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- That's a bit controversial,
isn't it?
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- Holy Circus.
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♪♪
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- ♪ Amen ♪
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- I'll sit over here.
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- Hello, Graham.
- Johnny.
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- Morning, Murray.
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- So...
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What did you think?
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- Of the rough cut?
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Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
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Loved it.
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- I think it might be
the best thing we've done.
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- Oh, easily. By miles.
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Now, I've spoken to Chris,
who's head of North America,
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and we'd like to open it first
in the States.
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- Oh, terrific. Really terrific.
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- So what's the thinking?
- Ah.
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Well, the First Amendment
guarantees the right
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to freedom of speech.
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Plus it's a melting pot.
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There's all kinds of
different religions out there.
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And it's Hollywood.
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And Chris reckons you're ready
to play with the big boys now.
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- Jolly good.
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I love Americans.
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- Here in New York City,
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
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had its world premiere,
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and Americans have come
from far and wide to see it.
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Not to watch the film,
but to protest against it.
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I'm going to ask them why.
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- This film is disgusting.
- Enough with the stereotypes.
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I mean, it's not funny.
How is this funny?
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- Life Of Brian is an evil film.
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And Monty Python is an evil man.
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- I would like to say
it's morally repugnant.
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And also, kill the blacks.
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- I agree with him.
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Except the bit about
killing black people.
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Obviously, that's not cool.
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- Well, that went well.
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- I knew it. Americans.
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- Total idiots.
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Waste of space.
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- Wasn't all bad.
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I got this lovely jacket.
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- Yes. Very nice.
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- We won't have the same
problems here though, right?
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- Protests here?
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No, I wouldn't think so, no.
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Because the great
British public,
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they aren't quick to judge
or completely closed-minded.
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Oh, no, sorry.
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They are quick to judge
and massively closed-minded.
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- Not the queers.
- Apart from the queers.
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- Right, here are
the press cuttings
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and early box office breakdowns.
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- Oh, god.
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Listen to this.
This is from Variety.
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Rabbi Hecht says the film,
quote,
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"Could result in violence."
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- Oh, yes.
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Copycat crucifixions.
I hadn't thought of that.
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That is a worry, isn't it?
Cretin.
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I mean, they've been
out of favor for 2,000 years,
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but suddenly all
the kids'll be doing it.
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"Hey, Johnny, want to come out
for a kick-about?"
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"No, no, no.
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Me and Gary thought we'd nail
his brother to a tree."
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- Yeah, I think the Rabbi meant
violent protest,
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as in violence against us.
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- Right.
- Well, that wasn't clear.
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- It sort of was.
- Wasn't.
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- Was.
- Wasn't.
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- Really was.
- Really wasn't.
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- He goes on to say the film
was produced in Hell.
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- Oh, I love that.
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- Could we have a scene
where we show
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some Christians
killing some babies?
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- Oh, yeah, funny.
- That is funny. I like that.
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- Jesus having sex with Judas?
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- Good. Offensive. Put that in.
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- Maybe a scene where Jesus
is on the cross
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and gets quite turned on
and ejaculates over everyone?
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- Oh, that is sick.
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No, that's-
you've gone way too far.
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That crosses a fucking line.
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- Oh. Crap! Ugh.
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- So while you're all
in the same room, gents,
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I just need you to sign
these release forms
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for distribution in France.
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- Oh, so we're getting
released in France?
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- Yeah.
- Have you seen French films?
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It's all picnics and incest.
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You can't shock that lot.
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- And what about here?
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- There's no need to worry.
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- Uh, well,
I wasn't gonna worry,
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but, um, now you've said
there's no need to worry,
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I'm thinking I might worry.
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- You're not getting cold feet,
are you, Barry?
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- No, course not.
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All I'm saying is, you know,
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let's not project it on to
the side of Westminster Abbey
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or, you know,
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start selling Life of Brian
Christmas crackers.
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- Have you seen.
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
Christmas crackers?
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- Knock knock.
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- Who's there?
- No-one.
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We're all alone
in a godless universe.
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- Monty Python's Life of Brian
Christmas crackers.
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Fun for all the family,
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as long as you're not Christian,
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easily offended,
or expecting good jokes.
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- So...
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it's all going okay here so far?
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- Yes, there's been
the odd article.
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Nothing too bad.
Mind you, we haven't opened yet.
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If it wasn't going well,
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if things got bad,
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would you be okay?
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- Even if all the religious
leaders in the world
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denounce you,
I'll be there for you.
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- Thank you.
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- Until we die,
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when I'll go to heaven,
and you'll be in hell.
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- That's nice.
- Oh, I'm joking!
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It's a joke.
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- It's not a very funny joke.
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- Terry would have
found it funny.
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Terry's got a terrific
sense of humor.
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- Can I have a cuddle?
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- Oh, of course you can.
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- Oh, God, gently, love!
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- Sorry.
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Sorry.
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- I just came from Wildlife.
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Shall we begin?
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- Right! Listen up.
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I'm in charge.
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This is the office for
Friday Night, Saturday Morning?
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- Yes.
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- Good. Well, listen up.
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I know you were all expecting
to be working with Trevor,
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and I'm sure you were terribly
saddened by his sudden death,
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but I'm in charge now,
and he's history.
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Moving on.
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Point two-that was point one-
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Point two.
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I don't care what you
think you were doing before.
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You're not doing that now.
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You, what did you think
you were doing?
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- A chat show?
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- Wrong!
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Chat shows are bullshit.
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I don't want to make
a chat show.
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People chatting? Uh-uh.
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Boring. People talking?
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Now you're talking.
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- I'm not sure I follow.
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- I want this show to be about
where Britain's at today.
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The '60s were all free love,
anything goes.
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The '70s were
No Sex Please, We're British,
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and everything's a downer.
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We're about to head
into a new decade.
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What will the Britain
of the future be like?
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Will it be prim
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or full of quim?
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- Oh, dear God.
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- You! Bring me a chair.
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- So how are you going
to do all that
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on what will essentially be
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something quite like
a chat show?
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. Okay-
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Uh, random example.
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We have a homeless guy.
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- What?
- Hear me out, big man.
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We have a homeless guy on
the same show as the Queen.
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- Oh, right-Really?
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- No, it's just an example.
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I'm showing you what's possible.
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I'm reaching into your tiny mind
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and opening the doors
of the TARDIS.
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It's a police box. Whoosh!
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No it's not. It's Narnia.
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You!
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I want you to build me a set
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that looks like I've dropped
acid in Hawaii.
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Oh, yeah.
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I'm out there.
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It's gonna be like
when Dylan went electric.
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That's what's happening,
so boo me, beardy,
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or get on board.
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- Sorry, who are you?
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- Well, I'm Alan Dick.
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I'm the new BBC Head of Talk.
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- So, uh, I'm confused.
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It's my first day.
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Do I answer to you,
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or do I work for the producer,
lain Johnstone?
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- You answer to me.
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- Oh.
- I know.
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Brilliant, isn't it?
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- All these 'orrible bags.
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I dunno.
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Oh!
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This is a bit of script
from Life of Brian.
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This looks like
it might be quite offensive.
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I should pass this on to someone
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who might find it
even more offensive.
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- All right, Desmond,
the usual, is it?
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- Yes, please, Keith,
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and a pint of mild, thanks.
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Arse! Balls! Prickshit!
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- No problem.
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- There's your pint of lager.
- You can keep the change.
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- Ah, cheers. Grand.
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- Sam tells me you've got news
on the Life of Brian.
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- Prepare to be blown away...
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I'm not queer!
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- Where did you get
hold of this?
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- A man found it
out walking his dog.
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- You didn't steal it, did you?
- No, no.
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A man really did find it
while out walking his dog.
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Wanker!
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- Is it real?
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- I did it with stencils!
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I didn't.
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- I've got a friend
who is a comedy writer
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and a committed Christian.
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- Really?
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- I know. It's odd, isn't it?
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Anyway, I'll show him this,
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and if he can verify
it's 100% genuine,
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we can get the ball rolling.
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- Balls!
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Sorry.
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- Well, I suppose
congratulations are in order.
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Well done, Desmond. Cheers.
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- Scrotums! Cheers.
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Banjo fucker!
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- The bad language...
- ls it, is it-are you...
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- The doctor suggested
seeing a therapist.
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- That's a bit American,
isn't it?
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- Yank me! It is a bit.
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- The irony is,
a few hundred years ago,
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someone like me
would probably have
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someone like you
burnt at the stake
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for being possessed by demons.
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- That's not very nice.
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Bell-end!
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- What about this?
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We get Harold Wilson.
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- Harold Wilson
the former Prime Minister?
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Okay, I can work with that.
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- Yeah, Harold Wilson...
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and a bin man.
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Yeah, and we ask them
the same question.
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Why is this country such a mess?
262
00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:12,779
- But the bin men are on strike.
263
00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:15,919
- No, you're right.
264
00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,297
Shit idea. Fuck it. Bin it.
265
00:13:17,547 --> 00:13:19,015
It's gone. It's history.
Moving on.
266
00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:20,725
You! Any ideas?
267
00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:21,967
Too slow. Forget it.
268
00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:22,968
Yes?
269
00:13:22,969 --> 00:13:23,970
- I didn't say anything.
270
00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:30,272
- What about Life of Brian?
271
00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,246
Did you see that news report
about the U.S. opening?
272
00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:34,523
- Ah, yes, now, good,
because lain suggested-
273
00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:38,822
- Okay, for the UK premiere,
we get the Pythons versus...
274
00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:40,069
the Pope.
275
00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,534
- The Pope? The actual Pope?
276
00:13:42,535 --> 00:13:43,827
- Yeah, try the Pope. Aim high.
277
00:13:44,073 --> 00:13:45,495
Start there
and work your way down.
278
00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:47,540
- How about bishops?
279
00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:48,785
- Bishops.
280
00:13:48,786 --> 00:13:49,911
Fantastic.
281
00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:51,246
I love bishops.
282
00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:53,545
I can just imagine it.
283
00:13:53,791 --> 00:13:56,840
- What have the Christians
ever given us?
284
00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:58,253
- Well...
285
00:13:58,254 --> 00:13:59,755
a moral code, charity,
good works,
286
00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:01,048
inspiration,
287
00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:02,596
a countervailing
and oppositional force
288
00:14:02,884 --> 00:14:04,636
against the evils of capitalism.
289
00:14:04,927 --> 00:14:06,053
- Yeah, apart from that,
290
00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:08,102
what have the Christians
ever given us?
291
00:14:08,389 --> 00:14:09,857
- Christian names?
- Mm-hmm.
292
00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,146
- Yeah, yeah. Very useful.
293
00:14:11,147 --> 00:14:12,562
- Yeah,
obviously Christian names.
294
00:14:12,563 --> 00:14:14,938
Apart from that, what have
the Christians ever given us?
295
00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:17,649
- Hot cross buns?
296
00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:19,613
- Yes, I can see it now.
297
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,420
It'll be like one
of their sketches, hilarious.
298
00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:22,944
- Do you want it to be funny,
299
00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:24,505
or do you want it to be
a proper debate?
300
00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:26,741
- I want it to be
a proper debate...
301
00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:27,991
that is also funny...
302
00:14:27,992 --> 00:14:29,368
and moving...
303
00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:30,619
and edgy.
304
00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,122
And I want it to win a BAFTA.
305
00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:34,381
- I see.
- No, I'm serious!
306
00:14:34,624 --> 00:14:36,797
This could be
the greatest TV show ever made.
307
00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:38,293
Who else have we got
on that night?
308
00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:39,637
- Paul Jones
and Norris McWhirter.
309
00:14:39,638 --> 00:14:40,926
- Maybe not.
310
00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:45,810
So who's heard about Sue Lawley?
311
00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:47,304
Hmm?
312
00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:50,431
- Now you've had a letter
off the BBC asking
313
00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:53,150
if you want go on
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
314
00:14:53,434 --> 00:14:55,983
to do a debate on Brian
with some religious types.
315
00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:57,270
- Is there any money in it?
316
00:14:57,271 --> 00:14:58,739
- Uh, no.
317
00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:00,232
- On.
318
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:02,514
- I don't really want to do
anything for the BBC any more.
319
00:15:02,652 --> 00:15:05,451
I got so bored and fed up
on Flying Circus
320
00:15:05,696 --> 00:15:07,664
of them wanting us
to rework our scripts,
321
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:08,907
telling us.
322
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,511
"Uh, you can only have
three 'shits' or a 'bugger."'
323
00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:12,412
Ridiculous rule.
324
00:15:12,662 --> 00:15:14,001
Who came up with that, anyway?
325
00:15:14,002 --> 00:15:16,249
- That was the BBC's
Head of Rude Words.
326
00:15:16,499 --> 00:15:18,217
Lovely chap.
327
00:15:18,501 --> 00:15:20,674
Used to get terribly
embarrassed though.
328
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,218
- So this is a list of the words
329
00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:25,133
the sample group
found most offensive.
330
00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,011
Yes.
331
00:15:29,345 --> 00:15:30,346
Cunt.
332
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,899
So sorry.
333
00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:38,186
Motherfucker.
334
00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:39,780
- Is that two words?
335
00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:41,399
- I think it's just the one.
336
00:15:41,691 --> 00:15:42,817
- Right.
337
00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:45,610
Then comes "fuck."
338
00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:46,987
Good old fuck.
339
00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:48,331
No. Sorry.
340
00:15:48,573 --> 00:15:49,573
Moving on.
341
00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:51,702
Cock sucker.
342
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,034
Shit.
343
00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,457
We are now over the worst.
344
00:15:54,458 --> 00:15:55,751
Bastard.
345
00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:57,497
Tits.
346
00:15:57,498 --> 00:15:58,623
Winky woo.
347
00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,922
- Maybe you could
just give me the list?
348
00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:02,507
- Good idea.
349
00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:04,313
I could have done it
in the first place.
350
00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:05,807
Saved this whole...
351
00:16:06,048 --> 00:16:07,846
SCENE.
352
00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:10,895
- So do we have a decision
on the show?
353
00:16:10,896 --> 00:16:12,389
- What do you think?
- Fine by me.
354
00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:13,805
I'm happy to plug the film.
355
00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,308
- No. Absolutely not.
356
00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:16,725
I forbid it.
357
00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:18,399
- Why?
- Because.
358
00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:19,938
- 'Cause what?
- No.
359
00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,448
- Do you want to elaborate
on that position?
360
00:16:22,732 --> 00:16:24,734
- We don't need
to explain ourselves.
361
00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:26,448
It's all in the film.
362
00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:28,213
- Well, look.
- I've got to tell them something.
363
00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:29,454
I know you've got to do
your little vote thing,
364
00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:30,742
so shall we just skip to that?
365
00:16:30,743 --> 00:16:33,084
- All those in favor
of boycotting,
366
00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:34,994
say, "Fuck Auntie Beeb."
367
00:16:35,244 --> 00:16:36,587
Pi.
368
00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:40,999
Right.
369
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,593
We're all on Mike's side,
are we?
370
00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:43,835
Yes.
371
00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,133
- Why?
372
00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:47,594
Because he is
the nicest man in the world?
373
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,592
- Pretty much.
- Yup.
374
00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,094
- So do you want to change
your mind, John?
375
00:16:51,095 --> 00:16:52,427
- No.
376
00:16:52,428 --> 00:16:54,281
- All right then, so you're
not unanimous, are you?
377
00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,182
- No.
378
00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:59,231
And we have to be unanimous.
Thus, I win.
379
00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:00,945
- Does that make
you happy, love?
380
00:17:00,946 --> 00:17:02,234
- No.
381
00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,284
- Okay, I've had it verified.
382
00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:08,740
It's as real as
the Turin Shroud.
383
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:10,613
- Oh, that is b-b-b-b-
384
00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:12,364
- Bollocks!
385
00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:14,788
- Brilliant? Yes, I know!
386
00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:18,296
And if this is the route
that Python are taking,
387
00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,415
then who knows what else
could be in the film?
388
00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:22,123
- Tits!
389
00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:23,458
- Probably.
390
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,632
Now, I've given it some thought,
391
00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:28,131
and what we don't want is
to give them free publicity
392
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:29,720
or turn them into martyrs.
393
00:17:29,721 --> 00:17:32,059
So I'm suggesting
a back-door approach.
394
00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:33,468
- Gaylord!
395
00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:34,812
- So w-w-w-w-w...
396
00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,226
- What's the plan?
397
00:17:36,227 --> 00:17:39,396
Well, we lobby the BBFC
and urge them
398
00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:42,111
to think of the consequences of
allowing the film to be shown.
399
00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:44,981
- Oh, you know w-w-what else
we could do?
400
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:49,486
W-w-w-we could ask people
to pray,
401
00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:53,452
You know,
just let God sort it out.
402
00:17:53,698 --> 00:17:55,700
- Yes.
- Could do.
403
00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:57,835
- Let's not rely on that though.
404
00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,494
Okay, everyone.
405
00:17:59,495 --> 00:18:01,543
Let's get out there
and spread the word.
406
00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:03,206
- Marmite!
407
00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:05,460
- Right. Come on!
