Eddie Izzard to Help Monty Python Pen Skits for Live Show

With Monty Python heading to London's O2 arena and more next summer, the legendary comedy troupe is getting a little help of other comic vets to flesh out the sketches.

According to Express, Terry Jones told the Daily Telegraph that, "Eddie Izzard phoned up... with some suggestions about how we could update the Four Yorkshiremen sketch and put in different tag lines... I think there will be quite a bit of that."

Due to overwhelming popular demand, five additional MONTY PYTHON LIVE shows have been added to the London O2 Arena, on 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 July 2014. Tickets will go on-sale at 10am on Friday 29 November.

Tickets for the first reunion performance on 1 July sold out in a record 43.5 seconds. A further four extra dates (2 - 5 July) went on sale immediately and sold out soon afterwards.

On announcing the extra dates, John Cleese said: "The response to our planned reunion has been very, very silly. But, we're all touched that so many fans still want to see such old people perform. So we're delighted to be adding more dates to the run at the O2."

Izzard recently appeared in NBC's holiday special 'Mockingbird Lane'. The comedian has also appeared in such films as Cars 2 and The Other Side.