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The computer coding language Python was named after the comedy troupe Monty Python

Feb 1, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: The computer coding language “Python” was named after the comedy troupe Monty Python

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In the 1980s, Monty Python was mainly exposed to the US through PBS, as CBS had censored parts of The Holy Grail during a 1977 broadcast. This angered the comedy troupe, causing them to revoke the rights to broadcast the movie.

The Python programming language was named after Monty Python, not a snake.

Monty Python got back together for Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) due to the fact that they had to pay Mark Forstater £800,000 in royalties for Spamalot. These ten shows were the first time they had performed together in 34 years.

While shooting Monty Python The Holy Grail (1975), Graham Chapman experienced the potentially fatal delirium tremens (DTs) due to the lack of alcohol on set. DTs usually only affect people who have been drinking heavily for a long period of time, such as 0.5L of liquor or 7-8 pints of beer every day for 10 years or more.

after filming of the restauraunt scene in the 1983 Monty Python s The Meaning of Life , hundreds of pounds of fake vomit had to be cleaned up on short notice as a wedding was booked at the same venue hours later.

that the most requested funeral song in England is by Monty Python.

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