History Fridge / MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian

* Brian's attempt at preaching goes very badly indeed, with him fumbling his way some half-assed versions of Jesus' parables and the onlookers mocking him, '''until''' he spies the Romans looking for him, and desperately comes out with some Biblical-sounding language which ends with him suggesting that a certain group of people who "convert their neighbour's ox" shall be "given"... something. The notion of some kind of reward piques the interest of his listeners, but when the Romans go on their way, Brian never finishes saying what they'll be given, because he was just making it up as he went along and doesn't need to pretend be a preacher anymore. But his listeners soon turn into followers, and demand to know what they might be "given", even while Brian tries to disavow the whole idea that he even meant what he was saying. Very quickly, Brian has acquired disciples that have even ''split into factions'', all because he hinted that if they did X, Y and Z, there might be some sort of reward in it for them. And that's how religions get started.

* The first evangelist, played by Creator/TerryGilliam, is shown covered in dried mud while preaching during the chase scene. While it serves to show him a possibly crazy, since all he is wearing is a loincloth, the mud/dirt could be serving as a primitive form of sunblock, since he'd be out in the sun all day.

* The first evangelist, played by Creator/TerryGilliam, is shown covered in dried mud while preaching during the chase scene. While it serves to show him a possibly crazy, since all he is wearing is a loincloth, the mud/dirt could be serving as a primitive form of sunblock, since he;d be out in the sun all day.

* The "Blessed are the Cheesemakers" joke becomes even funnier when you found out that part of Jerusalem, at that time, was called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Cheesemakers The Valley of the Cheesemakers]].