Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Ho- Holy Grail's an all-timer.

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And and I've listened to some recently and just thought, how does it sound now? And it's really, really impressive music.

to me i can see why i liked it the inventiveness of of the use of sound the insanity of the plot twists the turns brilliance of the characters and the performances with the voices it's absolutely you know knockout um but if you're talking about formative the the one a bloke's my age will always say it's the holy grail literally um and it's it's monty python yes Again, you know, less and less people, you know, bowing down to it like they all did throughout my formative years and growing up.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, same with my peers.

Okay.

And

then I think my dad showed me the Holy Grail.

And then it was because I got into Python, then I started discovering Life of Brian.

The idea for playing within a castle and it having space to have that functionality is there.

If you wanted to play Monty Python in the Holy Grail and chuck that cow over the wall of your castle, you can.

You can have coconuts that imitate a horse because your production can't afford the horses.

You have armor.

Josh, did you hug your Lego set after you built it?

I felt a kinship to this set from, from the word go.

Um, I did the coconuts at the beginning, Monty Python and the Holy grail obviously has been a, uh, definitive part of my teenage years and, and so on in terms of, uh, humor.

And there was, even though this is not a Monty Python and the Holy grail themed set, this is a Holy grail of a set for me.

And it is right here, you guys.

This is the Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Brett Francis, a moving box that basically depicts the entire movie in Lego form.

And I got to say, message for you, sir.

There you go.

So he was clearly a hot item at the time, and you would have thought this would be more discussed.

Well, and then the second point is that it's a Terry Gilliam film and Terry Gilliam might be the most cursed director ever to have, to have ever made movies because ultimately, you know, after leaving the Monty Python sets and, and, and, you know, he made, I mean, he was, it was a collaborative effort, but he was essentially the director of Monty Python and the Holy grail, you know, we all know he

was really the one in charge of that.

Yeah.

So, you know, so

let me let me let me rewind.

So Terry Gilliam, guys, is part of Monty Python, but he was primarily the guy who did the animation, which is obviously where a lot of these really iconic.

Yes.

Yeah, it also, like, my one-liner for this module is fake French accents do not add to the ambiance.

Yes, the accents in the CD, I have in my notes, it specifically reminds me of the Frenchman from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Yeah.

Like, it's that, some of it is that over the top.

And, you know, I think part of that is because like when we have in movies, you know, actors will go to to they have massive catalogs of.

real French people that have a French accent in English and they study that accent and they try to completely take it and make it very authentic and genuine.

And here they literally watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail and try to mimic a French accent.

So it's very corny.

What's all this then? What's all this then? What's Mr Bean? What's a cup of tea? What's Mushy P? What's the mix is it? What's all this then?

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of What's All This Then? It's a podcast about the UK with new episodes every Monday, bonus episodes every Thursday, and today it's time for us to finally risk pissing off all of our over-50s Anglophile audience members by giving our actual real opinions on what is possibly the most beloved comedy group from the UK, Monty Python.

Are they actually any good? Well, I put at least enough respect on them by beginning to answer that question in the form of a little song.

Some old comedy is bad.

And it really makes you sad when it's not how you remembered.

No, it's worse.

It might leave you quite enraged Cause of how poorly it's aged And make you wish its cast were more diverse But Monty Python is still kind of alright Monty Python, it's just sort of alright Yeah, some of it's still funny Though other bits are crummy Men in drag just ain't the joke it used to be And I'm sorry Anglophiles Those silly walks don't bring me smiles And I really hate those stupid nights of me You know what? Monty Python is maybe kinda shy Yeah, Monty Python sometimes is properly shy Sorry.

I'm Charlotte McDonald.

Yeah.

I mean, it's more cohesive than Holy Grail.

It feels more like a movie than Holy Grail.

Holy Grail is still

it's, you know, sketches.

It's a silly place.

... totally here for it.

I, I like, well, I mean, it goes back to my Monty Python Holy Grail type thing where, like, every scene is, like, a skit, but you put all the skits together and you have, like, a movie.

Mm-hmm.

Little vignettes.