The Altoona Area High School Drama Club will present “Monty Python’s Edukational Show: School Edition” at 7 p.m. Friday and ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

It is a whopping year for Monty Python, what with that reunion tour you may have heard about, alongside that 50 year anniversary that's been brushed under the carpet. As far as lumberjacklore goes, we ...

Eric Idle, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a song made famous by the troupe in an Iowa political ...

We might never know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, but 41 years after the British debut of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” we do know that the men of British comedy troupe are masters ...

Tina Turner has better legs, and Mick Jagger’s got more experience electrifying the crowds. Still, when it comes to singing septuagenarians, it’s hard to top (what remains of) Monty Python as the Brit ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to listen back to an interview with Terry Jones, a member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, who died last night at the age of 77. Jones, along with Michael ...

Spam is a dish best served comically, and no one cooked it up better than the Brit wits of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” in what was arguably the most famous sketch of the outrageous series that was ...

1. Cheese Shop. My favorite line: “I curtailed my Walpoling activities…” (MORE: Monty Python Cast To Have On-Stage Reunion) 2. Dear Parrot. Probably the most beloved of all Python sketches. Lovely ...

Jones, who died Jan. 21, co-founded the British comedy troupe in 1969, and went on to direct and co-star in the 1979 Python film Life of Brian. Originally broadcast in 1987. This is FRESH AIR. We're ...