One of the great Monty Python sketches. The principal catchphrase in this sketch was "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Nobody in their right mind could have expected this form of Spanish Inquisition in which the inquisitors proceed to use such extremities of torture as poking with soft cushions and forcible seating in a comfy chair as a means of forcing a heretic (a housewife) to recant. This Inquisition has a hard time starting to inquisit, as they get bogged down in recitations of their chief weapons, among which are fear, surprise, a ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms.
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