Flying Lesson

[Sniperhappy]

I'm off to play the grand piano!

[netzahuacoyotl]

Look, I told you, you bastard, I'm not on a wire!!!

Monty Python once again stripping away the thin veneer of civility that is all that distinguishes us from a bunch of screaming monkeys. Love Monty Python forever!

[ComedicArtist866]

UP ON THE TABLE!!!!

[EruIluvatar]

An hoop

[darkroomromance]

is Graham saying "Eton and Magdalen, the hoop has an hole in" at 2.11? can't really hear what he's saying

[rkt739]

@darkroomromance yes, I think so

[MrFiendishCretinII]

Pardon me while I fly my aeroplane.

[dharmaseed]

Oh,oh, no more buttered scones for me, Mater. I'm off to play the grahnd piahno.

[bradley2brad2]

Ohhhh... An hooop!

[GOFLuvr]

The first time I saw this skit I was 12 or 13. That "no more buttered scones for me" rant made no sense to me, but it sure sounded hilarious at the time... Over 20 years later, it still doesn't make much sense, but I've always loved the skit!

[PressAltF4OrElse]

AYM FLAYIN!!

[NormalKidd5102]

There's a hole in that hoop!

Oh! Oh! There's a 'ole in the 'oop! Oh! Oh! xD xD Looovee Monty Python!! :D

[charlie17ize]

Flap your arms, faster, faster now JUMP ! Rotten ! Rotten ! you're no bloody use at all !

XD

[TheDeepEndShow1]

Great sketch! RIP Graham Chapman.

[B767rules]

Did anybody notice that the woman who opened the door at the beginning and the woman who was sitting at the desk looked exactly the same? LOL xD

Best sketch of all time!

[NickoliLion]

you're on a woar

I'm not on a woar!!

[EricKeihl]

The GRAWND PIAWNO.

[ffsf739]

Oh! A gap in one's hoop! Pardon me but I'm off to play the grand piano!

[Vonloke]

21 people dont' know what an 'oop is. XP

[Mousefur79]

@Vonloke Strange...

[JuliendAnce]

If they were really free persons (and artists), they would not use fake laughs in the background... what a pity... slaves and employees they were, not free men...

[4104jake]

@JuliendAnce What?

[Kisbeka]

@JuliendAnce This is definitely _not_ a fake laugh track, it's a recording of studio audience.

[Tenraiden]

@JuliendAnce Those were screened before a live audience you WEED.

[TheTechnoToast]

His accent reminds me of Stewie Griffin

[hasdrubal216]

"Oh, AN HOOP!"

[TheMightyPineapples]

I swear, I've seen this sketch way too many times, but it's still hilarious every time.

[dharmaseed]

"Oh, I don't suppose we know what an 'oop' is...I suppose pater thought they were a bit common except on the bleedin' croquet lawn...."

[FastEddy95]

It takes six years to become a fully qualified airline pilot, and not two. xD

[Pringlulz]

Missed.

Now, Mr. uhh...

[SwampLord9]

I always say "Grawnd Piawno" because of this sketch.

Thank you once again, Monty Python.

[argeque]

Twenty one people have had quite enough buttered scones.

[Roronoa2zoro]

I see what he did wrong... He bent his arms before jumping.

[girlbubble7991]

21 people have a gaaaap in ones hoop

[hyousai]

I've taken to using "I'm off to play the grand pi-ah-no" in regular conversation. So I've got that goin' for me.

[CasperKupo]

@hyousai Me too actually. I've had to link my best friend to this video just today so she understands why I'm saying it xD

[Theninja347]

"The waiaa"

I couldn't stop laughing x)

[idoidoidonot]

Eton & Magdalene, the hoop has a hole in... Of course it's got a hole in, it wouldn't be a hoop otherwise, would it mush!!

[Soilwar]

I'd use some buttered scones, mater! yummy!

[XxSilverSaturnxX]

I am not on a wire i am flyin'

[CaptianRico93]

This and the Money Program are my fav's.

[liquidponycannon]

I love Graham Chatman.

[incongruousinquiry]

This is one of my favorites.

[kefka242]

You make me sick you weed!

[CaptainSlow202]

You're on a WIAAHH.

[bobmanwow]

that dislike bar... well... wait there is none YAY

[CiG801]

I love the way he just lazily drops the phone nowhere near the receiver.

[TheStapleGunKid]

Graham Chapman in his best role ever!

[Stefan1527]

graham did the sketch hanging on the 2 strings..

[Stefan1527]

@LoneWolfVideos1 u were so sure, werent u?

[LoneWolfVideos1]

@Stefan1527 i was wrong i admit. I thought Terry Jones was Chapman

[CARLITOS6444]

ha i can see the string

[ar15expert]

AN  HOOP

[Mimiinwonderland]

I love the way graham says "huwww!" :D

[JohnLennonLover9]

I love Graham XD

Terry is amazing XD So funny

[JohnLennonLover9]

I love Graham XD

[alexm5488]

I suppose we don't know an oop is!

[janisterzaj]

Jeez, I thought he said "Thank you, you bleeding anus."

