"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was released nearly 50 years ago. Eric Idle wrote the screenplay for the 1975 hit with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, all ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

Writers (L-R) Ian MacNaughton, Michael Palin, unknown, Graham Chapman, and Neil Innes in a script conference for BBC television show ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’, 1974. (Photo by Chris Ridley/Radio ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because ...

Sir Michael Palin has said that seeing his fellow Monty Python stars can be a “rather tearful” experience. The actor, comedian and travel presenter, 80, last performed shows in 2014 alongside some of ...

Some of Monty Python's most famous film scenes, including the Black Knight, were almost cut - because the stars thought they were 'too silly, dull or offensive', the movies' editor has revealed.

Farewell, Terry Jones — in Monty Python’s box of chocolates, he was always the crunchy frog. This man was a comic genius, the soul of Python — their most unselfish performer, their most wide-ranging ...

They redefined comedy in the 1960s and films like ‘Life of Brian’ and ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ are amongst the best ever made. The writer/director has a fairly modest combined box office haul ...