Following months of secret discussions and planning, it looks like the five surviving members of Monty Python will be reuniting for a stage show in London.
"We're getting together and putting on a show - it's real. I'm quite excited about it. I hope it makes us a lot of money. I hope to be able to pay off my mortgage!" Terry Jones told the BBC.
The reunion is expected to be officially announced at a press conference on Thursday. John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Jones are all scheduled to appear at an event that was first reported by the tabloid paper The Sun.
The last time the five remaining members of the iconic British comedy group appeared together was in 1998 at the Aspen Comedy Festival. The sixth member of the group, Graham Chapman, died in 1989.
The six members of the group originally met through university studies and late through their work on various television and comedy shows like The Frost Report. From there they landed their very own popular BBC television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which changed the landscape of the traditional sketch writing show and dispensed punchlines and sketches with little or no reverence for structure or plot. The first episode of the Flying Circus broadcast on Oct. 5 1969. From there they went on to make "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life."
Since that time each member of the group has had very successful solo careers that include acting, writing and performing. They have enjoyed the legacy of Monty Python for quite some time. In fact, the press conference on Thursday will take place at the theater where Spamalot is currently running.
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