Monty Python Life of Brian stoning scene

    āđ‚āļ”āļĒ Capucine · old hollywood: Monty Python

    Of everything Monty Python ever wrote, that stoning bit in Life of Brian (1979) might be my favourite. 😭

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    Oh! Matthias, son of Deuteronomy of Gath? Do I say yes? Yes. You have been found guilty by the elders of the town of uttering the name of our Lord, and so as a blessed fever, you are to be stoned to death. Look, I've had a lovely supper, And all I said to my wife was, that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah. Asphemy! He said it again! Did you hear him? Really! Are there any women here today? Very well. By virtue of the authority, The authority vested in me. Oh, lay off. We haven't started yet. Come on. Who threw that? Who threw that stone Come on Shee Shee Sorry I thought We started Go to the back Ah dear! Look, I don't think it ought to be blessed for me, just saying, Jehovah! You're not making it worse for yourself! Making it worse? How could it be worse?! Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah! I'm warning you, if you say Jehovah once more, right, who's through that? Come on, who's through that? Was it you? Yes. Right, well, you did say Jehovah. Stop that! Stop it! Now, look, no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Do you understand? Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say Jehovah. God, shut up!