Python does not allow additional comment with env python

Question

I have a commenting line problem in python. I created a ages.py with vim and here is my script

#!/usr/bin/env python
ages={"dad":42, "mom":35, "lisa":7}
for item in ages:
        print item

When I add a comment above the !/usr/bin, like

# this is a python script
#!/usr/bin/env python
ages={"dad":42, "mom":35, "lisa":7}
for item in ages:
        print item

and after I go back to directory, which includes the same script, and run the script with writing to terminal ages.py but I get this error

$ ./ages.py
./ages.py: line 3: mom:35,: command not found
./ages.py: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `print'
./ages.py: line 5: 'print item'

I know that when I remove the #!/usr/bin/env python line # works perfectly for commenting. However, I would like to add this line to run the script only writing its name to prompt. Otherwise, I have to write python ages.py every single time to run it, which I see as a burden.

1st Q: How can I comment to .py script with still having the '#!/usr/bin/env python' line

P.S: I've already tried """ ''' before and after comment line, it does not work either.

2nd Q: Is there a way to run a .py script in python environment? For instance, I can run .m file in octave simply writing its name to command line. But I could not figure out if there is a same way in python?

P.S: I know the questions are so easy and deserve -1, however, for new python users, the all answers will provide great information, thanks for all of them. It is so subtle solution but without it, I've constantly got the errors

Answer 1

That first line is a very important one. It's called the Hashbang and sometimes known as the shebang. It tells the operating system what interpreter to use to execute the script. When the shebang is used, it has to be the first line. Other variations include

#!/bin/sh
#!/usr/bin/perl/
#!/usr/bin/python

These are for system default sh, perl and python. Any other comments in your code has to be after this line.