While not exact, one way to gauge a comedy movie’s popularity is by its number of familiar and oft-repeated lines of dialogue, and by those metrics alone, Monty Python and the Holy Grail would ...

If you want to kill time with a bunch of comedy fans, ask them to name the funniest skit ever done by the troupe of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Weighing in on this monumental debate is ...

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 ...

On Oct. 5, 1969, comedy changed forever. It was the day The Monty Python Flying Circus was first broadcast by the BBC, earning critical acclaim for its satirical humor that was unlike anything the ...

What the Monty Python musical succeeds most at in this revival, playing at The Bushnell through Dec. 14, is in parodying traditional Broadway musicals.

NEW YORK — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because it’s ...