Posts tagged with ‘monty python’

This week’s Family Guy had this awesome Monty Python style intro

So over the past several months, I started watching more Family Guy and it’s really grown on me. So I used to talk shit about it… sue me. Anyway, last night’s episode had this awesome Monty Python intro. Enjoy.

Monty Python’s “Universe Song” rewritten about the wonders of life and biology

In this brilliant promo for ‘Wonders of Life’ on the BBC, Eric Idle sings a well-written version of the “Universe Song” from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life.

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Morning music: Month Python “Knights of the Round Table”, the metal version

Yes, this is going to be a good Monday.

An interview with Terry Gilliam from 1970 on his stop motion animation

One of the things that made Monty Python recognizably Monty Python other than the actors themselves were the stop motion animation sequences that ran in between skits on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and in various places in the Monty Python movies. Here, Terry Gilliam talks about those some of his animations for the show and how they were conceived.

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Sunday afternoon matinee: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The full movie, right here on the YouTubes. Watch it or I shall taunt you a second time.

John Cleese answers your futile questions on YouTube

The whole thing is hilarious, but the choice quote is “Truly stupid people will never know how stupid they are.”

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Terry Gilliam teaches animation, from 1974

Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam discussing his animation techniques on Bob Godfrey’s Do-It-Yourself Animation Show in 1974. Godfrey’s show, which made animation accessible to the masses by taking the mystery out of the production process, was vastly influential and inspired an entire generation of kids in England, including Nick Park, who created Wallace & Gromit, Jan Pinkava, who directed the Pixar short Geri’s Game, and Richard Bazley, an animator on Pocahontas, Hercules, and The Iron Giant.

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