Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffMonty Python Worlds Funniest JokeDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share1.6K views Mar 2009Monty Python presents a deadly joke that kills its writer, then follows its translation and use as a weapon against German troops in World War II. Show transcript0:04This man is Ernest Scribbler, manufacturer of jokes. In a few moments, he will think of the funniest joke in the world, and as a result, he will die laughing.0:59It was obvious the joke was lethal. No one could read it and live.1:05Scribbler's mother, alarmed by the unusual sounds of merriment, entered the room and found what was apparently a suicide note.1:15Oh.1:44Yes, the war against the Hun continues, and as Britain's brave boys battle against the Bosch, their leaders are on the lookout for new breakthroughs that could provide the ultimate weapon in the war against the Hun.1:57And here, in this little house in Finchley, they think maybe they've found it.2:00It's a joke so deadly it could have Fritz's forces falling about.2:19Tests on Salisbury Plain confirm the joke's devastating effectiveness at a range of up to 50 yards.2:55Fantastic!2:59All through the winter of 43, we had translators working in joke-proof conditions to try and manufacture a German version of the joke.3:09They worked on one word each for greater safety. One of them saw two words by mistake and had to spend several weeks in hospital, but apart from that, things went ahead pretty fast,3:20and by January we had the joke in a form which our troops couldn't understand, but which the Germans could.3:27So, on July the 8th, 1944, the joke was first told to the enemy in the Ardennes.3:35Squad, till the...4:05In action, it was deadly.4:10Yeah.4:44The German casualties were appalling.4:56It was a fantastic success, over 80,000 times as powerful as5:00Britain's great pre-war joke, which was used at Munich, and one which Hitler couldn't match.
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