Michael Palin: First Swallow-Savvy Guard, Dennis, Peasant 2, Right Head, Sir Galahad the Pure, Knight of Camelot, Narrator, King of Swamp Castle, Brother Maynard's Brother, Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
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Bridgekeeper : Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
Sir Lancelot : Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your name?
Sir Lancelot : My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your quest?
Sir Lancelot : To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your favourite colour?
Sir Lancelot : Blue.
Bridgekeeper : Go on. Off you go.
Sir Lancelot : Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
Sir Robin : That's easy.
Bridgekeeper : Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
Sir Robin : Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your name?
Sir Robin : Sir Robin of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your quest?
Sir Robin : To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper : What... is the capital of Assyria?
[pause]
Sir Robin : I don't know that.
[he is thrown over the edge into the volcano]
Sir Robin : Auuuuuuuugh.
Bridgekeeper : Stop. What... is your name?
Galahad : Sir Galahad of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your quest?
Galahad : I seek the Grail.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your favourite colour?
Galahad : Blue. No, yel...
[he is also thrown over the edge]
Galahad : auuuuuuuugh.
Bridgekeeper : Hee hee heh. Stop. What... is your name?
King Arthur : It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.
Bridgekeeper : What... is your quest?
King Arthur : To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper : What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
King Arthur : What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper : Huh? I... I don't know that.
[he is thrown over]
Bridgekeeper : Auuuuuuuugh.
Sir Bedevere : How do know so much about swallows?
King Arthur : Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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King Arthur : I am your king.
Woman : Well, I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur : You don't vote for kings.
Woman : Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays...]
King Arthur : The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis : [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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Sir Lancelot : [Sir Galahad the Chaste is being seduced by an entire castle full of young women] We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril.
Sir Galahad : I don't think I was.
Sir Lancelot : Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril.
Sir Galahad : Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
Sir Lancelot : No, it's too perilous.
Sir Galahad : Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.
Sir Lancelot : No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on.
Sir Galahad : Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?
Sir Lancelot : No. It's unhealthy.
Sir Galahad : I bet you're gay.
Sir Lancelot : Am not.
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[Holding the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch]
King Arthur : How does it... um... how does it work?
Sir Lancelot : I know not, my liege.
King Arthur : Consult the Book of Armaments.
Brother Maynard : Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
Cleric : [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chu...
Brother Maynard : Skip a bit, Brother...
Cleric : And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
Brother Maynard : Amen.
All : Amen.
King Arthur : Right. One... two... five!
Galahad : Three, sir.
King Arthur : Three!
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Sir Bedevere : There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1 : Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere : Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1 : Burn them.
Sir Bedevere : And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1 : More witches.
Peasant 2 : Wood.
Sir Bedevere : Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3 : ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere : Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1 : Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere : But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1 : Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere : Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1 : No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere : No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1 : Bread.
Peasant 2 : Apples.
Peasant 3 : Very small rocks.
Peasant 1 : Cider.
Peasant 2 : Gravy.
Peasant 3 : Cherries.
Peasant 1 : Mud.
Peasant 2 : Churches.
Peasant 3 : Lead! Lead!
King Arthur : A Duck.
Sir Bedevere : ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1 : If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere : And therefore...
Peasant 2 : ...A witch!
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King of Swamp Castle : Guards, make sure the prince doesn't leave this room until I come and get him.
Guard #1 : Not to leave the room... even if you come and get him.
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
King of Swamp Castle : No, no. *Until* I come and get him.
Guard #1 : Until you come and get him, we're not to enter the room.
King of Swamp Castle : No, no, no. You *stay* in the room, and make sure *he* doesn't leave.
Guard #1 : And you'll come and get him.
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
King of Swamp Castle : Right.
Guard #1 : We don't need to do anything, apart from just stop him entering the room.
King of Swamp Castle : No, no. *Leaving* the room.
Guard #1 : Leaving the room, yes.
King of Swamp Castle : All right?
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
Guard #1 : Right. Oh, if, if, if, uh, if, if, uh, if, if, if, we... oh, if... oh...
King of Swamp Castle : Look, it's quite simple. You just stay here, and make sure he doesn't leave the room. All right?
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
Guard #1 : Oh, I remember, uh, can he leave the room with us?
King of Swamp Castle : No, no, no, no, you just keep him in here, and make sure...
