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It is about an obstacle-course race between five stereotypical, Pin Stripe suit-wearing upper-class twits (imbeciles), to determine the 127th Annual Upper-Class Twit of the Year.

The competitors are:

  • Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith (portrayed by Eric Idle )

  • ---Has an O-level in chemo-hygiene

  • Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris (portrayed by Terry Jones )

  • ---Married to a very attractive table lamp

  • Nigel Incubator Jones (portrayed by John Cleese )

  • ---Best friend is a tree

  • ---Stockbroker in his spare time

  • Gervaise Brook-Hampster (portrayed by Michael Palin )

  • ---Used as a wastepaper basket by his father

  • Oliver St. John-Mollusc (portrayed by Graham Chapman )

  • ---Said to be this year's outstanding twit.

    • The obstacles are:


  • Walking Along The Straight Line

  • ---The Twits must walk along one of several narrow straight lines.

  • The Matchbox Jump

  • ---The Twits must jump over a fence two matchboxes high.

  • Kicking The Beggar

  • ---The Twits must approach a Beggar with a tray and kick him until he falls over.

  • The Hunt Ball Photograph

  • ---The Twits must have their photographs taken and make small talk with a pair of attractive females. This obstacle is not in ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.

  • Reversing Into The Old Lady

  • ---The Twits must get into their sports cars and reverse them into a cardboard cut-out of an old lady. Oliver St. John-Mollusc proves his outstanding twitness by managing to run himself over. This leads straight into...

  • Waking The Neighbour

  • ---The Twits must drive their cars forwards and then attempt to wake up a neighbour who is attempting to get some sleep by slamming their doors, tooting their horns, etc.

  • Insulting The Waiter

  • ---The Twits must be thoroughly rude to a waiter with a tray. This obstacle is not in ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.

  • The Bar

  • ---The Twits must make their way underneath a wooden bar suspended five feet off the ground. This obstacle is not in ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.

  • Shooting The Rabbits

  • ---Each Twit is given a shotgun, and he must shoot a rabbit that has been tied very firmly to stakes so it can't move around very much (as the Upper-Class Twit of the Year is only a one-day event). Several of the Twits are forced to bludgeon the rabbits to death with the butt of their gun or a fist. Their failure to hit the rabbits with their bullets is attributed to the misty conditions (caused by the smoke from the guns) and the shooting distance of one foot.

  • Taking The Bras Off The Debutantes

  • ---The Twits must remove a bra from a mannequin representing a Debutante while standing in front of it. It is claimed to be the most difficult obstacle by the commentator.

  • Shooting Themselves

  • ---Finally, the Twits approach a table with five revolvers on it. The winner is the first Twit to shoot himself.


The sketch ends with Gervaise Brook-Hampster coming in first, followed by Smith-Smythe-Smith and Nigel Incubator-Jones in a medal ceremony. The three coffins of the winning Twits are placed on the medal rostrum and medals are draped around them.

The sketch was filmed at Hurlingham Park in Fulham , a location presumably chosen for its proximity to Television Centre .

John Cleese has stated that the idea for the "wake the neighbor" part was inspired by an apartment he once rented that was near a bar whose patrons kept him awake at night when they slammed the doors to their cars.


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