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Monty Python art show gets silly with killer rabbits, Spam, knights who say 'Ni!'

And now for something completely different: An art show inspired by the cult British comedy troupe Monty Python. Killer rabbits. Silly walks. Crunchy-frog-flavored candy. Dead parrots. Spam. There was ...
Artnet

The Bronzino Painting That Inspired Monty Python’s Opening Credits

In the first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969), the British cult comedy, John Cleese and Graham Chapman visit London’s National Gallery. Dressed as frumpy mothers, they satisfy their ...
Hyperallergic

Monty Python Goes to the Art Museum

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 ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

And now for something completely different: Monty Python is 40

Worth noting: Today is the 40th anniversary of the very first broadcast of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" on the BBC, and the birth of a thousand catchphrases: "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK," "This is ...
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Monty Python iconic ‘stamping foot’ pinched from National Gallery, Terry Gilliam reveals

The stamping foot seen in Monty Python's Flying Circus opening credits was taken from a National Gallery painting It is possibly the most famous foot in modern screen history as it stamps down twice ...