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Eric Idle revisits his most iconic characters, including roles in Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Rutles, The Simpsons, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Nearly Departed, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Casper, and more. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography" is in stores October 2nd.
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@kurtb8474 5 лет назад

He's in his 70s and he seem to have the same energy he did 50 years ago.

@spaceghost8995 4 года назад

He is 80 or more.

@biggiec8224 4 года назад

@@spaceghost8995 he was born in 1943

@DickEnchilada 4 года назад

He's an absolute legend

@peteandurnot 3 года назад

@@spaceghost8995 nope early 70s

@dremoralord6730 3 года назад

Because he didn't live on American Cheese Burgers

@lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 4 года назад

How come his voice hasn’t aged at all

@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068 4 года назад

cockney accent i guess..

@anandadaquino3604 4 года назад

@@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068 What? Cockney accent? All of them went to Cambridge or Oxford, they speak with a Posh accent, or better, RP.

@j800r_aswell 4 года назад

@@anandadaquino3604 A "posh accent" (or at least closest to) would be the Queen's English. This guy doesn't really have much of an accent. Clear diction and minimal or no use of slang doesn't immediately mean "posh".

@LilyGrace95 4 года назад

@@anandadaquino3604 Ericle Idle has a 100% Cockney accent. Ask any Brit, it's unmistakable. Even back in the 60s and 70s, Oxbridge wasn't always a sign of being higher class, it was just high brow education because it was heavily associated with law, medicine, history and English literature.

@mmorris7419 4 года назад

Eric,you'll never be nominated for or win a Razzie, because you have to suck big time to get it. Your problem:YOU DON'T SUCK! IN ANYTHING! DEAL WITH IT!!!!!! Luv ya!😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

@gregorflopinski9016 4 года назад

Life of brian was banned in norway by old blasphemy laws(that are obviously gone now) So the cinema owners to the east (sweden) had a full swedish revenge and sold out cinemas there with the subtext: the movie that’s so funny it’s banned in norway

@Swedb4nk 4 года назад

snurk agurk It’s also on the CD

@latewizard301 4 года назад

thank god we can watch it now though.

@danieldietsche2954 4 года назад

Waiting for Monty Python parody of Mohammed...hmmm... guess his life was a parody.

@rods6405 4 года назад

Banned in Queensland as well ha ha

@garethbaus5471 4 года назад

It was banned in many parts of the US as well.

@cingenedovenaugustus4558 4 года назад

Im not an actor, I act occasionaly. Says the man who played at least 5 roles in a movie. (The Holy Grail)

@frostyvr9805 4 года назад

Romalı Abi and played 6? I think In life of Brian

@zephyrsbusiness6437 4 года назад

Not to mention the multitude of others across both the Flying Circus and the Meaning of Life

@LarixusSnydes 3 года назад

He's incredible humble about it.

@grahamstepniewski6694 3 года назад

I get it. He thinks of himself as a writer who knows what he would like the words to sound like. I’m a writer and actor, and I can relate 100% to that sentimate.

@ITMeCE 3 года назад

Well, he does act occasionally.

@marcusweber7436 5 лет назад

Eric Idle's priorities seem to be mostly, "is this fun?" Smart man.

@owen7666 4 года назад

Not to mention his motivation at 13:29

@Snagprophet 4 года назад

It's a good philosophy. I see people use that in other mediums like "is this a video game that is fun to play?" Or "is this a Twitch stream that I'd fun to watch?"

@aliostrowski1935 3 года назад

I know the feeling I prefer to do the fun thing

@ianbartle456 5 месяцев назад

@@Snagprophet It seems suddenly so obvious as selling fun ought to be not to difficult. Question then is: so how come so many miss it?!

@Zett76 17 дней назад

Mostly? :)

@timmorris8932 4 года назад

"It's got a great many scenes that are still offensive I am happy to say."

@celia-ov6rm 4 года назад

Remember life of brian's stan who wanted to have babies?! :) it was just strange and funny 40 yrs ago... LGBT's crowd would be super-mega-outraged today!

@DickEnchilada 4 года назад

@@celia-ov6rm Except the Pythons never really punched down in their comedy. The Stan/Loretta joke isn't poking fun at trans people, it's poking fun at the absurdity of reality and the people who can't accept it.

@jackmenace6687 3 года назад

@@DickEnchilada Hence transgenders and their struggle with reality.

@enbrat5859 3 года назад

@@jackmenace6687 *Inhales* oooooh

@rilaxkumah 3 года назад

They get more offensive as time goes on. That aged well. 🤣 As the kids that aged still say.

@nachogranatemalvarg 4 года назад

"Would you please listen, im not the messiah" "HE IS THE MESSIAH"

@davedecker1725 4 года назад

"I should know, I've followed a few!"🤣🤣

@josephhuffer9426 4 года назад

"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 года назад

"Now GO AWAY!"

@RDB93 3 года назад

“Yes! We are all individuals!”

@amjshortfilms8204 3 года назад

@@RDB93 "Yes! We are all different!" "...i'm not" "Shh!"

@Flynt75 4 года назад

Every time he laughed, it was genuine! He just radiated joy and it was infectious! What a bloody icon.

@KarynPhillips Год назад

I'm just now coming across this video, but... YES! 100%! I'm sitting here, giggling at his giggles!

@ceziukozak 9 месяцев назад

Well said sir

@whuforever8088 5 лет назад

This man is a comedic genius. Python has been more influential on comedy than any other in the last century.

@salazam 5 лет назад

Are you trying to say there was better comedy back back before 1918?

@whuforever8088 5 лет назад

There was comedy before then of course, but mediums of entertainment have vastly changed. So I felt safer by saying the last century.

@Pariahmary 5 лет назад

You couldn't make a comedy like this these days, these guys were balls to the perverbial wall, the closest thing we have to this is Eric Andre. Comedy is supposed to push boundaries.

@moremerry57 5 лет назад

WHU Forever, nonsense. There have been other, equally powerful influences, as Idle et al would say. But they absolutely pushed comedy in directions not seen before, and have no rival in their arena.

@whuforever8088 5 лет назад

Whilst it is true that there have been other highly influential ensembles, I still believe that Python are unparalleled when placed head to head.

@MayaState 5 лет назад

He turned into such an adorable old man.

@hansdampf4695 5 лет назад

No he didn´t.

@hansdampf4695 5 лет назад

@the Prussian Nationalist I do know, you didn´t get the joke, I suppose.

@hansdampf4695 5 лет назад

@the Prussian Nationalist No, I shouldn´t.

@timothygraham4304 5 лет назад

That's what aging does to adorable young men.

@RonMazasco 5 лет назад

@@hansdampf4695 Oh yes he did

@phatbassanchor 4 года назад

How do know he's a king? Because he hasn't got sh*t all over him. Glad to know that was you Eric. It's my all time favorite Python quote. Thanks for a million laughs.

@Altinget 3 года назад

I Think it Got copied/ spoofed!? in a Superman story, Where is time travel to a edieval muddy village and they Think must be a Prince.

@julieelias5744 3 года назад

Also the quote: -"He's rather high-strung" -"Yes he should be" Always has me wheezing

@carldorsey2604 2 года назад

Mine has to be “who are you who are so wise in the ways of science??”

@Zett76 17 дней назад

So many memories. I forgot he was in Honey I shrunk the Audience, which I saw in Paris… And wasn‘t he the bleeding nice guy in that Chevy Chase flick? Hilarious. (him. Not Chevy Chase)

@AxelQC 4 года назад

The Meaning of Life: "We didn't really know what it was about" Isn't that the entire point?

@q-tuber7034 4 года назад

Is God really real? Or is there some doubt?

@connor48880 4 года назад

Bruh life is what you make of it. There is no one meaning. You can find meaning to life in anything you enjoy.

@declanbamforth234 4 года назад

@@q-tuber7034 I don't know man. But it keeps me up at night

@ThreadBomb 4 года назад

There's a lot of good stuff in Meaning Of Life, but I think it's a shame they didn't look a bit harder for a unifying storyline. It was in fact there in the material: a parody of Colonel Blimp, called "The decline and fall of the British Empire".

@curbmassa 3 года назад

@@ThreadBomb You must have missed the part about a wafer-thin mint.

@Kwippy 5 лет назад

Python are the Beatles of comedy, revolutionary, iconic, unequalled.

