For Monty Python, get the DVD Box set, with all their films, and the special edition Holy Grail DVD, which has the subtitles for people who don't like the film and such.
Also, note in the bit when they're wondering what floats on water, Eric Idle starts to laugh, and has to stop himself by biting his scythe TMYK
"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this, Thy hand grenade, that with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits... in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu..."
"It's not pinin', it's passed on! This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace, if you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies! It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This is an ex-parrot!"
"I had to get up in the morning at 10 o' clock at night, half an hour before we went to bed. Eat a lump of dried poison. Work twenty-nine hours a day down at the mill, and when we got home our dad would kill us and dance about on our grave singing halelujah."
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And then be forced to watch the movie.
Also, note in the bit when they're wondering what floats on water, Eric Idle starts to laugh, and has to stop himself by biting his scythe TMYK
I have, however, seen a few particular scenes a number of times. I suppose that counts for something.
"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this, Thy hand grenade, that with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits... in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu..."
RUN AWAY!!!!
*raises hand*
Well, that was before it was linked just now and I did watch it, so... I guess I'm not gonna get drawn and quartered then?
"Well she turned me into a newt!"
"...a newt?"
"...I got better."
Gold.
"no"
*bang*
"NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!"
Wow, medieval SCIENCE! sure was ignorant and misinformed.