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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm seeing John Cleese carrying a clipboard, alongside some hapless customer or client or something, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, but am unable to remember which sketch it was: "Ah! Yes. Can do... but won't!"

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Can do! But, won’t.

ETA: Looks to be from season 2, episode 2, The Spanish Inquisition.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Imagine that... someone made a clip of that exact line - and nothing else - on YouTube five years ago! Amazing. And thank you!

Ok, he's saying it to Graham Chapman, when my glitching memory saw Michael Palin or Terry Jones hazily... and erroneously.
From what I recall, Cleese is a sketch assembly supervisor or something meta like that, after the sketch is over he is denying giving a lift back to Chapman, having transported him to the sketch location in the first place.

And that's as far as my memory will take it. I can't remember what the sketch was, what comes before or after... zip. Nada. Zilch.