The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos) The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster).

'The Ministry of Silly Walks' is a sketch from the Monty Python comedy troupe's television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 2, episode 1, which is entitled 'Face the Press'. The episode first aired on 15 September 1970. A shortened version of the sketch was performed for Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl.

A satire on bureaucratic inefficiency, the sketch involves John Cleese as a bowler-hattedcivil servant in a fictitious Britishgovernment ministry responsible for developing silly walks through grants. Cleese, throughout the sketch, walks in a variety of silly ways. It is these various silly walks, more than the dialogue, that have earned the sketch its popularity. Cleese has cited the physical comedy of Max Wall, probably in character as Professor Wallofski, as important to its conception.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas in The Guardian writes, “Cleese is utterly deadpan as he takes the stereotypical bowler-hatted political drone and ruthlessly skewers him. All the self-importance, bureaucratic inefficiency and laughable circuitousness of Whitehall is summed up in one balletic extension of his slender leg.”^[1]

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Sketch[edit]

The sketch as originally depicted in the series begins with John Cleese playing Mr. Teabag, a civil servant who, after purchasing The Times from the newsagent in the previous sketch, walks through the streets of London (at the crossing of Thorpebank Road and Dunraven Road) in a very peculiar manner. He eventually arrives at his place of business: The Ministry of Silly Walks, on the northern end of Whitehall. In the hallway, he passes other employees all exhibiting their own silly walks before arriving at his office (the Hollywood Bowl performance omits this preamble). Once there, he finds Mr Putey (Michael Palin) waiting for him and apologizes for the delay, explaining that his walk has become particularly silly of late and it takes longer for him to reach his destination.

Putey explains that he has a silly walk he wishes to develop with grant money. He demonstrates his walk which, to Teabag, isn't particularly silly ('The right leg isn't silly at all, and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half-turn every alternate step.'). He tells Putey that he does not believe the ministry can help him, as Putey's walk is not silly enough and funding is short. The government, he explains, is supposed to give equally to Defence, Social Security, Health, Housing, Education, and Silly Walks, but recently spent less on Silly Walks than on national defence. After a visit by his secretary Mrs. Two-Lumps, Mr. Teabag shows Mr Putey a film on silly walks. (The segment is a parody of early 20th-century cinema, with Michael Palin dressed up as Little Tich; this film is also shown as part of the Hollywood Bowl performance of the sketch.) After tossing the projector offstage, Teabag offers Putey a grant that will allow him to work on the Anglo-French Silly Walk, La Marche Futile (a parody of Concorde's Anglo-French development), which is then demonstrated by a man (Terry Jones) dressed in a mixture of stereotypical English and French outfits, with a sped-up version of 'La Marseillaise' playing.

Mrs. Two-Lumps, presumably the minister's secretary, makes a brief appearance, bringing in coffee with full silly walk. As she enters, the cups fall all over the tray, completely spilling their contents. The minister looks at the tray, says 'Thank you, lovely' and she exits again, taking the tray with her, complete with upended cups. In the Hollywood Bowl version, Carol Cleveland plays Mrs. Two-Lumps, and spills some of the coffee on Cleese during the sketch.

As the years went by amid repeated requests to do the sketch, Cleese found it increasingly difficult to perform these walks. He would say, when told about a new Python tour, 'I'm not doing silly walks.' Accordingly, the sketch was not performed during Monty Python Live (Mostly), the troupe's 2014 reunion show.^[2] It was replaced by 'The Silly Walks Song', which was performed by a group of (younger) dancers who mimicked Cleese's original walks while wearing bowler hats and carrying briefcases.

Reception[edit]

In 2005, the sketch was chosen in a poll taken by Channel 4 in Britain as the 15th greatest comedy sketch of all time (and one of five Monty Python sketches in the top 50).^[3]

Mobile game[edit]

In 2014, an official video game adaption of the sketch was released for Android and iOS. It features Cleese, as the minister of silly walks, leaving his office and walking through London. It takes the form of an endless runner game, except with an appropriately absurd walking animation. The game includes voice acting from John Cleese.^[4]

References in popular culture[edit]

