John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Eric Idle, the surviving members of the British cult comedy group Monty Python, are making a comeback 45 years since they started doing television shows together. They’re preparing for a stage show, which will be officially announced on Thursday at a press conference in London.
“We're getting together and putting on a show - it's real," Jones told the BBC. "I'm quite excited about it. I hope it makes us a lot of money. I hope to be able to pay off my mortgage!"
The news was first reported by The Sun, who stated the press conference will be held at the Playhouse Theatre in London, where Spamalot is running. Idle penned the musical. The sixth member, Graham Chapman, passed away in 1989 at age 48 from cancer.
The group’s sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus debuted in 1969 and it spurred cult films like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
People notes they have since gone their separate ways and pursued different projects.
Idle tweeted Monday when the news came out he tweeted, “Only three days to go till the Python Press Conference. Make sure Python fans are alerted to the big forthcoming news event.”
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