Can someone tell me

I'm being serious. Was this movie the inspiration for Monty Python?

I love Monty Python and they perfected silly monotony, but this film was made to be made. By this, I mean it was made for the director alone. To show that he could make a film about everything and nothing in the world, all at once. I won't lie, I found it absolutely horrible, but loved the little jokes, like the mirrored stories, the playful stuff like the door gag and "strip tease." What I didn't like was the pointless dialogue and found it would have been a much better silent film. I will chalk this one up to simply not being my taste and yes, I completely understood the point(s), I just didn't appreciate them all in this film.