True, Python humor was not without its antecedents. The Marx Brothers, in particular their 1933 film “Duck Soup,” were a clear influence, as were such British acts as Beyond the Fringe (with ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday, April 28, was made for horse feed ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s credits From ... The sheer offense taken by the Creator is funny every time. 9. Taunted for the First Time “I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty ...

I had the chance to talk to Sweeney about her latest project, and I asked her about the great Monty Python joke she slipped into the script. Turns out her co-star ad-libbed a bit to turn what was ...

When Iglehart, Kritzer and Urie got involved in the show, they came with varying degrees of familiarity with the distinctive humor of Monty Python, the comedy troupe whose film “Monty Python and ...

Monty Python sprang into public consciousness in the 1970s as an anarchistic, nasty, rude, awfully British comedy series for English TV. It had its precedents in British humor, in particular the ...

Luckily, the film's strained circumstances didn't strain their comedy. The Monty Python humor was as weird and wonderful as ever — hampered by neither good taste nor good sense. There were ...