Monty Python are maybe the best comedians ever in the United Kingdom.
Their shows and movies during the 70´s and the 80´s are hilarious, specially one of the most famous comedie movies of all times, "Life Of Brian".
But today we are going to watch a short sketch related with travels and flights, called "The pilots". It´s from the John Cleese´s film How to irritate people originally broadcast on 14 November 1968 in UK.
As you will see it´s about a couple of bored pilots who decide to have some fun mocking the passengers with their silly jokes.
To help your understanding you can check the vocabulary list below the video.
Enjoy the sketch!
Vocabulary
"I spy with my little eye...": it is a rhyme used in a children´s guessig game to indicate what it is that is being looked at.
To be fed up with: an informal way to express that you are bored and annoyed with something that you have experienced for too long.
Captain: the person in charge of a ship or, in this case, of an aircraft
Let it/that sink in: expression that means to take time and process some information until you understand what it really means.
Hang on: to wait for a short time, similar to "hold on"
Washroom: a room with a toilet and a sink in a public space like a restaurant or a plane.
To fasten: to close or to become firmly attached.
Safety belt: a belt that fastens around you in a vehicle or aircrsft and holds you to your seat. Also called a seat belt.
Aisle: central corridor on a plane or a church
Like the clappers: expression that means extremely fast.
Life jacket: a jacket filled with air or light material designed to help you float if you fall into water. Also called life vest
Rack: a frame, often with bars and hooks, for holding things. On aircrafts is more used the word overhead compartment as the place above the seats to store the hand luggage.
Gobbledygook: language that sounds important and official but is difficult to understand.
To mill about/around: to move around with no obvious purpose.
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