A man goes into the post office to buy a license for his pet halibut, Eric.
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"The man's sign must be wrong. I have in the past noticed a marked discrepancy between these post office signs and the activities carried out beneath. But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure." Sheer brilliance.
@FoulMouthedChick15 жыл бұрын
I love the way he reads the sign
@andrewthompson971410 ай бұрын
Ah yes, being educated makes you brilliant. Oh stop.
@NinjaOnANinja9 ай бұрын
@@NinjaOnANinjaThere's plenty of so called "educated" persons without the slightest hint of linguistic affluence. The delivery of each line is not only concise but is indeed brilliant! Just ask my pet shoe Erik: 👞
@diah71308 ай бұрын
@@diah7130 yes, because most people don't grow up the way he did. Most don't really care about crap like that. Still doesn't make you brilliant. Just make you educated.
@NinjaOnANinja8 ай бұрын
@@NinjaOnANinja Let's see you write a funnier sketch then.
@experi-mentalproductions53588 ай бұрын
The "cat-detector van" is a spoof of the "TV detector vans" they have in Britian, a reference lost on us yanks.
@Srd112613 жыл бұрын
'it's people like you what causes unrest'.
@Sofs199410 жыл бұрын
Sofs1994 I still use that line whenever someone pisses me off!
@CamH4345 жыл бұрын
This should be on the curriculum of any sketch-writing class. Praline, played pitch-perfectly by Cleese, believes 1000% in his mission, even if he thinks it is mundane. He is fighting for his reality. If there had been any doubt, the whole thing would have collapsed.
@Mrlzman5 жыл бұрын
Making shit up 🙄 Doubt adds another layer of difficulty, plot, and immersion.
@Leto_010 ай бұрын
@@Leto_0 Sure, maybe.
@sarcasmo5710 ай бұрын
Cleese is displaying Sovereign Citizen Syndrome
@whyhatestrangers9 ай бұрын
The fish ate the cat and the dog, then.
@richardkammerer28148 ай бұрын
This perfectly describes the MAGA cult.
@Mr.Monta777 ай бұрын
'It's people like you what causes unrest' - It's lines like that that really stick with you. That and ''ad an 'addock.'
@BrummieAvenger9 жыл бұрын
+EriolTolkien *loony, also "recherche" (no accent)
@DieFlabbergast8 жыл бұрын
I can't tell you how many times I've used that line!
@larrydoss928410 ай бұрын
I'm a relative of Sir Gerald Nabarro, and just for the record, he didn't have a shrimp called Simon, but he was chairman of the Dorset Asparagus Growers Club.
@bevistaylor65985 жыл бұрын
meaning the shrimp was named different?
@kamion5311 ай бұрын
@@kamion53thank you
@GuyMontag045110 ай бұрын
That's worse
@PamelaValemont9 ай бұрын
What was his asparagus called?
@quasarsphere9 ай бұрын
@@quasarsphereeric
@animaltvi95159 ай бұрын
The way he sticks his head through the hatch and screams "IIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!!" Has me in hysterics every time 😂😂😂😂
@judet54269 ай бұрын
He should've had a fish called Wanda.
@MSCViolin10 жыл бұрын
No he should t
@jakejones90979 жыл бұрын
Jake Jones Yes he should! Now is this a 5 minute argument or the full half-hour?
@MSCViolin9 жыл бұрын
No he shouldnt.
@ChekkoVisban7 жыл бұрын
I’ve told you once
@MartTLS6 жыл бұрын
"All right, then.... a bee license!" "A license.. for your pet Bee? Called Erik? Erik The Bee?" "No.... Erik The Half-Bee...... he had an accident."
@PetersPianoShoppe6 жыл бұрын
Lah Dee Dee, 1 2 3, Eric the half a bee....
@dedgeroo46655 жыл бұрын
@@ohgosh5892 licence/license. In American English both the noun and the verb, not just the verb, are spelled with an 's'. Sorry, you thing it's wrong, and don't check before incorrecting someone.
@blindleader425 жыл бұрын
I love him carnally!
@langdalepaul28 күн бұрын
@@langdalepaulsemi carnally
@thomasread266725 күн бұрын
@@thomasread2667 Cyril Connolly?
@langdalepaul25 күн бұрын
I love how this sketch is basically just the internet.
@pocketlint609 жыл бұрын
Most underrated Monty Python sketch imo.
@futavadumnezo9 жыл бұрын
pocketlint60 This isn't just the internet, it's also working in any public service role where you have to deal with the general public. And to a lesser extent all retail jobs.
@Penningtontj9 жыл бұрын
No it isn't. When he pulled out the book to reference his claim, the person he was talking to conceded and offered him an apology. That would never happen on the Internet!
@hemipemi7 жыл бұрын
Yes it is.
@randomisedrandomness7 жыл бұрын
No it isn't!
@hemipemi7 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite Python sketches! I named my pet lab rat ‘Eric-The-Half_A-Rat’ and all of my students used to bring him presents!
@dummatube8 ай бұрын
Bet all the students were called Eric too 😂
@terryhennigan39112 ай бұрын
The ending had the Lord Mayor coming into the post office. But on Monty Python's Previous Record (I used to have that) it ended with Cleese asking for a bee license. "Eric the bee?" "No. Eric the half-bee. He had an accident" ....and then goes into the song Eric the Half A Bee (it's in the side bar).
@queenastilon13 жыл бұрын
The song Eric the Half a Bee is quite the funniest thing. I laughed so much I nearly vomited.
@genepoole177110 ай бұрын
"Take it away, Eric the orchestra-leader . . ."
@nigeldepledge37909 ай бұрын
I have the same record🤣 it also has the story of the king who made his daughters suitors pass a suitor test by jumping out of a very tall tower
@veryrancid31289 ай бұрын
Oi mate, you got a license for that fish?
