Editing Monty Python (section)

===Comedy stylists===
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Monty Python have been named as being influential to the comedy stylings of a great many people including: [[Sacha Baron Cohen]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anthony |first=Andrew |date=2009-06-06 |title=The Observer profile: Sacha Baron Cohen - the comic who is always in your face |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jun/07/sacha-baron-cohen-bruno-profile |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> [[David Cross]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bent |first=Mike |title=Profile in Comedy: David Cross – Comedy Writing |url=http://www.netplaces.com/comedy-writing/lets-get-sketchy/profile-in-comedy-david-cross.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407012456/http://www.netplaces.com/comedy-writing/lets-get-sketchy/profile-in-comedy-david-cross.htm |archive-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> [[Rowan Atkinson]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |date=2015-03-27 |title=Before and after 'Bean': A talk with Rowan Atkinson, continued |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-mr-bean-rowan-atkinson-20150326-column.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Seth MacFarlane]],<ref>{{cite interview|last=Pollak |first=Kevin |interviewer=Kevin Pollak |title=Kevin Pollak Chat Show |last2=MacFarlane |first2=Seth |url=http://www.kevinpollakschatshow.com/archive/?p=64 |date=August 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016071245/http://www.kevinpollakschatshow.com/archive/?p=64 |archive-date=October 16, 2013 }}</ref> [[Seth Meyers]],<ref>{{cite interview|last=Gaydos|first=Steve|interviewer=Steve Gaydos|title=Live from New York: A Discussion with the Saturday Night Live Writers|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/2011-fall-saturday-night-live-writers/|date=13 November 2011}}</ref> [[Trey Parker]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Ken |title=Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Larry Divney 'Speaking Freely' transcript |url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?id=12881 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209001855/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?id=12881 |archive-date=2010-02-09 |website=firstamendmentcenter.org}}</ref> [[Matt Stone]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100209001855/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?id=12881 "Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Larry Divney 'Speaking Freely' transcript"]. Retrieved 10 March 2020</ref> [[Vic and Bob]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/monty-python-reuniting-10-reasons-2809537|title=Monty Python 'reuniting': 10 reasons it HAS to come back|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=19 November 2013|quote=Monty Python would itself go on to influence an entire generation of future comedians, from Eddie Izzard to Vic and Bob.}}</ref> [[Mike Myers]],<ref name="Collin"/> [[Russell Brand]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Russell Brand names his five favourite movies of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/russell-brand-five-favourite-movies/ |access-date=30 July 2022 |website=[[Far Out Magazine]]}}</ref> [[Robin Williams]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robin-williams-monty-python_b_5678242 | title=Robin Williams' Throbbing (And Reciprocated) Love of Python | date=14 August 2014 |website=Huffington Post }}</ref> [[Jerry Seinfeld]],<ref name="Seinfeld">{{Cite news |last=Reinstein |first=Mara |title='I Wasn't Very Good!' Jerry Seinfeld Reflects on His Early Routines, Favorite Seinfeld Episode and the Future of Comedy |url=https://parade.com/1096425/maramovies/jerry-seinfeld-is-this-anything/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays |date=2 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> [[Eddie Izzard]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweeney |first=Eamon |title=Living the dream: Eddie Izzard |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/living-the-dream-eddie-izzard-1956032.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=8 May 2011|date=27 November 2009}}</ref> and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://podcasts.triplem.com.au/audio/20070307_spoon_best_weirdalredux.mp3|title="Weird Al" Yankovic interview by Spoonman on Triple M Australia|time=9:10|access-date=2 April 2007|archive-date=4 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704191934/http://podcasts.triplem.com.au/audio/20070307_spoon_best_weirdalredux.mp3}}</ref> [[Matt Groening]], creator of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', was influenced by Python's "high velocity sense of the absurd and not stopping to explain yourself", and pays tribute through a couch gag used in [[The Simpsons (season 5)|seasons five]] and [[The Simpsons (season 6)|six]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Brian L.