Cambridge Quote by Rowan Atkinson

I grew up in a bit of a vacuum. And as a kid, you see 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and you're like, 'Oh, it's…

— Iliza Shlesinger

I was pretty much a child of 'Monty Python.' I grew up loving that type of humor and even structured a lot of humor…

— Michael Jai White

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of…

— Simon Pegg

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

The British are so funny.

— Rose Byrne

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups…

— John Oliver

The Goons were always one of our favourites; we always felt we were in that tradition - Goons, Monty Python, Peter Cook, Vic and…

— Noel Fielding

I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.

— Eric Idle

The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.

— David Edelstein

People can see that we are part of a tradition of absurd comedy, stretching from Spike Milligan and Peter Cook through to Monty Python…

— Julian Barratt

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered…

— Theodore Zeldin

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom