Graham Chapman

Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television humor. Celebrating the cultural legacy and influence of the troupe, this special pairs their original material with new and entertaining commentary from celebrities who consider Monty Python hugely significant, both personally and to the history of screen satire. Celebrity humorists discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Python segments and bring a fresh perspective to the material, connecting Monty Python’s work to today’s most successful television humor. In a time when a few moments of escape and laughter couldn’t be more sought after, this special reminds viewers of Python’s cultural impact, and that PBS introduced them to American viewers.

From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.

Por primera vez en más de tres décadas, los legendarios cómicos Monty Python se darán cita este año para una actuación juntos y en vivo. La emisión desde el O2 Arena de Londres denominada "Monty Python Live (mostly)" (Monty Python en vivo [más o menos]) se retransmitirá en los cines de todo el mundo el domingo 20 de julio. Con una edad que en conjunto solo suma los 358 años, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones y Michael Palin volverán a representar algunos de sus mejores momentos, dándoles un toque de modernidad y centrado en la actualidad, sin dejar de ser Pythonesco. Monty Python se han ganado a pulso el título de unos de los mejores cómicos del mundo. Han sido influencia de toda una generación y han revolucionado el mundo de la comedia. (FILMAFFINITY)

A documentary about A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.

Película de animación basada en las memorias de Graham Chapman, miembro de los Monty Python fallecido en 1989. Todo el grupo cómico estará involucrado en el proyecto y mantendrá el sentido del humor de famosas producciones como "La vida de Brian" o "El sentido de la vida".

Película de animación basada en las memorias de Graham Chapman, miembro de los Monty Python fallecido en 1989. Todo el grupo cómico estará involucrado en el proyecto y mantendrá el sentido del humor de famosas producciones como "La vida de Brian" o "El sentido de la vida".

An original illustrated 110 minute recording by The Pythons of their early screenplay in progress.

An original illustrated 110 minute recording by The Pythons of their early screenplay in progress.

This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,

The Secret Life of Brian muestra la realización y posterior controversia de “Life of Brian”. Acusaciones de blasfemia, manifestaciones en contra y todo lo que conllevo una de las películas mas provocadoras jamás realizadas.

The LORDS of LAUGHTER--The SAINTS of SATIRE--The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY--have sold out once again. Some say you can't take it with you. Others just refuse to go. Graham Chapman--doctor, tall actor, self-wrestler and really famous dead guy--is the latter. Chapman has a least 8 movie and TV appearances to his credit since he passed away in 1989 making him the most prolific corpse since Elvis. This DVD GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST makes 9. In a comprehensive tribute written by the remaining members of the incomparable Monty Python's Flying Circus this program includes the sketches they believe Chapman would have called his very favorites. Of course they could be wrong.

In the early 1980s, Graham Chapman embarked upon a second career as a public speaker. Throughout the decade he toured hundreds of North American colleges delivering "comedy lectures" which consisted of tales from his life, adventures with an ad hoc group of adrenaline junkies called the Dangerous Sports Club, equally dangerous friends like the Who's Keith Moon and, of course, his fellow Pythons. In the spring of 1988 he launched his final college tour before his death in 1989, the best of which is presented here, videotaped under Graham's supervision and taken from his personal archives.

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.

All the best sketches from the third and fourth series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'The Finals of the All-England Summarise Proust Competition'; 'Stand and Deliver! It's That Highwayman Dennis Moore'; 'Thrust: A Quite Controversial Look at the World Around Us'; 'Whicker's Island'; and 'The Fifteenth Ideal Loon Competition'. Originally broadcast from 19 October 1972 to 18 January 1973, and 31 October to 5 December 1974.

All the best sketches from the second series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'It's in the Mind'; 'The New Cooker Sketch'; 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'; and 'The Ministry for Silly Walks'. Originally Broadcast from 15 September to 22 December 1970

Compilation of the best Sketches of the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which ran from 5 October 1969 to 11 January 1970. Memorable moments include: 'The 127th Upperclass Twit of the Year Competition from Hurlingham Park'; 'Bicycle Repair Man'; 'Vicious Gangs of Old Ladies - the Layabouts in Lace'; 'The Man with Three Buttocks'; 'The Lumberjack Song'; 'Vocational Guidance Councillor'; and 'The Joke That Kills People'. Oh, and a sketch about a dead parrot.

