Monty Python

50 years of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail': Its legacy and what it means to fans

4:13am May 05, 2025

by Kaity Kline

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

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From left to right: John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1974.

Music & Culture

Neil Innes, Monty Python Collaborator And Rutles Member, Dead At 75

4:43pm December 30, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The singer and writer performed in The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, appeared in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and later formed the Beatles pastiche, The Rutles, with Eric Idle.

National

Bring Out Your Dead: But Not Monty Python's Terry Gilliam — He's Still Alive

2:13pm September 09, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The actor, writer and director took to Facebook to announce that he is indeed alive, after Variety mistakenly published his obituary.

Stephen Hawking flying through the universe in a new video of Monty Python's Galaxy Song.

Stephen Hawking Covers Monty Python's 'Galaxy Song'

9:01am April 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The renowned physicist is featured in a soon-to-be-released video of the classic song from the 1983 film The Meaning of Life.