# Can anyone explain these Monty Python jokes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202 "2016-10-21T00:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/21 "2016-10-24T19:55:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You’ve a very silly man and I’m not going to interview you. I’ll bet he has a silly walk, too. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/22 "2016-10-24T21:58:59Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Have you come to arrange a holiday or would you like a blow job? Does it have to be either/or? ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/23 "2016-10-25T15:12:34Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Have you come to arrange a holiday or would you like a blow job? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Sorry? www.montypython.net/scripts/travagent-long.php (Hollywood Bowl version - can’t find a video) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/24 "2017-02-22T18:43:55Z")
Back to the Equator thing. It makes no sense. Cleese clearly states "like around the middle of the Earth, only with an “L”. Equatlor. If anyone believes the Python crew religiously edited those “All the Words” books, you are mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/25 "2017-02-22T22:40:41Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > every single other thing that Python did made complete, logical sense to me Your definition of “complete, logical sense” is very different than that of most people. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/26 "2017-02-22T22:46:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Sorry? you silly bunt ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/27 "2017-02-23T01:20:28Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > In the “Visitors” sketch, John Cleese actually introduces himself as “Equatol, Brian Equatol.” Even the script at [montypython.net](http://montypython.net) gets this wrong. > [@BwanaBob](#): > > No, it’s Brian Equatlor. pronounced ee-quate-ler (though with the accent the last syllable sounds like “luh”) Please listen carefully. I believe it can be verified in the Monty Python “All the Words” books. > [@BwanaBob](#): > > Back to the Equator thing. > > It makes no sense. Cleese clearly states "like around the middle of the Earth, only with an “L”. Equatlor. > > If anyone believes the Python crew religiously edited those “All the Words” books, you are mistaken. I definitely hear it as “Equatol, Brian Equatol. Like 'round the middle of the Earth, but with an _L_.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/28 "2017-02-23T02:27:49Z")
“Kari McKeen. It’s like Carrie, only with a K instead of a C, and an “ah” instead of an “a”, only one R, and an I instead of an I-E.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/29 "2017-02-23T04:50:33Z")
Albatross! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/30 "2017-02-23T05:23:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > FWIW, in “Dead Parrot,” Palin has his back to Cleese and his hair is sorta long. Cleese saying **I have a cold** is a lame excuse for mistaking MP for a chick. For what it’s worth, Netflix had a series called Very British Problems in which they explained the English character as being filled with pathological dread of embarrassment. The ridiculous failure at covering up for a mistake might strike more to the heart of a Brit. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/31 "2017-02-23T08:24:10Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > It makes no sense. Cleese clearly states "like around the middle of the Earth, only with an “L”. Equatlor. That’s the way I’ve always heard it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202/32 "2017-02-23T13:48:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > For what it’s worth, Netflix had a series called Very British Problems in which they explained the English character as being filled with pathological dread of embarrassment. The ridiculous failure at covering up for a mistake might strike more to the heart of a Brit. See post [#15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19722948&postcount=15). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-these-monty-python-jokes/769202.md?page=1)