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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.
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
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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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