rytlock brimstone (monty python's life of brian and etc) created by zevrant bapt (artist)
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    My favorite part of that line is how he pronounces "risible". I'm not sure how to convey that in text.

    The funniest part of the whole scene is either this sequence or the general horror when he says "he has a wife you know".

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  • BDG

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    cadwaladar said:
    My favorite part of that line is how he pronounces "risible". I'm not sure how to convey that in text.

    The funniest part of the whole scene is either this sequence or the general horror when he says "he has a wife you know".

    Do you find it... Wisible ?

    When I say the name

    Biggus

    Dickus ?

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  • The really mean part is that the actor who played the soldier was told not to laugh no matter what happens

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  • squirrelz said:
    The really mean part is that the actor who played the soldier was told not to laugh no matter what happens

    I believe, what it was, was that ALL the extras were told they could not laugh.

    Oh, and different guards were used in rehearsal, then changed out on the day of the shoot so the reactions would be genuine. IE: None of the extras would now the actual lines ahead of time.
    And the guards who are ordered to 'Take them away!'? Those were the guards from the rehearsal!

    According to IMDB:
    The famous 'Biggus Dickus' scene required a fair bit of planning. Michael Palin, John Cleese and Graham Chapman rehearsed it many times the day before the shoot, with other extras playing the Roman centurion guards, so as to get their timing and movement right and to allow director Terry Jones to ensure the lighting, camera blocking and positioning were all correct. On the day of shooting the extras were changed at the last minute, as Jones knew that the only way the scene would work was if the extras did not know in advance what was going to be said to them so as to capture their reactions to the dialogue and Palin's delivery of it.

    The resulting comedy gold from this scene is mostly due to the unrehearsed reaction of the new extras (one of whom was comedian Chris Langham), who were told that under no circumstances were they to react to what Palin would say to them. The new extras really did break down laughing on set and the ones who were ordered to take the laughing guards away were the ones who had been present at the rehearsals the day before, so were less likely to crack up laughing.

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