The Meaning of Life Page #3

Synopsis: Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival o
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1983
107 min
1,568 Views


even mystery of the Church of Rome,

and the sanctity of the sacrament,

the indivisible oneness of the Trinity,

but if they'd let me wear one

of those little rubber things

on the end of my cock,

we wouldn't be in the mess

we are now.

Couldn't Mummy have worn

some sort of pessary?

Not if we're going

to remain members

of the fastest-growing

religion in the world, my boy.

He's right.

You see, we believe...

Well, let me put it like this.

There are Jews in the world

There are Buddhists

There are Hindus

and Mormons and then

There are those

that follow Mohammed

But I've never been

one of them

I'm a Roman Catholic

And have been since

before I was born

And the one thing

they say about Catholics

Is they"ll take you

as soon as you"re warm

You don't have

to be a six-footer

You don't have to

have a great brain

You don't have to

have any clothes on

You're a Catholic

the moment Dad came

Because

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is great

If a sperm is wasted

God gets quite irate

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is great

If a sperm is wasted

God gets quite irate

Let the heathens spill theirs

On the dusty ground

God shall make them pay

For each sperm

that can't be found

Every sperm is wanted

Every sperm is good

Every sperm is needed

In your neighborhood

Hindu, Taoist, Mormon

Spill theirs just anywhere

But God loves those who treat

Their semen with more care

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is great

If a sperm is wasted

God gets quite irate

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is good

Every sperm is good

Every sperm is needed

In your neighborhood

Every sperm is useful

Every sperm is fine

God needs everybody's

Mine

And mine

And mine

Let the pagans spill theirs

O'er mountain, hill and plain

God shall strike them down

For each sperm

that"s spilt in vain

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is good

Every sperm is needed

In your neighborhood

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is great

If a sperm is wasted

God gets

Quite irate

So you see my problem,

little ones.

I can't keep you all here

any longer.

Speak up!

I can't keep you all here

any longer!

God has blessed us so much I

can't afford to feed you anymore.

Couldn't you have

your balls cut off?

It's not as simple as

that, N igel. God knows all.

He'd see through

such a cheap trick.

What we do to ourselves,

we do to H im.

You could have had them

pulled off in an accident.

No. Children, I know

you're trying to help,

but believe me,

me mind's made up.

I've given this long

and careful thought,

and it has to be medical

experiments for the lot of you.

Every sperm is sacred

Every sperm is great

Look at them. Bloody Catholics.

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Graham Chapman

Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, writer, actor, author and one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python. He played authority figures such as the Colonel and the lead role in two Python films, Holy Grail and Life of Brian. more…

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