@emimoon17126 жыл бұрын
Loicense*
@kajmak5 жыл бұрын
Oi m8, you got a loicense for that correction?
@lewisconroy62255 жыл бұрын
It’s people like you what causes unrest! 😂 I’ve used that line myself many times. One of my favorite Python sketches
@TallyRocky10 ай бұрын
My cat is called Erik thanks to this sketch, and so was a previous cat too
@princeofdaftness13 жыл бұрын
I hope you have a licence for the Erics.
@StamfordBridge10 ай бұрын
@@StamfordBridge that Erik lived to 21 years old , we now have another Erik
@princeofdaftness10 ай бұрын
@@princeofdaftness May Erik II live even longer.
@StamfordBridge10 ай бұрын
@@StamfordBridge That would have to be a descendant of Erik, but I expect that this was an unrelated cat, so he/she should be called Erik, not Erik II.
@o00nemesis00o10 ай бұрын
@@o00nemesis00o If he occupies the position of Cat and has the same name he is Eric II. Cats are like Kings only more important.
@simonatford110 ай бұрын
But does he have a license to have those licenses?
@OmniscientWarrior9 ай бұрын
"The man didn't have the proper form." LOL. Marcel Proust had a haddock! Only the Monty Python troupe could be at once utterly esoteric and utterly hilarious.
@darkprose16 жыл бұрын
But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure!
@IsoscelesKramer10 жыл бұрын
The frustrated look directly into the camera was excellent.
@Dowlphin5 жыл бұрын
How they didn’t crack up during the “is”, “isn’t” argument is beyond me 😂 especially John’s facial expressions and voice 😂❤️
@alice87545 жыл бұрын
Because they went to that argument clinic. It helped.
@TylerLL21125 жыл бұрын
You know they just don't shoot these in one take ?
@EugeneOneguine10 ай бұрын
@@EugeneOneguine How observant of you. You know, people already know that and can still respect that someone did it at least once without fucking up and laughing or missing a line? Crazy I know..... some people are just happy and can enjoy things, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them. Just food for thought.
@tylernichols67686 ай бұрын
twas N0T an argument, twas a contradiction!
@1st2nd25 ай бұрын
Book on Attaturk by E.W Swanton (he was a cricket commentator!), forward by Paul Anka (50's pop singer!). Brilliant & crazy Cleese. Bloody marvellous!
@Gruntol516 жыл бұрын
*foreword
@DieFlabbergast10 ай бұрын
I thought the book was real
@nathanrye10 ай бұрын
Cleese screaming "ISSSS!!!!" into the grille like a maniac is priceless.
@Tamashikiri15 жыл бұрын
John Cleese basically brings a Looney Toons sketch to life with this preformance
@XemawthEvo210 ай бұрын
"The ministry of housinge" 😂
@PureNeptune8 ай бұрын
I'm 32 and I wasn't even born when Monty Python made these skits and I will say that their comedy is timeless
@cdub2k35110 жыл бұрын
I am 20 and I am wholeheartedly agree.
@drapas6 жыл бұрын
Then you might not have gotten the "Cat Detector Van" reference. There is a license fee for owning a television set in the UK and the government used to claim they had detector vans that could tell if you had a TV and no license. It was a bluff but it worked.
@newperve5 жыл бұрын
cd: They made a decision not to focus on the issues of the day, such as a particular politician, but instead on broader situations, such as politicians in general. Because of that, it is timeless, while other comedy shows that focus on the current situation may be good at the time but tend to age quickly.
@milascave25 жыл бұрын
so true
@chucknola4845 жыл бұрын
Michael Price thank you! As a foreigner, I realize that I get only a part of their jokes, and sometimes I wonder how big is that part, but anyway even a fraction of _that_ was once enough for me to put way more effort into learning English; it was a decade ago, and I'm very grateful to the Pythons for that.
@neithere5 жыл бұрын
These two are just brilliant together.
@ultimtdisc10 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I feel all the pythons have amazing chemistry, but Cleese-Palin are on a league of their own.
@LPChipi6 жыл бұрын
Python's best sketches tread on the line between brilliant and disturbing.
@Tsphere16 жыл бұрын
This how I feel every time I have to go to the DMV.
@throttlemccrackin18779 жыл бұрын
Then its you own fault. The DMV is not where you go to get a fish license.
@derekp78645 жыл бұрын
No, you have to go to the DAV-BD: the Department of Aquatic Vehicles, Biotic Division.
@NuisanceMan5 жыл бұрын
Good job making my click money seventeen years after posting. Well done Sir!
@bigbird24518 ай бұрын
"He's an 'alibut. I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat." One of the great classic comedy lines of all time, but the audience didn't catch it - sigh.
@DieFlabbergast8 жыл бұрын
Are you saying the joke fell... flat?
@RandomAmerican30005 жыл бұрын
@@mohamadmahmoud6926 Just where does he say the audience didn't understand the joke? He said they didn't catch it, which is not the same thing. But that isn't why you posted. You just felt a need to call someone a circle jerking fucking loser. Must have been looking in the mirror.
@blindleader425 жыл бұрын
@@RandomAmerican3000 In a manner ... of speakin'
@DieFlabbergastАй бұрын
I love the bit with the book about Kemal Ataturk, the "author" E.W Swanton was a famous cricket commentator and the forward written by Paul Anka (famous singer)
@lexagon929515 жыл бұрын
It's people like you what cause unrest. Thank you.
@karanrajguleria90735 ай бұрын
John Cleese at his most manic. Absolutely brilliant and wonderful.
@Gruntol514 жыл бұрын
Came here from Elon's interview with Lex..
@InfiniteEcho996 ай бұрын
Same brah, same. 🤣👍
@Core11386 ай бұрын
Same same.....
@hiphopanoyomous6 ай бұрын
It's brilliant and it goes on to the bee license. Eric the bee? No, Eric the half-bee! Funniest song in the history of the Universe
@garethb19619 жыл бұрын
Long live the half-a-bee!
@vardellsfolly52009 жыл бұрын
Cyril Connelly?
@leopold75625 жыл бұрын
Half a bee philosophically, must ipso facto, half not be.
@keithterry21695 жыл бұрын
Ho-ho-ho Tee-hee-hee Eric The Half A Bee
@theuglybiker10 ай бұрын
The only person or animal not named Eric in this sketch is Eric who is called Carl.
@hungfao8 ай бұрын
Has anyone else noticed that everyone's name in this sketch is Eric? The customer is Eric Praline, the cashier's name is Eric Last, the fish's name is Eric, the dog's name is Eric and the cat's name is Eric. The fruit bat's name is also Eric.
@dharmaseed14 жыл бұрын
And don't forget Eric the half-a-bee, who is only mentioned in a re-recorded version of this sketch.
@nigeldepledge37909 ай бұрын
Pity Eric Idle wasn't in this skit. :p
@Pikashockdragon8 ай бұрын
@@Pikashockdragon - he was Eric The Orchestra-Leader in the version that was recorded for LP.
@nigeldepledge37908 ай бұрын
@nigeldepledge3790 "Take it away, Eric the orchestra leader!"
@pfarnsworth8417 күн бұрын
John Cleese at his most bizarre and hilarious. Just his facial expression when he comes in is enough to get me going.
@Gruntol513 жыл бұрын
I'll bet they are.
@michaellavery489910 ай бұрын
They require cat licenses in Australia, as they're an introduced species. Fees are payable to the local council.
@TimothyMathews11 жыл бұрын
Utterly ridiculous
@JeremyRight-zi4yp9 ай бұрын
Do they have Shark licenses?
@leftcoaster679 ай бұрын
the local loony you mean
@smonson788 ай бұрын
i just LOVE that sketch. it is one of the most funny scenes ever made for comedic purposes. Thanks a bunch for posting!
@kamaeqaf17 жыл бұрын
Born in 1951 saw it originally. Can you image what a culture shock it was in comparison to the American and English sitcom like Sgt Bilco or Terry and June?
@derekcouzens94839 ай бұрын
An alibut
@NapBoney10 жыл бұрын
Isn't it a flat fish, bottom of the sea?
@Kelly14UK5 жыл бұрын
I believe it is written "an halibut". ... Or "Anne Halibutt".
@Dowlphin5 жыл бұрын
i am 23 and i really love monty python movies and when i was looking for some scenes from Monty python and the holy grail i found these sketches ...... and i really enjoy them , i do not think it is a fact of age , but rather a fact of intelligence .... today's comedy is just people acting stupid , and that is just sad , but these older comedy sketches have a message .......
@DobermanCrew12 жыл бұрын
I was sure that Eric the Half-a-Bee was going to put in an appearance, but it was my addled brain mixing up bits.🐝🐟
@scrubjay938 ай бұрын
You mean you've got Monty Python: The Final Rip Off. Wonderful album, and the version of this sketch (and the parrot sketch) on there is amazing.
@TheZombiePimpernel16 жыл бұрын
Now I have the urge to name all my future kids and pet Eric!
@bloodhammer2713 жыл бұрын
Mine already is.
@wehosrmthink751010 ай бұрын
Cleese does menace better than a lot of actors in this era....😮
@anne40hillpiggott3010 ай бұрын
How they kept a straight face in these shows is beyond me >
@whitechair38469 ай бұрын
I'm not a Briton, but I hope you don't mind me answering your question. :D Cleese here is acting as 'Eric Praline'. He appears several times in the python shows. He was in the 'Dead Parrot" sketch wearing the same style outfit. Its kind of his style - Eric Praline - its a a PACAMAN - a fold up raincoat. I guess he just likes wearing it. :D Eric Praline also sings, if your wondering - look for the song, Eric the Half a Bee
@cecilyalgernon15 жыл бұрын
Their is-isn't fight is the best part of this video. You can't not-laugh when witnessing John's faces there
@AcidFlorist13 жыл бұрын
It's what he does in his spare time.
@pyrobreather16 ай бұрын
DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID!
@Modified6712 жыл бұрын
I should really get some sleep... Right after I watch one last Monty Python video.
@mike12999512 жыл бұрын
The Department of Housinge.
@jtcorey76817 ай бұрын
I have been watching Monty Python since I was in the early teens and as I have the upmost respect for every member I have to say that John Cleese can act rings around the rest of the troupe
@bryanmason7614 жыл бұрын
john cleese, such a serious silly man.
@AsbestosMuffins6 жыл бұрын
It's a Pac-A-Mac...a thin plastic raincoat you carry for unexpected downpours...not really intended as a regular garment and used here to identify the 'type' of character (eccentric nutter!)
@Poopaloo5515 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he also had a pet half-a-bee.
@StamfordBridge10 ай бұрын
in Germany he would have good a licence in time with all Formulars and legal formalities in triplicate
@victorselve83498 жыл бұрын
"in Germany he (...) formalities in triplicate" Realer irrsinn...
@knrdvmmlbkkn3 ай бұрын
Good catch. The character's name is Mr. Mousebender; he appeared in a few other sketches as well, including "Current Affairs" in episode 18. ("Hello. 'Ow are you? I'm fine. Welcome to a new half-hour chat show in which me, viz the man what's talking to you now, and Brooky - to wit, my flat mate - and nothing else, I'd like to emphasize that - discuss current affairs issues of burning import.")
