How the long lost Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch from 'Monty Python of the Holy Grail' – going up for auction in London – was discovered. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu ...

Mehdi Bajestani in the movie “Holy Spider.” (Utopia) There’s an appreciably dialectical sense of purpose to this framing that goes beyond the usual cat-and-mouse genre formulations.

But, honestly, what is left for a writer to say about “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the seminal comedy that seemingly dropped from the heavens like one of the movie’s cartoon God hands?