Storytime (Gilliam, 1968)

[Hysteria98]

That ice-skater forms a circle, and instead, the entire lake shatters to pieces.

How he did all this is just beyond skilled, and so outrageously funny!

[avalanchesuperstar]

Where did he get those vintage pictures? They always pooped up in Monty python

[EdM021]

3:16 & 3:25 I like how they show the real Albert Einstein razzing the other Einstein!

[BlacklistedFish]

Gilliam's animation never fails to make me smile.

[datsome80]

is this from the series?

[mravantgarde123]

that was so funny. i love watching his cartoons

[AlantheOttoman]

Grollier Encyclopedias proudly present

The Albert Einstein Story

This is Albert Einstein. (People make rude comments behind him) His neighbours despise him for being the only Albert Einstein not to have discovered the Theory of Relativity. Nevertheless, he's quite interesting in his own right. For one thing, he's very good with his hands… (Compliments his hands) …and in return, his hands are very good to him.

[AlantheOttoman]

We apologize for the previous cartoon – the animator responsible has been sacked.

We now continue with another cartoon which, we are told, actually contains animated movements and not just a lot of cheap sound effects.

[sarahthewriter1]

This is awesome!

[bud9133]

If it were not for terry, we would have no youtube poops. Discuss.

[1958boomergirl]

That cockroach liked asking for trouble. Didn't he, boys & girls? (LMAO)

[solur91]

Terry Gilliams is just fantastic. His humor is never getting old !

Does any one know the title of the music from : 4:59 - 5:42 ? It's just great (or maybe Terry made it by hiself ?).

[kaexo]

i like these cartoons better than what's featured on tv now ....

[HenryConway007]

Reminds me of "Monty Pytjon and the Holy Grail".

[tantive4]

If this didn't inspire the character in Wall-E then I'm a banana

[WestChester2013]

I love how 95% of these animations were used in Flying Circus!! Terry Gilliam rules! I love his animations. They always make me laugh!

[neoprankster]

Where did you get this?

[BobBX542]

No words....Should...Have sent...a poet.

[SangsterBoy]

I totally worship the works of Terry Gilliam.

[legolewdite]

to porie101 from a year ago: Picasso painted masterpieces using only shades of blue. If you like it but a book tells you it's terrible, it might be time to critique your critique. If theory doesn't meet practice, get a new theory.

[stah1973]

@legolewdite ...but what kind of school makes you write against your own taste? Besides, who says they're 'limited'?? I'd say EVERYONE adore them!

[seanincatshirts]

Too bad all he does now is make convoluted movies.

[cookmoore]

Could all these be from "Do not Adjust..."

[cookmoore]

This is a gem

[pythongoon]

Does anyone know where this comes from? As it was made in 1968,its pre-Python.Any info will be useful.Thanks.

[ithiliendude]

This... is.... HILARIOUS!!! XD

Loved the parts with the dancing hands and the dancing feet!! And the greeting cards were hysterical =D

[MrDazzza2]

Piss Funny As always! A Bloody Classic!

[TheYoshi42]

In both Storytime and the Albert Einstein story they go of topic very fast, but thit is one of the good things about Monty P.

[TommyStudios10]

0:30 - 2:30 It's the story that never ends!

[TommyStudios10]

Was "The Christmas Card" Gilliam?

[swarlock]

@TommyStudios10 Yes!

[IrishEyedBlue]

This was really hilarious, especially the part with the greeting cards.

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

he was SQUASHED. it doesn't really matter though cause cockroaches aren't that interesting.

[holmen34]

Oh I've been looking for this one!

Here in Sweden this short movie was shown before "Life of Brian", at the premier.

[Prakokon]

What is the name of the carol which they are singing at the end?

[dbmozart]

where is this from? it must have been during his Do Not Adjust Your Set-era...

[GNWP67]

I am sooo freakin baked right now and the only thing I can do right now is asking myself this one particular question : What the hell man ?! XDXD ROFL

[charliebogbot]

41 Years old.. Amazing.

[EdM021]

4:47 Check out the inner city landscape! It took 10 years for NYC life to imitate Terry's inspired art. Longer in other cities.

[MissInvisible11]

That guy was Albert Einstien?

[nexthoudini]

Not the famous one, but another guy with the same name.

[scandishredder]

that was kinda like "RAF batner"

[chucku00]

DINSDALE ...

DIIINNSDALE...

[DemonWarp65]

7:17 LMAOROFL. Pure genius!!

[Guyjjackson]

thanks for posting this, brilliant!

[acerb45666555]

his animations are hilarious!!

[MichaelPalinFan2008]

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING!? LMAO!!

[InsaneDoberDog]

i love soviet Hedgehog in the Fog and british by giliiiam animation...LIAF it based on it... anybody know the earlier authors of foggy albion animation...

[pavlovich74]

Genius!! Pure genius!!

[FYLMy]

Was it in Monty Python Flying Circus or is it some another single animation?

[andimatrus]

the bizarre look of terry gilliam a totally wonderful dark sense of humor.

[videoguerrillas]

Absolutly wonderfull!

