Monty Python - Bavarian restaurant

[Icebear1970]

I see the britians understand us ;0)

[ccooll2008]

Sometimes I think "that's what Britons think about Germany" great sketch, quite a bit more if you can speak German ^^

[pawerybs]

I LOVE IT! :-D

[Nitrinoxus]

It may just be the cynicism talking, but I think any restaurant would do this if they could.

[AmadeusKing]

Leave it to the British to point out the foolishness of American Tourists in Germany.

[Glanur2]

Well, when I think of the Greek tourist guide's face on a visit to an old temple when the American tourists told him "it's so wonderful that the Greek people named their god after the American space program, Apollo"....^^

[withalittlehelpfrom3]

Graham Chapman spricht gut amerikanische Englisch!

Jetzt esse ich zum jeden bayerischen Restaurant und sage "Gibst du mir den Menus ja hier, und nicht in Venezuela?"

[cymrubahaus78]

...sie wollten bezhalen mein herr?? XD

[firestartertwistedfi]

The chicken beating was a little tame I felt - maybe they were having an off day :)

[Petulinchen]

We're not that brutal in Bavaria... seriously ^^

[tehpeasant]

@Petulinchen Oh yes you are.

[Petulinchen]

@tehpeasant No, we're not! Well, only if you want it :P

[agormanvideos]

LOL! Too much Bavarian jolliness?

[RockismyAir]

Oh my.. John Cleeses German accent <3.

ding ding ding ding SEXY <3 :)

[leonCalvamortis]

Der Wein???????????????????

[TheRegalian]

Exactly :P

[ilovedavidtennantDW]

so is THIS why they taught us to say 'window' and 'table' in the first few weeks of german class, so they we could pick out when someone in bavaria is gonna through us out of windows and strap us to tables? and i thought it was just stupid, like when they taught us 'elefant' :P

[CharlieWillisVG]

chill out about the language! it's just a comedy sketch it doesn't matter, enjoy the comedy and stop arguing and picking out everything that was wrong with it

[krautinator]

Sie wollten bezahlen, mein Herren?

[Fozenkopfpinguin]

omg das ganze video ist so mega unlustig!?!

[mbtrexx86]

@Fozenkopfpinguin du hast einfach keinen Sinn für genialen Humor...

[MatxoMan]

Sie wolten bezahlen, mein Herr. Fantastic. lol

[cuttock]

OH my GOD LOL

I LOVE it when Graham screams!!

[mijadane]

Chapman pretends to be an American tourist who tries to speak German? Genius!

[Soilwar]

John Cleese is incredible in this one.. if he really didn't have any knowledge of the German language.. he has a huuge linguistic talent. Always thought Eric was the one who's most talented linguistically.. but actually even Michael was better than him.

[saladin1234]

As far as I know they did not understand a word of German.They learned their lines by heart without understanding them.

[JBLAKIE1]

wow creme up the skirt sounds delicious

[receipt22]

it's amazing how good john cleese speaks german

[cheatmastersindcool]

wow their german is really good.

Greetings from bavaria :D

[MrElensia]

Einige Bayern haben keinen Humor. Some bavarians don't have humor.

[henrix999]

cleese is comedian genius

[1533Montaigne]

they speak some strange mix of french accent and north (partly northeast) german,

but never bavarian. so the whole thing doesn´t make sense.

[RodmasterStudios]

@1533Montaigne To be fair, it was catered for an audience that didn't understand German.

[1533Montaigne]

@RodmasterStudios

hehe. in germany the synchrovoice of cleese sometimes is a northern german style. for example in the dead parrot sketch. in germany the northern germans are called to be very stiff. so the parrot thing is kind of a double joke, maybe there is something similar in the english version?

[MenwithHill]

@RodmasterStudios It WAS for a German audience. It was a part of the special edition "Monty Python Fliegender Zirkus" made specially in German.

[Hartkeks]

@1533Montaigne dude, they speak german not bavarian. not even the germans understand, when bavarian talk their gibberish.

[TheEnviroFriend]

@Hartkeks ich war einmal in schweiz, sie werden nicht sprechen auf standarddeutsch mit auslander....

hochdeutsch is nothing but gibberish to me too, I though that most germans understood it, but i guess i was wrong.

[1533Montaigne]

@Hartkeks

sorry, but you donn´t get it

[gietek]

@1533Montaigne maybe because they are British?

[Jackblackblood]

WTF im bavarian and that is the crazyiest shit i ever found in the internet D:

[tomschweiss]

Never mention the war!

[PeacyKat]

man I'm lucky that I live in swabia :DD

[pussbuketnott06]

And the bill sir (food drops down) XDDDDD

[wankerpanther]

And its low Cal!

[DoktorSchn4bel]

SCHWEINEWASSER ist jetzt mein Lieblingswort.

[MatxoMan]

@DoktorSchn4bel eisgekühlte even!

[constantpoo2]

This is the perfect way to get rid of those damn touists

[Alavenia]

I'm from Bavaria, and I love this vid, although I have a bavarian dialect.

It's so typically german, when a foreigner pronounces a german word wrong, we are gutted about it. Everytime when we hear german language a bit wrong, we say "Oooooh, why did you learn it soooo bad?"

It's so typically and embarrassing, that we can't be happy about people, who TRY to speak our language.

Monty Python gave its best to make this vid. They learned the german language as good as they can! It's a pleasure!

[Rydiak]

@Alavenia Learned it as *well* as they *could*. Irony? I think so.

[elderscrolls75]

Lolz!!!!!!!!

[MrMadMungo]

In german its "Bayern", not "Bavaria", but very nice though.

[robsargent4]

@MrMadMungo I wonder if they knew that & just said it like "Bavaria" for comic effect. TBH I don't know.

[Germanboy567]

I lol'd so hard

[8523wsxc]

and i thought bavaria couldn't get more creepy...

[FeuerzeugBaby]

i live in munich... the video is soo bad.. -.- bavarian is better.. and not so stupid.. -.-

[robsargent4]

@FeuerzeugBaby it's a joke, no? of course it's "stupid" (personally I'd say silly's a better word), that's Monty Python.

[Skrczipcze]

@FeuerzeugBaby sorry but i think the english speaking people don't know and don't care about that the bavarians think they're not germans and that there are so much different accents in german. and also is bavarian no own language but only a variation of german. sometimes are the bavarians so childish!!

[Skrczipcze]

@FeuerzeugBaby and also it would be nonsense for an english-speaking guy to learn bavarian accent because normal german is already really difficult and people in all other parts of the federal republic would laugh about an english who tries to speak bavarian with them because this is only colloquial

[Charakterobst]

Hi I'm from Germany and I live in Bavaria. Theres a huge difference between high German and Bavarian (I don't have a strong dialect and even I don't understand people when they speak "extreme bavarian")

One example:

English: "What did you say?" is spoken in German: "Was hast du gesagt?" and in Bavarian for example like "Woos hosst k'sockt?"

but in Britain there are also different kinds of speaking the language - sometines really hard to understand for me...

[Picnicl]

I can't remember this but it looks like an idea that should have been saved for 'Meaning of Life'. It has a meanness to it that might have fit in. It's not particularly funny as a sketch show sketch- there's too much to take in and using upbeat Americans doesn't seem as funny as using reserved British people would have. You just feel sorrry for the 2 guests which is why, if you were to keep it all as it already is, it would have worked better in the philosophical context of Meaning of Life.

[AliceMoving]

In this sketch Eric and Michael always remind me of Thing 1 and Thing 2 from "The Cat in the Hat".

Also, it's going to take BLEEDING FOREVER for them to get their orders if they have to ritualize every damn thing.

[DrGull1888]

I love Terry Jones in the sedan chair.

[moblsche]

.....I'm bavarian and this is AWESOME.......grüße aus Bayern

[avakrob]

@moblsche Lang lebe Bayern! hope to visit Oktoberfest einmal..... ;))

[moblsche]

@avakrob yay

[Yora21]

This could be considered offensive to Germans, but since it makes fun of bavarians, the rest of us is cool with it. ^^

[bandgeek8986]

The way Graham says "wunderbar" is just priceless.

[colpadrian]

@Uppsa1

Remember, these guys came from Cambridge University and definitely had a philosophical bend. Look at "Philosophers song" , "Philosophers football" and "Bruce".

