Monty Python

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A superstar in Britain, comedian Steve Coogan hopes to ramp up his mojo with the high-school-drama farce "Hamlet 2."
  • "It's just a flesh wound"

    Some of Barack Obama's supporters use an old Monty Python favorite to make a statement about Hillary Clinton.
  • Monty Python stock market report

    In the wake of Tuesday's meltdown.
  • Letter to a pregnant friend

    What advice do I have for new parents? Assemble a pit crew, don't expect to take showers, and beware of noxious orange poop.
  • A Python in the desert

    Monty Python co-founder Michael Palin on eating camel meat, being recognized by Inuit in the Bering Strait, and becoming a sex symbol at 60 in his new travel series, "Sahara."
  • Eric Idle: "The Rutland Isles"

    The ex-Monty Python star visits tropical islands that have been spared from English documentary makers in brown shorts.
  • The sound of one horse clopping

    As this interview reveals, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would've fallen flat without its stomping, snorting supporting cast.
  • The Python returns

    Terry Jones and John Cleese discuss the rerelease of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," ladies' underwear and that bastard Michael Palin.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 7-9, 2000
  • Madonna saves Gwyneth from evil drug doom!

    Ms. Ray of Light preaches to the lithe one; the rigors of stardom: Annette Bening threatens to do herself in if she has to act again; lessons on lesbian kissing from Sarah Michelle Gellar. Plus: Scary Spice resorts to the Ph-word!
  • Letters to the Editor

    So long, Monty Python, and thanks for the penguin. Plus: Mr. Blue is too quick to dismiss recovered addict; breadwinner moms have to work even harder.
  • And now for something completely familiar

    "Monty Python's Flying Circus": Still the best TV sketch show there's ever been.
  • Movie Interview: Terry Gilliam

    The "Fear and Loathing" director stomps on Hollywood and American literalism.
  • Passages: Full Circle

    In an excerpt from his book, 'Full Circle,' Michael Palin describes his journeys through Vietnam.
  • Michael Palin

    Former Monty Python star Michael Palin discusses his new PBS series, "Full Circle."
  • The Awful Truth

    Eddie Izzard at P.S. 122.

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