Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's ...

(Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Absurd humor existed before Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The writing was heavily inspired by The Goon Show, a British radio comedy show ...

specifically King Arthur's search for the Holy Grail. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin wrote the movie; they are all part of the Monty Python ...

(Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Absurd humor existed before Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The writing was heavily inspired by The Goon Show, a British radio comedy show ...