FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, file photo the surviving members of the Monty Python comedy group, from left, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese pose for ...

One morning in February, DJ Python sends a text message to confirm our interview that evening. “Wassup young pimp?” he asks. Though he doesn’t always talk this way in person, on social media and via ...