Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

In 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail transformed the titular British sketch troupe from TV comedy icons to genuine movie stars. The film hit the ground running with its instantly quotable ...

And “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” has turned ... Here in America, those who caught “Holy Grail” in its 1975 release could barely process the experience. I was 14.

As Monty Python and the Holy Grail celebrates its 50th anniversary ... which is based on the 1975 movie. The musical debuted on Broadway in 2005, came to the West End in 2006, and has continued ...

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the classic comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail will make its debut on 4K ...

While not exact, one way to gauge a comedy movie’s popularity is by its number of familiar and oft-repeated lines of dialogue, and by those metrics alone, Monty Python and the Holy Grail would ...

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was such a success — more than ... Little could the Python troupe have guessed, in 1975, that this thrown-together spoof of King Arthur would become, in 2005 ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman ...