Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a touchstone moment in the history of television comedy. From 1969 to 1974, Circus was broadcast by the BBC, and featured sketches, written and performed by the troupe ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

Terry Jones, who passed away on Jan. 21, almost exclusively played the straight man in Monty Python sketches. He was the detail-obsessed organizer, a stickler for timing and order. But he could also ...

“A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of diving people.” – John Cleese A comedy troupe whose influence has branded itself into the very identity of British ...

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 ...