Graham Chapman's funeral

[JizzMasterPino]

Perfect example of how the world should be. Not taking everything so seriously.

I love this.

I feel a disgrace that I have to tell I did not know his name before this video. Certainly saw Monthy Python etc. For me comedians are the smartest people in the world.

They take everything serious but they can handle it on a non serious way and laugh with everything. Yet still being responsible. I know it's not very clear what I mean, but I tried.

cheers

[barkatthemoon81]

I'd just like to be the third person on this page of comments to say 'FUCK'.

[AndyP01UK]

Absolute genius. Perfect.

[futurestarish]

I don't know whether I should laugh my ass off or cry my eyes out...

[danerogil]

Fuck

[rolfdejonge]

Fucking brilliant! We need some more fucking entertainment everywhere and anywhere, so also at funerals and cremations, to survive the shitty shit that the death of people we love brings us! Sorry for the nasty words! But I did not invent them! Neither did I invent life and death! Happy newyear to all! Never look at the dark side of life!

[deideikunblueeyez]

God I was expecting Graham Chapman to pop out of the casket and join in the fun. Can't believe he actually died. I thought he was still alive.. So sad :( But this made it better, more light-hearted, and of course being a comedian we shouldn't take his death seriously, but poke fun and enjoy the comedy he and the Monty Python troupe gave the audience.

[maxpowers518]

I'm very proud to be the most recent comment on this video to say fuck.

[sinbysin666]

Why have dull, and depressing funerals, when they can be like this?

- People are strange.

[HebusxJebus]

no 81 people dont look on the bright side of life, fuck

[gyonis]

Fuck! You made me cry you bastards!

[Mercipourlevenin18]

Wow, I haven't cried this much in a long time!! It was so sad to see them all talk about Graham but it was also brilliant, they did a bang on job celebrating his life. I loved how no matter the sadness the Pythons can always add a good laugh and make it just right. RIP Graham, his brilliance, wit, and comic genius will always be adored.

[WMsquared]

At 2:34 Simon Cowell??

[Ioulum]

Best funeral ever.

[mrspivvy]

I recently read a book of python interviews...they were all really torn up inside and it was very difficult to try and be so upbeat at the funeral of their great friend and colleague

[Deel2506]

Doug Adams was also there!

[ooooneeee]

BEST FUNERAL OF ALL TIME

[rtelford87]

the most amazing tribute to a friend to ever take place

[Nanaman12345]

Now that's class.

[citizen773]

i want my funeral to be like this

[oooda]

:'D

[MoveOverCasanova]

is it not usual to wear black on funerals in britain?

[Runningtail]

theres something warming about hearing an upbeat song about death being sung at the co-writers funeral. fitting more like it

[Borderus]

@MultiGebak No you're fucking not :)

[MultiGebak]

I would like to be the last person which comments on this video to say ' fuck'!

[Alblasker]

80 people have no soul it would seem.

[Teda1212]

Graham was one of the best of them ... they will never be complete ... unfortunately ..:(((

[MrROTD]

yesssssssss comedy to the end so cool!!!

[InfiniVide]

I can only hope that I live the life where I can have someone say this kind of thing at my funeral. I can't imagine a more respectful way for them to give him one last salute.

[MsAckAck]

That was beautiful.

[PersianWolverine]

is this a funeral? singing .. laughing in a funeral.. thats why 80 dislikes are here

[lakostal]

@PersianWolverine <--- most lame person ever.. try to make something good of it instead of everybody crying. I'd rather be remembered for this than a lame normal funeral

[fumblenuts64]

@PersianWolverine Fuck you.

[vectoor91]

@PersianWolverine The funeral of a great comedian.

[ArisztidZ]

@PersianWolverine You have no clue who Grahan Chapman was, obviously.

I agree with John Cleese. This is exactly what he would have wanted.

[Bobbob12397]

@PersianWolverine Did you not watch and engage with anything the Pythons did?

[Minurath]

@PersianWolverine They are actually commemorating a great person here. A bland and thirteen-in-a-dozen funeral with everyone wanting to go home asap would in no way have done him justice.

You can see peope are still sad, obviously, but I imagine this funeral helped to deal with the loss.

I know I'd prefer a service with a twist of my madness woven into the ceremony.

[Bookem311]

@PersianWolverine Why are you even watching this? You clearly have no clue who the Pythons are/were and what they are about. If you did know, you'd laugh. I'm sure auto finish accidentally put this up as you were typing J-o-n-a-s - B-r-o-t-h-e-r-s.

[PersianWolverine]

is this a funeral?

[iBischoff]

what happened to the if life sees jolly rotten part

[bjr43]

LOL on him using lines from the Dead Parot sketch.

