Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.

In the first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969), the British cult comedy, John Cleese and Graham Chapman visit London’s National Gallery. Dressed as frumpy mothers, they satisfy their ...

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise during a rehearsal for The Morecambe & Wise Show in 1981 - Peter Bolton/TV Times via Getty Images While no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition, we always anticipated our ...

The six members of the Monty Python team, 1969. Left to right: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman (1941 - 1989), John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ...