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 ...

"I suppose I'll be able to spend the remaining years of my life reading this over and over again, reminding myself of what a wonderful group of people we were and how we changed civilization," Monty ...

We might never know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, but 41 years after the British debut of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” we do know that the men of British comedy troupe are masters ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Seeing again those legendary comedy sketches the members of Monty Python dreamed up 40 years ago, it’s striking how crude and rough they are. The acting isn’t remotely polished, ...

In the world of comedy, few troupes have had a greater legacy than Monty Python. The British group — John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam — paved the ...

The British TV show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” was between its second and third seasons in 1974 when its comedy troupe decided to take a shot at a feature film. Monty Python made 1971’s quickly ...

On Oct. 5, 1969, comedy changed forever. It was the day The Monty Python Flying Circus was first broadcast by the BBC, earning critical acclaim for its satirical humor that was unlike anything the ...