Monty Python's Flying Circus - Raymond Luxury Yacht

[btuck62]

isn't it warbler and not wobbler?

[mellowNdark]

Hmmmm not funny

[PDexters]

Uh, 12 people have to go to the reception.

[TheRobot021411]

"I want to be on television!"

"Well you can't!"

[kittunable]

You did, Raymond Luxury Yacht, you did.

[TheKenfig]

"Well you can't !", Lol. Raymond is awesome ! ; it is not the first time he appears in this episode

[BorisAtTheNet]

It's spelt Raymond Luxury Yacht but it's pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove.

[MonacoLager1]

The intro to the sketch was actually the intro to a BBC programme from before MPFC. If I remember correctly it was a discussion programme. Can anyone tell me what it was? Ive completely forgotten.

[TheKenfig]

@MonacoLager1 It is from 'Late Night Line Up', a late 60s BBC 2 show hosted by Joan Bakewell

[Metalfanseries]

''Gimme my nose back!'' :D

[DanaVMBVSDDM]

I can recite this word for word.

Best sketch ever.

[biggles1111]

How utterly silly.

How utterly adorable!

[lightscurtainmusic]

best. sketch. ever.



[abandonedvideos]

the casual, jazzy intro music is perfect.

[JonGee420]

@abandonedvideos I laugh just from hearing the music, I guess it's because I know whats comming.

[yoscar9889]

Michael aplins face after chapman says thats not my name is hilariou to me

[thequantumcollapse]

@yoscar9889 Love Palin's face when he says, "You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you." It looks like he's trying not to laugh.

[CadmiumPoisoning]

On the DVD, when you play this with English subtitles, it says 'wobbler'

[vef444]

Well you cunt.. :>

[schutzenhaus]

I WANT TO BE ON TELEVISION! Well, you can't!

[alleksandrs]

Throat warbler, not wobbler!

[evilegg288]

@alleksandrs Actually, it's "wobbler".

[Errickfoxy]

@evilegg288 Actually, it's "warbler".  It's a kind of bird.

[Errickfoxy]

@evilegg288 Actually, it's "warbler". It's a kind of bird.

[evilegg288]

@Errickfoxy Actually, it's "wobbler". Graham Chapman is clearly making an "o" sound.

[Errickfoxy]

@evilegg288 You are a very silly man and I'm not going to argue with you.

(seriously, the name of the bird is "throat-warbler", and that seems the most probable thing, but it's a word used one time in a comedy sketch so it doesn't really matter one at or the other I suppose)

[evilegg288]

@Errickfoxy Ah! Anti-Semitism!

(Yes, I know there's a bird called a throat-warbler, but that's not what Graham is saying. He's saying "wobbler".)

[thesandband]

the most intense and funny 43 seconds in the history of comedy I think.

[lieberso]

Nicht auszuhalten, wie großartig das ist.

It's just unbearable great.

[P1votG33k]

My name is "Throat Wobbler Mangrove" but it's pronounced, "Raymond Luxury Yacht". Weird.

[thesandband]

how can Michael Palin stare at Chapman and stay serious?? I feel like dying laughing everytime I see Graham with that nose...

[dharmaseed]

"I'm sorry.....Raymond Luxury Yach-t." LOL

[playboymaxim]

@dharmaseed That part always cracks me up

[HarrisnFordStar]

OMG Why on Earth does he says Antisemitism... I'll die laughing on the floor here!!!

[Nikanaiko]

@HarrisnFordStar It's a stereotype that people of the Jewish faith have large noses. As to why, I've never known.

[kriger3swords]

throatwobbler mangrove

[phemyda94]

Graham Chapman made an art out of saying silly things with a straight face.

[grmpf]

Btw, Graham's stare when he says "Throatwobbler Mangrove" is pure genius. :D

[grmpf]

Has any excentric billionaire already named his luxury yacht "Raymond", so it has to be pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove"? I'd do it if I ever owned one...

[JSCOTTW100]

I've watched their shtick since I was a kid. It never gets old and I always laugh, God bless the Python boys!

[murielsartre]

Who is that chick squeaking with laughter at the beginning? She's almost as funny as the sketch!

[ohrwurm]

The very beginning of this sketch, with the music and Graham Chapman appearing in profile with the nose, is like a pure comedy laser beam.

[zagor1974]

one of the best sketches ever to be on tv worldwide - short but very intense

[RavenKing777]

RIP, Graham Chapman. The man with the funniest funeral in the world.

[DM4717]

no It's spelled raymond luxury yacht, but it's pronounced throat wobbler mangrove.

you are a very silly man and i'm not going to interview you.

Hah! Anti-Semitism!

