Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC One 55 years ago today (October 5). The iconic sketch comedy, written and starring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Silly Walks is one of Monty Python's most famous sketches. John Cleese's serious civil servant with ludicrous locomotion first appeared in 1970, on the troupe's television show Monty ...

"I suppose I'll be able to spend the remaining years of my life reading this over and over again, reminding myself of what a wonderful group of people we were and how we changed civilization," Monty ...

Monty Python is a comedy troupe of 5 Brits and 1 American who re-wrote the rules of comedy with their TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The group includes Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle ...

Circus by the late Python star Graham Chapman have been discovered and are to be performed for the first time next month. The scripts, including a scene from an early draft of the group's ...

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates ...

Originally premiering on October 5, 1969, Monty Python’s Flying Circus celebrates its 55th anniversary this year. Starring ...