Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Apparently there are two kinds of people in this world. Ones who "get" Monty Python and the Holy Grail and then there are the rest of you! Although this may be a stretch to call this a period film, it is again one of those lovely light films which you could watch once a year and never tire of. I bought the special Collector's Edition Boxed Set a few years ago for my teen boys and they watched it endlessly one year with their friends. Another generation of Python lovers! It came with a small paperback copy of the original script, which I admit to having put in the bathroom drawer (right beside the toilet) for some light reading!

Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table-Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Knights on imaginary horses with coconuts for clopping sounds (go Patsy!) and killer rabbits... jeering french knights...and the Knights Who say Ni!   Yes, it's all very, very, very silly. And yet watching it again will bring out the teenager in you. I mean, how can you not sing along to the Knights of the Round Table song!

The Knights of the Round Table Song from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Knights of Camelot: [singing] We're knights of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impec-cable, We dine well here in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and Spam a lot. / We're knights of the Round Table, our shows are for-mi-dable. But many times we're given rhymes that are quite un-sing-able, We're opera mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot. / In war we're tough and able, Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable / It's a busy life in Camelot
[solo]
Knights of Camelot: I have to push the pram a lot.

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Come on now, that made you smile didn't it? Admit it!

King Arthur fighting the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound.

The Taunting French Soldier from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

The Witch Burning Peasants from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better.
Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway!

Well, that's enough silliness for now, but if you want to know what I pulled out and watched again this week, you now have the answer. Ni! Ni! Ni!