Excuse me, could you just sign here, please, sir? Geoffrey:            Well that’s cast rather a gloom over the evening hasn’t it? MAN: Uhh, you do realise, uh, he has to be, uh,... well, dead,... by the terms of the card, uh, before he donates his liver. A bucket for monsieur. There is a sharp intake of breath all round.]. ERIC: Just lie there, sir. Matt Frewer was one day out of drama school when he excitedly took on … From Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979. Angela:                Mr Death is a reaper. You know, Maria, I sometimes wonder if we'll ever discover the meaning of it all working in a place like this. The Bridge of Death! I can live my own life in my own way if I want to. MR. CREOSOTE: Yeah, and don't skimp on the pate. Every single day I don’t think we need any at the moment. ROBIN Oh, great. MRS. BROWN: Do you think it's all for the good of the country? The five British comedians acted for most of the show, w… MAN: Yeah. Bugger off. [sobbing] Good-bye! MRS. BROWN: Well, I told him that, but he never listens to me. MAITRE D: M-hm-hmm. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving Come along. The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding Englishmen, you're all so fucking pompous. Looking back at Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life The Meaning Of Life may have been the Monty Python team’s last film, but it was a great one. ANNOUNCER: The Meaning of Life: Part Six: The Autumn Years. As the last Monty Python movie, the characters they are seen playing last are as follows: Graham Chapman as Tony Bennett, John Cleese as Death, Terry Gilliam as Howard Katzenberg, Eric Idle as Angela, Terry Jones as Mrs. Brown, and Sir Michael Palin as the Lady presenter. Very subtle. I don't think we need any at the moment. Shut up, you American. ARTHUR: Look! In the British Museum I hoped to find some clue. ( Log Out /  All, uh, mixed up togezer in a bucket? In all of the directions it can whizz ], Geoffrey:            Yes well, the thing is, we’ve got some people from, [Geoffrey’s wife, Angela is coming to see who is at the door. Hip hip hip hip hip hooray! We go 'round every two hundred million years, Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'. I can't give it to you now. Galaxy Song. Know what? There's great films on TV: GOVERNOR: Arthur Charles Herbert Runcie MacAdam Jarrett, you have been convicted by twelve good persons and true... of the crime of first degree making of gratuitous, sexist jokes in a moving picture. Englishmen, you're all so fucking pompous, and none of you have got any balls. And things seem hard or tough, Well, it's-- it's not much of a philosophy, I know,... but, well,... fuck you. 'Cause, you see, I feel that life's a game. HOWARD: Just one moment. To the world's biggest prick. [pause] Look. MAITRE D: [tut tut tut tut] I hope monsieur was not overdoing it last night. We were just talking about death only five minutes ago. I am death. ANGELA: Ohh. Shhhh! ... Life of Brian and the Meaning of Life. MAN IN PINK: Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is. HOWARD: Angela. I'm past my prime. MAITRE D: Thank you, sir, and now, here's ze check. Well, don't leave him hanging around outside, darling. Now, here's the meaning of life. CHAIRMAN: Good Lord! [pause] Is it about the hedge? JOSEPH AND MARY: [singing] Would monsieur care for an aperitif, or would he prefer to order straight away? Are we just yolks? ARTHUR: The Bridge of Death! The Meaning of Life was the last feature film to star all six Python members before the death of Graham Chapman in 1989.. ANGELA: Yes, we're so delighted, uh, that you dropped in, Mr. Death. JEREMY: But what other words can one use? Here's a little number I tossed off recently in the Caribbean. Another Bleedin' Monty Python Website Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. I have come for you. Jeremy:               Can we bring our glasses? fuck you. I'd like to express, on behalf of everybody here, what a... really unique experience this is. Mr. Creosote is a fictional character in Monty Python's Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, played by Terry Jones. MR. BROWN: Listen! Silly man! You talk and you talk and say 'let me tell you something' and 'I just wanna say this'. Monty Python’s Terry Jones cut ‘Nazi Jew’ scene from ‘Life of Brian’ One of the core members of the Monty Python comedy troupe, Jones died … Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a musical film/comedy made by the Monty Python comedy team and released on 31 March 1983 in the US and 23 June 1983 in the UK. Unlike their previous two films, which had told a single, coherent story, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the original television series , being a series of comic skits about the various stages of life. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The Middle of the Film. MRS. BROWN: [sigh] Makes you feel so, sort of, insignificant, doesn't it? MAITRE D: Oh, monsieur, I assure you, just because it is mixed up wis all ze other things, we would not dream of giving you less than ze full amount. There's Sony Walkman Headphone sets Would you prefer white? So nice to see you, and I hope very much we will see you again very soon. What's the point of all this hoax? Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations, and, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy, which, it seems, is the only way, these days, to get the jaded, video-sated public off their fucking arses and back in the sodding cinema. ANNOUNCER: The Meaning of Life: Part Six B: The Meaning of Life. Family entertainment bollocks!! Hark. MAITRE D: D'accord. Now, here's the meaning of life. Is God really real, or is there some doubt? I'm absolutely stuffed. [eerie music]. CHAIRMAN: ...Which brings us once again to the urgent realisation of just how much there is still left to own. GEOFFREY: Well, that's cast rather a gloom over the evening, hasn't it? [ding dong] MR. BROWN: [cough] Don't worry, dear! I'm going to throw up. ROBIN: Oh, great. We were just talking about death only five minutes ago. And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space. Angela:                And his wife, Debbie. The Crimson Permanent Assurance! Katzenberg:       So you still reap around here do you, Mr Death? There you are, monsieur. [goosh goosh goosh goosh] Monsieur, is there something wrong with the food? HOWARD: I don't see it that way, Geoff. Monty Python's Meaning of Life Script Part 1. The sequence opens the film's segment titled "Part VI: The Autumn … What's life all about? And 'Jaws' One, Two, and Three. MRS. BROWN: Mmm. In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour, [The Grim Reaper looks a little startled.]. Angela, I'd like to just say this at this time, if I could, please. A-- and I once worked in the library in the Prado in Madrid, but it didn't teach me nothing, I recall. You see that? And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour, GUNTHER: Can I just ask, with reference to your second point, when you say souls don't develop because people become distracted,... [rumble] ...has anyone noticed that building there before? [clunk] I'm absolutely stuffed. Come along. [wind] [elevator music]. GRIM REAPER: Behold... Paradise. You know, whether death is really… the end…, Debbie:                As my husband, Howard here, feels… or whether there is…, and one so hates to use words like ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’…, Jeremy:               But what *other* words can one use…, Debbie:                Ah no… obviously not…, Katzenberg:       Let me tell you something, Mr Death…, Katzenberg:       Just one moment. That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, [dong dong dong] However, this soul does not exist ab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches. MRS. BROWN: What do you, uh,-- what do you do with them all, anyway? MAN: Well, I wouldn't know about that, madam. GEOFFREY: Darling, I don't think it's quite the moment. Uh, moules marinieres, pate de foie gras, beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tart de poireaux-- that's leek tart,-- frogs' legs amandine, or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd-- c'est a dire, little quails' eggs on a bed of pureed mushroom. Killer Rabbit. [singing] The show was very different from other comedies. "The mill's closed…" "… There's no more work. Two: matter is energy. Better get a bucket. MR. CREOSOTE: Yeah,... with the eggs on top. [ding dong ding dong]. MR. CREOSOTE: Yeah. Grim Reaper:    Silence!!! MAN: All right. GASTON: As for me, huh, if you want to know what I think, [sniff] I'll show you something. You always talk, you Americans. 