A Python fan shared a clip featuring “seventh Python” Carol Cleveland questioning whether the BBC was “dumbing” down its programming, before introducing a panel of brick-wielding Gumbys.

Idle blamed the mismanagement of the Python brand on Terry Gilliam and his daughter, Holly.The latter runs HDG Projects, which manages Python and helped stage Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down ...

Idle adapted the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" into "Spamalot," which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in 2005 and ran for almost five years. But Idle wasn't born to comedy.