# Monty Python and the Holy Grail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190 "2000-06-30T18:08:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190/21 "2000-07-04T16:47:11Z")

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I’m no huge fan, but I’ve always enjoyed MP when I catch it. Recently, a friend offered me a free ticket to the live show, “Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python.”

It was dreadful! “Pathetic” and “embarassing” come to mind as well.

It’s a shame too, because there were moments that had real possibility that just got buried under horrible direction, scripting or acting. And, except for some of the musical numbers, EI’s talents are not very suited for a live stage setting.

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190/22 "2000-07-05T21:51:45Z")

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I recall seeing a Simpson’s episode not too long ago where the opening couch gag was the MP Foot squashing it. I wasn’t expecting that.

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**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190/23 "2000-07-06T02:31:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by ATTGuy \*  
> \*\*Last night I was watching the PowerPuff Girls on Cartoon Network (no snickering), and Mojo Jojo used some lines from the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch skit, also from the Holy Grail movie.
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> It went something like, “One shall be the counting of the people who are taking over the world, and the one shall be me. Two will not be counted, and three is right out!”
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> I don’t know how close I am on that quote, because I was laughing so hard that I forgot the specifics of it. \*\*

Oh my God, I saw that episode too!!!

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/24190/24 "2000-07-06T03:17:15Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by stuyguy \*  
> \*\*I’m no huge fan, but I’ve always enjoyed MP when I catch it. Recently, a friend offered me a free ticket to the live show, “Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python.”
> 
> It was dreadful! “Pathetic” and “embarassing” come to mind as well.
> 
> It’s a shame too, because there were moments that had real possibility that just got buried under horrible direction, scripting or acting. And, except for some of the musical numbers, EI’s talents are not very suited for a live stage setting. \*\*

I didn’t see the show, because I saw Comedy Central’s “special” on it. It looked just as **stuyguy** described it. Sad. Very sad.

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