# And Now For Something Completely Different... A Monty Python Feud by 42fish\[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 23, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283 "2009-09-23T20:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/1 "2009-09-23T20:16:01Z")
**Object of the game:** Give the most popular answer for each category. **Rules:** 1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. 2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). 3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. 4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire. 5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it. 6. There is no Rule 6. 7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: See below. **Formatting rules:** To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this: 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED. **Scoring:** With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points. Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches) Good luck! If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can. **Read the rules! Special Rules for this particular Feud: Keep your answers short in questions #2 & 3.** 1. Name a member of Monty Python. 2. Name your favorite sketch from the TV show - (Be brief! Please remember I have to sort these into duplicates.) 3. Name your favorite scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (See #2.) 4. Name a song from either the series or one of the movies. 5. Name a Monty Python (TV or movie) catchphrase you’ve used in real life. 6. Name a recurring visual bit from the TV series. (Not a catchphrase.) 7. Name a project one of the Pythons did outside of the group. 8. Name a non-Python-related example of British humor that was successful in the US. 9. Name an example of British humor that was big in the UK but never really caught on in the US. 10. Other than python, name a type of snake. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/2 "2009-09-23T20:23:12Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead parrot 3. Knights who say ni 4. Lumberjack song 5. And now for something completely different 6. Foot squashing 7. The Brothers Grimm 8. The Office 9. Benny Hill 10. Adder ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/3 "2009-09-23T20:23:25Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Parrot sketch 3. French Taunters (first appearance) 4. Camelot 5. “I’m not dead yet” 6. Men dressed as women 7. Fawlty Towers 8. Benny Hill 9. Red Dwarf 10. Cobra ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/4 "2009-09-23T20:26:23Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead parrot 3. Killer rabbit 4. Lumberjack 5. You’re no fun anymore! 6. Animated foot stomp at end of credits 7. Michael Palin travelogue 8. Benny Hill Show 9. Proms 10. Boa ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/5 "2009-09-23T20:27:21Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot 3. Bring out your dead 4. The Lumberjack Song 5. It’s only a flesh wound! 6. The cartoon foot 7. The Rutles 8. Benny Hill 9. Only Fools and Horses 10. Rattlesnake 11. Had to google that one - how would I know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/6 "2009-09-23T20:30:14Z")
And once again one of the choices I thought was a dead cinch hasn’t been picked by anyone else yet (Fawlty Towers). Kicking myself for not thinking of the lumberjack song. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/7 "2009-09-23T20:32:33Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Parrot Sketch 3. King Arthur battles the Black Knight 4. _Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life_ 5. “Help! Help! I’m being oppressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!” 6. Funny walks? 7. _A Fish Called Wanda_ 8. _A Fish Called Wanda_ 9. _Only Fools & Horses_ 10. Cobra ETA: Wow - no agreement on the quotes and hardly any on the songs! ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/8 "2009-09-23T20:35:11Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot 3. Holy Hand Grenade vs Bunny 4. Lumberjack Song 5. “Help help I’m being oppressed!” 6. Knight smacking character with a rubber chicken 7. Fawlty Towers 8. The Office 9. Coupling 10. Cobra ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/9 "2009-09-23T20:36:58Z")
1. John Cleese 2. The Parrot Sketch 3. The Black Knight 4. Every Sperm Is Sacred 5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! 6. nude organist 7. Fawlty Towers 8. The Young Ones 9. Benny Hill 10. boa ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/10 "2009-09-23T20:37:49Z")
1. Graham Chapman 2. Dead Parrot sketch 3. French taunting 4. Bright Side of Life 5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition 6. 16 ton weight dropping 7. Fawlty Towers 8. Benny Hill 9. Fry & Laurie 10. Anaconda I really had no idea on 9 - if it didn’t catch on in the US, how would I know about it? ETA: Funny how Benny Hill keeps bouncing between answers 8 & 9. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/11 "2009-09-23T20:38:14Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot 3. The bridge crossing (what’re ya gonna do, bleed on me?) 4. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life 5. He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy. 6. Stomping foot. 7. A Fish Called Wanda 8. Benny Hill 9. Blackadder 10. Rattlesnake ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/12 "2009-09-23T20:39:20Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. Had to google that one - how would I know? 😃 That’s the paradoxical one: a show that _really_ didn’t catch on in the US wouldn’t be familiar enough to US Dopers to be a good answer. Or at least so I reasoned, naming a show that at least many Americans have heard of. I hope my strategy doesn’t backfire… ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/13 "2009-09-23T20:46:30Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot Sketch 3. Battle with the Black Knight 4. Lumberjack Song 5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition 6. Animated foot smashing stuff 7. Fawlty Towers 8. The Office 9. Last of the Summer Wine 10. Cobra 4 - My first instinct was “Sit on my Face”, but that was from an album, not a movie or show. 9 - According to various Brit-dopers, this has been on forever in the UK, but I’ve never seen it on PBS, which is my source for British comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/14 "2009-09-23T20:59:38Z")
1. John Cleese 2. The Ministry of Silly Walks 3. The Knights Who Say Ni 4. The Lumberjack Song 5. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition 6. Naked man playing organ 7. Michael Palin’s Pole to Pole 8. Benny Hill 9. Rhyming slang 10. Cobra ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/15 "2009-09-23T21:07:00Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > 1. The Ministry of Silly Walks I was going to propose a side bet as to whether the parrot sketch would get 50/50. Now I can just point and laugh instead. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/16 "2009-09-23T21:08:08Z")
Give the most popular answer for each category. 1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot Sketch 3. She’s a Witch! 4. I’m a Lumberjack and I’m OK 5. What’s all this, then? 6. Naked Piano Player 7. Fawlty Towers 8. Absolutely Fabulous 9. pass 10. Viper Interesting, these are not the answers I would give as my farorites but ones I think more people will say. D’oh! It’s organ player, not piano. Does that still count? You knew what I meant right? And :smack: for forgetting Benny Hill ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/17 "2009-09-23T21:21:39Z")
1. Eric Idle 2. Lumberjack 3. Knights of the Round Table 4. Lumberjack Song 5. No one expects the Spanish Inquistion! 6. Giant stomping foot 7. The Rutles 8. Benny Hill 9. Alan Partridge 10. Rattlesnake ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/18 "2009-09-23T21:22:58Z")
1. John Cleese 2. The Spanish Inquisition 3. The Black Knight loses his arms and legs (it’s only a flesh wound) 4. Every sperm is sacred 5. “My brain hurts!” 6. the naked organist (Terry Gilliam) 7. Fawlty Towers 8. Benny Hill 9. Only Fools and Horses 10. Anaconda ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/19 "2009-09-23T21:27:23Z")
1. John Cleese 2. Dead Parrot Sketch 3. Black Knight 4. Lumberjack Song 5. And now for something completely different 6. Naked guy playing organ 7. A Fish Called Wanda 8. Benny Hill 9. Blackadder 10. Cobra ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283/20 "2009-09-23T21:29:50Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 1. There is no Rule 6. Shouldn’t this have been your answer to #5, Dolores? 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different-a-monty-python-feud-by-42fish-game-over/511283.md?page=2)