The Pythons: Autobiography by the Pythons

About this book

Over thirty years ago a group of five Englishmen and one wayward American re-wrote the rules of comedy. Monty Pythons Flying Circus an unheralded previously unseen and practically unprogrammed half hour of sketches hilarities inanities and animations first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact on the world has been felt ever since. From its humble beginnings as late night entertainment on a British TV channel that went off the air before midnight it blossomed into arguably the most influential movement in modern comedy. They found the Holy Grail they detailed the life of the Savior-also-ran Brian and when we were lost they explained The Meaning of Life. Now those purveyors of dead parrots and silly walks are going to tell us something more: Their story. In their own intimate never before heard words. The Pythons by The Pythons is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque (the only word invented by a modern comedian which is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.) 30 years of insight hindsight and bad sight - now told for the first time. Stuff theyre never remembered before alongside stories theyd forgotten to say coupled with things they couldnt say then and even more things they cant pronounce now (with a healthy dollop of things they would never have said in the first place if any others had been in the room at the time.) The Pythons by The Pythons is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age lavishly illustrated with 1000 photographs and illustrations many culled from the teams own personal collections many seen here for the first time. A tome a tombstone the definitive word on all things Python as told by all things Python - do you want Spam with that?