# monty python **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323 "2003-05-15T01:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/1 "2003-05-15T01:18:27Z")
is monty python an acquired taste? (for lack of a better term) I don’t find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/2 "2003-05-15T01:22:18Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/3 "2003-05-15T01:22:52Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/4 "2003-05-15T01:23:25Z")
This isn’t an argument. This is just contadiction. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/5 "2003-05-15T01:26:27Z")
If I am going to argue I must take a contradictory position. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/6 "2003-05-15T01:27:15Z")
It’s… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/7 "2003-05-15T01:27:30Z")
no it isn’t ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/8 "2003-05-15T01:29:08Z")
_ding_ Sorry, time’s up. Good day! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/9 "2003-05-15T01:30:53Z")
To seriously answer the OPs question: No, I don’t think that it is. Everyone I know who likes Monty Python (read: Everyone I know…) liked it almost immediately. If it doesn’t work for you right away, it’s probably not your cup of tea. Repeated viewings will likely just annoy you. To answer the OP with a Python-esque non-sequitor: BURMA! ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/10 "2003-05-15T01:33:43Z")
Splunge! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/11 "2003-05-15T01:39:43Z")
The Larch! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/12 "2003-05-15T01:41:22Z")
ALBATROSS! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/13 "2003-05-15T01:43:22Z")
Oh, go and change your armor! ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/14 "2003-05-15T01:43:43Z")
You _don’t_ find it funny? … an UNBELIEVER! Persecute the heretic! ---
**Author:** ![Kaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Kaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaf)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/15 "2003-05-15T01:44:51Z")
BURN HIM! (but what if he’s not a witch?) ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/16 "2003-05-15T01:45:14Z")
I’ll have spam, spam, spam, eggs and spam… ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/17 "2003-05-15T01:45:38Z")
I’d like to answer this question if I may in two ways: Firstly in my normal voice and then in a kind of silly, high-pitched whine. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/18 "2003-05-15T01:47:41Z")
Please! Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/19 "2003-05-15T01:48:03Z")
I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Scream\_In\_Darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@I\_Scream\_In\_Darkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Scream_In_Darkness)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323/20 "2003-05-15T02:02:25Z")
How come there are no minorities in Monty Python? Where are the Latinos? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python/175323.md?page=2)