Monty Python's Flying Circus

A community portal about Monty Python's Flying Circus with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a highly popular, surreal BBC sketch comedy show from Monty Python, and the group’s initial claim to fame. The show was noted for its impossible or highly improbable events, risque or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags, and sketches without punchlines. It also featured the animations of Terry Gilliam which were often sequenced or merged with live action.

Add Content

RSS

Articles

Sorted by: Top Picks

+ write article

Monty Python reunite in NY on 40th anniversary

From: www.reuters.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Monty Python comedy team, the world-renowned British troupe celebrating its 40th anniversary, was honored with a special award on Thursday for its contribution to film and television. "If you want to get a better view, this will be on eBay tomorrow," joked John Cleese as he accepted the award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Monty Python also included Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and the late Graham Chapman. The presentation was made at the official 40th anniversary Monty Python reunion event in New York co-hosted by the Independent Film Channel, and followed ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Monty Python's Flying Circus celebrates 40 years

From: www.afp.com

Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group responsible for the launching the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Parrot Sketch on an unsuspecting world, was on Monday celebrating 40 years since the comedy sketch show was first broadcast. The show, which was written and acted by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, first aired on October 5, 1969 and ran for a total of 45 episodes. It was the Pythons' surreal and satirical humour which shot them to global fame in the 1970s, as they broke new ground in what was acceptable in terms of both style and ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Monty Python to reunite to receive gong

From: www.afp.com

The five surviving members of Britain's famed Monty Python comedy troupe are to reunite for a 40th anniversary bash in New York, where they will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award, the academy said on Wednesday. The Monty Python team, which shot to international fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with their surreal and satirical humour, will receive the award on October 15, said the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The gong marks their outstanding contribution to film and television. The five -- John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin -- are all due to attend. ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

British award to honor Monty Python at NY reunion

From: www.reuters.com

LONDON (Reuters) - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will honor the Monty Python comedy team with a special award for their contribution to film and television at an event in New York on October 15. BAFTA, which hands out Britain's equivalent of the Oscars each year, last honored the Monty Python team in 1987, when they were presented with the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. "I believe these trinkets are more important than people think," said John Cleese, who formed the world-renowned troupe along with Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and the late ... Read Full Story

Add Comments

Monty Python Commemorates 40th Anniversary with Almost the Truth

Written by

aboer on

From: www.associatedcontent.com

This six-part documentary is fitting tribute to a landmark comedy group. Contributor: El Bicho Published: Nov 16, 2009 Read Full Story

Add Comments

News

/ edit news

giveaway: ‘The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset’ and...

RULES: You’re eligible to win if 1) You have not won anything from me in 2009; 2) You have a U.S. mailing address; 3) You enter once and only once. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the very...

From flickfilosopher.com ()

More perspectives...

TV on DVD: Monty Python: Almost the Truth '

Here's a look at some notable TV shows now out on DVD: MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER'S CUT) Content: Six-hour IFC docu-series charts the rise, split and legacy of the lunatic six-man sketch/animation troupe behind TV's "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and the movies "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "The Life of Brian." It's a chronological profile that's detailed enough for Python-philes, but maybe too detailed for others. A...

From kentucky.com ()

More perspectives...

40 Years of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Has it really been forty years since the debut of the cheeky British comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus?" A new six hour documentary is being released on DVD and will be shown on IFC over six nights beginning October 18th.Contributor: C. S. NicholsonPublished: Oct 16, 2009

From associatedcontent.com ()

More perspectives...

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Frontiers in Medicine

Frontiers in Medicine: Part 2 The Gathering Storm, The role of penguins in nature; animation - penguins in power. featuring PROF. KEN ROSEWALL, DR PEACHES BARTKOWICZ, DR LEWIS HOAD, and a group of bewildered foreigners. PLEASE - NO SPAM - unless ofcourse it comes with Spam, spam, eggs, bacon, and spam

From milkandcookies.com ()

More perspectives...

“Monty Python's Flying Circus” turns 40

New Zealand Herald“Monty Python's Flying Circus” turns 40TheCelebrityCafe.comThe documentary comes out in connection with the comedy group's 40th anniversary of their television show, “Monty Python's Flying Circus,” which played on ...'Flying Circus' hits 40Chicago TribuneMonty Python's 40th anniversaryThe Week MagazineMonty Python goes digital tomorrowPunchline MagazinePhiladelphia Inquirer -HeraldNet -Bostonistall 90 news articles »

From news.google.com ()

More perspectives...