The behind-the-scenes production documentary of Monty Python's 'Meaning Of Life.' This documentary is featured on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, released in September 2003.

Visions of the Beast was released by Iron Maiden on June 2, 2003 and contains every promotional video through 2001's Rock in Rio. It is basically an updated version of The First Ten Years: The Videos and From There to Eternity. It also includes never-before-seen Camp Chaos animated versions of six definitive Iron Maiden songs, interactive menus and discographies, and some special hidden extras.

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Monty Python presents exclusive new material and so-called classic bits.

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Meatloaf introduces a look back at Python's use of music. Included interviews with the team, André Jacquemin and other conspirators.

The story behind how the comedy sketch group Monty Python formed in 1969, and lead to four very series, and four very funny films that are still has funny today as when they were released.

In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Paython team - John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin - shared a stage together for the first time in 18 years. Even more remarkably, Graham Chapman was there too....in an urn! The occasion for this renuion was the US Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python, hosted by Robert Klien in front of a live audience.

This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors (At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc.) and various interviews with the group's members and other associated artists.

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 Pythons.

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 Pythons.

A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.

A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.

Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.

Yellowbeard huye de prisión para buscar un tesoro que le pertenece. Lo que ignora es que las autoridades lo han dejado escapar para poder seguirlo y apoderarse de sus riquezas. Por otro lado, el hijo de Yellowbeard también emprenderá la búsqueda del oro de su padre.

Yellowbeard huye de prisión para buscar un tesoro que le pertenece. Lo que ignora es que las autoridades lo han dejado escapar para poder seguirlo y apoderarse de sus riquezas. Por otro lado, el hijo de Yellowbeard también emprenderá la búsqueda del oro de su padre.

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

En 'Seguros permanentes Crimson', Terry Gilliam crea un paralelismo entre lo que ocurre en una oficina y una galera con motines y ataques piratas. Cortometraje estrenado en cines, como "telonero" de la película 'El sentido de la vida', y que desde entonces ha llegado al mercado doméstico ligado a ésta, sin formar directamente parte de ella. Fue nominado al BAFTA al mejor cortometraje.

Conjunto de episodios que muestran de forma disparatada los momentos más importantes del ciclo de la vida. Desde el nacimiento a la muerte, pasando por asuntos como la filosofía, la historia o la medicina, todo tratado con el inconfundible humor de los populares cómicos ingleses.

Conjunto de episodios que muestran de forma disparatada los momentos más importantes del ciclo de la vida. Desde el nacimiento a la muerte, pasando por asuntos como la filosofía, la historia o la medicina, todo tratado con el inconfundible humor de los populares cómicos ingleses.

Desde el legendario anfiteatro de Hollywood Bowl, los Monty Python ofrecen un espectáculo arrollador que recopila sus sketches y canciones más conocidas y números inéditos de la serie de televisión Flying Circus.

Desde el legendario anfiteatro de Hollywood Bowl, los Monty Python ofrecen un espectáculo arrollador que recopila sus sketches y canciones más conocidas y números inéditos de la serie de televisión Flying Circus.

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.

Delirante y divertidísima comedia que relata, a golpe de carcajada, la vida de un desastre de hombre, contemporáneo de Jesucristo, que es confundido por el pueblo con un mesías. Que nadie se confunda: "Life of Brian" no es una amalgama de escenas absurdas que hacen reír, es una brillante sátira que desborda con un humor maravillosamente inteligente. Obra capital de los geniales Monty Python, su gozosa visión está llena de memorables gags que la encumbran como una de las mejores parodias de la historia del cine.

Delirante y divertidísima comedia que relata, a golpe de carcajada, la vida de un desastre de hombre, contemporáneo de Jesucristo, que es confundido por el pueblo con un mesías. Que nadie se confunda: "Life of Brian" no es una amalgama de escenas absurdas que hacen reír, es una brillante sátira que desborda con un humor maravillosamente inteligente. Obra capital de los geniales Monty Python, su gozosa visión está llena de memorables gags que la encumbran como una de las mejores parodias de la historia del cine.

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...

Sketch comedy pilot from Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.

Sketch comedy pilot from Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.

El rey Arturo y sus caballeros reciben un encargo divino: partir en búsqueda del Santo Grial, para lo cual deberán luchar contra enemigos muy diversos: malignos caballeros rivales, bestias sanguinarias (que solo son visibles como dibujo animado), groseros caballeros franceses fortificando un castillo en Inglaterra, brujas, adivinos mefistofélicos, Scotland Yard, y hasta un conejo asesino y carnívoro (que muere destruido por una cómica reliquia traída de las Cruzadas: la "Santa Granada de Mano de Antioquia").

