Kurtzman's style of humor influenced countercultural comedians from the 1960s on, including the sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live", according to member Harry Shearer. "Help!" contributor Terry Gilliam, who went on to be a member of Monty Python, called Kurtzman "n many ways ... one of the godparents of Monty Python". In his 1985 film "Brazil", Terry Gilliam gave Ian Holm's character the name "Kurtzmann". Underground cartoonist Robert Crumb asserted that one of Kurtzman's cover images for "Humbug" "changed life" and that another "Mad" cover image "changed the way [he saw the world forever!" On Kurtzman's influence "Time" editor Richard Corliss stated, "Almost all American satire today follows a formula that Harvey Kurtzman thought up."