There's a funny scene in "The Life of Brian," the controversial 1979 movie from the Monty Python chaps. Brian, a Jewish zealot, played by Graham Chapman, paints "Romans go home" on the walls of ...

If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday, April 28, was made for horse feed (about ...