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Would it be possible to assemble a list of apperances of this sketch and references to it in the various Monty Python Performances? --Hpeikemo 21:18, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
"This sketch may have been an inspiration for "the Inquisition" portion of the movie History of the World Part I." I kind of find this dubious. No connection with the "nobody expects" part, just a skit, and the Inquisition; very thin similarity. Anybody else agree? Given Brooks' Judeocentricity and the Inquisition's relative prominence in the history of European Jewry, I would guess that's where it came from. Gzuckier 15:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Mel Brooks sketch was actually a very clever parody of the way in which the Inquisition impinged upon personal matters of conscience ("making my privates public") and a pretext for seizing Jewish wealth (the slot machine sequence). It also contained clever commentary on the repressed sexuality in Roman Catholic doctrine (the "Esther Williams" style spectacle in which nuns who strip off their habits to reveal swimsuits and dive into a swimming pool). He underscores this with a final comment on the failure to destroy Judaism, when the nuns come out of the water as branches of a Jewish "Menorah" with top-hats adorned with sparklers. This is Mel Brooks' way of saying that the water of enforced baptism was unable to extinguish the fire of the Jewish spirit. All in all, this was a highly sophisticated commentary on the history of the Catholic Church. David Kessler 19:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.169.180.52 (talk)
Just wondering....Should it be "No body expects the spanish inquisition" or "Nobody expects the...." I dunno. It just looks a little wrong to me. 199.224.81.132 15:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
... it's not looking all that bad, anymore... imho. riana 17:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Looks like everyones in agreement then, tags removed - Hamish (Talk) 23:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
"In some social groups, any time anyone says "I didn't expect...", a standard response is "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!".
This is a bizzare addition for an online encyclopedia, if there ever was one. "In some social groups"? Far too vague to be of any use or meaning. 87.243.69.184 00:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
If you like this sketch please consider adding the userbox to your userpage. Hamish (Talk) 20:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Template:user Inquisition
"¡Nadie cuenta con la inquisición española!" ? -- 我♥中國 07:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
¡Nadie se espera a la Inquisición española!--85.55.193.125 (talk) 12:17, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Is it possible to make a video or audio sample like for the Beatles albums without copyright problems ? Ericd
I think audio is better. Ericd
I think somebody on the mailing list a while ago mentioned that there was no obvious candidate format for video clips, and I really don't know what would be best to use. But I agree that audio is better in this case anyway. --Camembert
Which Batman comic did this appear in? Was it before or after the Monty Python sketch? Important questions that need to be addressed here. Ed Sanville 15:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
The audiotest.au file is wrongly attributed to Mac OS X. That file is part of the Python language distribution, and as such, is available in any OS which ships Python.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to include the date of this sketch in the article somewhere? I had to go to Monty Python just to get an idea of the general time in which this was broadcast, and I still only have a rough idea, not the precise year. WDavis1911 (talk) 21:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Should we include the Cardinal_Fang Twitter bot? It seems relevant to tying this into furthering the relevancy of this sketch in pop culture.
Lkpotts (talk) 02:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
In the Chemist sketch isn't Police Constable Pan Am played by Graham Chapman? 24.20.181.177 (talk) 18:55, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
"one of the cross beams has gone out askew on the treadle" - this is not only incorrect, it also makes no sense. You don't go "out askew".
Ignoring phonetic Yorkshire dialect, the correct phrase should be "one of the cross beams has gone out of skew on the treadle".
Oh, alright, what is actually said, phonetically, is "one of t' cross beams has gone out of skew on t' treadle" ;-)
Regards,
86.160.171.172 (talk) 22:14, 11 May 2017 (UTC) Rædwulf (non-member)
The Inquisition finally getting a taste of their own medicine. SpinningSpark 13:59, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Within the sketch, why do the characters even bring up the Spanish Inquisition? Is/was this a common saying? I've been looking for references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartossin (talk • contribs) 17:40, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Respectfully, Know Your Meme is not a reliable source. It should be removed whenever possible. Nobody expects the UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk)! 12:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
They are just repeating a phrase without context. They are just making a meme without any depth 79.116.106.245 (talk) 14:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC)