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LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 01:19 PM May 2020

Here's How 30 People React To A Sign On The Sidewalk Telling Them To 'Commence Silly Walking'

These days, we all have moments where we seriously struggle to stay occupied, entertained, and positive. While some decide to bring a bit of normalcy back into their lives by getting at-home haircuts or recreating paintings, others get even more creative with all the extra time they have. Take, for instance, Liz Koto's family from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, who decided to entertain both themselves and neighbors by asking them to recreate a sketch called "The Ministry of Silly Walks" from the Monty Python comedy troupe's television show.
In case you haven't seen it yet, the sketch centers around a minister with a very peculiar way of walking. The minister meets a man named Mr. Pudey at his work, The Ministry of Silly Walks, where the man asks him for a government grant to develop his own silly walk. Liz, who works for local jurisdiction, told Bored Panda that the way Monty Python pokes fun at the inefficiency of government is exactly why she loves this sketch.



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Here's How 30 People React To A Sign On The Sidewalk Telling Them To 'Commence Silly Walking' (Original Post) LiberalArkie May 2020 OP
K&R for brilliant idea. nt tblue37 May 2020 #1
Ha! Floyd R. Turbo May 2020 #2
One of our local tv stations had this as their ending story..... a kennedy May 2020 #3
Fantastic! I love this!! *Kicking in a most silly fashion* crickets May 2020 #4
These are definitely my sort of people (nt) mr_lebowski May 2020 #5
Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #6
Love this! SharonClark May 2020 #7
Always my favorite sketch. Harker May 2020 #8
And now for something completely epic rocktivity May 2020 #9
shortened link for silly walks ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #10

a kennedy

(29,618 posts)
3. One of our local tv stations had this as their ending story.....
Fri May 1, 2020, 01:34 PM
May 2020

Very, very funny....loved it. Loved the original John Cleese silly walk.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
7. Love this!
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:09 PM
May 2020

Years ago I told my veterinarian I was going to the Scilly Isles for a vacation and she immediate started doing a silly walk in the exam room. Being of a certain age, I knew immediately what she was doing and we've shared that bit from MP ever since.

Harker

(13,985 posts)
8. Always my favorite sketch.
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:18 PM
May 2020

Well, along with "Science Fiction Sketch."

People can be such good sports... sometimes all we need is an invitation.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,259 posts)
10. shortened link for silly walks ...
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:21 PM
May 2020
https://www.boredpanda.com/yorkshire-silly-walks/

It took until #10 for someone to do pirouettes! (Haven't watched all of them, yet. Hoping someone does a weave or maybe fence-climbing).
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