There's going to be a spanking tonight

I always loved this scene from the 1970s film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In it, Sir Galahad is led to the Castle Anthrax by a grail-shaped projection in the sky. There he meets women who want to perform sexual favours for him. It was quite a shocker for me at the time, as I'm sure it was for him. Alas, no maidens were actually spanked during the filming of this scene.

Spank the Virgin

While decluttering a drawer full of old papers, I came across a page torn from a newspaper dated August, 1996. The article I had saved was about a new game (CD-ROM version) based on the movie Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, and the heading promised that "Pythons leave in naughty bits..." No wonder I had saved the article, even though I never bought the game.

I quickly skimmed the text. The specific naughty bit was based on the knights' visit to Castle Anthrax, and the sex-starved ladies therein. After you have navigated to that place, according to the article, you have the opportunity to play the "highly politically incorrect game called Spank the Virgin, a description of which is perhaps best left to the imagination".

Ooh! I can imagine!



I found a very old review of the game here.

Here's a fun reminder of one of my other favourite parts of the movie. Now, if I only had an audio of coconut shells horses' hooves...