Eric Idle in Conversation With Ryan Stiles 

I love that Ryan lives in my town, and I see him in my market often. I also worked with his brother, at a Refinary who is a scaffold builder.

RYAN STILES IS A LEGEND!!! both did great on this

Oh well...about 10 years ago I first discovered WLIIA and developed a humongous crush on Ryan Stiles...

RYAN STILES IS A LEGEND!!!

My two greatest heroes in one video.

Those chairs rly do look immensely uncomfortable.

How Eric is so concerned about if the audience can hear them properly. Such humility and down to Earth. Have watched his interviews from way back from the 70s and he is still the same and not a bit of show off inspite of his fame!! 👍👏👏👏 And he is so complimenting of Ryan who is way younger and came into the industry later than him. Wow!

"You weren't there" priceless

Ryan Stiles. The funniest individual I have ever seen, ever, and probably only 5% know who he is.

This is a gem! I knew Ryan back when he was a partner at UpFront Comedy in Santa Monica in the early 1990s...the man simply could not fail to make a scene work. He was superlative at the games, but he excelled at the far trickier long-form improv format the "Harold". I am not surprised that he's a good interviewer. Improvisation requires you to be an exceptionally generous performer, and you learn to listen on a sensory level that is nearly a form of telepathy. He's a master at it.

What I love about Eric Idle is that he has this grumpy old bastard streak (f*ck selfies, f*ck Christmas, f*ck off, etc.) AND YET, he's so warm and gracious. He's friends with everyone; he laughs and smiles all the time; and what he's most known for is a song that cheers people up about death, of all things. Overall, he comes across as a very real, interesting person.

Love Ryan’s English pronunciation of “Beatle”. Nice touch.

Genuinely 2 of my favourite people in the world. Cant believe it took 2 years to stumble upon it! Thanks for uploading this 😁😏👌

Ryan Stiles is a certifiable genius.

both did great on this

The greatest and most UNDERRATED python! Eric is and always has been brilliant!

Ryan grew up in Richmond BC, Canada, he got his start in Vancouver at the Punchlines Comedy Club in Gastown i used to go to see his show before hitting the nightclubs.

😅 this is amazing 😊. Thank you have an awesome day

If Eric Idle did nothing else in life other than write the song "Always look on the bright side of life..." that would have been enough. And to think he got the idea, and wrote the song in about 20 minutes. What a fortunate man he is to have worked with some of the funniest comedians ever, marry the woman he loved and to have stayed married. Amazing, wink, wink, nudge, nudge!

Just great, Eric. Love your person and your attitude and performance skills - Thanks for who you are !!

I think the whose Line cast, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, etc... should tour together! A whose Line on the road!

Two of my favorite commodians together. A real surprise to learn they go way back.

I love Eric and Ryan... so glad I found this gem!

The Universe song and the entire work of Life of Brian are incomparable. NOTE TO SELF: No selfies. Got it.

What a dream to stumble upon this video… love both of these performers

They'll never make their money back. I told them. I said to them: "Bernie, they'll never make their money back."

Love that story about George Harrison and The Life of Brian.

for a second I thought Eric Idle lost his right arm

The opening shot of the very first Monty Python episode on TV (with Michael Palin coming out of the sea as the "It's..." man) looks across the bay to my home! 🥳

Glad to see my two idles in the same conversation

he is so hilarious! Great talker Mr. Idle

Improv lives! Great sharing of stories.

99 people have never looked on the bright side of life. 😁

Do we have the chairs, the water, the mics, the two comedy legends? Yes! Aaaand... fuck the sound!

Ryan Stiles is perfect for interviewing Eric Idle. Yes great but wow, polished honest but American. 50 years!!

I love Ryan Stiles's irreverent style - he doesn't even know why he's there!

I love Eric's song, I think he did on Craig Ferguson's show, about death... bend over and kiss your ass goodbye! Lol!!! That would be the song at my funeral!

I must watch this video in slow motion ten times to catch all the jokes... :)

Don't know about anyone else but I would have just peed no matter where I was at!

I can't believe neither of the Hot Shots films we mentioned when introducing Ryan!

Well, I’ve only watched it for Ryan Stiles 😅 Love him!

