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Monty Python
Eric Idle on the Enduring, Powerful Legacy of the Song He Wrote As a Joke How Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” took on a life of its own.
By Eric Idle
from the archives
8/7/2018
Looking for Lost Monty Python Material? Look No Further Looking back at the group’s Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album .
By Ramsey Ess
big screen adaptations
5/3/2018
Broadway’s Spamalot Is Going to the Big Screen Monty Python’s Eric Idle will write the script.
By Jordan Crucchiola
A Bunch of Monty Python Movies, TV Shows, and Specials Head to Netflix […] Soon, nearly all of Monty Python’s back catalog will be available to view on Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming network has secured […]
By Megh Wright
Dan Stevens’s 10 Favorite Books From Walt Whitman to Monty Python.
By Dan Stevens
“Pour Yourself a Scotch and Pull Yourself Together” and Other Answers from […] John Cleese fielded a bunch of questions from fans today in a Reddit AMA to promote his upcoming Monty Python Q&A tour, and unsurprisingly, […]
By Megh Wright
in conversation
9/12/2017
John Cleese on Political Correctness and the Funniest Joke He Ever Told “Why should we sacrifice laughter to the cause of politically correctness if that laughter isn’t rooted in nastiness?”
By David Marchese
Absolutely Anything , Robin Williams’s Last Movie, Gets a U.S. Release DateWilliams voices Simon Pegg’s excitable dog, Dennis, in the film by Monty Python’s Terry Jones.
By Halle Kiefer
Unearthing a Rare 1971 Monty Python Film All About Peas
Let’s say you suddenly found yourself in charge of a major corporation. If you’re good at your job, imagine you’d probably try to steer the […]
By Ramsey Ess
10 Terrific British Sketch Shows to Watch Right Now The best British sketch shows, from Monty Python to Mitchell and Webb .
By Devon Ivie
last night on late night
11/11/2016
Watch Monty Python Stars Sing ‘F*ck Selfies’ John Cleese and Eric Idle shared their feelings about self-photography with Conan.
By Kaitlin Fontana
very sad things
9/25/2016
By Devon Ivie
Monty Python’s Terry Jones Has Been Diagnosed with Dementia Between their late night show appearances, multiple live reunion tours, 2015 documentary, and the release of their entire discography, the […]
By Megh Wright
Monty Python’s Terry Jones Diagnosed With Dementia The comedian has primary progressive aphasia, his spokesman said.
By Nate Jones
Inside Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams’ Lost Sketch Show ‘Out of the […]
In 1974, when Monty Python’s Flying Circus came to a close, without John Cleese, the members of the troupe knew they weren’t quite finished. […]
By Ramsey Ess
Rediscovering Eric Idle’s Post-Python Sketch Show, ‘Rutland Weekend […]
The TV show you just worked on has ended. It did reasonably well, running a few seasons, but it was definitely a fringe success. You and your […]
By Ramsey Ess
The 20 Best Comedy Movies of All Time The funniest movies tend to burrow into our brains like no other form of popular entertainment. Through repeated viewings and earworm quotes, […]
By John Wenzel
Own the Entire Monty Python Discography with ‘Total Rubbish: The Complete […] As if their live reunion shows in London, newly released album, and delightfully entertaining cat fights weren’t enough to tide fans over, […]
By Megh Wright
Monty Python Is Getting Back Together for a Stage Show The five living members of the extraordinarily influential British sketch troupe Monty Python are reuniting for a stage show. Python Terry […]
By Elise Czajkowski
Companions Eat Free
2/6/2013
By Hugh Merwin
Monty Python ’s Terry Jones on Graham Chapman’s BiopicIt’s animated, voiced by former Pythons, and features a penis rollercoaster.
By Steve Marsh
Before There Was Monty Python There Was ‘1948’ The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
By Ramsey Ess
Graham Chapman’s Ridiculous Letters Today, Letters of Note has two correspondences from Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, both of which are totally ridiculous and wonderful for […]
By Adam Frucci
Let Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam Teach You Animation Techniques What advice does he have for aspiring animators? “Keep well away from it, it’s dangerous, nasty stuff.”
By Margaret Lyons
Monty Python Enter the World of Video Games with ‘The Ministry of Silly […] Bored at work? Monty Python has just unveiled “The Ministry of Silly Games,” a collection of casual games with names like Camelot Smashalot and […]
By Adam Frucci
The Finally Screenings: I Just Saw Life of Brian For the First Time In The Finally Screenings, Alden Ford is watching comedy classics that, because he grew up in a cave in Alaska, he’s never seen before. These […]
By Alden Ford
Monty Python vs. the Censors Before its release in 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was viewed by someone from the British Board of Film Classification, the group that […]
By Adam Frucci
Life of Brian Director Terry Jones Directing First Comedy in 20 Years Terry Jones, Monty Python member and director of Life of Brian and co-director (with Terry Gilliam) of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is […]
By Adam Frucci
Hands Up, Who Like Me?: The Holy Grail of British Comedy In this weekly column, I’ll introduce you to the world of British comedy in the chronology of how I, an American anglophile, discovered it in […]
By Curtis Gwinn
Watch a New Monty Python –Inspired Ad for Conan O’Brien’s TBS Show If you look closely, you can see the masturbating bear inside his head.
By Edith Zimmerman
Whoopi, Piven, & Cleese at Monty Python Premiere “Graham has been much harder to work with since he died.”
By Owen Pye
Monty Python Makes the Roots Whistle See Eric Idle do “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” with some assistance from Jimmy Fallon’s house band.
By Lane Brown
Vulture’s Monty Python Haiku Contest: We Have a Winner! After much deliberating and slapping with fish, your Vulture editors have finally selected a victor.
By Lane Brown
Exclusive: John Cleese Slams Ex-Wife, Terry Gilliam, Republicans, His Hotel … “You have to let go of the idea that this can ever be a decent and rational place. I have a new show I will call ‘Why There is No Hope.’”
By Logan Hill
Vulture Giveaway: Win Two Tickets to the Monty Python Reunion! See all six — yes, six! — members of Monty Python, live and in person.
By Lane Brown
‘Life of Brian’ Returns for All the Faithful—and Unfaithful The story of Brian, who is born in the manger next to Jesus Christ, isn’t even blasphemous!
