Although, originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a cult crossover following amongst many adults, including future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman ( as mentioned by Cleese himself in the " Paying my ex-wife " stage performance tour, October 2010 ).

Chapman and John Cleese wrote professionally for the BBC during the 1960s, primarily for David Frost, but also for Marty Feldman.

Chapman, Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor later joined Feldman in the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show.

In 1969, Chapman and Cleese joined the other Pythons including Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin for their sketch comedy show Flying Circus.

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 writing sessions Chapman " would lob in an idea or a line from out of left field into the engine room, but he could never be the engine ", Cleese said.

Cleese said that he and Chapman believed " There was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it.

Cleese complimented Chapman by saying that he was " very possibly the best actor of all of us ".

The film, which starred Chapman as the eponymous pirate, also featured appearances from Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Cleese, Idle, Spike Milligan, and Cheech & Chong.

" In his book Graham Crackers, Chapman said that this took place just before Cleese left the show, and he wondered what the woman thought about his disappearance after getting Idle's response.

Cleese delivered his eulogy to Chapman, which began as follows:

Cleese continued after a break from laughter in the audience, claiming that Chapman had whispered in his ear the night before while he was writing the speech, saying:

The voices of Cleese, Gilliam, Jones, and Palin will be spliced into commentary recorded by Chapman reading from his memoir and taped shortly before his death.

Graham Chapman, still suffering from alcoholism, was so determined to play the lead role – at one point coveted by Cleese – that he dried out in time for filming, so much so that he was also able to act as the on-set doctor on top of his acting duties.

It was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and first performed in the eighth episode of the show's first series, " Full Frontal Nudity " ( 7 December 1969 ).

" John Cleese said on the same show that he and Chapman " believed that there was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it.

At Graham Chapman's memorial service, John Cleese began his eulogy by reprising euphemisms from the sketch, stating that Graham Chapman was no more, that he had ceased to be, that bereft of life he rests in peace, that he had expired and gone to meet his maker, and so on, finally calling him an ex-Chapman.

Possibly unbeknown to Cleese and Chapman at the time they wrote the sketch, there are in fact two species of parrot that live in the alpine regions of South Island in New Zealand-an area known as " Fiordland " for the many fjords it contains.

During the drive back, Graham Chapman said that Cleese should eat something and asked him whether he fancied anything ; Cleese replied that he fancied a piece of cheese.

Upon seeing a chemist's shop, Cleese pondered whether the shop would sell cheese, to which Chapman responded that if they did it would be medicinal cheese and that Cleese would need a prescription to buy some.

Chapman then wrote the sketch with Cleese, who did not initially find it humorous.

She also likes the femininity and charm of designs by Ceil Chapman and Helen Rose.

* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

Bubbles also maintained his freelance output, producing designs for Peter Jenner ( Ian Dury and Billy Bragg's manager ), and others, creating a prodigious output by working for such bands, musicians and performers as Vivian Stanshall, Generation X, Big Star, Johnny Moped, Whirlwind, Billy Bragg, Clover, The Sinceros, Roger Chapman, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Dr. Feelgood, Inner City Unit and The Psychedelic Furs.

* Chapman code, also known as the Chapman County Code

The Chapman Effect also known as diminished return, occurs when an employee is at fault for impeding the projected return of a company.

Chapman also contributed sketches to the BBC radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and television programmes such as The Illustrated Weekly Hudd ( starring Roy Hudd ), Cilla Black, This is Petula Clark, and This Is Tom Jones.

Chapman also co-wrote several episodes with Bernard McKenna and David Sherlock.

Chapman was also to have played a guest role as a television presenter in the Red Dwarf episode " Timeslides ", but died before filming was to have started.

A Scotland Yard inspector ( Graham Chapman ) retrieves the joke, but despite the playing of sombre music on gramophone records and the chanting of laments by fellow policemen to create a depressing mood, also dies laughing.

They were also in the team of writers working for The Frost Report, whose other members included Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Monty Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.

It has also been used to describe the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and even the automobile designs of Colin Chapman.

In addition to Cunningham and Evans the album also features appearances by Stephen Morris ( drums ), Jack Mitchell ( drums ), Tom Chapman ( bass ) and Alex James ( bass ).

This group became known as " The Punch Brotherhood ", which also included Charles Dickens who joined Bradbury and Evans after leaving Chapman and Hall in 1843.

) Chapman was also rewarded with 110, 000 Reichsmark and his own yacht.

After the war Chapman remained friends with Baron Stefan von Grunen, his Abwehr handler ( also known as von Gröning, wartime alias Doctor Graumann ), who by then had fallen on hard times.

Andrew Chapman and Martin Allen also wrote a two book, two-player adventure titled the Clash of the Princes ( 1986 ).

" Predator drone footage also shows the possibility that Chapman was alive and fighting on the peak after the SEALs left rather than being killed outright as thought by Mako 30.

Feldman was co-author, along with Cleese, Chapman and Brooke-Taylor of the " Four Yorkshiremen " sketch, which was also written for At Last the 1948 Show.

On top of manuscript stylometric evidence, Chapman notes that in a passage in Ranulf Higdon's Polychronicon, Turnus is also named as King of Tuscany.

Manager Herbert Chapman and Arsenal's all-time top goal scorer Thierry Henry were also immortalised with statues outside the ground.