Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975. Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry ...

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 ...

The Python style of comedy is much bigger than punchlines. It’s all at once bizarre, class-clowny, ridiculous and bold — qualities that come naturally to an actor who once played a talking sponge.

‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ turns 50 but still hasn’t grown up The movie changed comedy forever. More importantly, it made us ask: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

And I mean that in the most fruitfully happy way. The Kennedy Center’s scrumptious revival of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” supplies just the kind of relief you crave from the continual ...