20 days left in my London life. The countdown is finally in full swing, and while work is at its peak, this is the finale of my London life, so I must go where I need to go. For me, my passionate ...
Cue trumpeters! Cue fireworks! Cue dry ice! Cue dancing Beefeaters! A spectacular opening ceremony sees Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC, don his traditional garb to welcome everyone to this ...
In the early ’70s, I’d worked with the Pythons on a few spoof commercials. From that association,. Terry Jones came to me with a script for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he would be directing ...
What makes a TV show cool? Well, the parameters for this coolest TV shows of all time list were fairly simple: Did the show excite us? Did it get the world talking? Did it kickstart a spate of similar ...
“What’s in a name?” William Shakespeare once wrote. To which comedy legend Mel Brooks might sagely reply, “It’s one of the best jokes in ‘History of the World, Part 1.'” There is no Part 2, and no ...
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One morning Brian Cohen, completely naked, flung open the shutters at his bedroom window to find a mob below hailing him as the Messiah. Mrs Cohen, played by Terry Jones, who has died aged 77, had ...
It’s nearly 50 years since Monty Python unleashed their Flying Circus on to an unsuspecting public on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes and 4 series later, the Python phenomenon was well and truly ...
The comedy troupe explains why they're eager to reunite after 30 years In desperation, the five Pythons met with longtime Queen manager Jim Beach — an old friend of Cleese and Idle from their days at ...