List of Monty Python projects
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The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Contents
Television
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
- Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
- Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
- Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)
Films
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
Books
The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:
- Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
- The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown - the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
- Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it - the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
- The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
- The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book (1994)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
- A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python - Picked by John Cleese (1999) (John Cleese's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Gilliam (2000) (Terry Gilliam's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Michael Palin (2000) (Michael Palin's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favourite Python moments.)
- The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe - a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
- The Very Best of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
- Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)
Records
| Monty Python discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 4 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Singles | 13 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Box sets | 7 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
NZ [3] |
US [4] |
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| Another Monty Python Record | 26 | — | — | — | |
| Monty Python's Previous Record |
|
39 | — | — | — |
| The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief |
|
49 | 82 | — | 48 |
| Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album |
|
13 | 3 | 23 | 164 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US [4] |
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| Monty Python's Flying Circus |
|
— | 83[upper-alpha 1] |
| Monty Python Live at Drury Lane |
|
19 | — |
| Monty Python Live at City Center |
|
— | 186 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
NZ [3] |
US [4] |
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| The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
|
45 | — | — | 87 |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian |
|
63 | 11 | — | 155 |
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | — | 46 | 45 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUT [5] |
GER [6] |
SWI [7] |
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| The Monty Python Instant Record Collection |
|
— | — | — | — |
| The Final Rip Off | — | — | — | — | |
| Monty Python Sings |
|
35[upper-alpha 2] | 19[upper-alpha 3] | 21[upper-alpha 3] | 33[upper-alpha 3] |
| The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off |
|
— | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| All of the Worst of Monty Python |
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| The Instant Monty Python CD Collection |
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| At the Movies |
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| Another Monty Python Box |
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| The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons – The Interviews That Made The Book |
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| Monty Python’s Total Rubbish – The Complete Collection |
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| Live (Mostly) – One Down Five to Go |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][8] |
AUT [9] |
BEL (FLA) [10] |
GER [6] |
IRE [11] |
NL [12] |
NOR [13] |
SWI [14] |
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| "Spam Song" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Monty Python Record |
| "Eric the Half a Bee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Previous Record | |
| "Teach Yourself Heath" (flexi disc release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing (flexi disc release) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python Live at Drury Lane |
| "The Single" (US-only release) | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Lumberjack Song" | 52[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Python on Song | 1976 | 53[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Brian" / "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" [upper-alpha 5] | 1979 | — | — 9 |
— | — 30 |
— | — | — 34 |
— | — | Monty Python's Life of Brian |
| "I Like Chinese" | 1980 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album |
| "Galaxy Song" | 1983 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life |
| "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (reissue) | 1991 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | Monty Python Sings |
| "I Like Chinese" (Germany-only reissue) | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Galaxy Song" (with Stephen Hawking) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Documentaries
- Film Night - On Location with Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC 2, 1974)
- The Pythons (BBC 1, 1979)
- The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (ITV, 1983)
- Life of Python (US version) (Showtime, 1990)
- Life of Python (UK version) (BBC 1, 1990)
- 30 Years of Monty Python - A Revelation (Paramount Comedy Channel, 1999)
- It's...The Monty Python Story (BBC 2, 1999)
- Pythonland (BBC 2, 1999)
- From Spam To Sperm - Monty Python's Greatest Hits (BBC 2, 1999)
- The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (DVD, 2001)
- The Meaning of Making The Meaning of Life (DVD, 2003)
- Comedy Connections - Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC 1, 2005)
- The Secret Life of Brian (Channel 4, 2007)
- What The Pythons Did Next... (Channel 4, 2007)
- The Story of Brian (Alternate extended edit of The Secret Life of Brian) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2007)
- Before the Flying Circus (DVD, 2008)
- Monty Python Conquers America (DVD, 2008)
- Movie Connections - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC 1, 2009)
- Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2009)
- The Meaning of Monty Python (Blu-ray, 2013)
- Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (BBC 1, 2014)
- Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (UKTV Gold, 2014)
- Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails (BBC 2, 2019)
Stage productions
- Spamalot (2004)
- Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2007)
- An Evening Without Monty Python (2009)
- Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
Computer and video games
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
- Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
- Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
- Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
- Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)[15]
- Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)
Other collaborations outside Monty Python
In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside Monty Python.
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- From Fringe to Flying Circus – Roger Wilmut (1980)
- Monty Python: The Case Against Irreverence, Scurrility, Profanity, Vilification, and Licentious Abuse – Robert Hewison (1981)
- Monty Python: Complete and Utter Theory of the Grotesque – John O. Thompson (1982)
- Life of Python – George Perry (1983)
- The First 20 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1989)
- And Now for Something Completely Trivial: The Monty Python Trivia and Quiz Book – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1991)
- Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the Troupe's Creative Output and Articles and Reviews About Them, 1969–89 – Douglas L. McCall (1992)
- Life Before and After Monty Python: The Solo Flights of the Flying Circus – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1993)
- Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time : An Official Compendium of Answers to Ruddy Questions Not Normally Considered Relevant to Mounties! – Rusel Demaria (1995)
- The First 28 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1998)
- Monty Python Speaks! – David Morgan (1999)
- The (Non-Inflatable) Monty Python TV Companion – Jim Yoakum (1999)
- The Pythons' Autobiography by The Pythons (2003)
- Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think! – Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch (2006)
- And Now For Something Completely Digital: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Monty Python – Alan Parker & Mick O'Shea (2006)
- Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday – Kim "Howard" Johnson (2008)
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