As an art form, is comedy really so old that archivists have to unearth it like dinosaur bones? The answer is yes, apparently. For their latest massive discovery, United Kingdom's Independent ...

“Monty Python” star and British comedy legend John Cleese has lashed out at the press in recent days for allegedly reporting that he will be removing a politically incorrect scene from future ...

While its most beloved alumnus, Sir Michael Palin, prepares to publish his next volume of diaries, and the ever-inventive ...

Monty Python has left a lasting impact on British comedy, but the cast have experienced some tragedies over the decades ...

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, ...

Americans likely know David Frost best as the TV host who took on Richard Nixon in the landmark interview that served as the ...

Eric Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin (and Terry Gilliam hiding in the middle) In 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail transformed the titular British sketch troupe from ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

James Monroe Iglehart's King Arthur leads his Knights of the Round Table on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Back in the 1970s, the British comedy troupe Monty Python would often dryly announce, “and ...

The quest for the holy grail continues at Movie Night at the Museum. After three years on the small screen, the British comedy team behind the BBC’s “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” brought the legends ...

To round out our look at comedians this month, I bring you the story of a television show that influenced generations of comedy. In October 1969, a new sketch comedy show aired on British television. ...