Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[CharlotteNCguy]

Re: Frenchie and King Arthur

King Arthur

"Already got one? Are you sure?"

Frenchie

"Oh yes! It's very nice!"

"I told him we already got one"

Frenchie to other Frenchies

 

[CodeRed316]

Frenchie

"Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!!"

 

[CharlotteNCguy]

Black Knight

"None Shall Pass"

 

[dcraz]

A great sound bite for your incomming email!

Concorde Riding with Lancelot

Concorde - As he is struck by an arrow out of nowhere with a note attched.

"Message for you, sir."

He falls forward revealing the arrow with the note.

 

[CharlotteNCguy]

Re: A great sound bite for your incomming email!

Concorde Riding with Lancelot

Concorde - As he is struck by an arrow out of nowhere with a note attched.

"Message for you, sir."

He falls forward revealing the arrow with the note.

a good one for Spam would be

"BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!"

 

[CharlotteNCguy]

3 Headed Knight

Oh your breath smells!

 

[someplace]

I thought of all y'all today. Read this!

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Douane Castle, Scotland /AP
Where Knights Say 'Ni'
By Terrence Petty
October 12, 2003

TRAVELLERS roaming the dark passages and chambers of Doune Castle in Scotland may be overcome with an irresistible urge to say silly things like "Bring out your dead!" and "We are the knights who say NI!"

The 14th-century castle was the location for much of the filming of the 1974 classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, considered by devotees to be one of the funniest films ever made.

Doune Castle has become something of a shrine for Monty Python fans – a holy grail of its own.

They walk through the castle reciting lines from the movie and looking for sites where specific scenes were shot – such as the battlement where John Cleese's French soldier shouts down at King Arthur: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

Castle manager George McWilliam recalls a group of Americans who came last year to re-enact much of the movie and shoot it as a home video.

They used a toy cow as a stand-in for the full-sized cow hurled over the battlements by King Arthur's French taunters.

McWilliam is a good sport – he provides visitors with coconuts so they can wander around the grounds making the "clop-clop" sounds made by the horseless King Arthur and his sidekick, Patsy.

"We had about 23,000 visitors last year," McWilliam said.

"I reckon 30 per cent come because of the Python thing."

Doune Castle is a Scottish national treasure, dripping with six centuries of magnificent history.

Overlooking a picturesque river just south of the brooding Scottish highlands, the castle is in a region once roamed by Scottish heroes like Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.

The 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge – in which a force led by Wallace defeated the English – took place 13km southeast of here.

A monument at Stirling pays homage to Wallace, long revered in Scotland.

Mel Gibson portrayed him in his Academy Award-winning 1995 movie Braveheart.

Doune Castle is considered the best-preserved medieval castle in Scotland.

It was built at the end of the 14th century by Robert Stewart, the first Duke of Albany, whose story is laced with intrigue.

When the duke's brother, King Robert III, was deemed feeble and unfit to rule, his eldest son and the heir apparent, the Duke of Rothesay, was taken into custody by the Duke of Albany and died in 1402 under mysterious circumstances – some say of starvation. That left Albany the most powerful man in Scotland.

When he died in 1420, the governorship and Doune Castle passed to his son, Murdoch.

The Duke of Rothesay's brother and the rightful king, James I, returned from exile in 1424 and was crowned.

Murdoch was executed for treason.

Doune Castle became a royal retreat and hunting lodge for successive kings.

During the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, some prisoners captured by the Jacobites were kept at Doune Castle. For decades, the castle's haunting appearance and its rich history were the attractions for visitors.

Monty Python's Flying Circus has brought legions more.

While preparing to film their irreverent movie about the King Arthur legend, the British TV comedy troupe scoured the United Kingdom looking for castles.

It found two that were suitable – Doune Castle and another in Scotland, Stalker Castle.

A third castle seen in the film is only a model.


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WAY TO GO
DOUNE Castle – built at the end of the 14th century – is about 65km from Glasgow and 13km from Stirling.
TRAINS run regularly between Glasgow and Stirling and there is a bus service from Stirling to Doune.
VISIT www.historic-scotland.gov.uk and search the "Properties" section for Doune.

 

[TWB]

"I fart in your general direction!"

 

[CharlotteNCguy]

Re: I thought of all y'all today. Read this!

http://travel.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,9143,294066,00.jpg
Douane Castle, Scotland /AP
Where Knights Say 'Ni'
By Terrence Petty
October 12, 2003

TRAVELLERS roaming the dark passages and chambers of Doune Castle in Scotland may be overcome with an irresistible urge to say silly things like "Bring out your dead!" and "We are the knights who say NI!"

The 14th-century castle was the location for much of the filming of the 1974 classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, considered by devotees to be one of the funniest films ever made.

Doune Castle has become something of a shrine for Monty Python fans – a holy grail of its own.

They walk through the castle reciting lines from the movie and looking for sites where specific scenes were shot – such as the battlement where John Cleese's French soldier shouts down at King Arthur: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

Castle manager George McWilliam recalls a group of Americans who came last year to re-enact much of the movie and shoot it as a home video.

They used a toy cow as a stand-in for the full-sized cow hurled over the battlements by King Arthur's French taunters.

McWilliam is a good sport – he provides visitors with coconuts so they can wander around the grounds making the "clop-clop" sounds made by the horseless King Arthur and his sidekick, Patsy.

"We had about 23,000 visitors last year," McWilliam said.

"I reckon 30 per cent come because of the Python thing."

Doune Castle is a Scottish national treasure, dripping with six centuries of magnificent history.

Overlooking a picturesque river just south of the brooding Scottish highlands, the castle is in a region once roamed by Scottish heroes like Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.

The 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge – in which a force led by Wallace defeated the English – took place 13km southeast of here.

A monument at Stirling pays homage to Wallace, long revered in Scotland.

Mel Gibson portrayed him in his Academy Award-winning 1995 movie Braveheart.

Doune Castle is considered the best-preserved medieval castle in Scotland.

It was built at the end of the 14th century by Robert Stewart, the first Duke of Albany, whose story is laced with intrigue.

When the duke's brother, King Robert III, was deemed feeble and unfit to rule, his eldest son and the heir apparent, the Duke of Rothesay, was taken into custody by the Duke of Albany and died in 1402 under mysterious circumstances – some say of starvation. That left Albany the most powerful man in Scotland.

When he died in 1420, the governorship and Doune Castle passed to his son, Murdoch.

The Duke of Rothesay's brother and the rightful king, James I, returned from exile in 1424 and was crowned.

Murdoch was executed for treason.

Doune Castle became a royal retreat and hunting lodge for successive kings.

During the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, some prisoners captured by the Jacobites were kept at Doune Castle. For decades, the castle's haunting appearance and its rich history were the attractions for visitors.

Monty Python's Flying Circus has brought legions more.

While preparing to film their irreverent movie about the King Arthur legend, the British TV comedy troupe scoured the United Kingdom looking for castles.

It found two that were suitable – Doune Castle and another in Scotland, Stalker Castle.

A third castle seen in the film is only a model.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WAY TO GO
DOUNE Castle – built at the end of the 14th century – is about 65km from Glasgow and 13km from Stirling.
TRAINS run regularly between Glasgow and Stirling and there is a bus service from Stirling to Doune.
VISIT www.historic-scotland.gov.uk and search the "Properties" section for Doune.

That is awesome someplace ~~~ thanks for sharing that!!!!

 

[someplace]

I cracked up when I read the coconut part!

 

[CharlotteNCguy]

I cracked up when I read the coconut part!

Yep that is fantastic. I just wonder how the coconuts got there if it they were European or African Swallows!