Eric Idle, a founding member of the comedy group “Monty Python’s Flying Circus, has long had a mission to make us laugh.

Monty Python fans love the British comedy troupe for its Ministry of Silly Walks and cheeky take on the Knights of the Round Table. But for Linda E. Mitchell, Monty Python’s absurd brand of humor is ...

The 1960s satire boom opened up the way for a fresh, inventive generation of young comedy writer-performers to flourish on TV and to take comedy in a new and exciting direction. Among them were five ...

Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC One 55 years ago today (October 5). The iconic sketch comedy, written and starring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Pythons battle protesters in "Holy Flying Circus," a 2011 British TV docudrama about the controversy over "Life of Brian." Lookalike actors play Monty Python's Flying Circus, whose 1979 satire follows ...

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 ...