One of my favorite movie lines of all time was said in the film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." It comes right after a Buzby Berkley-type musical extravaganza extols the virtues of Camelot to the Knights of the Round Table, who have traveled to its gates from afar in order to visit it.

In the film, King Arthur (played by Graham...

For folks already familiar with killer bunnies, catapulted cows and the sound of clapping coconuts, the arrival in Fort Worth of the Tony-winning Broadway hit Monty Python’s Spamalot on Tuesday will be like catching up with an old friend. But to the uninitiated few who thought Monty Python was the name of a sleazy used-car dealer, this...

Join comedy legend and Old Cliftonian John Cleese for a series of exclusive performances at the Redgrave Theatre

John Cleese will be appearing on stage in Clifton this summer for three special evening events in support of Bristol Zoo Gardens. The performances will take place at the Redgrave Theatre, Clifton College on 23, 24 and 25...

The National Symphony Orchestra presents its annual engagement of concerts under the stars at Wolf Trap. The series kicks off July 6 with a staging of Candide starring Jason Alexander as Pangloss.

For more than 35 years, the National Symphony Orchestra has made listening to magnificent music under a canopy of stars at Wolf Trap...

It's not exactly surprising that the man behind Erik The Viking would find himself as a historian with a very popular touch later in life. In recent years, Terry Jones has popped up on cable-and-satellite-only channels, BBC4 and BBC2 proper to describes the lives of our ancestors, what various ancient tribes might have contributed to our...

A couple of years ago comic legend John Cleese caused a right fuss when he made some rather disparaging comments about Palmerston North. Cleese described the city "the suicide capital of New Zealand", saying that "if you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick".

It was a...

A front page story on Edwards backing Obama in today's Financial Times had an interesting unattributed comment near the end. In it, a source suggested that a deal could be in the works to make Hillary Clinton give up her quest for the Holy Grail -- err Democratic nomination.

The final paragraph in the print edition (this paragraph...

“Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate,” goes the song from Monty Python’s movie The Meaning of Life. If the lyrics strike you as funny, it’s most likely because calling a sperm cell “sacred” sounds ridiculous when men can produce so many of them.

In fact, the average male...

MAYSVILLE, Ky. Black Knight: "I move for no man." King Arthur: "So be it." (Chops off knight's left arm). Black Knight: " 'Tis but a scratch."

It's Day 13 of the Clinton Campaign Death Watch, nearly two weeks since Tim Russert declared Barack Obama the Democratic winner.

When last we caught up with our heroine, Hillary...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Love it, hate it or laugh at it — at least it's inexpensive.

Sales of Spam — that much maligned meat — are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets.

What was once cheeky, silly and the subject of a musical (as Monty...

Who’d have thought that Sanjeev Bhaskar, the star of ‘The Kumars at No 42’, would end up playing King Arthur in a Monty Python musical?
AS HE makes me a cup of tea in his South Woodford kitchen, Sanjeev Bhaskar apologises for being below par. The 44-year-old British Indian actor, writer and comedian was on stage last night,...

Hamptons.com is on the HUNT! We're searching for the Holy Grail...three of them to be exact...and if you can help us find them, you could win tickets to see Monty Python's "Spamalot" on Broadway and more!!

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The British Emporium, in partnership with the City of Grapevine, presents the 2nd annual “Monty Python Madness” Charity Festival in Grapevine, Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, 2008.

“Consider this the annual meeting of our Monty Python Appreciation Society” said British Emporium co-owner...

A comic oratorio inspired by Monty Python's Life of Brian

Written by Eric Idle and John Du Prez
Conducted by John Du Prez

Message from the Queen (no, not me, the OTHER queen)

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your...

Sanjeev Bhaskar, star of television comedies including The Kumars At No. 42 and Goodness Gracious Me, is the fifth performer to be crowned King Arthur in the London production of Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Bhaskar follows former mythical monarchs Tim Curry, Simon Russell Beale, Peter Davison and Alan Dale on 23 June.

Monty...

Figuratively, Gary Beach has traveled a long way to become Broadway’s go-to guy for over-the-top comedy. From Rooster in Annie and the legendary 1980s tour of Legends! with Mary Martin and Carol Channing, to his Tony-winning performance as cross-dressing movie director Roger DeBris in The Producers, Beach has had a blast all along the...

Apparently I’m not the only one on a Monty Python kick. So are some political pundits seeking metaphors for Hillary Clinton’s never-say-die presidential campaign. On Wednesday the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank compared Clinton to the very same ex-parrot of the previous Pop Machine posting:

And last week on the Huffington Post,...

The quickest way to understand the uncertainty that holds sway as Ireland prepares for tomorrow's referendum on the EU Lisbon treaty is to think of the “what have the Romans ever done for us?” scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian. On the one hand, there are the equivalents of the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front -...