This article is part of Yahoo's 'On This Day' series. The final episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired on BBC 1 this day 18 January, 1973, marking the end of an era for the most influential ...

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John Cleese has provided an update on his ongoing "fued" with Monty Python co-star Eric Idle. The duo, along with Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Sir Michael Palin, shot to stardom in ...

Monty Python's Personal Best is a miniseries of six one-hour specials, each showcasing the contributions of a particular Monty Python member. The show begins with a plaintext "memorial" to the "late" ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

John Cleese has come to the defence of the daughter of one of his Monty Python co-stars as he joked that the comedy troupe “always loathed and despised each other”. Over the weekend, his former Python ...

John Cleese said he gets recognized now more for his role in ‘Shrek’ than his work with Monty Python. The 78-year-old star is one sixth of the comedy troupe - also made up of Michael Palin, Terry ...

Monty Python fans will soon be making their way to London's O2 arena for tonight's highly-anticipated reunion of the Pythons, live on stage. The reason is simple... John Cleese's legs are no longer up ...

John Cleese says he caught up with an old friend, 35 years after his death. The Fawlty Towers star, 84, received a message from beyond the grave from comedian Graham Chapman, who died from cancer in ...

John Cleese has hit back at his former Monty Python co-star Eric Idle after he criticised the group’s management over its financial difficulties, saying: “We always loathed and despised each other.” ...