The five surviving members of Monty Python have promised a line-up of greatest hits for their "last ever" live show, which begins a ten-date run at the O2 Arena tomorrow (1 July 2014). Iconic sketches ...

Writers (L-R) Ian MacNaughton, Michael Palin, unknown, Graham Chapman, and Neil Innes in a script conference for BBC television show ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’, 1974. (Photo by Chris Ridley/Radio ...

From the Knights Who Say "Ni" to killer rabbits with big pointy teeth, British comedy group Monty Python's Flying Circus established a new standard for absurdity on television in the 1960s and '70s.