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As if the group didn’t contribute enough to society already, apparently we have a Beatle to thank for the most wittily blasphemous comedies ever seen on screen.

These days, gospel parody “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” stands in conversation with the best comedy movies of all time, but when it was still little more than a glint in the Pythons’ eyes, the movie needed saving. According to Rolling Stone, EMI Films backed out of the controversial project — which would at one point be given an X rating in the UK — just two days before production began.

Producer John Goldstone told the LA Times that he and founding member Eric Idle traversed to New York to try to save the movie, running through their contact list until they came upon Mike Medavoy from United Artists. Medavoy agreed to help out with half the funding, so long as the team could find someone to throw in the other half.

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Source: How The Beatles’ George Harrison Saved Monty Python’s Life Of Brian