In 1969, the world was introduced to a joke so good, so funny, so ruthlessly powerful that anyone who read or heard it would ...

Lines like "I'm not dead" and "tell him he's dreaming" have lived on for decades in our vernacular since first being uttered ...

For fans of Monty Python these images may look strangely familiar, showing as they do three members of the troupe in some quite Pythonesque poses. But these promotional images, preserved by the BFI ...

These are serious times. And serious times call for silly theater. It’s a tradition as old as the art form itself. There’s something therapeutic about gathering with a group of similarly stressed ...

People were laughing before the story even got fully underway—and that pretty much sets the tone for Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Ordway, running through June 14. The national tour leans hard into ...

There’s a benefit to silly. In our culture, society has a habit of overanalyzing everything — especially middling part-time arts writers. That’s why when confronted with the opportunity to let go and ...

If Charlie Chaplin were alive — and blitzed out of his mustachioed gourd — his favorite filmmaker would be Boots Riley. The two auteurs share a flair for spinning societal critique into maniacal ...

Later this month, Paul Whitehouse hosts a four-part retrospective, The Sketch Show Years, for Gold - four episodes each dedicated to a different decade of the genre. Here he talks about old-school ...

Nearly 50 years after its release, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is still making audiences laugh. The 1975 film ranked No. 11 on IMDb's list of "The Most Rewatchable Movies," placing it among some ...

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A brilliantly "subversive" statue of Monty Python star Terry Jones was unveiled yesterday on the beach, near his hometown of Colwyn Bay. Hundreds turned out in glorious sunshine after £120,000 was ...