It’s been 50 years of lumberjacks, dead parrots, and Spam. Watching Flying Circus 50 years later is an odd experience: As an audience member, you can see the bones that would go on to inspire modern ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

Terry Jones, who passed away on Jan. 21, almost exclusively played the straight man in Monty Python sketches. He was the detail-obsessed organizer, a stickler for timing and order. But he could also ...

For the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus' first broadcast, on BBC 1, Michael Palin has narrated and constructed a series of shws for BBC Radio 4, Monty Python at 50: The Self-Abasement ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

Neil Gaiman once claimed that ranking the best Monty Python sketches was one of the worst things you could make someone do. The second or third or fourth of fifth worst thing is an unexpected Spanish ...

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates ...

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