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They just can’t stop being funny! For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Unscripted Monty Python Moments That Were Left In. Featuring hilarious, ad-libbed moments from “Flying Circus”, “Life of Brian”, “The Meaning of Life”, and many more! Let us know in the comments which you think is funniest.

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anybody else feel like a little giggle when I mentioned my friend welcome to watch Mojo UK and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 unscripted Monty Python moments that were left in for this list we’re looking at the improvised scenes or lines for Monty Python films specials and Flying Circus that made it into the final versions before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos number 10 where are we Monty Python live mostly the comedy troops final live performance mostly together in 2014 offers a few unscripted moments the first of these is during the performance of crunchy frog Mr Milton played by Terry Jones describes the various disgusting Confections of the whistle Chocolate Company whipped into a fondue and garnished with mouse poo this causes Terry gilliam’s Constable parrot to become increasingly ill eventually vomiting in his helmet that’s where things go off the rails pop it into your mouth stainless steel boats spring out and punch straight through both cheeks but where’s the pleasure and foreign breaks please quips that he’ll be Constable X parrot referencing the famous dead parrot sketch you’ll be a constable expert he then breaks himself wondering which part they left off on the live format leads to several of these off-the-cuff moments [Laughter] number nine cracking up Monty Python live mostly this live shows run also featured the aforementioned dead parrot sketch it’s an iconic sketch with a Mr praline not inspector trying to return a clearly deceased bird which he was sold recently to a pet shop however Sir Michael peelin and John Cleese each do their best to make each other laugh throughout the performances [Applause] this results in both of them breaking character several times and even forgetting lines because they’re too tickled where we say and now that’s what I call a dead parent now that’s what I call a dead parrot while the direction of the sketch may have ceased to be we’ll gladly laugh along with them until we join the choir invisible number 8. lousy song Monty Python sings again this previously unreleased song or sketch was completely ad-libbed what are you up to oh just listening back to the song in an interview with the guardian Eric idle revealed that the sketch was improvised by him in the late Graham Chapman the pair of them talk over an orchestral ballad he’d recorded with Chapman lambasting the song as terrible for about two solid minutes and who’s the singer it’s me it’s you yeah I recommend people avoid this the back and forth between the two is quite funny with idle even thanking Chapman for his not so constructive criticism they eventually decide to go and have a drink whether you think the song is lousy or not the sketch is absolutely smashing you’re saying my song is terrible yes I am I think I’m over it does number seven twirl my Monty Python’s Life of Brian in this biblical satire film The titular Brian played by Chapman is approached by a beggar on the street the man played by Palin claims to be a former leper Jesus cured him which the man is rather put out about as a beggar leprosy brought in the coin Ryan eventually peers him though not as much as the man would like foreign why don’t you go and tell him that you want to be a leper again it’s a hilarious scene but all the dialogue was scripted the improvised moment happens at the end which Palin revealed in a Reddit EMA as Palin is walking away he notices some donkey droppings on the ground and as a last-minute spin to avoid them Jesus said sir thankfully it only adds to the quirkiness of the ex-leper number 6. the Moose Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life it’s one of the little men from the village death is part of life and a part of the meaning of life the film at least in this segment the Grim Reaper visits a clueless dinner party despite all the evidence it takes a while for them to accept that they’ve all kicked the bucket death eventually reveals the cause of their deaths the salmon moose moose [Music] canned salmon did you I’m most dreadfully embarrassed While most of this scene is as scripted the punchline was not as originally written so Michael peelin again delivers an apparent ad-lib as the dinner guests all depart for the afterlife hey I didn’t eat the Moose number five long pause Monty Python and the Holy Grail the witch burning scene from their pseudo medieval comedy is full of hysterical and quotable lines but one of its unscripted moments is completely silent an angry mob asks her bed of ear to burn a woman believing she’s a witch through terribly faulty logic bedevier tries to connect which is burning with them having the properties of wood however when he tries to nudge the crowd into sharing his conclusion the Villager played by John Cleese pauses quite a while before answering why do witches according to the commentary track for the film please took extra long that particular take Eric idle even tries to bite his size to keep from laughing good good we can hardly blame him you’d have to be made of wood not to laugh at the scene number four not like the others Monty Python’s Life of Brian Life of Brian brilliantly satirizes Blind Faith and Dogma more so than Faith itself one of the scenes that best illustrates this is when Brian speaks to his unwanted followers outside his window he tries to dissuade them from following him asking that they all think for themselves as they’re all unique however one man pipes up and exclaims that he’s not different ironically making him seem both more and less unique than the rest of the crowd yeah I’m not according to python biographer Kim Howard Johnson’s blog this line was improvised by Terence Baylor one of the Repertory company members from the film who suggested the line and got approval to shout it out quite the achievement for a non-python number three must be a king Monty Python and the Holy Grail Holy Grail really plays up the misery and squalor of medieval life to that end this famous scene features a debt collector played by Eric idle arguing with a man played by John Cleese who tries to pass off his still living father as dead to get rid of him their mundane haggling over a man’s life like it’s rubbish is hilariously dark as is the conclusion which sees The Collector Club the father over the head hello happy I feel happy but what comes afterwards is actually an ad-lib as revealed in the commentary track when King Arthur comes tromping through the village Idol remarks that he must be a king due to a lack of let’s say feces about his person number two stolen wallet Monty Python’s Flying Circus and then I found my wallet had been stolen under 15 pounds taken from sometimes Simplicity leads to the greatest comedy this short sketch sees a man played by Michael Palin approach a policeman John Cleese he tells the policeman that his wallet has been stolen the officer cannot do much though since the man didn’t see anybody nearby do you want to come back wants to come back to his place which the officer is surprisingly receptive to according to an interview with Michael Palin by we are cult the entire scene was improvised between the two of them on camera it may have been off the cuff but the scene and punchline makes several appearances in later python properties and it never gets old do you want one man do you want to come back to my place number one God Giggles Monty Python’s Life of Brian you’ll find it who is evil will I say the name because ah yes the famous biggest Dicker scene in Life of Brian the lisping Pontius Pilate another Michael Palin character is incredulous that anyone could think the name biggest dickers would be made up he has a friend of that name naturally his guards can’t keep straight faces or dry noses given such a ridiculous premise although some sources suggest that God’s actors weren’t informed of the scene beforehand according to Palin’s own diary notes he had to keep improvising during the scene to keep them laughing foreign these ad-libs included names for biggest dick as his wife as well as his final command for the guards to blow their noses and seize Brian and we’re glad he did since these touches make the scene even funnier do you agree with our pigs check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo UK and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos foreign