[ravizoid]

The funny thing is - for me as a northern German I can relate to the guests a whole lot more than to the 'Bavarians'. There are some very strange peoples living south of Frankfurt... (and I am even married to one of them!)

[drea8Pvollpfosten]

why does he talk german with a french accent :D:D

[colpadrian]

Right at the start "Beyond Good and Evil", a reference to philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche off course. Brilliant.

[Uppsa1]

@colpadrian Beyond Good and Evil is a pretty normal phrase in germany, I don't think they were referring to Niezsche here.

[flutewarrior1]

john cleese is wonderful with languages!! amazing

[htews]

@witoutaface Natürlich nicht! Jeder echte Deutsche serviert das Schweinewasser auf traditionelle Art - natürlich VOR dem Essen.

[moblsche]

@htews LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL:OLLOLOLLOL

[AndrewP222]

We're taking your coats in Bavaria!

[shack8110]

Johns ridiculous grin at :25 is how I imagine Satan or some demon from Hell would look when smiling.

[jeizdolokdrachir]

Großartig! .-)

[DarkMetalEyes]

0:31 Holy shit. His face xD

[hudson0815]

WTF ????? John Cleese has no accent at all ! He really must have a good ear for languages.

[gbyrne]

In bavaria where the moutains stick out of the ground lol

[KeiichiUshiromiya]

@gbyrne It's funny because mountains stick out of the ground everywhere

XD

[terrorteamberlin]

gutes deutsch ham se

[Sarge679]

He was served his last meal in Bavaria!

[VDubPQ32]

Such a smart sketch. The "Americans" aren't completely clueless...they do know some German (most sketch shows would make them completely oblivious), and John Cleese's restaurant does make some sort of 'concessions' while still messing w/ the customers (the towels, asking if they were "hit too hard," etc.)

[Bluesuffolk]

Lol, I think they probably had more fun than usual with this sketch. And to the language, it sounds like a mixture of German, French, and Gibberish.

[focusforaword]

@Bluesuffolk No mixture. It's pretty good. I'm quite stunned about John Cleese's German.

[kozmon0t]

Even without this stuff, the Bavarians do some really weird shit.

[jennpunk4lif3]

"Beyond Good and Evil" hahaa

[TEAMxACIDx]

Anyone else notice the wipeout at 5:04?

[meowool]

shouldn't they say 'herr', not 'monseire' as that french.

[Nightshadow84750]

@meowool that's the fun of it, its not truly German. They did the same with their "Norwegian Party" sketch a Norwegian/German/Dutch mix. It's funny because one knows it's not true.

[Oll1000]

French and German are suprisingly similar. In case you forgot your highschool history lessons, France and Germany were once a single country.

[mitchell16]

@Oll1000 Either your talking about the holy roman empire or the german occupation of france in WWII, either way, hardly relevant, both languages originate from latin but I can assure you they are not similiar,

Glaub mir, seit zwei jahre habe ich in München gewohnt und hat Deutsch an der Uni studiert.

[VeltinsAufSchalke]

@mitchell16 not entirely. The german language originates from the Indo-Germanic languages. But it was greatly influenced by latin during the middleages .

[meowool]

@Oll1000 the only part of history i learnt to do with both of them was the world wars, and i've still got 3/4 of compulsory school left, but i can drop subjects for the start of year 10. i do both of the languages for my options, and even though i do get mixed up between them. (i have to remember at times essays in 3 languages) english and german are closer than either of them and french.

[meowool]

where is bavaria?

[kylenarad]

@meowool

bavarias is a german state in the south (germany is a federal republic).

[meowool]

@kylenarad THAT'S why they are speaking german!! lol@moi

[Aequitas234]

@meowool it´s in europe, near germany ;-)

[Silfir]

@Aequitas234 In the sense that Texas is near the US, yes :)

[Papadragon18]

This... is scary...

[sheisnotmymum]

historical epic

[Kuemmel234]

At first I was confused if he really does those things(did not have any subtitles, but I am german) like with the meal - I was like "is like the best Joke in the world - nonsense?" - but no, it was just... amazing. Had to laugh for minutes. The german was good and hit the spot. I love it :)

[CommandanteRamon]

@Kuemmel234 Ich als Niedersachse kann bestätigen, dass es in Bayern genau so abläuft. Ich war schon mal da!

