Last night John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam appeared on "Late Night" to promote their upcoming documentary "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (the Lawyer's Cut)," a six hour history of the comedy group that will air in America on IFC starting this Sunday.
Fallon devoted (almost) the entire show to the troupe, who rewarded him by mocking his monologue and getting in water fights. But once the men settled down they shared the stories of their sketches and discussed the hiccups they faced while forming their legacy.
Legendary British comedy troupe Monty Python all gathered in front of the camera one last time in this original documentary series that retells the entire Python phenomenon start to finish.
The Monty Python troupe includes John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman. This six-part series features interviews with all the surviving Python members, along with archive representation for the late Graham Chapman. The Pythons tell their life story and reveal deeper truths alongside the more tried and tested Python history lessons. The documentary also features comedians and contemporaries including: Jimmy Fallon, Lorne Michaels, Hugh Hefner, Eddie Izzard, Olivia Harrison, Steven Merchant, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Roth and Seth Green, among many others.
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Bravo! brings the legendary British comedy troupe Monty Python to the small screen for the Canadian premiere of MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER'S CUT). The six-episode series airs on Bravo! in three, two-hour blocks beginning Saturday, Oct. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The subsequent episodes air Sunday, Oct. 25 and Monday Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
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This might just be the first time I have watched Bravo! in all the years I've had cable...
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Yeah, Fallon was pretty good last night, most of it was just them being silly, and some of it was hit-and-miss, but they were obviously having a lot of fun.
Monty Python Documentary
