A 2005 poll of more than 300 comics, comedy writers, producers and directors chose John Cleese as the No.2 greatest comedians ever. Cleese wrote and appeared in the movie “A Fish Called Wanda,” which ...

The men of Monty Python have a special relationship with Texas. That’s why John Cleese is looking forward to his swing through the state for screenings of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” At each ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

A few years ago, Eric Idle told Rolling Stone he was working on his “posthumous memoirs.” He’s since had a change of heart. “The only trouble with posthumous memoirs is you don’t get paid ’til later,” ...

Sir Michael Palin has plans in place for his inevitable death. The 82-year-old star of the British comedy troupe Monty Python revealed that he’s organized his will and instructed his loved ones on ...

From the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and the whole Monty Python gang, to the Monty Python films, and onto the Broadway stage with ...