I migliori 6 sketch dei Monty Python

It’s not pining, 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 daisies. It’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

2. The Killer Joke

Una storia così divertente che anche chi l’ha scritta è morto… con lui tutti quelli che l’hanno letta. Dopo che alcuni test hanno confermato la sua efficacia anche a 50 iarde di distanza, gli Alleati hanno deciso di usarla per vincere la guerra contro la Germania.

I shall enter the house and attempt to remove the joke … I shall be aided by the sound of sombre music, played on gramophone records, and also by the chanting of laments by the men of Q Division … The atmosphere thus created should protect me in the eventuality of me reading the joke.

3. The Lumberjack Song

Una parola: spettacolare!

I cut down trees, I skip and jump/ I like to press wild flowers/I put on women’s clothing/ And hang around in bars

4. Hell’s Grannies

Un paese terrorizzato da gang di vecchie signore dedite allo sfascio, al vandalismo e ai graffiti: “Make Tea Not Love”. Imparare l’inglese divertendosi non è mai stato così semplice!

5. The Dirty Fork

Una coppia si accinge a cenare in un rinomato ristorante stellato, quando accade l’irreparabile: una forchetta è sporca. Ed è subito tragedia!

You bastards! You vicious, heartless bastards! Look what you’ve done to him! He’s worked his fingers to the bone to make this place what it is, and you come in with your petty feeble quibbling and you grind him into the dirt, this fine, honourable man, whose boots you are not worthy to kiss. Oh … it makes me mad … mad!

6. Argument Clinic

Un modo facile per imparare l’inglese divertendosi. Un uomo entra in una “clinica per litigare”, paga e viene accontentato: il dialogo è surreale e il contraddittorio assolutamente indimenticabile!

Cleese: I’m very sorry, but I’m not allowed to argue unless you’ve paid.

Palin: Aha! If I didn’t pay, then why are you arguing? Got you!

Cleese: No you haven’t.

Palin: Yes I have. If you’re still arguing, I must have paid.

Cleese: Not necessarily. I could be arguing in my spare time.

Palin: Oh, I’ve had enough of this!

Cleese: No, you haven’t.