Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle and Terry Jones and Bob McCabe and Michael Palin — The Pythons' Autobiography By The Pythons

Orion Books 2005 Paperback, 463pp. Over thirty years ago, a group of six Englishmen - well, one was Welsh and another an interloping American - rewrote the rules of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen half-hour show of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations, first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact has been felt the world over ever since. From its humble beginnings, it blossomed into the most influential movement in modern comedy. THE PYTHONs' AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PYTHONS is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age, with 64 pages of photographs, many culled from the team's own personal collections, and many more seen for the first time. This is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque. Foxed and discoloured; some of the photo pages are loose. (ISBN: 9780752864259). Good.