The musical was written by Eric Idle and John du Prez, taking its inspiration — or as the theatrical poster put it, “lovingly ripped off” — from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy ...

Idle adapted the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" into "Spamalot," which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in 2005 and ran for almost five years. But Idle wasn't born to comedy.

Monty Python founding member Eric Idle's new book "The Spamalot Diaries" tells the story of how the cult classic film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" became the Tony-winning Broadway musical ...

Monty Python’s Eric Idle takes us behind the curtain of ‘Spamalot’ In a new book, “The Spamalot Diaries,” the comedian-actor delivers a spot-on account of the making of his hit show.