[Kuemmel234]

@CommandanteRamon, ich auch. Allerdings wurde ich nicht aus dem Fenster geschmissen :(. Ich hatte mir das Steak im Frack bestellt.

[Glanur2]

HAHAHAHA the german they are speaking is so AWESOME and WRONG^^

[cordia96]

German Food is like good sex. Dirty and illegal

[kraziekatt2000]

how is that "strapped to the table and beaten around the head with a chicken"?

it was more like "danced around by nutjob waiters, who then flap a chicken in front of your face"! lol

[DerLabbeduddel]

Please, don´t show it outside Germany, that means the whole World including Bavaria. The Bavarian might quote Ghoetes "Goetz of Berlichingen" or maybe not, because he wasn´t Bavarian.

[demonicspire1]

should have asked for their money back, she wasn't strapped to the table before they began the (very light) chicken beating.

[caveabilly]

@EinTagedieb i hatt iatz ned gwisst das beian aufamoi a deitsche waratn? wos is min freistoot passiad? an schen gruass aus diroi unt schick i da owa decht no auffe!

[ElAddy100]

Alright. I'm german, but I'll NEVER go to abavarian resturant anymore!

[517342]

Their german speaking is very good. The only thing wrong is that they are speaking high german and not bavarian.

[LitorianFighter]

@517342 Es stimmt das ist echt schade . ich laube mit bairischen Akzent das Ganze noch authentischer rüber gekommen wäre ! Und nun noch ma für unsere englischen Freude : It's true that's really a shame. I think it would be even more authentic with Bavarian accen!

[NDesignation]

@517342

if they had to learn bavarian german, they'd had lots of problems with the speaking...you know...even germans understand the bavarians xDDD

all in all...niiice work =)

[focusforaword]

@517342 And hardly anybody in Bavaria actually calls it Bavaria. It's called Bayern (buy-ern). I'm half German so I should know, I guess. It's still a really funny sketch, though.

[Uppsa1]

@focusforaword Nobody in Bavaria calls it Bavaria, Bavaria is the english name for it. Kind of like Deutschland and germany

[Vodkametalhead]

@517342 What irritates me is that they are saying "bavaria" and not "Bayern"

[HesseJamez]

@517342

Yes - they speak high german with a strong british accent.

[Slidemoon]

@517342 Yeah, I'm amazed by how they speak german! I'm not good at distinguishing the different types of german language so I suppose the scene works for most people.

Awesome scene! Haven't seen this before!

[meisterschlucke]

@517342 high german ? i think you cant translate that word by word... you mean native german without slang

[517342]

@meisterschlucke Well, that's how we say it in german, "Hochdeutsch".

[meisterschlucke]

@517342 ich weis ;) aber man kann es nicht wortwörtlich übersetzen ;)

[worldsfuckedup]

@meisterschlucke doch, es gibt "high german" und "standard german", grad sogar zur sicherheit noch mal bei leo nachgeschaut und bei dict.cc überprüft^^

[meisterschlucke]

@worldsfuckedup achso ^^

[DarthRaedon]

We're presenting you with the ceremonial menus in Bavaria, yes, in Bavaria, where the sheep seldom wear spectacles.

[charlieiscool1000]

LOLL john cleese playing a german restaurant manager thats to funny and crazy.

[Saber10inch]

family guy is a cartoon version of this!

[eggyolksam]

My god! I hope the chicken is ok!

[VenomFrogX]

I would happily go to that restaurant.

[JuanchoMan]

..and not in venezuela rofl!!!

[hansele666]

haha der Quetschn sound is sooo geil !!

i muss umbedingt mol noch Bayern foan :-)

[johyle]

Ich dachte, es war Affekt.

[phlaminngoo]

I love how Graham Chapman is doing an American accent while speaking German, and does it flawlessly. XD

[csilver72]

My favorite is when the Menu guy smacks them with the freaking plastic menuboard LMAO

[michelleluetke]

Michael Palin! Enough said. <33

[SecretStar5810]

@michelleluetke ABSOLUTLEEH! <333

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

I always knew that Monsieur Cleese was essentially mad, without seeming so! How else could he be able to speak German almost without having any accent at all but obliviously without understanding German at all! I mean I have learned German at school for years and though I can read Goethe, Nietzsche and Das Nibelungenlied but could never free me of my outrageous French accent! So what strange magic spells do invest him with the power to speak German so brilliantly?

