Whither Canada?
- Episode aired Oct 2, 2018
- TV-14
- 32m
'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
- Various Roles
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- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Self (with Munich Accord)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Judge
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Ian MacNaughton(film sequences)
- John Howard Davies(uncredited)
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen translated into English, the Funniest Joke in the World is complete nonsense. When entered into Google Translate, it comes out as [FATAL ERROR].
- GoofsDuring the "funniest joke in the world" sketch, when testing the joke out on Salisbury plain (during the war in the 1940's), a red 1960's car drives past in the background.
- Quotes
Host: Did you write this symphony in the shed?
Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No!
Host: Have you written any of your recent works in this shed of yours?
Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No, no, not at all. It's just an ordinary garden shed.
Host: I see, I see. And you're thinking of buying this second shed to write in!
Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson: No, no. Look. This shed business... it doesn't really matter. The sheds aren't important. A few friends call me "Two Sheds" and that's all there is to it. I wish you'd ask me about the music. Everybody talks about the sheds. They've got it out of proportion... I'm a composer. I'm going to get rid of the shed. I'm fed up with it!
Host: Then you'll be Arthur "No Sheds" Jackson, eh?
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits run sideways across the screen. As they run, John Cleese's voice is heard saying, "The final score, Pigs 9, British Bipeds 4. The Pigs go on to face Vicki Carr in the finals."
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version has a slightly different musical introduction to the Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson interview. Both are based on the same theme from the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, but while the TV version features an excerpt from the recapitulation, the DVD version has an excerpt from the exposition.
- ConnectionsEdited into Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- SoundtracksDas Lied der Deutschen
Lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Haydn (uncredited)
There is a pig motif in the episode as we have pompous arts shows that feature Picasso riding a bike while painting an abstract. An Italian for beginners lesson in a class full of Italians.
The standout was the world's funniest joke that won the war against the Germans.
Then there was Terry Gilliam's weird animation which I found a bit dull all those years ago but now comes across a lot better. Unfortunately one quip by John Cleese to Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson has not stood the test of time.
There was better sketches to come in future shows that would become Monty Python classics. It was all a bit bizarre and nothing to do with a circus.
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- Sep 10, 2019
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- Poole Harbour, Poole, Dorset, England, UK(Michael Palin emerges from sea)
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