408
00:18:12,174 --> 00:18:14,893
- They turn the crucifixion
into a song-and-dance number.
409
00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:16,737
- They ridicule
the Sermon on the Mount.
410
00:18:16,846 --> 00:18:18,268
- You see Jesus' willy.
411
00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:21,017
- Apparently, if you watch
the film backwards,
412
00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:23,277
it implies that Jesus
made the healthy sick
413
00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:25,362
and went round blinding people.
414
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:26,857
- I heard they burn a puppy
415
00:18:26,858 --> 00:18:28,699
in the belly
of a giant wicker kitten.
416
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,784
- Why?
- Exactly.
417
00:18:31,027 --> 00:18:32,779
- That's fucked up.
418
00:18:49,337 --> 00:18:51,356
- But, I mean, what if
we have overstepped the mark?
419
00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:52,714
- Oh, hey, come on.
420
00:18:52,715 --> 00:18:54,985
We all knew that Mary Whitehouse
and the Festival of Light
421
00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:56,009
weren't gonna like it.
422
00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:57,344
You worry too much.
423
00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:58,813
- I can't help it. I do.
424
00:18:59,055 --> 00:19:00,055
Why is that?
425
00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:01,433
- Why do you worry about what
other people think?
426
00:19:01,434 --> 00:19:02,729
Gee, I don't know.
427
00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:04,703
Maybe it's because you're
the nicest man in the world.
428
00:19:04,727 --> 00:19:05,727
- That's ridiculous.
429
00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:06,900
Oh, excuse me, miss.
430
00:19:06,901 --> 00:19:09,991
- Miss, you dropped this.
- Thank you.
431
00:19:10,232 --> 00:19:11,672
John just likes saying that
as a dig.
432
00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:13,068
- You see?
- What?
433
00:19:13,069 --> 00:19:14,069
Morning, Bill.
434
00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:15,367
Get yourself some lunch.
435
00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:17,489
- Yeah, very well. Thanks.
436
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:18,970
- You're constantly doing
nice things.
437
00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:20,617
- I really don't think
that's true.
438
00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,245
- You're all self-deprecating
about it.
439
00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,139
- I'm no more self-deprecating
than the next man.
440
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,916
- You're even self-deprecating
about being self-deprecating.
441
00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:29,210
- Oh, great!
- What?
442
00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:30,837
- I've trodden in some dog poop.
443
00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:32,339
- Oh, Terry, I'm sorry.
444
00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:34,636
That was probably my fault
for distracting you.
445
00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:35,925
Have a tissue.
446
00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:40,184
- It hasn't even come out yet.
- Sells papers.
447
00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,022
- Hardly fair reporting, is it'?
448
00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,950
- I'm not in the business
of fair reporting.
449
00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:45,454
I'm in the business
of selling papers.
450
00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:48,479
I notice you haven't
made fun of the Muslims.
451
00:19:48,771 --> 00:19:50,648
- Why would we make fun
of the Muslims?
452
00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:52,408
- Why not? You afraid of them?
453
00:19:52,409 --> 00:19:53,697
- It's 1979.
454
00:19:53,943 --> 00:19:56,287
No one in this country
knows anything about Islam.
455
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,449
No one's read the Koran.
Have you read the Koran?
456
00:19:58,489 --> 00:19:59,906
- Yes.
- Y-have you?
457
00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,408
- No.
- No.
458
00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:02,409
And do you know why?
459
00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:03,618
- Doesn't sell papers.
460
00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,120
- Because this is
a Christian country
461
00:20:05,121 --> 00:20:06,460
with a Christian heritage,
462
00:20:06,461 --> 00:20:08,628
and we are brought up
within a Christian framework.
463
00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:10,417
- Okay, imagine it's the future,
464
00:20:10,418 --> 00:20:13,297
and there are 2 ½ million
Muslims living in Britain.
465
00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:15,067
Would you make a film
about them then?
466
00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:16,464
" No!"
467
00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:18,308
That would still only be
4% of the population.
468
00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:20,512
Assuming, of course,
the population had risen to,
469
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,472
let's say, 61 ½ million.
470
00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:24,139
And I would still doubt,
471
00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:26,180
given the general decline
in standards of education,
472
00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:28,686
that your average Briton
would have read the Koran.
473
00:20:28,978 --> 00:20:29,978
- That's just a cop-out.
474
00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:31,697
- No, it isn't.
475
00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:33,858
Christianity stands
as a metaphor
476
00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:37,074
for all organized religions
and the abuse they're open to.
477
00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:39,947
- You're just scared
of reprisals.
478
00:20:40,197 --> 00:20:43,167
- Scared of reprisals?
- Scared of-
479
00:20:52,835 --> 00:20:54,883
Hello. John Cleese here.
480
00:20:55,171 --> 00:20:56,588
Sorry to interrupt.
481
00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:57,964
Just wanted to point out
482
00:20:57,965 --> 00:20:59,683
that this a fictional
representation of me
483
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:03,892
based loosely
on my Basil Fawlty persona.
484
00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:05,727
- Oh, please, Mr. Fawlty!
485
00:21:06,015 --> 00:21:08,017
Please! You breaking my head!
486
00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:12,154
- In real life,
I'm a lovely man.
487
00:21:12,396 --> 00:21:14,364
- Oh, a dolly,
thank you, that is so nice.
488
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:15,607
- So there you have it.
489
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:18,202
Just to reiterate, John Cleese,
490
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:21,288
in real life,
absolutely tremendous chap.
491
00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:23,031
Thanks for listening.
492
00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:27,207
- Yes, I'm very well.
493
00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:28,792
Hang on a moment, please.
494
00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:33,709
Michael!
495
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:36,961
Michael!
496
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,964
It's your mum for you.
497
00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:44,228
- Hello, Mum.
498
00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:45,889
- Michael,
have you seen the news?
499
00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:47,397
About all these protests?
500
00:21:47,398 --> 00:21:48,723
- Yes, Mum.
501
00:21:48,724 --> 00:21:49,771
- I'm really worried, Michael.
502
00:21:49,772 --> 00:21:51,189
I'm worried sick.
503
00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:53,153
I can't tell you
how worried I am.
504
00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:54,442
It's so worrying.
505
00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:57,006
Oh, that's the door.
I've got to go.
506
00:21:57,608 --> 00:21:59,610
- Bye then, Mum.
507
00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:24,425
- I want the Pythons!
508
00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:26,269
- We've asked them already,
and they said no.
509
00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:28,139
- Oh, all right, so what?
510
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:29,477
We just give up?
511
00:22:29,478 --> 00:22:33,068
No, this is
Friday Night, Saturday Morning.
512
00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:34,310
I'm not here to make bland TV.
513
00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:35,813
I want to make
something memorable.
514
00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,483
I want people to come in
to work the next day
515
00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:42,028
and talk about the show as
they stand around the water jug.
516
00:22:42,945 --> 00:22:44,413
I want a water jug moment.
517
00:22:44,414 --> 00:22:47,579
I'm creating
water jug television.
518
00:22:47,825 --> 00:22:49,168
- What?
519
00:22:49,451 --> 00:22:51,011
- What if people don't have
a water jug?
520
00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:52,584
- And the next day
is a Saturday.
521
00:22:52,830 --> 00:22:54,207
Most people don't work
on a Saturday.
522
00:22:54,208 --> 00:22:55,208
- Shut up!
523
00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:59,963
I want the Pythons,
so get me the bloody Pythons.
524
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,135
- Barbara Dixon is available.
525
00:23:02,423 --> 00:23:04,471
The Two Ronnies
don't need her this week.
526
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,175
- Good.
527
00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:09,931
Barbara Dixon is the closest
this country has to a true star.
528
00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,347
And she's totty.
529
00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:13,942
Very classy totty.
530
00:23:16,186 --> 00:23:19,156
- So Barry here has asked me
to outline a defense
531
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,159
if a religious group tries
to get the film banned
532
00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:23,911
for being blasphemous.
533
00:23:24,153 --> 00:23:26,747
But before I do that...
can I just say,
534
00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:29,663
huge fan.
535
00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:33,834
Moving on.
536
00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:35,498
The basis of the case
we would make
537
00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:38,843
in that eventuality is that,
uh...
538
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:46,347
Is that Brian and Jesus
are two different people,
539
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,890
and that Jesus appears
540
00:23:49,178 --> 00:23:51,897
as a separate character
in the film.
541
00:23:52,181 --> 00:23:54,684
- So that's a robust defense,
is it'?
542
00:23:54,975 --> 00:23:57,023
You're confident that will work?
543
00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:58,311
- Uh, no.
544
00:23:58,312 --> 00:24:00,235
It's a bit of a punt,
to be honest,
545
00:24:00,522 --> 00:24:01,944
but, uh, let's hope it works,
546
00:24:02,191 --> 00:24:03,738
because I don't want
to be the man
547
00:24:04,026 --> 00:24:05,778
who sent the Pythons to prison!
548
00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:07,028
- Right, yes.
549
00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:10,374
And that's it, is it?
550
00:24:10,658 --> 00:24:12,535
Fingers crossed? Touch wood?
551
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,128
Say a prayer?
552
00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:15,667
- Afraid so.
553
00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:18,632
Um, and I hate to say this
because I am a fan,
554
00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:22,970
but, um, you did sort of
bring this on yourselves.
555
00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:24,712
- I beg your pardon?
556
00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:27,887
- Well, the blasphemy laws
remained unused
557
00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:30,177
for about 60 years,
558
00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:32,395
but about two years ago,
559
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,275
a poem was published
in Gay News, which-
560
00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:41,860
which I believe Graham here
was instrumental in setting up.
561
00:24:42,106 --> 00:24:43,733
- Well, I am gay.
562
00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:45,576
I like news,
563
00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,240
and it's very good
for film reviews.
564
00:24:47,241 --> 00:24:48,738
- Yeah, fuck the film reviews.
565
00:24:48,739 --> 00:24:50,535
What was the poem about?
566
00:24:50,781 --> 00:24:52,408
- Um, it was a poem
about a Roman soldier
567
00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,953
sticking things
into Jesus's stigmata
568
00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:56,416
while he was on the cross
569
00:24:56,417 --> 00:24:58,961
and becoming aroused by that.
570
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:00,373
- What?
571
00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:02,214
Who the fuck would write a poem
about a soldier
572
00:25:02,418 --> 00:25:06,173
sticking his knob in
a crucified man's spear wounds?
573
00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:07,799
- I've had an idea for a poem.
574
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,012
- Is it about wound fucking?
575
00:25:09,013 --> 00:25:10,425
- Yeah.
- Sounds good.
576
00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:12,306
I'm writing a novel
about a dysfunctional family
577
00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:13,854
in a Northern mining town.
578
00:25:13,855 --> 00:25:15,974
- Really?
- No, I'm kidding.
579
00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:17,665
It's actually about
a really hot guy
580
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,023
who likes to jizz over guys
in a burns unit.
581
00:25:20,269 --> 00:25:22,237
- Oh, my God.
- That sounds amazing.
582
00:25:22,479 --> 00:25:24,152
- It's actually very moving.
583
00:25:25,816 --> 00:25:28,865
- Mary Whitehouse
didn't like the poem.
584
00:25:29,111 --> 00:25:30,278
- No shit.
585
00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:33,533
- And the upshot was,
she prosecuted Gay News,
586
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:37,002
and that reactivated
the blasphemy laws.
587
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:38,703
- And you lot knew about this?
588
00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:40,985
- Oh, yes, they contributed
to the Gay News fighting fund,
589
00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:44,801
which is a principled stand
I really admired.
590
00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:46,962
Big fan of that.
591
00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:51,888
Although, wearing my Q.C.'s
hat-or wig-
592
00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:55,138
um, I would say
it was unhelpful.
593
00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:58,273
Or to put it in the words
of my nine-year-old grandson,
594
00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:01,769
"Jo-ey!"
595
00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:04,479
No.
596
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,323
No, see, I thought
that would be quite funny.
597
00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:09,910
- Whoa! Epic fail!
598
00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:12,371
"Dear BBC,"
599
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,327
"the Joey Deacon reference"
600
00:26:14,615 --> 00:26:18,540
"in Holy Flying Circus
is inexcusable."
601
00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:23,082
"The story is set in 1979,"
602
00:26:23,332 --> 00:26:28,008
"and Mr. Deacon did not appear
on Blue Peter until 1981."
603
00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,097
"Therefore, a nine-year-old
would be unlikely"
604
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,718
"to be aware of his existence,"
605
00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:37,730
"unless you're implying
he was a relative or neighbor,"
606
00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:39,890
"which I doubt."
607
00:26:40,182 --> 00:26:44,107
"Also, the sub-Python
self-referential"
608
00:26:44,353 --> 00:26:49,655
"quasi-avant garde
posturing bullshit sucks arse."
609
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,025
New»
610
00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:52,276
"hairy...
611
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:53,528
"nana...
612
00:26:53,529 --> 00:26:54,530
arse."
613
00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,282
- Come in!
614
00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:00,581
Yeah, I want a three-part series
about canals,
615
00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:02,917
a documentary about
Scandinavian jazz,
616
00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,173
and some old footage of a barge.
617
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,883
That's all
we're gonna be showing
618
00:27:06,884 --> 00:27:09,048
for the next six months.
619
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,100
- Um, we've had a complaint.
620
00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:17,807
- Oh... oh...
621
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:23,233
Do you know what I like
about BBC Four'?
622
00:27:23,517 --> 00:27:25,440
Nobody gives a fuck.
623
00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:28,730
D'you like to dance, Lowry'?
624
00:27:29,398 --> 00:27:30,570
Dance for me, Lowry.
625
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:42,496
♪♪
626
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:06,647
- Ah, you're here
about Life of Brian?
627
00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:09,279
- Yes. Oh, uh, Barry Atkins.
628
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:10,735
I'm representing the film.
629
00:28:10,736 --> 00:28:11,814
- Andrew Thorogood.
630
00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:13,175
I'm here protesting
about the film.
631
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,859
- Oh. This is John.
632
00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:15,985
- Yes, I know who he is.
633
00:28:15,986 --> 00:28:17,738
- I'm Michael.
- I know who you are.
634
00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:21,367
- So should we duke it out
right here?
635
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:23,786
- I don't like conflict.
636
00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:26,079
Just here to register
our feelings.
637
00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:32,215
- So what's the damage, Jim?
638
00:28:32,461 --> 00:28:33,963
- Well, we're giving it a AA.
639
00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:36,765
- A AA? On what grounds?
640
00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:39,977
In what way is that film
suitable for a 14-year-old?
641
00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:41,636
- There's no sex.
642
00:28:41,637 --> 00:28:43,310
- There are buttocks.
643
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:44,931
- There's no violence.
644
00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:46,525
- People are crucified.
645
00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:48,059
- And there's no "C" -word.
646
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,232
- What about the 'B"-word?
647
00:28:49,233 --> 00:28:50,567
- Bastard or bugger?
648
00:28:50,568 --> 00:28:52,314
- Blasphemy.
649
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:53,564
This could undermine
650
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,158
a 14-year-old's faith
in Christianity.
651
00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:57,253
- In our view, it's just
a bunch of silly jokes.
652
00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:58,995
Very good ones, though.
653
00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:00,798
- Thanks very much.
- Good? Bloody brilliant.
654
00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:02,198
- I see.
655
00:29:02,199 --> 00:29:03,324
In that case,
I shall have to take this up
656
00:29:03,325 --> 00:29:05,043
with a higher authority.
657
00:29:05,327 --> 00:29:06,704
- Who's that then, God?
658
00:29:06,705 --> 00:29:09,377
- No. The council.
659
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:11,083
- Could you sign these for me?
660
00:29:11,084 --> 00:29:12,166
- Certainly.
661
00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:13,256
It would be a pleasure.
662
00:29:13,257 --> 00:29:15,346
- What did he mean
about the council?
663
00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,260
- Oh, the BBFC is only advisory.
664
00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:19,008
Local councils can have
the final say
665
00:29:19,009 --> 00:29:20,177
over what films are shown,
666
00:29:20,178 --> 00:29:21,384
and they can reclassify films
667
00:29:21,385 --> 00:29:22,557
if they don't like our rating.
668
00:29:22,558 --> 00:29:23,644
- You're kidding.
669
00:29:23,645 --> 00:29:24,809
- I kid you not.
670
00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:32,229
- Right. Okay.
671
00:29:32,521 --> 00:29:35,491
The BBFC have given it a AA.
672
00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:38,326
- Oh, that is a sh-sh-sh...
673
00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:40,036
- Shitbucket!
674
00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:41,654
- A shame.
675
00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:43,157
So what now?
676
00:29:43,407 --> 00:29:44,967
- We write to local councils
asking them
677
00:29:44,992 --> 00:29:46,335
to ban Life of Brian.
678
00:29:46,336 --> 00:29:48,454
- ♪ Dun-dun-duuuuuun! ♪
679
00:29:48,704 --> 00:29:50,957
- Or reclassify it as an X.
680
00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:52,290
- Eczema!
