Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Monty Python gang, from left Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese, seen at their 2013 reunion ...

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates ...

John Cleese took a big risk when he helped create “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” back in 1975, as the idea of a series of parody sketches centered around King Arthur seemed absurd compared to ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

A set of 10 stamps from Royal Mail will pay tribute to “one of Britain’s most influential and enduring comedy troupes” – Monty Python. The main collection of six stamps celebrates characters from ...

Thanks to smart comic timing and witty dialogue, humor never gets lost or weighed down in the play’s underlying morbidity.