The British troupe of Monty Python are inarguably one of the best in comedy's history, having delivered some of my favorite movies and comedy sketches of all time. One that is in the midst of ...
Terry Jones, from somewhere in the back: “You don’t look dead to me.” I got better. But, honestly, what is left for a writer to say about “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the seminal comedy that ...
Entertainment columnist’s note: The following semi-serious, semi-thesis paper-like (sometimes seriously feels like a thesis paper, not seriously like a thesis paper) entertainment article contains ...
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, ...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a truly important film. It’s been five decades since moviegoers first encountered the Knights of Who Say “Ni!” That’s how long it’s been since we learned about ...
Theater’s second biggest weekend since reopening By Lynda Feustel After years of renovations, Kutztown’s local movie theater, The Strand, is back. From Sept. 19-21, the theatre held three showings of ...
When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...
Fifty years ago, six mostly-British humorists fresh from injecting dead parrots and Spam into sketch comedy launched their first attempt at movie-making, jumping into cinema with a budget so low they ...
John Cleese comes on the line to chat about his Not Dead Yet! tour, which comes to Southern California to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Monty Python and Holy Grail,” but before we can ask our ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Historic Chateau Theatre is bringing movies back to its iconic stage, starting with a screening of ...
John Cleese is touring the U.S. for the 50th anniversary of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Cleese says the comedy troupe had no idea the film would become a cult classic. Cleese believes the ...