Did you know?
Five of the six cast members of the famed British comedy troupe "Monty Python's Flying Circus" developed their interest in performing while students at a university. Michael Palin and Terry Jones were both students at Oxford; John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle at Cambridge.
All five performed onstage in university comedy sketch shows before moving on to television and film.
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