By the time The Meaning of Life was finally finished, the various members of the group had all successfully begun to flex their non-Python identities; Gilliam, Idle and Jones had ambitions in film ...

Terry Jones as Mr Creosote in 1983's Monty Python's Meaning of Life. (Alamy) Of course, the purpose of the scene is not to make people run in terror, but fall from their seats laughing.

The surviving members of Monty Python reminisce on the eve of their final performance in Monty Python: The Meaning of Live. Directors Roger Graef and James Rogan deliver exactly what one expects ...

Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live offers far more insight than the usual backstage documentary. The doc uses the troupe’s July 2014 performances at the O2 arena in London – the first time John ...

Billed as Monty Python Live (Almost) — One Down, 5 To Go, a nod to the late Graham Chapman, the show went on to generally favourable reviews.

Lucky for you, the whole Monty Python gang is here to answer the most profound of questions about life and its meaning – in the silliest way possible.

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live screens at Hot Docs Saturday, May 2, at 9 p.m. (Fox Theatre) and Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m. (Bloor Hot Docs Cinema). Twitter: @jimslotek [email protected] ...

Monty Python are set to make $3.3 million each from their recent reunion.The legendary comedy troupe – consisting of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones – will ...