Originally premiering on October 5, 1969, Monty Python’s Flying Circus celebrates its 55th anniversary this year. Starring ...

John Cleese (left) and Eric Idle at a special ... Filming an episode of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (left to right): Palin, Chapman, Cleese, Idle and Jones. When the Press Association ...

TV host David Frost almost scuppered the iconic and ground-breaking comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus before it started by refusing to release John Cleese from his contract to take part.

This visit inspired John Cleese to create Fawlty Towers. Five Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches appeared in the Channel 4 poll of the 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches. These were the "Dead Parrot" (2nd ...

Monty Python, in essence, was all about being "silly," explained John Cleese ... spanned such career highlights as Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail ...

David Frost almost scuppered Monty Python’s Flying Circus by refusing to release John Cleese from his contract, a memo fromn the BBC archives reveals. Cleese came to fame in the mid-1960s on The Frost ...

Monty Python is a comedy troupe of 5 Brits and 1 American who re-wrote the rules of comedy with their TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The group includes Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle ...

A customer, Mr. Praline (John Cleese) enters a pet shop (run by Michael Palin) to complain about his parrot. Praline claims it was dead when he sold it, but the shopkeeper keeps trying to convince him ...