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

Michael Palin plays a television host with the problem.

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.

Those present at the time of Chapman's death in a Maidstone hospital included his brother, sister-in-law, partner David Sherlock, and his former Python fellows John Cleese and Michael Palin, who had to be led out of the room to deal with their grief.

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 ).

Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 with musical guest Beck and special guests Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus ; and again in the last episode of season 31 with musical guest Nelly Furtado.

Michael Palin as one of the " Knights Who Say Ni "

The Knights are led by a man who is approximately 12 feet tall with disproportionately short arms and reindeer antlers inserted into his helmet ( played by Michael Palin standing on a ladder ; the original screenplay suggested that he be played by " Mike standing on John's shoulders ").

In the DVD commentary for the film, Michael Palin says that their use of the word was derived from The Goon Show.

* Michael Palin – Mr Big Nose, Francis, Mrs A, Ex-leper, Ben, Pontius Pilate, Boring Prophet, Eddie, Nisus Wettus, 3rd wise man

There is no mention in the film of the fact that Eric Idle's ever-cheerful joker is called ' Mr. Cheeky ', or that the Roman guard played by Michael Palin is named ' Nisus Wettus '.

In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth was finally lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies ( who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film ).

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Michael Palin says that the various separatist movements were modelled on " modern resistance groups, all with obscure acronyms which they can never remember and their conflicting agendas ".

The " Pythonesque " film explored the events surrounding the 1979 television debate on talk show Friday Night, Saturday Morning between John Cleese and Michael Palin and Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then Bishop of Southwark.

John Cleese ( right ) attempts to return his dead Norwegian Blue parrot to Michael Palin

The sketch portrays a conflict between disgruntled customer Mr Praline ( played by Cleese ) and a shopkeeper ( Michael Palin ), who hold contradictory positions on the vital state of a " Norwegian Blue " parrot.

" According to Michael Palin's published diary, Palin changed his response in order to throw Cleese off.

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 ".

In a 2002 interview with Michael Parkinson, John Cleese said that when he and Palin were performing the sketch on Drury Lane, Palin made him laugh by saying, when asked if his slug could talk, " It mutters a bit " instead of " Not really.

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.

Though most of the other Pythons were also unimpressed, Michael Palin loved it and laughed hysterically, eventually falling to the floor.

During World War II, Ernest Scribbler, a British " manufacturer of jokes " ( Michael Palin ), creates " the funniest joke in the world " and promptly dies laughing.

In a following scene, a British officer from the Joke Brigade ( Michael Palin ) has been taken prisoner and is being interrogated and tortured by Gestapo officers.

Tsar Michael of Russia reportedly had a bulat helmet made for him in 1621.

New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly over a four year period dangled over $ 100 million in tax incentives to persuade Goldman Sachs to build a 43-story headquarters in the financial district near the destroyed World Trade Center site.

In 1987, Seagal began work on his first film, Above the Law ( titled Nico in Europe ), with director Andrew Davis and reportedly as a favor to a former aikido student, the agent Michael Ovitz, who believed he could make anyone a star.

Michael Jordan reportedly did not sign for most of his career because of safety concerns about frenzied attempts to get his signature, which is worth hundreds of dollars.

He was reportedly told by his publicist, " Because they hate the movie, Michael ," according to the book Final Cut, authored by United Artists executive Steven Bach.

His chief admiral and brother-in-law of the Empress, Michael Stryphnos, reportedly sold the fleet's equipment down to the nails to enrich himself.

* February 15 – Author Michael Crichton signs a new two-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers, reportedly earning $ 40 million for the two books.

Following the retirement of Michael Schumacher and his new deal with Ferrari, Räikkönen was estimated to be the highest paid driver in F1, with a base salary reportedly worth US $ 51M annually.

* Alias star Michael Vartan reportedly refused to sign the release after being punked by Kutcher, preventing the prank from airing.

" President Michael Miller received $ 838, 508 in pay and benefits for fiscal year 2004, which was reportedly out of line in comparison to other charity executives and placed him in the top one percent of American wage earners.

Gibb was reportedly involved in the faction-fight between supporters of William Hague and Michael Portillo, the then Shadow Chancellor, as a supporter of Portillo

His trip back to Britain on a private jet was paid for by the Sun, which reportedly paid Michael Biggs £ 20, 000 plus other expenses in return for exclusive rights to the news story.

Chris Adams, who stayed with the NWA following their buyout with the UWF, abruptly left the NWA over a money dispute ( reportedly against the wishes of Michael Hayes to stay ), and returned to World Class soon thereafter.

Tunney's successful Senate race in 1970 is reportedly the inspiration for the 1972 Robert Redford film The Candidate on which the writer Jeremy Larner and director Michael Ritchie based the film.

Richard Lee Guthrie reportedly hanged himself while in custody, a day before he was to give a television interview about an alleged cover-up related to the death of Kenneth Michael Trentadue, also found hanged while in custody.

Sedgwick married Michael Post on July 24, 1971, and under his influence she reportedly stopped abusing alcohol and other drugs for a short time.

He was elected with the support of defiant Liberal senators after moderate Conservative Senator Michael Meighen resigned his position at the direction of the Prime Minister's Office who reportedly wished to install a more ideologically conservative co-chair.

The song " A Girl in Trouble ( Is a Temporary Thing )", their highest-charting single, was reportedly written as a response to Michael Jackson's hit song " Billie Jean ", but can also be seen as a tribute to women who have experienced traumatizing events.

Baker was fired by the BBC and John Nathan Turner was ordered, reportedly by Michael Grade, to recast the lead part for the following season.

Michael Flatley left the show reportedly over creative differences with the producers before the show's second run in London.

Other famous cover subjects are, Trey Songz, Brandy, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Amerie, Jennifer Lopez, Keyshia Cole, Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, The Fugees, Eminem, T. I., R. Kelly, Michael Jackson ( whom Quincy Jones ' daughter Kidada had dressed in hip-hop clothing, reportedly for the first and only time in the entertainer's career ), Ciara, who also appeared on the cover numerous times and rap legend Tupac Shakur's famous cover story in which he reveals important details about his non-fatal 1994 NYC shooting ( two years before his death in Las Vegas, Nevada ).

Michael Gove claimed £ 7, 000 for furnishing a London property before reportedly ' flipping ' his designated second home, a property for which he claimed around £ 13, 000 to cover stamp duty.

British film censor John Trevelyan was reportedly a distant cousin of Michael Reeves and accepted the director's good intentions when Reeves explained why he felt it was necessary to include such intense violence in the movie.

He also reportedly helped to get Michael Douglas one of his first jobs as a lead on The Streets of San Francisco.