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Iron Maiden: Monty Python at the end of the gig! Play Video

Iron Maiden: Monty Python at the end of the gig!

Saturday 6 Aug 2011 - the end of an amazing set and everyone dances to 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life'.

New film Absolutely Anything will reunite Monty Python Play Video

New film Absolutely Anything will reunite Monty Python

Terry Jones claims John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam have signed up for Absolutely Anything. He hopes to get Eric Idle involved too.

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Every Sperm is Sacred {Monty Python's Meaning of Life} Play Video

Every Sperm is Sacred {Monty Python's Meaning of Life}

This is a musical number from the second act of Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life". Please keep in mind the Catholic who is singing the lead does not believe in contraception... and neither do his many, many...

The Galaxy Song (Monty Python) Play Video

The Galaxy Song (Monty Python)

Slideshow accompannied by "The Galaxy Song" from Monty Python's Meaning of Life.

manualist plays monty python theme on his hands! Play Video

manualist plays monty python theme on his hands!

my name is gerry (jerry) phillips and i have been playing songs on my hands for 38 years! i had a request for this one. i decided to play it acapella!

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [HD] Play Video

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [HD]

The ending of Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Remember to subscribe. More HD videos will come!

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Monty Python Biography

Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) was a British surreal comedy group who created Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical as well as launching the members to individual stardom. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles's influence on music.

The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, they changed the way performers entertained audiences. The Pythons' creative control allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

In a 2005 UK poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, three of the six Pythons members were voted by fellow comedians and comedy insiders to be among the top 50 greatest comedians ever: Cleese at #2, Idle at #21, and Palin at #30.

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Monty Python Lyrics

Monty Python - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts Lyrics

Down at an English fair, one evening I was there
When I heard a showman shouting underneath the flair

I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts

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Monty Python - Lumberjack Song Lyrics

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
I sleep all night and I work all day

He's a lumberjack and he's okay

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Monty Python - Sit On My Face Lyrics

Sit on my face and tell me that you love me
I'll sit on your face and tell you I love you too
I love to hear you oralize
When I'm between your thighs

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Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Lyrics

Some things in life are bad they can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewin' on life's gristle, don't grumble give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best

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Monty Python - Galaxy Song Lyrics

Whenever life gets you down, Mrs.Brown
And things seem hard or tough
And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft
And you feel that you've had quite enough

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Monty Python - The Meaning Of Life Lyrics

Why are we here, what's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well tonight we're going to sort it all out
For tonight it's the meaning of life

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