@eveeehr 5 лет назад

George Harrison helped fund Life of Brian

@Mirrorgirl492 5 лет назад

Good call

@sander10 5 лет назад

British

@coldkun_ 5 лет назад

@@eveeehr also both Rutles films and he even had a bit in one of them

@sratus 4 года назад

That's been said A MILLION times

@maxshea1829 5 лет назад

"I'm not oppressing you, Stan! You don't have a womb!"

@alisaangeldust4440 4 года назад

Honestly, that """joke""" didn't hold up well It's trying to justify transophobia with unrelated points, and they quite openly diarrhea-ed on trans people not so long ago (and please don't be irritated by this comment because i'm making this point, because Monty Python are HEAVLY politic, and you can't talk about them without talking about this kind of things)

@scemo39 4 года назад

@@alisaangeldust4440 I think it's making a mockery of how people just dont get it and use nonsense reasons

@craigj.7035 4 года назад

Alisa Tugger I am exteremelt disappointed and you have ruined my day

@craigj.7035 4 года назад

Extremely

@michaelchallis4129 4 года назад

Alisa Tugger is being offensive to people with diarrhea.

@RB_90 3 года назад

The fact he's still chuckling at the jokes really shows his passion for his craft

@Thorr97 3 года назад

This is clearly a guy who's had an awful lot of fun in his life. And just hearing his laugh makes it clear he still is having fun. Good on him.

@housepianist 5 лет назад

"Sir Robin ran away!" "No!" Long Live Python.

@HUGOGARCAO 4 года назад

"Bravely ran away!" "No!" xD

@samuelcosta919 4 года назад

Bravely ran away, away LMFAO

@ESousa-dn4vs 4 года назад

@@HUGOGARCAO "I didn't"

@Squiffy1025 4 года назад

When danger reeled it’s ugly head he bravely ran away and fled. Bravely ran away away! I didn’t!

@kaymuldoon3575 4 года назад

And RIP Neil Innes and Terry Jones. And Graham Chapman.

@Perosa 5 лет назад

His laugh is so amazing and innocent and childlike.

@maestroaxeman 5 лет назад

He proves that one can be naughty...& not be "bad" OR "evil". Eric Idle is a rare treasure...as are any of The Monty Python troupe.

@chikitabowow 4 года назад

Eric Idle is a treasure, and must be protected at all times, at any cost.

@bink6778 3 года назад

We don’t deserve him which means we must protect him with all of our capability

@jacobolson6885 3 года назад

I love him, and his stories are top notch.

@elbertmyers4374 3 года назад

I second the motion...

@davidwright8432 9 месяцев назад

Please don't make him sound like Ukraine!

@matthewmcvey3494 9 месяцев назад

Amen to that

@DiRtYLaWs2007 4 года назад

He still has a twinkle in his eye. I love Eric Idle.

@traceythompson1092 2 года назад

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more.

@markusbrownicus01 5 лет назад

"I was acting with Cleese who is an impeccable actor, Michael Palin, who is a very, very good actor, Chapman who was a real natural actor and Terry Jones who is a very good comic actor. . .Terry Gilliam was also there too."

@EternalVirgin 3 года назад

Terry Gilliam (the only American in the otherwise British-only troupe) has never acted in their sketches. He's just the director.

@jasminst6321 3 года назад

@@EternalVirgin Terry did all the animation sketches. At least thats what i heard/read

@peterlewerin4213 3 года назад

@@markusbrownicus01 Gilliam was _in_ some sketches, but had few lines and barely acted in any real sense. Which is ok, he is good at other things.

@markusbrownicus01 3 года назад

Nonetheless, he was in sketches, albeit few with limited roles, which refutes Arif's claim that he never acted in sketches.

@MC5rocks 2 года назад

@@EternalVirgin clearly you never watched the series or just don't know which one is Gilliam. He did appear in several skecthes and after Cleese left, he was featured quite often. Also, the sketches were directed by Ian MacNaughton. Gilliam only co-directed Holy Grail with Terry Jones. He did do all the animations though.

@Saint_nobody 5 лет назад

Kinda disappointing the foot didn't come down on the GQ logo at the end, nonetheless great interview.

@TimSchmidt_art 4 года назад

Monty Python were like the Beatles....every member a legend.

