At best Monty Python is about the best there is; at worst the Pythons are simply adolescent and puerile. This famous sketch of the philosophers’ football match is about as good as comedy gets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6nI1v7mwwA&feature=youtu.be
I think it significant that Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas were the linesmen. They weren’t playing (at Philosophy I mean).