Monty Python stamps are something completely different
The 10-stamp series announced celebrates some of the troupe's most iconic characters and catchphrases, from "Nudge, nudge" to "The Lumberjack Song".
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, including "The Spanish Inquisition", "The Ministry of Silly Walks", "Dead Parrot" and "The Nude Organist".
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, "'Tis but a scratch".
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974.
The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Life of Brian and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs, said the collection "honours a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades".
Palin said he was "very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!".
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows.
Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia.
And now for something completely different: Britain's postal service Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
The 10-stamp series announced celebrates some of the troupe's most iconic characters and catchphrases, from "Nudge, nudge" to "The Lumberjack Song".
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, including "The Spanish Inquisition", "The Ministry of Silly Walks", "Dead Parrot" and "The Nude Organist".
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, "'Tis but a scratch".
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974.
The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Life of Brian and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs, said the collection "honours a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades".
Palin said he was "very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!".
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows.
Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia.
And now for something completely different: Britain's postal service Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
The 10-stamp series announced celebrates some of the troupe's most iconic characters and catchphrases, from "Nudge, nudge" to "The Lumberjack Song".
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, including "The Spanish Inquisition", "The Ministry of Silly Walks", "Dead Parrot" and "The Nude Organist".
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, "'Tis but a scratch".
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974.
The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Life of Brian and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs, said the collection "honours a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades".
Palin said he was "very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!".
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows.
Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia.
And now for something completely different: Britain's postal service Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
The 10-stamp series announced celebrates some of the troupe's most iconic characters and catchphrases, from "Nudge, nudge" to "The Lumberjack Song".
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, including "The Spanish Inquisition", "The Ministry of Silly Walks", "Dead Parrot" and "The Nude Organist".
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, "'Tis but a scratch".
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974.
The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Life of Brian and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs, said the collection "honours a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades".
Palin said he was "very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!".
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows.
Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia.
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Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974. The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Life of Brian and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs, said the collection "honours a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades". Palin said he was "very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!". The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows. Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia. And now for something completely different: Britain's postal service Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. 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Eric Idle feels lucky "every single day" after surviving pancreatic cancer. Idle, 82, revealed in 2022 that he received an early diagnosis and was successfully treated for the illness. In a Letter To My Younger Self for the Big Issue, the Monty Python star admitted he missed friends who had not been so lucky. "I miss a lot of people. Great people like Mike Nichols," he said. "I will find myself thinking of a funny line and thinking, you must tell Mike that. Or Jonathan Miller. So many of my heroes have gone, like Robin Williams. I still kind of occasionally speak to Billy Connolly, but I really miss him. "You've got to find other people, you know, because there are still other funny people you can have dinner with or play guitar with. "I got lucky, because I had to, I survived pancreatic cancer. So I feel that since 2019 I've had a reprieve. So I don't know or care what people say about me, I'm lucky every single day." Idle also reflected on the difficulty of financing Monty Python's Life Of Brian, which saw the film's creators turn to Beatles star George Harrison. "For a while we had no money ... I went to America to find money," he said. "I had been talking to George Harrison who was a huge fan, and he said, 'I'll phone you in the morning, don't worry'. And I thought, well, nobody's got four and a half million dollars. "But finally, when everybody turned us down, there was a call from him saying, 'I've got you the money'. "He had mortgaged his house and his business and raised the cash and put it all on a Python film. The most extraordinary thing to do." Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Sir Michael Palin fronted the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. A huge hit, 45 episodes were made between 1969 and 1974, as well as five films including 1975's The Holy Grail, on which hit musical Spamalot - written by Idle - is based. Eric Idle feels lucky "every single day" after surviving pancreatic cancer. Idle, 82, revealed in 2022 that he received an early diagnosis and was successfully treated for the illness. In a Letter To My Younger Self for the Big Issue, the Monty Python star admitted he missed friends who had not been so lucky. "I miss a lot of people. Great people like Mike Nichols," he said. "I will find myself thinking of a funny line and thinking, you must tell Mike that. Or Jonathan Miller. So many of my heroes have gone, like Robin Williams. I still kind of occasionally speak to Billy Connolly, but I really miss him. "You've got to find other people, you know, because there are still other funny people you can have dinner with or play guitar with. "I got lucky, because I had to, I survived pancreatic cancer. So I feel that since 2019 I've had a reprieve. So I don't know or care what people say about me, I'm lucky every single day." Idle also reflected on the difficulty of financing Monty Python's Life Of Brian, which saw the film's creators turn to Beatles star George Harrison. "For a while we had no money ... I went to America to find money," he said. "I had been talking to George Harrison who was a huge fan, and he said, 'I'll phone you in the morning, don't worry'. And I thought, well, nobody's got four and a half million dollars. "But finally, when everybody turned us down, there was a call from him saying, 'I've got you the money'. "He had mortgaged his house and his business and raised the cash and put it all on a Python film. The most extraordinary thing to do." Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Sir Michael Palin fronted the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. A huge hit, 45 episodes were made between 1969 and 1974, as well as five films including 1975's The Holy Grail, on which hit musical Spamalot - written by Idle - is based. Eric Idle feels lucky "every single day" after surviving pancreatic cancer. Idle, 82, revealed in 2022 that he received an early diagnosis and was successfully treated for the illness. In a Letter To My Younger Self for the Big Issue, the Monty Python star admitted he missed friends who had not been so lucky. "I miss a lot of people. Great people like Mike Nichols," he said. "I will find myself thinking of a funny line and thinking, you must tell Mike that. Or Jonathan Miller. So many of my heroes have gone, like Robin Williams. I still kind of occasionally speak to Billy Connolly, but I really miss him. "You've got to find other people, you know, because there are still other funny people you can have dinner with or play guitar with. "I got lucky, because I had to, I survived pancreatic cancer. So I feel that since 2019 I've had a reprieve. So I don't know or care what people say about me, I'm lucky every single day." Idle also reflected on the difficulty of financing Monty Python's Life Of Brian, which saw the film's creators turn to Beatles star George Harrison. "For a while we had no money ... I went to America to find money," he said. "I had been talking to George Harrison who was a huge fan, and he said, 'I'll phone you in the morning, don't worry'. And I thought, well, nobody's got four and a half million dollars. "But finally, when everybody turned us down, there was a call from him saying, 'I've got you the money'. "He had mortgaged his house and his business and raised the cash and put it all on a Python film. The most extraordinary thing to do." Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Sir Michael Palin fronted the ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. A huge hit, 45 episodes were made between 1969 and 1974, as well as five films including 1975's The Holy Grail, on which hit musical Spamalot - written by Idle - is based.
