Monty Python filmography

The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Television

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
• Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
• Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
• Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)

Live shows

• Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
• Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
• Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

Films

There were four Monty Python films:

• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

Musicals and plays

• Spamalot
• Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Books

The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:

• Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
• The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown - the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
• The Life of Brian of Nazareth/Montypythonscrapbook (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it - the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
• Monty Python - The Case Against (1981) (Written with Robert Hewisohn - an official, script-heavy guide to the Pythons' battles with the censors)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
• Monty Python: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
• The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
• The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook (1995)
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
• Monty Python Speaks! (1999) (Written and edited by David Morgan - an oral history of the group's work comprising new interviews with all the surviving members and their extended working families)
• A Pocketful of Python, picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python, picked by John Cleese (2000) (John Cleese's favorite moments from the Python films and TV series.)
• A Pocketful of Python, picked by Terry Gilliam (2001) (Terry Gilliam's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python, picked by Michael Palin (2001) (Michael Palin's favorite Python moments.)
• A Pocketful of Python, hand-picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favorite Python moments.)
• The Pythons Autobiography By The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe - a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
• The Very Best Of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
• Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)

Records

Original Monty Python album releases:

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
• Another Monty Python Record (1971)
• Monty Python's Previous Record (1972)
• The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973)
• Monty Python Live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1974)
• The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python Live at City Center (1976)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

Compilation albums:

• The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)
• Monty Python Sings (1989)

Spinoff albums include:

• Monty Python's Spamalot – Original Broadway Cast (2005)
• Not The Messiah (2009)
• Monty Python's Spamalot - UK Cast Album (2010)

In addition, there have been several singles, either on general release or as promotional material (including magazine freebies).

Computer and video games

• Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
• Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
• Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
• Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
• Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)
• Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)

Other collaborations outside of Monty Python

In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside of Monty Python.

Further reading

• From Fringe to Flying Circus – Roger Wilmut (1980)
• Monty Python: The Case Against Irreverence, Scurrility, Profanity, Vilification, and Licentious Abuse – Robert Hewison (1981)
• Monty Python: Complete and Utter Theory of the Grotesque – John O. Thompson (1982)
• Life of Python – George Perry (1983)
• The First 20 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1989)
• And Now for Something Completely Trivial: The Monty Python Trivia and Quiz Book – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1991)
• Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the Troupe's Creative Output and Articles and Reviews About Them, 1969–89 – Douglas L. McCall (1992)
• Life Before and After Monty Python: The Solo Flights of the Flying Circus – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1993)
• Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time : An Official Compendium of Answers to Ruddy Questions Not Normally Considered Relevant to Mounties! – Rusel Demaria (1995)
• The First 28 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1998)
• Monty Python Speaks! – David Morgan (1999)
• The (Non-Inflatable) Monty Python TV Companion – Jim Yoakum (1999)
• The Pythons' Autobiography by The Pythons (2003)
• Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think! – Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch (2006)
• And Now For Something Completely Digital: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Monty Python – Alan Parker & Mick O'Shea (2006)
• Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday – Kim "Howard" Johnson (2008)