Guard #1 : Oh yeah, we'll keep him in here, obviously, but if he had to leave, and we were with him...
King of Swamp Castle : No, just keep him in here...
Guard #1 : Until you, or anyone else...
King of Swamp Castle : No, not anyone else. Just me.
Guard #1 : Just you.
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
King of Swamp Castle : Get back.
Guard #1 : Get back.
King of Swamp Castle : All right?
Guard #1 : Right, we'll stay here until you get back.
King of Swamp Castle : And make sure he doesn't leave.
Guard #1 : What?
King of Swamp Castle : Make sure he doesn't leave.
Guard #1 : The prince?
King of Swamp Castle : Yes, make sure he doesn't leave.
Guard #1 : Oh, yes, of course.
[Points at Guard #2]
Guard #1 : I thought you meant him. You know, it seemed a bit daft me I were to guard him when he's a guard.
King of Swamp Castle : Is that clear?
Guard #2 : [hiccups]
Guard #1 : Oh, quite clear. No problems.
King of Swamp Castle : Right.
[King of Swamp Castle turns to leave the room, both guards follow him]
King of Swamp Castle : Where are you going?
Guard #1 : We're coming with you.
King of Swamp Castle : No, no, no. I want you to stay here and make sure *he* doesn't leave.
Guard #1 : Oh, I see. Right.
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1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Who goes there?
King Arthur : It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Pull the other one!
King Arthur : I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : What? Ridden on a horse?
King Arthur : Yes!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : You're using coconuts!
King Arthur : What?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.
King Arthur : So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Where'd you get the coconuts?
King Arthur : We found them.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
King Arthur : What do you mean?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Well, this is a temperate zone
King Arthur : The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
King Arthur : Not at all. They could be carried.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
King Arthur : It could grip it by the husk!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
King Arthur : Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
King Arthur : Please!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Am I right?
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King Arthur : Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier : Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur : What are you then?
French Soldier : I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?
Sir Galahad : What are you doing in England?
French Soldier : Mind your own business.
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Tim : There he is!
King Arthur : Where?
Tim : There!
King Arthur : What? Behind the rabbit?
Tim : It *is* the rabbit!
King Arthur : You silly sod!
Tim : What?
King Arthur : You got us all worked up!
Tim : Well, that's no ordinary rabbit.
King Arthur : Ohh.
Tim : That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
Sir Robin : You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
Tim : Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
Sir Galahad : Get stuffed!
Tim : He'll do you up a treat, mate.
Sir Galahad : Oh, yeah?
Sir Robin : You manky Scots git!
Tim : I'm warning you!
Sir Robin : What's he do? Nibble your bum?
Tim : He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!
King Arthur : Go on, Bors. Chop his head off!
Sir Bors : Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin' right up!
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Sir Lancelot : Look, my liege!
[trumpets play a fanfare as the camera cuts briefly to the sight of a majestic castle]
King Arthur : [in awe] Camelot!
Sir Galahad : [in awe] Camelot!
Sir Lancelot : [in awe] Camelot!
Patsy : [derisively] It's only a model!
King Arthur : Shh!
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Dennis : Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
King Arthur : Bloody peasant!
Dennis : Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, didn't you?
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Knight 1 : We are now no longer the Knights who say Ni.
Knight 2 : NI.
Other Knights : Shh...
Knight 1 : We are now the Knights who say..."Ekki-ekki-ekki-ekki-PTANG. Zoom-Boing, z'nourrwringmm."
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King Arthur : Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Grail.
French Soldier : Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.
King Arthur : What?
Sir Galahad : He said they've already got one!
King Arthur : Are you sure he's got one?
French Soldier : Oh yes, it's very nice!
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King Arthur : Old woman!
Dennis : Man.
King Arthur : Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis : I'm 37.
King Arthur : What?
Dennis : I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur : Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis : Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur : I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis : Well you didn't bother to find out, did you?
King Arthur : I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis : What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur : Well, I am king.
Dennis : Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.
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The Witch : I'm not a witch, I'm not a witch!
Sir Bedevere : But you are dressed as one!
The Witch : *They* dressed me up like this!
Crowd : We didn't! We didn't...
The Witch : And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
Sir Bedevere : [lifts up her false nose] Well?
Peasant 1 : Well, we did do the nose.
Sir Bedevere : The nose?
Peasant 1 : And the hat, but she is a witch!
Crowd : Yeah! Burn her! Burn her!
Sir Bedevere : Did you dress her up like this?
Peasant 1 : No!
Peasant 3 : No!
Peasant 1 : No!
Peasant 1 : Yes!
Peasant 2 : Yes!
Peasant 1 : Yeah, a bit.
Peasant 3 : A bit!
Peasant 1 , Peasant 2 : A bit!
Peasant 2 : A bit!
Peasant 1 : But she has got a wart!
Random Person in the crowd : [coughs]
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Woman : Oh. How do you do?
King Arthur : How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, King of the Britons. Whose castle is that?
Woman : King of the who?
King Arthur : King of the Britons.
Woman : Who are the Britons?
King Arthur : Well, we all are. We are all Britons. And I am your king.
Woman : I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Dennis : You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class...
Woman : Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
Dennis : Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would...
King Arthur : Please, please, good people, I am in haste. Who lives in that castle?
Woman : No one lives there.
King Arthur : Then who is your lord?
Woman : We don't have a lord.
Dennis : I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week...
King Arthur : Yes...
Dennis : ...but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting...
King Arthur : Yes I see...
Dennis : ...by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs...
King Arthur : Be quiet!
Dennis : ...but by a two thirds majority in the case of...
King Arthur : Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Woman : Order, eh? Who does he think he is?
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Dennis : Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
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King of Swamp Castle : Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who.
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Knight 1 : ...You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... WITH... A HERRING!
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Sir Galahad : Is there someone else up there we can talk to?
French Soldier : No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
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King of Swamp Castle : We live in a bloody swamp. We need all the land we can get.
Prince Herbert : But I don't like her.
King of Swamp Castle : Don't like her? What's wrong with her? She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge... tracts of land.
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King Arthur : [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard?
Brother Maynard : It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh... "
King Arthur : What?
Brother Maynard : "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh"
Sir Bedevere : What is that?
Brother Maynard : He must have died while carving it.
King Arthur : Oh come on!
Brother Maynard : Well, that's what it says.
King Arthur : Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
Sir Galahad : Maybe he was dictating it.
King Arthur : Oh shut up!
Sir Robin : Well does it say anything else?
Brother Maynard : No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh".
[knights making groaning sounds]
Sir Bedevere : Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'?
Sir Galahad : Where's that?
Sir Bedevere : France, I think.
Sir Lancelot : Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall?
King Arthur : No that's Saint "Ives".
Sir Lancelot : Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"!
[All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"]
Sir Bedevere : Whooooouuuuaaa!
Sir Lancelot : No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat.
Sir Bedevere : No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm.
Sir Lancelot : Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!"
Sir Bedevere : Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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Sir Galahad : Zoot!
Dingo : No, I am Zoot's identical twin sister, Dingo.
[He tried to get past her]
Dingo : Where are you going?
Sir Galahad : I seek the Grail! I have seen it, here in this castle!
Dingo : Oh, no! Oh, no! Bad, bad Zoot!
Sir Galahad : What is it?
Dingo : Oh, wicked, bad, naughty Zoot! She has been setting a light to our beacon, which, I've just remembered, is Grail shaped. It's not the first time we've had this problem.
Sir Galahad : It's not the real Grail?
Dingo : Oh, wicked, bad, naughty, evil Zoot! Oh, she is a bad person, and she must pay the penalty!
[Turns to camera]
Dingo : Do you think this scene should have been cut? We were so worried when the boys were writing it, but now we're glad! It's better than some of the previous scenes I think.
Left Head : At least ours was better visually.
Dennis : At least ours was committed, it wasn't just a string of pussy jokes.
Bridgekeeper : Get on with it.
Tim : Yes! Get on with it!
Army : Yeah! Get on with it!
Dingo : Oh, I am enjoying this scene!
God : Get on with it!
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King Arthur : Cut down a tree with a herring? It can't be done.
[the Knights of Ni scream and cover their ears]
Knight 1 : Don't say that word!
King Arthur : What word?
Knight 1 : I cannot tell! Suffice to say, is one of the words the Knights of Ni cannot hear!
King Arthur : How can we not say the word if you don't tell us what it is?
[the Knights of Ni scream again]
Knight 1 : He said it again!
King Arthur : What,"is"?
Knight 1 : No, no, not "is". Wouldn't get very far in life not saying "is".
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Narrator : A year passed: winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn... until one day...
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1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Am I right?
King Arthur : I'm not interested!
Second Swallow-Savvy Guard : It could be carried by an African swallow.
King Arthur : Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Oh yeah, an African swallow, maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
Second Swallow-Savvy Guard : But then the African swallow's not migratory...
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King Arthur : O Knights of Ni, you are just and fair, and we will return with a shrubbery.
Leader of The Knights who say NI! : One that looks nice.
King Arthur : Of course.
Leader of The Knights who say NI! : And not too expensive.
King Arthur : Yes.
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King of Swamp Castle : When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England.
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King of Swamp Castle : You only killed the bride's father, you know.
Sir Lancelot : Well, I didn't mean to.
King of Swamp Castle : Didn't mean to? You put your sword right through his head.
Sir Lancelot : Oh dear... is he all right?
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[the King gestures to the window]
King of Swamp Castle : One day, lad, all this will be yours.
Prince Herbert : What, the curtains?
King of Swamp Castle : No, not the curtains, lad, all that you can see stretched out over the valleys and the hills! That'll be your kingdom, lad.
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Sir Lancelot : [Bursts into the Prince's room and kneels before him after killing the guards] Oh, fair one, behold, I am you humble servant Sir Launcelot. I have come to take
[looks up and realizes that he is kneeling before an effeminate Prince, not a Princess]
Sir Lancelot : Oh, I'm terribly sorry!
Prince Herbert : You got my note!
Sir Lancelot : Uh, well, I got a note.
Prince Herbert : You've come to rescue me! I knew someone would! I knew that somewhere out there, there must be someone who
[Music swells]
King of Swamp Castle : Stop that! Stop it! Stop it!
[Music stops]
King of Swamp Castle : Who are you?
Prince Herbert : I'm your son!
King of Swamp Castle : No, not you!
Sir Lancelot : I am Sir Launcelot, sir.
Prince Herbert : He's come to rescue me, father!
Sir Lancelot : Well, let's not jump to conclusions.
King of Swamp Castle : Did you kill all those guards?
Sir Lancelot : Um... oh, yes! Sorry.
King of Swamp Castle : They cost fifty pounds each!
Sir Lancelot : Well, the thing is, I thought your son was a lady.
King of Swamp Castle : Well, I can understand that.
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[the cartoon Knights are being chased by the animated Beast of Aaaaauuuugggggghhh]
Narrator : And as the Black Beast lurched forward, escape for Arthur and his knights seemed hopeless, when suddenly, the animator suffered a fatal heart attack!
[cut to the animator shown cringing]
Animator : Ughck!
[falls backwards in his chair]
Narrator : [back to the cartoon] The cartoon peril was no more.
[Beast of Aaaaauuuugggggghhh disappears]
Narrator : The quest for the Holy Grail could continue.
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Knight 1 : We are the Knights who say... NI.
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Dennis : Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
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Wedding Guest : Look! The dead prince!
Concorde : He's not quite dead.
Prince Herbert : Oh, I feel much better.
King of Swamp Castle : You fell out of the tall tower, you creep!
Prince Herbert : I was saved at the last minute.
King of Swamp Castle : How?
Prince Herbert : Well, I'll tell you.
[music begins playing, the townspeople begin dancing and singing, "He's going to tell, he's going to tell!"]
King of Swamp Castle : Not like that, not like that! No! Stop it! Nooo!
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Narrator : Meanwhile, not more than two swallow's flights away, Arthur and Bedivere had discovered something. Oh, that's an unladen swallow's flight away, obviously. There were more than two laden swallow's flights away, four really, if they had the coconut on a line between them. I mean, if the birds were walking, and dragging the coconut...
Army : Get on with it!
Narrator : And now on to scene 24. A smashing scene with some lovely acting, in which Arthur discovers a vital clue, and in which there aren't any swallows, though I think you can hear a starling...
[he retches as he is apparently killed]
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Prince Herbert : But Mother...
King of Swamp Castle : Father, I'm Father.
Prince Herbert : But Father...
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[from trailer]
American Narrator : [over a sweeping shot of mountains] Once in a lifetime, there comes a motion picture which changes the whole history of motion pictures. A picture so stunning in its effect, so vast in its impact that it profoundly affects the lives of all who see it.
[dissolve to footage of King Arthur knighting Dennis]
American Narrator : One such film is...
Voice Director : [dismissively, trailer pauses] Very good, thank you. Yes, thank you. Next, please.
[trailer rewinds]
Slow-Witted Narrator : [trailer footage restarts] Once. In a. Life... time. There comes a... moh-tion pic-ture. Which... changes the 'hole... 'istory of moh... tion pictures. Eh...
Voice Director : [trailer pauses] Yes, thank you. Next!
[trailer rewinds]
Gumby Narrator : [shouts as trailer footage restarts] ONCE! IN A! LIFETIME!
Voice Director : [annoyed] Go away!
Gumby Narrator : [shocked] What?
Voice Director : Next!
Gumby Narrator : What's wrong with my voice? My voice is alright, my brain is wrong...
Asian Narrator : [trailer footage restarts, subtitled] Once in a lifetime there comes a motion picture which changes the whole history of motion pictures...
Voice Director : [pleased] That's more like it!
Asian Narrator : One such film is Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai". Another was "Ivan the Terrible". Then there are more run-of-the-mill films like... "Herbie Rides Again", "La Notte", and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
[the castle model behind Arthur and Dennis falls over. Arthur unexpectedly runs Dennis through with his sword]
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Zoot : Welcome, brave sir Knight. Welcome to the Castle Anthrax.
Sir Galahad : The Castle Anthrax?
Zoot : Yes... it's not a very good name, is it? Oh, but we are nice, and we'll attend to your every need.
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Sir Galahad : What a strange person.
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Sir Galahad : Let us taunt it! It may grow nervous, and make a mistake.
King Arthur : Like what?
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1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Who goes there?
King Arthur : It is I, Arthur, Son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds : Pull the other one.
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Sir Galahad the Pure : There's nothing wrong with - that.
Dr. Piglet : Please. We are doctors.
Sir Galahad the Pure : No, no, this cannot be. I am sworn to chastity!
Dr. Piglet : Back to your bed! At once!
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Sir Galahad the Pure : Look, I can tackle this lot single-handed!
Dingo : Yes! yes! Let him tackle us single-handedly!
Girls of the Castles : Yes! Yes! Let him tackle us single-handedly!
Sir Launcelot the Brave : Come, Sir Galahad, quickly!
Sir Galahad the Pure : No, really, honestly, I can cope. I can handle this lot easily!
Dingo : Oh, yes! Yes! Let him handle us easily.
Girls of the Castles : Let him handle us easily!
Sir Launcelot the Brave : No sir. Quick!
Sir Galahad the Pure : No, please. Please! I can defeat them! There's only a hundred and fifty of them.
Dingo : Yes! Yes! He'll beat us easily. We haven't a chance!
Dingo , Girls of the Castles : We haven't a chance! We haven't a chance!
Dingo : [Sir Launcelot and Sir Galahad depart] Oh! Oh shit!
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Left Head : Quick, get the sword out. I want to cut his head off.
Right Head : Cut your own head off.
Middle Head : Yes, do us all a favor.
Left Head : What?
Right Head : Yapping on all the time.
Middle Head : [to the Right Head] You're lucky you're not next to him.
Left Head : What do you mean?
Middle Head : [to the Left Head] You snore.
Left Head : [to the Middle Head] Ooh, I don't. Anyway, you've got bad breath.
Middle Head : [to the Left Head] Well, it's only because you don't brush my teeth.
Right Head : Oh, stop bitching and let's go and have tea.
Left Head : All right! We'll kill him first, and then have tea and biscuits.
Middle Head : Yes.
Right Head : Not biscuits.
Left Head : Alright, not biscuits, but let's kill him anyway.
Left Head , Right Head , Middle Head : Right.
[They see that Sir Robin is gone]
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King Arthur : What is this test, oh Knights of... knights who 'til recently said "Ni"?
Leader of The Knights who say NI! : Firstly, you must find... another shrubbery!
King Arthur : [the knights babble excitedly] Not another shrubbery!
Leader of The Knights who say NI! : Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here beside this shrubbery. Only slightly higher, so you get the two-level effect, with a little path running down the middle.
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King of Swamp Castle : Oh, bloody hell!
