Quintessential Gilliam

[aktendulli]

0:22 ouch my crotch

[docicenogle]

Have not seen thos skit in years but always liked it.

[Fooblestheclown]

Everyone should animate like Terry Gilliam. My hero!

[MrGoblin60]

It's nice to read previous comments about people laughing uncontrollably when they first saw this segment as kids in the seventies. That's exactly what happened to me in 1971. I laughed so much that my throat hurt and my eyes watered!

[vjt157]

@MrGoblin60 Absolutely my favorite animation. I still laugh at it

[laufunk4ever]

I like the music...

[spencnaz]

I used to laugh hysterically whenever I saw this as a kid. I think the music had a lot to do with it, that and the bizarre leg contortions.

[cumulo25]

Catchy damn music

[1926VictorCredenza]

@cumulo25 It's called "Banjoreno" by the Dixieland Jug Blowers. And you're right... it is a catchy damn song!

[mush01]

@1926VictorCredenza Been wondering this for years, thanks!

[cumulo25]

@1926VictorCredenza Ditto, been wanting to know that forever

[1926VictorCredenza]

@cumulo25 The video for the song "Banjoreno" by The Dixieland Jug Blowers is now up on my page. Enjoy!

[chev6art]

@1926VictorCredenza Just heard "Banjoreno" in its entirety & now think it was one of the coolest instrumentals played in the 1920's. Yet ever since I saw "Brian Islam and Brucie" back in the '70's, I always thought it my favourite Monty Python cartoon; not just because it was funny, but for the music playing too! I never had been able to get that tune out of my head since. Knowing the name and artist is a bit of closure for me. Loved the song for 40 years--now I'm a fan of the Jug Blowers!

[robotrix]

Happy 70th Birthday, Terry Gilliam!!! :-)

[DaGGortiz]

I always laugh so hard every dime i see this animation... true, mad, Gilliam genius.

[c00lb00bs]

aw man, i'm so happy i found this on here; i died the first time i saw this. I always wondered though, what is that thing supposed to be that the guy on the far right is holding at the very beginning and very end?

[acerb45666555]

this art is great. he really gives it too the old stuffy stiff necked Empire types! old Lord Kitcheners head would explode if he saw these animations! :)

[TheRealGilliamFan]

Love this!

[HardKoRupTioN]

okay, nice, thank u very much ;)

[HardKoRupTioN]

Someone knows the sound who's playing in this (great) video ??

[FiveCentsPlease]

@HardKoRupTioN

Get copy of the 2-volume CD set for Ruckus Juice and Chitlins. It has a fantastic selection of jug band music recordings. I never remembered that this hilarious Python animation featured Banjoreno, which is my favorite from the CD.

[spencnaz]

I saw this when I was a little kid during the 70's. My parents loved watching Monty Python on PBS then. I think I was 5 when I saw this. I laughed all night about this animation!

[TaperJeanGirl1000]

the first time i ever saw this, i laughed so hard that i cried! it's my favorite MPFC animation ever!

[herbrampe]

Met Terry when he was directing Twelve Monkeys. Nicest guy in the world. Weird, but nice.

[TMundo]

I grew up on this, this is classic stuff.

[jmr1954x]

The music is called Banjoreno performed and recorded in 1926 by the Dixieland Jug Blowers.

[TMundo]

is there a way to get that song?

[shortyblackwell]

limewire. or just look up the band on google.

[IKFKSwitch]

banjoreno. i have now adopted that word into my vocabulary. Definition: when something is so awesome, it needs to be put to banjo. It can also mean "the color of banjo" as in, "she wore a lovely, banjoreno, frock."

[gracingfuel]

That music makes me want to do armpit farts to it.

[DCLeadboot]

Crazy dance... crazy music! Typical Gilliam!

[zws1922]

yeah, the music is hilarious :D

[Tareltonlives]

Yet extremely catchy

[itjustfigures]

The music is hilarious along with the animation. I saw this back in the 70's on our local PBS station as a preteen. Hysterical!

[OGWottasnozzle]

I wonder what the two guys, photographed way back when, who appear in this would think of the manner in which they were immortalized.

[TMundo]

right? and what painting/photographs did they come from?

[Maphysto]

@OGWottasnozzle It can probably be summed up with the phrase: "What in the name of christ?!"

[Richardpd16378]

I videoed this when BBC2 showed a load of MPFC in 1989, & still have it.

Totally hilarious.

[Steve17010]

I remember when I saw this the first time. It was amazing to me then and i still love to see it. What imagination!

[Drengebarnet]

This reminds me of my dreams...

[Oddmartian2]

The episode this is from is the same one as "The Lumberjack Song". I like them both :)

[Columbo794]

Terry Gilliam must have been on LSD when he made this one.

[Desmaad]

Nope: sleepless nights and lots of caffeine.

[bermudarailway]

Actually I think the name of the drug is MPFC !

[DonaldMcKinney]

Unbelievable. Terry Gilliam is a genius!! This is absolutely bonkers, but typical of him. Oh, and the name of it is Brian Islam and Brucie, (according to the sketch before with Eric Idle as a smarmy MC).

[shadowpig13]

my fav animation by him! thnx for uploading =)

[slackdave]

Looks like "Office Brent" got his moves from here...

[shortyblackwell]

yeah the music is great. what is it?

[koolgiy]

Check out the one from the first episode of Flying Circus. Its hilarious.

[spencnaz]

I love the music they picked out for this.

[GrahamChapman]

Sometimes, I wonder how much sugar they had in their blood when they came up with stuff... Then I smile at my own foolishness... It was prabably alcohol.

[thiagopac]

mto bom!

[ailalelo]

kinda eerie