The Monty Python Megastore!


Great Monty Python items for sale here! All guaranteed to break the ice at parties!

Monty Python Speaks! Monty Python Speaks is a great new book with interviews with the five surviving Pythons (and others including Douglas Adams and Carol Cleveland). It also includes many black and white behind the scenes pictures never before seen. A very nice book indeed.

The First 280 Years Of Monty Python Finally released (was due in early 1998), this great revision of The First 200 Years of Monty Python includes many new pictures; an updated bibliography and new sections on trading cards, Pythonline, and anniversary celebrations. A must have for any Python fan!

The First 200 Years of Monty Python The revision basically makes this obsolete, but it might be of some interest for completists. It contains info and synopses of movies and the show.

Life Before And After Monty Python: The Solo Flights Of The Flying Circus An immensely useful book from the author of The First 280 Years of Monty Python, picking up where the first one left off. Even though it stops around 1992, it is very useful for all the synopses, background info and pictures that it has.

And Now for Something Completely Trivial: The Monty Python Trivia and Quiz Book Another winner from Kim "Howard" Johnson of Life Before And After Monty Python: The Solo Flights Of The Flying Circus and The First 200 Years of Monty Python fame. Contains many pieces of tough trivia, perfect for the Python fan.

The Monty Python Encyclopedia An excellent Python book, with a few rare pictures and many excellent facts, with entries on everything a Python fan could ask for. Great reading, even though Robert Ross (the author) has a habit of making Beatles references where they really don’t belong and some strange mistakes (what exactly is "All Things Dull and Horrible?"). It is recommended nevertheless.

Monty Python: A Celebration This new book for the 30th anniversary of Python is a decent read, even though some facts are wrong and lines are misquoted. However, the pictures make it worth it.

The Monty Python (Non-Inflatable) TV Companion This not-yet-published book was envisioned several years ago by Jim Yoakum to list the references of Monty Python to American viewers (such as Mary Whitehouse, Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath) so they could better understand the show. While researching for the book, Yoakum met Graham Chapman and started writing with him, and recently compiled Graham Crackers after Graham’s death. The book is finally due to be published this year.

Monty Python: The Case Against An excellent book on the Python controversies including the ABC lawsuit and the Life Of Brian scandal. A very interesting read.

Life Of Python A great biography of the troupe with several insights, interviews, interspersed with great pictures.

Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the Troupe's Creative Output, and Articles and Reviews About Them, 1969-1989 The extremely long title says it all. The book is only a private pressing, but it seems like a very, very well written book.

Monty Python: Complete and Utter Theory of the Grotesque A nice collection of articles on Monty Python.

The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words Part one of all the scripts to the show (from season one to season two) with a good assortment of black and white screen grabs in the middle of the book.

The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words Volume Two Part two of all the scripts to the show (from season three to season four) with a good assortment of black and white screen grabs in the middle of the book.

The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook A songbook with several Python songs’ lyrics and sheet music. Animated pictures are here as well.

Monty Python's Big Red Book The special hardback edition (actually a softcover blue book) is a great bunch of sketches adapted to the book medium by Eric Idle.

Brand New Monty Python Bok Another Python book with new material, including many cartoons, several inserts which parody a Penguin paperback and a school library checkout flap, and all around silliness.

Brand New Monty Python Papperbok The paperback edition of the Bok.

The Immortal Works of William Shakespeare: And Some Other Garbage from Monty Python (Monty Python's Flying Circus) The Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok in one volume.

The Monty Python Gift Books The Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok in one volume with a poster.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail The scriptbook for the Holy Grail.

Monty Python’s the Life of Brian (of Nazareth) The script from The Life Of Brian.

Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life The script from The Meaning Of Life.

A Liar's Autobiography Graham’s autobiography, which contains some truth and some really silly fictitious stories.

A Liar's Autobiography (Book-On-Tape) Graham reads A Liar’s Autobiography unabridged.

Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies Graham Crackers is a collection of memories taken from his lecture tours, a silly instruction book on how to build a birdhouse and quite a few Pythonesque sketches.

Complete Fawlty Towers The scripts for Fawlty Towers.

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Yes, I am fully aware this is a Dr. Suess book, but it is a book on tape read by John Cleese.

The Inferno Of Dante John Cleese reads this in another book on tape.

The Screwtape Letters: Anniversary Edition Cleese reads this in a special Anniversary edition, but then, you knew that by the title, didn’t you?

The Screwtape Letters John Cleese reads again, but this time it is abridged.

