Man who couldn't say the letter "c" ?
Russell Gilbert
letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
I chat online a lot with someone that has a keyboard with a stuck "c"
key, and I think of the skit every time they mess up a word. :-)
Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
Thanks!
Russell
Jim Vieira
Don't remember the episode title, but it starts with the famous Python
line 'Mount Everest. Forbidding, aloof, terrifying. The mountain with
the biggest tits in the world'
Near the end of the episode Eric Idle (man who cannot say letter 'c')
enters a 'travel' place. Carol Clevland asks him if he wants to arrange
a holiday, or 'go upstairs'. Then later he is talking to Michael Palin
(as tour director) about is inability to say the letter 'c'. And says
things like 'I was attacked by a bat' 'you mean a cat?' 'no, a bat!'.
After Palin suggests he switch to the letter K it gets very silly and
Idle's character goes 'on, and on and on' about politics and how horrible
his last vacation was, and so on.
Some other notable things from this episode (that may help you find WHICH
it is) are the show 'Thrust' in which John Cleese plays Miss Anne Elke who
'has a new theory about the brontosaurus'. Also in this episode is the
sketch in which 'Marvin's hampster dies' and the fire brigade come by
days later, and everyone that calls anyone on the phone is asked for
their shoe size.
Anyway, I hope this helps!
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Fred Coppersmith
>letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
>other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
>so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
>but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
>is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
The name of the sketch is "The Travel Agent" (or "Agency," I'm not sure
which). In the version I recall (and I'm rather more fond of the live
version, simply because it's more detailed) has Terry Jones as the
aforementioned Travel Agent (and not the Agency itself...though I'm still
not sure of the title) and Eric Idle as a man trying to arrange a holiday.
Idle mentions that he saw the agency's advert in the "bolour supplement."
Jones says, "Uh, the `COULOUR supplement?'" and Idle explains how he can't
say the letter "b" (really "c") as a result of a trauma he suffered as a
"sboolboy" when attacked by a "bat" (no, not a "cat," a bat). Jones then
suggests that Idle substitute "k" for the letter "c" as he's able to say
that letter (he demonstrates this). Idle does and calls himself a "silly
bunt."
Now go away or I shall inform you a second time.
Jan Eric Andersson
>Don't remember the episode title, but it starts with the famous Python
>line 'Mount Everest. Forbidding, aloof, terrifying. The mountain with
>the biggest tits in the world'
It's also (in a slightly changed, and IMNSHO funnier version) in "Live
at the Hollywood Bowl"...
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Russell Gilbert
fxc...@psu.edu (Fred Coppersmith) wrote:
>>I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
>
>The name of the sketch is "The Travel Agent" (or "Agency," I'm not sure
>which). In the version I recall (and I'm rather more fond of the live
>version, simply because it's more detailed) has Terry Jones as the
Ah, thank you!
Yes, you're right about them changing it in the live version -- in the
book, the secretary says, "Oh good morning. (sexily) Do you want to go
upstairs?" But I seem to remember in Hollywood Bowl that she says
something like "Are you here for a blow job or to arrange a holiday", and
then says to the travel agent, "This gentleman is here for a holiday....
and *nothing* else." :-)
Thanks again!
Russell
dell...@symantec.com
>
> I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
> other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
> so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
>
I really like the line in that sketch where the inteviewer calls the man
(who was subtituting B for C) "a silly bunt". What a unique way to
circumvent the censors!
Dale
John Diedrichs
>>I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
>>letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
...
>Idle mentions that he saw the agency's advert in the "bolour supplement."
>Jones says, "Uh, the `COULOUR supplement?'" and Idle explains how he can't
>say the letter "b" (really "c") as a result of a trauma he suffered as a
>"sboolboy" when attacked by a "bat" (no, not a "cat," a bat).
If I remember right, this is also the sketch in which Idle introduces
himself as "My name's Smoketoomuch... Mr. Smoketoomuch" to which Palin
replies "Well, you'd better cut down a bit then. Ha-ha." Idle
doesn't get the joke, Palin explains, and Idle laughs (a lot). Palin
then apologizes, saying "I suppose you must get a lot of jokes about
your name." Idle says, "No, actually, it never occurred to me...
'Smoke-too-much' so I'd better cut down... " (laughs again).
The only bits I remember from Idle's long tirade about vacations are:
"Bleeding Watney's Red Barrel!", "fat German businessmen, buildin'
pyramids and frightening the children!" [by the swimming pool], and
"complainin' about the tea, 'Oh, they don't make it properly'!"
Great stuff!
--JD
PS: I later found out that 'bleeding Watney's Red Barrel' is actually
a decent beer!
Paul L. McNeely
: I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
: letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
: I chat online a lot with someone that has a keyboard with a stuck "c"
: key, and I think of the skit every time they mess up a word. :-)
: Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
: but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
: is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
: Thanks!
: Russell
Well, I have Monty Python, the final rip off CD, and it has that skit, on
here its called Travel agent. What a silly bunt!
