Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Quotes

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Monty Python's The Meaning of Life stopped airing in 1970.

It features John Goldstone as producer, John Du Prez in charge of musical score, and Peter Hannan as head of cinematography.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is 90 minutes long. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is distributed by Universal Studios.

The cast includes: Eric Idle as Father, and Terry Gilliam as Waiter.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Quotes

Eric Idle as Father

• (Eric Idle) "The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute."
• (Unnamed) "Ohhhhh."
• (Eric Idle) "I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments."

• (Eric Idle) "Every sperm is sacred/Every sperm is great/If a sperm is wasted/God gets quite irate."

Terry Gilliam as Waiter

• (Unnamed) "Do all philosophers have an S in them?"
• (Unnamed) "Yeah I think most of them do."
• (Unnamed) "Oh -- Does that mean Selina Jones is a philosopher?"
• (Unnamed) "Yeah -- Right, she could be -- she sings about the Meaning of Life."
• (Unnamed) "Yeah, that's right, but I don't think she writes her own material."
• (Unnamed) "No. Maybe Schopenhauer writes her material?"
• (Unnamed) "No -- Burt Bacharach writes it."
• (Unnamed) "There's no 'S' in Burt Bacharach --"
• (Unnamed) "-- Or in Hal David --"
• (Unnamed) "Who's Hal David?"
• (Unnamed) "He writes the lyrics, Burt just writes the tunes -- only now he's married to Carole Bayer Sager --"
• (Unnamed) "Oh -- Waiter -- this conversation isn't very good."
• (Terry Gilliam) "Oh, I'm sorry, sir -- We do have one today that's not on the menu. It's a sort of -- er -- speciality of the house: Live Organ Transplants."

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