Eric Idle, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a song made famous by the troupe in an Iowa political ...

From the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and the whole Monty Python gang, to the Monty Python films, and onto the Broadway stage with ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

Trinity Theatre Company has announced their Grown Up Stage’s production of Monty Python’s Edukational Show written by Monty ...

Spam is a dish best served comically, and no one cooked it up better than the Brit wits of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” in what was arguably the most famous sketch of the outrageous series that was ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to listen back to an interview with Terry Jones, a member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, who died last night at the age of 77. Jones, along with Michael ...

English actor and comedian Eric Idle on Friday threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a Monty Python song in a political attack ad released Tuesday. Idle, a ...

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. This is FRESH AIR. We're ...