# How Great Thou Art, who is Art? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014 "2018-07-16T15:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/1 "2018-07-16T15:37:29Z")
This has always bugged me. Who is Art? It’s definitely among the top three best Gospel songs ever written. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/2 "2018-07-16T15:41:55Z")
Art is related to Andy. You know, Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am his own… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/3 "2018-07-16T15:46:34Z")
It’s Art Garfunkel. He never lived up to the original hype, but at that time he was famous due to his association with Paul Simon, plus he’d just appeared in the movie “Goodbye Columbus”. After that, his fame waned. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/4 "2018-07-16T15:48:16Z")
😉 I knew this would draw some good quips. Keep them coming. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/5 "2018-07-16T15:51:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > This has always bugged me. > > Who is Art? _“Our father.”_ Who? _“Art, in Heaven.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/6 "2018-07-16T15:54:29Z")
Art is Art the Methodist. He is related to John the Baptist. He ran a charity for disabled wildlife. The mascot was Gladly - Gladly, the Cross-eyed Bear. Regards, Shirley (of the trio Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/7 "2018-07-16T16:01:35Z")
Don’t forget Andy. Andy walks, with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am his own. Also there’s Yoohoo. Yoohoo created the heavens and the earth. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/8 "2018-07-16T16:21:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It’s Art Garfunkel. > > He never lived up to the original hype, but at that time he was famous due to his association with Paul Simon, plus he’d just appeared in the movie “Goodbye Columbus”. > > After that, his fame waned. **Qadgop** , it was, “Carnal Knowledge,” with Jack Nicholson. “Goodbye, Columbus,” was Richard Benjamin (they were both in, “Catch-22,” so partial credit). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/9 "2018-07-16T16:33:00Z")
Anyone who went to the University of Wisconsin in the 1970s and 1980s knows that [Art was](https://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700015230003/1523000058-l.jpg) [a window washer](https://www.uwalumni.com/askabe/ask-abe-art-the-window-washer/). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/10 "2018-07-16T16:46:01Z")
Sad news. [Art is dead](https://youtu.be/Eo9pU1q8sy8). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/11 "2018-07-16T16:55:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Qadgop** , it was, “Carnal Knowledge,” with Jack Nicholson. “Goodbye, Columbus,” was Richard Benjamin (they were both in, “Catch-22,” so partial credit). That’s what happens when I rely on memory instead of double checking with the internet. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/12 "2018-07-16T16:59:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > That’s what happens when I rely on memory instead of double checking with the internet. :smack: Yep. Bites me in the ass every time. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/13 "2018-07-16T17:00:28Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Don’t forget Andy. Andy walks, with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am his own. Probably the same Andy in Post #2. Another relative would be Howard. “Our Father who Art in Heaven, Howard be thy name.” Apparently Howard is called Art only when he’s in residence. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/14 "2018-07-16T17:01:48Z")
I bet that Art knows Round John Virgin, and Olive (the other reindeer). ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/15 "2018-07-16T17:29:03Z")
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/212nc2/so\_jesus\_moses\_and\_an\_old\_man\_go\_golfing/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/212nc2/so_jesus_moses_and_an_old_man_go_golfing/) He thinks He’s Lee Trevino ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/16 "2018-07-16T17:55:37Z")
Art is life, life is Art. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/17 "2018-07-16T18:46:27Z")
Art is a very selfish guy. Thus the saying. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/18 "2018-07-16T18:55:56Z")
Art is a good friend of Richard Sands. You know, the guy for whom you pledge allegiance to the republic. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/19 "2018-07-16T18:59:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Art is a good friend of Richard Sands. You know, the guy for whom you pledge allegiance to the republic. Oh, yeah. We led the pigeons to the flag. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014/20 "2018-07-16T19:04:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Art is a good friend of Richard Sands. You know, the guy for whom you pledge allegiance to the republic. Jose never forgets to turn on the dawnzer. It gives lee light. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014.md?page=2)