44 Comments

  1. If you don't know the difference between John Cleese and Terry Gilliam, you certainly dont have the right to make a top 10 on Monthy Python !! That is actually the must stupid mistake to make!

  2. Imagine how fuin these clips really are. Please imagine it. Well.. to be true.. That's all you really can do now, isn't it. Because "WatchMojo" is frekkin talking over it like they get off on hearing their own voice. Gah.

  3. The best days of comedy LONG gone. The 2 Ronnies, Morecombe and Wise, The Goons etc. ALL utter genius, wordsmiths. Todays humour is mindless, idiotic, PC, filthy language slop. ESPECIALLY American humour.

  4. Best use of irony. My favorite improvised line had Brian telling the crowd, "We are all different!", the crown mindlessly repeating, "Yes! We are all different," and one cheeky and brilliant extra piping up with, "I'm not." Now that is a perfect example of a spectacular use of irony. 😉 The other extras shushed the improviser thinking he crossed a line. Nope. They boosted his pay to that of a speaking actor. 😋

  5. The bit in the thumbnail was not 'left-in;, the total times was short, so it was added to fill the time.

  6. Sorry, but the constant yapping, even during the clips… Spoils everything! – Find a shrubbery, quickly!

  7. If I recall either a Python film or TV series bit, a featured extra adds 1 or 2 lines to a scene thinking he would be paid at a higher rate. The dir or writers liked the improv bit so the actor's added lines stayed in the final version.

  8. Why are you interrupting the performances? Those of us who are familiar with MP, don't need your comments; we just want to see the 'moments'.

  9. The "do you want to come back to my place line" was probably the first time I saw a gay character on TV. I can't explain the impact this had on me as a young gay teenager growing up in the soulless evil Christian outer suburbs of Melbourne Australia in the 70's. I remember going to my bedroom, which I shared with my two brothers, and sobbing into my pillow with joy, fear, and frustration. I don't know how I would ever have made it to adulthood without the pythons and their iconoclastic humour

  10. Ol Dinsy, e was a good man,i mean what else could he do but nail me ead to the floor.
    Do anything for ya would ol Dinsey.

  11. I saw the title, and I thought this would be interesting. Then I noticed it was WatchMojo, and I had to move on, sadly.

  12. Christ on a crutch, why the need for some low-brow North-eastener to keep up a running commentary on the bleedin' obvious? SHUT UUUUUP!!

  13. this would be great if it wasnt for your running commentary. You could have put that in the comments. Can't watch. It's like a DJ breaking into a song

  14. No matter how many times I have watched Life of Brian, I cannot get through the Biggus scene without screaming with laughter !! xx

  15. I never saw 'The life of Brian" and you seem to take most of your clips from that movie. There is so much other material that could have been used.

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