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 (the trio from Cambridge, who are all taller than all the other members of the group, and known as the more "aggressive" half of the group), Terry Jones, Michael Palin (from Oxford) and Terry Gilliam (from the USA). Chapman wrote the sketches with Cleese, Jones wrote with Palin, Idle wrote alone and Gilliam did the animations. Neil Innes and Carol Cleveland have both on occasion been mentioned as the "7th Python". Graham Chapman, who died of cancer the day before Python's 20th anniversary (thus being called "the greatest party pooper of all time" by Terry Jones), is tagged as the greatest actor among the group by his fellow Pythons. He had problems with alcohol and was a dedicated smoker of the pipe (he appears with a pipe in his hand in most of the Python sketches). He was known for his outstanding and abstract sense of humour; Cleese states that during their sketch-writing partnership Chapman did not say much, but when he said something it was often brilliant. The term "pepperpot" which is used to describe middle-aged ladies was found by Chapman. John Cleese, probably the most famous Python on the other side of the Atlantic, is most widely known for his silly walk - the famous walk that he invented for Monty Python's Flying Circus, and repeated in one episode of Fawlty Towers, where he tries very hard not to remind his German visitors of the World War II by doing impersonations of Hitler. He lives in the USA. He played the lead as Basil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers". He has been reported to be the first man to say "shit" on British TV and the first man to say "fuck" at a British memorial service. Eric Idle is the composer of most Python songs (along with Neil Innes) such as the Python anth
1 | The Death of Mary Queen of Scotts | Another Monty Python Record |
2 | Penguin on the TV | Another Monty Python Record |
3 | Parrot (Oh, Not Again!) | The Final Rip Off |
4 | A Good Spanking | Monty Python Holy Grail |
5 | The Adventures Of Ralph... | Matching Tie And Handkerchief |
6 | Bruces' Philosophers Song | Monty Python Sings |
7 | Spanish Inquisition (Part 1) | The Final Rip Off |
8 | Decomposing Composers | Monty Python Sings |
9 | Spam | The Final Rip Off |
10 | Travel Agent | The Final Rip Off |
11 | Sit On My Face | The Final Rip Off |
12 | Salvation Fuzz | Live! At City Center |
13 | World Forum | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
14 | Nudge Nudge | The Final Rip Off |
15 | Wrestling | Live! At City Center |
16 | Traffic Lights | The Final Rip Off |
17 | Spanish Inquisition (Part 3) | The Final Rip Off |
18 | Architect's Sketch | The Final Rip Off |
19 | French Castle | Monty Python Holy Grail |
20 | Cocktail Bar | The Final Rip Off |