life of brian vs. the holy grail

[Bob]

which monty python movie is your favorite? i'm not including the meaning of life because i don't expect anyone to vote for it. not that it's bad, it just doesn't match up to these two.

i like life of brian better. i think it's...smarter. i'd try to explain more if i weren't drunk. i sound stupid when i try to explain things when i'm drunk, so i won't bother.

but what do you think?

[hardnox71]

Holy Grail was funny but I haven't seen Life of Brian so I don't know.

I do know that I don't want any Spam.

[Medellia]

Well you should've put Meaning of Life because it would've gotten at least one vote. :mad:

[Bob]

Well you should've put Meaning of Life because it would've gotten at least one vote. :mad:

i'm sorry, but my poll doesn't cater to the opinions of those who are wrong

[Medellia]

But, but....every sperm is sacred. :(

[Kid Presentable]

Meaning of life IS good. "Would sir like a mint? They're Waffer thin?" "Fuck Off!".

As a kid I enjoyed the conjugation gag with the Latin Graffitti in LOB, but Holy Grail snakes it for me. The Black Knight, that rabbit thing.:D

[Medellia]

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Here's a little number I tossed off recently in the Caribbean.

Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
It's swell to have a stiffy.
It's divine to own a dick
From the tiniest little tadger
To the world's biggest prick.
So, three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas.
Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake
Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend
Your Percy, or your cock.
You can wrap it up in ribbons.
You can slip it in your sock,
But don't take it out in public
Or they will stick you in the dock
And you won't come back.

I can't believe it's not in the poll.

[Kid Presentable]

I can't believe it's not in the poll.
That and the Rugby Match. And the preceeding Sex Education Class.(y)

[cosmo105]

oog. like asking a parent to choose between children, man.

[Medellia]

Hehehe, I was gonna quote the sex ed bit!

What's wrong with a kiss, boy? Hmm? Why not start her off with a nice kiss? You don't have to go leaping straight for the clitoris like a bull at a gate. Give her a kiss, boy.

[Auton]

eh, i would have voted for meaning of life.

[cosmo105]

eh, i would have voted for meaning of life.
yeah. i'm leaning that way too. i got mad love for and now for something completely different too.

[Sarky Devotchka]

I've never seen any of these movies.

[jabumbo]

i wasn't as big a fan of life of brian

but i think id put holy grail first, then meaning of life second...



you are a horrible pollster, bob

[cosmo105]

I've never seen any of these movies.
i think maybe we should just be friends.

[zorra_chiflada]

i do happen to prefer life of brian over holy grail. but i agree with others - where is the meaning of life? where? it's not here on the poll, so where is it?

[Sarky Devotchka]

i think maybe we should just be friends.

are you breaking up with me?!

I know, tis a sin. I've seen monty python shows though, come on! like 3 times! AND fawlty towers!

ohhh, I feel terrible about the whole thing.

[Kid Presentable]

That's the machine that goes ping!

[Calimero jr.]

I love them both the same, it's really hard to say which one is better...

The Meaning of Life is awesome too.

[milleson]

The "bring out your dead" scene is priceless, granted it has been ten years since I've seen the movie.

[voltanapricot]

The Meaning Of Life seemed more like a sketch show in a film, I think it's a little different to Life Of Brian and Holy Grail.

Life Of Brian was very clever but I still find Holy Grail funnier. I'm always quoting it. In fact, I ordered an ipod to have "Tis but a scratch!" (from the Black Knight in The Holy Grail) engraved on the back because I usually hate shiny new things getting scratched so at least it'll look clever. Ho ho! Yeah I'm going to vote Holy Grail.

[roosta]

Most people I know prefer Life of Brian, but i went for Holy Grail.

and to add to the masses, yeah, The Meaning of Life is great!

[Ace42X]

I prefer Life of Brian. It is just a lot tighter and easy to watch, and has more "edge". While Holy Grail does a good job of emulating the rather chaotic and confused patchwork style of Arthurian legend, the anti-climatic ending just frustrates me.

I'd wager that Holy Grail is the most popular, partly because of "cult" status (it is harder to get, and thus more appealing to fringe groups), but mainly because it is a bridge between the sketch-show nature of "Meaning of Life" and the stronger narrative of LoB.

[vickista]

Well you should've put Meaning of Life because it would've gotten at least one vote. :mad:


hehe, :o make that two.i like meaning of life its funny:D

[DandyFop]

i think maybe we should just be friends.

Oh hey dude, aimee said she wants to have that sleepover where you guys braid each other's hair and quote monty python...

[tracky]

Meaning of Life ftw

They all have their moments, but I think Meaning of Life I most enjoyed cause I watched it when I was very young and it was all a bit :D :o :D :o I watched Holy Grail recently and it was ok, but I dunno, maybe I wasn't really in the mood. I started drinking when the movie started and by the end I was pissing myself so I guess you need to be in the right mood ;) ie drunk or stoned. and i can't even remember Life of Brian so maybe I've never seen it, but it's downloading now

[na§tee]

oooh it's a toughy. i'd say the holy grail wins by a slither. sublime comedy!
michael palin just looks soooo adorable in it, too! awwwh. i heart michael. an older man i would, trust me, i WOULD!

[Randetica]

eh, i would have voted for meaning of life.

well said

[abcdefz]

Holy Grail. (y)

[Randetica]

the holy life of mr. brian grail

[Freebasser]

^Haha

Can I just stick to the sketch show instead?

[Kid Presentable]

^Haha

Can I just stick to the sketch show instead?

I still piss in my pants laughing at the sketch where dude is a moutnaineer, and he 'Climbs' around the Fire-Place.:D And the Dead Parrot.

[abcdefz]

....from the TV show, I think "The Argument Clinic" is my all-time favorite. (y)

[Nuzzolese]

This is tough! So close. I like that LOB doesn't have as much sketchy musical animated bits but I like that Holy Grail really showcases more of the actors in more characters.

[sab0tage]

I really liked Jabberwocky

[abcdefz]

King Arthur: Old woman!

Dennis: Man.

King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?

Dennis: I'm 37.

King Arthur: What?

Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.

King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".

Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".

King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.

Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?

King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...

Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.

King Arthur: Well I am king.

Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

King Arthur: I am your king.

Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.

King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.

Woman: Well how'd you become king then?

[Angelic music plays... ]

King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.

Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away....



Dennis: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

King Arthur: Bloody peasant!

Dennis: Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?

[cosmo105]

^:D


I WAVE MY PRIVATE PARTS AT YOUR AUNTIES, YOU CHEESY LOT OF SECOND-HAND ELECTRICAL DONKEY BOTTOM BITERS!

[Bob]

i think one of my favorite sketches is the ministry of silly walks sketch. some day when i'm drunk i'm probably going to silly walk in public, and then someone's going to punch me in the face.

that and the spanish inquisition. i want to do that for a halloween costume some year.

The Meaning Of Life seemed more like a sketch show in a film, I think it's a little different to Life Of Brian and Holy Grail.

Life Of Brian was very clever but I still find Holy Grail funnier. I'm always quoting it. In fact, I ordered an ipod to have "Tis but a scratch!" (from the Black Knight in The Holy Grail) engraved on the back because I usually hate shiny new things getting scratched so at least it'll look clever. Ho ho! Yeah I'm going to vote Holy Grail.

i used to have my AIM set up so that whenever i got a new message, it would go "*THWANG!*...mmessage for you sir!" i don't anymore, though.

[cosmo105]

yeah...i'm going to go with holy grrrrail, because it was my first love. and it's universally adored. you just don't ever get over your first.

[abcdefz]

i used to have my AIM set up so that whenever i got a new message, it would go "*THWANG!*...mmessage for you sir!" i don't anymore, though.



Yeah -- that's a good idea for, like... three minutes. :D

[voltanapricot]

I WAVE MY PRIVATE PARTS AT YOUR AUNTIES, YOU CHEESY LOT OF SECOND-HAND ELECTRICAL DONKEY BOTTOM BITERS!
That part makes my stomach hurt. My friend and I slag each other off then go back to that sketch, my personal favourite would have to be "AH FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!"

I bloody love it.

[cosmo105]

the part where lancelot stabs the castle guard and the other turns and whines, "heyyy" - steger can nail that so perfectly it makes me pee.

[Lyman Zerga]

nothings better than mr. creosote

[Bob]

Yeah -- that's a good idea for, like... three minutes. :D

well i mean, it didn't make the sound EVERY TIME someone said something, i just meant for like the initial message. when a new window pops up. after that it was the normal bleeps and bloops.

[abcdefz]

well i mean, it didn't make the sound EVERY TIME someone said something, i just meant for like the initial message. when a new window pops up. after that it was the normal bleeps and bloops.


*whew*

I remember when I first discovered the joys of assigning new sounds to things. I think I added a horse whinney to something pretty basic, not realizing my computer would basically be whinneying at me all the day long.

FOOL! A FOOL I WAS!

But it was novelty.

[Nuzzolese]

It wasn't until last year or so that I realized "kehNIGits" was "knights"...as in "silly english kehhh-NIG-its!"

[Cooky Puss]

As a lover of all things python I just HAVE to post in this thread.
I like Holy Grail bettert than LoB. It's sketchier, yet there's a story line and it's more absurd. + it has more songs. Oh and Michael Palin looked kinda cute as sir Galahad...("And then, the oral sex!" "Well, perhaps I guess I can stay a BIT longer."
I like the meaning of life even more though. It's grosser. It has more sex, violence and gratuitous puking.
But the series are still number 1 for me. (Though not counting series 4.Jonh had left and it went all rubbish.)

Well blabla, I just love em.

[Jmoney77]

holy grail is awsome(y)

[Lyman Zerga]

i used to watch flying circus late at night with my young bunny sitting on my lap
no wonder it's such a non sense stupid booger now

[abcdefz]

"The currrrrrtains, fatherrr?"

[cosmo105]

huge...tracts of land!

[like2_drink]

respect for people who voted for the holy grail













respect for those who voted for l.o.b

[Auton]

I'm so damn sick of holy grail

[paul jones]

Life Of Brian shits over Holy Grail

[Documad]

I'm so damn sick of holy grail
It used to be fun when I used to see it while drunk with drunk friends at midnight movies, but the last part tanks and it's not nearly as good sober and it's no good at all if you're alone.

Meaning of Life has one good sketch and loads of dreadful ones.

I always loved Life of Brian, but some of that stems from how much more difficult it was to find in theaters.

[Medellia]

Oh hey dude, aimee said she wants to have that sleepover where you guys braid each other's hair and quote monty python...
ALL the board ladies need to be there. Seriously.

[Medellia]

i used to have my AIM set up so that whenever i got a new message, it would go "*THWANG!*...mmessage for you sir!" i don't anymore, though.
Hahaha, we used to have that on here when we had AOL. Except it made that noise when wegot e-mail, not when a new AIM window popped up.

My favorite sketch, as dumb as it is, is Confuse-a-Cat. No reason. Just is.