The 11th of May is a particularly silly day in history. Here’s to some of the silly billy’s for whom this is a significant day in the calendar. First up, it’s the British/American wits that are ...

Claim: Monty Python trouper John Cleese penned a satirical article about the formation of an "Axis of Just as Evil." Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and ...

Writer and comedian John Cleese is known worldwide as a member of the zany sketch comedy troupe Monty Python, as the laughably despicable hotel proprietor Basil Fawlty, and for countless other roles, ...

Monty Python paved the way for a new type of comedy. Revolutionising British satire, the troupe – composed of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – ...