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Beckenbauer Obviously a Bit of a Surprise There

by Sean Carroll

I’ve been looking for this for years online — Monty Python’s classic International Philosophy football match, Greeks vs. the Germans.

“This is Nietzsche’s third booking in four games.”

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September 26th, 2006 9:56 AM
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6 Responses to “Beckenbauer Obviously a Bit of a Surprise There”

  1. 1.   Amara Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    Hilarious! Thanks for this.

  2. 2.   spyder Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    Where is the 21st century MPFC when we truly, really need them?

  3. 3.   feynman Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 2:16 pm

    Do you do actual work, Sean….

  4. 4.   Nicholas Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 2:23 pm

    Awesome! I love this one…

    my favorite line is when he says, “and Marx says he was offsides.”

    NM

  5. 5.   Henry Holland Says:
    September 27th, 2006 at 9:55 pm

    That’s one of my favorite Python sketches, especially the line “Beckenbauer, he’s a bit of a surprise”. Karl Marx also figures in another one, where he, Mao, Che and Lenin answer questions about English football to have a chance to win the non-materialistic lounge suite. “Coventry City have *never* won the FA Cup!”.

    Ah, the Hollywood Bowl gigs! I was in the boxes with my dad and two friends and we were very happy when John Cleese stopped nearby in the middle of hawking albatross for sale and said to someone “You shouldn’t smoke that stuff, it’ll give you brain damage”. A brilliant night.

  6. 6.   博客李淼 » Blog Archive » å"²å­¦è¶³çƒèµ›ï¼Œç‰©ç†å­¦PK,词 Says:
    September 28th, 2006 at 12:59 am

    [...] Beckenbauer obvioysly a bit of a surprise there [...]





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