope you're joking
boygirlother 1 year ago 10
@boygirlother I see Beck as a Constitutional commentator who despises all powerful governments perpetuated by power mad leaders such as Obama.
Lifescythe 1 year ago
@Lifescythe I had a whole thing typed up explaining what Anarcho-syndicalism was, but then started thinking the best use of the reply button would be:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WiiGeee 1 year ago 5
best scene in the fuckin' movie. I named my dog dennis.
Vive La Revolucion!
phionix9 1 year ago 4
2:18 dennis is like "what the fuck?" haha
punkrockxzz 1 year ago
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power because some watery tart threw a sword at you.