Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is a British comedian, writer, and actor.
Quotes
- I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.
- On his childhood years in a boarding school. The Pythons' Autobiography of the Pythons (2003) by Bob McCabe.
- Basically, the Germans came to us and said, "We don't have a sense of humour."
- Answering the question "Why did you do two episodes in German?" on an HBO March 1998 Python reunion special.
- Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
- American Beer is a lot like making love in a canoe - it's fucking close to water.
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
External links
Monty Python | |
Members | Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle · Terry Jones · Michael Palin |
Supporting cast | Carol Cleveland · Neil Innes |
Television series | Flying Circus (1969–1974) · Fliegender Zirkus (1972) · Personal Best (2006) |
Filmography | And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) · Holy Grail (1975) · Life of Brian (1979) · Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) · The Meaning of Life (1983) |
Music | Monty Python albums |
Specials | Parrot Sketch Not Included (1989) · Live at Aspen (1998) · Python Night (1999) |
Documentaries | The Seventh Python (2008) · Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (2009) |
Stage productions | Spamalot (opened 2005) · Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (premiered 2007) · An Evening Without Monty Python (debuted 2009) · Live (mostly) (premiered 2014) |
Literature | Big Red Book (1971) · Brand New Bok (1973) |
Video games | Flying Circus (1990) · Complete Waste of Time (1994) · Quest for the Holy Grail (1996) · The Meaning of Life (1997) · Cow Tossing (2011) |
Related articles | Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967–1969) · At Last the 1948 Show (1967) · How to Irritate People (1968) · We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (1968) · The Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969) · Rutland Weekend Television (1975–1976) · Ripping Yarns (1979) · Holy Flying Circus (2011) · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) |
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