If wishes were horses, the knights of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would ride. But since the now-classic film, celebrating its 50th birthday on Monday, April 28, was made for horse feed ...

For 54 years, the six episodes of A Complete and Utter History of Britain were in vaults of British channel ITV. The unarchived episodes are only available in the U.K. for now.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released 50 years ago and became a cult classic that inspires comedy to this day. Here's what fans told NPR the film means to them.