John Cleese took a big risk when he helped create “ Monty Python and the Holy Grail ” back in 1975, as the idea of a series ...

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.

12:00, Sun, Aug 24, 2025 Updated: 12:03, Sun, Aug 24, 2025 Monty Python star Eric Idlehas revealed that he once asked a doctor to name an illness that could quickly "get rid of a character", only to ...

Eric Idle has opened up about a strange turn of events, in which he was diagnosed with the same illness he used in a show to "get rid" of a character quickly. In a new interview, the Monty Python star ...

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Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

"When I was born, Hitler was trying to kill me, but luckily he missed." Eric Idle may now be 82, but he's lost none of the quick wit and sharp delivery that established him as one of the greatest ...

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 ...

The YouTube title is “Silly Job Interview.” In it, a character played by Graham Chapman goes into the office of a character ...

Eric Idle has weighed in on the topic of cancel culture, and seems to be much less fussed about it than his Monty Python co-star John Cleese. The 82-year-old comedian and songwriter talked on BBC ...