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December 1, 2024
Giving thanks, once again, this Thanksgiving for family, friends, loyal Tellyspotting readers, good health and MiniBoots, in addition to ‘The Prisoner’ and ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’’

As we put a final bow on the long Thanksgiving weekend, I couldn’t help but stop for a moment to be eternally thankful for my much better half, Kim, our friends, long-time and first-time Tellyspotting readers, good health and our kitty, MiniBoots, no Thanksgiving would be complete without recognizing the contributions made by two classic British series […]
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November 20, 2024
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ proves that penguins are ‘cute but evil’.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the upcoming 2024 British stop motion animated comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, featuring Park’s characters from the Wallace & Gromit series is scheduled for Christmas Day on BBC One as part of their annual Christmas Day/Boxing Day telly brilliance.
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November 15, 2024
Seeking the Grail and celebrating 50 years of Monty Python on KERA at the Texas Theatre!

Monty Python P1s joined KERA at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff to singalong to perhaps the funniest movie of all time, ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’
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October 28, 2024
Happy belated 85th, John Cleese!

John Cleese, who turned 85 years young on Sunday, has spent the better part of five decades looking at what makes creative people so darn good at it. As one of the original founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe and then alongside former wife Connie Booth being the creative force behind Fawlty Towers which just so […]
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October 24, 2024
KERA celebrates 50 years of Monty Python with screening of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ at the Texas Theatre – Nov 13!

The legend of Monty Python’s Flying Circus had its American beginning on KERA/Dallas as part of one seemingly uneventful Sunday evening 50 years ago.
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October 22, 2024
Psychoville’s Mr. Jelly is definitely not Halloween’s biggest fan

Like the original version of The Day the Earth Stood Still, this never gets old. Since 2010, Halloween has been about two bits of small screen greatness that should be considered ‘must see TV’. The annual Simpsons Halloween Special and the 2010 ‘newcomer’ on the block which came from the brilliant mind palaces of Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen, The […]
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October 5, 2024
John Cleese remembers the late, great Graham Chapman in 1989 eulogy.

Graham Chapman, one of the original founding members of the comedy troupe, Monty Python, passed away 35 years ago, Friday on October 4, 1989 at age 48. Thankfully, the comedy world was all the greater as Chapman ultimately turned down a career as a doctor to be a comedian.
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October 2, 2024
‘Cheers’ to get a British sitcom makeover

For long-time readers of Tellyspotting, many have come to know that I’m not the biggest fan of remakes, reboots or sequels. While there are certainly cases that directly counter my feelings (All Creatures Great and Small, Poldark, Upstairs Downstairs), the streets are littered with failed American remakes of highly successful British comedies and there are […]
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September 6, 2024
‘Monty Python’ co-founders, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam lend support for Terry Jones statue in Colwyn Bay, Wales

Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam recently appeared in the town of Colwyn Bay to raise funds for a statue of late member and “great friend” Terry Jones…the Welsh one in Monty Python. Palin and Gilliam are taking part in the ‘A Python on the prom’ campaign to raise £120,000 for a statue of Jones.
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July 4, 2024
Stephen Merchant wishes America a Happy 4th of July…sort of.

As co-writer and co-director of BBC’s The Office, Stephen Merchant is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais. The British writer, director, radio presenter, stand-up comedian and actor added a London West-End appearance a couple of years ago to his CV with his first play, The Mentalists by Richard Bean, alongside Steffan Rhodri at the Wyndham Theatre. Known for his brilliant command of […]
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