It’s been 50 years of lumberjacks, dead parrots, and Spam. Watching Flying Circus 50 years later is an odd experience: As an audience member, you can see the bones that would go on to inspire modern ...

Spam was at the center of a classic Monty Python sketch, and their association with the forcemeat had an even longer shelf life than the product itself. You know, rarely has there been a closer ...

Comedian Jay Pharoah, War featuring San Diego native Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan, the Borrego Springs Film Festival and more ...

It took the bedraggled castaway 52 seconds to wade out of the sea, collapse on the sand, crawl towards the camera and say: “It’s…” before the opening credits rolled. So began the iconoclastic ...

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.

Monty Python fans love the British comedy troupe for its Ministry of Silly Walks and cheeky take on the Knights of the Round Table. But for Linda E. Mitchell, Monty Python’s absurd brand of humor is ...

Gray Harrison is a journalist, critic, and creative writer based in Seattle. She has a Master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU. While pursuing an arts journalism career, Gray ...

Still, such groundbreaking artistic endeavors inevitably reach the end of their lifespans. For one, they inspire others to tread further into the newfound territory, often making the original work ...