@georgiemerry8929 3 года назад

yea na john lennon sucked

@CorePathway 3 года назад

Over rated. The Beatles, that is. Monty Python will watched my space colonists on their way to Mars. But no one gonna be playing the Beatles - because the baby boomers will all be dead.

@user-fx1zz3iu9z 3 года назад

@@CorePathway let's just forget that every big musician says he is inspired by them. Hey let's believe a random guy on the internet.

@JohnSmith-qn3ob 3 года назад

who's Ringo?

@kerajohnson1922 3 года назад

@@CorePathway you’re weak, and you’re bloodline is weak, and you will be *forgotten*

@scottgfx 7 месяцев назад

I met him briefly at a conference I attended in 2001. I was starstruck and only uttered, "I didn't realize how nervous I would be meeting you", He simply said, "Oh don't be!", and then the conference folks swept it and took him away.

@jamesbyersmusic 5 лет назад

Idle is definitely my favourite Python, with Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Jones & Palin all being joint 1st as well!

@RadioGaGago 5 лет назад

Mine too, though I've never really been able to pinpoint why - they are indeed all incredibly funny and talented in their own way.

@tianapitesr8553 5 лет назад

He is the UKs Gene Wilder!

@crimesforkibble6912 5 лет назад

It's near impossible to choose a favorite python they're all so fantastic

@merryspy2924 5 лет назад

I love the whole gang so much but Palin is my favourite i think. And everyone loves Cleese!

@josephdolman 5 лет назад

You can't like one without the other five it's just not possible.

@BloodylocksBathory 5 лет назад

My grandfather loved British comedy and he loved Monty Python, and I get the feeling Eric Idle was his favorite of the bunch. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was one of his favorite songs. At his funeral I did a brief eulogy and followed it up with that song. I would think that would have made him happy. Thank you for existing, Eric Idle.

@Jason918114 5 лет назад

I thought about that song being played at my funeral too! Thanks for sharing.

@cruisematt8585 5 лет назад

That's what I want to be played at my funeral too

@Connordaboss45 4 года назад

Beach boys>Beatles

@lepazini7734 4 года назад

@@Connordaboss45 uh

@rawhamburgerjoe 4 года назад

That's very sweet.

@battleverdun1914 4 года назад

Eric Idle was friends with Mark Hamill, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Harrison Ford, and George Harrison and he was a Python truly an amazing man

@DrZaius 4 года назад

He's still alive...

@isaactrockman4417 2 года назад

@@DrZaius not all of them are though

@AllenFreemanMediaGuru Год назад

You mean “Is” friends with. (Was friends with George)

@TheRjk76 Год назад

And Elvis would do impressions of him. Not bad.

@Tentin.Quarantino 4 года назад

When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned around and fled. Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin.

@HunnyBunny0412 4 года назад

My mum died when I was 12 and one of my most prominent memories of her was talking about life of Brian and she loved it so much she had always look on the bright side of life as her funeral march

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 года назад

🤗💜

@zchurchill8904 3 года назад

Monty Python was my dad's favorite and I was too young to enjoy them when he was still around but after they have become my favorite movies of all time.

@effyleven 2 года назад

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a real favourite for funerals... not "radical" at all. Surprisingly, another much requested number for sending off the departed; "Dancing Queen" by ABBA.. (it's thoughtful.. cheers people up).

@gaymermoment 2 года назад

@@zchurchill8904 you cant be too young to enjoy monty python movies

@wrmty56413 5 лет назад

Eric is very modest about his own performance skills

@mergolf4 Год назад

I love how he says I’m not an actor and yet he can instantly switch to a character at any time flawlessly.

@worrywirt 4 года назад

0:25 He is so humble. This is what makes a real legend to me, shouting out everyone else because acting is always collaborative

@lumpyfishgravy 5 лет назад

Nevertheless, they MUST BELIEVE they are the Knights who say "Ni".

@GranTruismo4head 4 года назад

Mike Page Ni

@Alaryk111 4 года назад

@@GranTruismo4head where is my shruberry!?

@GranTruismo4head 4 года назад

Res Publica it’s in the republic of “Ni”

@ElCappo 4 года назад

I forgot to cut down the largest tree in the forest.......with a herring

@TheHappyHijaabi 4 года назад

@@Alaryk111 a shwubbbeewy????

