"Make sure the prince doesn't leave the room."
I've always hated that scene. It's a dud within an otherwise really funny movie. I mean, the joke lasts like five minutes, even though it ceased to be funny after about 15 seconds. They just overcook it to death!
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You're crazy. That's the funniest scene in the movie. And the rabbit and bridgekeeper come in a close second and third.
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I did sixty in five minutes once...
I love that scene! It's my second favourite of the movie (after the bridge guy), but I agree about the hiccupping guard ... he didn't add anything to that scene.
shareIt was funny. And it only lasted two minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YiPC91QUk
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It's painful and seems to last an eternity. Makes you want to punch them.
The Swamp Castle scene is saved by Lancelot running amok through the castle which is one of the highlights of the film.
Utterly disagree OP. Yes, they drag out the joke on purpose, but the delivery of Palin and Idle is what makes it funny.
'then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest, wiiiiiiiiiiiiith.........a HERRING!'
"Make sure the prince doesn't leave the room."
I've always hated that scene. It's a dud within an otherwise really funny movie. I mean, the joke lasts like five minutes, even though it ceased to be funny after about 15 seconds. They just overcook it to death!
I like to think they made up for that part with Herbert shooting the arrow with the note on it out the window with the moron guards just smiling at him.
shareYeah, I agree. In a movie where almost every scene is full-on laughs that one is where they really dragged it for too long. But IMO it's not as bad as the ex-leper in Life of Brian. Now THAT was a stretched joke if there ever was one.
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