One of the most highly anticipated comedies launched on June 24, 1983, and disappeared into oblivion. Yellowbeard had everything imaginable going for it on paper, including members of the Monty Python ...

Yellowbeard shouldn't have been funny. The writing was awful and the story was kind of a snoozer. But when you have a hall of fame cast - thanks to Graham Chapman cashing in every available favor - ...

Six men walk into a TV network. Sounds like the beginning of a silly joke. In fact, on that day in 1969, it was the beginning of a career, or at least a new phase of one. The network was the BBC. The ...

The most feared pirate on the seven seas beheads his opponents, sleeps with their women and then beheads them too. His name says it all, for when anyone catches sight of the terrifying visage of ...

“I MAY be blind but I’ve got acute hearing,” declares Blind Pew (John Cleese) to government agent Eric Idle, with the reply: “I’m not interested in your jewellery, cloth eyes!” Monty Python meets ...