# Monty Python Sketch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665 "2013-01-28T22:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/1 "2013-01-28T22:55:09Z")
I have the 16 disc complete Monty Python set from New Video, but want to find a particular sketch. It has Eric Idle as a TV correspondent outside in a field of some kind, slowly walking as he speaks, as I remember it. At some point the cameraman starts walking a bit faster and Idle speeds up also. The cameraman then speeds up, and on and on until they both end up sprinting across the field. Does anyone know which episode this is in and which disc it is on? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/2 "2013-01-28T23:00:48Z")
I don’t know if it also occurs in a Monty Python sketch, but that happens to Idle in “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.” ---
**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/3 "2013-01-28T23:03:04Z")
I can’t recall him doing that in a python sketch, but he did do it in ‘The Rutles’ movie. Starts at 1:27 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3T_2GzXSo) ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/4 "2013-01-28T23:06:21Z")
Hmm. I don’t remember seeing that movie, and I can definitely picture Idle in an open field. But quite frankly I’m sure I am mistaken. Not to discourage anyone else from posting here, though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/5 "2013-01-28T23:35:24Z")
[All MPFC scripts here.](http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/justthewords.htm) Knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/6 "2013-01-28T23:48:47Z")
I came in to say The Ruttles too. But I’ll throw this one in to.[Eric Idle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CStfT8gCrjM)as a sociologist walking and talking about geriatric delinquents. At the 2:39 mark. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/7 "2013-01-29T11:24:45Z")
[Whicker’s World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFp3H8dnJps), from Episode 27? or maybe [Rival Documentaries](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TOTQW0-DxM) (Episode 38) This has Cleese and Idle fighting over a microphone, and starts in a field with one chasing the other. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/8 "2013-01-29T15:02:32Z")
The same sort of scene shows up in their first movie “And Now For Something Completely Different,” except it takes place on a street instead of a field. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-sketch/648665/9 "2013-01-29T19:20:36Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > or maybe [Rival Documentaries](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TOTQW0-DxM) (Episode 38) This has Cleese and Idle fighting over a microphone, and starts in a field with one chasing the other. That’s not it either, but it’s funnier, so I’m good. Thanks!