Monty Python is a British former comedy troupe, consisting of Graham Chapman † (January 8, 1941 - October 4, 1989 [aged 48]), John Cleese (born: October 27, 1939), Terry Gilliam (born: November 22, 1940), Eric Idle (born: March 29, 1943), Terry Jones † (February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020 [aged 77]), and Michael Palin (born: May 5, 1943).
History[]
Jones and Palin met at Oxford University, where they were both members of the Oxford Revue, while and Chapman and Cleese met at Cambridge University and were members of the Cambridge Footlights society. Idle also went to Cambridge, also joining (and later presiding over) the Footlights society, though he enrolled at Cambridge a year after Chapman and Cleese. Cleese met Gilliam in New York City while on tour with the Cambridge University revue Cambridge Circus.
Before Monty Python, the various members of the group had been working together on various projects on television or radio, for example I'm Sorry I'll read That Again (1964-73, BBC Home Service) had Cleese as a cast member and writer while Idle and Chapman were writers (with future Goodies Graham Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie also cast members and writers for the show), while Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967-9, ITV) featured Palin, Jones and Idle as cast members and writers while also Gilliam's animations and has been cited by Cleese as the catalyst for the group coming together as Cleese and Chapman admired the writing of the show, though it was The Frost Report (1966-7, BBC1) which is credited as being where Python began to form where featured Cleese featured as a writer and cast member while Idle, Chapman, Palin and Jones all worked as writers.
On October 5, 1969 the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC1, which gave them fame.
Quotes[]
- Always look on the bright side of life.[1]
- Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of Elderberries.[2]
- 'Tis but a scratch.[3]
Trivia[]
- Gilliam was born American but got English citizenship.
- They are all nonreligious.[4]
- They have made four movies, titled And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and The Meaning of Life, released in 1971, 1975, 1979, and 1983 respectively.
- Their animation is done by Gilliam.[5]
- The opening credits of Monty Python and the Holy Grail were meant to spoof Ingmar Bergman's films.[6]
- Their humor was inspired by Spike Milligan.[7]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSo0duY7-9s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRwCPUEND1U
- ↑ https://thehumanist.com/arts_entertainment/film/life-of-jones-remembering-a-python-and-his-humanism
- ↑ https://www.pixartprinting.co.uk/blog/terry-gilliams-unusual-animated-collages
- ↑ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65207/15-facts-about-monty-python-and-holy-grail
- ↑ https://groovyhistory.com/monty-python-flying-circus-stories-facts/5