Justin the Blue
>Jim Vieira <ji...@pkware.com> wrote:
>>Don't remember the episode title, but it starts with the famous Python
>>line 'Mount Everest. Forbidding, aloof, terrifying. The mountain with
>>the biggest tits in the world'
>It's also (in a slightly changed, and IMNSHO funnier version) in "Live
>at the Hollywood Bowl"...
I believe the episode you're thinking of is
"The All-England Summarize Proust Competition".
And for those watching on Procyon and want the answer but haven't
yet seen the ep, the winner was girl with the biggest tits,
since the farthest anybody was able to get was maybe the first
paragraph of "Swann's Way".
...Justin the Blue
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<snip>
> I really like the line in that sketch where the inteviewer calls the
> man (who was subtituting B for C) "a silly bunt". What a unique way to
> circumvent the censors!
>
> Dale
final rip-off). And he forgets the usefull 'k' for 'c' substitution a
couple of times during his ranting too.
Bjoernar aka Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Alphabet
aka Saint NAITA of Our Lady of Perpetual Lunacy
aka I need some more titles
Fred Coppersmith
>a decent beer!
I think the whole point (if there was one) was that no matter where he went
outside of England, he was surrounded by things he could all too easily find
at home. Like Watney's. He really wanted to go abroad this time. He was "fed
up with being treated like a sheba."
Or am I wrong?
Craig Hart
> Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
> but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
> is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
it's the travel agency sketch, you stilly bunt.
do you want to come upstairs...
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Gary St. Lawrence
: "He was fed up with being treated like a sheba."
: Or am I wrong?
Yes, you're very much mistaken. As we all know, he was
"fed up with being treated like a sheep."
It's just as easy to get these things right as it is to
get them wrong, you know.
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Stacy Irwin
rus...@onramp.net said:
RG|I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
RG|letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
RG|other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
RG|so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
No, a bat.
RG|Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
RG|but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
RG|is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
Well, it is not the central theme of the skit so maybe this will
surprise you--
It's the Traveller's Agency skit. You know.... where the guy goes on and
on and on for about 5 full minutes about his past trips. Very funny.
Stacy Irwin aka *I* was attakked by a bat, too.
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Steve Henderson
wrote;
>>I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
>>letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
>>other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
>>so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
>>Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
>>but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
>>is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
After the receptionist finds out that he doesn't want to come up stairs she
gets Mr Bounder of Adventure. He finds out the client is called Mr
Smoketoomuch and suggests he better cut down a little then. Etc.
Steve aka. Four hours to bury the cat?
Fred Coppersmith
Bouncy bouncy?
My nipples explode with delight!
RJ Tinsley
: I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
: letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
: other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
: so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
: I chat online a lot with someone that has a keyboard with a stuck "c"
: key, and I think of the skit every time they mess up a word. :-)
: Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
: but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
: is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
: Thanks!
: Russell
it's the one in a travel agent- possibly just called travel agent sketch
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Richard J Tinsley
"Arthur Negus has held onto Bristol, but that's not a result, it's just a
piece of gossip"
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Guy Harvey
Tinsley) wrote:
> Russell Gilbert (rus...@onramp.net) wrote:
> : I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
>
> : Anyone know the name of this skit? I have the "All The Words" books,
> : but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
> : is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
I used to have the album MP live at Drewry Lane, it was on that album. Yes
he couldn't say the letter "c" because of a trauma as a sbhool boy when he
was bitten by a bat.
"you mean cat?"
"yes a bat!"
"I can say the letter "k"
"like in Kings College Bambride"
It finnishes by the the chap calling the other guy a silly bunt!
Excellent sketch thanks for reminding me.
Guy
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Mike Glass
> Russell Gilbert wrote:
> >
> > I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
> > letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
> > other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
> > so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
> >
> > <snip>
>
> I really like the line in that sketch where the inteviewer calls the man
> (who was subtituting B for C) "a silly bunt". What a unique way to
> circumvent the censors!
>
> Dale
This sketch is one of my favorites. It's called "Travel Agent" because
after all that silliness Idle (the guy who couldn't say "C") starts
complaning about how bad some "package tours" are and Palin keeps yelling
"SHUT UP!!!".
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Claudia Hunter
>Russell Gilbert (rus...@onramp.net) wrote:
>: I seem to remember a great skit about some guy that couldn't say the
>: letter "c", so he said things like "I have a dog and a bat" -- the
>: other guy says something about trying to use the letter "k" instead,
>: so he changes it to say he has a dog and a kat.
>
>: key, and I think of the skit every time they mess up a word. :-)
>
>: but can't seem to find it in the index. Did I just make this up? Or
>: is it not Monty Python I'm thinking of?
>
>
>
>: Russell
>
>it's the one in a travel agent- possibly just called travel agent sketch
>
>--
>Richard J Tinsley
>
audio version, which is arguably the better version, is on "Monty Python's Previous Record".
>"Arthur Negus has held onto Bristol, but that's not a result, it's just a
>piece of gossip"
>-Monty Python Election Special
>
"And Mary Whitehouse has taken Umbrage! Could be a bit of trouble
there...":)
John
<drj...@wizvax.net>
Lorrill Buyens
>>do you want to come upstairs...
>Bouncy bouncy?
>My nipples explode with delight!
If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
Lorrill aka I am no longer infected
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