Spectrum

[RaldyV]

1:36 he says TROLLING. lol.

[HaterOvHvmans]

And they say drugs are bad for ya!

[Stroija]

I wonder what the h*ll was going through their minds when they wrote this sketch :DD

[tf2whackyengineer]

1:47 Decades later, a Canadian named Mike Myers would borrow this look to play Austin Powers.

[JagoFive]

only Palin can be the host in this skit lol

[SafieLiverpool]

No. Nein! (elbow) No!

[newfrickinshow]

So...I take it British conservatives are more or less like American conservatives then?

[langley2205]

I want to study with Professor Tiddles at Leeds University!

[zxcvnmtgb]

What do I mean by the word 'mean'? What do I mean by the word 'word'? What do I mean by 'what do I mean'? What do I mean by 'do' and what do I do by 'mean'? And what do I do by do by do and what do I mean by wasting your time like this? Good night.

[stimpp]

Michael Palin is fucking awesome. What do I do by do by do?

[jimmygames666]

it's funny because they only had a representation of 94 % of the population

[joshaf26]

This is what CNN would be like if you smoked crystalmeth before watching.

[Brandt761]

@joshaf26 this _is_ what CNN is like.

[computername]

If you understand this, you did your english lessons very well! Especially the listening parts..

[gabrielgray7]

Michael broke the 16 ton weight at the very top when it landed on him.

[RebekkhaGiL]

@gabrielgray7 you can also hear him yell out a bit at the end.

[ErichoTTA]

Best ending ever.

[Sam666gelber]

Oh my god. It's Glenn Beck!

[dharmaseed]

So There

[Liquidclouds]

genius

[Akamisago]

Bloody Fairy.

[why1so1serious1]

telling figurs indeed :p hahahahahah love monty python

gr

[evrbody]

This might have been the best episode ever. You have Spectrum, Upper Class Twit of the Year, Hitler in Minehead, all classic sketches in one episode.

[krecekvkolecku]

No. Nein..NO!

[drahoop]

That guy was in the Hitler sketch too. huh im noticing alot of references to other sketches resently

[savoytruffle96]

this was the last sketch of an episode. all the references were from that episode.

[cheesewilly]

Hello.

[Rektek23]

My favorite Python character: The 16 Ton Weight

16 TON WEIGHT FTW!!!

[SteppLee]

nein!.. no!

[Myrmelie]

I've read an interview where Michael says he had fever and a cold so had difficulties to concentrate on the fast text - but he did a great job.

*why is it always a 16 ton?*

[murielsartre]

In 1969, everyone in the English speaking world probably knew this American country song:

"You load 16 tons, and what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go;

I owe my soul to the company store... "

So it's a joke.

[1animegurl1]

Micheal Palin could of one of those guys who talk really fast at the end of medicine commercials!

He talks so fasts! <3

[ThirdPoliceman1]

The send-up of breathless, urgent TV news reminds me of The Day Today with Chris Morris - except the Pythons got there decades earlier of course. Thanks for putting this up :-)

[killtheemo83]

what do we mean by no and what do we mean by yes and what do we mean by no no no and...

16 TONS

[VGRetro]

Wait... Professor TIDDLES??? Which one of them came up with that?!

[compromisedintegrity]

Bloody Fairy.

NEIN..um NO

[ThingsWeSaidToday]

I love Michael's face at 0:52

[happyprincess456]

2:03 rofl hahhhaha

[murielsartre]

I think what was so great about Python was that they had no limits. None. Irrational? "Dirty"? Crazy? Whatever. That's why their stuff works so well.

Some of the pleasure I derive from Python is the way they connect ideas that appear to be totally dissimilar, juxtapose those ideas onto run-of-the-mill situations and then go to maximum absurdity, yet it's all still truthful about humanity. Because humans *are* absurd.

But I'll stop before it gets all Henri Bergson up in here.

[BardOfShwa]

I think that appreciation of Monty Python really has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with how willing you are to engage in humour so intelligent that most people wouldn't be able to think it up themselves. And I also appreciated the comment about rationality being an overrated virtue.

[squishy3000]

I think Stoneresp makes a fair point. Most girls under 30 won't find this funny. However, quite a large majority (including me) find it absolutely frikkin' hilarious! How a man can talk that fast without mucking up is beyond me!

[smalltalkNchips]

what? dude, im a girl and im 15! i am totally obsessed with monty python!

[FeatherFallShow]

Same here! ^^ These guys are amazing.

[xMacabreSadistx]

Believe it or not, all the girls in my school LOVED Monty Python including me and the boys weren't really that into it. In one class we got to watch all the Monty Python movies and nothing ever, ever will top Monty Python!

[squishy3000]

I did say THE MAJORITY of girls under 30. THE MAJORITY!

[MartinLoronzo]

what do you mean?

[stoneresp]

lol sheer brilliant genius, but try showing any monty python clip to a girl below the age of 30 and she will be questioning your sanity for finding anything monty funny? i just dont get it, is it male humour? anyway i love all thier skits, especially the funny policeman one omfg!

[EpifanesEuergetes]

You just hang out with the wrong girls.

[dorekatja]

yes lol I'm a girl and I absolutely love it^^

"what am I saying, why am I sitting in this chair, why am I on this program and what am I going to say next?" OMFG briliant humour!!

[Appleheartedmoon]

Well I'm a girl of 20 and I'm mad of Python! In fact I AM stark raving mad - Mental sanity seems to be an overrated virtue these days.

Is Python male humour? Good question... Maybe females find it harder to let go and lose their grip on rationality. (but I also know many boys insensible to MP)

Oh I'll never get enough of Spectrum. It actually does make sense, it asks the right questions. Really. Meaning is hopeless - Beckett, in another vein.

[langtongirl]

a lot of people don't find this funny, but a lot of people do, but it has nothing to do with age or gender, i'm 23 and i've been i love with python since i was 16, it's just a matter of what you find funny

[explodingplant]

yay thanks for upload i love this skit but can never find it. wish john cleese catching on fire was in here.

[fanboy112]

haha that was funny

[linapleachimPL]

I love Michael Palin:*:*:*:*

[dorekatja]

one of my all time favourites!!

[ridiculousness25]

this is so great...theres so much truth in these guys' humor its just awesome

[dLimboStick]

It's like watching the news in the USA. A whole lot of talk and not saying anything of value.

[AintGotSkillz]

"Tonight's Spectrum examines the whole question of frothing and falling, coughing and calling, screaming and balling, walling and stalling, gauling and mauling, balling and halling, trolling and squealing and zolling. Is there a word "zolling" if there is, what does in mean. If there isn't what does it. Perhaps both, maybe neither.

[evrbody]

I Can Say Nothing At This Point.

[Mariseaninikkou]

well, you are wrong. xD

[johnnythunder19]

"is he foaming at the mouth to fall over backwards or falling over backwards to foam at the mouth"

[prissboy91]

LOL classic ending

[TOMERRECTY]

In this graph, this column represents 23% of the population!

This column represents 28% of the population and this column represent 43% of THE POPULATION!

Telling figures indeed!

[mugenfan99]

@TOMERRECTY i think its too early to tell. lol

[Queso678]

Wow. That is my goal in life, to learn that entire thing . . . and use it for an audition!!! That would completely blow them away . . . if I could ever do it like Mikiepoo does it . . . did I mention I'm completely obsessed with Michael Palin? My friends and I have nicknames for all of them, actually. They get . . . pretty interesting

[vidmaker8294]

"Do we have anything to say?" "No" "No" "Bloody Fairy" "Nein -- No" "No" "No... no... no.. n-" "What do we mean by no, what do we mean yes, what do we mean no, no no" *16 TONS FALLS FROM AIR*

[vidmaker8294]

"Where do we start, what do you say, where do we come, where do we go, what do we eat what do we drink, what do we--" "Speaking of Conservative Candidates, I just drone on and on and on never letting anyone get a word in edgewise 'til I start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards, ohh..."

[FatCalicoCat]

Michael Palin at his best. Such a bloody talent, a true comic genius.

[slashingraven]

Michael Palin is so awesome it hurts.

[dorekatja]

"this colum represents 23% of the population, this colum represents 28% of the population, and this colum represents 43% of the population." "telling figures indeed" LOL xD

[slushy50254]

lol hilter from hilter in england

[fabgeorge8]

hilarious!!:D

[CalifornicationZD]

this would be a blast to learn by heart

[anad4]

"so there" LOL

[runoverbobby]

I love Graham's face during "This graph represents 43 percent OF THE population"

[foreverWHOfan]

haha XD

i wonder which one of them wrote this one..haha

[dorekatja]

hahaha he's so funny in this sketch :D "what do we mean by no? what do we mean by yes? what do we mean by no no no?" priceless!!!

[AJETVproductions]

Oh my god! That is so funny!

[bloozeman101]

hey yall

[ellord7]

Really sooo funny!

[BlitzFuchs]

I love this episode so much, especially Palin as the Spectrum guy that doesn't seem to shut up.

[nickym0usex0x]

"Bloody fairy," Hahahaha

[lybre]

how can I thank you for this clip drainex! :-)

[MontyPythonManiac93]

How can anyone talk that fast? it's fantastic!

Palin is da man! 'bloody fairy!'

[mapikapi]

Michael Palin is perfect.

<3

[danceswithpigs]

"until i start foaming at the mouth and fall over backwards" :)

[CBLuigi]

"What Do You Think?" "I Think It's Too Early To Tell."

"Until I Start Foaming At The Mouth And Falling Backwards" "What Do I Mean By The Word "Mean"? What Do I Mean By The Word "Word"?"

[WildernessScream]

I love the episode this is from. It's all good, but I think my favorite part is the "Speaking as the Conservative candidate, I simply droan on and on and on..." I think of that whenever I can't come up with something useful to say. :D

[DaaeB]

bloody fairy ...

[fpardew]

Eh eh eh !!

[rylxyc]

haha.. my favorite parts of that particular episode. i like the rapid montage of "no"s

[vonbontee]

Excellent editing job there!

[gordonbennet]

the funniest sketch ever by anyone.

[EdWoodz]

I saw this more than 100 times

[bunchofcoconuts]

hahahahaha this is one of the funniest sketches ever!! michael palin is so adorable! thanks for posting

[maggifix91]

How can a human speek this fast???? I LOVE MICHAEL PALIN!!!!!!!! (and Eric Idle)

[squishy3000]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!­!! ok....ok.... breathe...breathe

[nienna23]

haha i love how they end sketches with a 16-ton weight instead of a punch line ;) wasn't michael palin voted the best looking python?

[XOTruBrit92]

absolutely

[starchase39]

I love michael palin!