Monty Python Encyclopedia

by Robert Ross

This guide includes everything you ever wanted to know about the history and stars of the Python comedy team from "And Now For Something Completely Different" to "The Wind In The Willows" via "Dead Parrots", "Twelve Monkeys" and "Basil the Rat".

Genres: Humor, Reference, Nonfiction, Tv

288 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

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Robert Ross wears many different hats: consultant, researcher, writer and audio commentary moderator, working for television and radio.

Reviews

[Brad Harvey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have gotten a higher rating except it's in definite need of a proofreader. Tons of misspellings, mysterious disappearance of words and grammatical mistakes.

[Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a lot of information in it, but unlike a real encyclopedia, the author injected to much of his opinion into the entries. I did discover references to a few Python appearances that I'm going to follow up on.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Monty Python Encyclopedia by Robert Ross (TV Books 1997)(791.4572) is, believe it or not, just what it says it is. This is mainly useful for its summaries of each episode of Monty Python Flying Circus episodes. My rating: 5/10, finished 9/19/11.

[Jake · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty thorough with very tiny print throughout.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that it also included non-Monty Python works by the members of the group, notably lots of Terry Gilliam films.