Court Charades
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Court Charades is the final skit from the second episode of the second season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. In it, a judge played by Graham Chapman presides over a court in which sentences are handed down by charades. The first defendant is found not gil-cup, after Chapman misinterprets Michael Palin's charade for tea.
Terry Jones, another judge, is then brought in for trial on an indecency charge for a ruling he handed down to a sexy Swedish model. John Cleese prosecutes Jones, producing the art model as exhibit Q, and accusing Jones of masturbating while sitting as a judge. Jones uses his authority as a judge to confuse the court and fluster Chapman, who tells the court of his frustration with his sentencing. Chapman then reveals he is going to South Africa to become a judge, so he can hand down more violent sentences. He ends his career at the bench by ordering Jones burnt at the stake. Jones responds "Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!" and the court leans forward, expecting the arrival of the red-robed inquisitors.
After the court leans forward, the three inquisitors dash out of a house and board a double-decker bus to the Old Bailey as the credits begin to roll. The three men burst into the courtroom door to the blare of trumpets, begin "No one expects the Spanish--" but is cut off by the end of the credits, and finishes his statement "Oh, bugger!"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6RYX8B8Zt4
