...and now for something completely different! Monty Python in Aspen Pt. 1 - 4

[Olham 164]

For all MPFC fans who  - like me - hadn't seen this before - enjoy!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpL12ilpDnQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7uMr5b2wXo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms9LSh2tDjk

 

 

[Olham 164]

...and in addition: the most unconventional memorial service on the death of Graham Chapman.

 

Edited May 27, 2016 by Olham

[JimAttrill 24]

I remember watching Monty Python on German TV - it was the only thing worth watching! 

[Hauksbee 103]

When the Pythons first arrived on American TV, I didn't get them at all, tho' later I did. They proved to be an acquired taste.

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[Olham 164]

I heard that from other Americans - British and American humour must be quite different, I guess?

(Not to speak of the German humour...)

[Hauksbee 103]

I heard that from other Americans - British and American humour must be quite different, I guess?

Hard to say. I think the Pythons were just completely different from anything that came before them. They certainly enjoyed "absurdity for its own sake". This is one of my all-time favorites.

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Well...that didn't go as planned. 'Seems the original got pulled for copyright reasons. When I saw "Kittens Re-Enact the Battle of Pearl Harbor" I thought it had been re-posted under a different name. Not so. In the original,the 'ladies' split into two groups, a whistle is blown and they charge at each other in a huge mud pit, wrestling, pummeling each other with purses. 'About as "absurd" as it can get.

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[Olham 164]

I guess you mean this version, Hauksbee?

 

 

For absurdity, I liked the spam sketch. And another favourite is the "Spanish Inquisition".

 

 

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[Hauksbee 103]

Thank you, Olham. That's the one. Absolutely ridiculous, nonsensical theatre-of-the-absurd. And every time I see it, I chuckle happily.

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I'd also recommend "RAF Banter", but that one has been taken down too. Try this: "Crunchy Frog".

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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/crunchy-frog/82599899/

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[Olham 164]

Had never seen THAT one - the "Crunchy Frog"! Hilarious!

(Only a very little one! If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?!)

 

Try this one for RAF Banter. At the end of the vid you should be able to subscribe

to the official MPFC YouTube channel.

 

[JimAttrill 24]

Graham Chapman did such wonderful British Army senior officers.    The great thing was that they actually did speak and act like that!

 

Here is a German joke.  Don't blame me, I found it on Wikipedia:   "Zwei Männer gehen über eine Brücke. Der eine fällt ins Wasser, der andere heißt Helmut." ("Two men walk over a bridge. One falls into the water, the other is called Helmut.").

 

Apparently East Frisia is also the butt of jokes.  Sorry about that Olham! 

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[Hauksbee 103]

Had never seen THAT one - the "Crunchy Frog"! Hilarious! 

Try this one for RAF Banter.

Glad you liked "Crunchy Frog". I especially loved the "...garnished with Lark's vomit."

 

"RAF Banter". That's the one. ("You can't banter slowly.") I love the stunned silence and "Nope. Didn't catch a word of that."

Here is a German joke.  Don't blame me, I found it on Wikipedia:   "Zwei Männer gehen über eine Brücke. Der eine fällt ins Wasser, der andere heißt Helmut." ("Two men walk over a bridge. One falls into the water, the other is called Helmut.") 

Would I be correct if I assumed The Pythons were wildly popular in Germany?

[Olham 164]

The Pythons were probably the first humour importet to Germany on a bigger scale.

Germany had very little humour until then, actually (maybe no wonder after the last 100 years...).

 

Yes - Monty Python were legend among the younger people in the seventies.

 

True, Jim, the East Frisians were a major target for many jokes about them and their ways.

 

Here is one.

 

Two neighbours who live in the same house, but on different floors, meet on the stairs.

Asks the one:

"You wallpapered your flat two years ago, I think. I wanna do the same now.

Your flat is the same size as mine - how many rolls of wallpaper did you buy for yours?"

Says the other: "Thirteen rolls."

A month later they meet again.

Says the one: "That's very strange - we have the same sized flats, but I had seven rolls

of wallpaper left over, when I had my work finished?"

Says the other: "Exactly the same as I had!"

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[Hauksbee 103]

This is my only Frisiander joke: (told to me by a Polish girl)

 

A car mechanic was repairing the turn signals. When he thought he had it right, he tells his Frisian helper to stand behind the car and call out if the signals are working.

"Ready?" he says and pushes the lever.

"They're working!" says the helper. "Whoops! Not working! Working! Not working! Working! Not working! Working..."

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

My nickname at work was 'Squiffy'..because of that scene...because I was always banging on about the Battle of Britain...lol

[Olham 164]

A typical East Frisian joke, Hauksbee!

There are others though, in which the Frisians are the clever ones.

 

Like this one:

 

A hektic little man from Hessen (they always speak in a hektik dialect, which I cannot bring into English)

comes running towards an East Frisian fisherman.

"Tell me, good man, if I carry on walking there, that direction there - will there then be the harbour?"

The East Frisian takes his pipe out of his mouth and answers slowly in his dark voice.

"Yes.

But it will also be there, if you DON'T walk on."

 

In England, I guess it would be jokes about the Scotsmen?

 

Seems that the Battle of Britain was in our minds a lot, when we were young, Widowmaker.

I also drew lots of pictures about it. Even started drawing a comic back then.

I was always with the Spitfire pilots. Simply because they were the defenders of their homeland,

while the Nazis were the aggressors. And then I also like the whole beautiful appreance

of the Spitfire. When the Albatros D.V was my choice for beauty in WW1, then the Spitfire

was on first place in WW2 IMHO.

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[JimAttrill 24]

I learnt my German from those comics about the RAF in WWII.    German is a very small language which consists of "Achtung! Spitfeur!"  and "Jawohl mein Herr!" 

 

It seems that it is a human characteristic to denigrate some other people for fun.   Like the English tell Irish jokes, the French tell Belgian jokes, the Americans tell Polish jokes, etc. 

 

In South Africa, the butt of the humour is a man called "Van der Merwe" which is a very common Afrikaans name.   Here is an example (change the name to suit yourself)

 

Van der Merwe is flying in a Jumbo jet to London from Joburg.   The pilot comes over the speakers to say:

 

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have had one engine fail so will be one hour late at Heathrow".   A bit later he comes on again:

 

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have had another engine fail so will be two hours late at Heathrow".   And then he comes on again:

 

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have had another engine fail so will be four hours late at Heathrow".   At which point, van says:

 

"If another engine fails we'll never get there!"

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[Olham 164]

I learnt my German from those comics about the RAF in WWII.    German is a very small language which consists of "Achtung! Spitfeur!"  and "Jawohl mein Herr!" 

 

Hey, it's not THAT small, Jim - you forgot "Zu Befehl!", "Vorwärts marsch!" and "Verboten!"

 

In that brilliant Sci-Fi film "District 9" (which plays in Jo-burg) the main character is named van der Merwe.

Didn't know that may have meant something funny.                   .

[Hauksbee 103]

 When the Albatros D.V was my choice for beauty in WW1, then the Spitfire was on first place in WW2 IMHO.

Two excellent choices.

[JimAttrill 24]

Actually I have never seen "District 9" although it is possible that the screen writer just picked a common name.  Another common Afrikaans name is 'Theron' (as in Charlise) but here it is pronounced 'tron' with a rolled R.  I used to think there were two names with different pronunciations!   Another funny is 'du Toit' which is pronounced here in a rather English way as 'doo Toyt'.  Oh, and the 'Merwe' is pronounced with a 'v' sound as in Dutch/German. 

[Olham 164]

Not sure if you like intelligent Sci-Fi films, Jim.

This one was a project from a young new film maker from South Africa.

He showed bits of his work to Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, King Kong),

who was so amazed that he produced the project, cause he saw, it needed

a lot of good CGI work, which was expensive.

 

When you watch more trailers, you may realise, that it is not just an SF movie,

but it is about aliens in general, their lives in ghettos, and how we treat them.

One of the best films I have seen in the last 10 years.

 

Here is a trailer:

 

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[JimAttrill 24]

Strangely enough I am a mad sci-fi fan but avoid most movies as many of them are rubbish.  I have over 1 600 books on my kindle 95% of which are sci-fi.  The one film I watch over and over again is 'Blade Runner'.  I am NOT a fan of any Star Wars stuff and can't watch Aliens because it is too scary Oh, and I also like Terry Gilliam's movies (he of Monty Python) which include 'Brazil' and '12 monkeys'. 

[Olham 164]

The one film I watch over and over again is 'Blade Runner'.  I am NOT a fan of any Star Wars stuff and can't watch Aliens because it is too scary

Oh, and I also like Terry Gilliam's movies (he of Monty Python) which include 'Brazil' and '12 monkeys'. 

 

Good taste, I find. BLADE RUNNER is a great movie IMHO.

I also hate such stuff like STAR WARS, and never watched much of the ENTERPRISE and DEEP SPACE series - too unrealistic.

 

12 MONKEYS was a bit complicated IMHO; maybe I should watch it once more.

But BRAZIL is a masterpiece, I think - a very bizzare, but also very brilliant piece of cinema!

I find it mingles the darkness of 1984 with the humour of Monty Python perfectly!

 

Well, the film is hard in many parts. But not much from the aliens' actions - it's what the humans do.

The aliens in DISTRICT 9 are not as bad ass in that film - some of them, like the "engineer" and his little kid,

are even really nice guys. No need to be afraid of them.

They call them "Shrimps" cause they look like them. Here is the "engineer" and his kid - nothing to be afraid of.

As cute as shrimps can be!

 

Edited June 3, 2016 by Olham