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===Associate Pythons===
Several people have been accorded unofficial "Associate Python" status over the years. Occasionally such people have been referred to as the ''7th Python'', in a style reminiscent of [[George Martin]] (or other associates of [[The Beatles]]) being dubbed "the [[Fifth Beatle]]." The two collaborators with the most meaningful and plentiful contributions have been [[Neil Innes]] and [[Carol Cleveland]]. Both were present and presented as ''Associate Pythons'' at the official Monty Python 25th anniversary celebrations held in Los Angeles in July 1994.
[[Image:CarolCleveland.jpg|thumb|right|[[Carol Cleveland]] as the stereotypical
Neil Innes is the only non-Python besides [[Douglas Adams]] to be credited with writing material for the ''Flying Circus''. He appeared in sketches and the Python films, as well as performing some of his songs in ''[[Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl]]''. He was also a regular stand-in for absent team members on the rare occasions when they re-created sketches. For example, he took the place of Cleese at the [[Concert for George]]. Gilliam once noted that if anyone qualified for the title of the "Seventh Python," it would certainly be Innes. He was one of the creative talents in the off-beat [[Bonzo Dog Band]]. He would later portray Ron Nasty of the Rutles and write all of the Rutles' compositions for ''[[All You Need is Cash]]'' (1978). By 2005, a falling out had occurred between Idle and Innes over additional Rutles projects, the results being Innes' critically acclaimed Rutles "reunion" album ''The Rutles: Archaeology'' and Idle's straight-to-DVD ''The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch'', each undertaken without the other's participation. According to an interview with Idle in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' in May 2005, his attitude is that he and Innes go back "too far. And no further." Innes has remained silent on the dispute.
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