Near an enchanted forest on a tiny island in the middle of Uganda’s Lake Victoria, live the last remaining guardians of a spirit that takes the form of a python. Legend has it that hundreds of years ...

The spirit of Shadowbox Live isn’t that far from the spirit of Monty Python, the zany British comedy troupe. Comical case in point: Shadowbox Live’s popular fall production of Spamalot, which will end ...

If anticipation is 70% of good sex, a proportion I just made up, it is about 90% of the pleasure of “Monty Python’s Spamalot. It’s an evening of rapturous insanity – featuring killer rabbits, hurled ...

Striding out on stage Friday night at the Center for the Arts, British comedian John Cleese noted he was not a frequent visitor to Buffalo. “So you are probably asking yourselves: What is he doing ...

The spiritual Beatle loved many things, including music, rock ‘n’ roll, fast cars, and gardening. However, most of those interests were an “expression of his yearning for the transcendent,” Martin ...

John Cleese claims he received a message from beyond the grave from a co-star who died 35 years ago. The Fawlty Towers star, 84, explained that he went to visit a psychic to help “explore his ...

Sir Michael Palin reflects on the life of Terry Jones, his Monty Python castmate who has died at the age of 77 after battling with dementia.

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