To the editor: Regarding the etymology of "spam": Anyone who has been in the business for a long time knows that "spam" as applied to unwanted bulk e-mail comes from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch, ...

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His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

"Spamalot" creator Eric Idle discusses the Broadway revival's fresh approach and universal appeal as the national tour ...

There are two main definitions of the word "spam," one more common than the other. The first is the various flavors of Spam, ...

This weekend, if you haven’t “been around,” or if you don’t like bawdy sketches, waggish bits or silly things–nudge-nudge, wink-wink–then you’d better avoid Grapevine like the plague, because The ...

Monty Python Live (mostly) at the O2 was the show to end all Python shows. Bigger, brassier, bolder than anything we'd done before. The reception was amazing. We kept adding shows.” — Legendary Monty ...

Two of the show’s highlight are the Act II opening song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” which was borrowed from ...