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Cleese will be at Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach to take questions following a screening of the cult-classic comedy.
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.
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 in the United States 50 years ago, on April 28, 1975. And though it’s now a comedy classic, co-writer and star John Cleese says his comedy troupe ...
Monty Python's Flying CircusLate Wednesday night, Jimmy Fallon invited four of the five surviving members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus to be the only guests on his talk show that evening ...
Today, the five living members of Monty Python — Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese and Eric Idle — reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival for a 40th anniversary celebration ...
Nov. 19, 2013 -- intro: Monty Python fans rejoice! According to Terry Jones, one of the five surviving members of the British comedy troupe, the gang is planning a reunion.
Jones, who died Jan. 21, co-founded the British comedy troupe in 1969, and went on to direct and co-star in the 1979 Python film Life of Brian. Originally broadcast in 1987.
Monty Python Stage Reunion: What the Critics Are Saying Newspaper?s react to the comedy group's first of 10 London performances, which included guest appearances by Stephen Fry and Stephen Hawking.
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.