While not exact, one way to gauge a comedy movie’s popularity is by its number of familiar and oft-repeated lines of dialogue, and by those metrics alone, Monty Python and the Holy Grail would ...

The Monty Python star on satisfying TV comedy commissioners, immigration and feeling vindicated by Fawlty Towers’ West End ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Eric Idle has weighed in on the topic of cancel culture, and seems to be much less fussed about it than his Monty Python co-star John Cleese. The 82-year-old comedian and songwriter talked on BBC ...

Eric Idle has opened up about a strange turn of events, in which he was diagnosed with the same illness he used in a show to "get rid" of a character quickly. In a new interview, the Monty Python star ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

Monty Python star, Eric Idle, has shared the truth behind his unlikely response to his cancer diagnosis. The 82-year-old was told he had pancreatic cancer in 2019, with the comedian explaining he had ...

"When I was born, Hitler was trying to kill me, but luckily he missed." Eric Idle may now be 82, but he's lost none of the quick wit and sharp delivery that established him as one of the greatest ...

Never mind that the First Amendment arguably protects the lecturer’s right to raise controversial ideas. Never mind that ...

It’s cliché to say “Laughter is the best medicine.” But with so much uncertainty in our lives today, an evening of laughs could be a quick and temporary remedy for any number of symptoms of ...