Monty Python – The Comic's Comic

R.I.P. Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020)

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 12, 2020April 12, 2020

Tim Brooke-Taylor, beloved British comedian of stage and screen for more than 50 years, died today from the coronavirus. He was 79. Born in Buxton, he …

R.I.P. Terry Jones, founding member of Monty Python

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 2020

Terry Jones has died. Jones, a Welshman and founding member of the legendarily influential sketch comedy troupe Monty Python, was 77. After the group’s initial …

R.I.P. Neil Innes

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 31, 2019December 31, 2019

Neil Innes, often referred to as “the seventh Python” due to his musical collaborations with the legendary Monty Python troupe, has died. Innes was 76. …

John Cleese and Eric Idle’s new song, “F*** Selfies,” on Conan

by Sean L. McCarthyNovember 11, 2016

John Cleese and Eric Idle are touring North America in 2016 as a duo — “Together Again at Last…For the Very First Time” — and …

John Cleese and Eric Idle touring North America as a duo in Fall 2015

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 15, 2015June 15, 2015

Monty Python may have bid us all a fond farewell last summer, but that doesn’t mean we cannot have nice things from the old boys …

Monty Python will appear at 2015 Tribeca Film Festival to introduce new doc plus 40th anniversary of “Holy Grail”

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 11, 2015March 11, 2015

It’ll be Christmas in April! All of the surviving members of Monty Python — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin …

Scenes from the first day and night of the 2014 Monty Python Live reunion

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 2, 2014July 2, 2014

The surviving members of legendary sketch group Monty Python reunited for a greatest-hits-and-then-some live stage spectacular that debuted the first of 10 shows Tuesday night …