That last part really threw me off when i first saw this. thank god for Graham Chapman!

[DonnaHx007RRSSG]

I can never get enough of this sketch! Aaaah <3

[borismaloo]

I wished they did more with Raymond Luxury Yacht

[zagor1974]

@borismaloo

yeah - a series of sketches with mr. yacht would be nice

[Animalcrossing95]

haha! Love Michael XD

"Your a very silly man and i`m not going to interview you" XDXDXD!!

"Give me my nose back!!"

"You can collect at reception, now go away!"

[nickylx]

It's Throatwobbler Mangrove.

I have the script book X|

[Imaeaturface]

I love Raymon Luckury Yacht! <3

[GrungeMaggot08]

you're a very silly man and i'm not going to interview you

[darganx]

Ah! Anti-Semitism!!

[Chrisbajs]

Not at all! ;-)

[83shovel]

@darganx it's not even a proper nose.

[Gasoline85]

@darganx Not at all!

[JasonBonitati]

Throat wobbler man-groan? Lmao

[Iliodyseuss]

Throat-Warbler Mangrove, actually.

[Iliodyseuss]

I don't know. I saw a Monty Python documentary and that's what they all seemed to be saying when they talked about this sketch, unless I just have horrible hearing.

I can see how it would heard either way.

[Feralbreed]

@JasonBonitati

I think it's Mangrove. But it doesn't matter actually.

[cuckoo61]

"well you can't!" love it :D

[Mikeyprimus]

"Right! Stop that! This had become far to silly! I shall not warn you again. Now move along with the show!" haha. Awesome n

[FrizzKWest]

My favorite sketch. I named my plant Raymond Luxury Yacht in honor of it's awesome.

[xXimrealynotokayXx]

lol! i love this one :)

its even the background on my phone :)

[kikyo4815]

Definitely one of my favourite sketches.

We miss you, Graham!

[eric201]

This is the silliest sketch that Monty Python ever did.

[P5eudonym]

:P I dunno about that, they did a LOT of silly sketches. But this is certainly a very silly sketch.

[ScottfromTexas]

no no no, I won't hear of that. They did one in Eastbourne....

[TheWarnerSister]

This is quite possibly the best exchange of all time. Did you see Graham's face when he said "Throatwarbler Mangrove"?

Yay Graham. We miss you, buddy.

[beatlespeace96]

Haha, I love this. I've gotten my friends to call me Throatwobbler Mangrove. Or, I'm trying to get them to call me that, at least.

[malaki013]

me 2

[xmazystarx]

He asked me, he asked me!

[meredithsboy09]

Throat wobbler man groan.. O.o im scared

[ala5530]

"Throatwobbler Mangrove". Not quite as scary, really...

[dharmaseed]

I'm sorry...Raymond-Luxury Yach-t.

LOL

[DONTvote4ARSEHOLES]

looks like an inverted hard on

[CroTuschek]

'Throatwobbler Mangrove'. hahahaha

[cl0vvntiem]

Ah! Anti-Semitism!

love monty python.

[Lennoxed]

I WANT TO BE ON TELEVISION! XD

Oh Graham, sorely missed x3

[Gasoline85]

"Well, you can't!"

Really, I think any sketch with Graham in it is automatically great.

[Jimi0240]

one of the best sketches, because of Graham of course:)

[TheRadical42]

100 Snazzes on the 100 Point Snazz-o-Scale!

-This IS an excellent sketch, but so many of them are perfect.

-This same guy, Throatwobbler, tries to get a nose job in another episode.

-"You don't need the operation, you silly man."

-"Oh, please!"

...

-"All right. But only if you come on a Camping Holiday with me."

-"He ahsked me! He ahsked me!"

-Then we see John Cleese and Graham Chapman frolicking through the woods.

: D

[cecinid]

TheRadical42 ...I LOVE THAT ONE!!

'He asked! He asked!!'

ROTFLMAO!!!!

[Lemmy15]

One of my favourite Python sketches and it's only 46 seconds.

[why1so1serious1]

nono throuht wobbler mangrove hahahahahah

[Theoverseer95]

"Give me my nose back!" lmao My favorite line out of this whole sketch!

[aquestnom]

I love Michael playing with the nose when he says "Now go away"

[fiveleafclover]

Omg. I love this clip so much.

I've quoted the "It's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove" a ton of times and no one ever gets it. :(

[Blackeangel]

You need more geeky friends...I woulda gotten That one...

[BardOfShwa]

Bahahaha! Anti-Semitism!

[Novazi74]

Not at all! It's not even a proper nose!

(pulls nose) It's polystyrene!

[fob1012er]

This one is so funny.

[040392agh]

I WANT TO BE ON TELEVISION! wel you can't

[GCMPJLRMYLIFE]

lmao!!

this is the best sketch everrr!!

Micheal Palins face at 0:25 is the funniest thing ever!

[dharmaseed]

"I'm sorry...Raymond Luxury Yach-t". Lol

[majomor]

believe it or not ,the show was syndicated to commercial tv as well-channel 56 in boston had to run it for 40 minutes so they could fit in the ads-monty python themselves stipulated that the show could not be edited in any way-i believe they even went t court over it...

[Novazi74]

You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you!

[EUROPHOBIC]

"Ah! Anti-semitism!"

Brilliant line...

[2012Ascenscion]

I want to be on television! Well u cant!

[EdTheGringo]

throat wobbler mangrove!!

[aphexxx77]

ha!

[ThingsWeSaidToday]

Mike is sooo cute...

[foreverWHOfan]

"I want to be on television!"

-But you cant!

lol, his nose is so ridiculous!

[sir9integra9jr]

SWEET.

[bluekatnz]

one of the very best by monty python

[Evimarie08]

O.k. these comments are getting out of control. Enough about Jewish people and Gays. Nothing wrong with either of those. I agree, Chapman can not laugh at anything. I wonder how he did hearing the biggus dickus scene in LIfe of Brian for the first time.

[lordwalden]

He can, at least in the Architect Sketch, Graham can be seen trying not to laugh at the hand-shaking (although he's smiling).

[acouragefann]

I love the way chapman can stay serious ALL THIS TIME

[foreverWHOfan]

the sign of a true comedian =)

[edaines]

LOL JEW

[Money0nion]

Throat Warbler Mangrove

[TonyPro79]

No I didn't, actually.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Explains why you don't get the reference.

Incidentally, you're a prat.

[Nariyinepu]

Oh gods. Jews aren't the only ones with big noses. Get over yourself.

[1emotional2]

Its in the video?

Wow ur not to bright ;P

[Changer01]

Oh, dude... This woman in the beginning aparently hasn't seen a man with a big nose before!

[iHeartTheOncologist]

HAAAAA

I used to watch this with my dad since before I can remember he has the whole DVD box set LOLZ.

I love their accents!! =D

[happyprincess456]

i want to be on television!

well u can't!

[LittleMissGiggles506]

your a VERY silly man and im not going to interview you!

[chalomirof63]

Spartyman7: Yes, that woman's laugh is very distinctive, is heard in several sketches, and is infectious by itself! You KNOW the sketch is particularly funny when you hear her!! LOL!

[spartyman7]

Yes, and since I posted my comment I read that in fact that woman was a friend of the cast who showed up often in the early days when they were just getting started on the BBC. That's why we took notice and remember her! You're right...it's as funny as some of the material from the Pythons!

[masterble]

I thought you were talking about Connie Booth's laugh - I've read in The Pythons Autobiography (and also Michael was talking about it in some interview) that Connie, John Cleese's wife, was often there in the audience and her laugh was very... well, original. And I think it's the one you can hear in the Marriage Guidance Counsellor sketch, a moment after Carol's and Eric's disappearance - absolute silence and then Connie's "WHOOOOH! WHOOOOH!". But the laugh you're talkin about sounds different;)

[spartyman7]

yes, the Marriage Counselor sketch. I believe I was about 14 when PBS ran that sketch on my local station. Carol Cleveland at her best.I think I took a few cold showers, 6 to be exact- after seeing that. I caught Pnemounia and was hospitalized 3 weeks as a result. Oddly enough I still look back on that with pleasant memories :)

Okay, that was mostly a lie, but C.C. did do powerful things to a lad who had never seen such a sexy display on tv up until that point! Sorry, what was the question?

[masterble]

Haha! Yeah, Carol was a perfect PythonLady! Very talented comic actress, not afraid of doing those silly-sexy parts, and of course a beautiful woman. She was great as Zoot in the Holy Grail!

[spartyman7]

Who's got a boil on his semprini then?

Quite an intro! lol. A bit twisted are we? :) In a GOOD way of course!

[cctc11891]

What ever happened to her - they don't interview her or anything anymore, you don't even hear about her...

[FrankLJ]

What I want to know is: who was the topless girl in "Everyday life of an Accountant" and how'd it get on US TV. I'm not complaining, I just could not believe it!

[spartyman7]

Yes, I remember it well! Again, I was like 13 or so when that played on PBS in the mid-70's, and I was stunned...

That was very likely the 1st time I had seen a topless woman in ANY context, and believe me, I never missed an episode of Python after that! God bless public television. I never complained about a pledge drive after that...