@zacharyjarrells7084 5 лет назад

Monty Python’s Holy Grail, arguably their best film filled with British wit and humor. I love it and you love it. Eric Idle: “the holy grail was the most miserable time. I mean it was fu*king awful.” Ok then.

@NathanChisholm041 5 лет назад

Great film but I think Life Of Brian is better!

@zibbybone 4 года назад

Gilliam and Jones both directed it in kind of a "tag team" style and kept changing things. The budget was dismal.

@merdehappens 4 года назад

Probably a safe bet to say that he's referring to the production of the film, rather than the contents of the film itself.

@MontagZoso 4 года назад

The weather was horrid and they were freezing cold most of the time. What did you not get?

@alking7655 4 года назад

I understand why the three-headed knight didn't make it into the musical, however, he's one of my favourites.

@picklerix6162 4 года назад

"Al-ways look on the bright side of life". Classic.

@kaymuldoon3575 4 года назад

PickleRix Life’s a piece of sh*t, when you look at it 🤣

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 года назад

Life's a laugh, and death's a joke. It's true.

@abhishekparmar6702 4 года назад

"Surely we couldn't write anything about JC" That made burst out into laughter.

@abhinavtiku4501 5 лет назад

"Nearly Departed...which was very quickly departed." I love British humor.

@SaintMartins 5 лет назад

0:22 Monty Python's Flying Circus: TV series (1969-1974) 3:42 The Rutles (1978) 5:27 Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975) 8:24 Nearly Departed: TV series (1989 -1989) 9:15 Monty Python's Life Of Brian (1979) 12:15 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (1988) 13:49 Casper (1995) 14:23 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) 15:28 Journey Into Imagination: Honey i Shrunk The Audience (1994) 16:15 Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983)

@LaffeeTaffeeGG 4 года назад

BERTHOLD!!!!!! Eh?

@BrettsPlay 4 года назад

No transformers. :/

@civilwildman 4 года назад

@@BrettsPlay Just noticed that. Boo hiss. :(

@thewhoman3182 4 года назад

Thx also great profile. Love clockwork and python! ✌️

@GODCONVOYPRIME 4 года назад

@@BrettsPlay Collect and save, collect and save!

@claretravels783 4 года назад

"Bein Italian, they'd also knitted the balls" 😂

@annatarlordofgifts2442 3 года назад

His documentary voice sounds like David Attenborough

@hrodriguez561 3 года назад

That was the point.....

@fanofswitchfoot 5 лет назад

1:56 is this why there was an Australian shark named Bruce in finding Nemo.

@MatthewC33199 5 лет назад

I think it was because the JAWS model shark was nicknamed "Bruce" by the filmmakers, but I'm just spitballing.

@Pusfilth 5 лет назад

Matthew C. How are you spitballing?

@mickesmanymovies 4 года назад

@@MatthewC33199 Addition to that; Spielberg nicknamed the Jaws-model 'Bruce' because at the time he had a lawyer named Bruce. 😊

@MikeRiderOOO 4 года назад

Cody Hutchison HELLO.

@hazukichanx408 4 года назад

It's probably why there's an australian troll named Bruz in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. I kid thee not...

@doggedout 5 лет назад

So good to see Eric happy and laughing at the old gags. So few can legitimately say they brought so much joy into other people's lives. Good job Ewick!

@michaelberry8096 4 года назад

I love Eric Idle. He's so tickled with his own jokes, just seems like a really genuine guy who would be immensely fun to hang around.

@throatwobblermangrove8510 4 года назад

One of my all-time favorites was his Story Time in the original series, where he reads children's stories that turn horribly into adult content. Awesome.

@gillianc592 2 года назад

OMG yes, i loved that show. Haven't seen it in years.

@OneSixShooter 9 месяцев назад

“…with a melon?!”

@tomitstube 5 лет назад

"uncomfortable and not enough money is good for comedy." makes sense, lack of money makes you use your wits more, makes you hone the bits better, and being uncomfortable makes one loose their inhibitions, pretty hard to be nervous when you have a wedgie.

@nutsandgum 5 лет назад

The term is "Art through adversity" and it's completely true.

