Terry Gilliam and the Goons

Monty Python inspired generations of comedians and TV shows. Many people know a lot of the scripts from Monty Python sketches off by heart. Even politicians like Margaret Thatcher once quoted a Monty Python sketch in one of her speeches. What does their comedy tell us about the British sense of humour? I think maybe partly this has helped to createThis stereotype that British humour is surreal and strange and difficult to understand, says Graham Chapman.