To wonder what age you would let your children watch Monty Python?

[katykuns]

I watched it at a young age and missed all the dirty jokes etc, but just wondering what age you would let your children watch it?

Obviously less of the scene with John Cleese giving a live demonstration of sexual education to his class... with his wife...

I'm not sure really. I remember letting DSS watch holy grail age 12, as DH was happy he was old enough.

I would really love to show DD(5) some - she enjoys Fawlty Towers, and loves the slapstick.

I'm wondering about maybe just finding some of the less rude clips on YouTube or something?

that is 'Meaning of Life' and that scene is probably the least of your worries. The one where somebody has their organs taken out while they are alive and screaming is not really something for nervous children.

'Every Sperm is Sacred' is hilarious, but you also may not want the bit after where the Graham Chapman character talks about condoms with his wife...

the film had an 18 certificate, so probably ok for today's 13 year olds... :-)

the TV show would be fine, although now very, very dated.

I watched the TV series when I was 13, and Life of Brian when I was a bit older, but probably didn't get the humour until I was in my 20s. And a lot of the TV series can be a bit meh, IMO. Though Life of Brian is brilliant.

Agree re meaning of life probably 15 upwards for that one, 14 upwards for life of brian and maybe holy grail a bit younger

"How not to be seen"
"Baby snatchers/senile delinquents"
"Man armed with fruit"
"Dead parrot"
"The funniest joke in the world"
Cleese attacking a car with a branch - all probably 8+
My box set of Monty python's flying circus is a 12 certificate, I'd happily let my DCs (11 and 8) watch it. "Upper class twit of the year" is hilarious, as is "dirty fork"

My DC have never seen it but my DS was quoting "I'm your king" when he was 3yo

And I say to him "You're not the Messiah you're a very naughty boy.

DH is (What does he know) ?

My eldest boys have seen some of the safer stuff. They love Holy Grail (and frequently shout "ni!" at each other), and the Spam sketch had them in stitches. They're 6 & 8yo.

Cleese attacking a car with a branch

That's Clockwise, not Monty Python.

Actually, Cleese attacking car with branch is Fawlty Towers. (pedant)

is Fawlty Towers.

Also has the word bastard. My 7 year old was and she didn't think it was very funny. I have failed as a parent.

Monty Python had topless women in it occasionally IIRC.

Little kids do not even NOTICE the bits that make us cringe.
I was 8 when I first saw it.
Holy Grail is a masterpiece but Brian is the best
(with the future Mayor of Aberystwyth starkers)

Oh yeah, my bad.

The Life of Brian is the funniest film ever bar none. And the Holy Grail has some of the funniest scenes in it, but it isn't as good a film. The Meaning of Life is not nearly as good.

I watched the Holy Grail many times one summer when I was 14, and the Life of Brian came a bit later, as a lot of the themes are more adult. My mum wasn't happy about it, but my dad was a fan.

I do remember shouting "He wanks as high as any in Wome!" at my dad and not getting it at all

I first saw the TV series at 5/6. All of the innuendo sailed right over my head, but I remember laughing hysterically at things like "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Of course, I didn't have the faintest idea what the historical Inquisition actually was.

Fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. . .