@ajnode 5 лет назад

Lol then moments later he says another film he worked on sucked because it didn't have enough money.

@tomitstube 5 лет назад

yes, the gillam movie in spain i believe. i believe he said lack of money was only one of many problems.

@lucanreynolds947 5 лет назад

Yes, that was what he was implying.

@ShinSennju 5 лет назад

If Holy Grail would've had a decent budget they might have used real horses, which would have been really boring.

@murraystewartj Год назад

Eric is a true example of the saying that you may grow old, but never grow up.

@Lexyvil 3 года назад

For a writer who says he's not an actor, he really can act~ He's hilarious in Life of Brian.

@Angelrat666 4 года назад

What I always loved about Eric Idle, doesn't matter how weird or strange the scene was, je always played like everything is normal. That's what makes him so hilarious. The others played always a little over the top. Not Eric. He was always the Stan Laurel type.

@kevinwilley968 5 лет назад

It is so fun to see him almost giddy about these bits. The segments on religion with Graham in both the Meaning of Life and Holy Grail, with the holy hand grenade I think are some of my favorite words ever. Just a joy to see him smile.

@spiff2268 5 лет назад

One, two, five!

@voidremoved 4 года назад

Three Sir!

@elvest9 5 лет назад

I'd watch any video about eric idle. If he made a video where he separates his laundry I'd watch it.

@andrevillela4431 5 лет назад

now i want to watch that

@Siresly 5 лет назад

Idle idling idolization? Surely you can't be serious?

@superanimeniac 5 лет назад

I am serious. And don't call me shirley.

@lukewarmwater6412 5 лет назад

thats because eric could make something as simple as laundry funny enough to make you cry laughing if you give him five minets to come up with a bit... I'd watch too!!

@JimC 5 лет назад

You're a loony.

@FictionWriter95 Год назад

I honestly love his description of comedy acting vs. "emotional" acting right at the beginning; acknowledging that there are differences between the two styles, in a way that doesn't put either above the other (besides the "real" acting comment, which I interpret more as self-deprecation than genuine commentary).

@1SaG 4 года назад

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken - to have his kneecaps split and his body burned away - and his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin! The scary bit is that I didn't have to look up the lyrics to quote this ... so many countless hours wasted, and I loved every one of them. Thanks to all the Pythons and thank you, Eric Idle. :)

@SarahS329 5 лет назад

I always quote that "I'm getting better" scene. It's the only thing that cheers me up when I'm explaining why I'm sick for the 4,000th time this year.

@DickTruth 5 лет назад

This man has brought me endless joy... Thank you, Eric Idle.

@johnperrotto64 4 года назад

My childhood wouldn't have been the same without Eric Idle! Brilliant comedian.

@Mak10z 4 года назад

He's also the inspiration for Rincewind the wizard in the Discworld series; the man is a legend :)

@MsTeacher17 5 лет назад

You might not nessarily like Monty Python, but there is no denying that these men are brilliant!

@pandakicker1 4 года назад

I'd question the sanity of anyone who says they don't like Monty Python. They've got to be the most dull, dull, dull, my god, so dull person! ***read that in Michael Palin's voice if you know the sketch**

@lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 5 лет назад

Eric was about one of my first celebrity crushes strangely enough

@CubFlanagan 8 месяцев назад

Eric is giving so many props to his MP costars, but I always thought he was the most talented of the crew. He made me laugh more consistently than the rest of them...even when he wasn't speaking. His magnetic presence and jovial energy were so palpable.

@pdoot 7 месяцев назад

His David Attenborough is flawless 😂. All the Pythons are national treasures!

@bongodave13 5 лет назад

These guys are gods. Great stuff that's still funny half a century later.

@SqeakyToy 4 года назад

I saw "The Meaning of Life" at the theater when it came out. The theater was packed and I never experienced an audience reaction like that before or since. We howled with laughter, literally falling out of our seats. I'm sure the people in adjacent theaters heard us and realized they'd picked the wrong movie.

@richardwilliams473 Год назад

I was fortunate enough to be playing in an orchestra in Brisbane, Australia when Eric came on stage and did a perfect impression if Bob Dylan, harmonica and all.

@nicholasshackleferd2546 4 года назад

Oh how much money would it be worth to see footage of Elvis doing python...

