LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britainѻý Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates some of the troupeѻý most iconic characters and catchphrases, from “Nudge, nudge” to “The Lumberjack Song.”
Six stamps depict scenes from the sketch-comedy TV series “Monty Pythonѻý Flying Circus,” including “The Spanish Inquisition,” ”The Ministry of Silly Walks," “Dead Parrot” and “The Nude Organist.”
Another four mark the 50th anniversary of the cult classic 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” including one showing the limb-losing Black Knight insisting, “’Tis but a scratch.”
The stamps can be pre-ordered from Thursday and go on sale Aug. 14.
Made up of Michael Palin, John Cleese, , Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, Monty Python brought a unique blend of satire, surrealism and silliness to British TV screens in a series that ran from 1969 to 1974. The troupe also made several feature films, including “And Now for Something Completely Different,” “Monty Pythonѻý Life of Brian” and “Monty Pythonѻý The Meaning of Life.”
David Gold, Royal Mailѻý director of external affairs, said the collection “honors a body of work that has shaped the comedic landscape for nearly six decades.”
Palin said he was “very glad to share a stamp with the nude organist!”
The group largely disbanded in the 1980s, and Chapman died of cancer in 1989. The five surviving Pythons for a string of live stage shows.
Jones from a rare form of dementia.