 As well as the opening scenes, Cleese played the Announcer character in a number of sketches including "The Time on BBC 1" in episode 19 which examines the Announcer's confidence problems and "Take your pick" in episode 20 in which the Announcer pontificates about "Bergsonian comedy".Henri Bergson's theory of comedy apparently had some real influence on Cleese and the other Pythons.Initially played by Terry Gilliam in the Blackmail sketch in episode eighteen, "Live from the Grill-O-Mat", the organist was made famous by Terry Jones during the third season, as he would appear in the opening sequence immediately followed by the two aforementioned characters, the "It's" man and the Announcer.