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Terry Jones, co-founder of Monty Python [comedy troop], died Wednesday after a long struggle with dementia. He was 77.
Jones was instrumental in creating the wacky, absurdist style of comedy that Monty Python made famous in the 1970s and directed two of the English comedy group’s most successful films, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and [the funniest spiritual movie ever made] “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.”
Jones was instrumental in creating the wacky, absurdist style of comedy that Monty Python made famous in the 1970s and directed two of the English comedy group’s most successful films, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and [the funniest spiritual movie ever made] “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.”
In the latter, Jones plays Mandy Cohen, mother of the titular Brian [a Christ-adjacent figure], and she appears before a crowd to deliver probably his most famous line in a comically squawky voice: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!”
Jones also wrote the screenplay for the 1986 cult classic “Labyrinth” starring David Bowie. In 2004 Jones was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the BBC documentary series “Medieval Lives,” and in 1983 he was nominated for a BAFTA for best original song for “Every Sperm is Sacred” from “Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life.”
In October 2016 Jones received a standing ovation as he was awarded the BAFTA Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television. More
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