@donut_pudding2420 3 года назад

Elvis Pepperpot!

@louiso.4325 5 лет назад

OH MY GOD THEY DID ONE WITH ERIC IDLE

@pbateman812 5 лет назад

Barney Os. I came here to day thissss

@merryspy2924 5 лет назад

I was also pleasantly surprised :D

@Saint_nobody 5 лет назад

THOSE BASTARDS!

@DAMIENDMILLS 5 лет назад

I would watch a show about a black family haunted by a fop.

@Clay3613 5 лет назад

Disney made the inverse of that. Dead black family.

@DAMIENDMILLS 5 лет назад

@@Clay3613 that's racist

@kallemon 5 лет назад

That's a racist thing to say!

@Clay3613 5 лет назад

Are you people being serious?

@kallemon 5 лет назад

@Clay3613: Now you're racist again. EVERYTHING is racist!

@annanSJ98 4 года назад

Eric Idle wanting a razzie award is the best thing I have heard all day 😂😂

@vvaara93 3 года назад

That was the greatest David Attenborough impression.

@angryyogbuscus1578 5 лет назад

"The first thing you do is get the mustache right."

@Seasidecc95437 10 месяцев назад

Eric you changed my life as a kid. I stayed up late once a week to watch Python on PBS.

@snuggies8037 2 года назад

The Monty Python movies is by far the best thing to ever happen to the film industry; they truly are a comical masterpiece. Always loved to see the guys play multiple roles.

@charlie-obrien 7 месяцев назад

The wonderful thing is that they never made a movie, simply to make money. Because if that were the goal, there would be dozens of Python films, instead of the three jewels that we cherish.

@ianbartle456 5 месяцев назад

@@charlie-obrien True - at least one of them was made in a serious attempt not to lose George Harrison his house. Highly successful on that front - and several others.

@IffeOnline 3 года назад

My smiling muscles are hurting after this. My dad and I would watch Monty Python and the movies on a loop every time we sat down and had dinner together, for so many years. I love these guys.

@emagneticfield 5 лет назад

I absolutely adore Eric Idle. A very talented person. I could listen to him talk for days and never be bored.

@gmann6269 3 года назад

Casper: "I don't remember much about it" Well, that really breaks that character down!

@yomanimus 2 года назад

His gleefulness is infectious. By the end I was in a great mood.

@ianbartle456 5 месяцев назад

Should be prescribed as the National Elf...

@shellyhill6804 3 года назад

It was The Midnight Special that introduced me to Monty Python. I was 10 years old-Nudge Nudge and The Silly Olympics...I was SO HAPPY when PBS starting showing the series. I guess what I’m saying is Eric Idle helped change my life forever. Thank you, Eric. Love, Shelly in Arkansas.

@TheJanvicgwaps 5 лет назад

Brave Brave Sir Robin

@maestroaxeman 5 лет назад

🎶He Boldly Ran Away🎶 🤣🤣🤣

@Sabre_Wulf1 5 лет назад

i could watch and listen to eric all day. His take on life and the irony of it all shines through.

@martinrosendahl9134 4 года назад

A comedic superstar... so naturally funny all the way. Seems like a really nice person as well.. much respect

@Richard0915 3 года назад

This makes me so happy, i havent seen new videos of him, hes still good old eric idle, exactly how he was back when he was doing those sketches

@bigkahunaburger1092 5 лет назад

Can u guys do the rest of the Python cast

@aptaylor75 5 лет назад

May have a bit of trouble with Graham.

@danwalton1913 5 лет назад

Would be a bit one sided with Terry Jones as well...

@andrewbowman4611 5 лет назад

Maybe they could hold a séance...

@4thedoops 5 лет назад

@@aptaylor75 yeah he isn't doing so well these days

@neithere 5 лет назад

@@4thedoops nah, he's pining.

@dimitreze 5 лет назад

I wish the Pythons were producing more comedy nowadays.

@renoloverxoxo 4 года назад

One of the OGs passed away, I think they stopped because of his passing.

@ciaraf4158 3 года назад

“Bring out your dead” I love that part

@hrodriguez561 3 года назад

My roommate and i do/did that a lot

@jfan4reva 2 года назад

"I'm not dead." "I think I'm getting better."

