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 ...
It was announced last week the entire Monty Python catalog will soon find its considerably silly way to Netflix beginning in April. This is excellent news for people who want another reason to watch ...
Monty Python’s Flying Circus my have only run on television from 1969 through 1974 for a grand total of 45 episodes, but the influence spurred by its brand of surreal sketch comedy is immeasurable.
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.
Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...
Then, later this month, A&E Home Entertainment releases the two-disc DVD set "Monty Python: The Other British Invasion." Both documentary projects feature interviews with the five surviving members of ...