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Palin: 'The Pythons are not Republican' enlarge *One person who won't be cracking open the bubbly at the thought of the Republican Chris Christie taking office as Governor of New Jersey is Michael Palin, the English documentary maker and former Python .

Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's knife-edge gubernatorial election, has been called out as a copyright thief.

Republican Chris Christie gathers himself before facing off with Democratic Gov.

IMAGES John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, and Terry Jones in a [Credits : Alan Howard - Hulton Archive/Getty Images] Main British actor in full John Marwood Cleese born October 27, 1939, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [now in Avon], England British comic actor best known for his television work on Monty Python's Flying Circus and ...

Monty Python's Not the Messiah - first night, review Not the Messiah at Royal Albert Hall, London.

This week at the Pop Culture Club the plan was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus .

PEOPLE like me, who like a good laugh, can't have failed to notice all the recent media kerfuffle surrounding the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

And now for something completely different. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the insanely influential and insanely British sketch comedy group Monty Python, IFC put together Monty Python: Almost the Truth , a six-part documentary series chronicling the Pythons' origins, rise to prominence, eventual dissolution and legacy.

Main British television series British television sketch comedy series that aired from 1969 to 1974 on the British Broadcasting Corporation network and became popular with American viewers largely through rebroadcasts on public television .

No matter which "Pythoner" you decide to emulate this Halloween, don't forget the accent! John Clease : Perhaps the most well known of the Pythoners because of his rather successful post-Python career, John Clease may be your best bet for an easily recognizable costume, eh, so to speak.

Caption: Audience at the third Anniversary of their smash Broadway musical ' Monty Python 's Spamalot' at the Shubert Theatre.

A quibbler could wish for more clips and fewer talking heads influenced by the comic insanity.

Andrew Ryan Published on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 4:20PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

Caption: John Cleese and his family Monty Python 40th anniversary event at the Ziegfeld Theatre New York City, USA .... CLEESE: 'CHAPMAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED' Funnyman JOHN CLEESE has opened up about tragic MONTY PYTHON pal GRAHAM CHAPMAN in a new documentary, suggesting the late comedian "should have been sent back to the factory and fixed".

ACTOR, presenter, scriptwriter and comedian Michael Palin will be signing copies of his new book at Broadhurst's bookshop in December.

Even Benny Hill's now sadly dated music-hall burlesque, the leering semi-scatology of the Carry On movies and the quaintly class-ist Are You Being Served? were considered quite outrageous, even hip at the time.

In 1975, John Cleese was asked to do a follow up to MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.

"I'm not dead yet": The Buzz would like to take this opportunity to correct an error in last Monday's "Watchwords" promo on Page A1.

18-23, IFC Grade: A At six hours total, the IFC original miniseries Monty Python: Almost the Truth threatens to dish out more than even the most devoted fan of the British comedy troupe can take.

The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired 40 years ago this month on the BBC.