Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

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 of parody sketches centered around King Arthur seemed absurd compared to ...

The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the incident escalated rapidly, with officers eventually allowing him to go free for an unexpected reason. In an interview with The Telegraph, Palin explained ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

The Monty Python troupe were hit with financial woes before the motion picture was made, meaning funding the smash hit was looking impossible until a group of musicians stepped in ...

Spanning 9,742 square feet over three floors, the loft-like spread manages to feel both monumental and welcoming. Architects Powell Tuck Associates and interior designer Marianne Tiegen preserved the ...

Fifty years ago, six mostly-British humorists fresh from injecting dead parrots and Spam into sketch comedy launched their first attempt at movie-making, jumping into cinema with a budget so low they ...

17:57, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Updated: 18:00, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Eric Idle has addressed his feud with John Cleese, admitting "it's a pity" he has fallen out with his Monty Python co-stars. Last year, Idle, ...

The Miracle of Birth" is from the perspective of an ignored woman in labor, and of a Roman Catholic couple with too many children. #montypython #johncleese #movieclip Get your popcorn pick! Watch ...

09:34, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Updated: 10:02, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Monty Python star Eric Idle has shared the mantra he lives by following his pancreatic cancer battle. Diagnosed with the disease in 2019, it ...

John Cleese recently embarked on a live tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Each event will be part film screening, part live Q&A and, presumably, part creeping ...