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===After ''Python'' reunions===
[[File:Monty Python O2 Arena.jpg|thumb|Left to right: Palin, Gilliam, Jones, Idle, Cleese (pictured in 2014).]]
Since ''The Meaning of Life'', their last project as a team, the Pythons have often been the subject of reunion rumours.<ref name="ParkerO'Shea2006" /> In 1988 Monty Python won the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]] for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema, with four of the six Pythons (Jones, Palin, Gilliam and Chapman) collecting the award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema in 1988 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film/outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema |access-date=25 August 2019 |website=BAFTA.org}}</ref> The final appearance of all six together occurred during the 1989 ''[[Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python]]'' TV special.<ref name="Reunions"/><ref>McCall, Douglas (2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969–2012, 2d ed. McFarland. {{ISBN|9780786478118}}.</ref> The death of Chapman in October 1989 put an end to the speculation of any further reunions. However, there were several occasions after 1989 when the remaining five members gathered together for appearances — albeit not formal reunions. In 1996 Jones, Idle, Cleese, and Palin were featured in a film adaptation of ''The Wind in the Willows'', which was later renamed ''[[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (film)|Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]''.<ref name="TJones">Nathan Bevan (5 March 2011). [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/arts-in-wales/2011/03/05/the-life-and-times-of-monty-python-s-terry-jones-91466-28274298/ "The life and times of Monty Python’s Terry Jones"]. ''Western Mail''. Wales Online. Retrieved 19 August 2019</ref> In 1997, Palin and Cleese rolled out a new version of the "[[Dead Parrot sketch]]" for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="Reunions"/>
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=== Terry Jones ===
[[Terry Jones]] has been described by other members of the team as the "heart" of the operation. Jones had a lead role in maintaining the group's unity and creative independence. Python biographer George Perry has commented that should "[you] speak to him on subjects as diverse as [[fossil fuel]]s, or [[Rupert Bear]], or mercenaries in the [[Middle Ages]] or Modern China ... in a moment you will find yourself hopelessly out of your depth, floored by his knowledge."<ref>Perry, George (2007). ''The Life of Python''. p. 40. Pavilion</ref> Many others agree that Jones is characterised by his irrepressible, good-natured enthusiasm.
=== Michael Palin ===
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[[File:Monty Python Live 02-07-14 13 04 42 (14598710791).jpg|thumb|Menu from the "[[Spam (Monty Python)|Spam]]" sketch, from where the [[Spamming|junk term]] is derived. Spam is included in almost every dish, much to the consternation of a customer.]]
* The term "[[Spamming|spam]]" in reference to bulk, unsolicited email is derived from the show's 1970 "[[Spam (Monty Python)|Spam]]" sketch.{{ref RFC|2635}} As the waitress recites the Spam-filled menu, a chorus of [[Viking]] patrons drown out all conversations with a song, repeating "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam… Spammity Spam! Wonderful Spam!"<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thegoodword.co.uk/2010/09/20/the-origin-of-the-word-spam/| title = The Origin of the word 'Spam'| website = The Good Word| access-date = 23 August 2019| archive-date = 16 December 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191216040211/http://www.thegoodword.co.uk/2010/09/20/the-origin-of-the-word-spam/| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* The [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]] by [[Guido van Rossum]] is named after the troupe, and Monty Python references are often found in sample code created for that language. The default [[integrated development environment]] of the programming language is named [[IDLE (Python)|IDLE]], an alternative one is named [[Eric (software)|eric]], both in honour of Eric Idle. Additionally, a 2001 [[April Fool's Day]] joke by van Rossum and [[Larry Wall]] involving the merger of Python with [[Perl]] was dubbed "Parrot" after the [[Dead Parrot sketch]]. The name "Parrot" was later used for [[Parrot virtual machine|a project]] to develop a virtual machine for running [[bytecode]] for interpreted languages such as Perl and Python. Its package index is also known as the "Cheese Shop"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/|title=Python For Beginners|publisher=Python.org|access-date=3 March 2013}}</ref> after the [[Cheese Shop sketch|sketch of the same name]]. There is also a python refactoring tool called bicyclerepair named after [[Bicycle Repair Man]] sketch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bicycle Repair Man, a Refactoring Tool for Python|url=
* In 1985, a fossil of a previously unknown species of gigantic prehistoric snake from the [[Miocene]] was discovered in [[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]], Queensland, Australia. The Australian [[palaeontologist]] who discovered the fossil snake was a Monty Python fan, and he gave the snake the [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] name of ''[[Montypythonoides]] riversleighensis'' in honour of the Monty Python team.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A687945 Monty Python – a Brief History], [[BBC]], 29 January 2002</ref>
* In 2006, [[Ben & Jerry's]], known for their "celebrity flavours", introduced to the line-up "Vermonty Python", a coffee liqueur ice cream with a chocolate cookie crumb swirl and fudge cows. The name "Minty Python" had been suggested before in 1996 in a contest to select the quintessential British ice cream flavour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leemichaelwithers.tripod.com/sfh7_16_96.htm|title=STAN FREBERG HERE – British Ice Cream Flavors|access-date=1 October 2010|quote=Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream has just finished a contest to select the quintessential British ice cream flavor. ... They wanted a kind of "pun" flavor along the lines of their successful American flavor, "Cherry Garcia"--hmm, my favorite. Anyhow, the winner was "Cool Brittania." ... But some of the 7500 losers might have been better. How about this, for British flavors: "Minty Python"? "Jack the Ripple"? Or how about "The Rolling Scones"?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 July 1996 |title=American Scoops Up Prize For Name of Brit Ben & Jerry's |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1996/07/04/american-scoops-up-prize-for-name-of-brit-ben-jerrys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529173139/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-07-04/business/9607030986_1_ben-jerry-ice-cream-flavor |archive-date=29 May 2013 |access-date=1 October 2010 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |via=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |quote=If Britain were an ice cream, what flavor would it be? Jack the Ripple? Charles and Diana Split? Those names were floated in a contest run by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. to create the quintessential British ice cream flavor, along the lines of its world-famous American flavor, Cherry Garcia.}}</ref>
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