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth. PROJECTIONIST: We interrupt this film to apologise for this unwarranted attack by the supporting feature. GUEST #4'S WIFE: Oh. But it didn't teach me nothing about life's mystery. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because "every sperm is sacred". Everyone is rather embarrassed. From Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975. Buy it before you die. ANGELA: This is Mr. Death. Now, uh, Harry, you've had some thoughts on this. Katzenberg:       Dear, if you could just wait please a moment…. GASTON: This way. MR. CREOSOTE: Look. [He materializes outside a lowly cottage and strikes the  door with his scythe. Ah! Angela:                Would you prefer white? He does cold research. Listen to this. Come on. MR. CREOSOTE: Yeah, I'll have six bottles of Chateau Latour Forty-five... MR. CREOSOTE: ...and a double Jeroboam of champagne. It's sort of, uhh,--. Stoning. You can wrap it up in ribbons. @Izkata I liken my answer to a parrot. HOWARD: Dear, if you could just wait, please, a moment,--. But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide. [cough], [ding dong ding dong] In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour, That's where I was born. I-- I had no idea we had a-- a racist working here. I think this will help explain. [ding dong], MR. BROWN: [cough] Don't worry, dear! You barge in here, quite uninvited, break glasses, and then announce, quite casually, that we're all dead. Amazon.ca - Buy Monty Python - Meaning of Life at a low price; free shipping on qualified orders. Yes. ERIC: They all go to saving lives, madam. MRS. BROWN: Is this because he took out one of those silly cards? Well don’t leave him hanging around, Geoffrey:            Darling, I don’t think it’s quite the moment…. Together, they came up with a new comedy series. They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know, I-- I'm afraid we don't have any beer. [whump] He is a monstrously obese, rude restaurant patron who is served a vast amount of food and alcohol whilst vomiting repeatedly. LEAF #1: [sob] I-- I-- I want to end it all. It really is embarrassing. And the Library of Congress you'd have thought would hold some key, But it's nice and warm, and everyone DEBBIE: We were just talking about some of the awful problems facing the thir-- [gasp]. We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point. MRS. BROWN: He goes down to the public library, he sees a few signs up, comes home all full of good intentions. You know, one day, my-- my mother, she put me on her knee and she said to me, 'Gaston, my son, the world is a beautiful place. I c-- [gasp] What'll I do? GEOFFREY: It's a 'Mr. You barge in here, quite uninvited, break glasses. Ah. Over here. Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong? It won't take a minute. I-- I-- I-- [gasp] [snap] Aaaaaaggh! Eh. This is Howard Katzenberg from Philadelphia…. M-hmm. Allow me. MAN: Oh, eh,-- I thought she'd never ask. [scary music] It's truly a real honourable experience to be here this evening, a very wonderful and warm and emotional moment for all of us, and I'd like to sing a song for all... of you. I was saying that-- Uh, allo? Australian Music Report – June 1979: Lay Your Love On Me, UK Official Charts – June 1979: Ring My Bell, USA Billboard Hot 100 – June 1979: Love You Inside Out, USA Billboard Hot 100 – June 1979: Hot Stuff. You can slip it in your sock, MAITRE D: Uh, today we have, uh, for appetizers: Excuse me. ANGELA: You know, whether death is really the end. They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. Debbie:                Can I ask you a question? I mean,... ANGELA: ...to serve salmon with botulism at a dinner party is social death for me. ANNOUNCER: The Meaning of Life: Part Seven: Death. From Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983. [bark bark bark bark bark bark] UK Official Charts – June 1979: Are ‘Friends’ Electric? Debbie:                Hey I didn’t even eat the mousse…, [They follow the Grim Reaper out of the house. How amazingly unlikely is your birth, Follow. GRIM REAPER: Take you away. From the tiniest little tadger I used to work in the Academie Francaise, but it didn't do me any good at all, MAITRE D: Ah, good afternoon, sir, and how are we today? And though I may be down right now, at least I don't work for Jews. They pass through him. MAX HEADROOM IS IN IT. Hip hip hip hip hip hooray! Oh! Gaston! I can't give it to you now. Stay by me, uh? Don't be shy. From Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979 Come with me. It's swell to have a stiffy. [singing] It's Christmas in Heaven! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I-- I can't live without him. And now, how would you like it served? It's Christmas! Yeah. In a few moments, now, he will be killed, for Arthur Jarrett is a convicted criminal who has been allowed to choose the manner of his own execution. ANGELA: Do come in. [spooky music] Well, do get Mr. Death a drink, darling. DEBBIE: As my husband, uh, Howard, here, feels, or whether there is-- and one so hates to use words like 'soul' or 'spirit', but--. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. But chapter 13 is called scene 24. GRIM REAPER: Follow me. From inside the house comes the sound of a dinner party.] Well, that's the end of the film. Come and have a drink. The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see Debbie:                [nervously] Well isn’t that extraordinary? you have been convicted by twelve good persons and true... of the crime of first degree making of gratuitous, sexist jokes in a moving picture. Ah. GUEST #4'S WIFE: It's just that we have to go. Monty Python and The Holy Grail Scene 22: The Bridgekeeper Doesn't Swallow [gurgle] GALAHAD: There it is! Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'. [Pause as this sinks in. MAITRE D: But of course, avec les oeufs frites. Grim Reaper:    [pointing] The salmon mousse! [breathing sound] Ask him in. Uh. MAITRE D: Oh! MAN: Only I was wondering, ehh,... well, you know, what you was thinking of doing after that. Angela:                Hardly surprising in this weather, ha ha ha…. Uh. Is Chri--. From Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983. Ah. Thank you, Brigitte. MAN: You know, it's, uh,-- it's reddish-brown. [deathly music] Come. I'll get it! And now, how would you like it served? Shut up you American. Angela:                Do come in, come along in, come and have a drink, do. Luckily, we have been prepared for this eventuality, and are now taking steps to remedy it. Startled silence.]. All, uh, mixed up togezer in a bucket? 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth. I have trodden in monsieur's bucket. Fuck off. I can explain, uh,-- Ehh, quel dommage. MAN: No one who has ever had their liver taken out by us has survived. It says, 'in the event of death'. Good-bye! [snap] Aaaaaaagggghh! HARRY: That's right. Well, tonight, we're going to sort it all out, For, tonight, it's 'The Meaning of Life'. Part 5: Live Organ Transplants; Part 6: The Autumn Years; Part 6 B: The Meaning of Life; Part 7:Death; The End of the Film; Part V: Live Organ Transplants [violin music] ANNOUNCER: The Meaning of Life: Part Five: Live Organ Transplants. And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, Thank you so much. I mean, well, w-- W-- where are you going? Jeremy:               The Stilton’s awfully good. I think I can only manage six crates today. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, also known simply as The Meaning of Life, is a 1983 British musical sketch comedy film written and performed by the Monty Python troupe, directed by Terry Jones. Hat sales have increased, but not pari passu, as our research initially--. We're just, uh, doing our jobs, you know. Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live offers far more insight than the usual backstage documentary. Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake, ANNOUNCER: The Meaning of Life: Part Five: Live Organ Transplants. We're destitute. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis? DEBBIE: Hey, I didn't even eat the mousse. Sidelong glance. It's Christmas in Heaven! Mhmm. You always talk, you, Americans, you talk and you talk and say ‘Let me tell, you something’ and ‘I just wanna say this’, Well you’re, Geoffrey:            Now look here. And you feel that you've had quite enough. [gasp] Oh, no! He's come about the reaping? Every single day Goodnight. ANGELA: Hardly surprising, in this weather. [They all goggle.]. ANGELA: Honestly, darling, I'm so embarrassed. Dialogue from Film – Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life ~~Death~~ [He materializes outside a lowly cottage and strikes the door with his scythe.