Terry Gilliam has been to Cannes with three of his own films since 1983, but one of his favorite memories of the festival takes him back to that very first time, at the 36 th edition, as the co-writer ...

Monty Python And The Holy Grail turns 40 this year, meaning that entire generations have grown up with its cheerful plague humor, taunting Frenchmen, and Tim, the killer Rabbit Of Caerbannog. To ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

The 11th of May is a particularly silly day in history. Here’s to some of the silly billy’s for whom this is a significant day in the calendar. First up, it’s the British/American wits that are ...

The sound of hooves announces the arrival of King Arthur and his faithful squire, Patsy. But there is no horse for Arthur, who imitates the animal's gait while Patsy strikes a pair of coconuts ...

Eric Idle, a founding member of Monty Python, bought a shack in France in 1971. Decades later, the shack is a "shackeau," he says. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Idle about his book "Idle in Provence." ...

Love them or loathe them, Monty Python is up there with the most influential comedy groups in history. Formed in 1969 by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael ...