I've always thought of comparisons between the Beatles & Python, George said
that the two groups were so alike in many ways,
for instance:
the beatles broke up when Python started so that some-what
beatle spirit passed on.
Beatles wrote classic songs while Python wrote classic sketches.
Both groups wrote their own material. (lennon-mcCartney, - Cleese-chapman,
palin-jones) (or wrote on own Eric Idle - George harrison)
the first beatles single came out on 5th october 1962 while
the first python episode transmitted on 5th october 1969! Neither the
single or episode were huge successes at first.
Both groups either sang or spoke about important issues (life, love, death, etc)
Both the beatles & python were & still are very funny! & cheecky!