[xFCB4EVERx]

@FireEyedMaidOfWar Oh he have an accent it sounds really funny.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

@xFCB4EVERx: But he almost sounds like the folks who speak the German sentences on the CDs used in the German lessons, do you not think?

[xFCB4EVERx]

@FireEyedMaidOfWar

I dont know how they sound on the CD

im from Germany

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

@xFCB4EVERx: So you can count yourself lucky: German is a terrible language to learn, much than worse Latin or even Greek! Apropos Greek: Do you know about the philosophical football match the Pythons did stage between your German thinkers (like Nietzsche and Hegel) and the Greek philosophers (like Aristotle and Plato)? If not you should look for it here too, as I think I saw it a while ago.

[xFCB4EVERx]

@FireEyedMaidOfWar Oh Ive heard it that German is one of the most difficult language to learn

and yes i watched this now and its funny but i dint understand it at all

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

@xFCB4EVERx: If you do indulge in philosophy it is quite entertaining; Nietzsche accusing Confucius of having no mind at all or complete nonsense like this is hard to understand if one does not know the named philosophers, though I highly doubt that the Pythons did either:

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

“The Greeks are going mad, the Greeks are going mad. Socrates scores, got a beautiful cross from Archimedes. The Germans are disputing it. Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside.”

[sondano]

@xFCB4EVERx their german is remarkably good. German compared to most European languages is actually a piece of cake but I thought no native English speaker can learn how to pronounce 'nicht' and 'authentisch' :D

[grmntrnsltr]

@FireEyedMaidOfWar talent

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

@grmntrnsltr: Maybe. But still it is one of the typical injustices of Fate and Fortune!

[Monaqute]

5:03 nice fail ;D

[sarcomaful]

jo kann ich bestätigen, bavaria wo die bäume aus holz sind

[megamasterplan2]

what's this from

[panchamkauns]

2:25 is more like Tirol :)

[777danid]

zünftig gg



[lordasd1]

His German ist amazing.

[777danid]

@lordasd1 jo mai wia mas nimmt aber ganz guat

[lordasd1]

@777danid naja für einen Briten hat er fast garkeinen dialekt^^

[777danid]

@lordasd1 ja das stimmt ;) echt schräg

[SzaboJumurdzsak]

@lordasd1

Ja, bemerkenswert ;) Thumbs up, Mr. Cleese!

[johyle]

@SzaboJumurdzsak Springt er in der Endszene aus dem Fenster?

[SzaboJumurdzsak]

@johyle

Ja in Bavaria :)

Although, er wird eher aus dem Fenster geschmissen. ;)

[kingdeejay4xD]

JA in Bavaria

[kingdeejay4xD]

JA in Bavaria, wo die Bäume noch aus Holz sind

[gheddox]

John Cleese speaks german quite well

[parzivalamis]

Well done



[FabesKanal]

Haha , I can understand this !!!

[mrmebs]

where mountains stick out of the ground! ^_____^



[quarky2001]

What does he say at 1:17 that they didn't write a subtitle for? He says "... im Deutschland" and then something else...

[oBBo123]

@quarky2001

in Deutschland alle anderen Restaurants in den Schatten zu stellen...

we are proud, that when it comes to tradition we outshine every other restaurant in Germany....

[Nubira1598]

@quarky2001 ...."alle anderen Restaurants in Deutschland in den Schatten zu stellen." > "We want to put all the other restaurants in germany into the shadow / into our shadow" > We want to be the best restaurant in germany...

[kuehnberserk]

Da denkt man man kennt alles von den Phythons und dann findet man sowas hier...

SCHWEINEWASSER- sehr schön :)

[lenninfo]

ist das geil!!!

[walteredstates]

Yes, very thoroughly researched, all authentic.

Except John Cleese is taking in high German, not in Bavarian, which is down to the fact that only Bavarians are actually able to produce the sounds necessary to speak Bavarian.

[SirGed]

@walteredstates he he

odda ängländer das lang genug dort sann!!

jamei soissess!!

aber trotzdem, `ne sau geila clip!!

"der boarisch inselaffe"