Hopes of a Monty Python reunion are as dead as a Norwegian Blue parrot, John Cleese has said. But always look on the bright side of life – he’s planning to bring their classic film Life of Brian to the stage.
Cleese, 80, has ruled out working with remaining members Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam under the Python banner after the death of Terry Jones.
Jones died aged 77 in January – the group’s second loss after Graham Chapman, who died aged 48 in 1989. Cleese said: “With Terry and Graham gone I feel delighted to say I feel no obligation at all to carry on with the Python legacy.
As they say... ‘It was what it was’.” The comedy legends reunited for live gigs in 2014, but Cleese says their work will now live on in other ways
Read more on mirror.co.uk