[coolman5002damax]

look ive told you you bastard im not on a wire

[coolman5002damax]

arms out fingers together

[Confarius]

This is undoubtedly one of my most favorite skits from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

[DavyDeckwalker]

I desperately want to live in the twisted hell of the Monty Python world.

[DarkSunGod]

I'd say, this kind of follows the same formula as the parrot shop... where there's a straight man trying to point out the obvious and the other guy using increasingly desperate excuses.

[mYepes95]

@DarkSunGod And the cheese shop sketch

[DarkSunGod]

@mYepes95 yeah, and the argument clinic. a lot of their most famous sketches follow that general pattern.

[JohnLennonLover9]

"A gop in ones oop." XD

[3h1tt3nu]

This made me laugh :)

[VisibleNinjaProd]

Ohh An 'Oop

[rYiOkUn]

An AEROWPLAEEN. XD Aw, Graham, I miss you. :')

[WaffleTreeNinja]

21 people are bloody anuses with bloody wiaus and oops with gops in them

[WaffleTreeNinja]

21 people are on BLOODY WIAUS

[grayhairs519]

Absolutely love Graham and Terry in this. This is possibly my third favorite sketch.

Oh a gap! A gap in one's hoop. Pardon me but I'm off to play the grand piano. XD

[vicpdt]

haha you bleedin' anus

[Dominoes282]

OMG I was just going to say it takes 6 years or more at least to become an airliner and then he said it and I was like holy shhhhhhhh.....

[doive1231]

When I have my own wire I am sooooooo just gonna get a desk

[HellsCloudXx]

when i learns has to fly....i am totally goin to bend my legs, twist my fingers, flap my arms and jump....

[renman103]

grahm chapman was my favorite one of the goup,all his sketches seemed to be a little more eccentric rhan the others

[NishinTheGreat]

"There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

Anyone else think of the Douglas Adams quote whenever you watch this, or is it just me?

[groovygirl2468]

@NishinTheGreat haha thought I was the only one too xP

[flowerbagel]

pretty sure the second one's not carol cleveland....

[Stefan1527]

happy birthday, graham!! u went off to play the grand piano!!

[Stefan1527]

happy birthday, graham!!

[szekelymihai]

the wire is a lie

[redheadedgolem]

One of Chapman's best.

[xXxLumesUpInFumesxXx]

"You make me SICK you WEED!"

He sounds like Jeremy Kyle, but 100 times better. :P

[Xstarforce]

luv it

[johnsmithfsx]

One of my favourite sketches lol

[51m0nnn]

that's my favourite MP's sketch. Chapman is so funny. I like his abuses and his face while he's screaming. I didn't believe it when i've heard he died. I just thought it's another MP's joke. But he would appear since today if it'd be a joke, so RIP Graham. You'll always be my no1 comic!!

[AshleighSandwich]

i think that man did not pay for his 4 minutes of arguing

[thebassmonster0100]

20 people just realized that you can't fly by flaping you arms

[Smallotry]

WAIT

THATS THE SAME SECRETARY

O.O

[HELPTHEPICKLEISALIVE]

20 people can't fly.

[ENL0E]

OOHHHHHH, AN HOOP.

[teencomment]

Graham Chapman is such a prick in this sketch...but it's still funny all the same.

[WarioAkuma]

20 people are off to play their grand piano

[SWI0001]

@WarioAkuma if only you can say graaaaand piaaanoooo online with the accent

[lyosham]

@WarioAkuma haha it's funny because 20 people didn't like it

[TheSchemer1]

@WarioAkuma 21 now.

[ironpenguin353]

@ifureadthis die

No. It's a little-known fact that Carol Cleveland is actually a ninja.

And hot.

[signorellil]

@ironpenguin353 : and hot again - don't care about the ninja part!

[ifureadthisdie]

Are the 2 girls twins?

[saraveronica89]

terry jones is so sweet :)

[LeathalWorksInc]

I performed this sketch 3 nights running finished last night.... it is the most epic thing ever hanging from a wire!!!!!!!! we improvised so much its unreal ha

[DetectiveDeckard]

@LeathalWorksInc *gasp! Where did you perform the sketch?

[stosh21]

No more buttered scones for me, mater. I'm off to play the grand piano. Pardon me while I fly my aeroplane.

[crazypdj]

Terry Jones can barely hold his laughter.

[GreatQueenFan]

0.33 he said ''missed''! (just like those 20 people)

[xshesxaxrebelx]

Graham Chapman's best sketch.

[jambo804]

Thank you your bleeding highness!

[zakdagger]

Do people really have a hard time understanding British English? I mean, I obviously can cause I'm British, but I didn't think it was that hard to understand (I don't mean this is a mean way, I'm just curious).

[emile345]

@zakdagger I'm Belgian and I understand it perfectly. Like it way better than American too.

[PauIsAlive]

@zakdagger No, we don't really have a hard time understanding it. I understand people with British accents perfectly fine.

[Ravage001]

@zakdagger Nah, only Americans have trouble with it.

[hbirdman01]

an hoop

[vTheDarknessv]

Of course its got a hole in it it wouldnt be an 'oop otherwise NOW WOULD IT??

