References to Beachcomber are strongly pervasive in Private Eye, and there is a possible, but more tenuous, line of descent from it, via the Goon Show, to Monty Python.

The genre dates from the silent era, and the most famous examples of this type of film would be those produced by Monty Python.

The greatest successes, however, came with the films of the Monty Python team, including And Now for Something Completely Different ( 1971 ), Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ) and Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979.

In some films, knitted string spray-painted with a metallic paint is used instead of actual mail in order to cut down on cost ( an example being Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which was filmed on a very small budget ).

The subgenre has also been represented in television and film, such as in the television series I Dream of Jeannie, Kröd Mändoon, and the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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Bowie had a cameo in Yellowbeard, a 1983 pirate comedy created by Monty Python members, and a small part as Colin, the hitman in the 1985 film Into the Night.

Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin later became members of the hugely successful Monty Python comedy troupe.

At least one DNAYS sketch was re-used in Monty Python.

In common, with another important Monty Python predecessor, At Last the 1948 Show, many episodes were wiped as was common practice at the time due to the lack of any apparent market for them prior to the invention of home video.

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Graham Arthur Chapman ( 8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989 ) was an English comedian, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python.

In David Morgan's book Monty Python Speaks, Cleese asserted that Chapman, although officially his co-writer for many of their sketches, contributed comparatively little in the way of direct writing.

In Monty Python Live at Aspen, Cleese said that the original idea came from a man Palin bought a car from, who had endless excuses for everything that went wrong with it.

After reuniting with the other Pythons in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Chapman began a lengthy series of American college tours where he would tell the audience anecdotes about Monty Python, the Dangerous Sports Club, Keith Moon, and other subjects.

Chapman kept his sexuality a secret until the 1970s, although he did allude to it in some Monty Python sketches.

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is a fictional weapon from the comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

It also made a brief appearance in the 1977 film Jabberwocky where it was being held by King Bruno the Questionable ( the latter film was directed by Terry Gilliam, starred Michael Palin, and featured a cameo by Terry Jones, all members of Monty Python ).

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Holy Hand Grenade is described as a " sacred relic " carried by Cistercian monk Brother Maynard ( Eric Idle ) and is used near the film's conclusion to destroy a killer rabbit that blocks the path of King Arthur and his hapless Knights Errant.

* The Argument Sketch, a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus

Terry Jones ( behind counter ), Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and the Vikings in the Monty Python sketch " Spam "

" Spam " is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970.

The " Dead Parrot Sketch ", alternatively and originally known as the " Pet Shop Sketch " or " Parrot Sketch ", is a popular sketch or one act from Monty Python's Flying Circus, and one of the most famous in the history of British television comedy.

That sketch was based on an actual incident between Palin and a car salesman .< ref > In Monty Python Live at Aspen, Palin said that this salesman " had an excuse for everything.

The Monty Python Live at Drury Lane album features a live version of the sketch, which is slightly different from the TV version.

In his published Diary, Michael Palin recalls that during the filming of Monty Python's Life of Brian in Tunisia, Spike Milligan ( who happened to be there on holiday ) regaled the Pythons with his own version of the Dead Parrot sketch, but changed " Norwegian Blue " to " Arctic Grey ".

Michael Palin ( left ) and John Cleese ( right ) of Monty Python performing the Cheese Shop sketch. The Cheese Shop is a well-known sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

According to the sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, it was rendered by a number of Australian university lecturers.

) Although the fictitious faculty first appeared in the Bruces sketch in the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, the song itself was not included, making its debut on the album Matching Tie and Handkerchief as a coda for the sketch.

" The Funniest Joke in the World " is the title most frequently used for written references to a Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy sketch, which is also known by two other phrases that appear within it, " Joke Warfare " and " Killer Joke ", the latter being the most commonly spoken title used to refer to it.

The sketch appeared in the first episode of the television show Monty Python's Flying Circus (" Whither Canada "), first shown on October 5, 1969.

The sketch was later remade in a shorter version for the film And Now For Something Completely Different ; it is also available on the CD-ROM game of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

She replied: " It's like the Monty Python sketch, ' Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition!

* " Spam " ( Monty Python ), a comedy sketch about the meat

* Spam ( electronic ), unsolicited or undesired electronic messages, named for the Monty Python sketch

Through a Monty Python sketch, in which Spam is portrayed as ubiquitous and inescapable, its name has come to be given to electronic spam, including spam email.

It is named for Spam, a luncheon meat, by way of a Monty Python sketch in which Spam is included in almost every dish.

After success with the ground-breaking British radio programme, The Goon Show, Milligan translated this success to television with Q5, a surreal sketch show which is credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Examples include Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ), Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), Kind Hearts and Coronets ( 1949 ), The Ladykillers ( 1955 ), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ( 1964 ), The Loved One ( 1965 ), MASH ( 1970 ), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ( 1983 ), Brazil ( 1985 ), The War of the Roses ( 1989 ), Heathers ( 1989 ), Your Friends & Neighbors ( 1998 ), Keeping Mum ( 2005 ), and Burn After Reading ( 2008 ).

Its influence on the Monty Python team can be gauged by the fact that Goosecreature was used more than once by the Pythons for character names ( Mrs. Yeti-Goosecreature, Dr. Louis Yeti-Goosecreature ).

* Monty Woolley as Dr. Jaffe

He came to the notice of the makers of the first James Bond film Dr. No who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman.

These achievements caught the attention of the producers of a new film called Dr. No who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman.

After the success of Dr. No, Barry scored eleven of the next 14 James Bond films ( Monty Norman is the composer of the " James Bond Theme ").

