Who is Monty Python?(Yahoo said go for it, put in on the pub tab(?)?

Answer 1

Monty Python started life as a group of young eductated intellectual cutting edge individuals who did live comedy sketches on TV "Monty Pythons Flying Circus" etc. They were the original "alternative" comedy creators.

They are HUGE. They created sketches that are so famous that their catch phrases are still used in modern language today without some people knowing of their origin.....Spam Spam Spam and the Dead Parrot Sketch spring to mind.

They then progressed into film and created a number of very funny films. The best in my view being "The Life of Brian" which is so clever on so many levels you have to re-watch again and again to understand why something is funny not only on the surface but deep down disturbingly funny....

Answer 2

Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a ground breaking comedy sketch show that ran on the BBC from 5 October 1969 to 18 January 1973. A mixture of oddly strange and surreal (some would say pythonesque) sketches and anarchic animations, it was largely responsible for breaking the convention of having to have a punch line at the end of sketches.

They also released 4 (well technically 4 and a half films) films - And Now For Something Completely Different (an anthology of their best sketches), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (loosely based of King Arthur and the Knights (or kniggets) of the Round Table.), Monty Python's The Life of Brian (consistently voted one of the best comedy movies of all time) and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The “half” film is The Crimson Permanent Assurance; a short film made by Terry Gilliam, which ran before The Meaning of Life.

As well as appearing in stage shows (e.g. Live at Drury Lane (available as an audio recording ) or Live at Hollywood Bowl (released on VHS and DVD)), they also released loads of audio recordings of both old and new sketches and songs, as well as books and compilation videos of their classic moments. Most recently they've spun off the hit musical Spamalot from their movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

The Python team was made up of 6 members: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

Answer 3

It's not a single who, it's a comedy troupe from the UK. John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin were the principal members.

Answer 4

??? been under a rock.
They are a comedy troupe from the 70s -well today.
They were on BBC and inspired many actors and comedians .... Actually I am offended there is a person who
says they have never seen The life of Brian or Holy grail
you figure it out