I feel sad for Eric Idle, literally a day after his visit to Seattle news hits that Paul Allen died not even 24 hours and according to his interview with NPR he and Paul Allen used to hang out a lot with the original Beattles and had a lot of fun adventures because they were all huge fans of music. I hope you're okay Mr. Idle.

I tuned in to be amused by Eric, and I was. But I didn't expect the Spanish inq....no, I mean, I didn't expect Ryan to have all the best lines. Never heard of him before, but he's one witty hombre!

I touched this magical man @ the Hollywood bowl show...I'd like to think that some of his infinite genius rubbed off on moi...fat chance

Deadly duos of hilarity👏👏👏!

I didn't realize how old Ryan is now

I must watch this video in slow motion ten times to catch all the jokes... :) Ryan Stiles. The funniest individual I have ever seen, ever, and probably only 5% know who he is.

A gem of a man.

You are too gentle with frogland : hello from France (sorry for my english).

Everyone claps.... Remember Kathy Griffin didn't hesitate to cancel others who were innocent.

Goodness, their comments on Trump and they had no idea what was coming still.

The name Terry Gilliam put in the advert concerning the film Brazil Eric idle mentioned is Sid Shineberg

First time I have seen Ryan in this way. I have seen all the things Ryan has been in! But mostly love him in whose line is it anyway!!!!!!(

Dude, I freaking miss drive in movies, we use to go to them when I was still a kid, we'd all go int he family station wagon. Born and raised in Canada, then again we're bound to share a lot of similarities when we share a land border with the US.

Great men.

Now all I need is some Colin mocchrie and I’ll be good

Good recording The most ironic thing I found was that even after virtually EVERYONE can sing ANY PYTHON SONG word-for-word from memory, NO ONE has managed to correct the CC machine.

Does anyone find it weird that Spamalot, itself adapted from movie to stage, is going to be made into a movie? Don't get me wrong, I love Python with all my heart, but how does that work? You can't _really_ be Python without the Pythons...or can you? I'd like to see big budget blockbuster adaptations of Mr Pither's Cycling Tour, Mrs Premise & Mrs Conclusion, Mr Neutron and The Piranha Brothers.

At 43:43 cast RYAN STILES as King Arthur! I thought Ryan did an excellent job. Eric wasn't wearing his hearing aid, else there would have been far more real content for the given time period. Also, answers to the actual questions. Only flaw: was mentioned, but should have asked Eric to do the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink/say no more, say no more" skit as a sample at least.

"Well, you weren't there..."

I love Ryan Stiles for bringing up Trump and I love that Eric didn't hold back calling him a nazi. I love this as a writer. Glad this is a thing.

I'm coming, Judith!!!!!!!!!!!!

it really has been almost 20 years since the drew carey show ended.

check out beyond the fringe, try to strip of the years that their material has been repeated and imagine this was the first time, cos it was.

The crowd not singing along at the end is either incredibly respectful or aghast to know Philosophers drink hard.

Always wondered why Ryan wasn't in more movies/TV. He wasn't a bad actor and whose line really have have him name value.

Theres nothing funnier of more interesting than comedians getting into politics..

I know who Ryan is!

Great conversation with one the best! And why is there a kindergartener chair for a 10 foot Ryan Stiles!

I suppose mr Stiles is real pleased with joe Biden's performance.

Erick icon

Robin Williams...Dan Aykroyd...and David Bowie? And that wasn't good enough? Jesus-Tap-Dancing-Christ.

They need two comfortable chairs for guests

As an Irish person I can confirm a punt was an Irish pound but since 2002 we have the euro.

loneIdlewolf

I loved “suddenly seeking Susan”. I love Brooke shields I was introduced to Kathy griffin it was just a wonderful show with a great cast. It was never a snooze and to me that’s the only offense I have with this program was Ryan Stiles

Professionals do soundcheck before the show

Funny man

Is that Alice from the Brady Bunch?

poor Harry Nillson died of a broken heart on Valentine's day... RIP Bob Seagrit...the schmillson ghost and Mrs. Hopelessly sexy Lange

the mourning sucks...me and Eric are the same goddamn person...sans the international fame and fortune that puts the other Pythons' in their weasely little places

It doesn't feel like it took a year to write.

