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 | Cannibalism | The Final Rip Off |
2 | Oliver Cromwell | Monty Python Sings |
3 | Spam | The Final Rip Off |
4 | Side Two | Monty Python's Previous Record |
5 | Decomposing Composers | Monty Python Sings |
6 | Australian Table Wines | The Final Rip Off |
7 | Eric The Half A Bee | Monty Python Sings |
8 | The Life Boat | Another Monty Python Record |
9 | Election Special | The Final Rip Off |
10 | Another Executive Announcement | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
11 | Henry Kissinger Song | The Final Rip Off |
12 | Spanish Inquisition (Part 2) | The Final Rip Off |
13 | I Like Chinese | The Final Rip Off |
14 | Jailers Pet | Monty Python Life of Brian |
15 | Bruces' Philosophers Song | Monty Python Sings |
16 | 3 Wise Men | Monty Python Life of Brian |
17 | Festival Hall | Another Monty Python Record |
18 | Bishop On the Landing | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
19 | Camelot | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
20 | Farewell To John Denver | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |