John Cleese na Sarajevo Film Festival (nagranie archiwalne)

Źródło: Reuters

The legendary British actor and comedian John Cleese expressed his delight with an instrumental version of the famous Monty Python's song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" performed by a Polish quartet Grupa MoCarta (the quarter also uses an English name: MozART Group). The video was viewed by hundreds of thousands users in less than a day.

"Thank you to everyone who sent me this lovely performance by the MozArt Group," Cleese said in a tweet to which he attached a video of the Polish quartet performing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - the famous song from the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian".

But the British comedian, known from the Monty Python group and the sitcom "Fawlty Towers", was not the only person who found the song to their taste. The video was viewed by hundreds of thousands users in less than a day.

Hundreds of comments left under the video only attest to the song's quality. "The best version I have heard so far," said one of the viewers. "Thanks for sharing. I really needed to be in fits today," said another person.

Most popular funeral song

Monty Python were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 and which consisted of comedians Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. They came to a worldwide prominence thanks to "Monty Python's Flying Circus" a BBC sketch comedy show group created and performed. The show completely redefined comedy and their influence on the genre is often compared to that of the Beatles had on music.

Monty Python also recorded many songs, and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - recorded in 1979 - is one of the most recognized. It was performed, for instance, during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. According to a research conducted in 2014 by a network of British funeral homes, the song became the most popular funeral anthem in Great Britain, overtaking such a massive classic as Frank Sinatra's "My Way".

Monty Python had been active until 1983, but the troupe later reactivated several times.