Monty Python
Be honest: Monty Python is the reason you've heard of Spam, isn't it? All the Hawaiians in the audience, keep your hands down, let's get a quick head count…yep, everyone's heard of Spam because of Monty Python. The legendary British sketch troupe actually inspired use of the word “spam” to mean “unwanted email.” Kinda speaks to the absurd power of absurdist comedy, right? Wonder what those newly unearthed Monty Python sketches have to teach us, maybe a word for when a kernel of corn is stuck in your teeth? Something cool, we hope.
From Depression to Fine Dining: The History of Spam
“Spam is underrated” is a ridiculous-sounding sentence, but it’s also true.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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7 15 Killer Comedies Made On The Cheap
Small budgets that turned into big laughs.
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- By JD Roberson
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Monty Python: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts
Silly walk, don't run, to these facts about the kings of sketch comedy.
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- By JD Roberson
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'Best In Show' And 12 More Blockbuster Comedies That Cost Practically Nothing
Jon Heder's payday for Napoleon Dynamite could buy, like, a mid-tier vacuum cleaner.
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- By Jesse
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18 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Monty Python Films
There would be no Monty Python movies without rock music.
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- By Timon DJ Spajic
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17 Facts Proving That Monty Python's History is as Chaotic as Their Comedy
Nobody expects some of these facts.
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- By Andres Diplotti
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5 Famous Jokes Everybody Manages To Screw Up
Dissecting a joke kills it, so please fetch us the scalpel and forceps.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Fox News Mistakes 'Monty Python' Quote As BLM Radical Agenda
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- By Cedric Voets
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New Monty Python Sketches Have Been Unearthed, Decades Later
Monty Python is the gift that keeps on giving.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills
In the days before Indiegogo, some now-famous directors got the money they needed for their breakout films in less conventional ways.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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5 Things You Love That The People Who Made Them Despise
Everyone except Monty Python reveres Monty Python.
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7 Times Being Totally Cheap Resulted In Movie Magic
Once in a blue moon budget limitations will elevate a movie from a permanent spot in a drug store clearance bin to a cultural landmark that we're still talking about decades later.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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