Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

In need of a good chuckle? Stacker delivers 15 sketch comedy shows that have made audiences roar with laughter over the past 50 years.

John Cleese took a big risk when he helped create “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” back in 1975, as the idea of a series of parody sketches centered around King Arthur seemed absurd compared to ...

John Cleese comes on the line to chat about his Not Dead Yet! tour, which comes to Southern California to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Monty Python and Holy Grail,” but before we can ask our ...

Not everyone can make comedy that stands the test of time as well as Monty Python did, and few people get this like Bob Odenkirk. That's because, before he ventured into more diverse genres like drama ...