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 ...

A look back at five memorable sketches following the announcement that John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones will perform a reunion show in London next summer. By Kyle ...

On Tuesday Jan. 21, it was announced that actor and comedian Terry Jones had passed away, four years after being diagnosed with a rare form of dementia. Friends and fans were quick to share their ...

Python Bytes serves up nearly two dozen sketches from the first season of the show, plus a few fun extras. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts ...

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 ...

A "Pink Knight" who demands that King Arthur give him a kiss and an entirely different, and more expensive, ending have been unearthed in Michael Palin's script notes that are part of his archive. By ...