The Black Knight (Monty Python And The Holy Grail)

The Black Knight scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail is pure absurdity—and it somehow gets funnier the worse it gets. Limbs flying off, and he still won’t admit defeat. That’s the joke. And it never lets up.

This is where commitment wins. No reactions. No break in character. Just escalating nonsense played completely straight.

Put it against Anchorman News Fight and now it’s chaos vs dry absurdism. Against Dumb and Dumber, it’s clever ridiculousness vs pure stupidity.

Some people think it’s too old-school to compete. Others think nothing here commits to the bit harder.

Either way, you know the line. You know the moment.

So… does “it’s just a flesh wound” actually beat the rest?