See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Eric Idle, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

Today is National Lumberjack Day, and until today, I don’t think it ever occurred to me that lumberjacks were not a thing ...

Eric Idle of the Monty Python comedy troupe promises a reunion next month will include “The Lumberjack Song” —performers dressed as a chorus of Mounties, acting as backup singers for a cross-dressing ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

The iconic sketch show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, aired from 1969 to 1974, spawning a whole host of classic Python bits that are still quoted (sometimes ...

English actor and comedian Eric Idle on Friday threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a Monty Python song in a political attack ad released Tuesday. Idle, a ...