Britains Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating Monty Python's comedy
LONDON -- And now for something completely different: Britains Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates some of the troupes most iconic characters and catchphrases, from Nudge, nudge to The Lumberjack Song.
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series Monty Pythons Flying Circus, including The Spanish Inquisition, The Ministry of Silly Walks," Dead Parrot and The Nude Organist.
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, Tis but a scratch.
The stamps can be pre-ordered from Thursday and go on sale Aug. 14.
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974. The troupe also made several feature films, including And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Pythons Life of Brian and Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life.
David Gold, Royal Mails director of external affairs, said the collection honors a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades.
Palin said he was very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons reunited in 2014 for a string of live stage shows.
Jones died in 2020 from a rare form of dementia.
