Monty Python - It's The Arts

from Monty Python's Flying Circus
Season 1 - Episode 01 - Whither Canada?
Recorded 07-06-69, Aired 05-10-69,
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[@alecfoster4413]

Monty Python accurately predicted the state of cutting-edge, hard-hitting journalism in the early 21st century.

[@gunproofgrandad4381]

Sometimes Palin is the funniest out of the lot of them - his phrasing and the way he says certain words; sometimes he really builds up to a syllable and then blurts it out. He's a wonderful comic actor in this. I think sometimes it's easy to overlook his talents. He's sort of understated compared to the rest of them.

[@nedim_guitar]

GunproofGrandad Palin is brilliant as the art crtic and a lot of other things. Eric Idle is also brilliant. Terry Jones was always great in his sort of dignified man roles. They all just completed each other.

[@christineharrelson4831]

I always found Palin to be the most versatile. It's hard to pick a favorite but he might be it more than half the time.

[@darganx]

Michael Palin is George 😉

[@ClepsidraSideral]

GunproofGrandad To me, he was the best actor of the bunch. Hands down.

[@BrianSmith-ix3ns]

+Clepsidra Sideral the consensus is that Graham was the best cracked "actor" but it's a fact that all the other Pythons' wanted to work with Magic Mike...the glue that held MP together through the all too few years had the perfect initials to hold the Holy Python Gluer Back Together title

[@henridelagardere264]

9:02 Toulouse-Lautrec, often overlooked detail of Pythonesque genius!

[@premanadi]

Especially on a tricycle. "No-time Tolouse."

[@timesnewlogan2032]

He was also referenced in an episode of SpongeBob, where Squidward describes spots as too wet, too warm, and Toulouse-Lautrec.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

🥁

[@HSMiyamoto]

Graham was so good at being a "straight man" (ironically). His slow burn in this sketch is brilliant.

[@zelie-catheriner52]

***** haha, so true about graham. I fell in love with these guys before i was ten - i'd sneak into the living room to watch them on pbs after my parents were in bed. they were SO far ahead of their time, absolute masters at theatre/comedy of the absurd. they just never get old for me...ever !

[@ysgol3]

Absolutely, I think he was the best 'straight' yet hilarious actor out of them all, and the others evidently thought so too - hence Graham playing bothArthur and Brian - the two parts requiring the most subtle acting skills in both films......"Oh, shut up...."

[@countrysamurai]

OMG...hilarious. I did the same thing, once I discovered them, I would have to sit close to the TV so I could hear it but my parents could not. I would always wake up my dad because I couldn't stop laughing and he would come out and ask what the hell I was doing, then tell me to go to bed. Sigh.... I have never grown tired of their silliness. They were all so funny but I think Michael Palin was my fave...I love all the different voices he does. Pure Genius!

[@nedim_guitar]

And I was about 5 or 6 years old when I first saw the Pythons on TV. It was the sketch with all the blood and chopped off limbs on a picknick. I was actually a little traumatized, and I remembered that for years and years to come, untill I saw that same sketch around 19 years old and laughed my ass off!

[@kissarococo2459]

He always wanted to play authority figures because he did it so well. He had that perfect pokerface and natural commanding presence. @@zelie-catheriner52

[@OperaCantata]

It seems very few people notice one funny thing about Arthur "Two Sheds". It is that his new symphony was written for organ and timpanies. Jus imagine how this may sound.

[@KeepHimAtBay]

+Opera nice hehe made my day:)

[@djhendricks1498]

Opera I love your profile pic btw

[@emlmm88]

Wow nice childhood Shostakovitch photo. That's something I never thought I'd see. He's as melancholy as his dreadful concertos.

[@malcolmcog]

Organs ! Tee hee ! Organs ! Fnarr Fnarr

[@dominicpeterson5018]

Opera good idea! Let’s see,we’re going to need 5,854 middle C drums...

[@HughKAyers]

"Incidentally, do call me Tom. I don't want you playing about with any of this Thomas nonsense! Snurf snurf!"

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Now, where were we... Eddy baby...

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

what on earth would somebody need a second shed for???...This is madness!!!!

