1974: TERRY GILLIAM on CUTOUT ANIMATION | The DIY Film Animation Show | Classic clips | BBC Archive

Terry Gilliam - the film director, cartoonist, screenwriter, animator, actor, comedian and Python - shares some his patented cutout animation tips and techniques, under the watchful eye of Bob Godfrey. The "arch idler" of animation shows you how you can get maximum effect for minimum effort. Now you too can make your very own Monty Python sketches.
This clip is from The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show, originally broadcast 5 May, 1974.
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[@secretagentbloke]

His animations were always my favourite parts of Monty Python

[@DavidMFranks]

Me too. Inspired me to learn airbrushing - and I still do, all these years later.

[@Cool2BCeltic]

They were the reason I was terrified of Monty Python.

[@thekaiser4333]

Sad this gets only 22K views, despite being on BBC.

[@magusbones3895]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING A STUDENT-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS :)))

[@JagoHazzard]

I love the cut-outs. I think the limited nature of the animation makes them funnier - Arthur and his knights grovelling before a fed-up God is funny, Arthur and his knights grovelling before a limited-animation image of W G Grace is hilarious.

[@m.c.SHoppIng.cenTrE]

i totally agree... it's the epitome of a quick thinking and deep saddled frame of mind, utilising limited labour in a way of expressing a thousand different messages in moments using juxtaposition, extraordinary plateaus of historical, movie and classical art frames of exposure to light and movement. who wants to spend their lives appreciating the work of 30 'art school trained' cheaply paid incels who spend their lives doing 'proper animation' the real art! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3a9gZSYms1oi5o

[@simonturnill]

Hello Jago fancy seeing you here…!

[@VJFranzK]

20 years before flash animation, one of the original greats!

[@trolleyfan]

Gilliam has an entirely different definition of the word "easy" than I do...

[@kurtb8474]

Gilliam's sense of humor makes me ROTFL. And with the computers we have today, this kind of animation is much easier. I've done it.

[@themoontoonshines923]

Terry Gilliam! Amazing…. Brazil, Baron Munchausen…. What a flexible imagination! Creativity at its best!

[@lukameah853]

MPFC wouldn't have worked without Terry Gilliam's cutout segues. It freed up the writers from having to write a final punchline or any narrative closure. MPFC's off-kilter randomness of skit-animation-skit changed comedy forever.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

I’ve been a fan of Bob Godfrey for so long. Films like Happy Birthday Switzerland, Henry 9 To Five, Karma Sutra Rides Again and the Oscar-winning Great. Not to mention happy memories from my childhood of Henry’s Cat, Roobarb and the advert for Trio bars. I also adore Gilliam’s style. Two stories, one involving Gilliam. Gilliam once said in an interview about Godfrey that when he first came to the U.K. he tried to get a job at Bob Godfey’s studios. He showed up with a portfolio of his art. Bob looked through the portfolio and just said”Bugger Off!” One of the animators in his studio (it may have been Spud Houston but I really don’t remember) recalled Bob when he returned to the U.K. after collecting the Oscar for Great. He had cycled to the studio at night whilst drunk. When everyone turned up for work in the morning they found him asleep on the doorstep with the bike pulled up over him like a blanket with the Oscar under his arm bent the Oscar, not his arm).

[@TheChurlishBoor]

I suspect the makers of South Park may have seen this at some point...

[@followtheboat]

This particular animation was my favourite of his. I remember watching it as a kid and being horrified by it!

[@8yerbrain]

Take notes. True genius giving tips here. Unabridged

[@imperiallegionnaire8344]

1:38 lmao

[@StratsRUs]

Bob did Pre-Gilliam Cut-outs.He also did Roobarb and Custard, Henry's Cat and was actually involved in the D-Day Landings.

[@followtheboat]

Roobarb and Custard was superb!

[@MLB9000]

Didn't know the D-Day landings were a cartoon

[@pompeymonkey3271]

@@MLB9000 Beat me to it! lol

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

He also animated the section of Yellow Submarine where a monster’s head gets blown up by a trick cigar, which is lit by the submarine as if it were a lighter.

[@VJFranzK]

9:20 "I have to push the pramalot..."

[@BrianKishreviews]

3:50 "be silly with your walks"

[@spitalul2bad]

Disappointed we didn't get to actually see the finished animation.

[@secretagentbloke]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn3TfJJ-qdxgfJo

[@jeshkam]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn3TfJJ-qdxgfJosi=gEzwy7YLooGkmWUl

[@andylindsaytunes]

It was in an episode of Flying Circus. Most of the animation elements he showed were also from animation he did in various episodes of that show.

[@royr1016]

I've seen the finished animation MANY times

[@OlafProt]

A CLASSIC skit from the Python ANFSCD made for USA movie. So much better all done by hand. CGI is too .... perfect.

[@TS-1267]

... No VHS Recorder, if You didn't see Your Program... You're just going to have to wait until the Internet Appears... OOOH WE'RE HERE!… GOOD-OH 😂 4:31

[@TheWoodgineer]

Absolute legend and inspiration :D

[@captainkenzie6873]

The Nazis really were quite ridiculous weren't they. 😂

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Yes, quite ridiculous.

[@fireandcopper]

Seriously silly fellows

[@adp5R3x]

How do you make a Nazi Cross ~ There were 5 Peanuts walking down the street ...

[@andylindsaytunes]

@@adp5R3x A: tread on his corns.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

In my opinion the less polished an animation looks the cooler it comes off. After all it just looks goofy.

[@kh_167]

... and now for something completely different...

[@KarmasAbutch]

Showed up for the cut out animation tips - stayed for the sides of that shag haircut 😂

[@Stephie2007]

A great animator and a legendary director!

[@thekaiser4333]

Sad he gets only 22K views, despite being on BBC.

[@richinoable]

Now ill be a skorseeze/ kopolla

[@The_Bookman]

Amazing footage! Thanks!

[@asphaltandtacos]

Digital animation is overrated.

[@jennifernorman9655]

Loved this. Nice to meet the man behind the animations.

[@johnIZaUWL]

And YET this brilliant dude couldn’t imagine doing Watchmen with Quentin Tarantino doing Kill Bill IN TWO PART geez 🙄

[@rareblues78daddy]

I think someone stopped by the BBC bar before going on telly. Either that, or Terry had some really good dope.

[@adp5R3x]

🍇🍇🍇 ... and Now for something Completely Different

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

Couldn't do that today, you'd get sued.

[@Cool2BCeltic]

Terry Gilliam, creator of nightmares.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time Terry says “Cut-outs”.

[@jeshkam]

I'm very drunk.

[@NikaBoyce]

Ye Olde Photo Bashing :-)

[@samdavepollard]

fascinating stuff would love to know his thoughts on digital, doing all this with photoshop/after effects etc a slightly longer version, including the final animation, but lower quality, is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYDUlHt5etaCZ80

[@onlyme219]

Genius

[@minxlabrada]

This is really good for advice for parenting hiarchies in After Effects and Character Animator.

[@brianwillis2017]

What about copyright .?

[@krunkle5136]

Love the quality of the video.

[@atomictraveller]

tune in tomorrow, when w.s. burroughs exhibits his cut-up technique

[@themoontoonshines923]

Lol

[@Liofa73]

Photoshop, before photoshop...

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

More like photochop

[@thekaiser4333]

This is very silly.

[@jeremyroskes5391]

He's American just like John Cleese's ex wife

[@danorthsidemang3834]

BO-RING.