Note: This essay is part of "Pop & Pop," a two-week series where readers celebrate fatherhood and pop culture. It was written by Jacqueline Delibes in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dad was born in Holland and ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

Love them or loathe them, Monty Python is up there with the most influential comedy groups in history. Formed in 1969 by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael ...