Welll… if we MUST dwell on Monty Python errors, I’m more annoyed by the sloppy research in their Harrod’s/“Michael Ellis” episode. Eric Idle has just bought his pet ant, Marcus, and promises his mum (Terry Jones he’ll take care of it.
Mum: “That’s what you said about the sperm whale.”
Eric: “You didn’t feed it properly.”
Mum: "Where was I supposed to get 60 tons of plankton?
But sperm whales are TOOTHED whales, and eat squid, not plankton!!!
I don’t know aboput you, but that ruined the WHOLE joke for me. If only they’d said “blue” whale, or “humpback” whale, THEN it would be funny!!! But those Monty Python guys, what did THEY know about comedy?
I must oppose the silly turn this message board has taken. It’s sillyness like this that is ruining England. I expect that this silliness be curtailed immediately. Many of these posts are obvious jokes and not serious attempts at knowledge. Please stop this.
Diceman,
A babelfish is a future translating device. It’s a fish you put in your ear which reads your brainwaves…I know this because I read it in ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams. (‘How do you think Arsenal* will do on Saturday, sir?’
‘I keep telling you that the World’s going to end in six minutes!’
‘Lucky for Arsenal, then…’
*London soccer team
It would make a Great Debate whether it’s funnier than Python, but I love them both.
Many, many thanks to all catchphrase users in this thread - can I recommend to you all ‘Fawlty Towers’ by John Cleese. It’s a TV series about a hotel owner, there were only 12 episodes ever and us Brits quote it nearly as much as the two above.
“He hit me!”
“No, you hit him. You naughty moose!”
“Oh we were brought up on the Space-Race, now they expect us to clean toilets. When you have seen how big the world is how can you make do with this?”
Pulp, “Glory Days”