http://www.metafilter.com/tags/FlyingCircus Posts tagged with 'FlyingCircus' at MetaFilter. Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:07:14 -0800 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:07:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63955/The%2Dposter%2Dresponsible%2Dhas%2Dbeen%2Dsacked <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUqHzk26kI&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=0">Storytime</a> is a 1968 animated short <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352875/" title=IMDB - storytime>film</a> which marks the directorial debut of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Wikipedia - Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>. <small>It is not to be confused with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MstyFwhLy4&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=1">Storytime</a>, a famous sketch from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Wikipedia - Monty Python's Flying Circus">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a> (aka <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_pdkFGQ3g&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=2" title="Animated intro to German version">Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus</a>) — the British TV show for which Gilliam created <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhVod-29QRk&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=3" title="MPFC animation clip 1">surreal</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IvXNo_5LMk&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=4" title="MPFC animation clip 2">animations</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQ2ORJ45Hs&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=5" title="MPFC animation clip 3">that</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXhmgqaf1U&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=6" title="MPFC animation clip 4">segued</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_nLUQZzYnQ&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=7" title="MPFC animation clip 5">between</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLlJfGybBcc&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=8" title="MPFC animation clip 6">sketches</a> (or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igU7unT9ESM&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=9" title="MPFC deleted animation ">not</a>)</small>. In 1974, he followed that up with another animated short <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344070/" title="IMDB - The Miracle of Flight">film</a> called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az5HglZBoso&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=10">The Miracle of Flight</a>. The next year, he set off in a different <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000416/#director" title="IMDB - Terry Gilliam: Director">direction</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIKL_pTZFE&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=11" title="Opening credits">leading</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXQdXB40UIY&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=12" title="The Black Knight">Monty</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=13" title="She's a Witch!">Python's</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=14" title="Killer Bunny">quest</a> for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuvB7j9n-II&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=15" title="Bring Out Your Dead">The</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDglm-vGES8&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=16" title="French Taunts">Holy</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jO1EOhGkY0&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=17" title="Sir Launcelot">Grail</a> <small>[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIXByCAIzos&feature=PlayList&p=5B8076005F1C5BCF&index=18">LEGO</a>]</small>. That path eventually led to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29" title="Wikipedia - Brazil (film)">Brazil</a>, which <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58934/Brazil-and-torture" title="MeFi - Brazil and Torture">brings us</a> to where we are today. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63955 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:07:14 -0800 Animation FlyingCircus MontyPython TerryGilliam TheHolyGrail Poolio