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  • John Cleese
    He is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Mont...
  • Terry Gilliam
    Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (1940-) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Terry's trademark
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    Michael Palin
    Michael Edward Palin KCMG CBE FRGS (/ˈpeɪlɪn/; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python. Since 1980 he has made ...
  • Terry Jones (1942 - 2020)
    Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and historian. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 Janu...

I inherited this project nearly by joining it.

I will suppose the creator thought to themselves as I did, well what do I do after the 6 cast members are added?

My solution is to expand, to include the creations, creators and participants birthed from the show.

Anything directly from the participants and creators in the films and operas of Terry Jones and Gilliam. The television series of John Cleese, Michael Palin and Eric Idle.

Television and films that are specifically "Pythonesque"

TV - SNL, SCTV, Third Rock From the Sun, The Young Ones, The League of Gentleman, Soap, Taxi David Letterman

Fims - The Cable Guy, Animal House, Ghost Busters, Airplane, Edward Scissorhands, Beatlejuice, This is Spinal Tap, Whats Up Doc?, The Big Lebowski, Young Frankenstein

Directors - Wes Anderson, John Landis, Rick Moranis, Seth Rogan, Tim Burton, Rob Reiner, Mel Brooks

                                                                     -MONTY PYTHON-  

Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Monty Python's Flying Circus was conceived, written and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach aided by Gilliam's animation. Pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work. The Pythons had creative control which allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy.

Following their television work, they began making films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983).

Which ultimately encouraged the Pythons, to branch out individually

Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America. It has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television and film comedy.

"Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.