Deceased (1942–2020)

Who’s The Richest Monty Python Cast Member?

• Terry Gilliam – £25.4million.
• Michael Palin – £12.7million.
• Eric Idle – £9.5 million.
• Terry Jones – £9.5million.
• John Cleese – £6.3million.
• Graham Chapman – N/A.

Terry Jones

Though Flying Circus lasted four series, by the start of series 3, Cleese was growing tired of dealing with Chapman’s alcoholism. He felt, too, that the show’s scripts had declined in quality. For these reasons, he became restless and decided to move on.

Terrence Vance Gilliam

Originally Answered: Why are there only 12 episodes of fawlty towers? Stars John Cleese and Connie Booth both quit the show before the third season. I’m assuming they just couldn’t work together. They were married during season one, then divorced before season two, four years later.

Palin is the only member of the Monty Python team to receive a knighthood. (John Cleese had turned down a CBE in 1996, calling it “too silly”, and declined a life peerage in 1999).

Here are the five choices; we’d love to hear your order of preference in the comments thread below.

1. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
4. Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
5. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

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)….

Luckily, Netflix has most of Monty Python’s work available, and the sheer amount of variety means there’s a starting point for everyone, regardless of your interest level or available time.

Pie Jesu domine, dona eis requiem

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is a visual satire of the Sovereign’s Orb of the United Kingdom, and may refer to the mythical Holy Spear of Antioch. The Holy Hand Grenade is described as one of the “sacred relics” carried by Brother Maynard (Idle).

If you mean the monks in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, they’re chanting “Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem,” which means “Merciful (well, literally ‘all-pitying’) Lord Jesus, grant them rest.” It’s commonly used as part of a Requiem Mass (a mass for the dead).

Eric Idle has revealed how much money rock bands and record labels contributed to financing Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which came out in 1975. According to a tweet, Led Zeppelin contributed £31,500, Pink Floyd Music ponied up £21,000, and Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson put in £6,300 of his own money.

Many historians are skeptical of the latest claim of the Holy Grail’s discovery, and there’s no evidence that the Holy Grail even exists. “The Grail legend is a literary invention of the 12th century with no historical basis,” Carlos de Ayala, a medieval historian at a Madrid university, told the AFP news agency.

Speaking of limited kicks (and Yeezys), a “grail” is a pair of sneakers that someone wants more than any other pair. People are generally willing to spend well over the retail price, sometimes even over the market value, for their personal grails.

A “flocked” Pop means that it’s covered in soft, fuzzy fibers. The fibers are tiny and feel like velour or felt.