Image: Monty Python's Flying Circus cast, November 1969
The first episode of seminal comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, subtitled 'Whither Canada?', was broadcast just before 11pm on Sunday 5 October 1969. The Radio Times celebrated the launch with a spoof board game that set Monty Python in the context of previous satirical and late night shows. In the first programme sketches included 'famous deaths' presented by Mozart, the writing of the funniest and deadliest joke in the world, and an interview with Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson. Read More...
NEW YORK — Paul Rudd immediately warns me about bullet ants.
He beat me to the American Museum of Natural History’s entomology collection, where I find him leaning over a glass case of meticulously arranged specimens. These guys are scarier than they look, he says, gesturing to the rows of shiny black bullet ants. Apparently they rank high on entomologist Justin Schmidt’s pain index, which is based on his personal experiences of different species stinging him. Read More...
Jasha Balcom is a cast of put a ring on it. Find out more about the wife and family of Balcom.
The couples face the one question they’ve been too afraid to ask each week: Are they ready for their “happily ever after”? They are pushed, stretched, and tested to answer this question.
The couples go on a series of dates with different people to see if there might be a better love connection that they have been missing all along. Read More...