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, ...

I quickly told him there was a rule against asking for autographs during press events. “Is there?” he asked with a conspiratorial smile, continuing to sign the book and impishly handing it back to me.

Terry Jones performs the famous "Spam" sketch during 2014's Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show. Jones died at the age of 77 after suffering from dementia. Goodbye to Mr. Creosote. Goodbye to the ...

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Terry Jones, one of the founding members of Monty Python, has died four years after being diagnosed with a rare form of dementia. Terry Jones only needed to lift a finger, and audiences knew something ...