It was extraordinary. I mean, for us it was just an amazement that people were watching it in Dallas of all places and were loving it.

I think the nice thing for us has been that every 10 years there's been a complete change in technology. It's like buying your own records again.

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with -- doing television, doing shows every week.

Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.

It's such fun to take a lot of people and create something silly.

People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.