El rey Arturo y sus caballeros reciben un encargo divino: partir en búsqueda del Santo Grial, para lo cual deberán luchar contra enemigos muy diversos: malignos caballeros rivales, bestias sanguinarias (que solo son visibles como dibujo animado), groseros caballeros franceses fortificando un castillo en Inglaterra, brujas, adivinos mefistofélicos, Scotland Yard, y hasta un conejo asesino y carnívoro (que muere destruido por una cómica reliquia traída de las Cruzadas: la "Santa Granada de Mano de Antioquia").

An documentarian from the BBC visits the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). This documentary shouldn't be viewed as a making of the film, but rather a goof-off session that is simply there to conjure up laughter.

Armitage es el director de una compañía de productos químicos que está a punto de producir un gas que causa incapacidad temporal. Los militares lo codician, pero también un grupo japonés. Tanto Armitage como madame Greenfly contratan detectives en la misma agencia para robárselo mutuamente...

One of the least-known Monty Python rarities is “The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch of 1971,” a short advertising film that was made for the Birds Eye company’s internal use.

One of the least-known Monty Python rarities is “The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch of 1971,” a short advertising film that was made for the Birds Eye company’s internal use.

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..

Una visión del mundo desde la óptica neurasténica, desenfrenada y enloquecida de los siempre hilarantes Monty Python. Basada en el famoso show televiso ”Flying Circus”, contiene los mejores sketches del programa en formato cinematográfico. Sexo, matrimonio, tecnología, ejectuvisop... todos estos tótems de la sociedad moderna son derribados uno a uno con los brutales ”gags” que nos descargan en ráfagas de sketches.

Una visión del mundo desde la óptica neurasténica, desenfrenada y enloquecida de los siempre hilarantes Monty Python. Basada en el famoso show televiso ”Flying Circus”, contiene los mejores sketches del programa en formato cinematográfico. Sexo, matrimonio, tecnología, ejectuvisop... todos estos tótems de la sociedad moderna son derribados uno a uno con los brutales ”gags” que nos descargan en ráfagas de sketches.

German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.

Alex Bolt ha sido galardonado con el premio Nobel por haber creado el "unispeak", un idioma concebido para que sea adoptado a nivel internacional. El gobierno decide financiar una estatua de Bolt que esculpirá su esposa, escultora prestigiosa. Pero ésta se encuentra dolida porque su esposo la tiene abandonada, así que decide vengarse realizando una estatua de su marido desnudo.

Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 respectively and were shot entirely on film, mostly on location in Bavaria. The first episode was recorded in German and the second was recorded in English and then dubbed into German.

Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 respectively and were shot entirely on film, mostly on location in Bavaria. The first episode was recorded in German and the second was recorded in English and then dubbed into German.

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise ship is an old school chum of Burke's who plays 'Dr.Dare' in a very popular TV series and who women flock to. Burke decides to join the cruise, but is first apprehended as a stowaway, and then becomes the captain's steward. For Burke, trying to talk to Ophelia is a hard enough task, but he meets some funny characters on board, such as a pools winner and a very stubborn captain.

Sir Guy Grand es “el millonario más grande del mundo”. Tras adoptar a un vagabundo joven e introducirlo en las complejidades de su vida cotidiana, Sir Grand se dedicará, principalmente, a probar hasta dónde puede llegar la ambición durante un viaje en el crucero llamado El Cristiano Mágico.

Sir Guy Grand es “el millonario más grande del mundo”. Tras adoptar a un vagabundo joven e introducirlo en las complejidades de su vida cotidiana, Sir Grand se dedicará, principalmente, a probar hasta dónde puede llegar la ambición durante un viaje en el crucero llamado El Cristiano Mágico.

En esta parodia documental para televisión, John Cleese presenta una serie de sketches sobre la "irritación", los distintos tipos y las técnicas apropiadas. Supuso un adelanto de lo que sería la serie Monty Python's Flying Circus. (FILMAFFINITY)

En esta parodia documental para televisión, John Cleese presenta una serie de sketches sobre la "irritación", los distintos tipos y las técnicas apropiadas. Supuso un adelanto de lo que sería la serie Monty Python's Flying Circus. (FILMAFFINITY)