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Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government, but it sure makes for one helluva musical.

Bring me a shrubbery. Run away. I'm not dead yet . I fart in your general direction.

Monty Python's Spamalot: Musical comedy. By Eric Idle, adapted from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Music by Idle and John Du Prez.

Laugh a lot: John Oa Hurley plays King Arthur in a oeMonty Pythona s Spamalota and loves the silly aspects of the show.

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam Monty Python taunts the Denver Center for a second time by Gary Zeidner Most likely, the title of this review either means nothing to you or immediately conjures a happy memory of the first time you heard the "Spam Song" from Monty Python's Flying Circus television show.

Spam, spam, spam, spam. Spam, spam, spam, spam... There will be a lot of this type of chanting going on in Denver this weekend.

The record breaking National Tour of Monty Python's SPAMALOT, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will close in Costa Mesa CA on October 18th.

Confession: When presented with the opportunity to interview Eric Idle for this page, I drew a blank on his name.

So, I was watching BBC's Crusades hosted by Terry Jones, and it got me wondering... John Cleese Then Now According to recent reports, Cleese is currently working on a musical version of A Fish Called Wanda with his daughter Camilla.

Monty Python may very well go down as the greatest sketch comedy troupe of all time, but their contribution to musical comedy is often overlooked.

Calling all fans of Spam, dead parrots, upper-class twits and lumberjacks! Each program in this series focuses on one member of the original Monty Python troupe - the late Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones - and showcases favorite clips from the group's television series and movies, mixed with new ...

"World Forum" was an interesting deviation from the usual sketches on 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' in that most of the actors were not members of the regular cast.

George Harrison was posthumously honoured on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Tuesday, and a career retrospective of his work will be released in June.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 29-April 4 March 29: Host John McLaughlin is 82.

The Monty Python team is re-uniting in a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of the first broadcast of the show.

Their offbeat humor poked fun at everything from British royalty to killer rabbits.

An East London street was evacuated over the weekend when engineers discovered what they thought was an explosive device under a fire hydrant.

BUILDINGS were evacuated, a street was cordoned off and a bomb disposal team called in after workmen spotted a suspicious object.

Looking for a great Beach? Try Gary. Gary Beach stars as King Arthur in Spamalot , the goofy musical lifted by Eric Idle from Monty Python and the Holy Grail .

The sound of hollow coconuts clanking together has left the Broadway stage and a famed Brittish comedy musical has made its way the the Tampa Bay Performing Art Center - without the assistance of swallows.