Feck.... Ryan is so much bigger!

Did they steal those chairs from the UCEN?

Ms Pam Cady, please...it's Monty Python, not Pie-thawn.

I was amused until the talk went to politics.

"I'm not a fan" - something to make Eric feel all warm and fuzzy. Totally unnecessary, even if true.

It's an aside but George Harrison would have been nothing without the Beatles - and also ran musician from Liverpool if he was lucky - why was he never willing to acknowledge that?

Why do the interviewers of Python members all want to be "funny" when conducting an interview? They all need to just dial it back and be the "straight man" to the Python member.

Gene Wilder - "I love the show but I HATE the business..."

Come back so I can mock you again!

Love these, but I must ask ... which university ?

Enjoyed it until the political talk, two deeply clueless individuals when it comes to politics.

Inevitably, someone's going to come across this video and end up sorting by new when they get to the Trump bits. Everyone's sensitive about politics these days, thanks, in no small part, to decades-long barrages of propaganda that reached their height in Trump's admin. Against him, mostly. So, for anyone who's pissed off and feels the need to complain, consider the following: Psychologically, being right-wing correlates highly with a personality trait called conscientiousness. Conscientiousness governs how industrious and orderly you are. So, in other words, how hard-working you are and how much you like to keep things organized and/or "by the book". The comedian lifestyle, essentially, is *completely incompatible* with that. The lot of them, even if they're creative from the crib to the grave, are not orderly or hard workers. Instead, there's another trait called openness, which is a person's receptiveness to new ideas. That trait correlates highly with being left-wing, and it's somewhat crucial to being creative or artistic. You MUST be open to considering new things if you want to break new ground and be a real artist. However, since that does correlate highly with being left-wing, it's a rather rare instance that you'll find a right-wing comedian. It's a strange combination of personality traits to manage that, and they likely won't end up incredibly popular. And, do consider, that there's really nothing wrong with this just being how people are. Some work harder, some are more free-thinking. But they're crucial to each other. Practically *all* entrepreneurs are going to be left-wing and high in openness. It's a necessity to come up with a new idea that'll really sell a business. But! After a business is set up and an idea takes off, you need hard workers to manage your business and keep it operating. Oftentimes, the entrepreneur will move on to the next project, leaving the operations in the hands of conscientious people. Left-wingers handing off business to right-wingers to keep it functional and profitable. They're necessary for each other's existence. So, sure, they take cheap shots at the Cheeto Bandito. Just like the right-wing will take cheap shots at Biden. They're both hilariously inept in their own ways, and I've got no fondness or preference for either. Just remember, though. These guys, were they not so fundamentally high in openness, and, therefore, creativity, would not be the excellent comedians they've been. You wouldn't know of them. Monty Python might never have existed. So, if you can, let them take their cheap shots. The world is better off for the great ideas they had, even if they've got some groanworthy opinions on the side. It's who they are, you are who you are. You can't change the fundamentals of what or who a person is, especially when it's in the past. You can only hope to bridge the gap in the present, thus creating a better, less rigid future.

This comment has no disrespectful tones inside of it towards Mr Idle and Mr Stiles. I, also was very irritated at Ryan for always interrupting Eric with off the wall questions. But, the more that I think of them as to where they grew up, I understand as to why Ryan is quicker with his questions towards Eric. Ryan is like a short order cook (Things need to be put together quickly because of how fast Americans' lives are). Eric was raised in britian. So, everything needs to be put together very detailed like in such a way as to always being ready to host a royal state dinner. Neither style is better than the other. But, it justified in my mind as to why Ryan thinks faster than Eric. But, I'm sure that both of them enjoyed each other's company during this public interview.

god ryan stiles is so old

The biggest problem with this interview is that both comedians THINK they know MORE about politics than the general public. Too bad this show wasn't done in the middle of biden's time in office. I'm sure they would just keep quiet because if they opened their mouths, they would have to apologize for being stupid democrats. Of course for a comedian, biden give them SO MUCH MATERIAL they will never end a routine.

What's getting worse?

if this had gone just one more second it would be 1:13:13...thirten thitren