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# [Monty Python Hospital Sketch – still hilarious after all these years](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290783/monty-python-hospital-sketch-still-hilarious-after-all-these-years)

Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md)

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![monty python hospital sketch 150x150](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/file-50757261-jpg/images/monty-python-hospital-sketch-150x150.jpg)This sketch from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life movie first released in 1983 – nearly 30 years ago now … is just as funny as the first time I saw it.

Clueless doctors

A bean counter administrator

The “patient” lost behind layers of monitors and

The Machine that goes “PING”

Let’s face it … it’s all there and just as relevant today as it was back then. Enjoy!

 

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