Contemporary Christianity: The Screwtape Letters, the Seven Storey Mountain, the Gospel According to Jesus (Contemporary Christianity) John Cleese reads again from The Screwtape Letters.

Tom Thumb John Cleese reads yet another book.

Families and How To Survive Them John Cleese talks with his therapist, Robin Skynner, about families.

Life and How To Survive It The sequal to the first book.

A Fish Called Wanda: The Screenplay (Applause Screenplay Series) You guessed it: the screenplay for A Fish Called Wanda!

The Daily Show's Five Questions from Comedy Central This includes Michael Palin’s and John Cleese’s Daily Show questions and answers from when they were promoting Fierce Creatures.

Complete Fawlty Towers The scripts for Fawlty Towers, which for some odd reason is cheaper than the one at the top of this page.

Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers soundtracks, with Manuel narrating the more visual scenes.

Fawlty Towers 2 Fawlty Towers soundtracks, with Manuel narrating the more visual scenes.

Fawlty Towers 3 Fawlty Towers soundtracks, with Manuel narrating the more visual scenes.

Cleese Encounters A great biography of John Cleese.

Encyclopedia of British Humorists : Geoffrey Chaucer to John Cleese (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol 906 (2 Vol Set)) The title says it all!

The Golden skits of Wing-Commander Muriel Volestrangler, FRHS and Bar A collection of Cleese-written and Cleese-cowritten sketches from Python, Cambridge Circus and At Last The 1948 Show.

The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilisation As We Know It The script and stills from the film.

Animations Of Mortality A collection of Gilliam animations and instructions on how to animate.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Screenplay (Applause Screenplay Series) The screenplay for Gilliam’s Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Novel (Applause Screenplay Series) The novel for Gilliam’s Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Not the Screenplay The screenplay for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, despite what the title says.

The Fisher King: The Book of the Film (The Applause Screenplay Series) The obligatory tie-in novel for The Fisher King.

Gilliam On Gilliam A series of interviews with Terry Gilliam on his films.

Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga A book about the making of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga A book about the making of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in a new revised edition.

The Battle of Brazil A book about the struggle to issue Brazil in Gilliam’s original edit. New expanded version.

Dark Knights and Holy Fools A brand new book about the movies of Terry Gilliam.

Dark Knights and Holy Fools A brand new book about the movies of Terry Gilliam in a hard cover edition.

Time Bandits The screenplay to Terry Gilliam’s movie, co-scripted with Michael Palin, John Cleese is also in the movie.

Around the World in 80 Days: Companion To the PBS Series (Best of the Bbc) A tie-in story of Michael Palin’s first travelogue. Includes many many pictures.

Around the World in 80 Days: Companion To the PBS Series (Best of the Bbc) A tie-in story of Michael Palin’s first travelogue in a hardcover edition. Includes many many pictures.

Pole to Pole With Michael Palin: North to South by Camel, River Raft, and Balloon (Companion to the Pbs Series) A tie-in story of Michael Palin’s second travelogue. Includes many many pictures.

Full Circle A tie-in story of Michael Palin’s latest travelogue. Includes many many pictures.

Full Circle: One Man's Journey by Air, Train, Boat and Occasionally Very Sore Feet Around the 20,000 Miles of the Pacific Rim A paperback book of Michael Palin’s latest travelogue. Includes many many pictures.

Full Circle A book on tape of the book above.

Full Circle: A Pacific Journey An abridged book on tape of the book above.

Hemmingway’s Travels This is a new, not yet published account of Michael’s not-yet-finished travelogue on Hemmingway’s travels, inspired by the researching for Hemmingway’s Chair. This is a hardcover edition.

Happy Holidays: The Golden Age of Railway Posters A book with an introduction by Michael about Railway posters.

Hemmingway’s Chair Michael Palin’s first novel about a man obsessed with Earnest Hemmingway in a hardcover format.

Hemmingway’s Chair Michael Palin’s first novel about a man obsessed with Earnest Hemmingway in a paperback format.

The Complete Ripping Yarns The scripts to all nine of Terry Jones’ and Michael Palin’s TV show set in early 1900s England.

Jack And The Beanstalk Michael narrates and speaks the dialogue too (including a Pythonesque Mom) the children’s story.

Limericks Michael’s children’s book of (what else?) limericks.

The Mirrorstone Another of Michael’s children’s books, which includes several holograms.

The Missionary The screenplay to Michael’s movie.

The Missionary The screenplay to Michael’s movie.

Dr. Fegg's Encyclopedia of All World Knowledge Mike and Terry do a book a lot like the Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok to have an outlet for all of the material that they could not get onto Python.

Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years A book about Saturday Night Live which includes information about Eric Idle and Michael Palin's hostings of the show.

The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat Eric Idle’s children’s book.

The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat: Book On Tape A book on tape of Eric Idle’s children’s book.

The Road To Mars Not yet published, this is Eric Idle’s second novel in a paperback edition.

The Road To Mars: A Post Modem Novel Not yet published, this is Eric Idle’s second novel in a hardcover edition.

The Road To Mars Not yet published, this is Eric Idle’s second novel in a book on tape edition.

Hello, Sailor Eric Idle’s first novel, now out of print, is a strange but funny story involving, among other things, a homosexual prime minister.

Pass The Butler The script to Eric’s play from 1981 called Pass The Butler.

The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book A book based on Eric Idle’s TV show Rutland Weekend Television, with plenty of pictures and a special guest appearance by Michael Palin.

The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book Another copy of the book based on Eric Idle’s TV show Rutland Weekend Television, with plenty of pictures and a special guest appearance by Michael Palin.

Fairy Tales Terry Jones’ first book of fairy tales (where The Beast With A Thousand Teeth, A Fish Of The World, The Sea Tiger and The Fly-By-Night were copied from).

Fairy Tales Another copy of Terry Jones’ first book of fairy tales (where The Beast With A Thousand Teeth, A Fish Of The World, The Sea Tiger and The Fly-By-Night were copied from).

Fairy Tales Another copy of Terry Jones’ first book of fairy tales (where The Beast With A Thousand Teeth, A Fish Of The World, The Sea Tiger and The Fly-By-Night were copied from).

Fairy Tales Another copy of Terry Jones’ first book of fairy tales (where The Beast With A Thousand Teeth, A Fish Of The World, The Sea Tiger and The Fly-By-Night were copied from).

Fairy Tales Another copy of Terry Jones’ first book of fairy tales (where The Beast With A Thousand Teeth, A Fish Of The World, The Sea Tiger and The Fly-By-Night were copied from).

Fantastic Stories More children’s stories by Terry Jones with Michael Foreman illustrations.

The Saga of Erik the Viking Another Terry Jones fairy tale (longer than the others) with illustrations by Michael Foreman.

The Saga of Erik the Viking Another Terry Jones fairy tale (longer than the others) with illustrations by Michael Foreman in paperback.

Nicobobinus A Terry Jones children’s story with Michael Foreman (longer than the others) about The Land of Dragons.

Nicobobinus A Terry Jones children’s story with Michael Foreman (longer than the others) about The Land of Dragons in large print.

The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins An edited re-release of "The Goblins of the Labyrinth."

The Beast With A Thousand Teeth Terry Jones’ fairy tale with several illustrations by Michael Foreman.

A Fish Of The World Terry Jones’ fairy tale with several illustrations by Michael Foreman.

The Sea Tiger Another Terry Jones fairy tale with illustrations by Michael Foreman.

The Fly-By-Night Another Terry Jones fairy tale with illustrations by Michael Foreman.

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book Terry Jones’ children’s book (made to look like a diary).

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Journal A sequel to Terry’s Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.

Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Quentin Cottington's Journal of Faery Research Another sequel to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, this book is the journal of Lady Cottington’s twin brother.

The Wind In The Willows Terry Jones is the narrator in a book on tape of The Wind In The Willows (which he would later adapt for film with 3 other Pythons).

Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary Terry Jones’ scholarly book about his controversial theory that Chaucer’s knight was a vicious mercenary.

Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary Terry Jones’ scholarly book about his controversial theory that Chaucer’s knight was a vicious mercenary in paperback.

Crusades Terry Jones’ scholarly book about the Crusades. The back cover has a picture of Terry in knights’ armour.

The Search for King Arthur A scholarly work on the origins of King Arthur, with a foreword by Terry Jones.

Douglas Adams’ Starship Titanic Terry Jones’ very funny novel from an idea by Douglas Adams (of The Hitchihiker’s Guide To The Galaxy fame) about humans on a ship run by aliens and robots.

Douglas Adams’ Starship Titanic Terry Jones’ very funny novel from an idea by Douglas Adams (of The Hitchihiker’s Guide To The Galaxy fame) about humans on a ship run by aliens and robots. This is a paperback edition.

Douglas Adams’ Starship TitanicTerry Jones’ very funny novel from an idea by Douglas Adams (of The Hitchihiker’s Guide To The Galaxy fame) about humans on a ship run by aliens and robots. This is a book on tape edition.

Erek The Viking A script for the film, directed and featuring Terry Jones, with a role by John Cleese.