The Miracle of Flight. A cutout animation by Terry Gilliam

[vonboom]

Brilliant pure Gilliam

[ellikennyslove15]

This is pure art! I love it! As I love South Park :)

[pete9129]

So random.

[lewdapimp]

FLY!

[eddiemurphyfan100]

so a gay guy invented in-flight movies?

[Acrobatdog99]

It's Funny With The Man Hammering His Arms Flat then flying and immediating Plane Sounds.

[TheMetallord7]

I can't blame these people. At that time, they were trying to escape the killer cars.

[mjmjmh6]

I saw this once, years ago, on PBS. I've been wanting to see it again for so long. It's still hilarious.

[MrYUMProductions]

4:06

oh god how scary.

[Brando2600]

@MrYUMProductions

Pause there and listen to Holding the Space by Steve Roach

[lysspetplay19]

I CAN FLY!!! I CAN FLY!!! *lands* PLLLTT.......

Funny! I was laughing and my sister was like "Go to bed, why are you laughing?". So FUNNY!

[cesargalarza]

Excelente!!!

[IZZYCHAN13]

FLY

[Vorthess666]

Watch Fallen Art by Tomasz Bagiński. He was inspired by this animation for sure

[nflt1960]

Happy 70th birthday Terry Gilliam

[orsoaudace]

Stupendo!



[cookmoore]

"Spam Am"

Sam I Am

[Chowderite]

@cookmoore

watch?v=iXTCRl1bec4

[cookmoore]

Oooh, British Board of Film Censors.

[Martianfan]

Thats genius!!!! xD xD xD xD xD

[ranchdressing]

3:05 lol, eggman

[AdrienneAce]

1:42 How did the guy who flattened his arms on the anvil do the second arm? lol

Spam Am! Funny stuff.

Gilliam = comedic and creative genus.

[FriedEggsInTheSky]

Brilliant, man. Gilliam is superb

[chrisjt86]

The guy at 4:04 scared the crap outta me...in a funny way.

[cat2cube]

@chrisjt86 obama on crystal meth

[RodrigoElGatoNegro]

Tideland leaved me breathless, how can someone be so honest with himself and with life, with a natural talent for wonderful things like this short for example, I think he sees life in a very magic, beautiful, still realistic way.

And looking forward to Parnassus.

In my opinion, a true genius.

[mcprankster]

@RodrigoElGatoNegro Enlightend is the word :-)

[Jurvex]

Ticket good for one flight.

[evilegg288]

"Fly!!"

[runrabbit119]

...

"Nope, still not got it"

[rhsatrhs]

I believe that this was first aired on a TV in the USA on a program called The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, which was aired on ABC before PBS stared showing Monty Python episodes. I'm 99% certain that that's where I saw it. It's possible that Gilliam actually produced it earlier than that, though.

[Blackwolff9]

@rhsatrhs: Just read your comment,and you're absolutely right! I too remember seeing this on Marty Feldman's show when I was just a wee lass,and it was so bizarre and funny,it stuck with me for years and I longed to see it again. Nice to see I'm not the only one with a long TV memory. Hooray for YouTube!

[ashimasa]

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[themontypythonmuseum]

Exactly.

[Nibor7301]

Tree of light? :S

[Mrsuperamazing1]

@ashimasa  ?

[TheTrueMetal9]

@ashimasa haha yea, yea

[Ivanh0el]

Simply marvelous! Couldn't breathe cause I was holding my laugh for trying to be quiet so I wouldn't miss anything... Priceless!

FLY!

[Alejounoloco]

Terry Gilliam has given us Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Time Bandits as well as countless gems of animation shorts. His is truly a type of genius that will never be seen ever again, and will be admired long after he is gone.

[Marinkorpse]

He is an awesome director and writer. I think he is very underrated.

[poprox101]

This reminds me of old Warners Bros. cartoons, but British-style! This is now my favorite Gilliam animation!

Nope, still don't got it.

[jojomon91]

You do know that some of his animations were on Monty Python right? Like Marge from that episode where she told her husband to turn that television off at 3:40-3:43. Also, I think that at 4:00-4:04 that voice is Terry Jones. Interesting stuff man. 5 stars and a fav.

[dazytee]

no, thats still not right! ha ha

[Myrmelie]

Hilarious

SPAM AM!

[helium46]

Haha, så jävla bra :D

[HiMtheEvilJoker]

no still not got it.....

[swarlock]

Love it.

[TheEnigmaticRonin]

loooooooooooooool

[Keaton2008]

FLY! *punt*

[crazycucker]

gilliam at his best