My favorite part of that bit has always been when Chapman goes offscreen to reprimand little Ralph and after a moment, Cleese just turns and gives Kevin a slap for apparently no reason.

I love Turner.

Hey Robbo, what do you think of Frederick Church or Fairfield Porter? Two very different styles. Chruch is closer to Turner. But both men painted in America on the same latitude lines (as on a globe) as Turner painted in England and you can see it in their sunsets and sunrises. The colors both men use are incredible -just like Turner.

Neither of the two had themselves tied to a mast to paint a snowstorm nor did they mistakenly believe they were ladies' men -like Turner.

Gary - agreed. And I never get tired of it.

Mrs. P - Actually, some of Church's stuff reminds me even more of Constable, but I know what you mean. Porter, I have to say, strikes me as second-string Hopper.

It's a curious thing that while I am largely (but, of course not solely) pre-Romantic in my musical tastes, I take a great deal of pleasure in many 19th and 20th Century art styles (the various schools of realism, impressionism and even post-impressionism). Can't stick abstracts, tho.

Hopper and Porter? Hmmn... they both seem so different. Their color use can be similiar but Hopper is much more into detail. Porter is light and effusive. You can feel the sun on your back when you look at his stuff...

How about Winslow Homer? He's from Cape Elizabeth...

I was thinking of some of Hopper's lighthouses, where the glare of the sun off the ocean makes me squint involuntarily.

As for Homer - yes, please.

And while we're at it, let us not forget the multigenerational talent of the family Wyeth.

Indeed, we must not.