[@TTony-tu6dm]

The comedic genius of this sketch is beyond belief

[@Jhensy2012]

"Get your own arts program, you fairy' is peak Python.

[@AndreasDelleske]

... ehem... programme.

[@davidekstrand8544]

Peak? This was from the pilot episode! They were just getting started!

[@cessnaverdi]

So funny that Ron Geppo mentioned he hoped Picasso didn't attempt anything on the scale of Guernica...which was 25' in width. Can you imagine that on a bike?

[@almadora]

i love the slide of the shed with the question mark over it.

[@andrewpetik2034]

😂 'Will you ever, in fact, ....purchase a second shed?' Oh well, not to worry....just a thought.... First things in my mind when I saw that picture. Don't mind me, just the innermost (now outermost) ramblings of a fellow Python fan. ✌️

[@94popart]

''eddy baby'' XD

[@Whtxombi]

Last year my parents bought a second shed. Oh the carnage!

[@nedim_guitar]

Whtxombi So your middle name now it Two Sheds?

[@sandydennylives1392]

My uncle had two sheds, and from then on, we called him two sheds, or Sheddy for short. We rarely got an invite back to Sheddy's pad.

[@sukathodos]

>"the sheds don't matter" >"so what you're saying is we should focus on the sheds"

[@WDeeGee1]

Sounds like Jordan Peterson and Cathy Newman.

[@jimmyguitar2933]

I always have to laugh at Eric Idle's early-70s hair. It's magnificent!

[@Ladondorf]

I don't think this is their best work but it was a great introduction to the series.

[@ScottKnitter]

I remember some friends and me quoting this out of context in school. "Of course, in THOSE days, I was only a tea-boy." "Oh, shut up!"

[@unlimitedhangout5]

Oh shut up

[@lqr824]

I really like (the first) Cleese's tie and Chapman's ties/shirt/suit combo. Strange to be getting fashion pointers from Python.

[@RealChiliConQueso]

You gotta love the set designs on this show.

[@sail2byzantium]

I really like Cleese's tie for the "It's the Arts" sketch--along with the sketches.

[@MrPurpleeater]

Interviewer: Arthur Two-Sheds-- Viking: --Jackson.

[@cristinabumbac151]

A perfect satire of an TV interview. As everything that these guys did!

[@dharmaseed]

Michael Palin's states in his diaires that father was named 'Edward', but called 'Ted'. Nice reference to his old man.

[@pressureworks]

Just his first reaction on his face to hearing 2 sheds..... Oh here we go the shed thing.

[@herakleitus]

This was the first Python episode. The pigs played a HUGE role

[@Slazfreska]

'Get your own arts programme ya fairy' ahahahahahaaaa

[@wheresmyirishwhiskeytullam4326]

Slazfreska I think it's cool they had a gay man, Graham Chapman, on the cast and they got away with numerous gay references. God bless Graham Chapman for not giving a fuck unlike all these Millenial gays who think anything and everything pointed toward gays is harassment. It's called comedy for a reason...

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Eric Idle was a major troll, before the term was even invented!!

[@BrianSmith-ix3ns]

that term doesn't even come close to applying to King Eric the chicken-hearted

[@davidekstrand8544]

7:55-8:50 Cleese didn’t stop for a breath! I wonder how many moments in Flying Circus where they just winged it, like this one.

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

So....was your pun intentional, or not?

[@davidekstrand8544]

@@JohnSmith-mx8wp 😆

[@andreapandypetrapan]

Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson does indeed sound like the petulant and authentic voice of Rishi '£100 million' Sunak. "Now tell me Prime Minster, do you have one, or two hundred million, on deposit at Coutts?"

[@Pikashockdragon]

Who else after watching this skit thinks that Cleese would make a good sports commentator? xp

[@zq9m3xh8]

Or even an auctioneer!

[@LordKalakukko]

I love this! Two Sheds!

[@TomDaly943]

Such a great satire of all television!

[@darkprose]

SO wonderful! This is an art geek's dream. I love how they take very pretentious and arcane subjects and make them completely mundane.

[@luisreyes1963]

Glad that Jackson Pollock represents the United States in that "artistic" bike race. 🚲

[@cessnaverdi]

Art geek here. Saw this for the first time in the 80s as a classical art student and was just chuffed. 😅

[@cjandthevindicators]

. . . And if he sold one shed, he'd be "No Sheds Jackson" Angel Drawers, Brilliant!!

[@EpicStopMotions72]

I love how Mike just pulls out a gun

[@johnlander1499]

(gunshot) Pigs: 3, Nelson: 1.

[@stephaniehale3379]

Brilliantly done

[@andnowitspython]

Brilliant sketch for the first episode, especially the end! xD

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

trolling was a art for a long time now.

[@vladdrakul7851]

I LOVE Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson! I have THREE Sheds, one for tools, one for gardening appliances and one for board games! The more sheds the better!

[@kkirsch3583]

I have one shed…😂

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@kkirsch3583 Well done, 1 or 2 to go!

[@toddkurzbard]

@@kkirsch3583 I have NO sheds. It depresses me that I shall never appear on "It's The Arts".

[@gruberjens4354]

I guess, when you lived in this era and knew the regular TV Programm by the BBC, it must have had an additional layer of fun :-D

[@martinhughes2549]

"Late night lineup" I think is the target here, possibly?

[@markbailey1970]

Two sheds - fabulous

[@luisreyes1963]

Those sketches are what could be a prediction of what will become of the A&E Network.

[@malcolmcog]

Picasso Could NOT cycle on the A29 out of Chichester to Fontwell as its the A27 East out of Chichester to Fontwell ! The A29 in fact goes from Bognor Regis to Fontwell. THATS the reason Picasso failed on his first cycling challenge. If he had only consulted an Ordnance Survey 1 inch map of the area around Chichester he would have had a little bit more success

[@alex_evstyugov]

Pfft. That's loser talk, mate. Miró and Kandinsky still managed just fine.

[@daytonahandful]

You, sir, clearly enjoy a knowledge of the A29 which is less than that esteemed highway deserves. The A29 in fact stretches from Bognor Regis to Billingshurst, far beyond the confines of Fontwell. I suggest that you examine said Ordnance Survey a little closer before you cast your critical net in future. Good day to you.

[@adamnealis]

Not to mention that he's dead.

[@toddkurzbard]

I'm sure, as well, he was quite advanced in years, and so his cycling skills had diminished with age.

[@petermorris9818]

"Get your own arts programme you fairy" is one of the best lines. Ever.

[@tuxguys]

This was Season 1, Episode 1? Talk about getting it right, right out of the gate...

[@ah1701]

Excellent! Since you are taking requests, I wouldn't mind seeing the Deja-Vu sketch.

[@gerrycoogan6544]

Again?

[@pressureworks]

I seem to recall you made that request previously.

[@toddkurzbard]

Excellent! Since you are taking requests, I wouldn't mind seeing the Deja-Vu sketch.

[@Clevinger67]

"Get your own arts program, ya fairy!" lol

[@notreallydavid]

Have cherished that line for decades.

[@rdhunkins]

“Angel drawers” 😂🤣

[@theslybynight]

9:16 - shortcut to dorking via Gomslake and Peashall - I think that might me Gomshall and Peaslake!

[@Lucifronz]

I love the arts.

[@JamesBond-xx1lv]

Writers "well we put our heads together and came up with something so hilarious its not even funny" Producers "oh???" Writers "Pablo Picasso on a bicycle" Producers "OMG YESSS!!!"

[@rawkfist208]

Thank you! I love that one!

[@frenchbassguy]

For some reason Two-Sheds Jackson pops into my head often

[@toddkurzbard]

Maybe it's because of the sheds.

[@justininfrance]

Sorry to be pedantic but Picasso wasn't an abstract painter. But bravo for mentioning Paul Klee, Brancusi, Miro, Dufy et al in a comedy sketch.

[@LordKalakukko]

This is just so extremley genial and funny!!! xD

[@Nebarus]

Always enjoyed the films of "Eddie baby"...

[@aum3.146]

Priceless!

[@johnrudy9404]

You see, the other cyclists were trying to loose la trec. I'll let myself out.