Sole compositional credit for the " James Bond Theme " is attributed to Monty Norman, who was contracted as composer for Dr. No. Some 30 years later, in 2001, the disputed authorship of the theme was examined legally in the High Court in London after Norman sued The Sunday Times for publishing an article in 1997 in which Barry was named as the true composer ; Barry testified for the defence.

David Dickinson, John Prescott, Robin Cook, Gandalf, David Cameron, Magneto and Ian McKellen, Professor Robert Winston, Dr Rowan Williams, David Blunkett, Tom Paulin, Saddam Hussein, Peter Mandelson, Graham Norton, Martin Jarvis, Trevor McDonald ( on radio ), Bob Geldof, Ken Livingstone, Brian Blessed, Luciano Pavarotti, Monty Don, Richard Briers, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Toby Ziegler, Donald Rumsfeld, Adam Hart-Davis, Hannibal Lecter ( on radio ), Lord Voldemort ( on radio ), Hercule Poirot, Second Doctor & Patrick Troughton, Bernard Matthews, Rocky Balboa, Al Gore, George Lamb

* Dr Monty Souter, historian.

Past LBC presenters include: Adrian Allen ; Carol Allen ; Dominic Allen ; Mike Allen ; Toby Anstis ; Dickie Arbiter ; Tre Azam ; Phillip Bacon ; Bill Bailey ; David Bassett ; * Jeni Barnett ; Simon Bates ; Jeremy Beadle ; Alison Bell ; Bill Bingham ; Therese Birch ; Frank Bough ; Tommy Boyd ; Gyles Brandreth ; Bill Buckley ; Paul Callan ; Douglas Cameron ; Mike Carlton ; Mike Carson ; Clare Catford ; Marcus Churchill ; Nick Conrad ; Andy Crane ; Jamie Crick ; Jono Coleman ; Steve Crozier ; Tim Crook ; Gino D ' Acampo ; Dan Damon ; Peter Deeley ; Anne Diamond ; Mike Dickin ; Richard Dallyn ; Jenny Eclair ; Richard Fairbrass ; Caroline Feraday ; John_Forrest_ ( Producer-Director ); Mariella Frostrup ; George Gale ; Krishnan Guru-Murthy ; Boy George ; Charlie Gibson ; Charles Golding ; Angie Greaves ; Eric Hall ; Bob Harris ; Brian Hayes ; Chris Hawkins ; Phillip Hodson ; Bob Holness ; Eamonn Holmes ; Jon Holmes ; Fred Housego ; Rufus Hound ; Howard Hughes ; Sue Jameson ; Bob Johnson ; Bryn Jones ; Steve Jones ; Barry Jordan ; Charlie Jordan ; Lesley Judd ; Henry Kelly ; Allan King ; Gary King ; Jenny Lacey ; Iain Lee ; Richard Littlejohn ; Wendy Lloyd ; Sir Nicholas Lloyd ; Adrian Love ; Dave Luddy ; Kelvin MacKenzie ; Richard Mackney ; Mike Mendoza ; Daisy McAndrew ; Rod Lucas ; Carol McGiffin ; Monty Modlin ; Nathan Morley ; Douglas Moffatt ; Bel Mooney ; Jane Moore ; Elliot Moss ; Pete Murray ; Paddy O ' Connell ; Rod Lucas ; Tom Parker-Bowles ; Michael Parkinson ; Frank Partridge ; John Perkins ; David Prever ; Martin Popplewell ; Gill Pyrah ; Anna Raeburn ; Angela Rippon ; Rowland Rivron ; Richard Robbins ; Paul Ross ; Kenny Sansom ; Adrian Scott ; Valerie Singleton ; Penny Smith ; Jon Snow ; Julia Somerville ; Laurence Spicer ; Dr Pam Spurr ; Janet Street-Porter ; Peter Stringfellow ; Carol Thatcher ; Sandi Toksvig ; Petroc Trelawny ; Michael Van Straten ; Robbie Vincent ; Becky Walsh ; Sandy Warr ; Brian Widlake ; James Williams, Matthew Wright, and Martin Young ;.

That version, titled Journey Into Your Imagination, was a completely new experience in which Dr. Nigel Channing ( Eric Idle of Monty Python fame ) led a tour of the fictional Imagination Institute.

Dr. Montgomery, or " Uncle Monty " as he prefers to be called, is a short, chubby man with a round red face.

* Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, the herpetologist ( a person who studies reptiles ), may be a reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Launched in 1963, the first stories were mainly set at General Hospital in an unnamed midsized Eastern city ( the name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until the late 1970s under Gloria Monty ), revolving around Dr. Steve Hardy ( John Beradino ) and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer ( Emily McLaughlin ).

* Cliffhangers: Dr Montana " Monty " Jones, his father Dr North Dakota Jones, and grandfather Minnesota Jones, together with the ever-useful Sallah, find lost treasures and battle Nazis, primarily Colonel Haken and his loyal assistant Erwin, who are led by Hitler's brain in a jar.

For his leadership in developing NERICA, Dr. Monty Jones was named a co-recipient of the 2004 World Food Prize.

* Monty Woolley as Dr. Lane-Porteus

Cover of the Dr. No ( soundtrack ) | soundtrack of the film Dr. No ( film ) | Dr. No, which premiered the " James Bond Theme " written by Monty Norman and performed by John Barry ( composer ) | John Barry & Orchestra.

Though the " James Bond Theme " is identified with John Barry's jazz arrangement, parts of it are heard throughout Monty Norman's score for Dr. No in non-jazzy guises.

When the Quagmire mansion was burning down, Mrs. Quagmire saved Quigley's life by showing him the secret tunnel to Dr. Monty Montgomery's house, but died trying to save Duncan and Isadora.

The legacy of Old Comedy can be seen today in political satires such as Dr. Strangelove and in the televised buffoonery of Monty Python and Saturday Night Live.