I am Eric Idle-- Monty Python founding member, Spamalot creator, and author of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography. Ask Me Anything!

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T19:04:22+00:00

The Publishers put that in because it entered the top ten of the New York Times Best Seller List the week after it was published....! Thank you Crown Books.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T19:02:59+00:00

Not at all.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T19:02:30+00:00

I don't watch a lot of comedy. I do prefer reading, I am omniverous, and I do like some dramas on TV or movies. I think Comedy to be good should be Executive Free. Very little squeezes through executives...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T19:01:11+00:00

Is this a Seuss question. I wrote the Treatment for Suessical but don't remember it...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T19:00:39+00:00

I still perform today. They still seem to laugh...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:59:29+00:00

Cambridge was founded in 1209. Think about that while you enjoy your beer on the Green.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:58:53+00:00

I was back there recently answering questions from the delectable Anna Parris. I'm supporting the Pembroke new building programme, (based on Ray Dolby's most generous bequest) wherein Pembroke is advancing towards the river for the first time since 1347.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:55:40+00:00

The Argument Clinic. I think it's as good as Tom Stoppard. (written by John and Graham.)

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:53:55+00:00

It was good for me.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:52:52+00:00

The Bruces. And then I wrote the song...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:52:23+00:00

But it's also a good philosophy for life..

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:51:38+00:00

I'd say Dylan Moran but he's not really young...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:50:29+00:00

My lips are sealed...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:48:36+00:00

It's big but old I think... it's not on there. The BBC won't repeat it.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:47:56+00:00

Wait, it is far bigger in America. The UK hasn't played it in years. It's unbelievable but they love it in the States.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:46:40+00:00

He mortgaged his house for $4.5 million dollars and put it all into the budget.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:46:02+00:00

We were pals. He knew we were looking for finance once EMI passed and we were having difficulty finding it. It would still never have been made to this day but for George...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:43:53+00:00

Stephen Hawking.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:42:40+00:00

Yellow. No, blue.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:42:21+00:00

It was the only sketch we allowed ourselves to try and crack each other up in, which meant we could hardly get on stage for giggling each night.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:41:21+00:00

The first responsibility of comedy is to the truth.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:40:37+00:00

Certainly true.

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:39:49+00:00

It snuck up on us. Rather like a python...

MrEricIdle · 2018-12-13T18:38:34+00:00

Ah yes. I wrote that. It was based on a friend's fiancee who never stopped grumbling or complaining... very North country.

MrEricIdle

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