HIS FANS KNOW HIM BEST FOR doing the Silly Walk and singing about lumberjacks (who dress in drag). Today, though, Monty Python creator John Cleese is analyzing Sigmund Freud. And Karl Jung. And R. D.

For some unknown reason, I have had the song “I’m a Lumberjack” from Monty Python’s Flying Circus going through my head for the last several days. I don’t mind it, especially, although even the best ...

Eric Idle, a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, threatened to sue the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for using a song made famous by the troupe in an Iowa political ...