@OeditpusRex14 жыл бұрын
It's a parody on a Clint Eastwood stare down. It's John Cleese acting out his inner looney. Scary, funny and fascinating. The unability to choose your battles.
@plywoodcarjohnson541210 ай бұрын
Never better! ❤️
@PerspectiveEngineer9 ай бұрын
John Cleese's character should have had his own movie.
@JustSomeCanadianGuy10 жыл бұрын
And his raincoat ❤
@ClaudiaGonzalezKinkyFloyd7 ай бұрын
I grew up on Monty Python. My parents didn't get it. They grew up on Morecambe and Wise and World War Two. As a teenager, it was as important to me as was John Peel and Alan 'fluff' Freeman. Without Monty Python we would not have had Fawltey Towers and Michael Palin would not have travelled the World and show us how lucky we are and how we should value what we are. And that power and wealth isn't spread among we humans equitably.
It's not a usual case that growing up on python would create such a loony as you. You're lucky your parents grew up though, I'm pretty sure mine never did.
@onevastanus5 жыл бұрын
You have your time-frame skewed. The Monty Python shows (1969-1974) were roughly contemporaneous with the Morecambe & Wise shows (1961-1983). If you watched Python as a teenager, you would have been watching M&W during the same years. Your parents would have grown up on the Goon Show, Flanagan & Allen, Hancock's Half-Hour, etc.
@DieFlabbergast5 жыл бұрын
You know his family better than he does? Wow.
@onevastanus5 жыл бұрын
these guys were great.. love it
@slackologist15 жыл бұрын
Pity we didn't get to see the Lord Mayor at the end! Brilliant stuff.
@richardbrown118910 ай бұрын
I've always wondered what John Cleese was wearing in this sketch. Is it a rain coat? (looked it up) Ahh, it is, it's called a "Cagoule"
@manw3bttcks9 жыл бұрын
No. A cagoule has no opening at the front and a hood. He's wearing a "Pakamac"
@Gribbo99996 жыл бұрын
With the oversized sleeving and full front I would have to demand that it is in fact a windbreaker.
@onevastanus5 жыл бұрын
It's a Pakamac.
@DieFlabbergast5 жыл бұрын
It's a Pakacunt, Mac.
@guyfawkes99515 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I think you'll find it's a Macuntosh.
@justvin72145 жыл бұрын
"Mr. Last" lol
@51yourtimeisup10 жыл бұрын
I've dealt with customers like Cleese lol. "Can you send me a letter signed by your board of directors stating that I am no longer in debit to your company?" "erm.....no I can give you a payment reference number and a receipt" "put me onto your manager NOW!"
@JAIGH8312 жыл бұрын
We’ve all been there
@Ag3nt0fCha0s8 ай бұрын
in my opinion, on of Cleese's finest, along with the word association sketch, and the logician sketch , both originally on LPs.
@simonpenny25642 ай бұрын
I love John's character here, they should have used it for more sketches, in fact it's the same one as the Parrot Sketch isn't it?
@MarxistKnight15 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir Marxist, assuming you're still around after 14 years. Yes, this is 'parrot sketch' manic Cleese. Never seen this sketch and it's rather good, isn't it. If only our P Offs were as civil as these nowadays. Our local one is staffed by surly Asians conversing with each other while reluctantly serving the public.
@Clive69710 ай бұрын
@@Clive697 He’s even wearing the same see-through raincoat in both.
@PoesRaven7310 ай бұрын
It also has a few touches of 'argument'-Cleese. The way he just denies for like 6 times until he 'wins' the argument
@VijoPlays10 ай бұрын
@@PoesRaven73I do love that raincoat!!! (and also John)
@ClaudiaGonzalezKinkyFloyd7 ай бұрын
Cat Detector Van. Never seen so many ariels in all me life!
@jonguirl39429 жыл бұрын
+Jon Guirl *aerials
@DieFlabbergast8 жыл бұрын
Aerials
@casualagent72505 жыл бұрын
"why should I be tarred with the epithet "looney" merely because I have a pet halibut" LOL
@powrxplor6914 жыл бұрын
"i shall have to ask you to step outside"
@gewglesux9 ай бұрын
Michael looks so beautiful every time there's a close-up of him. This is my favourite Python sketch ever. :) On another note - @ReitersOfTheStorm - Isn't.
@ClockworkComputer13 жыл бұрын
... "houzinge"?
@ReyaitheShadowWolf9 жыл бұрын
Housinge
@Dowlphin5 жыл бұрын
looney detector van more like @@Dowlphin
@Mnemonix80013 ай бұрын
john is great!!!his faces are so priceless!!hahah great stuff!!!
@carrianne198516 жыл бұрын
I have a nephew named Eric. Sometimes I call him 'alf a bee! :)
@fergusof3 ай бұрын
4chan /b/ in nutshell..
@87boombox7 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, I love them to death.
@TeoTorriate14 жыл бұрын
Nowadays he'd be on Facebook claiming the moon landings never 'appened!
@granthurlburt40622 ай бұрын
This is how I imagine all of my interactions with insane people on the internet
@halflifeger41797 ай бұрын
Just do it when the occasion arouses, it is very rewarding. I got a customer once who said: ' The devil is among us ! " , I replied with: ' How do you do ? " and I gave him a hand. His eyes became a shilling and his his mouth fell open, after this he retracted his hand and fled through the open door. He hasn't been seen since ...
@arnaudmoos809810 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much comedy the MP members thought up that was based on classical literature, like Shakespeare, that was never used because they thought no one would understand it?
@PointyTailofSatan6 жыл бұрын
I bet the number of people who have read any Proust at all is pretty small, but MP did a 'Summarizing Proust' contest, in which contestants had to summarize the entire work in a few seconds. None of the contestants were any good so the prize went to the girl with the biggest tits.
@jimthorne30411 ай бұрын
I suspect that they never held back. There are erudite references all throughout the TV series, and I'm quite sure they were aware that it added a whole extra layer to their comedy.
@douglassun84564 ай бұрын
The most unbelievable paert was the bureaucrat unwilling to collect a tax, even if fictional.
@fhuber75079 ай бұрын
I AM NOT A LOONY! Haha. I love that part.. John's so out there and Micheal's so calm haha. Gosh, they're amazing. ;]
@lafilledebeatles315 жыл бұрын
Im American too, but I grew up with British Humor as a staple in my life (american humor just doesn't really cut it for me anymore). Therefore the references, jokes etc. make perfect sense to me. Its something you have to grow onto or have grown up with I suppose. Watch more Monty Python!!! You'll get it!
@Halfbloodalchemist14 жыл бұрын
I see this the whole time in British Post office's!!!!
@robertpeston669210 жыл бұрын
When someone asks for your sources in a discussion about a random topic, this is what I'd love to do.
@padalan25047 ай бұрын
How have I never seen this one? This is gold.
@morganfreemanwannabe5 жыл бұрын
I wish this clip included the Lord Mayor with his powerful thighs.
@herakleitus7 жыл бұрын
Why is it that this sketch seems to be so much more professionally filmed than most other Flying Circus sketches?
@heyjoesoap10 жыл бұрын
This isn't from the Flying Circus tv-series but from the film "And now for something completely different" a one and a half hour feature film where they remade a lot of the sketches from the tv-series. So it actually is technically superior, being filmed on 35mm with better sets and rehearsed acting. Though it lost some of the spontaneity of the tv-series.
@ingvarhallstrom230611 ай бұрын
As a self-declared looneyologist, I can confirm this looney is one fishy looney indeed.
@SootyPhoenix3 ай бұрын
my ex father inlaw morphed into this loon in his 70's, the funniest fossil of all time. Had no idea where he was.
@yabbadabbadoo82254 ай бұрын
I had a rocky start of my day. Just watched this and feel much better. 😂
@1aranel9 ай бұрын
I've got no license for my pet dog, Looney!
@328shirley10 жыл бұрын
I don't have a license for my pet cat, Erik. Erik Too, actually. Not to be confused with Erik (the first cat) or my pet budgie, Erik.
@ultimtdisc10 жыл бұрын
There's also the half a bee!
@328shirley10 жыл бұрын
I had one for my pet parrot, but it expired, and then the license ran out
@TetchedFlame9 жыл бұрын
This show amazes me. Most interviews I see involving it always has the cast saying things like they never knew if the episode they were filming would be the last on the air and that a good chunk of their dialog was purely improved. Yet it still always seems funny even if they recycle the gags.
@NFITC15 жыл бұрын
it’s the good cleese sketch
@OliviaOnline9 ай бұрын
oooooh this guy is so clever he found a way to get free arguments on his lunch break!
@halburd17 ай бұрын
This is one of pythons most interesting characters. How many sketches is he in?
@MagicAccent12 жыл бұрын
This needs subtitles. I can't understand half of what he says because of his accent. Or is that the point? "I've never seen so many Ariels in my life!"
@KnakuanaRka8 жыл бұрын
+K1naku5ana3R1ka He's saying "aerials" as in the aerials sticking out of the cat-detector van, if it helps to clear that up.
@DiomedesIsHit8 жыл бұрын
+K1naku5ana3R1ka Citizens in England have always been required to pay for a yearly? license for their televisions as I understand. They've long had vans roaming about looking to detect radio waves from residences that aren't on record as paying for a license. The idea of a "cat-detector van" roaming about looking for unlicensed cats is a play on that.
@phillyflash438 жыл бұрын
I think it’s called English
@MartTLS6 жыл бұрын
It's English, but only for England, and would not be used as such for simple conversation. As for TV detector vans, that's true that is.
@onevastanus5 жыл бұрын
+Rob Duckerberg What the hell are you on about?
@DieFlabbergast5 жыл бұрын
Fish licence! We’re British!
@johnmanning55689 ай бұрын
This is my favorite sketch. Features John Cleese as Mr. Praline (the same character from the Parrot sketch).
"The man's sign must be wrong. I have in the past noticed a marked discrepancy between these post office signs and the activities carried out beneath. But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure." Sheer brilliance.
I love the way he reads the sign
Ah yes, being educated makes you brilliant. Oh stop.
@@NinjaOnANinjaThere's plenty of so called "educated" persons without the slightest hint of linguistic affluence. The delivery of each line is not only concise but is indeed brilliant! Just ask my pet shoe Erik: 👞
@@diah7130 yes, because most people don't grow up the way he did. Most don't really care about crap like that. Still doesn't make you brilliant. Just make you educated.
@@NinjaOnANinja Let's see you write a funnier sketch then.
The "cat-detector van" is a spoof of the "TV detector vans" they have in Britian, a reference lost on us yanks.
'it's people like you what causes unrest'.
Sofs1994 I still use that line whenever someone pisses me off!
This should be on the curriculum of any sketch-writing class. Praline, played pitch-perfectly by Cleese, believes 1000% in his mission, even if he thinks it is mundane. He is fighting for his reality. If there had been any doubt, the whole thing would have collapsed.
Making shit up 🙄 Doubt adds another layer of difficulty, plot, and immersion.
@@Leto_0 Sure, maybe.
Cleese is displaying Sovereign Citizen Syndrome
The fish ate the cat and the dog, then.
This perfectly describes the MAGA cult.
'It's people like you what causes unrest' - It's lines like that that really stick with you. That and ''ad an 'addock.'
