The satirical British comedy from 1975, screening at MFAH this weekend, set the table at which 'The Simpsons,' 'South Park' and 'Saturday Night Live' later dined.

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates ...

Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus Season 1 is a two-part German television comedy show. It features sketches from the famous British comedy troupe, dubbed into German and performed by German actors.

The comedy of Monty Python is being honored for the ages. The Royal Mail will issue a series of stamps to mark the contributions of the comedy troupe. The British mail service announced that it will ...

LONDON — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates some ...

Writers (L-R) Ian MacNaughton, Michael Palin, unknown, Graham Chapman, and Neil Innes in a script conference for BBC television show ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’, 1974. (Photo by Chris Ridley/Radio ...

A lot of comedy fans love both Mel Brooks and Monty Python, and would presumably be thrilled if they all got along splendidly. Unfortunately, one of the very first meetings between the Blazing Saddles ...

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 ...

Monty Python is a comedy troupe of 5 Brits and 1 American who re-wrote the rules of comedy with their TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The group includes Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle ...

To the editor: Regarding the etymology of "spam": Anyone who has been in the business for a long time knows that "spam" as applied to unwanted bulk e-mail comes from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch, ...