'Monty Python's Flying Circus' was almost canceled after one episode, but went on to become one of television's most influential comedy series.

To commemorate Monty Python's 40th anniversary this week seems a tad conventional, according to Michael Palin, one of six comedians who established Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969. "We should ...

The outfits will be displayed in Ottawa after the Royal Canadian Geographical Society successfully bid for them at auction in July ...

Rare photographs of Monty Python’s Flying Circus have been released on the day of the show’s 50 th anniversary. The programme, which first aired on October 5 1969, was a surreal sketch series ...

Even as a child, Eric Idle loved writing. So much so, that he planned to become a journalist. “I think I’d always say journalist because it seemed like a writing thing to do,” he says, “but I had no ...

Three decades ago, a corporate miscue changed comedic history. It put episodes of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" into the eccentric hands of the guys who created it. Now all of those episodes are ...

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.

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.