• In 2000, an episode of Mission Hill, 'Andy and Kevin Make a Friend (or One Bang for Two Brothers)', referenced the sketch when one of the characters attempts to impress a girl by showing how he does a 'great silly walk' from the Ministry of Silly Walks.
• A reference is made to the Silly Walk in an episode of the WB's Gilmore Girls when Rory says 'Please, don't walk away like that', and Dean responds with 'Sorry, I'd do a silly walk, but I'm not feeling very John Cleese right now.'
• In the video game Goldeneye 007, an image of a man doing John Cleese's silly walk can be seen on one of the computer monitors in the game.^[5]
• In an issue of The Simpsons Bongo Comic, when the British invade Springfield, it shows John Cleese doing the goosestep and labels him as 'the Minister of Silly Walks'.
• On an episode of The Chaser's War On Everything, Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor do a sketch called 'The Chaser's British Comedy Sketch', filled with various Monty Python cliches, which climaxes with Andrew screaming 'I'm going to do something so totally bizarre it will be imitated verbatim by comedy nerds for decades to come!' He then does a silly walk, doing imitations of Pepperpots, until a 16-ton weight falls on his head.
• In November 2007, as the Eurostar duration between Brussels and London was reduced to 1 hour and 51 minutes, the 'Ministry of Silly Walks' appeared in an ad campaign in Belgium. The adverts were all on building corners, showing two workers carrying a large glass pane walking towards the corner on one side. Walking towards them on the other side, a John Cleese look-alike performs a Silly Walk. The tagline read 'Warning! London is just around the corner!'.
• In the Season 6 episode of Futurama entitled 'All the Presidents Heads', Dr. Zoidberg performs a silly walk.
• In the 25th anniversary reunion episode of I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, John Cleese consents to appear on the show on condition that he be allowed to do the Silly Walk; the other cast members are dubious about the comedic impact of doing the Walk on radio, but they ultimately give in after Cleese puts on a show of hurt feelings. Near the end of the show, Cleese presents the Silly Walk, rendered on radio as a series of loud, slow footsteps.
• In the video game Destroy All Humans! 2, if you read a hippie's mind in the Albion level, one of the thoughts is, 'I hope I can get a job at the Ministry of Silly Walks' (This video game is known for spoofing popular culture of the decade in which it is set).^[6]
• In a standup comedy routine in Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road, Larry the Cable Guy, referring to strange people who go to Wal-Mart in the middle of the night, says that it 'turns into Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks.'
• In Improv Everywhere's 2010 MP3 experiment, participants were asked to walk in a silly manner. After the silly walk session was finished, 'Mark (the omnipotent voice from above)' stated: 'Excellent silly walks. Those belong in the Ministry hall of fame'.
• A segment in The Beano comic book featured Minnie the Minx as the 'Minnie-ster of Silly Walks'.
• In the Fawlty Towers episode 'The Germans', Basil (John Cleese), after grandly announcing, 'I'll do the funny walk', performs a goose step, reminiscent of a silly walk.^[7]
• In the second issue of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century, the 'Minister' can be seen performing the silly walk in the background in London, passing the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.^[8]
• The small town of Ørje, Norway found a way to spice up one of its crosswalks—pedestrians wishing to cross must do so using a silly walk. The town's mayor didn't seem to mind the silliness. 'Clearly, one should listen to the authorities, but this kind of fun should be allowed', the mayor said. 'You cannot just be square, right?'^[9]
• The 4 July 2016 issue of The New Yorker features a parody of the silly walk on its cover, a reference to Brexit, in which several men in the likeness of John Cleese's character do the silly walk off the edge of a cliff.
• The 22 January 2017 episode of Zondag met Lubach mentions Minister Jetta Klijnsma being a disabled politician from the Ministry of Silly Walks, so U.S. President Donald Trump can make fun of her.
• On 28 October 2019, while celebrating the Ohi Day, a group of participants to the national military parade performed a silly walk as an anti-military demonstration in Nea Filadelfeia, Greece.^[10][11][12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'John Cleese and Mick Jagger are wrong – Monty Python's silly walks are still hilarious'. The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
2. ^'Monty Python Reunion Gigs Kick Off Tonight, But John Cleese's 'Ministry Of Silly Walks' Not On The Bill'. Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
3. ^ten Cate, Hans (3 April 2005). 'Monty Python in Britain's Top 50 Comedy Sketches'. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
4. ^''Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks - The Official App''.
5. ^Drury, Paul (13 May 2011). 'The Making Of Goldeneye'. Imagine Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
6. ^Williamson, Steven (7 November 2006). 'Review: Destroy All Humans! 2 – PS2 & Xbox'. HEXUS.net. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
7. ^Owen, Jonathan; Gray, Lucy Anna (1 July 2014). 'No Ministry of Silly Walks for 74-year-old John Cleese'. Sunshine Coast Newspaper Company Pty Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. ^Collins, Sean T. (14 September 2011). 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1969'. Fantagraphics Books, Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. ^'A crosswalk in Norway makes citizens do a Monty Python silly walk'. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
10. ^'Monty Python silly parade divides public opinion as to how WWII heroes should be honoured Neos Kosmos'. English Edition. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
11. ^'Παρέλαση στη Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια: Δεν ήταν μαθήτριες οι 10 που βάδισαν αλά Monty Python'. www.news247.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-10-30.
12. ^'Το «μανιφέστο» των 10 κοριτσιών της παρέλασης'. Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-10-30.