|last=Ott|year=2008|title=The Small Screen: How Television Equips Us to Live in the Information Age|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-6154-1|page=103}}</ref> Appearing on ''Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)'', [[Jim Carrey]]—who refers to Monty Python as the "Super Justice League of comedy"—recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler (played by Palin) laughing himself to death in "[[The Funniest Joke in the World]]" sketch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/c7jvrt/monty-pythons-best-bits-mostly--series-1-episode-1/ |access-date=5 September 2019 |work=Radio Times |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001205/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/c7jvrt/monty-pythons-best-bits-mostly--series-1-episode-1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nick Park]], creator of ''[[Wallace & Gromit]]'', was inspired by Gilliam's animation in Monty Python "to be a bit wacky and off the wall".<ref>{{cite news |title=Nick Park's 7 animation heroes |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/nick-park-favourite-animators-influences-early-man |access-date=13 October 2023 |publisher=BFI}}</ref> [[Simon Pegg]], co-writer of the ''[[Three Flavours Cornetto]]'' trilogy of British comedy films (from ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' to ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]''), stated his "love of comedy was hugely informed by Monty Python".<ref>{{cite news |title=Simon Pegg and the Pythons will do Absolutely Anything |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/12/simon-pegg-monty-python-terry-jones-absolutely-anything |access-date=23 October 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Jerry Seinfeld told [[Parade (magazine)|''Parade'']], "Monty Python was a gigantic influence on me. They were just about silly, funny things that meant nothing, and that's the stuff I love. There's a wonderful childlike freedom in those kinds of things."<ref name="Seinfeld"/> ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' served as an inspiration for voice actor [[Rob Paulsen]] in voicing [[Pinky and the Brain#Pinky|Pinky]] from the animated television series ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'', giving the character "a goofy whack job" of a British accent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/11/20/21578891/animaniacs-legacy-influence-reboot-hulu |title='They'll Get It at 8 or at 38": How 'Animaniacs' Introduced a Generation to Comedy |first=Tim |last=Greiving |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=31 May 2021 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://uproxx.com/tv/pinky-and-the-brain-anniversary-interview/ | title = The Rise And Fall Of 'Pinky And The Brain,' A Clever Cartoon Too Smart For Its Own Good | first1 = Ashley | last1 = Burns | first2 = Chloe | last2 = Schildhause | work = [[Uproxx]] | date = 30 December 2015 | access-date = 31 May 2021 }}</ref> [[Graham Linehan]], co-creator of the sitcom ''[[Father Ted]]'', cited the ineffectual protest of ''Life of Brian'' upon its release as an influence for the ''Father Ted'' episode "[[The Passion of Saint Tibulus]]".<ref>{{cite AV media |last1=Linehan |first1=Graham| authorlink1=Graham Linehan |last2=Mathews |first2=Arthur |authorlink2=Arthur Mathews (writer) |year= |title=Father Ted DVD Commentaries |type=Podcast |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/father-ted-dvd-commentaries/id582800079 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517221107/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/father-ted-dvd-commentaries/id582800079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2014 |accessdate=3 October 2024 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Channel 4}}</ref>

Comedian [[John Oliver]] states, "Writing about the importance of Monty Python is basically pointless. Citing them as an influence is almost redundant. It's assumed. This strange group of wildly talented, appropriately disrespectful, hugely imaginative and massively inspirational idiots changed what comedy could be for their generation and for those that followed."<ref>{{cite news |title=John Oliver on Monty Python: 'inspirational idiots who changed comedy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/07/john-oliver-monty-python-inspirational-idiots-who-changed-comedy |access-date=25 August 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> On how Python's freeform style influenced sketch comedy, [[Tina Fey]] of the American television show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' states, "Sketch endings are overrated. Their key was to do something as long as it was funny and then just stop and do something else."<ref name="BBC America">{{cite news |title=8 TV Shows and Comedy Stars Inspired by Monty Python |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/09/8-tv-shows-and-comedy-stars-inspired-by-monty-python |access-date=29 September 2019 |website=BBC America}}</ref> [[Stephen Merchant]], co-creator of ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' with [[Ricky Gervais]], stated, "I don't remember where I got this grand idea that I could somehow be John Cleese. That was my overriding passion from my mid-teens. Cleese had grown up in Weston-Super-Mare, not far from Bristol where I grew up, and he was tall and he was very funny and very British and it's almost like I thought 'well if they want tall people from the west country I can do that.'"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/12/22/news/stephen-merchant-recalls-creating-the-office-with-ricky-gervais-1797154/ | title=Stephen Merchant recalls creating the Office with Ricky Gervais |work=The Irish News | date=22 December 2019 |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>