# Monty Python and the Holy Grail is 50 today. Also a Moose bit my Sister **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 28, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632 "2025-04-28T22:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/41 "2025-05-06T01:47:47Z")
I love watching them try to answer the questions of the bridge guardian. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/42 "2025-05-06T03:47:53Z")
I used the bridge question on my quizzes in a beginning programming class: “What is your favorite color?” No one in the class got the reference. Two reasons for the question: 1) your future cow-orkers are nerdy and will quote this movie all the time, and 2) it was a class using the Python programming language. We also saw it in the movie theater yesterday; it was sold-out (however, it was a small theater). Someone brought coconuts (of course). Someone else called out lines five seconds before the actor said them, but stopped when his wife got him to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/43 "2025-05-06T04:47:19Z")
My son got me official Monty Python coconuts and a Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch for Father’s Day last year. I love them (and him). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/44 "2025-05-06T09:46:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Someone else called out lines five seconds before the actor said them Perhaps he was dictating. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/45 "2025-05-06T11:35:56Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > “If it’s Tuesday, It Must be Belgium.” Good lord! At some point in my life I thought that funny?! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/46 "2025-05-06T13:34:24Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I love watching them try to answer the questions of the bridge guardian. It’s hilarious. They missed another funny there (maybe this should go into the other thread about fixing movies). Recall Sir Bevedere kept mispronouncing the name of the Knights Who Say Ni… * * * Bridgekeeper: _Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see._ Sir Bevedere: **Ooooo oooh!** _What…is your name?_ **Sir Bevedere.** _What…is your quest?_ **To seek the Holy Grail!** _What…is the favorite word of the Knights Who Say Ni?_ **Neu…no…NIIIIIIIIIII!** [last one said right as he is catapulted into the gorge] ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/47 "2025-05-06T13:41:44Z")
Sir Bedevere crossed with King Arthur. You may be thinking of Sir Robin, whose third question was, “What is the Capital of Assyria?” Sir Bedevere did prove (off screen) that the Earth is actually banana shaped, though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/48 "2025-05-06T13:42:29Z")
Obviously, you would have him go _before_ Arthur. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/49 "2025-05-06T15:50:15Z")
Are people who are unhappy with the ending also unhappy about other cost-cutting measures they took? E.g., using coconut halves instead of horses, only one castle, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/50 "2025-05-06T15:51:23Z")
Nope. The coconut “horses” were _funny_ ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/51 "2025-05-06T15:59:57Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > My only complaint with the movie is that the part with castle anthrax is the most unnecessary part of the movie, this entire 5 minute scene seems to be entirely a setup for the joke about oral sex. I’m surprised they could last that long. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/52 "2025-05-06T16:12:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > E.g., using coconut halves instead of horses, only one castle, etc.? As noted, those are funny. But the ending doesn’t seem to be because of cost cutting (though it was); it seems like an attempt to be funny, that failed. Watching the movie, I have no idea of their budget. I only see the final product. Is it good? Is if funny. Coconuts, si. Police, no. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/53 "2025-05-06T18:14:45Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Recall Sir Bevedere kept mispronouncing the name of the Knights Who Say Ni… > [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Sir Bedevere crossed with King Arthur **Q** : So, what is this fellow’s name: Bedevere or Bevedere? **A** : Aaaah, … I, … I don’t know. AAAAIIIIIAYYYYYY THUMP 😉 ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/54 "2025-05-06T20:51:46Z")
I discovered _MPFC_ in PBS reruns in the late Seventies, and first saw _Holy Grail_ as a TV late movie, I think. I was totally hooked. Much later, one of my proudest moments as a dad was when two of my three sons began quoting choice bits from the show without any prompting from me whatsoever. My wife just rolled her eyes. Happy 50th, and thanks for all the laughs!: [‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’: Its legacy and impact : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5366522/monty-python-holy-grail-50-year-anniversary) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/55 "2025-05-06T21:24:35Z")
One of the reasons the film was so quotable back in the day was because you could buy this book with the entire script. Good luck finding a copy that hasn’t been thoroughly and well worn. [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~HAAAOSwGK1kiIfd/s-l1200.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~HAAAOSwGK1kiIfd/s-l1200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/56 "2025-05-06T22:14:47Z")
About 10? 15? years ago, my cousin got a new iPhone with the then-new Siri. My nieces and nephews were handing it around, asking questions for Siri to answer. When my turn came, I asked “What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?” Siri answered, “The last person who asked me that was hurled into a chasm!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/57 "2025-05-06T20:55:08Z")
In the Castle Anthrax Dingo explained to Sir Galahad the Chaste that her sister Zoot’s punishment for misusing the grail beacon was a spanking and all 179 women there volunteered for a spanking too. Then Dingo announced “And after the spanking , the oral sex”. Was she talking about fellatio or cunnilingus? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/58 "2025-05-06T20:57:25Z")
Yes. For those who don’t know: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zXT_IOt81Xs/hqdefault.jpg "MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL A Spanking") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT_IOt81Xs) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/59 "2025-05-06T21:35:54Z")
With cunnilingus, a guy can (theoretically) go on all night. With fellatio, he might be good for two or three pops between midnight and 06:00. Nothing says the girls can’t go down on one another too, so I suspect the focus would be on lapping rather than sucking. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/60 "2025-05-06T21:54:38Z")
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