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monty python and the holy grail - oulun normaalikoulu

A brief introduction to the world of humor. Monty Python is considered to be the pinnacle of British humor, but often many of the jokes are hard or even impossible to understand without careful study of British culture. Sometimes their humor is drenched with political or social satire, but often it is just plain silly. This brief introduction does not aim to familiarize you with all of the intricate aspects of puns, satirical devices, or irony, but to offer you a broad view of the comic style of the Pythons. You will be introduced to three scenes from the famous film Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python is a comedy group which was founded by (from top row, left to right) Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, and Michael Palin. Their comedy series, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, was first aired in 5th October 1969 and the last episode was shown on BBC1 in 5th of December 1974. They have also produced three movies (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life) and numerous albums. To this date the Pythons have made three motion pictures and we’ll be looking at the first: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, who are all on a quest to find the Holy Grail. We will be looking at three specific scenes, and each section will contain information, a video clip, and an exercise linked to that particular section Perhaps one of the best known scenes, the Bridge of Death (scene 23), represents a more traditional style of humor. In this scene the pythons play with the expectations of their audience. Consider the questions that the bridgekeeper asks from the knights in relation to the characters. The Bridge of Death - video In this scene the knights arrive at the bridge of death only to find that it is guarded by a bridge keeper. The humor arises from both the bridge keeper’s questions and from the answers that the knig