[punxsutawneyphyllis]

Epic.

[TheSpiritofZero]

Grahan would have expected as much.

[southparkfan2717]

This is what Monty Python was all about. It would be disrespectful to do anything less funny. But people have to remember the most important thing about Graham. He's not dead, it's only a flesh wound.

[RHLoony]

I cried when Eric started singing. It seemed very hard for him, but he did it wonderfully!

Oh by the way....How can ANYBODY dislike such an emotional moment!?

[omasish]

what a send off!!!!!

[PNCCaine]

predicted not shocking swearing! death not nice meaning?

[paullavan2011]

JinRenegade

So did I. Also, John Cleese was clearly distraught throughout - they're stronger than me, I always collapse.

Best Wishes to you.

[JinRenegade]

Oh my god, when Eric Idle started singing that song at 2:07, I showered my face with tears. Fuck man.

[VanruteAnita]

I wish my friends would do something like that on my funeral. Here funerals are so dark and creepy.

[xxkil]

@VanruteAnita i want my friends to take the piss out of me when i die because they are true soal mates and good friends

[AlittleWitch19]

fantastic, hope they have a laugh at my funeral too, good story's and happy toughts.

[InfiniVide]

This is rather like what I'd prefer someone to say at my own funeral.

[southparkfan2717]

They could just sing Amazing Grace and cry but no. This is what Monty Python was all about. It would be disrespectful to do anything less funny. But people have to remember the most important thing about Graham. He's not dead, it's only a flesh wound.

[thecarpenter45]

He's not dead yet, He feels happy he feels *umph* alright sir that'll be thirty quid

RIP Grahm Chanpman

remember to follow this advice;

Always look on the Bright side of life and death, never grumble, give a whistle, because life is absurd and death is a joke. In that case, face your curtain with a bow and forget about your sins, because, just before you draw your terminal breath, you'll remember that life's a peace of shit and the last laugh is on you.

Signed J.K. Polkenson Mrs.

P.S. NIi!!!!!

[tenniskettle]

Only the funeral of a python could have have been so funny....

[ForYourCommentsOnly]

@KadruH Yes lol

[ForYourCommentsOnly]

80 people are absolute bastards

[KadruH]

@ForYourCommentsOnly christians*

[xnikola1x]

@ForYourCommentsOnly Lucky. lucky bastards...

[syscok1d]

@ForYourCommentsOnly 81 now!

[ForYourCommentsOnly]

@syscok1d

Actually, That other person Decided Life is too short to be happy.

[bersanji]

@ForYourCommentsOnly one of the bastards was pregnant, and gave birth to another absolutely bastard

[Aussiewayne100]

@ForYourCommentsOnly Only 80??? I think there is more than that

[bernardcz92]

Graham Chapman was Monty Python in person.

[Lapancia91]

It had to be incredibly hard for Eric Idle to sing that song there...

[AdmiralMemo]

@umhalil My dad does. It's good if you're interested in history.

[ViperRob42]

2:30 is that Douglas Adams?

[hobbitgirl26]

@ViperRob42 He was on the work team for the show, I read it in his biography, so I wouldn't be surprised if it WAS him. :)

[crimsonorc69]

@ViperRob42 Wouldn't be shocked, his humour is right on the same level as the pythons. That is to say, perfect

[khasab]

@ViperRob42 yes it is

[horrorshowmalchick]

@umhalil

Maybe they want you to be original instead of ripping off Spike Milligan?

[MasktheM0ney2]

When I die, there will be only two absolute conditions in my will.

1) That this song will be played at my funeral

2) On my tombstone it will read "I'm now pining for the fjords!"

So long Chapman, you freeloading bastard, you are much missed.

[imwatchinstuff]

God just couldn't go on another day without Chapman up there.

[higirl16410]

He's in the fjords now. God bless the pommy bastards.

[vajiraism]

Looking at the bright side of life ... Shadowing all that sadness for a friend and a colleague who sized to be . Bless you , funny bastards .

[Picnicl]

someone who looks and sounds like a teacher may have the most brilliantly inquisitive, generous, mind. But the 'anarchy' that Chapman displayed relied on order as its base. And that is what so many people do not understand nowadays - they don't start from a logical base and they go straight to the silliness.

[Picnicl]

I daresay that if you said to the average person they wouldn't know Chapman's name.Even though he played the main role in 2 of their films.Or Miller's for that matter. The 'modern' world does not realise that it was forged not from MTV but quite often from the minds of quietly confident, erudite, imaginative, Oxbridge educated people of the 50s/60s generation. But they are not responsible for some of the vastly lesser talents who chose to follow. But I don't know how we can educate people that

[HCShannon]

Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett @ 2:44!

