• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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      “Monty” was selected (Eric Idle’s idea) as a gently mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a British general of World War II; requiring a “slippery-sounding” surname, they settled on “Python”. Flying Circus stuck when the BBC explained it had printed that name in its schedules and was not prepared to amend it.