[@Doommaster677]

John Cleese needs to be a professional auctioneer

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

I feel more cultured already

[@РэйКайн]

Oh, Michael, you're such comfort :D

[@rausis]

i dont just "like" i LOVE this!!!

[@airguitardemon]

Don't call me 'Eddie-baby'! XD

[@CF1975]

Brilliant...

[@sauskelover91]

Then you'd be Authur 'No-Sheds' Jackson.

[@bretthess6376]

Angel drawers.... Immortal 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@Airhockeylirare]

A symphony for organ and timponi? ^^ Interesting

[@WarrenPeace007]

I’m surprised there isn’t a hip-hop artist called “Two-Sheds”

[@7beers]

OMFG, I have never laughed harder in my life! My whole body was completely shaking and I was crying tears of pure comedy joy. Better than sex!!

[@IronManx70]

The funniest thing for me is when the previous interviewer comes on and bullies Two Sheds off the show

[@jackson76724]

There work gets better with time.

[@keeperofthecheese]

Tolouse Lautrec at the back LOL

[@xhellonhighheels69x]

5:02 aw, Terry Jones is so cute

[@nedludd7622]

Today's news reporting is very similar to the last skit here. Also, the only one who knew anything about art was the British cycling champion.

[@tx898]

luv 2 sheds

[@wheresmyirishwhiskeytullam4326]

In the American video of Flying Circus, Cleese claims Richard Nixon has a hedgehog named Frank

[@lemoncurry19]

Yes, Lemoncurry is Python... can't remember the episode, but it's a viking (Terry Gilliam) who cuts in and says "lemoncurry?". Well fortunately I have the complete Flying Circus on DVD, but I do like to have the odd sketch on my laptop's hardrive, to watch whenever I feel like...

[@mike196212]

''The less said the better.'' If only. Hilarious.

[@garyw930]

I don't think that there is a joke about the hedgehog. It's Python being absurd. The whole point about absurd humour is the absence of a punchline. It's just plain silly. Love, Oh Sam Bin Laden, author of 'Alone And Asleep'.

[@awesomemarcbolan]

The one where the topless women are chasing the guy as his preferred way to die. I think lynx made an ad to this theme.

[@kurtb8474]

I'm planning on purchasing a shed for my backyard.

[@dharmaseed]

'Appy to be of service, matey!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Εddie baby...!

[@OperaCantata]

Don't call me Eddy Baby!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Opera Ted?

[@Siraj75]

GET ON WITH IT!

[@tsimon1234]

I have two sheds. Honest. I actually do!

[@lemoncurry19]

Oh oh oh!! Can you upload the game show in which John Cleese is the host, and Terry Jones is a pepperpot and one of the answers is Henri Bergson, and a question she doesn't get is "what food do penguins eat"? And also the one about Ewan McTeagle, the famous Scottish poet?

[@rdhunkins]

“Can I have 20 pounds to fix theshed?/I’m right on my uppers/I can pay you back next Tuesday/when the postal order comes in./Love, Ewan”

[@thatcanadian6698]

This is reminiscent of the soccer game between german and greek philosophers sketch.

[@andreapandypetrapan]

I dont want you playing around with any of this thomas nonsense. 1:18

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266]

Forget about the sheds !

[@AxistubeToulouse]

loulouse Lautrec ...

[@xSisterxGrimmx]

I salute you, lukaspukas1.

[@silversmith8]

@garyw930 I actually thought the joke was that Sir Edward was being prickly, like a hedgehog.

[@jhdgdyhi8]

'It's the arts' What the hell that means anyway.

[@hrnekbezucha]

It's...!

[@Spirultima]

This is comedy!

[@TheBraveKitten]

this is so funny! But it drives me nuts!

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

Authur 'two Sheds' Jackson is intrested in trainspoting

[@Jagerbomber]

"No" lol

[@SeptemberAdam]

They don’t do any odd humor like this in the USA. Over there it's all about stuff like I Love Lucy, the Three Stooges, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, The 70's Show, The Missing Link and black folks version of the Honeymooners. This stuff is in this upload is strange.

[@luisreyes1963]

Sadly, whereas one requires a college education to understand Monty Python's humor, while our humor is held back in 4th Grade.