[teencomment]

That's a clever bit of editing when Carol Cleveland lets him in and then is RIGHT THERE at the desk before the door even shuts.

[eleanorpowell2007]

@teencomment Gosh, only realised now there's 2 Carols thanks to your comment, and this is my favourite Graham sketch, so must have been watching it hundreds of times.

[free0fight]

what? whats he mean by this "buttered scones and grand piano" things? im not getting it...

=(

[naruhinafan68]

@free0fight  he's basically saying that the other guy's a snob; like he's too high class for human flight and wants to be fancy with an aeroplane

[free0fight]

@naruhinafan68 ah, i see.....

thank you for expounding on the true beauty of Pythonian humor...

=)

[StaraziaSelin66]

@naruhinafan68 thanks for explaining the joke T___T

[Fs337]

Give me the oop. Classic

[Fs337]

Your on a wire

[00000564]

20 people don't have a sense of Humor

[Hejpotatispastej]

Ah jees :)

I wish I knew how to speak more Brittish English!

[StaraziaSelin66]

@Hejpotatispastej you can start by calling it British ;) well, with one t, teehee!

meh, they're actually pretty easy to figure out. lots of hand motions.

[maddiebug6]

The "oop" has a hole in it!

[DarkRubberDucky]

I find it funny that no one even chuckles over the second secretary.

[cornflakes002]

@DarkRubberDucky lol well noticed that man

[GreatQueenFan]

it wouldnt be hoop otherwise... ow ow a gap!

[SmooshCakes]

"Oh. I don't suppose we know what an oop is, then?"

[Herringish]

Monthy Python is pure gold

[fbns79]

An oop! Pardon me mater, I'm off to playing the graand piaaaano

[Sedalb]

COURSE IT'S GOT A HOLE IN IT. IT WOULDN"T BE A HOOP OTHERWISE WOULDN'T IT MOSH!

.. I almost died when I heard that line

[cellogirlMJfan]

UP ON TEH TAAABBLE!

[Mizhan6]

this is my absolute FAVORITE Graham/Monty Pythin sketch!!! of course its got an hole in it other wise it wouldnt be a bleedin hoop now would it?!?!

[BPlayReview]

OH! AN HOOP! LOL

[iRemixCentral]

Hand me the oop.

[madman101ish]

19 people see the wire

[uhddh]

@madman101ish I see the wire and its still fricken EPIC

[charmeleon16]

The most amazing thing is how they're able to keep a straight face through the entire skit. I couldn't act out this scene without cracking up.

[MaxwellThe13]

lmao and oop XD

[LordHalo2]

0:55

thumbs up if you think he sounds like simon cowell?!

[NykiKuchen]

I can't stop laughing! I think I'm going to suffocate from lack of air xD

[doctorwhom1]

when i have my own office i am sooooooo gonna just hang by a wire above my desk

[alinemerrow]

@doctorwhom1 Hey you, grand piano player, he's not on the bloody wire!

[ThomasJAckerman]

@doctorwhom1 Fine, have your wire. I'm going to have Carol Cleveland as my hot secretary.

[Bubblingbrew]

@doctorwhom1 HES NOT ON A WIRE!

[matt2house]

@doctorwhom1 dont forget the hoop

[Meeshers816]

This has to be one of my favorite Monty Python sketches. I LOVE Graham Chapman's acting!

Pardon me, I'm off to play the grand piano.

[PhoenixPrincess10]

"Oh! A gap! A gap in one's (h)oop! Pardon me, I'm off to play the grand piano!"

"Is!" "Isn't!" "Is!" "Isn't!" etc.

OH gosh! This cracked me up! Seriously! Ha ha! Whew! Oh! I can't breathe! Oh ho!

[sillysongification]

i nearly peed myself watching this!

[xOctoberDemonx]

OOHHH....an AEROPLAANE lol!!!!

[balltuss2]

Hilarious. Just what I needed, a good laugh in the morning to get my day started --:) ***** - Eddie

[joshaf26]

AN HOOP!!!

[SamLovesFriemds]

graham chapman and eric idle are my favourites <333

R.I.P. mr chapman :(xxx

[cellogirlMJfan]

@SamLovesFriemds me too!

[samswhore]

"ohhh an hoop"

[fdsajklj]

The follow up is even funnier

[niriop]

"Look I told you ya bastard I am not on a wire!"

Humour that is simple brash yet totally hilarious.

[Larrylarp]

OF COURSE IT'S GOT A HOLE IN IT, IT WOULDN'T BE AN HOOP OTHERWISE!

[TheScottG45]

did anyone else notice the secutaries were the exact same??

[marvelfan281]

Oh, I don't suppose we know what an 'oop is?

OOoh, an hoop?

[SR71pilot2007]

lol randomly say in the cockpit of a plane "gosh i sure am glad i'm a fully qualified airline pilot" i'm going to do that when i'm a pilot @_@

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

You gotta wonder if Graham is just sitting in heaven watching Monty Python.

[mwang166]

Genius



[commander144]

hes not flying, hes falling with style

that was stupid im sorry