Daily Dialogue — February 19, 2019

Reg: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. (JARRING CHORD)

The door flies open and Cardinal Ximinez of Spain (Palin) enters, flanked by two junior cardinals. Cardinal Biggles (Jones) has goggles pushed over his forehead. Cardinal Fang (Gilliam) is just Cardinal Fang).

Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise… surprise and fear… fear and surprise… Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency… Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our four… no… Amongst our weapons… Amongst our weaponry… are such elements as fear, surprise… I’ll come in again.

— Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1970), written by Graham Chapman & John Cleese & Eric Idle & Terry Jones & Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Interrogation

Trivia: Funny enough, the real Spanish Inquisition notified its intended victims well in advance to give them time to get their affairs in order. So, in actual fact, EVERYBODY expected the Spanish Inquisition!

Dialogue On Dialogue: A rarity for the Daily Dialogue series — a scene from a TV series. As far as interrogations go, this is one of the funniest ones on record. I have another one in store for later this week!