 During production, the troupe became increasing irritated by the  press, who seemed to always ask the same questions, such as "What  will your next project be?" One day, Eric Idle (qv) flippantly  answered, "Jesus Christs Lust For Glory". Having discovered that  this answer quickly shut up reporters, the group adopted it as their  stock answer. After production completed, they did some serious  thinking about it, and realized that while satirizing Christ himself  was out of the question, they could create a parody of first