Idle was part of the famous Monty Python comedy troupe, which was founded in 1969 Monty Python actor Eric Idle has said he is still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian, known ...

In 1969, the world was introduced to a joke so good, so funny, so ruthlessly powerful that anyone who read or heard it would ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

Comedy legend Graham Chapman was the first Monty Python member to die, as he succumbed to illness at the tragically young age of 48 on October 4 1989. His battle with tonsil cancer was devastatingly ...

“Why are we here? What’s life all about? Is God really real? Or is there some doubt? Well tonight, we’re going to sort it all out. For tonight is the Meaning of Life!” It’s with this stirring opening ...