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Monty Python fans in Los Angeles have been looking on the bright side of life since “Spamalot” — the Broadway musical based on the irreverent 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” — opened in July at the Ahmanson Theatre (the medieval madness ends Sept. 6).

But here’s some cheery Python news from the Big Apple: The Pythons will meet again to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of the troupe on Oct. 15 at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.

While the event will feature no cows being flung by catapult (a highlight of both the stage and screen versions), the reunion will involve the complete troupe: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin (to the best of Culture Monster’s knowledge, no relation to Sarah).

In fact, today’s press release even states that Graham Chapman — who died in 1989 — will be in attendance. We don’t know what’s up with that — but this release does acknowledge that only the “surviving members of the Python team” will sit down for a Q&A after the show.

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