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Monty Python's classic skit of the Greeks vs. the Germans

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: September 18, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Author: jfogliasso

Length: 0:04:20
Rating: 4.87
Views: 116,591

Tags: Monty Python Philosophy Socrates Plato Aquinas Aristotle Augustine

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DebbyLeo85 (Thursday 20th of November 2008 06:49:46 AM)
"...and Marx is claiming it was offside..." best. line. ever.
comicstadt (Monday 17th of November 2008 12:56:11 PM)
nein, das hab ich anders gemeint ehem
RainbowAngelz (Friday 14th of November 2008 04:26:26 AM)
Kick it, Archimedes!
Sioux2 (Monday 10th of November 2008 08:38:34 AM)
...what people don't understand is that Dionysos offered one of his balls - the one in black and white - just to give them little creatures some entertainment. So why was it that Socrates scored, not realizing there was Dionysos watching with a whimsical smile, thinking: "Look at 'em little creatures enjoying themselves, cheering for a virtual victory - while being on a fast slide downhill!" (Anyway, feel free to check out my videos/playlists for some Dionysos material)
artfantasies (Friday 7th of November 2008 03:35:58 PM)
Beckenbauer is well placed in this match because he had read Confuzius ;). You could have seen this 1990 at the world champion ship in Italy, he went nuts. But I thought Socrates was a brasilian libero? : o As the referee Kirkegaard would be the right one because of his measured steps IMO. Marx is fantastic here.
ClearFire1 (Sunday 26th of October 2008 12:23:59 PM)
Marx is just being a little bitch.
sabcatobu (Sunday 2nd of November 2008 11:55:43 AM)
No, that's what's great. If you watch the tape, you'll see that Marx is right. Socrates *is* off-sides. Marx is the only one who's right, the only philosopher interacting with the actual world. The skit supports Marx's famous thesis on Feuerbach: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to score a goal while not getting off-sides. (Or something close to that.)
ClearFire1 (Sunday 26th of October 2008 12:19:09 PM)
They did not debate "what is victory?"
westernapollo (Sunday 26th of October 2008 10:25:20 AM)
love it
iNixon666 (Saturday 25th of October 2008 04:55:55 PM)
"and Marx has called off sides" Brilliant.