Monty Python

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An Anglo-American comedy troupe that became widely known in the late 1960s and 1970s for its irreverent, fast-paced television series. The show featured skits, such as the “Ministry of Silly Walks,” and highly original graphics. The members of the group included Graham Chapin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

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How to use Monty Python in a sentence

But maybe you have to start somewhere else — with Lamont Waltman Marvin, Monty, his father, the Chief, the old man.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The anti-Monty school say they do not have them, or are interpreting them with hindsight.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But most of all he loved Monty Python and would regularly repeat their hilarious sketches verbatim.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This being Monty Python, the answer should have been obvious—their memories are no more; their line retention has ceased to be.
Monty Python Forgot Their Lines on Opening Night, but Who Cares?|Nico Hines|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Contrary to what we had all thought for the past 33 years, Monty Python is not dead.
Long Live Monty Python: The British Comedy Troupe’s Hilarious Reunion|Tom Sykes|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I saw the trunk curling back and creeping up to me like a python crawling up a hillside to coil around its prey.
Kari the Elephant|Dhan Gopal Mukerji
He would have been the gladdest at our success, Monty,” said Eric; “let us leave the signs of it upon his grave.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
Did you ever see the great python that died lately at the Zoo climb his ragged staff of a tree?
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
Get some coin off of Monty, if you haven't got enough on you.
From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb
“Wish I could,” answered Monty, with a warm glow in his heart.
Dorothy's Travels|Evelyn Raymond