"Reception exegesis": biblical studies conference of "Jesus and the Life of Brian"

Fr Burridge:“If you had been told 35 years ago that some of the world’s top biblical scholars and experts would fly around the world to discuss your work, what would you have said?” 
John Cleese of Monty Python:“Well it’s just as silly as everything else."

See  Sarah Prime's post on the "Jesus and Brian"  academic conference:

And now for something completely different: Brianology Comes of Age; or, What Have the Pythons Done for Us? – By Sarah Prime