Monty Python were pioneers in sketch comedy, but their impact on health — however silly it may be — is starting to get some attention! The team led by researchers at Arizona State University decided ...

There’s nothing like a great training montage to inspire you to get in shape (the one from the 2005 Batman Begins with Christian Bale is a personal favorite). But there’s nothing like a 1970’s British ...

More than half a century after first airing on the BBC, Monty Python’s famous “silly walk” sketch has inspired a group of researchers at Arizona State University to see how effective it might be for ...

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Doing the John Cleese "Silly Walk" just 11 minutes a day could get you past the 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week threshold that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Every December, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) editors put together a light-hearted Chrismas issue that contains playful evidence-based scientific studies that are rigorously researched and ...

Walking silly may be good for your health. That's according to a study designed by a Monty Python-loving professor from an Arizona university. The 13 participants in the "humorous study" burned more ...

The walk was made famous by John Cleese's character Mr. Teabag, and requires 2.5 times as much energy as normal walking, per a study Monty Python were pioneers in sketch comedy, but their impact on ...