The '''Upper Class Twit of the Year''' er en klassisk ''Monty Python''-sketsj som første gang ble vist i TV-serien ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', og igjen i et litt modifisert format i filmen ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.

Sketsjen handler om et kappløp gjennom en hinderløype mellom fem stereotypiske overklasseduster (imbesiler) i stripete dresser. Målet er å avgjøre hvem som er den 127. årlige «Upper-Class Twit of the Year».

==Konkurrentene==
*Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith (spilt av Eric Idle)
**Har grunnfag i hygiene
*Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris (spilt av Terry Jones)
**Gift med en veldig attraktiv bordlampe
*Nigel Incubator Jones (spilt av John Cleese)
**Bestevenn med et tre
**Aksjemegler på fritiden
*Gervaise Brook-Hampster (spilt av Michael Palin)
**Brukt som papirkurv av sin far
*Oliver St. John-Mollusc (spilt av Graham Chapman)
**Det blir sagt at han er årets største dust.

==Hindrene==
*'''Walking Along The Straight Line''' (Gå i en rett linje)
**Dustene må gå langs en av flere smale rette linjer.
*'''The Matchbox Jump''' (fyrstikkeskehoppet)
**Dustene må hoppe over et gjerde som er like høyt som tre fyrstikkesker.
*'''Kicking The Beggar''' (Spark tiggeren)
**Dustene må gå bort til en tigger med et brett og sparke ham til han faller.
*'''The Hunt Ball Photograph''' 
**Dustene må bli tatt et fotografi av og snakke hverdagslig med et par pene kvinner. Dette hinderet er ikke med i ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.
*'''Reversing Into The Old Lady''' (Rygge inn i den gamle damen)
**Dustene må sette seg inn i sportsbilene sine og rygge dem inn i en pappmodell av en gammel dame. Oliver St. John-Mollusc viser seg som en kjempedust da han greier å kjøre over seg selv. Denne øvelsen leder rett over til...
*'''Waking The Neighbour''' (Vekking av naboene)
**Dustene må kjøre bilene sine fremover, og deretter forsøke å vekke en nabo som forsøker å sove ved å slamre med dørene, tute med hornet osv.
*'''Insulting The Waiter''' (Fornærme kelneren)
**Dustene må være gjennomført frekk mot en kelner med et brett. Dette hinderet er ikke med i ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.
*'''The Bar''' (Staven)
**Dustene må komme seg under en stav som henger fem fot opp i luften. Dette hinderet er ikke med i ''And Now For Something Completely Different''.
*'''Shooting The Rabbits''' (Skyte kaninene)
**Hver dust blir gitt en rifle, og han må skyte en kanin som er bundet godt fast i en stolpe slik at den ikke kan bevege seg noe særlig (siden «Upper-Class Twit of the Year» bare skal vare i en dag). Flere av dustene blir nødt til å slå ihjel kaninene med geværkolben eller hendene. Grunnene til at de bommer på kaninene med skuddene sine er tåken (som kommer fra røyken etter riflene) og skyteavstanden på en fot.
*'''Taking The Bras Off The Debutantes''' (Ta BH-en av tenåringene)
**Dustene må fjerne en BH fra en utstillingsdukke som skal representere en tenåring mens han står foran den. Kommentaren av konkurransen forteller at dette er den vanskeligste øvelsen.
*'''Shooting Themselves''' (Skyte seg selv)
**Til slutt må dustene gå bort til et bord med fem revolvere på. Vinneren er dusten som skyter seg selv først.

==Annet==
Sketsjen slutter med at Gervaise Brook-Hampster kommer på førsteplass, fulgt av Smith-Smythe-Smith og Nigel Incubator-Jones i en medaljeseremoni. De tre kistene til de vinnede dustene blir plassert på en seierspall og medaljene blir lagt rundt dem.

The '''Upper Class Twit of the Year''' is a classic comedy sketch that was seen on the TV show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', and also in a modified format as the finale of the movie ''And Now For Something Completely Different''. It is notable for its savage  satirization of dim-witted members of the English upper class.

== Scenario ==

To a horse race style commentary by John Cleese, it is about an obstacle-course race among five stereotypical, 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 in ''MPFC'' and John Cleese in ''ANFSCD'')
**Has an O-level in chemo-hygiene
**Can count up to 4
*Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris (portrayed by Terry Jones in ''MPFC'' and Eric Idle in ''ANFSCD'')
**Married to a very attractive table lamp
*Nigel Incubator-Jones (portrayed by John Cleese in ''MPFC'' and Terry Jones in ''ANFSCD'')
**Best friend is a tree
**Stockbroker in his spare time
*Gervaise Brook-Hampster (portrayed by Michael Palin in both versions)
**Used as a waste-paper basket by his father
*Oliver St. John-Mollusc (portrayed by Graham Chapman in both versions)
**Said to be this year's outstanding twit.
**His father was a Cabinet Minister, and his mother won the Derby.

At the start, the twits face the wrong way, so the starter turns them round. Then they don't run because they don't know they have to move when the gun goes off. The starter explains the idea to the twits, who respond by laughing and pointing at him.

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 three matchboxes high. In ''And Now For Something Completely Different'', this is changed to two matchboxes. Simon (Vivian in the film) refuses the fence.
*'''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, then speed off.  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: many of the Twits even dismember the mannequins in their attempts to remove the bras, and a few still have bras (often with torsos still dangling from them) stuck to their hands as they go on to the final event:
*'''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 (shot by Nigel) and Nigel Incubator-Jones in a medal ceremony, while Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris manages to club himself unconscious.  The three coffins of the winning Twits are placed on the medal rostrum and medals are draped around them. Cleese ends his commentary by remarking that "there'll certainly be some car door slamming in the streets of Kensington tonight".

== Production ==

* In ''MPFC'' there is a very small crowd, which is mainly made up of cardboard cut-outs of donkeys, whereas in ''ANFSCD'' stock footage of large crowds in stadiums is used.