UNHOLY HAND GRENADES
John Cleese
‘THE INSANITY OF IT’
BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
The “Monty Python” co-founders seem to be in disagreement over a planned stage adaptation of their 1979 film.
THE LAST LAUGH
On this week’s episode of “The Last Laugh podcast,” Monty Python co-founder John Cleese talks “woke” comedy, laughing at Trump, and what he hopes his legacy will be.
HOPELESS
“There is no hope for us that we could ever live in an intelligent, kind, well-run society,” the comedy legend says in this preview from “The Last Laugh podcast.”
IN MEMORIAM
“He was the complete Renaissance comedian,” said fellow founder Michael Palin. “...and the warmest, most wonderful company you could wish to have.”
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
John Cleese and Eric Idle recall the comedy troupe’s origins, and predict Trump —an “extraordinary caricature of an asshole”—won’t be the end of civilization as we know it.
Whodunnit?
‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a chaotic satire of both country house murder mysteries, and small-scale theater companies and thespians. It is tremendously silly, and brilliant.
Happy 40th!
At a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail,' the surviving cast—moderated by HBO's star Brit—gathered to dish war stories, professional and personal.