From the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and the whole Monty Python gang, to the Monty Python films, and onto the Broadway stage with ...

Eric Idle, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a song made famous by the troupe in an Iowa political ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

English actor and comedian Eric Idle on Friday threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a Monty Python song in a political attack ad released Tuesday. Idle, a ...

NEW YORK — Fred Tomlinson, a singer and arranger who led a troupe of vocalists on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and other British television shows, died July 17. He was 88. His death was announced on ...

Jones, who died Jan. 21, co-founded the British comedy troupe in 1969, and went on to direct and co-star in the 1979 Python film Life of Brian. Originally broadcast in 1987. This is FRESH AIR. We're ...