Tag Archives: Monty Python

The Hill reports: English actor and comedian Eric Idle on Friday threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a Monty Python song in a political attack ad released Tuesday. Idle, a member of legendary British comedy group, tweeted that the congressional committee had “stolen” Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song” in an ad criticizing Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne …

The Guardian reports: Terry Jones, founder member of Monty Python and director of three of Python’s celebrated feature films, has died aged 77, his agent said. In 2016, Jones and his family revealed he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia a year earlier, and he became a public face of the illness – appearing at a Bafta Cymru awards ceremony …

It’s only resting. Details.

The details so far: The five surviving members of Monty Python are reuniting for a stage show. The five — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin — will announce their specific plans Thursday at a press conference in London, where the hit comedy TV series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” debuted in 1969. Idle, the man …