It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

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Neil Gaiman once claimed that ranking the best Monty Python sketches was one of the worst things you could make someone do. The second or third or fourth of fifth worst thing is an unexpected Spanish ...

Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the ...

The art of TV comedy is distilled into its purest essence in the format of a sketch show. Sketch comedies have been entertaining viewers at home since the 1940s, when variety shows like Texaco Star ...

Not everyone can make comedy that stands the test of time as well as Monty Python did, and few people get this like Bob Odenkirk. That's because, before he ventured into more diverse genres like drama ...