Last Updated on 26 October 2025

Here is a list of the Top 50 best Monty Python sketches. Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a British sketch comedy series that ran from 1969 to 1974.

I found 20 different lists of the “best or funniest Monty Python sketches”. Some of the lists included scenes from the movies. Then I averaged them in Excel to create this master ranked list. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 20 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to YouTube videos of each of them.

Best Monty Python Sketches – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Dead Parrot
  2. The Lumberjack Song
  3. The Ministry of Silly Walks
  4. The Spanish Inquisition
  5. Argument Clinic
  6. The Funniest Joke in the World
  7. Spam
  8. Upper Class Twit of the Year
  9. Nudge Nudge
  10. Self Defense Against Fresh Fruit
  11. The Dirty Fork
  12. Cheese Shop
  13. The Four Yorkshiremen
  14. The Piranha Brothers
  15. Homicidal Barber
  16. Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
  17. Hell’s Grannies
  18. The Fish-Slapping Dance
  19. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (The Life of Brian)
  20. The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
  21. Mr. Creosote (The Meaning of Life)
  22. Mr. Hilter and the North Minehead by-election
  23. The Philosophers’ Football Match
  24. Confuse-A-Cat
  25. Crunchy Frog
  26. Working-Class Playwright
  27. How Not to Be Seen
  28. French Taunter (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
  29. Fish License
  30. The Killer Rabbit (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
  31. Bicycle Repair Man
  32. The Stoning (The Life of Brian )
  33. Scott of the Sahara
  34. Live Organ Transplants (The Meaning of Life)
  35. Silly Job Interview
  36. The Knights Who Say “Ni” (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
  37. Biggus Dickus (The Life of Brian)
  38. Blackmail
  39. Sam Peckinpah’s “Salad Days”
  40. The Bruces
  41. Exploding Penguin on the TV Set
  42. Bridge Scene (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
  43. Romans Go Home (The Life of Brian)
  44. The Olympic Hide and Seek Final
  45. The Mouse Problem
  46. Merchant Banker
  47. The Flying Lessons
  48. The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights
  49. Vocational Guidance Counselor
  50. Buying a Bed
The cast of Monty Python

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