A Wild West bookshop and an amorous pink knight never made it into “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” alongside the killer rabbit of Caerbannog and the Knights Who Say “Ni!”, but the unused sketches have been unearthed in the private archives of Python member Michael Palin.The British Library confirmed the find to Variety, which was first reported by The Times of London.
The sketches were written for “Holy Grail” but did not make the cut.
Palin said that the Pythons – himself, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones – often produced more material than was needed, and in this case “the story of the knights [of the Round Table] was enough.”“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” was released in 1975.
An absurdist take on Arthurian legend, it was helmed by Jones and Gilliam.
It has remained popular with sing-along versions and anniversary releases, and was the basis for the musical “Spamalot.
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