The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus. Duels plugin minecraft pc.

Television[edit]

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
• Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
• Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
• Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
• Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)

Films[edit]

• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
• Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

Books[edit]

The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:

• Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
• The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown - the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
• Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it - the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
• The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
• The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
• The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book (1994)
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
• A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python - Picked by John Cleese (1999) (John Cleese's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Gilliam (2000) (Terry Gilliam's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Michael Palin (2000) (Michael Palin's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favorite Python moments.)
• The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe - a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
• The Very Best of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
• Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)

Records[edit]

Original UK Monty Python album releases:

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
• Another Monty Python Record (1971)
• Monty Python's Previous Record (1972)
• The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973)
• Monty Python Live at Drury Lane (1974)
• The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

US-only album release:

• Monty Python Live at City Center (1976)

UK compilation albums:

• The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)
• The Final Rip Off (1987)
• Monty Python Sings (1989)
• The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off (1994)

US-only compilation album:

• The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1981)

UK singles:

• Spam Song (1972)
• Eric The Half A Bee (1972)
• Teach Yourself Heath (1972)
• Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing (1974)
• Lumberjack Song (1975)
• Python On Song (1976)
• Brian/Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (1979)
• I Like Chinese (1980)
• Galaxy Song (1983)
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (1988)
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (1991)
• Galaxy Song (1991)
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (2014)
• Galaxy Song (2015)

US-only single:

• The Single (1975)

Documentaries[edit]

• Film Night - On Location with Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC 2, 1974)
• The Pythons (BBC 1, 1979)
• The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (ITV, 1983)
• Life of Python (US version) (Showtime, 1990)
• Life of Python (UK version) (BBC 1, 1990)
• 30 Years of Monty Python - A Revelation (Paramount Comedy Channel, 1999)
• It's..The Monty Python Story (BBC 2, 1999)
• Pythonland (BBC 2, 1999)
• From Spam To Sperm - Monty Python's Greatest Hits (BBC 2, 1999)
• The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (DVD, 2001)
• The Meaning of Making The Meaning of Life (DVD, 2003)
• Comedy Connections - Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC 1, 2005)
• The Secret Life of Brian (Channel 4, 2007)
• What The Pythons Did Next.. (Channel 4, 2007)
• The Story of Brian (Alternate extended edit of The Secret Life of Brian) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2007)
• Before the Flying Circus (DVD, 2008)
• Monty Python Conquers America (DVD, 2008)
• Movie Connections - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC 1, 2009)
• Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2009)
• The Meaning of Monty Python (Blu-ray, 2013)
• Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (BBC 1, 2014)
• Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (UKTV Gold, 2014)
• Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails (BBC 2, 2019)

Stage productions[edit]

• Spamalot (2004)
• Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2007)
• An Evening Without Monty Python (2009)
• Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

Computer and video games[edit]

• Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
• Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
• Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
• Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
• Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)^[1]
• Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)

Other collaborations outside Monty Python[edit]

In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside Monty Python.

References[edit]

1. ^Staff writer (1995). 'Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron'. Philips Media. Archived from the original on 6 June 1997. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

Further reading[edit]

• From Fringe to Flying Circus – Roger Wilmut (1980)
• Monty Python: The Case Against Irreverence, Scurrility, Profanity, Vilification, and Licentious Abuse – Robert Hewison (1981)
• Monty Python: Complete and Utter Theory of the Grotesque – John O. Thompson (1982)
• Life of Python – George Perry (1983)
• The First 20 Years of Monty Python – Kim 'Howard' Johnson (1989)
• And Now for Something Completely Trivial: The Monty Python Trivia and Quiz Book – Kim 'Howard' Johnson (1991)
• Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the Troupe's Creative Output and Articles and Reviews About Them, 1969–89 – Douglas L. McCall (1992)
• Life Before and After Monty Python: The Solo Flights of the Flying Circus – Kim 'Howard' Johnson (1993)
• Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time : An Official Compendium of Answers to Ruddy Questions Not Normally Considered Relevant to Mounties! – Rusel Demaria (1995)
• The First 28 Years of Monty Python – Kim 'Howard' Johnson (1998)
• Monty Python Speaks! – David Morgan (1999)
• The (Non-Inflatable) Monty Python TV Companion – Jim Yoakum (1999)
• The Pythons' Autobiography by The Pythons (2003)
• Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think! – Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch (2006)
• And Now For Something Completely Digital: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Monty Python – Alan Parker & Mick O'Shea (2006)
• Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday – Kim 'Howard' Johnson (2008)