Monty Python Speaks, Revised and Updated Edition

An insightful, in-depth portrait of the brilliant and hysterically funny group that transformed modern comedy. Debuting on the BBC in 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus introduced something completely different: a new brand of surrealistic, stream-of-consciousness comedy that pushed the traditional boundaries of format, style, and content. Blending brilliant satire with slapstick silliness, the Pythons--Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin--spoke to a generation eager to break free of the conventional. Making their way across the Atlantic and the world, the Pythons and their zany approach to comedy had a monumental influence on modern popular culture, opening the door for farcical entertainment from Saturday Night Live to The Simpsons to Austin Powers . In Monty Python Speaks! , David Morgan has collected interviews with Monty Python's founding members, actors, producers, and other collaborators to produce a no-holds-barred look at the Pythons' legendary sketches and films, including Monty Python's Life of Brian , Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot), and Monty Python's the Meaning of Life . Featuring four new chapters that focus on the group's oeuvre since the first edition's publication twenty years ago, as well as a new foreword and updated resources, Monty Python Speaks! offers a fascinating peek behind the scenes of the Pythons' brilliance--including the friendships and feuds--that catapulted a comedy revolution.