[fighting4air]

Anyone else went to look up "Everyday life of an Accountant" after reading that?

I totally missed that one!

[TheRadical42]

Hey, you're right! That just might have been the first Very Nawty Bits Indeed I had ever seen. Yeah PBS! And yeah for Monty Python!

Then again, there's nothing wrong, evil, or distasteful about the naked body, except for certain parts of the bottom.

: P

[balflear81]

wasnt it called "The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker"??

[FullRaidersAlchemist]

Hook nosed Jews, anti Smeitism. Very clumsy humor on his part. Classic nonetheless.

[spartyman7]

I like that chick in the crowd that laughs hysterically at the beginning of the sketch when the lights come up. Audience laughter in most comedy shows is just annoying, but I always found it added to the Python sketches for some reason.

[spartyman7]

"British English". LMAO. Nice job Lauren4077

As if I didn't have enough to be embarrassed about, what with Bush as prez...yikes.

[lcozzarelli]

Wut? I just read her comment, and I dunno what you're getting embarrassed about. We are American, and we speak English (the American version). Brits speak the British version. Granted the language originated there, but British accents as you hear them today developed relatively recently--after the US colonists broke away. You don't think we pulled this Yank accent out of thin air, do you? They say Shakespeare probably sounded like a mix between Yank and Irish...

[spartyman7]

I haven't the slightest idea where you're even going with this. I simply referred to an audience member who laughs at the beginning of the sketch. Embarrassed? Language versions...mate, what is you point?

[lcozzarelli]

Oh, dear. My comment was pertaining to your comment that you were embarrassed by Lauren4077's reference to "British English", as if that were an ignorantly redundant phrase. I just looked at your profile... Like me, you are an avid Beatles fan and intensely dislike the current US administration. Unlike me, however, you seem to be a unapologetically sycophantic wannabe Brit using terms like "mate, what is you(r) point?" and "straight away"...

Now *I'm* embarrassed as an American.

[spartyman7]

Yeah, sorry...I realized a few minutes later that you were referring to an earlier comment.

"Ignorantly redundant phrase"; no that was not my intent. You are reading way too much into it. It was a bad joke about Bush more than anything, that's all. "Wannabe Brit"?, no, I just like the culture, especially the music and comedy, but I'm certainly not wanting to be British. "Sycophantic"? C'mon...now you're just trying to sound sophisticated. Ease up a bit, this isn't serious stuff.

[L0rdDavid]

I want to be on television!

Well, you can't.

[kotwbutach2410]

love it, love it, love it! so adorable! one of my fav!!!

[teencomment]

Anybody know that anti-semitism is a prejudice against Jews?

Also, I love the look Palin has on his face after Chapman corrects him he's just like uhh...okay?

[BestManMe09]

Benny Hill was coinsidered funnier than Monty Python by a UHF station (WLVI TV Channel 56 in Cambridge, Mass) that ran both! I agree!

[bandgeek8986]

BestMan, don't you have anything better to do than go around posting the same thing on every Monty Python video you see?

[rulerofthebog]

I love how Graham's eyes open really wide just before he "corrects" the pronunciation of his character's name.

Speaking of which, can someone tell me once and for all whether it's Wobbler or Warbler? Or does no one actually know? :D

[Lauren4077th]

I'm pretty sure it's "wobbler". Me being American, I don't pretend to be an expert on British English. But I think the vowel sound would be longer if it were "warbler".

[EpifanesEuergetes]

Actually that is only how it is pronounced. Here it is in it's written form:

efjälbnöqeobnå

[travellingbarrett]

Warbler. And how is it someone can simply widen their eyes to a whole new level of hilarity to an already brilliant sketch?! :D

[Nigrescence]

It is "warbler".

Throat-warbler Mangrove.

A mangrove is a tree, and to warble is basically to sing with trills, accents, and other embellishments, and is often used to describe bird songs.

So, the joke is "throat-warbler mangrove", silliness exaggerated by the nose, perhaps causing the audience to think of a bird (as it's the sort of name a bird might get, like a bird that sings on mangrove trees often).

[thisfishisevil]

'I want to be on television!'

'Well you can't.'

LOL.

[teencomment]

That's not my name! XD

[jessiethegeek]

i love this.

Graham is so funny in it.

It is so monty python \.

poor throatwobbler they will never leave his nose be.

I am doomed ot never say yaht.now i will always pronounce it yAHcht.and giggle lol.

Smile.God loves you

[sureenakay]

"you're a very silly man and i'm not going to interview you."

"i want to be on television!"

i can't stop watching this sketch, it's just so perfect. :]

[imightbeizzy]

"You can collect it at reception, now go away."