Although cast members in Wheaton Drama’s production of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” must sing, dance and act, they also must have a sense of humor, according to the show’s director, Peter Lemongelli.

And now for something completely fantastic: The trick of making Monty Python videos available for free online has boosted DVD sales of the comedy sketch show. If you compare DVD sales figures on ...

The members of Monty Python. From left, Terry Gilliam, the ashes of Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and John Cleese. Photographed by Art Streiber for the March 2004 issue of ...

It's often thought that comedies don't age very well. They frequently depend on mining the social mores of their day for laughs, and as those mores change over time, so does an audience's ...

CNN asked about religion and humor and put together this fun video, which includes some great images–and clips (from “The Colbert Report” and two Monty Python films.) Also, an article that talks about ...

Humor is one of those things that’s hard to explain – you either find something funny or you don’t. In his autobiography, John Cleese of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” fame addresses why humor is an ...

Given that so much of Monty Python’s humor was predicated on testing and twisting codes of civility and decorum, it’s surprising their Flying Circus didn’t alight more frequently in that most stuffily ...