As you know (if you have looked at this blog at all today) tonight we're being visited by the Flying Circus that is Monty Python. Monty Python!! The members of Monty Python went on to influence and work in comedy and entertainment in their own ventures. So that begs the question....Who's Your Favorite Python? Is it....

A. John Cleese
Cleese went on to write and star in the British comedy Fawlty Towers. Among other things, he appeared in A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, the Shrek films, and the TV shows such as Third Rock From The Sun. Famous Monty Python sketches with Cleese include "The Ministry Of Silly Walks" and "The Parrot Sketch". Also after Monty Python, he also started a training video company.

B. Michael Palin
Palin went on to star in the British comedy Ripping Yarns and appeared in films such as A Fish Called Wanda for which he won a BAFTA award for best supporting actor. Palin helped compose the Monty Python sketches "The Lumberjack Song" and "Spanish Inquisition sketch". After Monty Python he also started a new career as a writer and travel documentarian.

C. Terry Gilliam
Gilliam went on to direct several major films such as 12 Monkeys, The Fisher King, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and Time Bandits. He's the only Python that was not born British but he later received his British citizenship. He is also credited as the animation genius that became familiar with the Monty Python style. He is the subject of the documentary Lost In La Mancha which chronicles his disastrous production problems while attempting to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote with Johnny Depp.

D. Graham Chapman
Chapman went on to star in the TV series' Hollywood Squares & Crazy Like A Fox and the NBC sketch series The Big Show. He was credited as being one of the best actors in Monty Python and his weird take on humor added to the group greatly (he suggested that the "parrot" in the then unnamed "Dead Parrot sketch" should be a parrot. Originally it was a toaster.) He co-wrote and co-starred in the film Yellowbeard.

E. Eric Idle
Idle created Rutland Weekend Television, a BBC2 sketch show, written by himself with music by Neil Innes. Idle is credited with being the biggest musical force in Monty Python and composed the groups legendary musical numbers like Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. He also created the Beatles parody group The Rutles.

F. Terry Jones
Jones co-wrote Ripping Yarns and wrote the screenplay for the film Labyrinth (which brought us the song "The Magic Dance" - thank you Mr. Jones). Jones was a major directing force in Monty Python co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail and acting as the sole director for Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. He is also a frequent contributor to newspapers for political editorials.

So....who's your favorite Python? (Hissss!)