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 | Do Wot John | The Final Rip Off |
2 | Crunchy Frog | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
3 | Henry Kissinger Song | The Final Rip Off |
4 | The Messiah | Monty Python Life of Brian |
5 | Spanish Inquisition (Part 2) | The Final Rip Off |
6 | Architects | Another Monty Python Record |
7 | String | The Final Rip Off |
8 | The Judges | Another Monty Python Record |
9 | Eric The Half-A-Bee Song | The Final Rip Off |
10 | Argument | The Final Rip Off |
11 | Jailers Pet | Monty Python Life of Brian |
12 | Every Sperm Is Sacred | Monty Python Sings |
13 | Meaning Of Life | Monty Python Sings |
14 | Accountancy Shanty | Monty Python Sings |
15 | I'm So Worried | Monty Python Sings |
16 | Bruces' Philosophers Song | Monty Python Sings |
17 | Fish License | The Final Rip Off |
18 | Searching the Apartment | Monty Python Life of Brian |
19 | Pet Shop | The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
20 | Famous Person Quiz | The Final Rip Off |