How To Explain Monty Python. . .

[Collimator]

To a young person who has never heard of them before?

After you have finished bemoaning what the world is coming to and feeling very old, where do you start the process?

I chose "The Spanish Inquisition" and gave the example of the comfy chair.

I also listed a few of their movies. Life of Brian strikes me as an excellent starting place, because Christianity's broad sway gives a point of reference for most viewers. Holy Grail should be fairly accessible, but someone completely unaware of Monty Python may not have heard of King Arthur.

What do you think?

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Can Monty Python be explained? I think you have to experience it.

[happybird]

3. +1

[Shermann]

9. NOBODY expects an explanation for Monty Python nt

[Arkansas Granny]

16. NOBODY!

[leftieNanner]

2. I'm Following The Gourd!

I'm Following The Sandal!

Life of Brian is one of my favorites.

I don't know if you can explain Monty Python, because you can't really ever explain a joke.

[Walleye]

6. Blessed are the cheese makers

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Oh, SHUT UP, Big Nose!!!!

[Iggo]

29. "Yes! We are all individuals!'

I nearly died.

[markie]

4. there is no explanation...

must be experienced.... over and over and over and.............

Life of Brian is best!

[happybird]

5. The Grail is how I first found them, back in middle school

It’s so sublimely silly, I think it would accessible even to one unfamiliar with King Arthur.

[OhZone]

7. My uncle just told me -

And now for something completely different.

[Binkie The Clown]

8. You don't "explain" Monty Python. You SHOW them Monty Python. nt

[ms liberty]

12. This. n/t

[Ocelot II]

10. The funniest bits, IMO, are the short sketches - The Dead Parrot,

the Hungarian Phrasebook,

the Spanish Inquisition, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsefeg and the three-part science fiction sketch where everybody in England turns into Scots and ends with the Scotsman Angus Podgorny playing tennis with a blancmange.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gf795

[MyOwnPeace]

13. Absurd sketches were SO good..........

[Collimator]

26. Absurd Humor

has helped me survive learning about some obscene history. I would be utterly defeated by now if not for the coping therapy of the absurd.

[cinematicdiversions]

14. Is this the European Monty Python or the African Monty Python?

[Shermann]

15. I'd start with The Ministry of Silly Walks

If somebody doesn't laugh at that, there's no need forward aerial half-turning any further.

[empedocles]

17. The ornate christmas ornament/hand grenade is an easy starter

[CentralMass]

18. Their comic genius must be absorbed over time.

[abqtommy]

19. I saw all the reruns of their weekly tv show but my favorite movie is The Meaning Of Life.

[Collimator]

20. "Every Sperm is Sacred"

This should be sung, (ironically, of course), during clashing protests with Anti-Reproduction Rights advocates. It will raise morale for the Pro-Reproduction Rights crowd, and confuse and possibly dismay the opposing side.

[OriginalGeek]

21. Well there's three things we can do with your mum

we can bury her, we can burn her or we can dump her.

[Paladin]

22. I dunno. Maybe you had to be there, all those years ago.

I'm certainly glad I was.

[Leith]

23. A few more skits to start with

Argument Clinic
Dead Parrot Sketch
4 Yorkshiremen
The Lumberjack Song
Spam Spam Spam

The young person will be saying "oh, intercourse the penguin!" in no time.

[Ocelot II]

27. My nipples explode with delight.

[myccrider]

24. Monty Python isn't explainable, it just is.

You might show them some of the skits first. Otherwise Brian would be my first pick, too. Don’t explain, surprise them.

This is still one of my favorite Monty Python skits.

[murpheeslaw]

25. The Upper Class Twit of the Year!

[link:https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqln|]

[MyOwnPeace]

28. The opening of

‘The Life of Brian’ is just beyond “classic!”