Some burst out laughing at the mere mention of a dead parrot. Others find Monty Python’s surreal humour merely, well, silly. But now those who have never quite got the joke have found an ally in the ...

As winner of Wired.com’s ticket giveaway, longtime Flying Circus fan Vitia Simone will be attending Thursday’s Monty Python reunion in New York City. For those not lucky enough to be there in person, ...

It was as if the Beatles had finally gotten back together, and all anyone wanted to know was whether they could still keep a tune. The five surviving members of Britain’s most celebrated comedy troupe ...

Victoria University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The Monty Python crew have put many caveats on their upcoming reunion shows, which starts in London today and will be simulcast ...

John Cleese claims BBC doesn’t air Monty Python anymore because it is ‘too funny’ and would put modern BBC comedy shows to shame. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on 31 July, Cleese pointed out ...

I was in the cinema the other day watching an age-inappropriate film. It was 22 Jump Street, the American slacker comedy about two thick cops who go back to school to crack a drugs ring. I'd laughed ...

Even if you’ve watched Monty Python’s 1979 Biblical satire, “Life of Brian,” a skillion-and-one times and thus know by heart the song for which Python member Eric Idle named his “sortabiography” – ...

The dead parrot sketch. The Spanish Inquisition. The Lumberjack Song. Not to mention those silly walks. Does this sound like the pinnacle of comedy greatness to you? Well, apparently Monty Python is ...