"Anything you'd rather be doing..?"

I like the extras trying to keep it together.

Filmed at Cavalry Barracks, Colchester. I know that parade ground well (1984 - 1991, whilst in the TA). Did my share of 'marching up and down' many times 🙂

Well they do say Michael Palin is incredibly easy going! If he ever was a drill sergeant this is probably what would happen!

This was pretty much what Basic Training was for me in the US Army in 2002 - except we weren't allowed to do other things. Marching. Lots of marching.

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Learning the piano!!!!!!! 😆😆😆

Is this Michael Carrick at Man Utd training sessions ?

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I’d rather be enjoying my cup of tea and biscuits rather than marching up and down 🫡😎😆

I never tire of this one

🤣🤣🤣Michael Palin is brilliant in this 👍🏻 The meaning of life.

U.K. recruitment 2030

Absolutely brilliant sketch 😂😂😂😂

Love this sketch A+

Absolutely brilliant.

Just watching "Small Prophets"...

OMG! 😃😄😁😆😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@FlashMuellerF30 🤪😆

Ridiculously hilarious. As funny now as ever it was.

@JohnCleese Legendary

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Hahahaha I love this sketch.

"PLAYIN THE PIANOOOOOOOOO!!?!?!!!!!! "😤

Is it only me or he kinda looks like Jim Carrey

Classic

@JohnCleese 😂

This is clearly AI. Totally fake. What an insult to art, comedy, movies etc etc. Completely soulless. 😏

I half expected a soldier to say, “No Sarge, I’d rather be marching up and down the square.”

That was one demented movie.

If only it had been this easy. It would have saved us all a lot of ass pain making sure appointments we scheduled around formation time.

This was funny - then after going thru boot camp, it became downright hysterical! I laughed twice as hard the second time I saw it and it’s still funny almost 40 years later!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Deep

That pretty much sums up what happened to the British military power after ending conscription.

Someone needs to redo this scene with R. Lee Ermy