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 ...

“Reminiscent of the Monty Python’s Flying Circus cheese shop sketch, I entered a cafe-like establishment with a large sign ...

John Cleese likes to laugh at death. Literally. “I make a lot of jokes about death,” the famed British comedian said in a phone interview with PennLive. “People think, ‘Isn’t that a bit morbid?’ No!

EVERYBODY KNOWS Monty Python’s “cheese shop” sketch—everybody who is over 50 and a comedy nerd, that is. The shopkeeper, played by Michael Palin, asks a customer, played by John Cleese, what cheese he ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

From the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and the whole Monty Python gang, to the Monty Python films, and onto the Broadway stage with ...

John Cleese, who has made the world laugh with his friends in Monty Python, said having lunch with the Queen of England was a great awakening for his palate. The Queen served two slightly sweet German ...

On Sept. 22, 1974, Monty Python’s Flying Circus made its television debut in the United States — in Dallas, on KERA (Channel 13). Perhaps you already know this, especially if you have spent most of a ...