+EriolTolkien *loony, also "recherche" (no accent)
I can't tell you how many times I've used that line!
I'm a relative of Sir Gerald Nabarro, and just for the record, he didn't have a shrimp called Simon, but he was chairman of the Dorset Asparagus Growers Club.
meaning the shrimp was named different?
@@kamion53thank you
That's worse
What was his asparagus called?
@@quasarsphereeric
The way he sticks his head through the hatch and screams "IIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!!" Has me in hysterics every time 😂😂😂😂
He should've had a fish called Wanda.
No he should t
Jake Jones Yes he should! Now is this a 5 minute argument or the full half-hour?
No he shouldnt.
I’ve told you once
"All right, then.... a bee license!" "A license.. for your pet Bee? Called Erik? Erik The Bee?" "No.... Erik The Half-Bee...... he had an accident."
Lah Dee Dee, 1 2 3, Eric the half a bee....
@@ohgosh5892 licence/license. In American English both the noun and the verb, not just the verb, are spelled with an 's'. Sorry, you thing it's wrong, and don't check before incorrecting someone.
I love him carnally!
@@langdalepaulsemi carnally
@@thomasread2667 Cyril Connolly?
I love how this sketch is basically just the internet.
Most underrated Monty Python sketch imo.
pocketlint60 This isn't just the internet, it's also working in any public service role where you have to deal with the general public. And to a lesser extent all retail jobs.
No it isn't. When he pulled out the book to reference his claim, the person he was talking to conceded and offered him an apology. That would never happen on the Internet!
Yes it is.
No it isn't!
One of my favourite Python sketches! I named my pet lab rat ‘Eric-The-Half_A-Rat’ and all of my students used to bring him presents!
Bet all the students were called Eric too 😂
The ending had the Lord Mayor coming into the post office. But on Monty Python's Previous Record (I used to have that) it ended with Cleese asking for a bee license. "Eric the bee?" "No. Eric the half-bee. He had an accident" ....and then goes into the song Eric the Half A Bee (it's in the side bar).
The song Eric the Half a Bee is quite the funniest thing. I laughed so much I nearly vomited.
"Take it away, Eric the orchestra-leader . . ."
I have the same record🤣 it also has the story of the king who made his daughters suitors pass a suitor test by jumping out of a very tall tower
Oi mate, you got a license for that fish?
Loicense*
Oi m8, you got a loicense for that correction?
It’s people like you what causes unrest! 😂 I’ve used that line myself many times. One of my favorite Python sketches
My cat is called Erik thanks to this sketch, and so was a previous cat too
I hope you have a licence for the Erics.
@@StamfordBridge that Erik lived to 21 years old , we now have another Erik
@@princeofdaftness May Erik II live even longer.
@@StamfordBridge That would have to be a descendant of Erik, but I expect that this was an unrelated cat, so he/she should be called Erik, not Erik II.
@@o00nemesis00o If he occupies the position of Cat and has the same name he is Eric II. Cats are like Kings only more important.
But does he have a license to have those licenses?
"The man didn't have the proper form." LOL. Marcel Proust had a haddock! Only the Monty Python troupe could be at once utterly esoteric and utterly hilarious.
But soft, let us see how Dame Fortune smiles upon my next postal adventure!
The frustrated look directly into the camera was excellent.
How they didn’t crack up during the “is”, “isn’t” argument is beyond me 😂 especially John’s facial expressions and voice 😂❤️
Because they went to that argument clinic. It helped.
You know they just don't shoot these in one take ?
@@EugeneOneguine How observant of you. You know, people already know that and can still respect that someone did it at least once without fucking up and laughing or missing a line? Crazy I know..... some people are just happy and can enjoy things, maybe you could learn a thing or two from them. Just food for thought.
twas N0T an argument, twas a contradiction!
Book on Attaturk by E.W Swanton (he was a cricket commentator!), forward by Paul Anka (50's pop singer!). Brilliant & crazy Cleese. Bloody marvellous!
*foreword
I thought the book was real
Cleese screaming "ISSSS!!!!" into the grille like a maniac is priceless.
John Cleese basically brings a Looney Toons sketch to life with this preformance
"The ministry of housinge" 😂
I'm 32 and I wasn't even born when Monty Python made these skits and I will say that their comedy is timeless
I am 20 and I am wholeheartedly agree.
Then you might not have gotten the "Cat Detector Van" reference. There is a license fee for owning a television set in the UK and the government used to claim they had detector vans that could tell if you had a TV and no license. It was a bluff but it worked.
cd: They made a decision not to focus on the issues of the day, such as a particular politician, but instead on broader situations, such as politicians in general. Because of that, it is timeless, while other comedy shows that focus on the current situation may be good at the time but tend to age quickly.
so true
Michael Price thank you! As a foreigner, I realize that I get only a part of their jokes, and sometimes I wonder how big is that part, but anyway even a fraction of _that_ was once enough for me to put way more effort into learning English; it was a decade ago, and I'm very grateful to the Pythons for that.
These two are just brilliant together.
Absolutely. I feel all the pythons have amazing chemistry, but Cleese-Palin are on a league of their own.
Python's best sketches tread on the line between brilliant and disturbing.
This how I feel every time I have to go to the DMV.
Then its you own fault. The DMV is not where you go to get a fish license.
No, you have to go to the DAV-BD: the Department of Aquatic Vehicles, Biotic Division.
Good job making my click money seventeen years after posting. Well done Sir!
"He's an 'alibut. I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat." One of the great classic comedy lines of all time, but the audience didn't catch it - sigh.
Are you saying the joke fell... flat?
