Ministry of Silly Entries

[40cakes]

And to add to my LJ spam this evening...

On this day in 1969, the first ever episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC1. Everyone name your favourite sketch. If you mention the Parrot Sketch as performed on SNL with John Cleese and Kevin Spacey, you're so off my friendslist.

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[pyrobovaphiliac.livejournal.com]

"Sam Peckinpah's 'Salad Days'" for instant gratification, "Upperclass Twit of the Year" for longevity, though overall I prefer "Hell's Grannies".

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

I'm all about "I've Come to Read Your Poet", "Dennis Moore", "Dip Dip Dip My Little Ship", and probably my all time favorite for no good reason "Wuthering Heights in Semaphore Code".

Dammit, I also love Alexander Yacht and his Phrasebooks, and the "All this and less": the new BBC 2 lineup, featuring Dad's Pooves, "the zany, kooky, fun-a-plenty world of unnatural sexual practices". God, and sheep in the wainscotting.

No, I can't do it. From like age 7-13 I was all about Monty Python and the Monkees XD

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

Fuck! I forgot Teddy Salad XD

[emperorko.livejournal.com]

Nothing is better than "How Not To Be Seen," though the Ministry of Silly Walks is way up there, as well as that one where they French guys tried to sell a flying sheep.

[dialogue.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say..."my hovercraft is full of eels."

...does John Cleese on the Muppet Show count?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tv_muppet_show_john_cleese.jpg

[sache.livejournal.com]

Despite my absolute fondness for the "I'd Like to Buy an Argument" sketch, the Dead Parrot sketch, and Spanish Inquisition...

I'd have to say... The Bishop!

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

No, you wouldn't.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Confuse-A-Cat. Especially for the rolling credit at the end that suggests their other services.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

All fine, fine choices, sir. Hell's Grannies is super.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

Sheep in the wainscotting and penguins on the telly? XD

You must know that I find it painfully painful to admit that I don't recognize "Dip Dip Dip My Little Ship". As I have dishonored my geeky name, I shall throw myself upon a point-ed stick.

The Monkees rule!

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

The flying sheep stuff is super. I love that those French guys reappear throughout the series with their gibberish and removable mustaches. Aww.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

"My nipples are bursting with happiness!"

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

We was...too late!

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

No you wouldn't.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

Our main weapon is fear! Fear and surprise! TWO weapons, are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Our THREE weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...argh! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, weaponry, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red outfits. ...I'll go out and come in again.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

This is an argument.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

Yes it is.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

Is!

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you do XD Five men are in a foxhole in WW2, and someone has to kill himself, because there are only rations for four? One of the men has no arms, so the commander keeps trying to steer the responsibility onto him. So they try different methods of selecting, including "Dip, dip, dip, my little ship, sailed on the o-cean, you. are. IT!" and "Fisties" ("Hands behind backs!")

Completely retarded. I just love it. XD

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I KNOW THAT ONE. Okay, then, just didn't know it by its title. Yay, no more point-ed stick for me.

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

I so knew you would. XD Of course, in line with that is the sinking ship sketch.

"Women, children, red indians, spacemen and sort of idealized versions of the complete renaissance man FIRST!"

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

No you're not.

[flannelgnome.livejournal.com]

I've always been partial to the Dirty Hungarian Phrase Books. Gumbies, as well. Or is it Gumbys? Things to ponder.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

I've always seen "Gumbys", as I believe it's their last names and thus a proper noun. Mr. Gumby, Dr. Gumby, etc.

(But OMG ♥ Gumbys and I have a Tshirt full of them.)