@gotonkar 4 года назад

I've enjoyed Python (Life of Brian kind of guy myself), but I'm still surprised why I'm laughing so effing hard and literally have tears and had to take break halfway through. Is it a trip down memory lane? Is it the non-stop friendly but flippant cadence of Idle? Gold. Just gold.

@thecampfire4877 5 лет назад

"Not enough money is excellent for comedy." = Super Troopers

@carolynvanasse3664 5 лет назад

The Campfire the early seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia too

@vampirelilicios3571 4 года назад

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is my favorite Eric- "The Holy Grail was the most miserable time" *oOf*

@gmann6269 3 года назад

The weather wasn't good during filming.

@BlackNeon875 3 года назад

@@gmann6269 it’s scotland, the weather is never good

@peterlewerin4213 3 года назад

Rainy, windy, and cold, at every turn the budget and the authorities constrain their options, two clashing directors throwing tantrums, Graham Chapman's alcoholism noticeable in nearly every scene... I really like the film too, but I understand why memories of filming wouldn't be happy.

@maximillianford9301 2 года назад

But hey, he said himself that the miserable conditions made it easier to make the movie funny

@hamnchee 4 года назад

For me his most iconic character was Roger the Shrubber.

@KairuHakubi 4 года назад

I like whenever he plays a guy who's both very formal but also a good guy. he sells it.

@smoshbooz 4 года назад

I shall welease woger

@waynej2608 4 года назад

And Dirk McQuickley.

@zackcross7190 3 года назад

What about Loretta?

@sirlancelot4777 3 года назад

I design, arrange and sell shrubberies

@H3len50 3 года назад

What a fabulous man, so talented and humble at the same time.

@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer 5 лет назад

"look...it's quite simple"...the whole swamp castle bit is just one of the finest comedic pieces in history

@TheRachaelLefler 5 лет назад

I don't want land, father...

@Ericwvb2 5 лет назад

@@TheRachaelLefler I'd rather ... just ... sing!

@scott-mercer 5 лет назад

Then I built a third castle; that burned down, fell over into the swamp and then sank."

@TheEowli 5 лет назад

Eric looks good for a 75 year old, i mean he looks 75 but he looks healthy and happy, this must surely be a testament to the fact that laughter and comedy keeps you healthy

@tvdan1043 2 года назад

That and a steady diet of minstrels. And much rejoicing. (yay...)

@JGLy22086 Год назад

I love Eric Idle! His songs are absolutely wonderful. Look on the bright side of life is tremendous!

@nicklasbertilsson2556 4 года назад

His voiceacting for Rincewind in the discworld games is mindblowing

@Wunk1982 5 лет назад

Love this man! Even when breaking down his characters he can't stop joking around! Must have been total chaos when they all where together doing "Flying Circus"!

@lizardlegend42 5 лет назад

He actually sounds exactly like David Attenborough

@hoperules8874 3 года назад

yeah, in voice a bit similar, but not so __?__ as that guy...not sure what to say, but Eric has a great deal less inner unhappiness by appearances

@b9y 3 года назад

Completely different.

@MrMrMrprofessor 2 года назад

Eric Idle has always been my favorite Python. This was a delight.

@rachb7129 3 года назад

Always been a Python fan and a Presley fan, and to hear that Elvis adored Monty Python made me feel more connected to both instantly

@bigkahunaburger1092 5 лет назад

Love Monty Python and Idle is amazing

@chelskate17 4 года назад

When you’re chewing on life’s grissle, DON’T GRUMBLE, give whistle ❤️

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 года назад

And life will turn out for the best...... Eeeiiinnn',

@gabe_s_videos 4 года назад

What's so amazing about Mr. Smoketoomuch isn't that he does a ten minute monologue. He does a ten minute RUN ON SENTENCE!!

@hazukichanx408 4 года назад

It's criminal that I had to scroll so far down to unearth a comment about Smoketoomuch. His indomitable go-nowhere blathering just gets more hilarious every time I hear it... combined with that silly speech impediment (pronouncing C as B)... "These people, staying at their bontinental hotels, with their bleeding Watney's Red Barrel, and..." - "Shut up! Shut yer bloody gob!!" XD

@gabe_s_videos 4 года назад

@@hazukichanx408 I never even noticed that part!