681
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:56,296
- Maybe if the B-B-B-B-B-B-B-
682
00:29:56,545 --> 00:30:00,800
B-B-B-B-B-
683
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:03,143
Maybe if they think it's okay,
684
00:30:03,385 --> 00:30:06,855
then m-m-maybe it is okay.
685
00:30:08,557 --> 00:30:11,401
- They make fun of the Lord,
and you think that's okay,
686
00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:12,727
do you, Gareth?
687
00:30:12,728 --> 00:30:14,446
- N-n-n-n.
- Good.
688
00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:15,730
That's the end
of the discussion.
689
00:30:15,731 --> 00:30:16,731
- Yes, b-b-b-b-
690
00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:18,655
- Quite all right.
No need to apologize.
691
00:30:22,696 --> 00:30:23,697
- Cunt!
692
00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:29,578
- Oh, fuck.
693
00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:31,292
Some councils are definitely
going to ask
694
00:30:31,293 --> 00:30:32,747
for an X certificate.
695
00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:35,592
So my question to you all
is this:
696
00:30:35,876 --> 00:30:37,594
Are you happy
to take an X certificate
697
00:30:37,878 --> 00:30:40,597
and at least get the film
seen by some people?
698
00:30:40,881 --> 00:30:42,214
No.
699
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:43,815
- They show it with
the BBFC certificate,
700
00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:45,352
or they don't get to show it
at all.
701
00:30:45,353 --> 00:30:46,766
We can't give in to censorship.
702
00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:48,355
- So you'd rather censor
yourselves?
703
00:30:48,356 --> 00:30:49,644
Yes.
704
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,399
- It's half logical, half silly.
705
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:54,190
- Out of interest,
how much revenue will we lose?
706
00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:55,561
- 50%? Maybe more.
707
00:30:55,562 --> 00:30:58,736
- All those in favor of
refusing the X certificate,
708
00:30:58,982 --> 00:31:02,407
say, "Eric is
a money-grabbing bastard."
709
00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:05,531
Eric is
a money-grabbing bastard.
710
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:07,624
- Eric is
a money-grabbing bastard.
711
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,459
- All right. I'll let Doug know.
712
00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:11,863
- I know various churches
are writing to their members
713
00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:14,331
to ask them to put pressure
on their councils for a boycott.
714
00:31:14,623 --> 00:31:16,967
Let's just hope that our
politicians do the right thing
715
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,337
and don't act out
of cowardly self-interest.
716
00:31:39,481 --> 00:31:41,825
- ♪ Soldiers of Christ arise ♪
717
00:31:42,067 --> 00:31:43,359
- Front bottom!
718
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,954
- ♪ And put your armor on ♪
719
00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,290
♪ For His eternal son ♪
720
00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:56,757
♪ Strong in the Lord of hosts ♪
721
00:31:56,998 --> 00:32:00,172
♪ And in His mighty power ♪
722
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,012
♪ P-P-D-power ♪
723
00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:04,880
- Oh, shit.
724
00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:06,382
- Hello.
725
00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,885
I thought you didn't like
conflict.
726
00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:10,850
- We are merely
peacefully protesting,
727
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,474
exercising our right
to free speech.
728
00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:15,020
- Right.
729
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:16,392
Thank you so much.
730
00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:18,270
Piss off.
731
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,455
- You expecting anyone?
732
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:34,711
- No.
733
00:32:39,541 --> 00:32:40,541
- Hello.
734
00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:42,022
Can I talk to you
about Life of Brian?
735
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:45,384
- Yes, but can I talk to you
about Life of Brian?
736
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,173
- Great. Ca-what?
737
00:32:47,174 --> 00:32:48,632
- No, never mind.
738
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,353
- We'd like you to sign
our petition to help
739
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:51,802
get Life of Brian banned.
740
00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,053
- I don't think
it should be banned.
741
00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:54,806
- We believe it's evil
and should be banned.
742
00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:56,524
- Would you like to come in
and discuss it?
743
00:32:56,525 --> 00:32:58,393
- No. Nothing to discuss.
744
00:32:58,685 --> 00:33:00,325
It's blasphemous,
and it should be banned.
745
00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:01,734
Can you sign our petition?
746
00:33:01,735 --> 00:33:03,732
- Can you explain to me
why it should be banned?
747
00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:06,985
- Look, you're wasting my time.
748
00:33:07,235 --> 00:33:09,829
I have other people to talk to
who want to sign my petition.
749
00:33:10,071 --> 00:33:11,322
- Well, don't you think
it's worth talking over?
750
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:12,740
Maybe you can persuade me
to sign?
751
00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:14,594
Maybe I'll persuade you
why people shouldn't sign?
752
00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:16,871
- Are you trying
to brainwash me?
753
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,681
- No, I just want to have
a conversation with you.
754
00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:20,173
- There's no conversation
to be had.
755
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:22,088
Do you want to sign my petition?
756
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,375
- No.
- Why not?
757
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:25,456
- 'Cause I'm not convinced
the film should be banned.
758
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:26,754
- Why not?
759
00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:28,088
Did you write it?
760
00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:29,386
- Uh, yes.
761
00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:31,010
- Oh, I see.
762
00:33:31,259 --> 00:33:32,602
You're one of them.
763
00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:34,526
- It's not
Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
764
00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:36,769
- Deny it if you can.
- You're one of them.
765
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:38,775
- Why would I deny it?
- I just told you.
766
00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:40,606
- You can't. You can't deny it.
767
00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:41,894
- I don't want to deny it!
768
00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:42,978
- You see!
769
00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:44,447
- I do see,
'cause I just told you.
770
00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,940
- You're one of them!
771
00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:46,941
- God, are we still on this?
772
00:33:46,942 --> 00:33:48,068
Yes, I am one of them.
773
00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:52,118
- So will you sign
my petition or not?
774
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:53,952
- No.
- Why not?
775
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:55,242
- Oh...
776
00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:00,247
- We want to have a debate
about the Life of Brian.
777
00:34:00,497 --> 00:34:03,296
- Well, that sounds tremendous.
778
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:04,708
- And we wondered if you,
779
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,029
the People's Church
of St. Sophia,
780
00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:07,591
would like to come on the show?
781
00:34:07,837 --> 00:34:10,260
- Us?
782
00:34:10,507 --> 00:34:12,805
On the show?
783
00:34:13,093 --> 00:34:15,061
I don't think
that's a very good idea.
784
00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:16,470
- Why not?
785
00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:17,893
- Well, I can't.
786
00:34:18,139 --> 00:34:20,233
I don't like conflict.
787
00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:22,606
- What about you two?
788
00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:24,729
- N-n-n-n-n-n...
789
00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:25,980
- That's a no.
790
00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:28,325
- Y-y-y-y-y-y...
791
00:34:28,608 --> 00:34:29,905
y-y-y-y-y-y...
792
00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:31,619
- That's a yes.
- As in yes, it's a no.
793
00:34:31,620 --> 00:34:33,112
He has a stammer.
794
00:34:33,113 --> 00:34:34,613
- And you, Desmond?
795
00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:36,332
Would you like
to come on the show?
796
00:34:38,493 --> 00:34:40,541
- Come on, speak up!
797
00:34:40,829 --> 00:34:42,797
- I had no idea
he was going to say that.
798
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:44,461
I had n-Really, I had no idea.
799
00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:46,477
- I've had that
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
800
00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:47,668
on the phone again.
801
00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:49,309
Want to know
if you've changed your minds.
802
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:51,556
The exact words were, "being as
it's all gone tits-up."
803
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:52,840
- No, there's no point.
804
00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:54,013
Everyone's made their
mind up their minds already.
805
00:34:54,014 --> 00:34:55,181
We can't persuade anyone.
806
00:34:56,886 --> 00:34:58,178
- I think we should.
807
00:34:58,179 --> 00:34:59,146
- You said no before.
808
00:34:59,147 --> 00:35:00,607
- No, I didn't.
- Yes, you did.
809
00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:01,850
- No, I didn't.
810
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:03,896
- Well, you said yes.
811
00:35:03,897 --> 00:35:05,190
So I've changed my mind.
812
00:35:05,478 --> 00:35:06,979
- Oh, so you're just
being contrary.
813
00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:07,980
- No, I'm not.
814
00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:10,200
No, I'm really not.
815
00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:11,944
I think we can persuade people.
816
00:35:11,945 --> 00:35:14,662
We are intelligent men, hmm?
817
00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:18,875
Well, you might struggle
with your flabby Oxford minds.
818
00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:21,503
No danger of that with our
sharper Cambridge intellects.
819
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:25,541
And I for one think it is vital
we exercise our right
820
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:27,792
to free speech
to defend free speech.
821
00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:29,043
- No. Everyone's entrenched.
822
00:35:29,044 --> 00:35:30,045
It's utterly futile.
823
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,679
- Fuck!
- We can't have spunked it.
824
00:35:38,928 --> 00:35:40,271
There must be something
we can do.
825
00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:42,561
- Try their agent again.
- Not gonna happen.
826
00:35:42,849 --> 00:35:44,647
- All right. We ring Ken.
827
00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:46,493
We get the 9:00 news
to pump up the story
828
00:35:46,645 --> 00:35:48,488
even bigger so
they have to defend themselves.
829
00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:49,818
- You can't do that.
830
00:35:49,819 --> 00:35:51,316
- Or we send them death threats.
831
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:52,858
- That's not very nice.
832
00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:54,360
- Someone will do it.
- I'm sure they will.
833
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:55,361
- All right.
834
00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:57,706
- We send them a shit in the post.
- What?
835
00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,870
- Something to rile them,
stir them into action.
836
00:36:00,116 --> 00:36:01,208
- No, I don't want to do that.
837
00:36:01,209 --> 00:36:02,669
- Shh.
- No, lain said-
838
00:36:02,911 --> 00:36:03,911
- Shh.
- Don't tell me to-
839
00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:04,913
- Shh.
840
00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:08,291
- But I.
- Shh!
841
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:12,133
- And what did the police say'?
842
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:13,860
- They said,
"Can you think of anyone
843
00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:15,427
who might want
to send you feces?"
844
00:36:15,428 --> 00:36:16,925
- What did you say to that?
845
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,928
- I said, "Yes. Jesus."
846
00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:21,893
"Anyone who likes Jesus.
847
00:36:22,138 --> 00:36:23,389
"Businessmen, philosophers,
848
00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:24,687
"upper class twits, Australians,
849
00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:26,355
"women, TV presenters,
850
00:36:26,601 --> 00:36:28,444
"Alan Whicker, The Beatles,
851
00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:29,812
"Yorkshiremen,
852
00:36:29,813 --> 00:36:30,813
"anyone who works
in the production
853
00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:32,234
"or marketing of Spam,
854
00:36:32,235 --> 00:36:33,357
"men who say 'Nudge nudge, '
855
00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:34,441
"knights who say 'Ni!, '
856
00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:36,365
"and anyone who doesn't like
jokes about ocelots.
857
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:38,033
You know, Officer. The usual."
858
00:36:38,034 --> 00:36:40,623
- So what did you actually say'?
859
00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:42,035
I said, "Have you tried",
860
00:36:42,036 --> 00:36:43,706
"Derek 'So Mad
He Shits In A Box' McNee
861
00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:45,285
at Number 24?"
862
00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:46,625
- What did you actually say'?
863
00:36:46,626 --> 00:36:47,916
- I said "No." You happy now?
864
00:36:47,917 --> 00:36:49,289
I said,
"No, I do not know anyone
865
00:36:49,290 --> 00:36:51,170
"who hates me enough
to send me poo in the post,
866
00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:52,298
apart from the other Pythons."
867
00:36:52,299 --> 00:36:53,714
- And what did they say'?
868
00:36:53,715 --> 00:36:55,555
- They said,
"Nothing we can do, I'm afraid,
869
00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:57,640
unless someone threatens you
or attacks you."
870
00:36:57,924 --> 00:36:59,138
- Oh, for fuck's sake!
871
00:36:59,139 --> 00:37:00,636
And they can't trace it?
872
00:37:00,637 --> 00:37:01,677
- No, to be fair to them,
873
00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:03,144
it's not like there was
a trail of shit
874
00:37:03,145 --> 00:37:05,408
leading out the door to a man
trying to do up his trousers.
875
00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:07,025
- And they can't do anything
forensic?
876
00:37:07,308 --> 00:37:08,559
- No, each shit is not unique.
877
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:09,812
They're not fingerprints.
878
00:37:09,813 --> 00:37:11,313
- Some of them
can be quite swirly.
879
00:37:11,314 --> 00:37:13,155
- Yes,
880
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,568
but we cannot identify people
from their shit.
881
00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:17,285
Shits do not look
like their owners,
882
00:37:17,286 --> 00:37:18,574
which is lucky, really,
883
00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:20,965
otherwise we'd have old ladies
standing round lavatories,
884
00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:22,411
cooing,
"Ooh, it's the spit of you."
885
00:37:22,657 --> 00:37:24,158
- Hello, Barry.
886
00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:26,457
Have you heard
about Eric's shit in a box?
887
00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:27,920
- Oh, right, you've had one too?
888
00:37:27,921 --> 00:37:29,209
- Yeah, we've had some here.
889
00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:31,017
Now, look,
while I've got you all here,
890
00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:33,718
I've been told that in the light
of the current situation,
891
00:37:34,002 --> 00:37:35,800
I need to ask you all
to make wills.
892
00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:38,464
- It's just shit, Barry.
893
00:37:38,465 --> 00:37:39,762
I think the worst
that can happen
894
00:37:39,763 --> 00:37:41,135
is we go blind, isn't it?
895
00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:42,885
- Yeah, we've also had
death threats...
896
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:44,136
- What?
897
00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:45,617
- Oh, it's just jokes
for fuck's sake.
898
00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,908
- What happened to sticks
and stones may break my bones,
899
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,022
but names can never hurt me?
900
00:37:49,023 --> 00:37:50,018
- I told you!
901
00:37:50,019 --> 00:37:51,188
What did I say, huh?
902
00:37:51,189 --> 00:37:53,405
The great British public
are fucking bastards.
903
00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,048
- It's a bit apocalyptic,
isn't it?
904
00:37:55,231 --> 00:37:57,108
A third part of the sea
became blood,
905
00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:58,822
and people didst shit into a box
906
00:37:58,823 --> 00:38:01,537
and threaten to kill thy comedy
performers for no good reason.
907
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:03,623
- Look, do you want
to back down?
908
00:38:03,865 --> 00:38:05,585
You could withdraw the film
like Kubrick did
909
00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,878
with, um, Clockwork Orange.
910
00:38:08,161 --> 00:38:10,163
All right,
don't answer that now.
911
00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:12,507
Maybe just go away,
have a think about it,
912
00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:13,966
talk to your families.
913
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:17,921
- All those in favor
of maintaining
914
00:38:18,213 --> 00:38:20,215
our zero-tolerance stance
to censorship,
915
00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:21,599
say "Mrs. Niggerbaiter."
916
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,593
Mrs. Niggerbaiter.
917
00:38:27,055 --> 00:38:28,728
- You seem worried.
918
00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:29,973
- How can you tell?
919
00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,727
- Well, you're pacing,
which you don't normally do,
920
00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:36,239
and you're smoking,
which you don't normally do.
921
00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:38,116
- Well, I admit I am worried.
922
00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:39,820
- You can't take it personally.
923
00:38:39,821 --> 00:38:41,320
- How can I not take it
personally?
924
00:38:41,569 --> 00:38:44,243
They're burning an effigy of me
in my own garden.
925
00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,754
That's just weird.
926
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,340
- Close the window, darling.
- It smells of burning you.
927
00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:56,727
- This is ridiculous.
- How did this get so out of hand?
928
00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:58,351
- I think it's because
you made that film
929
00:38:58,461 --> 00:39:00,338
making fun of their religion.
930
00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:02,708
- Maybe I should go on
Friday Night, Saturday Morning.
931
00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:04,138
Would that help?
932
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:05,425
- Don't ask me, darling,
933
00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:06,468
I'm just a pretty face.
934
00:39:06,469 --> 00:39:07,909
- What if it just makes
things worse?
935
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,605
Just fans the flames?
936
00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:13,773
- Sorry!
- We set fire to your tree.
937
00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,188
- Oh, for God's sake.
938
00:39:39,127 --> 00:39:40,629
- Can I just say
939
00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:42,847
it's been a tremendous honor
for me
940
00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:45,475
to help prepare your wills,
and, um...
941
00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,317
well, as well as getting your
signatures,
942
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:52,266
I wondered if I could
also get your autographs?
943
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:55,560
Wrong time?
944
00:39:57,270 --> 00:39:59,693
Wrong time. Sorry.
945
00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:08,490
- Terry says
you've had to make a will.
946
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:10,115
- It's just a precaution, Mum.
947
00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,676
- It's nothing to worry about.
- Oh, no.
948
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:13,971
Why would I worry about my son
making fun of religion
949
00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:15,372
and being murdered by a fanatic?
950
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,039
No, I won't be losing any
sleep over that one.
951
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,667
It's perfectly normal.
952
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:20,644
My friend, Elaine,
her son's just been stabbed
953
00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:22,341
for pulling a face
at a Buddhist.
954
00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,510
Happens all the time.
955
00:40:24,797 --> 00:40:26,006
- Honestly, Mum.
956
00:40:26,007 --> 00:40:27,348
They've just done it
to cover themselves.
957
00:40:27,349 --> 00:40:28,808
Besides, if the protestors
wanted to kill anybody,
958
00:40:28,809 --> 00:40:29,802
it would probably be John.
959
00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:30,847
He's the annoying one.
960
00:40:30,848 --> 00:40:32,768
- Did you make a proper will?
961
00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:35,517
Or have you promised to leave
all your money to a penguin
962
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:36,934
and a rickshaw to a Spaniard?
963
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:38,105
- No, it's a proper will.
964
00:40:38,106 --> 00:40:40,106
- So it is a proper will.
- So I should be worried.
965
00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:44,488
What are you trying to do,
Michael, hmm?
966
00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:46,327
Are you willy-waving at Jesus?
967
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:48,446
- Shh!
- Mum, we're in a restaurant.
968
00:40:48,696 --> 00:40:50,035
- Why make fun of religion?
969
00:40:50,036 --> 00:40:51,533
- We're not,
and even if we were...
970
00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:53,033
is that so bad?
971
00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:54,594
- Look how much
you're upsetting people.
972
00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:56,509
Now, you might think
they're stupid people
973
00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:59,382
or priggish people,
but they're real people.
974
00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:00,624
Why are their thoughts
and feelings
975
00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:01,917
less important than yours?
976
00:41:01,918 --> 00:41:03,604
- Why are my feelings
less important than theirs?
977
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:04,628
- Oh...
978
00:41:08,549 --> 00:41:11,052
I just don't understand why
you're doing this, Michael.
979
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,555
I want to understand.
980
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,395
I just don't.
981
00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:28,407
- There we go.
982
00:41:37,662 --> 00:41:39,664
I've changed my mind
about the debate.
983
00:41:40,623 --> 00:41:42,091
I think we should do it.
984
00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:44,376
- Why?
985
00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:46,755
- Because this is getting
out of hand.
986
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:49,099
We've got an orchestrated
campaign against us.
987
00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,259
We've been banned
by 39 local councils.
988
00:41:51,551 --> 00:41:52,894
We're only opening
in one cinema.
989
00:41:52,895 --> 00:41:55,058
People who work for us
are getting death threats,
990
00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:56,726
and there are people outside
right now
991
00:41:56,727 --> 00:41:59,977
praying that we withdraw
the film and renounce our sins.
992
00:42:05,064 --> 00:42:07,283
- Renounce your sins!
993
00:42:07,567 --> 00:42:08,608
. Go away!
994
00:42:08,609 --> 00:42:10,282
You're sinister
and intimidating!
995
00:42:10,570 --> 00:42:14,040
We are not sinister
or intimidating!
996
00:42:14,282 --> 00:42:17,627
We are merely following
you and watching you,
997
00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:20,959
like the Lord is watching you.
998
00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,333
Always and forever.
999
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:25,960
- I'm Spartacus!
1000
00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:31,470
Wanker!
1001
00:42:33,718 --> 00:42:34,718
- We've got to stick up
for ourselves.
1002
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,079
If we don't stand up
for ourselves,
1003
00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:37,948
who's going to stand up
for all the other comedians
1004
00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:39,269
who come after us?
1005
00:42:39,515 --> 00:42:42,439
Got to make a stand to allow
funny men and women everywhere
1006
00:42:42,685 --> 00:42:46,406
to make jokes about murder
and rape and projectile vomiting
1007
00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:48,991
and handicapped kiddies
and Mohammed in a bear suit
1008
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:50,325
and-l don't know-
1009
00:42:50,326 --> 00:42:53,413
Olympic swimmers
with faces like spoons.
1010
00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:54,654
- Mike's got a point.
1011
00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:56,077
- I agree. You should do it.
1012
00:42:56,324 --> 00:42:57,324
- No. No way.
1013
00:42:57,325 --> 00:42:58,998
Not at all. I'm out.
1014
00:42:59,285 --> 00:43:01,096
- Oh, please, John.
- I know you love being contrary.
1015
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,287
- No, I don't.
1016
00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:03,497
- But on this, can't you see?
1017
00:43:03,498 --> 00:43:04,588
It's them we should be
disagreeing with,
1018
00:43:04,589 --> 00:43:05,589
not each other.
1019
00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:08,428
- I think you should do it.
1020
00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:10,637
You and John.
1021
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,427
- And why us, pray tell?
1022
00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:14,353
- Because you're good
at shouting at people
1023
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:16,185
and being enormously sarcastic,
1024
00:43:16,469 --> 00:43:17,971
and Mike's the nicest man
in the world.
1025
00:43:17,972 --> 00:43:18,971
You're the perfect team.
1026
00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:22,566
I can't do it, 'cause Christians
and homosexuals
1027
00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:24,210
can't be
in the same room together.
1028
00:43:24,477 --> 00:43:25,899
We're their natural predators.
1029
00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:29,069
Terry G. Can't do it,
'cause he's American,
1030
00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:30,357
and I think that deep down,
1031
00:43:30,358 --> 00:43:32,031
none of us like
or trust Americans.
1032
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:33,693
No offence, Terry.
1033
00:43:33,694 --> 00:43:35,028
- Screw you, ass-monkey.
1034
00:43:35,029 --> 00:43:36,882
- Terry J. Can't do it
because he'll just prattle on
1035
00:43:36,906 --> 00:43:38,408
about the camera angles.
1036
00:43:38,699 --> 00:43:40,579
And Eric won't do it
because they won't pay him.
1037
00:43:40,868 --> 00:43:42,369
- Exactly.
- So you two have to do it.
1038
00:43:42,370 --> 00:43:44,372
All those in favor,
say Christ on a gondola.
1039
00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:45,862
Christ on a gondola.
1040
00:43:46,916 --> 00:43:48,125
- Come on, John.
1041
00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:49,878
You can shout at a man
in a dress.
1042
00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:52,263
It'll be like doing
the show again.
1043
00:43:52,547 --> 00:43:54,470
- I thought you said
there was no point,
1044
00:43:54,715 --> 00:43:56,888
that everyone
had made up their mind.
1045
00:43:57,176 --> 00:43:58,223
- I spoke to my mum.
1046
00:43:58,224 --> 00:44:01,814
She said she doesn't understand
why we've done it.
1047
00:44:02,056 --> 00:44:03,854
Said she wants to,
but she doesn't.
1048
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:06,078
I think there might be other
people like that out there.
1049
00:44:06,102 --> 00:44:09,402
- And is this about them,
or about you and your mum?
1050
00:44:09,689 --> 00:44:11,407
- Oh, please, John.
1051
00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:13,318
I'm asking nicely.
1052
00:44:14,235 --> 00:44:15,987
- Well, you would, wouldn't you?
1053
00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:18,114
- Fine. Fine.
1054
00:44:18,406 --> 00:44:19,823
No, don't do it.
1055
00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:21,167
I'll do it myself.
1056
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:31,085
- No, fine. Fine.
1057
00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:33,429
I can't let you have
all the fun.
1058
00:44:34,755 --> 00:44:36,849
I'll do it.
1059
00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:38,434
Christ on a gondola.
1060
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:40,394
Christ on a gondola.
1061
00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:55,617
- Oh, sorry, love.
1062
00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:04,873
- Was Terry there tonight?
1063
00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:06,962
- Yes.
1064
00:45:07,246 --> 00:45:08,919
- I like Terry.
1065
00:45:09,165 --> 00:45:11,167
He's my favorite.
1066
00:45:13,628 --> 00:45:16,051
- John's coming round tomorrow.
1067
00:45:16,297 --> 00:45:18,595
Homework. For the debate.
1068
00:45:18,841 --> 00:45:21,594
- You sure it's a good
idea to do that show?
1069
00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:22,844
- Why?
1070
00:45:22,845 --> 00:45:26,145
- Well, what if
the debate doesn't go okay?
1071
00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:28,605
What if it makes things worse?
1072
00:45:28,851 --> 00:45:32,276
- Then we'll move to Mexico
and change our names.
1073
00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:34,569
I'll start a new life
as Miguel Palinez
1074
00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:37,034
and work
as a guacamole inspector.
1075
00:46:11,602 --> 00:46:13,696
- Well, don't expect me
to go with you.
1076
00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:15,653
- Hey, I thought you said
1077
00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:17,668
that even if all the religious
leaders of the world
1078
00:46:17,692 --> 00:46:19,025
denounced me, you'd stick by me?
1079
00:46:19,026 --> 00:46:20,629
- I just don't want
to see you get murdered
1080
00:46:20,653 --> 00:46:22,655
by some sort
of religious maniac.
1081
00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:31,209
You put that away.
1082
00:46:35,918 --> 00:46:37,002
- What?
1083
00:46:37,003 --> 00:46:38,128
- We got the Pythons!
1084
00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:40,302
Cleese and Palin confirmed
this morning!
1085
00:46:40,548 --> 00:46:41,548
- Yes!
1086
00:46:41,549 --> 00:46:42,549
Whoo! One-nil!
1087
00:46:42,550 --> 00:46:44,052
Kempes!
1088
00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:45,645
Bloody brilliant!
1089
00:46:45,886 --> 00:46:47,638
Come here and give me a hug!
1090
00:46:47,888 --> 00:46:49,060
- I don't want
to give you a hug, Alan.
1091
00:46:49,061 --> 00:46:50,433
- Come on. Give me a hug!
1092
00:46:52,977 --> 00:46:54,524
So how did we do it?
1093
00:46:54,770 --> 00:46:56,738
- I asked lain. He knows them.
1094
00:46:56,981 --> 00:46:57,981
I told you that.
1095
00:46:57,982 --> 00:46:59,234
- lain...
1096
00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,994
- lain. Lain Johnstone.
1097
00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:03,737
- Never heard of him.
1098
00:47:03,738 --> 00:47:06,082
So who's heard about
Frank Bough?
1099
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:15,003
- You know, sometimes I truly
despise this country.
1100
00:47:15,249 --> 00:47:18,048
The descent into yobbery
goes on unabated.
1101
00:47:18,294 --> 00:47:19,294
Do you know I just saw
1102
00:47:19,295 --> 00:47:20,715
two teenagers
spitting in the street?
1103
00:47:20,716 --> 00:47:22,476
Do you think they know
that's how TB spreads?
1104
00:47:22,715 --> 00:47:23,715
Of course they don't.
1105
00:47:23,716 --> 00:47:24,716
Do they care?
1106
00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:25,759
No.
1107
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,353
I blame the Tories.
1108
00:47:27,595 --> 00:47:28,595
Things would be a lot different
1109
00:47:28,596 --> 00:47:30,064
if the Lib Dems were in power,
that's for sure.
1110
00:47:30,065 --> 00:47:31,431
- The Lib Dems?
1111
00:47:31,432 --> 00:47:32,809
No such thing as the Lib Dems.
1112
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:34,540
- Don't you mean the Liberals?
- Shh.
1113
00:47:37,146 --> 00:47:39,695
- So I've been doing
a spot of homework.
1114
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:41,283
- Right. Crikey.
1115
00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:43,778
Someone's taking it all
very seriously.
1116
00:47:45,279 --> 00:47:47,828
- Any idea who we're up against?
1117
00:47:48,115 --> 00:47:49,492
- Funny you should ask that.
1118
00:47:49,784 --> 00:47:51,076
Not a clue.
1119
00:47:51,077 --> 00:47:53,000
- So who are we
gonna put 'em up against?
1120
00:47:53,287 --> 00:47:54,848
- Well, I still think we can
still get a couple of bishops.
1121
00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:57,125
- Two bishops?
- No, it's way too dry.
1122
00:47:57,416 --> 00:48:01,341
About as dry as a dry-roasted
peanut up a dead nun's noo-noo.
1123
00:48:01,629 --> 00:48:03,631
No, we need a comedy-type
person on.
1124
00:48:03,881 --> 00:48:06,054
You know there are comedy people
who are Christian.
1125
00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:07,300
- Really?
- I know.
1126
00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:08,635
Weird, isn't it?
1127
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:11,515
What about Malcolm Muggeridge?
1128
00:48:11,806 --> 00:48:12,894
- Malcolm Muggeridge?
1129
00:48:12,895 --> 00:48:14,312
The hard-drinking,
chain-smoking,
1130
00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:16,401
womanizing Malcolm Muggeridge?
1131
00:48:16,644 --> 00:48:18,317
- Yeah, the hard-drinking,
chain-smoking,
1132
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,653
womanizing,
born-again Malcolm Muggeridge.
1133
00:48:26,028 --> 00:48:28,372
- It says here
he's famously contrary.
1134
00:48:28,656 --> 00:48:31,500
His maxim is, "Only dead fish
swim with the stream."
1135
00:48:31,784 --> 00:48:33,034
- Great.
1136
00:48:33,035 --> 00:48:35,663
Whatever happens,
he'll be dynamite TV.
1137
00:48:39,667 --> 00:48:42,386
- Are you sure you want
this guy on the show?
1138
00:48:42,670 --> 00:48:44,672
- Yes. He'll bring gravitas.
1139
00:48:50,553 --> 00:48:52,351
- Look, he used to do comedy.
1140
00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:53,977
Now he does religion.
1141
00:48:53,978 --> 00:48:55,691
And he likes to go on TV
and say shit
1142
00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:57,276
that he knows
will wind people up.
1143
00:48:57,518 --> 00:49:00,021
He could only be better
if he had tits like Cleo Rocos
1144
00:49:00,312 --> 00:49:02,360
and did the splits
like Nadia Comaneci.
1145
00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:05,325
- But what if-
and I'm ignoring that last bit-
1146
00:49:05,568 --> 00:49:07,536
what if he ends up siding
with the Pythons?
1147
00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:10,369
According to this, he was in
a similar situation once.
1148
00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:13,868
There was some big outcry
about an article he wrote.
1149
00:49:15,703 --> 00:49:17,162
- The hell were you thinking?
1150
00:49:17,163 --> 00:49:18,163
- Have you read it?
1151
00:49:18,164 --> 00:49:19,164
- I don't need to read it,
Malcolm,
1152
00:49:19,165 --> 00:49:21,418
it's called, "Does England
Really Need A Queen?"
1153
00:49:21,709 --> 00:49:23,084
You might as well
have called it,
1154
00:49:23,085 --> 00:49:25,245
"I Think It's Acceptable
To Masturbate Into Marmalade".
1155
00:49:25,504 --> 00:49:27,315
What the bloody hell
were you thinking about, man?
1156
00:49:27,339 --> 00:49:28,381
- Fuss over nothing.
1157
00:49:28,382 --> 00:49:29,723
I said practically
the same thing
1158
00:49:29,724 --> 00:49:31,185
in another piece
about two years ago.
1159
00:49:31,427 --> 00:49:32,844
- Well, that's as maybe,
1160
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:34,060
but no one complained
about that one.
1161
00:49:34,061 --> 00:49:35,055
They are complaining
about this one
1162
00:49:35,056 --> 00:49:36,056
because they find it offensive
1163
00:49:36,057 --> 00:49:37,353
and quite rightly so.
1164
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:38,977
- How can it possibly be
offensive?
1165
00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:40,569
It's only a thought.
1166
00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:42,691
- I hear Beaverbrook's
cancelling your contract.
1167
00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:44,565
- Apparently.
1168
00:49:44,857 --> 00:49:45,982
- Well, I'm sorry to hear that,
Malcolm,
1169
00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:47,405
but you've brought
this on yourself.
1170
00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:48,651
We have to let you go.
1171
00:49:48,652 --> 00:49:50,933
It's the BBC, for God's sake.
We've got certain standards.
1172
00:49:51,572 --> 00:49:52,989
No hard feelings?
1173
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:54,449
- Towards you?
1174
00:49:54,450 --> 00:49:55,793
Not at all.
1175
00:49:56,076 --> 00:49:58,078
- Good. Come on.
1176
00:50:01,582 --> 00:50:03,334
- I've shagged his wife.
1177
00:50:03,584 --> 00:50:04,918
- Who? Marjorie?
1178
00:50:04,919 --> 00:50:07,047
- No, Olivia.
1179
00:50:07,296 --> 00:50:08,764
- That's my wife.
1180
00:50:09,048 --> 00:50:11,426
- Oh, then I've shagged
your wife.
1181
00:50:11,675 --> 00:50:12,767
Sorry about that.
1182
00:50:12,768 --> 00:50:14,637
Lovely woman though.
1183
00:50:14,929 --> 00:50:17,853
Makes a wonderful breakfast.
1184
00:50:18,098 --> 00:50:19,850
- Maybe he'll side
with the Pythons.
1185
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,102
Maybe not.
That's the beauty of it.
1186
00:50:22,353 --> 00:50:24,071
The guy's totally unpredictable.
1187
00:50:24,313 --> 00:50:26,907
He's a riddle wrapped
in a mystery inside a...
1188
00:50:27,149 --> 00:50:28,651
shit.
1189
00:50:28,943 --> 00:50:30,991
Maybe he'll argue with
the Pythons and the bishop,
1190
00:50:31,278 --> 00:50:32,746
and we get a three-way
fist fight.
1191
00:50:32,747 --> 00:50:34,331
Love it.
1192
00:50:34,615 --> 00:50:37,038
Post me my BAFTA.
1193
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:40,959
- Okay, I'm the bishop.
1194
00:50:41,205 --> 00:50:42,205
- Right.
1195
00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:46,336
- Why have you deliberately set
out to offend people of faith?
1196
00:50:46,627 --> 00:50:47,970
- Uh, well, Bishop,
1197
00:50:48,212 --> 00:50:50,965
it wasn't our intention to
deliberately offend Christians
1198
00:50:51,257 --> 00:50:52,757
or to be blasphemous.
1199
00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:53,973
- I totally disagree with that.
1200
00:50:53,974 --> 00:50:55,294
- Sorry,
is that you in character,
1201
00:50:55,511 --> 00:50:56,556
or are you talking as you?
1202
00:50:56,557 --> 00:50:57,931
- No, I'm talking as me.
1203
00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:00,478
Talk to Graham about it.
Ask him what he thinks.
1204
00:51:00,766 --> 00:51:02,186
He's not that keen on Christians
1205
00:51:02,187 --> 00:51:04,733
because they're not that keen
on homosexuals.
1206
00:51:04,979 --> 00:51:06,447
- See, I don't think
we intended to be offensive
1207
00:51:06,448 --> 00:51:07,652
just for the sake of it.
1208
00:51:07,653 --> 00:51:09,742
- There's nothing wrong
with being offensive.
1209
00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:11,531
It's part of life.
1210
00:51:11,819 --> 00:51:13,787
If you get offended, so what?
1211
00:51:14,029 --> 00:51:15,702
In a way, it's a good thing.
1212
00:51:15,990 --> 00:51:17,663
It tells you
you're still alive at least.
1213
00:51:19,201 --> 00:51:22,501
Why can't I say things
to offend you, hmm?
1214
00:51:22,788 --> 00:51:25,166
Why can't I say
I don't like your hair?
1215
00:51:25,457 --> 00:51:28,131
Or your wife looks like a man
and makes fucking awful soup.
1216
00:51:28,377 --> 00:51:29,799
What is the worst
that could happen?
1217
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:30,837
- Hello, John.
1218
00:51:30,838 --> 00:51:32,181
- Oh, hello.
1219
00:51:32,423 --> 00:51:33,863
Sorry, didn't realize
you were, uh...
1220
00:51:33,966 --> 00:51:34,966
- Cup of tea?
1221
00:51:34,967 --> 00:51:36,467
I can put the kettle on,
1222
00:51:36,468 --> 00:51:37,908
although I don't think
it'll suit me.
1223
00:51:38,012 --> 00:51:40,765
- Oh.
1224
00:51:43,601 --> 00:51:45,023
Very good! Very good.
1225
00:51:45,311 --> 00:51:46,811
Well done.
1226
00:51:46,812 --> 00:51:47,812
Most amusing.
1227
00:51:47,813 --> 00:51:49,565
Tres amusant.
1228
00:51:49,857 --> 00:51:51,575
No, we're fine, thank you.
1229
00:51:51,859 --> 00:51:52,947
Most kind of you to ask.
1230
00:51:52,948 --> 00:51:54,866
We're-we're-we're-we're fine.
1231
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,284
- Sure I can't
I get you anything?
1232
00:51:56,285 --> 00:51:57,372
Glass of cordial?
1233
00:51:57,373 --> 00:51:59,708
Spot of soup?
1234
00:52:01,285 --> 00:52:03,333
- No, we're fine. Thank you.
1235
00:52:03,579 --> 00:52:05,957
Although your soup
is always delightful.
1236
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:17,680
Right. Where was I?
1237
00:52:17,926 --> 00:52:19,010
- Um...
- Being offensive.
1238
00:52:19,011 --> 00:52:20,386
- Being offensive.
- Yes, thank you.
1239
00:52:20,387 --> 00:52:22,060
What is the worst
that could happen, hmm?
1240
00:52:22,348 --> 00:52:25,101
You'll stop talking to me?
Heaven forfend!
1241
00:52:25,392 --> 00:52:26,735
What will probably happen?
1242
00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,571
You'll be upset for a bit
and then forget about it.
1243
00:52:29,813 --> 00:52:31,486
What's the best that can happen?
1244
00:52:31,732 --> 00:52:33,450
Maybe you'll think
"John's got a point.
1245
00:52:33,734 --> 00:52:35,907
"My wife does look like a man,
1246
00:52:36,195 --> 00:52:37,715
"and her soup does taste
fucking awful.
1247
00:52:37,905 --> 00:52:39,407
Maybe I should leave her."
1248
00:52:39,698 --> 00:52:42,497
- I've been able to keep
my marriage together, thanks.
1249
00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:44,916
- Oh, well, that's the spirit!
1250
00:52:45,204 --> 00:52:47,753
Besides, we haven't
been offensive, Mike.
1251
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:49,917
People just like complaining.
1252
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:51,919
The British love complaining.
1253
00:52:52,211 --> 00:52:53,631
Complaining about the weather,
1254
00:52:53,632 --> 00:52:55,093
complaining about
the government,
1255
00:52:55,094 --> 00:52:57,308
the fucking darkies,
the fucking queers,
1256
00:52:57,591 --> 00:52:59,969
Noel fucking Edmonds
and his Multi-Cunting Swap Shop.
1257
00:53:00,260 --> 00:53:01,933
When it comes to the British,
1258
00:53:02,221 --> 00:53:04,565
you can't please any
of the people any of the time.
1259
00:53:04,807 --> 00:53:06,901
And you know why they like
complaining so much?
1260
00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:08,393
Maybe it's because deep down,
1261
00:53:08,394 --> 00:53:10,112
they know
there is no fucking God,
1262
00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:11,739
and it takes their mind off
the fact
1263
00:53:11,740 --> 00:53:13,323
that their lives
are a pathetic sham
1264
00:53:13,607 --> 00:53:16,451
that won't amount to
a hill of shitty beans.
1265
00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:20,926
- You going to be like this
on the TV?
1266
00:53:21,031 --> 00:53:22,374
- Yes, I am.
1267
00:53:26,662 --> 00:53:28,835
- So what about our bishop?
1268
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,967
He can't be too serious,
but he can't be too flippant.
1269
00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:34,632
How will we find
the best bishop?
1270
00:53:50,352 --> 00:53:51,353
Mm... no.
1271
00:53:52,646 --> 00:53:53,989
No. Nope.
1272
00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:55,574
Ah-Ooh, no.
1273
00:53:57,735 --> 00:53:59,703
Him. He's perfect.
1274
00:53:59,987 --> 00:54:01,489
- Are you sure?
- Oh, yes.
1275
00:54:01,490 --> 00:54:04,367
He's absolutely mad.
1276
00:54:06,577 --> 00:54:07,702
- You know what?
1277
00:54:07,703 --> 00:54:10,206
We should just go on this show
and make fun of God.
1278
00:54:10,497 --> 00:54:12,966
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that would be helpful.
1279
00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:15,753
- What if the Christians
just attack us?
1280
00:54:16,003 --> 00:54:19,098
- It's a rational argument.
- It's a debate.
1281
00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:20,807
- I think we go on the attack.
1282
00:54:21,049 --> 00:54:23,017
"Bishop, you work
for an organization
1283
00:54:23,302 --> 00:54:25,475
"that is closely associated
with kiddie fiddling.
1284
00:54:25,721 --> 00:54:27,894
"Where do you stand
on the issue of child rape?
1285
00:54:28,182 --> 00:54:29,434
Good Christian behavior?"
1286
00:54:29,683 --> 00:54:32,186
- Yes, that's helpful, John.
- Thanks.
1287
00:54:32,478 --> 00:54:34,038
- Well, let's not
take it too seriously.
1288
00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:35,651
We could go on in fancy dress.
1289
00:54:35,898 --> 00:54:37,023
I could go dressed as Christ.
1290
00:54:37,024 --> 00:54:38,024
You can go dressed as Satan.
1291
00:54:38,025 --> 00:54:39,902
We could both go dressed
as Mary.
1292
00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:42,354
Or babies wearing nappies.
Or apostles wearing nappies-
1293
00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:43,696
and bondage gear.
1294
00:54:43,697 --> 00:54:45,497
- No, you've got to take
this seriously, John.
1295
00:54:45,699 --> 00:54:48,248
There are people working for us
who have had death threats.
1296
00:54:48,535 --> 00:54:49,627
- Well, they're not important.
1297
00:54:49,628 --> 00:54:50,703
They're the little people.
1298
00:54:50,704 --> 00:54:51,704
They're expendable.
1299
00:54:51,705 --> 00:54:52,705
- What?
1300
00:54:52,706 --> 00:54:54,549
- Rm joking.
1301
00:54:54,792 --> 00:54:56,385
- It's not very funny.
1302
00:54:56,668 --> 00:54:57,668
- I think it is.
1303
00:54:57,669 --> 00:54:58,669
- I don't think it is.
1304
00:54:58,670 --> 00:54:59,670
You've gone too far.
1305
00:54:59,671 --> 00:55:01,048
- No, I haven't.
1306
00:55:01,298 --> 00:55:03,551
And even if I had,
you could pretend I hadn't.
1307
00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:05,139
You can ignore me.
1308
00:55:05,385 --> 00:55:06,886
Or you could stop
being my friend.
1309
00:55:06,887 --> 00:55:08,054
- Oh, God, you're difficult.
1310
00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:09,055
- No, I'm not.
1311
00:55:09,056 --> 00:55:10,399
- Yes, you are.
1312
00:55:10,641 --> 00:55:12,268
- Right. That's it.
1313
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:13,856
Enough is enough.
1314
00:55:15,562 --> 00:55:18,236
- It doesn't have to be
like this.
1315
00:55:38,585 --> 00:55:41,509
- I look inside you, Palin,
and all I see is weakness.
1316
00:55:41,755 --> 00:55:43,883
- I look inside you,
and I see hatred.
1317
00:55:44,132 --> 00:55:45,429
- Give in to hatred.
1318
00:55:45,676 --> 00:55:47,223
Hating things is funny.
1319
00:55:47,469 --> 00:55:48,594
- No, never!
1320
00:55:48,595 --> 00:55:49,762
" No!"
1321
00:55:49,763 --> 00:55:50,810
- I'd rather be nice.
1322
00:55:50,811 --> 00:55:53,150
Sorry. No offense.
1323
00:55:55,102 --> 00:55:58,276
- Stop being nice,
you soppy bastard.
1324
00:55:58,522 --> 00:55:59,939
That's it, run away!
1325
00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:01,942
Run away from the fight,
you big chicken!
1326
00:56:05,445 --> 00:56:06,788
- You all right, John?
- Hang on, I'm coming.
1327
00:56:06,789 --> 00:56:08,828
- Got you!
1328
00:56:13,662 --> 00:56:16,666
- Bloody BBC, they should
have had stunt men for this.
1329
00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:21,216
- Who won?
- No idea.
1330
00:56:21,461 --> 00:56:22,756
- You should
have storyboarded it.
1331
00:56:22,757 --> 00:56:23,755
- I did do a storyboard it,
1332
00:56:23,756 --> 00:56:25,131
but I left it by the window,
and it blew away.
1333
00:56:25,132 --> 00:56:26,634
- Yeah, well, maybe shut
the fucking window.
1334
00:56:26,635 --> 00:56:29,056
- I know but it added
an interesting visual texture.
1335
00:56:29,303 --> 00:56:31,503
- I'll just see you at TV Centre
tomorrow then, shall I?
1336
00:56:31,722 --> 00:56:33,522
- John, what are you
going to say on the show?
1337
00:56:33,765 --> 00:56:35,062
- Well, I'm going to talk about
1338
00:56:35,309 --> 00:56:37,858
how Fawlty Towers is much
funnier than Ripping Yarns.
1339
00:56:38,145 --> 00:56:39,604
- Seriously, John.
1340
00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:41,357
- I'm going to be
as offensive as possible.
1341
00:56:41,648 --> 00:56:42,945
- This is important, John.
1342
00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:45,169
This isn't just the future
of comedy we're arguing for.
1343
00:56:45,193 --> 00:56:46,490
This is free speech.
1344
00:56:46,778 --> 00:56:48,280
- Oh, I believe
in free speech, Mike.
1345
00:56:48,530 --> 00:56:50,624
That's why I can't
let you censor me.
1346
00:56:50,866 --> 00:56:53,836
That's why I'm going to say
whatever the fuck I like.
1347
00:56:55,996 --> 00:56:57,204
Arse!
1348
00:56:57,205 --> 00:56:58,582
Balls!
1349
00:56:58,832 --> 00:57:00,082
Prick!
1350
00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:02,085
Shit!
1351
00:57:03,754 --> 00:57:06,303
Thank you and good night.
1352
00:57:06,548 --> 00:57:08,676
♪ Balls and bugger
and shits and tits ♪
1353
00:57:08,967 --> 00:57:10,389
♪ And a whole lot of fanny ♪
1354
00:57:27,402 --> 00:57:29,655
- How did it go with John today'?
1355
00:57:29,905 --> 00:57:31,703
- He thinks I'm taking it
all too seriously.
1356
00:57:31,949 --> 00:57:33,115
- Mm-hmm.
1357
00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:34,413
And are you?
1358
00:57:34,701 --> 00:57:35,953
- I don't know.
1359
00:57:36,203 --> 00:57:38,922
What's more important
than making fun of things?
1360
00:57:39,206 --> 00:57:40,846
If we're not allowed
to make fun of things
1361
00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:42,500
that take themselves
too seriously,
1362
00:57:42,501 --> 00:57:45,254
how are we supposed to stop them
from taking over the world?
1363
00:57:45,545 --> 00:57:46,796
- And what happens
1364
00:57:46,797 --> 00:57:48,217
if the comedians take
themselves too seriously?
1365
00:57:48,218 --> 00:57:50,418
- Comedians are allowed to
take themselves too seriously
1366
00:57:50,509 --> 00:57:53,058
because they're special
and better than everyone else.
1367
00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:55,351
- Oh, really?
- Yes.
1368
00:57:55,597 --> 00:57:59,067
Oh, I can't think straight
anymore.
1369
00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:01,983
- Come to bed.
- You've done too much homework.
1370
00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:03,869
If you don't know
why comedians are better
1371
00:58:03,897 --> 00:58:06,696
than God now, you'll never know.
1372
00:58:06,942 --> 00:58:08,865
- I should probably do
a bit more prep, love.
1373
00:58:21,873 --> 00:58:23,875
- Fancy a bunk-up?
1374
00:58:27,129 --> 00:58:28,551
- Yeah, go on then.
1375
00:58:36,263 --> 00:58:38,231
- Do you ever think
1376
00:58:38,473 --> 00:58:41,818
that we're persecuting
the Pythons?
1377
00:58:42,102 --> 00:58:43,269
- No.
1378
00:58:43,270 --> 00:58:45,648
They're persecuting us.
1379
00:58:45,939 --> 00:58:48,442
- Thousands of films
get made every year.
1380
00:58:48,734 --> 00:58:51,112
So one happens to be
a comedy about religion.
1381
00:58:51,361 --> 00:58:54,786
Is that them focusing on us?
1382
00:58:55,073 --> 00:58:56,791
Or are we focusing on them?
1383
00:58:57,075 --> 00:58:58,451
Weirdo!
1384
00:58:58,452 --> 00:59:01,171
- Are you having a moment
of doubt, Doubting Desmond?
1385
00:59:01,455 --> 00:59:03,457
- No... Patronizing tit!
1386
00:59:03,707 --> 00:59:05,082
No. No.
1387
00:59:05,083 --> 00:59:07,131
Just playing devil's advocate.
1388
00:59:07,419 --> 00:59:08,466
Piss off!
1389
00:59:13,050 --> 00:59:14,677
- Desmond, swearing-
1390
00:59:14,968 --> 00:59:16,265
- Yes, yes. I am aware of it.
1391
00:59:16,266 --> 00:59:19,561
- Is it-
It's never deliberate, is it?
1392
00:59:19,806 --> 00:59:21,399
- Oh, no. No.
1393
00:59:21,641 --> 00:59:23,985
Liar! No.
1394
00:59:24,227 --> 00:59:27,401
- Good. Good.
1395
00:59:30,984 --> 00:59:32,986
Oh, not again.
1396
01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:09,315
- You're not the nicest man
in the world.
1397
01:00:09,564 --> 01:00:12,067
You're a very naughty boy.
1398
01:00:15,987 --> 01:00:17,113
I'm sorry!
1399
01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:19,162
I'm really sorry!
1400
01:00:24,371 --> 01:00:25,839
- Oh, hello. You're awake.
1401
01:00:26,081 --> 01:00:28,254
Um, this is awkward.
1402
01:00:28,542 --> 01:00:31,011
The thing is,
I really don't like conflict,
1403
01:00:31,253 --> 01:00:34,553
but you made fun of my
all-loving, all-forgiving God,
1404
01:00:34,798 --> 01:00:37,051
so I'm going to kill you.
1405
01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:38,300
Tent peg.
1406
01:00:43,223 --> 01:00:45,225
- God.
1407
01:01:02,742 --> 01:01:04,744
- You're still dreaming.
1408
01:01:21,094 --> 01:01:23,597
- And then Jesus popped up
on a piece of toast.
1409
01:01:23,847 --> 01:01:25,311
And then there was John
1410
01:01:25,312 --> 01:01:26,727
dressed in
a giant rabbit costume
1411
01:01:26,728 --> 01:01:28,022
saying, "You're still dreaming."
1412
01:01:28,023 --> 01:01:29,770
What does that mean?
1413
01:01:30,020 --> 01:01:31,740
- We've always been quite close,
haven't we?
1414
01:01:31,771 --> 01:01:32,771
- Yeah.
1415
01:01:32,772 --> 01:01:35,571
- Well, until this is all over,
just stay away from me.
1416
01:01:37,110 --> 01:01:38,611
- I'm still dreaming, aren't I?
1417
01:01:38,612 --> 01:01:39,862
- Yeah, you are.
1418
01:01:39,863 --> 01:01:42,241
Please stop staring at my penis.
1419
01:01:42,490 --> 01:01:43,490
It's disturbing.
1420
01:01:47,746 --> 01:01:50,750
- Probably shouldn't
have had that cheese.
1421
01:01:53,835 --> 01:01:56,133
- Tonight on
Friday Night, Saturday Morning,
1422
01:01:56,379 --> 01:01:59,007
Michael Palin and John Cleese
will debate the film.
1423
01:01:59,299 --> 01:02:00,926
The Life of Brian...
1424
01:02:01,176 --> 01:02:02,515
- You'll be all right.
1425
01:02:02,516 --> 01:02:04,308
You're quite good
at public speaking.
1426
01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:06,682
Cup of tea.
1427
01:02:08,892 --> 01:02:10,314
I have faith in you.
1428
01:02:10,602 --> 01:02:12,102
- Thanks, love.
1429
01:02:12,103 --> 01:02:16,404
- The film The Life of Brian
has just opened in London.
1430
01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:17,822
I have not seen it,
1431
01:02:17,823 --> 01:02:20,946
and I suppose
I am unlikely to do so.
1432
01:02:21,196 --> 01:02:24,200
However, members
will have seen the reviews
1433
01:02:24,491 --> 01:02:26,651
and will be aware that there is
a great deal of concern
1434
01:02:26,701 --> 01:02:28,795
throughout the country about it.
1435
01:02:29,037 --> 01:02:31,085
For the immediate future,
1436
01:02:31,331 --> 01:02:33,299
it will be up
to Christian people
1437
01:02:33,541 --> 01:02:35,009
and others
who share this concern
1438
01:02:35,010 --> 01:02:38,505
to ensure that in this case,
as in other cases
1439
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:40,315
where it seems that a film
has been made
1440
01:02:40,465 --> 01:02:43,844
which devalues humanity
in their own areas,
1441
01:02:44,094 --> 01:02:46,517
the local viewing committee
is alerted to the need
1442
01:02:46,805 --> 01:02:50,059
to see the film
before it is publicly shown,
1443
01:02:50,350 --> 01:02:51,602
and having done so,
1444
01:02:51,603 --> 01:02:53,399
to take responsible decisions
1445
01:02:53,687 --> 01:02:58,033
as to whether and on what
conditions it should be shown.
1446
01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:20,972
- "Be sober, be vigilant,
1447
01:03:20,973 --> 01:03:24,719
"because thy adversary,
the devil, is a roaring lion,
1448
01:03:24,968 --> 01:03:28,598
walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour."
1449
01:03:28,888 --> 01:03:32,483
- Christ is seen very definitely
at the beginning.
1450
01:03:32,726 --> 01:03:34,820
Three wise men arrive...
1451
01:03:39,316 --> 01:03:41,865
I can rely on you,
can't I, John?
1452
01:03:45,196 --> 01:03:46,448
John!
1453
01:03:46,740 --> 01:03:48,037
- Sorry, miles away.
1454
01:03:48,283 --> 01:03:50,251
Wondering what
I might have for dinner.
1455
01:03:50,535 --> 01:03:52,663
What do you think? Fish?
1456
01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:54,710
- God,
you're a difficult bastard.
1457
01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:56,378
- Mike, don't say that.
1458
01:03:56,624 --> 01:03:57,750
Doesn't suit you.
1459
01:03:57,751 --> 01:03:59,298
You are the nicest man
in the world.
1460
01:03:59,586 --> 01:04:01,439
- And you're the most
disrespectful, disagreeable,
1461
01:04:01,463 --> 01:04:02,546
objectionable, obnoxious,
1462
01:04:02,547 --> 01:04:03,764
and annoying man in the world.
1463
01:04:03,765 --> 01:04:04,798
- That's right,
1464
01:04:04,799 --> 01:04:06,392
and I fought very hard
for that title.
1465
01:04:06,634 --> 01:04:08,554
Wasn't easy to wrest it away
from Michael Winner.
1466
01:04:08,678 --> 01:04:11,932
- John, this is important.
1467
01:04:12,223 --> 01:04:13,474
- Don't put so much pressure
on yourself.
1468
01:04:13,475 --> 01:04:15,161
- It's only a chat show.
- It's not though, is it?
1469
01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:16,400
This is about the future
of comedy.
1470
01:04:16,401 --> 01:04:18,164
It might even be about
the future of religion.
1471
01:04:18,188 --> 01:04:19,280
- Well, I wish I believed
we were that important,
1472
01:04:19,281 --> 01:04:20,481
Mike, but I don't.
1473
01:04:20,482 --> 01:04:21,774
- Well, if we're not,
1474
01:04:21,775 --> 01:04:23,535
why are so many people
protesting against us?
1475
01:04:23,735 --> 01:04:25,203
This must be Harry.
1476
01:04:25,445 --> 01:04:26,487
Try to be nice.
1477
01:04:26,488 --> 01:04:27,488
- Of course.
1478
01:04:27,489 --> 01:04:29,116
- Hi! Harry Balls.
1479
01:04:29,366 --> 01:04:30,583
- Lovely to meet you, Harry.
1480
01:04:30,584 --> 01:04:33,624
- Harry Balls! Jolly good!
1481
01:04:33,870 --> 01:04:35,793
- Thanks for agreeing
to come on the show.
1482
01:04:36,081 --> 01:04:37,378
- Who can resist Harry Balls?
1483
01:04:37,624 --> 01:04:39,547
Everyone wants to see
Harry Balls.
1484
01:04:39,793 --> 01:04:41,251
I have a-
1485
01:04:41,252 --> 01:04:43,220
- Can't think of anywhere
we'd rather be.
1486
01:04:43,463 --> 01:04:45,261
- Tell me,
will we be seeing Mr. Dick?
1487
01:04:45,507 --> 01:04:46,595
- Yes, he'll pop in.
1488
01:04:46,596 --> 01:04:48,309
- Will he? Will he indeed?
1489
01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:49,848
Well, I'll look forward to that.
1490
01:04:49,849 --> 01:04:52,438
- Right, shall we-
1491
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:53,847
- Remind me.
1492
01:04:53,848 --> 01:04:55,942
Is Dick above Balls?
1493
01:04:57,519 --> 01:04:58,894
Hey!
1494
01:04:58,895 --> 01:05:00,229
Look who's here.
1495
01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:01,698
- The sacrificial lamb.
1496
01:05:01,699 --> 01:05:04,533
- It's M-m-monty Python!
1497
01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:06,068
- Famous!
1498
01:05:06,069 --> 01:05:07,361
- Don't be seduced.
1499
01:05:07,362 --> 01:05:09,490
So was Adolf Hitler
and Aleister Crowley.
1500
01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:11,031
- Who?
- What?
1501
01:05:11,032 --> 01:05:12,409
- Michael, John.
1502
01:05:12,659 --> 01:05:15,629
Alan Dick, Head of BBC Talk.
1503
01:05:15,870 --> 01:05:19,670
So looking forward to seeing
who's going to win this one.
1504
01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:21,041
Tim!
1505
01:05:21,042 --> 01:05:22,419
This is your host
for the evening,
1506
01:05:22,669 --> 01:05:23,752
Tim Rice.
1507
01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:25,087
- Hello, guys. Hi.
1508
01:05:25,088 --> 01:05:26,931
Wow, thanks so much
for coming on the show.
1509
01:05:27,173 --> 01:05:29,972
Listen, obviously,
my role is to be impartial.
1510
01:05:30,218 --> 01:05:31,343
But I just want to say,
1511
01:05:31,344 --> 01:05:32,944
I know exactly
what you're going through.
1512
01:05:32,971 --> 01:05:35,315
When we did Jesus Christ
Superstar in 1971,
1513
01:05:35,557 --> 01:05:37,275
it got accused of blasphemy.
1514
01:05:37,517 --> 01:05:39,770
Admittedly, I did
co-write it with Beelzebub.
1515
01:05:41,104 --> 01:05:42,790
Now, of course, it's the height
of respectability.
1516
01:05:42,814 --> 01:05:44,189
- I tell you what...
1517
01:05:44,190 --> 01:05:45,405
I wouldn't mind
having a hit musical.
1518
01:05:45,406 --> 01:05:46,886
That's got to be worth
a few quid, eh?
1519
01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:49,617
If only I had an idea for one.
1520
01:05:49,863 --> 01:05:51,383
- Well, you could always do
what we did
1521
01:05:51,573 --> 01:05:53,996
and lovingly rip off a story
that already exists.
1522
01:05:54,242 --> 01:05:57,542
So, John, will we be seeing
any Basil Fawlty tonight?
1523
01:05:57,787 --> 01:05:59,147
- Actually, Tim,
if you don't mind,
1524
01:05:59,372 --> 01:06:01,653
I'd rather you directed most
of your questions at Michael.
1525
01:06:03,877 --> 01:06:05,094
- Oh, right. Okay, yes.
1526
01:06:05,095 --> 01:06:06,211
Fine by me.
1527
01:06:06,212 --> 01:06:07,885
- We're ready.
- Okay.
1528
01:06:08,131 --> 01:06:09,381
See you in there.
1529
01:06:09,382 --> 01:06:10,841
- Um, what?
1530
01:06:10,842 --> 01:06:12,642
- Suddenly feel quite nervous
for some reason.
1531
01:06:12,719 --> 01:06:13,969
- What about me?
1532
01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:15,267
- Well, it's all right for you,
isn't it?
1533
01:06:15,268 --> 01:06:17,686
You draw confidence
from your spirituality.
1534
01:06:17,932 --> 01:06:19,372
- Malcolm Muggeridge.
- Good evening.
1535
01:06:19,601 --> 01:06:21,603
Good evening. Hello, hello.
1536
01:06:30,737 --> 01:06:33,490
- Wow, that is one big
motherfuckin' Bishop.
1537
01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:43,921
- Ah, Bishop. Alan Dick.
1538
01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:47,803
Let me introduce you
to your opponents.
1539
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:50,715
John, Michael, this is a bishop.
1540
01:06:50,965 --> 01:06:52,808
- Best of luck for the show.
1541
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:55,470
Break a leg, as they say.
1542
01:06:55,762 --> 01:06:57,935
- This is not the bishop
I wanted.
1543
01:06:58,181 --> 01:06:59,398
- lain said he'd be better.
1544
01:06:59,399 --> 01:07:00,937
- Who the fuck is lain?
1545
01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:06,280
- Are you expecting vampires?
1546
01:07:06,523 --> 01:07:07,940
- Come on, Joan.
1547
01:07:07,941 --> 01:07:09,943
You'll have to be funnier
than that.
1548
01:07:13,238 --> 01:07:14,956
You pompous arse.
1549
01:07:15,198 --> 01:07:16,967
I'll take that crucifix,
and garrote you with it.
1550
01:07:16,991 --> 01:07:18,618
Lovely cassock, Bishop.
1551
01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:20,791
Very flattering.
1552
01:07:21,037 --> 01:07:22,129
- Thank you, Joan.
1553
01:07:22,130 --> 01:07:24,715
You're too kind.
1554
01:07:24,958 --> 01:07:26,458
- Ready to go?
1555
01:07:26,459 --> 01:07:27,793
- So remember,
1556
01:07:27,794 --> 01:07:29,637
the key points are
we didn't kill Jesus.
1557
01:07:29,879 --> 01:07:31,255
That was the Jews.
1558
01:07:31,256 --> 01:07:33,008
Gonna get angry with anyone,
blame the Jews.
1559
01:07:33,299 --> 01:07:34,860
Plus the MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK
available now
1560
01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:36,009
in all good bookshops.
1561
01:07:36,010 --> 01:07:37,512
- How do we look?
1562
01:07:37,804 --> 01:07:39,304
- Good.
- Fine.
1563
01:07:39,305 --> 01:07:40,727
- Shit scared.
1564
01:07:40,974 --> 01:07:43,443
- We should probably be going.
1565
01:07:49,774 --> 01:07:51,492
- Okay, let's shake a leg,
people.
1566
01:07:51,776 --> 01:07:53,904
Let's smash the arse off of it.
1567
01:07:54,153 --> 01:07:55,530
- Cue titles.
1568
01:07:55,822 --> 01:07:57,665
- ♪ Friday night ♪
1569
01:07:57,949 --> 01:07:59,451
♪ Saturday morning ♪
1570
01:07:59,701 --> 01:08:01,169
♪ By yesterday's dawn ♪
1571
01:08:01,411 --> 01:08:03,129
♪ There's a weekend dawning ♪
1572
01:08:03,371 --> 01:08:04,714
♪ Friday night ♪
1573
01:08:04,998 --> 01:08:09,048
♪ Saturday morning at last ♪
1574
01:08:09,335 --> 01:08:10,627
- Do you know what?
1575
01:08:10,628 --> 01:08:12,273
I actually find these opening
credits quite offensive.
1576
01:08:12,297 --> 01:08:14,220
- Yes.
1577
01:08:14,507 --> 01:08:15,975
- As a woman.
1578
01:08:16,217 --> 01:08:20,518
- Yes.
- Yes, I knew what you meant.
1579
01:08:20,805 --> 01:08:22,227
- ♪ Friday night ♪
1580
01:08:22,515 --> 01:08:25,985
♪ Saturday morning at last ♪
1581
01:08:26,227 --> 01:08:28,400
- This is all a bit
heterosexual, isn't it?
1582
01:08:28,688 --> 01:08:30,031
- Yes, I rather like it.
1583
01:08:30,315 --> 01:08:32,158
- Please welcome
⅓ of Monty Python,
1584
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:33,697
Michael Palin and John Cleese.
1585
01:08:45,413 --> 01:08:46,872
- Cracked.
1586
01:08:46,873 --> 01:08:48,090
BBC cutbacks.
1587
01:08:50,877 --> 01:08:52,925
- So why the name Brian?
1588
01:08:53,212 --> 01:08:55,135
- It's one the funny names,
isn't it?
1589
01:08:55,381 --> 01:08:58,134
Like Trevor or Kevin.
1590
01:08:58,384 --> 01:08:59,852
It's just funny.
1591
01:09:01,929 --> 01:09:03,305
- So you must have known
you were heading for
1592
01:09:03,306 --> 01:09:04,728
some criticism and controversy,
1593
01:09:05,016 --> 01:09:06,359
A, because you were well-known,
1594
01:09:06,601 --> 01:09:07,898
and B, because,
to put it mildly,
1595
01:09:08,186 --> 01:09:10,280
the subject matter
is quite well known.
1596
01:09:10,563 --> 01:09:13,407
- Yes but we...
- we wrote an awful lot
1597
01:09:13,691 --> 01:09:14,908
which was then just thrown away
1598
01:09:14,909 --> 01:09:16,240
because it was sort of
1599
01:09:16,241 --> 01:09:19,330
struggling too hard to be
sort of controversial or-
1600
01:09:19,572 --> 01:09:22,075
- Well, actually, I don't know
if I agree with that.
1601
01:09:22,367 --> 01:09:24,586
Because I don't know that we
were coming in
1602
01:09:24,869 --> 01:09:27,292
with stuff about Christ.
1603
01:09:27,580 --> 01:09:30,880
And we all started
writing around the edges.
1604
01:09:31,125 --> 01:09:32,547
All the people who arrived
1605
01:09:32,794 --> 01:09:34,967
five minutes after
the miracle being done.
1606
01:09:36,381 --> 01:09:37,756
- Come on, Tim.
1607
01:09:37,757 --> 01:09:39,134
No more Mr. Nicey-Ricey.
1608
01:09:39,135 --> 01:09:40,217
Poke them.
1609
01:09:40,218 --> 01:09:41,638
Prod them. Get a reaction.
1610
01:09:41,639 --> 01:09:43,684
- Weren't you in some
danger of splitting up?
1611
01:09:43,930 --> 01:09:45,853
Or at least there was
some internal conflict?
1612
01:09:46,099 --> 01:09:48,397
Did the film in fact
bring you closer together?
1613
01:09:48,643 --> 01:09:50,611
- Yes, I mean, I think it did.
1614
01:09:50,895 --> 01:09:52,738
After the Grail,
there was about a year
1615
01:09:52,980 --> 01:09:55,074
spent sort in the wilderness,
as it were.
1616
01:09:55,316 --> 01:09:58,115
- Also there was the stage
where we hated each other.
1617
01:09:59,404 --> 01:10:00,404
- We're ready for you now.
1618
01:10:00,405 --> 01:10:01,405
- I never hated you.
1619
01:10:01,406 --> 01:10:03,329
- If He calls, we must answer.
1620
01:10:03,616 --> 01:10:06,085
- Whatever any of the others
may say, I always liked you.
1621
01:10:06,327 --> 01:10:08,079
- Good luck, God bless.
1622
01:10:09,330 --> 01:10:10,622
- A-a-a-men.
1623
01:10:10,623 --> 01:10:11,665
- Hymen!
1624
01:10:11,666 --> 01:10:13,384
- What about your solo projects?
1625
01:10:13,626 --> 01:10:15,127
- Are there going to be any
more Ripping Yarns?
1626
01:10:15,128 --> 01:10:16,503
Any more Fawlty Towers?
1627
01:10:16,504 --> 01:10:18,131
- There'll be no more
Fawlty Towers, no.
1628
01:10:26,347 --> 01:10:28,725
- Okay, in a moment,
we'll be joined by two men
1629
01:10:28,975 --> 01:10:30,272
who don't usually review films.
1630
01:10:30,518 --> 01:10:32,646
- So this is it, then.
1631
01:10:32,937 --> 01:10:34,417
In the red corner,
organized religion,
1632
01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:38,072
the beliefs of billions,
and if He exists, God.
1633
01:10:38,317 --> 01:10:39,317
In the blue corner,
1634
01:10:39,318 --> 01:10:40,661
some men who like to get naked
1635
01:10:40,662 --> 01:10:42,997
and talk about moose
choreography.
1636
01:10:43,239 --> 01:10:45,082
Let battle commence.
1637
01:10:47,994 --> 01:10:49,514
- We're joined now
by Mervyn Stockwood,
1638
01:10:49,787 --> 01:10:51,001
the Bishop of Southwark,
1639
01:10:51,002 --> 01:10:52,164
and Malcolm Muggeridge.
1640
01:10:52,165 --> 01:10:53,667
- What do you think's going
to happen?
1641
01:10:53,958 --> 01:10:55,041
Who's going to win?
1642
01:10:55,042 --> 01:10:56,362
- Well, obviously,
I know already.
1643
01:10:56,586 --> 01:10:57,878
- Don't tell me!
1644
01:10:57,879 --> 01:10:59,648
I hate it when you tell me
how everything ends.
1645
01:10:59,672 --> 01:11:01,265
- Well, let's just say...
1646
01:11:01,507 --> 01:11:02,507
- I'm not listening!
- Not listening.
1647
01:11:11,517 --> 01:11:13,287
- You've turned the beer
into water, haven't you?
1648
01:11:13,311 --> 01:11:15,734
Christ! I wish you'd grow up.
1649
01:11:16,022 --> 01:11:18,024
- Bishop, what was your review?
1650
01:11:19,984 --> 01:11:22,032
- People have said to me,
1651
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:25,119
"Bishop, you'll be horrified."
1652
01:11:25,364 --> 01:11:28,709
But I wasn't the vicar of the
University Church for nothing.
1653
01:11:28,951 --> 01:11:31,704
I am familiar
with undergraduate humor.
1654
01:11:34,290 --> 01:11:37,260
I'm also a governor
of a mentally-deficient school.
1655
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,513
- Oh, I like this guy!
1656
01:11:40,755 --> 01:11:42,348
He's my kind of bishop!
1657
01:11:42,590 --> 01:11:43,967
Horrible.
1658
01:11:44,217 --> 01:11:46,561
- It's the sort of thing,
I'm sorry to say,
1659
01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:47,803
that at Cambridge,
1660
01:11:47,804 --> 01:11:51,024
the Footlights did
on a damp Tuesday afternoon,
1661
01:11:51,265 --> 01:11:54,860
or the lower fourth
when I was a schoolmaster.
1662
01:11:55,102 --> 01:11:58,197
- Strange.
- That's not very constructive.
1663
01:11:58,439 --> 01:11:59,654
- I thought this was supposed
to be a constructive debate.
1664
01:11:59,655 --> 01:12:00,650
- I wouldn't worry about it.
1665
01:12:00,651 --> 01:12:02,573
It's just a bit of banter,
innit?
1666
01:12:02,860 --> 01:12:04,328
- Why lampoon death?
1667
01:12:04,570 --> 01:12:06,490
I think this is the thing
that really worried me.
1668
01:12:06,614 --> 01:12:10,164
I don't think you'd make
a farce about Auschwitz.
1669
01:12:10,952 --> 01:12:12,202
- Good!
1670
01:12:12,203 --> 01:12:13,931
Always good to play
the Auschwitz card early.
1671
01:12:13,955 --> 01:12:16,035
- Yeah, he won't have any
trouble topping that later.
1672
01:12:16,249 --> 01:12:18,126
When I look at that figure,
1673
01:12:18,417 --> 01:12:20,698
I mean, I know you're going
to say that Brian isn't Jesus,
1674
01:12:20,753 --> 01:12:23,802
but, I mean,
that is just rubbish.
1675
01:12:24,590 --> 01:12:26,342
The whole thing is quite clear.
1676
01:12:26,592 --> 01:12:27,843
If Jesus hadn't lived,
1677
01:12:27,844 --> 01:12:30,222
that film would not have been
produced.
1678
01:12:30,471 --> 01:12:32,018
- Come on, Tim!
- Stir it up some more!
1679
01:12:32,265 --> 01:12:33,767
Call someone a shitbag.
1680
01:12:34,058 --> 01:12:35,605
Pull a face like a mong.
1681
01:12:35,852 --> 01:12:36,899
Kick the bishop.
1682
01:12:36,900 --> 01:12:37,936
- Oh, dear God.
1683
01:12:37,937 --> 01:12:39,564
- Could I just bring in Malcolm
1684
01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:42,363
and ask what your review
is like?
1685
01:12:42,608 --> 01:12:43,942
- Yes.
1686
01:12:43,943 --> 01:12:46,537
Um, remember that I was engaged
for four years
1687
01:12:46,779 --> 01:12:50,329
in the appalling task of trying
to make English people laugh
1688
01:12:50,616 --> 01:12:52,539
as editor of Punch.
1689
01:12:52,785 --> 01:12:54,753
It's almost
an impossible thing to do.
1690
01:12:54,996 --> 01:12:59,877
But I couldn't help feeling
enormous envy of the ease
1691
01:13:00,126 --> 01:13:03,926
with which this particular film
aroused laughter.
1692
01:13:04,171 --> 01:13:05,923
You simply had to use
a four-letter word
1693
01:13:06,173 --> 01:13:08,426
or display a man's private
parts in the window,
1694
01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:11,771
and the place fell on the ground
with laughter.
1695
01:13:12,013 --> 01:13:13,813
- What's wrong with that?
- Swearing is funny.
1696
01:13:13,931 --> 01:13:15,145
- Windows are funny.
1697
01:13:15,146 --> 01:13:16,641
- My genitals are funny.
1698
01:13:16,642 --> 01:13:18,161
- And that shot
was beautifully framed.
1699
01:13:18,185 --> 01:13:19,482
Even the framing was funny.
1700
01:13:19,729 --> 01:13:21,902
- Also, of course, I agree
entirely with the Bishop.
1701
01:13:22,148 --> 01:13:23,695
It's quite humbug
1702
01:13:23,983 --> 01:13:26,236
to say that this is not
a ridiculing
1703
01:13:26,485 --> 01:13:28,487
of the founder of the Christian
religion
1704
01:13:28,779 --> 01:13:30,030
and of the Incarnation
1705
01:13:30,031 --> 01:13:32,784
in an extremely cheap
and tenth-rate way.
1706
01:13:33,034 --> 01:13:34,661
- Rummenigge! Two-nil!
1707
01:13:34,911 --> 01:13:36,244
Great stuff.
1708
01:13:36,245 --> 01:13:38,043
Malcolm's even better
than the bishop.
1709
01:13:38,331 --> 01:13:40,291
- Don't just believe because
someone tells you to.
1710
01:13:40,374 --> 01:13:42,047
Someone in the
pulpit says something,
1711
01:13:42,335 --> 01:13:45,305
question it,
work it out yourself.
1712
01:13:45,546 --> 01:13:49,141
- Are you seriously suggesting
that someone who saw that film-
1713
01:13:49,383 --> 01:13:51,056
say a young kid who knew nothing
1714
01:13:51,344 --> 01:13:53,517
about the gospels
or about history-
1715
01:13:53,804 --> 01:13:56,523
that the figure of Christ
that would emerge from it
1716
01:13:56,766 --> 01:13:58,188
would be a noble one?
1717
01:13:58,476 --> 01:14:00,116
- Well, it's not supposed
to be about him,
1718
01:14:00,269 --> 01:14:02,363
so people shouldn't go
and see it to learn about him.
1719
01:14:02,605 --> 01:14:04,416
- Well, it's no good saying
it's not about him.
1720
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:05,690
- I'm not being dishonest.
1721
01:14:05,691 --> 01:14:07,531
- You're being utterly
dishonest, my dear chap.
1722
01:14:08,527 --> 01:14:10,905
- They're n-n-not letting
the Pythons
1723
01:14:11,197 --> 01:14:12,414
h-h-have their s-s-s-say.
1724
01:14:12,415 --> 01:14:13,749
- Mouth Nazi!
1725
01:14:14,033 --> 01:14:17,537
- I am very confused
and perturbed by a religion-
1726
01:14:17,828 --> 01:14:20,126
an established religion,
in this country,
1727
01:14:20,373 --> 01:14:23,877
where people can go
into church on a Sunday morning,
1728
01:14:24,126 --> 01:14:27,676
and the same people
can sing hymns and say prayers,
1729
01:14:27,922 --> 01:14:29,094
and at the same time,
1730
01:14:29,095 --> 01:14:31,934
these people can stand by
1731
01:14:32,218 --> 01:14:34,562
while their money
is spent making bombs,
1732
01:14:34,804 --> 01:14:36,179
making guns.
1733
01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:39,605
Building up appalling
weapons of destruction-
1734
01:14:39,892 --> 01:14:41,519
they can sit by and-
1735
01:14:41,769 --> 01:14:43,929
- I would urge you not to make
careless generalizations
1736
01:14:44,063 --> 01:14:46,566
which are not dependent
on evidence.
1737
01:14:46,857 --> 01:14:49,280
- L-l make them in all humility.
1738
01:14:49,568 --> 01:14:52,071
- I think the Pythons
are on the ropes here.
1739
01:14:52,321 --> 01:14:55,200
- But I have observed people-
1740
01:14:55,449 --> 01:14:57,918
- Because what you're saying-
if I may say so-
1741
01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:00,583
is a great load
of sheer rubbish,
1742
01:15:00,830 --> 01:15:03,925
and you've made the most
ridiculous generalizations
1743
01:15:04,208 --> 01:15:07,257
which are unworthy
of an educated man.
1744
01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:08,755
- This whole thing is wrong.
1745
01:15:09,046 --> 01:15:12,471
Wong and weally,
weally repugnant.
1746
01:15:12,758 --> 01:15:14,101
- Your lisp is getting worse.
1747
01:15:14,102 --> 01:15:15,260
- It weally is.
1748
01:15:15,261 --> 01:15:17,889
- If you made that film
about Mohammed,
1749
01:15:18,139 --> 01:15:22,269
you see, there would be absolute
hullabaloo in this country.
1750
01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:24,813
The racial,
anti-racialist people
1751
01:15:25,104 --> 01:15:26,981
would rise up in their might.
1752
01:15:27,273 --> 01:15:29,025
The same people who
approve of this
1753
01:15:29,275 --> 01:15:32,119
would have thought it quite
disgraceful.
1754
01:15:32,403 --> 01:15:34,043
Behind people's minds
would be the thought
1755
01:15:34,238 --> 01:15:36,286
that they might lose
a bit of oil.
1756
01:15:36,574 --> 01:15:38,417
But you see the difference.
1757
01:15:38,659 --> 01:15:39,826
- 400 years ago.
1758
01:15:39,827 --> 01:15:41,347
We would have been burnt
for this film.
1759
01:15:41,579 --> 01:15:43,179
Now I'm suggesting
we've made an advance.
1760
01:15:45,624 --> 01:15:47,083
- I've never seen Mike
this angry.
1761
01:15:47,084 --> 01:15:48,084
This isn't good.
1762
01:15:48,085 --> 01:15:50,508
- This great drama
of the Incarnation,
1763
01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:53,390
you have reduced
to a sort of comic film.
1764
01:15:53,632 --> 01:15:55,100
You don't make people open
1765
01:15:55,342 --> 01:15:57,310
by producing
the sort of buffoonery
1766
01:15:57,595 --> 01:15:59,017
that you have produced.
1767
01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:00,785
- You keep making
the basic assumption
1768
01:16:00,931 --> 01:16:03,434
that we are ridiculing Christ
and Christ's teaching,
1769
01:16:03,684 --> 01:16:05,152
and I say we are not.
1770
01:16:05,436 --> 01:16:08,030
- Do you imagine
that your scene, for instance,
1771
01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:11,409
of the Sermon on the Mount
is not ridiculing
1772
01:16:11,650 --> 01:16:14,950
one of the most sublime
utterances
1773
01:16:15,196 --> 01:16:17,995
that any human being has ever
spoken on this earth?
1774
01:16:18,282 --> 01:16:19,282
Course it is.
1775
01:16:19,283 --> 01:16:20,703
- No.
- Absolutely not.
1776
01:16:20,704 --> 01:16:21,996
- No, it's making fun of the guy
1777
01:16:21,997 --> 01:16:23,164
who's remembered it wrong
1778
01:16:23,165 --> 01:16:25,164
and the people
who've missed the point.
1779
01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:27,054
- Christ is played
by an actor-Ken Colley.
1780
01:16:27,208 --> 01:16:29,336
He speaks the words
from the Sermon on the Mount.
1781
01:16:29,585 --> 01:16:31,178
He's treated absolutely
respectfully.
1782
01:16:31,462 --> 01:16:33,089
The camera then pans away,
1783
01:16:33,339 --> 01:16:34,509
right to the back of the crowd,
1784
01:16:34,510 --> 01:16:35,830
to someone
who shouts, "Speak up,"
1785
01:16:36,050 --> 01:16:37,768
because they cannot hear him.
1786
01:16:38,010 --> 01:16:40,291
Now if that utterly undermines
my faith in Christ, then I-
1787
01:16:40,387 --> 01:16:42,765
- No, of course
it doesn't undermine it.
1788
01:16:43,015 --> 01:16:44,354
Now, I started off by saying
1789
01:16:44,355 --> 01:16:46,227
that it is such
a tenth-rate film,
1790
01:16:46,519 --> 01:16:49,523
I don't believe it would disturb
anybody's faith-
1791
01:16:49,814 --> 01:16:50,814
- Yes, I know.
1792
01:16:50,815 --> 01:16:52,615
You started with an open mind.
I realize that.
1793
01:16:54,110 --> 01:16:55,282
- Palin's lost it!
1794
01:16:55,283 --> 01:16:57,496
Stay on Palin! Stay on Palin!
1795
01:16:57,738 --> 01:17:01,413
- This is aw aw-awful.
1796
01:17:01,700 --> 01:17:03,202
- They're behaving
like total shits.
1797
01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:04,536
Shits!
1798
01:17:04,537 --> 01:17:07,040
- Yes. It's not very Christian.
1799
01:17:07,289 --> 01:17:08,540
- The question I put to you...
1800
01:17:08,541 --> 01:17:10,669
Could you really put your hand
on your heart
1801
01:17:10,918 --> 01:17:14,422
and say that film is going
to help the younger generation
1802
01:17:14,713 --> 01:17:17,057
in its pilgrimage for truth?
1803
01:17:17,299 --> 01:17:18,779
- And the lampooning
of Christ's death
1804
01:17:19,051 --> 01:17:21,600
is the most disgraceful part
of the whole thing.
1805
01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:24,811
You have succeeded
in reducing something
1806
01:17:25,057 --> 01:17:27,901
which has inspired
the greatest art
1807
01:17:28,144 --> 01:17:29,441
into something
which is presented
1808
01:17:29,728 --> 01:17:31,230
in terms of the lowest art.
1809
01:17:31,522 --> 01:17:32,939
That's your feat!
1810
01:17:32,940 --> 01:17:34,942
That's your achievement!
1811
01:17:39,905 --> 01:17:43,375
- My face! My beautiful face!
1812
01:17:43,617 --> 01:17:44,701
' Oh. Yes!
1813
01:17:44,702 --> 01:17:46,921
I have just come in my pants.
1814
01:17:47,204 --> 01:17:49,081
- You're not funny!
1815
01:17:49,331 --> 01:17:51,129
- Go on, Mike!
- Give him what for!
1816
01:17:53,711 --> 01:17:55,054
- Please don't.
1817
01:17:55,296 --> 01:17:56,468
- Stay out of it, Rice!
1818
01:17:56,469 --> 01:17:57,589
This is gold!
1819
01:17:57,590 --> 01:17:58,933
Sit down or join in...
1820
01:17:59,216 --> 01:18:00,433
or fuck off!
1821
01:18:02,761 --> 01:18:04,934
- Oh, I do love physical comedy.
1822
01:18:11,770 --> 01:18:13,397
- What's going on?
1823
01:18:14,940 --> 01:18:16,283
- I think we might be
1824
01:18:16,284 --> 01:18:18,778
in Michael Palin's
fantasy sequence.
1825
01:18:19,069 --> 01:18:21,788
- Oh, piss on me
through a sieve!
1826
01:18:22,072 --> 01:18:23,665
Another fantasy sequence?
1827
01:18:23,949 --> 01:18:25,417
This is lame!
1828
01:18:27,077 --> 01:18:28,954
- Gentlemen, I'm going
to have to call a halt.
1829
01:18:29,246 --> 01:18:31,294
I think you've made
people happy.
1830
01:18:31,540 --> 01:18:33,383
You've made people think
and made them laugh.
1831
01:18:35,711 --> 01:18:37,964
- Although you will get
your 30 pieces of silver,
1832
01:18:38,255 --> 01:18:39,756
of that I'm quite sure.
1833
01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:42,426
- That's ridiculously harsh.
1834
01:18:42,676 --> 01:18:43,843
- Ow!
1835
01:18:43,844 --> 01:18:45,178
- Fuck.
1836
01:18:45,179 --> 01:18:46,476
- R-really?
- Yahtzee!
1837
01:18:46,722 --> 01:18:49,316
- Krankl! It's all over!
1838
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:51,022
Is that a BAFTA in my pocket?
1839
01:18:51,310 --> 01:18:52,937
No, I'm just pleased to see me,
1840
01:18:53,187 --> 01:18:55,406
and I've got a massive erection.
1841
01:18:55,648 --> 01:18:56,991
- You're seeing it
in those terms,
1842
01:18:56,992 --> 01:18:58,279
and it's utterly tragic.
1843
01:18:58,525 --> 01:19:00,368
Utterly tragic.
1844
01:19:00,653 --> 01:19:03,122
- Gentlemen, thank you.
1845
01:19:03,364 --> 01:19:05,787
Now here's Paul Jones
and his Blues Band
1846
01:19:06,033 --> 01:19:07,876
with Boom Boom,
Out Go The Lights.
1847
01:19:12,122 --> 01:19:15,422
- Shit! Shit! Shit!
1848
01:19:15,668 --> 01:19:17,420
Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
1849
01:19:17,670 --> 01:19:21,049
Damn and blast it all to hell!
1850
01:19:23,634 --> 01:19:25,853
- You okay, Mike?
1851
01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:27,479
Pissed off?
1852
01:19:28,639 --> 01:19:31,688
I can put you in touch
with a very good therapist.
1853
01:19:36,563 --> 01:19:37,605
Mike, sorry.
1854
01:19:37,606 --> 01:19:38,606
Joke.
1855
01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:40,075
Couldn't resist. Sorry.
1856
01:19:40,359 --> 01:19:41,827
I understand why you're angry.
1857
01:19:42,069 --> 01:19:43,361
Of course I do.
1858
01:19:43,362 --> 01:19:45,490
- They didn't listen.
- They didn't debate.
1859
01:19:45,739 --> 01:19:47,467
They just shouted us down
and played to the gallery.
1860
01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:49,251
We took it seriously,
and they took the piss.
1861
01:19:49,368 --> 01:19:50,868
- I know.
1862
01:19:50,869 --> 01:19:53,306
- And I thought you were going
to be swaggering and offensive.
1863
01:19:53,330 --> 01:19:56,004
- Yes, well,
I was kidding about that.
1864
01:19:56,250 --> 01:19:57,593
- Oh. Shame.
1865
01:19:57,876 --> 01:19:59,799
It might actually have been
useful out there.
1866
01:20:00,045 --> 01:20:01,513
- You've changed your tune.
1867
01:20:01,755 --> 01:20:02,800
- They mauled us, John.
1868
01:20:02,801 --> 01:20:04,095
They tore us to shreds.
1869
01:20:04,383 --> 01:20:05,976
- Come for a drink.
1870
01:20:06,218 --> 01:20:07,635
- No.
1871
01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:09,095
- No?
- No.
1872
01:20:09,096 --> 01:20:11,770
"No?" No!
1873
01:20:12,057 --> 01:20:13,650
- Why?
1874
01:20:13,892 --> 01:20:16,236
- Don't mock me, John,
all right?
1875
01:20:16,478 --> 01:20:18,151
I'm not in the mood!
1876
01:20:23,402 --> 01:20:25,404
- I do...
1877
01:20:25,696 --> 01:20:27,698
love you, M-Mike.
1878
01:20:43,672 --> 01:20:45,470
- I know you.
1879
01:20:45,758 --> 01:20:46,930
You're Michael Palin.
1880
01:20:46,931 --> 01:20:48,217
- Yes.
1881
01:20:48,218 --> 01:20:50,238
- You been doing some more
of your TV show, have you?
1882
01:20:50,262 --> 01:20:51,262
That Flying Circus one?
1883
01:20:51,263 --> 01:20:52,263
- No.
1884
01:20:52,264 --> 01:20:53,681
- No? Probably just as well.
1885
01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:54,897
It was very hit-and-miss,
wasn't it?
1886
01:20:54,898 --> 01:20:56,144
That's the problem
with sketch shows.
1887
01:20:56,145 --> 01:20:57,520
Very hit-and-miss.
1888
01:20:57,770 --> 01:20:58,770
So what were you doing then?
1889
01:20:58,771 --> 01:21:02,196
- I've been on a debate.
1890
01:21:02,441 --> 01:21:04,068
Sorry, can we just go?
1891
01:21:04,318 --> 01:21:05,920
- Oh, yeah?
- The Life of Brian thing, is it?
1892
01:21:05,944 --> 01:21:07,195
- Mmm.
1893
01:21:07,196 --> 01:21:08,573
- You want to know what I think?
1894
01:21:08,574 --> 01:21:10,791
I think that sounds pretty
bloody offensive, actually.
1895
01:21:11,075 --> 01:21:12,418
I mean, I haven't seen it,
1896
01:21:12,659 --> 01:21:14,499
but I don't think people
should have to see it.
1897
01:21:14,578 --> 01:21:16,421
- Do you know what?
- I couldn't give a shit.
1898
01:21:16,663 --> 01:21:18,463
So just shut the fuck up,
do your fucking job,
1899
01:21:18,624 --> 01:21:19,841
drive me home, and don't be a-
1900
01:21:23,212 --> 01:21:24,714
- I know you!
1901
01:21:24,963 --> 01:21:26,306
You're Michael Palin.
1902
01:21:27,132 --> 01:21:28,554
- Yes.
1903
01:21:28,801 --> 01:21:30,474
- You're my wife's favorite,
you are.
1904
01:21:30,761 --> 01:21:32,013
She loves you.
1905
01:21:33,639 --> 01:21:35,641
- Thank you.
1906
01:21:38,852 --> 01:21:41,105
It's nice to feel loved.
1907
01:22:31,447 --> 01:22:33,370
Hey.
1908
01:22:33,657 --> 01:22:34,782
Oh, come on!
1909
01:22:34,783 --> 01:22:36,284
- What are you laughing at?
1910
01:22:36,285 --> 01:22:37,753
- Oh, your faces, you idiots.
1911
01:22:38,036 --> 01:22:39,676
Look, you didn't come off
badly out of it.
1912
01:22:39,705 --> 01:22:40,957
They did.
1913
01:22:42,124 --> 01:22:43,376
Hey! The champion!
1914
01:22:43,377 --> 01:22:45,048
Well done.
1915
01:22:45,335 --> 01:22:47,963
That couldn't have
gone any better for us.
1916
01:22:48,213 --> 01:22:49,635
- So where's Mike?
1917
01:22:49,882 --> 01:22:51,884
- Gone home.
1918
01:22:52,176 --> 01:22:53,217
- Why?
1919
01:22:53,218 --> 01:22:55,220
- Bit miffed.
1920
01:22:57,389 --> 01:22:59,232
- Bishop's Stortford!
1921
01:22:59,516 --> 01:23:02,144
- That was aw-aw-aw...
1922
01:23:02,394 --> 01:23:03,769
- Awe-inspiring?
1923
01:23:03,770 --> 01:23:05,271
- Thank you, love.
1924
01:23:05,272 --> 01:23:06,736
Pretty good display, I thought,
1925
01:23:06,737 --> 01:23:10,453
seeing as we saw the film
for the first time today, yeah?
1926
01:23:10,736 --> 01:23:13,831
And we missed
the first 15 minutes.
1927
01:23:14,072 --> 01:23:16,791
- Oh, I see.
1928
01:23:17,075 --> 01:23:18,622
So you missed
the part of the film
1929
01:23:18,911 --> 01:23:20,379
where the wise men
go to visit Brian,
1930
01:23:20,621 --> 01:23:22,589
thinking he's Jesus
1931
01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:25,926
then realize their mistake
and go to visit Jesus?
1932
01:23:26,168 --> 01:23:28,091
- Oh. Hmm.
1933
01:23:29,630 --> 01:23:31,088
- Yes.
1934
01:23:31,089 --> 01:23:32,841
- So you make it clear
1935
01:23:33,091 --> 01:23:37,016
that Brian isn't Jesus, hmm?
1936
01:23:37,262 --> 01:23:38,764
- Yes.
1937
01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:43,269
- Great show, guys!
1938
01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:45,437
Best piece of television
I have ever seen.
1939
01:23:45,687 --> 01:23:47,439
Thought you'd be funnier.
1940
01:23:47,731 --> 01:23:50,985
But still, great to see
Michael looking so angry.
1941
01:23:51,276 --> 01:23:52,573
Unmissable.
1942
01:23:52,819 --> 01:23:55,288
- Oh, well, there you go.
- All's well.
1943
01:23:55,531 --> 01:23:59,752
- I'm sorry to say this
because I don't like conflict,
1944
01:23:59,993 --> 01:24:03,748
but I thought
you behaved disgracefully.
1945
01:24:03,997 --> 01:24:06,967
You didn't represent us
or our beliefs.
1946
01:24:07,251 --> 01:24:08,753
- Have you seen the film?
1947
01:24:13,006 --> 01:24:14,724
- No.
1948
01:24:15,634 --> 01:24:17,051
But rest assured,
1949
01:24:17,052 --> 01:24:19,072
we'll be going to the
first screening in the morning
1950
01:24:19,096 --> 01:24:21,144
and making up our own minds.
1951
01:24:21,390 --> 01:24:23,392
- You don't have to
make up your own minds.
1952
01:24:23,642 --> 01:24:26,065
The Church has spoken for you.
1953
01:24:27,104 --> 01:24:30,233
- I think we'll do what
we think is right, thank you.
1954
01:24:34,403 --> 01:24:36,155
- Good man.
1955
01:24:36,405 --> 01:24:38,123
Won't you join us for a drink?
1956
01:25:03,265 --> 01:25:05,142
- Oh, God, love.
- You're squashing me.
1957
01:25:05,392 --> 01:25:07,235
- Sorry, love.
1958
01:25:07,519 --> 01:25:09,021
- What was that for?
1959
01:25:09,271 --> 01:25:10,523
- You won.
1960
01:25:10,814 --> 01:25:12,148
- Really?
1961
01:25:12,149 --> 01:25:14,527
- Absolutely.
- You absolutely won.
1962
01:25:14,818 --> 01:25:16,491
- But...
1963
01:25:16,737 --> 01:25:19,206
we were serious, and they did
jokes and made fun of us.
1964
01:25:19,448 --> 01:25:21,121
- Yes. It was weird.
1965
01:25:21,366 --> 01:25:23,243
But that's part of why you won.
1966
01:25:23,535 --> 01:25:25,037
It was good
you took it seriously.
1967
01:25:25,287 --> 01:25:28,211
And they looked very silly.
1968
01:25:28,498 --> 01:25:30,045
- Oh, Michael, it was awful.
1969
01:25:30,292 --> 01:25:31,334
- Yes, Mum.
1970
01:25:31,335 --> 01:25:32,460
- No, I mean they were awful.
1971
01:25:32,461 --> 01:25:33,758
What awful men.
1972
01:25:34,046 --> 01:25:35,593
They were complete bullies.
1973
01:25:35,881 --> 01:25:38,179
I can see what you meant,
Michael.
1974
01:25:38,425 --> 01:25:40,553
You can criticize religion.
1975
01:25:40,844 --> 01:25:42,391
It's not all perfect.
1976
01:25:42,638 --> 01:25:44,390
- Thanks, Mum.
1977
01:25:45,557 --> 01:25:48,026
- Ooh, what a face though.
1978
01:25:48,268 --> 01:25:49,440
- Yeah, thanks, Mum.
1979
01:25:49,441 --> 01:25:51,689
- Glass of sherry?
1980
01:25:56,401 --> 01:25:58,574
- "L am writing in my diary.
1981
01:25:58,862 --> 01:26:02,082
"The camera is tracking
slowly towards me.
1982
01:26:02,366 --> 01:26:03,846
"L am thinking about
summing things up
1983
01:26:04,076 --> 01:26:07,171
"because it will be
the end credits soon.
1984
01:26:07,412 --> 01:26:11,838
"L look meaningfully out
of the window for a moment.
1985
01:26:12,084 --> 01:26:16,430
"L suppose this particular
episode is nearly at an end.
1986
01:26:16,713 --> 01:26:18,715
Nearly."
1987
01:26:32,771 --> 01:26:34,819
- Hello, Michael.
1988
01:26:35,107 --> 01:26:36,609
- Hello.
1989
01:26:39,194 --> 01:26:41,447
I'm sorry to say I'm not sure
I believe in you any more.
1990
01:26:41,738 --> 01:26:43,178
- Oh, well, I suppose
that's the sort
1991
01:26:43,281 --> 01:26:47,127
of intellectual, fashionable
thing of the moment, isn't it?
1992
01:26:47,411 --> 01:26:48,831
- I hope you're not offended.
1993
01:26:48,832 --> 01:26:50,081
- Oh, good lord, no.
1994
01:26:50,082 --> 01:26:51,957
God is love and so on.
1995
01:26:52,207 --> 01:26:53,457
- So is it over now,
1996
01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:55,103
this conflict between
religious institutions
1997
01:26:55,127 --> 01:26:56,470
and freedom of speech?
1998
01:26:56,471 --> 01:26:59,385
- Um, no.
1999
01:26:59,631 --> 01:27:01,609
- Oh, won't people get less
offended by jokes at least?
2000
01:27:01,633 --> 01:27:02,842
- Oh, no.
2001
01:27:02,843 --> 01:27:05,096
No. No, no, no, no, no.
2002
01:27:05,345 --> 01:27:07,018
No, you see,
the trouble is, Michael-
2003
01:27:07,305 --> 01:27:08,773
and this doesn't apply
to you, of course-
2004
01:27:08,774 --> 01:27:12,360
but a lot of people
aren't very nice.
2005
01:27:13,603 --> 01:27:14,980
- So what happens?
2006
01:27:15,272 --> 01:27:16,990
- Well, where do I begin?
2007
01:27:17,274 --> 01:27:18,742
Satanic Verses,
2008
01:27:18,984 --> 01:27:21,157
Jerry Springer the Opera,
2009
01:27:21,403 --> 01:27:22,486
Danish cartoons,
2010
01:27:22,487 --> 01:27:24,615
South Park, Richard Dawkin-
2011
01:27:24,865 --> 01:27:27,084
None of this makes any sense
to you whatsoever, does it?
2012
01:27:27,325 --> 01:27:29,248
- Not really.
2013
01:27:29,494 --> 01:27:31,087
- Probably form the basis
of the ending
2014
01:27:31,329 --> 01:27:34,128
of some rather
heavy-handed BBC Four drama.
2015
01:27:34,374 --> 01:27:35,458
- Gosh!
2016
01:27:35,459 --> 01:27:36,961
Is there a BBC Four
in the future?
2017
01:27:37,210 --> 01:27:39,053
BBC must be doing
very well for itself.
2018
01:27:39,337 --> 01:27:40,680
- No.
2019
01:27:40,964 --> 01:27:44,685
No, you couldn't be further
from the truth.
2020
01:27:48,263 --> 01:27:49,513
- I am dreaming this, aren't I?
2021
01:27:49,514 --> 01:27:51,015
- Yes.
- You should stay off the cheese.
2022
01:27:51,016 --> 01:27:52,016
- Yeah.
2023
01:27:55,020 --> 01:28:03,020
♪♪
2024
01:28:50,116 --> 01:28:51,242
- Ow!
2025
01:28:53,870 --> 01:28:56,874
- You know, I think we'd think
twice about it now.
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