Fifty years ago, Monty Python's famous sketch, 'The Ministry of Silly Walks,' first aired. The sketch pokes fun at the inefficiency of government bureaucracy. It opens with the Minister (John Cleese) ...

Nothing kills a joke faster than explaining it. But nothing’s more tantalizing to an expert on gait, the technical term to describe a person’s way of walking, than understanding it. So which wins out ...

Monty Python's 'Ministry of Silly Walks': Comparison of two complete gait cycles of the Minister, one of Mr. Pudey and the mean curve for people without pathology. (Data source: Motion & Gait Analysis ...

Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks sketch has been making audiences laugh for 50 years, and now we have a sense of just how silly its star’s walking style is. An analysis shows that John Cleese’s ...