Monty Python Goes to Gladiator School
By Heather Pringle | August 6, 2010 | 6 Comments
I’ve always wanted to enroll in gladiator school. I once took a course in fencing, but it seemed far too precise and finicky and I hated the drills. I’d prefer to bash it out like Russell Crowe does.
The next best thing to attending gladiator school is watching Terry Jones, one of the guys from Monty Python, take a go at it. Jones milks it for laughs, but there’s also some artful battling from several skilled young men.
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August 7th, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
Funny and instructive. Thanks for posting.
August 2nd, 2011 @ 11:50 pm
What a hilarious video! Funny but entertaining and instructive.
August 9th, 2011 @ 11:49 am
That was fun. Not a big BBC viewer, but now I think there’s a show that I’d like watching. This gladiator training though are for theaters or movies right?
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October 14th, 2011 @ 11:36 pm
The full show (about an hour) is available as an extra on one of his other DVDs. It’s very good in full as well.
October 24th, 2011 @ 7:58 am
Thanks for pointing this out, Jane.
December 25th, 2011 @ 12:31 am
gladiator school is interesting! The video is funny!