Tag Archives: Monty Python

More Busy Benedict News: He’s In The New Monty Python Film

By | Posted on November 7th, 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Sherlock'

OK, so there isn’t really a new Monty Python film per se, but it’s pretty close to being one, and it looks like the purpetually busy Benedict will be its star.

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Former Python John Cleese to Write Autobiography

By | Posted on October 11th, 2012
John Cleese at a London gallery show of his art collection in 2010. (Alan Davidson, Picturegroup/AP Images)

It’s reason enough to buy a Kindle. John Cleese, the British funnyman who was a founding member of the Monty Python comedy group, starred in the Britcom Fawlty Towers (1975-79) and in the film A Fish Called Wanda (1988), has signed to ...

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Watch: Trailer For Insane Graham Chapman/Monty Python Biopic ‘A Liar’s Autobiography’

By | Posted on September 3rd, 2012

OK, so here’s the deal. It’s a film called A Liar’s Autobiography, based on the autobiography written by Graham Chapman (liar, and member of the Monty Python team).

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Monty Python: Still ‘Completely Different’ After All These Years

By | Posted on August 22nd, 2012

Break out the bubbly because there’s an important anniversary to mark. Forty years ago today (August 22), Monty Python first reached American shores.

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WATCH: Clips From The BBC’s Astonishing ‘Monty Python’ Drama

By | Posted on October 19th, 2011

I’m writing this in a bit of a tizzy. Tonight, the BBC are airing Holy Flying Circus, an imaginative dramatisation of the battle the Monty Python team had in getting the Life Of Brian made and distributed, a battle which ...

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Five British Things from New York Comic Con

By | Posted on October 18th, 2011

Now that it’s all over but the blogging, here’s a quick look at five items with British angles from this weekend’s Comic Con in New York City.

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New Animated Graham Chapman Biopic Announced, And Yes, It’s Silly

By | Posted on June 28th, 2011

The history of the Monty Python team is currently undergoing a very thorough excavation for dramatic purposes, as there are not one but two dramatic re-enactments of their working lives in production. BBC Four have commissioned the Life ...

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The Tellyvangelist: Oct. 18-24

By | Posted on October 18th, 2010

In this week's Tellyvangelist – your weekly guide to all that's British on U.S. TV – we look forward to Susan Boyle's positively momentous appearance on Oprah, and we get ready to be Sherlock-ed with the U.

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Happy Monty Python Day!

By | Posted on October 5th, 2010

Back on October 5, 1969, the first episode of the sketch comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered, bringing something completely different to UK television, inspiring many a young comedian, and brilliantly warping the ...

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John Oliver Headlines New Film With Monty Python’s Terry Jones

By | Posted on September 15th, 2010

You’ve heard his voice all over BBC AMERICA, and you’ve watched him as a Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent: now British comedian John Oliver is set to star in Absolutely Anything, a comedy directed by Monty Python ...

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