[NathanH97]

only John Cleese could make people laugh at a funeral.

[quinnolivia]

What a Perfect way to send off a Perfect Person

[Emin7]

what a tribute !

[Sonichero151]

80 people are gay hating nazis (yeah Graham is gay)

[anasuikishibe]

you can hear Cleese's voice almost breaking up during the first 30 seconds

[Mjolnir343]

How could 80 soulless assholes (of 1319k views) dislike Graham Chapman's eulogy by John Cleese?!?!?! This is the perfect sendoff for one of the greatest British comedians ever! First person to say "fuck" in a British eulogy? Genius! Well done Cleese.

[commi3d0ntcar3]

who the hell disliked this!

[LittleShocks]

I'd no idea he died...

[LittleShocks]

I swear he's still alive

[Bioniclejab]

And now for something completely different.

[MrGBH]

I'm going to edit my Will so that this song has to be sung at my funeral.

[wolfmanfilms101]

id love this at my funeral itll make everyone happy instead of griveing

[HelenaVanCity]

Just 48??? WTF? What's wrong with this world and God? Monsters, mass killers, fascists, commies live to their 90's, and bright talented people go so young?!! God, d'you hear me??? Just f*cking stop it! Change your ways!

I think John was joking thru his tears.. And so was Terrie. And I think the funeral episode in the "Four Weddings and One Funeral" might have been borrowed from this one))

And I'd surely love my funeral to be like Grahm's. RIP, love..

[HelenaVanCity]

@STALKERSsuck10 So who "lives here", stupid arse? Well, you're not the first one to stalk me on Youtube. There've been other pathetic fuckers like you, who'd search all of my comments and leave idiotic irrelevant responses. Have a good masturbation, madame!

[HelenaVanCity]

@STALKERSsuck10 How dare you? How FUCKING dare you leave your shitty comments here? This is about the death of a person, and an excellent, worthy person, unlike you. A man who'd brought joy into lives of so many people... Do you have no appreciation? No respect? What kind of a pigsty were you born and grew up in? Oh, I know, don't tell me - u s of fucking a, the redneck part of it, obviously. White trash.

[DrunkSamurai]

@STALKERSsuck10 Trolololo

[STALKERSsuck10]

@DrunkSamurai Is that how you sing? Wow...impressive.

[DrunkSamurai]

@STALKERSsuck10 I know. My singing is super duper.

[STALKERSsuck10]

@DrunkSamurai Now show me how "super duper" your suicide would be. : ) 

[DrunkSamurai]

@STALKERSsuck10 Ok. I'll jump out of an airplane without a parachute holding a grenade launcher and see if I die before hitting the ground.

[STALKERSsuck10]

@DrunkSamurai I dont understand why you would incorporate a "grenade launcher" into the scenario. Why not just jump out at a low altitude...lets say...500 feet...with just a grenade. Pull the pin at about 100 feet, and see if you hit the ground before it goes off. : )

[DrunkSamurai]

@STALKERSsuck10 Because I want to blow shit up while midair.

[simsfreakable]

@STALKERSsuck10 Don't feed the troll.

[STALKERSsuck10]

@simsfreakable Its okay...I'm only feeding the troll poison. : )

[simsfreakable]

@STALKERSsuck10 Never mind, then.

[CSavageSr]

I can't care less if Grahm was gay or not. he was funny and talented.

[MrFennmeista]

Shit, part of me don't think this is too funny. lol.

[JordanAP96]

Graham Chapman and Monty Python played a big part in helping me accept homosexuals.

[ShikataGaNai100]

"What's all this then?" - Graham Chapman

[Totem91]

A thousand times more moving than any religious ceremony... Just watching it, all you want to do is say... Fuck.

[DIGIxPUNKx1996]

Long live the dead one.

[DIGIxPUNKx1996]

I'm genuinely quite heartbroken, and I didn't even know him. Just think how bad it was for them...

[6blanks]

The Afterlife of Brian is now playing in Heaven.

[KetOoKa889]

Singing that song, Eric Idle looks on the verge of tears...:(

[Maestro2500]

@KetOoKa889 Especially during the second verse.

When you sing a song that in any way talks about death -- while at a funeral of a loved one or close friend -- it's bloody hard not to.

[OlegKRoX]

This memorial service is actually one of the sadest ones...

[wiktorowski]

taki pogrzeb!!!!



[KotoRyu]

I'd just like to be the last person to type "fuck."

[ThatPurplyThing]

@KotoRyu No, I am.

Fuck.

