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Despite the show’s blindspots, much of Flying Circus remains timelessly funny. Most of what made the show so popular in 1969 — its frustration with bureaucracy, its distrust of authority ...

But it’s in those margins that readers will likely find the most gold, as Dempsey’s running commentary covers everything from expected Python minutiae, gaffes, and in-jokes, to British history ...

“Western Civilization in Python Perspective,” Alfred University Monty Python fans love the British comedy troupe for its Ministry of Silly Walks and cheeky take on the Knights of the Round ...

Spam was at the center of a classic Monty Python sketch, and their association with the forcemeat had an even longer shelf life than the product itself.

“From the very beginning, Monty Python's Flying Circus demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable,” a feature on the show website reported.

Cleese will talk and take questions following a screening of the Monty Python comedy troupe’s 1975 film debut.

Monty Python is not a man. Monty Python is six men. Consisting of British actors Graham Chapman John Cleese Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin and American Terry Gilliam the hugely influential ...

Tchaikovsky was a fun-loving man with a Monty Python-style sense of humour, his biographer has said. Simon Morrison, a musicologist, said he had uncovered a new side to Tchaikovsky after studying ...

Monty Python’s Flying Circus was born and ran on the BBC for four seasons between 1969 and 1974, with Jones driving much of the show’s early innovation.