Monty Python Reuniting for 1 Wild Night in New York
Disbanded but hardly forgotten, sublimely ridiculous comedy troupe Monty Python (pictured above) gets a fresh influx of showbiz love over the next couple of months. Tributes to England’s funniest...
View ArticleComedy’s Holy Grail? Win Tickets to Monty Python Reunion
They haven’t appeared onstage together in years, but all the surviving members of England’s fabled Monty Python troupe reassemble Thursday in New York for the premiere of a new IFC documentary about...
View ArticleMonty Python Reunion to Stream Live
As winner of Wired.com’s ticket giveaway, longtime Flying Circus fan Vitia Simone will be attending Thursday’s Monty Python reunion in New York City. For those not lucky enough to be there in person,...
View Article10 More Blasphemous Quotations the Irish Might Ban
Talk about your Jesus Christ poses. On Jan. 1, a new law in Ireland made blasphemy an offense punishable by a fine of up to $35,000. That ludicrous political maneuver was promptly answered by Irish...
View ArticleNew Series Thrusts Daily Show‘s John Oliver Into Comedy Spotlight
As the resident runaway wit of The Daily Show, John Oliver’s pop-cultural meteor is on the rise. As long as he doesn’t fail to mention an Apple product on the ascent. “I work with John Hodgman,” who...
View ArticleScorsese Documents George Harrison’s Material World
From mashing Eastern sonics and philosophy into The Beatles to bankrolling Monty Python’s biblical satire Life of Brian, George Harrison was a cultural and spiritual innovator on par with his legendary...
View ArticleMonty Python Members Team Up for Sci-Fi Spoof
The late, great Graham Chapman may have gone to the satire in the sky, but some of Monty Python’s remaining members are reportedly reuniting for the science-fiction comedy Absolutely Anything. It’s a...
View ArticleVintage Photos Enter Spooky Afterlife as Animated GIFs
When Photoshop wizard Kevin Weir spots a somber, 19th-century Russian man in the Library of Congress' Flickr archive, he sees more than a black-and-white photograph: He imagines a pagan who sprouts an...
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