Monty Python and the Holy Grail

50 Years

When I was a kid, during summers my parents took up my time by having me participate in a theater program run by our city’s parks and recreation department. This was when I met other kids who’d seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and I’m not exaggerating when I say we would all reenact scenes from this film, line-for-line, word-for-word, all without missing a single beat. I’d guess that between all of the kids in that summer program, we could have recited the entire movie.

That’s what Monty Python and the Holy Grail does, it is so infinitely quotable and memorable that it instantly buries itself in your brain. It’s no wonder it’s continued to do this 50 years later.