Monty Python's famous fish-slapping dance ended up saving Sir Michael Palin from gun-toting Venezuelan paramilitaries, the comedian has revealed. Palin, 82, had been shooting his Channel 5 documentary ...

Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

Michael Palin was terrified when he was held at gunpoint in Venezuela, but he managed to get out of trouble using a very unusual method. When he found himself at gunpoint with armed guards in ...

John Cleese has made a startling admission. The Fawlty Towers and Monty Python star says a fan died while laughing so much during one of his performances. ‘We killed a man,’ Cleese says, referring to ...