# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/81 "2025-05-08T13:26:37Z")
Why would he need a mortgage? How rich was George by the late 1970’s? ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/82 "2025-05-08T13:32:24Z")
Not very by celebrity standards. What the Taxman left of the Beatles fortune was squandered by mismanagement at Apple or tied up for a decade in legal battles between the former members. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/83 "2025-05-08T20:05:46Z")
> Should five percent appears too small > Be thankful I don’t take it all > 'Cause I’m the Taxman In the 60’s somewhere into the 70’s (as even Graham Chapman was avoiding this tax while making the cruddy UFO sequence in London (and had one day) as “Life of Brian” was made in Iberia for the most part) “rich” people were taxed as high as 95%. Part of the reasons The Beatles broke up was “what lawyer and guy making record deals and accounting guy” do we use. George was extremely generous with his money. Period. That he helped fund (and the fact that he was at least partly doing so helped a great deal with getting to 100%) some really good movies is the kind of guy he was. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/84 "2025-05-09T22:10:44Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > “rich” people were taxed as high as 95%. Hence “One for you nineteen for me.” ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/85 "2025-05-09T23:22:53Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > One for you nineteen for me. > If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street > If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat > If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat > If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet Beat that Paul! ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/86 "2025-05-10T09:09:33Z")
Well, 5% of 100 000 000 (or whatever) is still 5 000 000. Not too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/87 "2025-05-10T14:08:37Z")
Remember we’re talking about [marginal tax rates](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marginaltaxrate.asp). If you’re paying 95% of £100,000,000 then that £100,000,000 is the part of your income in the highest tax bracket and you’re paying lower rates on all income under the cutoff for the highest bracket. And that’s after you take all your rich-guy deductions. George gave a lot to the Taxman but he kept a lot more than %5. He was living [pretty comfortably](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friar_Park). ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/88 "2025-05-17T03:23:58Z")
In an interview, Eric Idle said that after Holy Grail was out and a reporter asked what was their next film going to be called he just threw off the name “Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory” as a joke. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/89 "2025-06-18T04:19:59Z")
I substituted [Sound of arrow striking servant]“Message for you, Sir” for AOL’s “You’ve got mail”. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/90 "2025-06-18T04:24:33Z")
Niiiice. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/91 "2025-06-18T04:28:06Z")
My lovely wife and I just re-read T.H. White’s _The Once and Future King._ Lovely wife: _Now_ I understand _Monty Python and the Holy Grail!_ Castle Anthrax, the murderous Lancelot at Swamp Castle, and many other parts of White’s retelling are poked at by the Pythons. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/92 "2025-06-18T11:03:01Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I substituted [Sound of arrow striking servant]“Message for you, Sir” for AOL’s “You’ve got mail”. My coworkers made me change it away from that after the day that I got 50 emails. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/93 "2025-06-18T11:59:13Z")
“The people in charge of approving e-mail notifications have been sacked.” ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/94 "2025-06-18T12:59:13Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I substituted [Sound of arrow striking servant]“Message for you, Sir” for AOL’s “You’ve got mail”. Concord. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/95 "2025-06-18T13:11:34Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > > > “And after the spanking , the oral sex”. Was she talking about fellatio or cunnilingus? > > Whichever is funniest. It’s hard to imagine today, but back then, I’m pretty sure that the main reason it was funny was just in the shock value of saying the words out loud. Especially in America, absolutely nobody had ever said either “oral sex” or “spanking” in a movie.. (Even 15 years later, Madonna put out a song about spanking, and it created surprise and controversy). Times change. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/96 "2025-06-18T13:14:26Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > In an interview, Eric Idle said that after Holy Grail was out and a reporter asked what was their next film going to be called he just threw off the name “Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory” as a joke. And then they gave it a go and realized that Jesus isn’t actually that funny, not being subject to most of the foibles of mere mortals upon which much of comedy is based. But his _followers_, well… ---
**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:** [June 19, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/97 "2025-06-19T02:57:17Z")
“‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’?” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/98 "2025-06-19T14:31:05Z")
“Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/99 "2025-06-19T18:22:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “‘Blessed are the cheesemakers’?” Whatta you got against cheesemakers? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-is-50-today-also-a-moose-bit-my-sister/1017632/100 "2025-06-19T18:26:48Z")
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