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.

[@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!

[@henridelagardere264]

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

[@premanadi]

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

[@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!

[@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...

[@94popart]

''eddy baby'' XD

[@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

[@mrbenoit5018]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@Whtxombi]

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

[@nedim_guitar]

Whtxombi So your middle name now it Two Sheds?

[@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.

[@MrPurpleeater]

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

[@lqr824]

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

[@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.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

The comedic genius of this sketch is beyond belief

[@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...

[@herakleitus]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

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

[@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. ✌️

[@Pikashockdragon]

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

[@zq9m3xh8]

Or even an auctioneer!

[@sauskelover91]

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

[@EpicStopMotions72]

I love how Mike just pulls out a gun

[@johnlander1499]

(gunshot) Pigs: 3, Nelson: 1.

[@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.

[@sail2byzantium]

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

[@Clevinger67]

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

[@notreallydavid]

Have cherished that line for decades.

[@cjandthevindicators]

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

[@andreapandypeterpan4062]

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?"

[@CeruleanFilms]

You gotta love the set designs on this show.

[@theslybynight]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@cristinabumbac151]

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

[@airguitardemon]

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

[@TomDaly943]

Such a great satire of all television!

[@frenchbassguy]

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

[@Ladondorf]

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

[@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.

[@tuxguys]

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

[@LordKalakukko]

I love this! Two Sheds!

[@Doommaster677]

John Cleese needs to be a professional auctioneer

[@keeperofthecheese]

Tolouse Lautrec at the back LOL

[@markbailey1970]

Two sheds - fabulous

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

trolling was a art for a long time now.

[@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. 😅

[@tsimon1234]

I have two sheds. Honest. I actually do!

[@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.

[@johnrudy9404]

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

[@bretthess6376]

Angel drawers.... Immortal 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@linapleachimPL]

I llove Michael Python!!!I mean...Michael Palin:P:):)

[@rdhunkins]

“Angel drawers” 😂🤣

[@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?

[@railcar123]

Oh shut up!......Awesome!

[@fjdkfdfjdf33]

I feel more cultured already

[@Lucifronz]

I love the arts.

[@xhellonhighheels69x]

5:02 aw, Terry Jones is so cute

[@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!!

[@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!!!"

[@Nebarus]

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

[@LordKalakukko]

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

[@stephaniehale3379]

Brilliantly done

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Εddie baby...!

[@OperaCantata]

Don't call me Eddy Baby!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Opera Ted?

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

Authur 'two Sheds' Jackson is intrested in trainspoting

[@mike196212]

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

[@tx898]

luv 2 sheds

[@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'.

[@WarrenPeace007]

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

[@CF1975]

Brilliant...

[@luisreyes1963]

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

[@dharmaseed]

'Appy to be of service, matey!

[@qevindee]

i need to lose one of my sheds, and fast

[@andnowitspython]

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

[@grindupBaker]

A fresh take on The Arts

[@luisreyes1963]

Oh, yes. Much less pretentious. 😆

[@wheresmyirishwhiskeytullam4326]

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

[@Synochra]

there, the viking

[@LDixon007]

It's Too Loose Low Trick . . .

[@christschinwon]

If my name was Edward I would insist on being called Eddie Baby!

[@luisreyes1963]

Frank suits you better. 🤭

[@rausis]

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

[@Flyboy243]

10 people own two sheds

[@jackson76724]

There work gets better with time.

[@Spirultima]

This is comedy!

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266]

Forget about the sheds !

[@IronManx70]

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

[@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.

[@thatcanadian6698]

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

[@TheBraveKitten]

this is so funny! But it drives me nuts!

[@aum3.146]

Priceless!

[@iamachriscrockerfan]

eddy baby lmao

[@blabla66613]

@TheCoolestfilms The joke progressed, to be honest. And they were stretched for a reason!

[@silversmith8]

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

[@Airhockeylirare]

A symphony for organ and timponi? ^^ Interesting

[@hrnekbezucha]

It's...!

[@user-ce7es2sv3e]

Oh, Michael, you're such comfort :D

[@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.

[@Siraj75]

GET ON WITH IT!

[@micahgee]

epic epic epic

[@7beers]

9 people don't like being called Eddie Baby.