…a founding member of the Monty Python troupe, which set a standard during the 1970s for its quirky parodies and wacky humour on television and later in films.

…of the British comedy troupe Monty Python.

…the company’s efforts were the Monty Python filmLife of Brian (1979),Time Bandits (1981), andMona Lisa (1986). Harrison was a frequent collaborator and often appeared on the albums of his former bandmates and other musicians. In the late 1980s he recorded and performed with the Traveling Wilburys, a…

…was even the basis of Monty Python’s award-winning musical comedySpamalot, a 2005 spoof on the legend of King Arthur.

…wilder, mixed-media antics of the Monty Python troupe. A more working-class breed of solo stand-up, meanwhile, was emerging in Britain’s equivalent of America’s Borscht Belt: the workingmen’s club circuit in the north of England, where comics assaulted the audience with brash joke-driven monologues that often traded on racial and sexual…