@@mohamadmahmoud6926 Just where does he say the audience didn't understand the joke? He said they didn't catch it, which is not the same thing. But that isn't why you posted. You just felt a need to call someone a circle jerking fucking loser. Must have been looking in the mirror.
@@RandomAmerican3000 In a manner ... of speakin'
I love the bit with the book about Kemal Ataturk, the "author" E.W Swanton was a famous cricket commentator and the forward written by Paul Anka (famous singer)
It's people like you what cause unrest. Thank you.
John Cleese at his most manic. Absolutely brilliant and wonderful.
Came here from Elon's interview with Lex..
Same brah, same. 🤣👍
Same same.....
It's brilliant and it goes on to the bee license. Eric the bee? No, Eric the half-bee! Funniest song in the history of the Universe
Long live the half-a-bee!
Cyril Connelly?
Half a bee philosophically, must ipso facto, half not be.
Ho-ho-ho Tee-hee-hee Eric The Half A Bee
The only person or animal not named Eric in this sketch is Eric who is called Carl.
Has anyone else noticed that everyone's name in this sketch is Eric? The customer is Eric Praline, the cashier's name is Eric Last, the fish's name is Eric, the dog's name is Eric and the cat's name is Eric. The fruit bat's name is also Eric.
And don't forget Eric the half-a-bee, who is only mentioned in a re-recorded version of this sketch.
Pity Eric Idle wasn't in this skit. :p
@@Pikashockdragon - he was Eric The Orchestra-Leader in the version that was recorded for LP.
@nigeldepledge3790 "Take it away, Eric the orchestra leader!"
John Cleese at his most bizarre and hilarious. Just his facial expression when he comes in is enough to get me going.
I'll bet they are.
They require cat licenses in Australia, as they're an introduced species. Fees are payable to the local council.
Utterly ridiculous
Do they have Shark licenses?
the local loony you mean
i just LOVE that sketch. it is one of the most funny scenes ever made for comedic purposes. Thanks a bunch for posting!
Born in 1951 saw it originally. Can you image what a culture shock it was in comparison to the American and English sitcom like Sgt Bilco or Terry and June?
An alibut
Isn't it a flat fish, bottom of the sea?
I believe it is written "an halibut". ... Or "Anne Halibutt".
i am 23 and i really love monty python movies and when i was looking for some scenes from Monty python and the holy grail i found these sketches ...... and i really enjoy them , i do not think it is a fact of age , but rather a fact of intelligence .... today's comedy is just people acting stupid , and that is just sad , but these older comedy sketches have a message .......
I was sure that Eric the Half-a-Bee was going to put in an appearance, but it was my addled brain mixing up bits.🐝🐟
You mean you've got Monty Python: The Final Rip Off. Wonderful album, and the version of this sketch (and the parrot sketch) on there is amazing.
Now I have the urge to name all my future kids and pet Eric!
Mine already is.
Cleese does menace better than a lot of actors in this era....😮
How they kept a straight face in these shows is beyond me >
I'm not a Briton, but I hope you don't mind me answering your question. :D Cleese here is acting as 'Eric Praline'. He appears several times in the python shows. He was in the 'Dead Parrot" sketch wearing the same style outfit. Its kind of his style - Eric Praline - its a a PACAMAN - a fold up raincoat. I guess he just likes wearing it. :D Eric Praline also sings, if your wondering - look for the song, Eric the Half a Bee
Their is-isn't fight is the best part of this video. You can't not-laugh when witnessing John's faces there
It's what he does in his spare time.
DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID!
I should really get some sleep... Right after I watch one last Monty Python video.
The Department of Housinge.
I have been watching Monty Python since I was in the early teens and as I have the upmost respect for every member I have to say that John Cleese can act rings around the rest of the troupe
john cleese, such a serious silly man.
It's a Pac-A-Mac...a thin plastic raincoat you carry for unexpected downpours...not really intended as a regular garment and used here to identify the 'type' of character (eccentric nutter!)
I wonder if he also had a pet half-a-bee.
in Germany he would have good a licence in time with all Formulars and legal formalities in triplicate
"in Germany he (...) formalities in triplicate" Realer irrsinn...
Good catch. The character's name is Mr. Mousebender; he appeared in a few other sketches as well, including "Current Affairs" in episode 18. ("Hello. 'Ow are you? I'm fine. Welcome to a new half-hour chat show in which me, viz the man what's talking to you now, and Brooky - to wit, my flat mate - and nothing else, I'd like to emphasize that - discuss current affairs issues of burning import.")
It's a parody on a Clint Eastwood stare down. It's John Cleese acting out his inner looney. Scary, funny and fascinating. The unability to choose your battles.
Never better! ❤️
John Cleese's character should have had his own movie.
And his raincoat ❤
I grew up on Monty Python. My parents didn't get it. They grew up on Morecambe and Wise and World War Two. As a teenager, it was as important to me as was John Peel and Alan 'fluff' Freeman. Without Monty Python we would not have had Fawltey Towers and Michael Palin would not have travelled the World and show us how lucky we are and how we should value what we are. And that power and wealth isn't spread among we humans equitably.
+Mysterious Squirrel youre everywhere, aren't you?
Prakhar Aggarwal I try to be.
It's not a usual case that growing up on python would create such a loony as you. You're lucky your parents grew up though, I'm pretty sure mine never did.
You have your time-frame skewed. The Monty Python shows (1969-1974) were roughly contemporaneous with the Morecambe & Wise shows (1961-1983). If you watched Python as a teenager, you would have been watching M&W during the same years. Your parents would have grown up on the Goon Show, Flanagan & Allen, Hancock's Half-Hour, etc.
You know his family better than he does? Wow.
these guys were great.. love it
Pity we didn't get to see the Lord Mayor at the end! Brilliant stuff.
I've always wondered what John Cleese was wearing in this sketch. Is it a rain coat? (looked it up) Ahh, it is, it's called a "Cagoule"
No. A cagoule has no opening at the front and a hood. He's wearing a "Pakamac"
With the oversized sleeving and full front I would have to demand that it is in fact a windbreaker.
It's a Pakamac.
It's a Pakacunt, Mac.
I'm sorry, I think you'll find it's a Macuntosh.
"Mr. Last" lol
I've dealt with customers like Cleese lol. "Can you send me a letter signed by your board of directors stating that I am no longer in debit to your company?" "erm.....no I can give you a payment reference number and a receipt" "put me onto your manager NOW!"
We’ve all been there
in my opinion, on of Cleese's finest, along with the word association sketch, and the logician sketch , both originally on LPs.
I love John's character here, they should have used it for more sketches, in fact it's the same one as the Parrot Sketch isn't it?
Hello Sir Marxist, assuming you're still around after 14 years. Yes, this is 'parrot sketch' manic Cleese. Never seen this sketch and it's rather good, isn't it. If only our P Offs were as civil as these nowadays. Our local one is staffed by surly Asians conversing with each other while reluctantly serving the public.
@@Clive697 He’s even wearing the same see-through raincoat in both.
It also has a few touches of 'argument'-Cleese. The way he just denies for like 6 times until he 'wins' the argument
@@PoesRaven73I do love that raincoat!!! (and also John)
Cat Detector Van. Never seen so many ariels in all me life!
+Jon Guirl *aerials
Aerials
"why should I be tarred with the epithet "looney" merely because I have a pet halibut" LOL
"i shall have to ask you to step outside"
Michael looks so beautiful every time there's a close-up of him. This is my favourite Python sketch ever. :) On another note - @ReitersOfTheStorm - Isn't.
... "houzinge"?
Housinge
looney detector van more like @@Dowlphin
john is great!!!his faces are so priceless!!hahah great stuff!!!
I have a nephew named Eric. Sometimes I call him 'alf a bee! :)
4chan /b/ in nutshell..
Oh my god, I love them to death.
Nowadays he'd be on Facebook claiming the moon landings never 'appened!
This is how I imagine all of my interactions with insane people on the internet
Just do it when the occasion arouses, it is very rewarding. I got a customer once who said: ' The devil is among us ! " , I replied with: ' How do you do ? " and I gave him a hand. His eyes became a shilling and his his mouth fell open, after this he retracted his hand and fled through the open door. He hasn't been seen since ...
I wonder how much comedy the MP members thought up that was based on classical literature, like Shakespeare, that was never used because they thought no one would understand it?
I bet the number of people who have read any Proust at all is pretty small, but MP did a 'Summarizing Proust' contest, in which contestants had to summarize the entire work in a few seconds. None of the contestants were any good so the prize went to the girl with the biggest tits.
I suspect that they never held back. There are erudite references all throughout the TV series, and I'm quite sure they were aware that it added a whole extra layer to their comedy.
The most unbelievable paert was the bureaucrat unwilling to collect a tax, even if fictional.
I AM NOT A LOONY! Haha. I love that part.. John's so out there and Micheal's so calm haha. Gosh, they're amazing. ;]
Im American too, but I grew up with British Humor as a staple in my life (american humor just doesn't really cut it for me anymore). Therefore the references, jokes etc. make perfect sense to me. Its something you have to grow onto or have grown up with I suppose. Watch more Monty Python!!! You'll get it!
I see this the whole time in British Post office's!!!!
When someone asks for your sources in a discussion about a random topic, this is what I'd love to do.
How have I never seen this one? This is gold.
I wish this clip included the Lord Mayor with his powerful thighs.
Why is it that this sketch seems to be so much more professionally filmed than most other Flying Circus sketches?
This isn't from the Flying Circus tv-series but from the film "And now for something completely different" a one and a half hour feature film where they remade a lot of the sketches from the tv-series. So it actually is technically superior, being filmed on 35mm with better sets and rehearsed acting. Though it lost some of the spontaneity of the tv-series.
As a self-declared looneyologist, I can confirm this looney is one fishy looney indeed.
my ex father inlaw morphed into this loon in his 70's, the funniest fossil of all time. Had no idea where he was.
I had a rocky start of my day. Just watched this and feel much better. 😂
I've got no license for my pet dog, Looney!
I don't have a license for my pet cat, Erik. Erik Too, actually. Not to be confused with Erik (the first cat) or my pet budgie, Erik.
There's also the half a bee!
I had one for my pet parrot, but it expired, and then the license ran out
This show amazes me. Most interviews I see involving it always has the cast saying things like they never knew if the episode they were filming would be the last on the air and that a good chunk of their dialog was purely improved. Yet it still always seems funny even if they recycle the gags.
it’s the good cleese sketch
oooooh this guy is so clever he found a way to get free arguments on his lunch break!
This is one of pythons most interesting characters. How many sketches is he in?
This needs subtitles. I can't understand half of what he says because of his accent. Or is that the point? "I've never seen so many Ariels in my life!"
+K1naku5ana3R1ka He's saying "aerials" as in the aerials sticking out of the cat-detector van, if it helps to clear that up.
+K1naku5ana3R1ka Citizens in England have always been required to pay for a yearly? license for their televisions as I understand. They've long had vans roaming about looking to detect radio waves from residences that aren't on record as paying for a license. The idea of a "cat-detector van" roaming about looking for unlicensed cats is a play on that.
I think it’s called English
It's English, but only for England, and would not be used as such for simple conversation. As for TV detector vans, that's true that is.
+Rob Duckerberg What the hell are you on about?
Fish licence! We’re British!
This is my favorite sketch. Features John Cleese as Mr. Praline (the same character from the Parrot sketch).