[BlueManIan]

Freaky stuff.

[busyak]

i love this so much!!! i wanted to upload it myself, but was lucky to find it!!

[furbearingbrick]

Now, if we could only find "Beware The Elephants"...

[swarlock]

@furbearingbrick There's another person that has it up on YT.

[porie101]

i feel horrible.  i have to write a paper on gilliams animation so i have critique it as it applies to the 12 principles. his animations are great and have appeal but i feel like an dick when i am forced to say that they are limited.

[Farweasel]

If the theory generates invalid results the theory's flawed. I dunno what the 12 principles are, but if they predict Gilliam's work will fail .... and it didn't ......

[porie101]

the theory is a disney standard and a good one. there is a principle in it that is called "appeal" which is very general. but this can overrule all the others (as in this case). but that still meant that i had to say that it had limited motion and anticipation and other things. so i felt dickish including the little details that don't apply because they don't effect the overall piece.

[imperialpilotx]

@porie101 this is why school is stupid. If you don't want to, don't.

[uptuckgenius]

@porie101

The Twelve Basic Principles of Animation is a set of principles of animation introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas = fail. Disney is garbage. Self expression is art.

[AllFirstHand]

Gilliam certainly has defined his style.

[digitalshark]

Amazing post! It's so great to see so much of Gilliam's animation together, and not chopped up in to little bits. It's amazing how good the quality of the film is, Gilliam's animations in Python actually look slightly less polished and have more dust and damage to the film than the first segment of this does. It makes a bit of sense though. The other Pythons recall that Gilliam worked in a mad frenzy til the last minute on Python. He may have had more time to work here...

[lukaspukas1]

Was this on Do Not Adjust Your Set or At Last the 1948 Show, cause I don't remember ever seeing this on Monty Python?

[macronencer]

It was on the Christmas special of DNAYS, called Do Not Adjust Your Stocking.

[macronencer]

Oops - actually that was only the Christmas Card bit on the end. I'm not sure when the preceding stuff was broadcast. Almost certainly later on though - it does have a modern feel.

[egapnala65]

He did a lot of work for a Marty Feldman show at around this time as well. I think it may be from that.

[egapnala65]

The Albert Einstein sketch appears in is early 70's "Animations of Mortality" book.

[mslaerik]

long live monty python !

[AgenturTrugbild]

Popeye the sailor is on one of the pictures at

4:23

[goindown2southpark]

....? lol love that south park

[erniehead]

OMG I've been looking for this film forever!!!!!

[Artificialraven]

LOL Terry Gilliam rules, long live the king of nonsensical humor.

[realeimperobritannic]

naughty santa

[monkey5000]

UTTER GENIUS!

thank you ALL concerned, (especially you who posted and Mr. Gilliam)

x

[mgabrysSF]

I love his folly work. It's a tossup between the "things that cockroaches like to do" and the angel going down like a German Messerschmidt.

[DCLeadboot]

Kind of leaves you wondering just what cockroaches do in dark cupboards... O_o'

[WoozyJos]

thanks for the upload Gilliam is a great lunatic

[loikmg]

Terry gilliam animations are awesome. I loved his works on the monty pythion episodes. Thats what i liked best about python was the terry gilliam's animations on the show.

[Manusturbo]

Gilliam work always had a touch of medieval lunacy in it. I love how he was able to translate his vision visually into live action films like Time Bandits, Brazil and Baron Munchausen.

[LuckyLukarse1981]

Manic silliness in its most brilliant form aka Gilliam, now you get an idea of why the python's wanted him...

[EpifanesEuergetes]

The Bad Santa stealing from children round 7:20 was brilliant.

[PanJr]

That was brilliant madness! :D

[trevproductions]

Great. The last time I saw this was at the movies as a supporting feature with "Life of Brian" in 1980.

[uncreativebutt]

lmao

[radiofan6872]

Wow, you can see a lot of later python in this.

[aldiakaroofus]

The clock tower at 7:44 is hilarious!

[houtakiboy]

Ah, Gilliam, the least seen of the Pythons, but arguably the most entertaining.

[Dystopiaman]

Anyone else finds the presentation of Terry at the begining as disturbing as most Children's Shows?

[Stratman78]

I love the way Terry Gilliam looks, disturbingly cool!

[antoniod]

I wonder what these were originally produced for?

[TheRedNationStates]

Boredom?

[alexelliottwelch]

Well, the Christmas Card was producer "Do Not Adjust Your Set" 1968 Christmas Special

[thefitzs]

So awesome - it's obvious who influenced the show most eh? Excellent!

[petro1986]

Brilliant!

[woodears]

This is wonderful.

The storyboards for ALBERT EINSTEIN appear as illustrations in Gilliam's book ANIMATIONS OF MORTALITY, published in 1979.

[DonaldMcKinney]

Absolute genius!! He even did all the sound effects and voices himself!! The Christmas Card is his most legendary!!

[Snailfox]

This is great. :) Thank you.

[schichl]

thanks so much for uploading !

[Heinsbergen]

gilliam's debut, has this been available before? thanks very much for uploading!!!