[thamutebutton]

@ThatPurplyThing no i am. FUCK.

[Evica72]

It's so unfair how people as outstanding as Graham die so young, while most of those stupid politicians, which are absolutely full of shit, live till age 100.

[MaximillianZakes]

@Evica72

The reason the good die young is so that we can miss them, wish they had been around for many more years than they had and dream of what they would have done if death had not called so soon for them.

The reason the dirty pricks live forever is so that we can say when they die, "Oh thank the dear, merciful Lord, that bastard is finally dead!"

[HelenaVanCity]

@MaximillianZakes Well said, my dear, but the whole thing is still so f*cking unfair!!!

[triplexxxsatyr]

Thank you, Graham. We sure as hell miss you to pieces.

[NSH200]

if i die and my friends dont sing this song i will haunt them

[nurb101]

If you look and listen hard enough, you can see the black knight gloating in the back of the room.

[lucy2011ization]

i would love my FUNeral to be like that...

Not like some pseudo-sad bullshit!

[Poolshrrrk]

I think you must have done something right in life, if people are not afraid to laugh at your funeral.

[echobears]

@Poolshrrrk So true. Kudos!

[thedarknesscallingme]

thumbs up if you, like me, want "Always look on the bright side of life" sung at your funeral

[jakemandujano1414]

I'd just like to be the last person to type FUCK.

[ludvan67]

Ah British humour what would we do without it.

[mousstard]

I'd just like to be first person to type FUCK

[faravignon]

Douglas Adams at 2:30!

[Kom3tBrawl]

Well done, Monty Python. You manage to get a funeral smiling and laughing.

[ken6346]

Only at a Python's funeral service. Terrific, terrific funeral

[maxpowers518]

Puts the FUN in FUNeral!

[Simpuns]

This is amazing. They face death in the eyes and sing 'Always look on the bright side of life'. This song stops being a random interesting song, but rather a statement of defiance. Fuck.

[Greenhornet270]

A brilliant man...God Bless him!!

[cluedo1]

Has anyone ever seen/heard Eric Idle's speech? :/

[vrikey]

Now when I have these antlers on...I'm dead. And when I take them off, I'm not dead!

[petofly]

wow 80....people are not getting the punchline of song that Eric Idle is singing...I hope they`r just identify themselves with Graham`s officer commanding the regular army's advertising division.

[petofly]

@khasab well I thing it`s not about idiocracy of someone...just misunderstanding because I am not from english speaking country and I may have wrote something ....but i do not really know what did you exactly get from my post that made you say that....I do not see anything offensive in my post..I was just suprised that there were 80 peaople whit no sense od humor...and they hit don`t like button...I wrote that they aren`t getting what is eric idle singing....so why am I idiot?

[khasab]

@petofly you aren't an idiot, I am, I have removed my post.

[petofly]

@khasab no you`r not...you just missread something...was offended by it, but because of ability to admit your mistake...it means you are not na idiot...just person.....I was not offended by you just surprised.

[MazorKuziaki]

His gravestone should say "BRB".

[iMisanthrope]

Fucking awesome! This is how all Memorial services should be. Celebrate a person's life, NOT mourn their death.

[Clay3613]

@iMisanthrope Don't tell people how to cope.

[SuperMansDumbBrother]

Only the best of friends could have this much fun at a funeral service... I want this to be like my funeral... Laughs, obscurity and obscenity... God bless the pythons and all their antics!

[MrButtlettuce]

Absolute brilliant!!!! Only an up tight jackass won't get this.

[audiophelia]

Ok, who wanted to see some fake credits added in???

[Fridelain]

@audiophelia I'd like the credits to be the only true part.

[carioca62]

God Bless you Graham! (and the bastards of Monthy Pynthon too)!

[jelloofhell]

i hate this guy if he was in my funeral i would raise from the dead and kill him and return to my coffin

[Liamiras7]

@jelloofhell You don't get the point, I'm sure that Graham wanted this as hell. John Cleese really respected Graham and that's not even his real funeral. They held a private funeral before without the Pythons so it would not become a media circus.

[dariusgall]

with this sense of humor I am ready to die today;)

[ircimager]

be great if we could all get such a send-off

[Eddyzkkk]

That's the way to do it :D

[NuBzOrX]

This is so amazing!

[bushbasher85]

I had heard somewhere that Eric Idle said singing that song for Graham was the hardest thing he's ever had to do....He did it brillantly.

[gunttoo]

My grandfather passed today

..

I needed this...

[moonwalkgast]

@gunttoo I'm sorry for your loss. Take care bro!

[Erniethecatisawesom]

He still lives in the hearts of every Monty Python fan out there!