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Find out what each member of the team did after "Monty Python", explore Terry Gilliam’s ground-breaking animations, and relive "The Life Of Brian"
The Animations
One of the most revolutionary aspects of Monty Python from its earliest days in the 1960s was its use of animation. The only other show before it to have used cartoons was "That Was The Week That Was" (1962-3), but it was the surrealist nature of the humour the Pythons dealt in that lent itself perfectly to the possibilities of animation.
What Monty Did Next
Once there were six funny men who collectively became Monty Python. They made four television series, and a few films. Then they stopped. So what happened next..?
"Life Of Brian": Causing Offence?
"Monty Python's Life Of Brian" is not, whatever they may say, the story of Jesus. But yes, there are certainly similarities…
Interview: Python star Carol Cleveland
In 1969, the actress Carol Cleveland was cast as Deirdre Putey, described in the Monty Python script as "a blonde buxom wench in the full bloom of womanhood". With her comedic skills, Carol was much more than a glamour stooge and quickly became the team's first choice to play attractive female roles. She told ICONS about her memories of life as the seventh Python…
Ten Things…
You might be able to recite the Dead Parrot sketch from memory, but how many of these Python-related facts do you know?
