Eric Idle, one of the six pillars of beloved comedy troupe Monty Python, has a new memoir, a “sortabiography” titled Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. It’s out October 2 and here’s the synopsis: ...

Glories of the Gilded Age, at Chicago’s Driehaus Museum This Halloween, Treat Yourself to a Neglected Horror Masterpiece Auction Bids Against Polarization Audio By Carbonatix Monty Python’s John ...

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 ...

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” – ...

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Michael Palin led the Knights Who Say ‘Ni!”. Now, forty-four years later the actor is a knight in real life, having been officially bestowed the honor by the Duke ...

Nicholaw was the original choreographer of the original Broadway show and has been attached to this adaptation for a while. Over the last few years he has worked on some of the most popular shows, ...

British comedian and musician Neil Innes, best known for his collaborations with comedy troupe Monty Python, has died at age 75. 1. He wrote unforgettable songs for "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" ...

I did. And I brought a can of Spam. Some English friends of mine know Palin, my favorite member of the brilliant British comedy troupe. When I learned he had a book coming out, I asked if they could ...

In “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle opens his heart in a somewhat rushed, one-thing-after-another fashion. But if “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” is ...

And that’s what Monty Python does; they present genuinely new conceptual schemes for us to participate in vicariously and we laugh because, well … imagine a world that includes an ‘All-England ...

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