Monty Python’s Eric Idle Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

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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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  • @lomejordelamusicacristiana4474
    @lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4462

    How come his voice hasn’t aged at all

    • @mohammadabdulfarooqi3068
      @mohammadabdulfarooqi3068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      cockney accent i guess..

    • @anandadaquino3604
      @anandadaquino3604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

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

    • @j800r_aswell
      @j800r_aswell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@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
      @LilyGrace95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@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
      @mmorris7419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      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!😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb8474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3062

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

    • @spaceghost8995
      @spaceghost8995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He is 80 or more.

    • @biggiec8224
      @biggiec8224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@spaceghost8995 he was born in 1943

    • @DickEnchilada
      @DickEnchilada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He's an absolute legend

    • @peteandurnot
      @peteandurnot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@spaceghost8995 nope early 70s

    • @dremoralord6730
      @dremoralord6730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Because he didn't live on American Cheese Burgers

  • @gregorflopinski9016
    @gregorflopinski9016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3689

    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
      @Swedb4nk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      snurk agurk It’s also on the CD

    • @latewizard301
      @latewizard301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      thank god we can watch it now though.

    • @danieldietsche2954
      @danieldietsche2954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

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

    • @rods6405
      @rods6405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Banned in Queensland as well ha ha

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @timmorris8932
    @timmorris8932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1838

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

    • @celia-ov6rm
      @celia-ov6rm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      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
      @DickEnchilada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      @@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
      @jackmenace6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@DickEnchilada
      Hence transgenders and their struggle with reality.

    • @enbrat5859
      @enbrat5859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jackmenace6687 *Inhales* oooooh

    • @rilaxkumah
      @rilaxkumah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @marcusweber7436
    @marcusweber7436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1732

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

    • @owen7666
      @owen7666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not to mention his motivation at 13:29

    • @Snagprophet
      @Snagprophet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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
      @aliostrowski1935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know the feeling I prefer to do the fun thing

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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
      @Zett76 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Mostly? :)

  • @MayaState
    @MayaState 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2245

    He turned into such an adorable old man.

    • @hansdampf4695
      @hansdampf4695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      No he didn´t.

    • @hansdampf4695
      @hansdampf4695 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @hansdampf4695
      @hansdampf4695 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @the Prussian Nationalist No, I shouldn´t.

    • @timothygraham4304
      @timothygraham4304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      That's what aging does to adorable young men.

    • @RonMazasco
      @RonMazasco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@hansdampf4695 Oh yes he did

  • @cingenedovenaugustus4558
    @cingenedovenaugustus4558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3024

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

    • @frostyvr9805
      @frostyvr9805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @zephyrsbusiness6437
      @zephyrsbusiness6437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @LarixusSnydes
      @LarixusSnydes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He's incredible humble about it.

    • @grahamstepniewski6694
      @grahamstepniewski6694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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
      @ITMeCE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, he does act occasionally.

  • @nachogranatemalvarg
    @nachogranatemalvarg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +737

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

    • @davedecker1725
      @davedecker1725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @josephhuffer9426
      @josephhuffer9426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @alexandrugheorghe5610
      @alexandrugheorghe5610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Now GO AWAY!"

    • @RDB93
      @RDB93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      “Yes! We are all individuals!”

    • @amjshortfilms8204
      @amjshortfilms8204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @Kwippy
    @Kwippy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3208

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

    • @eveeehr
      @eveeehr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      George Harrison helped fund Life of Brian

    • @Mirrorgirl492
      @Mirrorgirl492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good call

    • @sander10
      @sander10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      British

    • @coldkun_
      @coldkun_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @sratus
      @sratus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's been said A MILLION times

  • @whuforever8088
    @whuforever8088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2559

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

    • @salazam
      @salazam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @whuforever8088
      @whuforever8088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @Pariahmary
      @Pariahmary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      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
      @moremerry57 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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
      @whuforever8088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @Flynt75
    @Flynt75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +507

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

    • @KarynPhillips
      @KarynPhillips ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ceziukozak
      @ceziukozak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said sir

  • @phatbassanchor
    @phatbassanchor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +865

    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
      @Altinget 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @julieelias5744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @carldorsey2604
      @carldorsey2604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Zett76
      @Zett76 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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)

  • @markusbrownicus01
    @markusbrownicus01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    "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
      @EternalVirgin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @jasminst6321
      @jasminst6321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @peterlewerin4213
      @peterlewerin4213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@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
      @markusbrownicus01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @MC5rocks
      @MC5rocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@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.

  • @maxshea1829
    @maxshea1829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2021

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

    • @alisaangeldust4440
      @alisaangeldust4440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      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
      @scemo39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

    • @craigj.7035
      @craigj.7035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @craigj.7035
      @craigj.7035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Extremely

    • @michaelchallis4129
      @michaelchallis4129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Alisa Tugger is being offensive to people with diarrhea.

  • @RB_90
    @RB_90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +373

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

  • @AxelQC
    @AxelQC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +685

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

    • @q-tuber7034
      @q-tuber7034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is God really real? Or is there some doubt?

    • @connor48880
      @connor48880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @declanbamforth234
      @declanbamforth234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @curbmassa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @housepianist
    @housepianist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +679

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

    • @HUGOGARCAO
      @HUGOGARCAO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      "Bravely ran away!"
      "No!"
      xD

    • @samuelcosta919
      @samuelcosta919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bravely ran away, away LMFAO

    • @ESousa-dn4vs
      @ESousa-dn4vs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@HUGOGARCAO "I didn't"

    • @Squiffy1025
      @Squiffy1025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @kaymuldoon3575
      @kaymuldoon3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Perosa
    @Perosa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    His laugh is so amazing and innocent and childlike.

    • @maestroaxeman
      @maestroaxeman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      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
    @chikitabowow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +765

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

    • @bink6778
      @bink6778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @jacobolson6885
      @jacobolson6885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love him, and his stories are top notch.

    • @elbertmyers4374
      @elbertmyers4374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I second the motion...

    • @davidwright8432
      @davidwright8432 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please don't make him sound like Ukraine!

    • @matthewmcvey3494
      @matthewmcvey3494 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen to that

  • @Thorr97
    @Thorr97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    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.

  • @Saint_nobody
    @Saint_nobody 5 ปีที่แล้ว +754

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

  • @DiRtYLaWs2007
    @DiRtYLaWs2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

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

  • @scottgfx
    @scottgfx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    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.

  • @TimSchmidt_art
    @TimSchmidt_art 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

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

    • @georgiemerry8929
      @georgiemerry8929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yea na john lennon sucked

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @user-fx1zz3iu9z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@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
      @JohnSmith-qn3ob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      who's Ringo?

    • @kerajohnson1922
      @kerajohnson1922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @jamesbyersmusic
    @jamesbyersmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +798

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

    • @RadioGaGago
      @RadioGaGago 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @tianapitesr8553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is the UKs Gene Wilder!

    • @crimesforkibble6912
      @crimesforkibble6912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @merryspy2924
      @merryspy2924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @josephdolman
      @josephdolman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @wrmty56413
    @wrmty56413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Eric is very modest about his own performance skills

  • @Tentin.Quarantino
    @Tentin.Quarantino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

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

  • @battleverdun1914
    @battleverdun1914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    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
      @DrZaius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He's still alive...

    • @isaactrockman4417
      @isaactrockman4417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DrZaius not all of them are though

    • @AllenFreemanMediaGuru
      @AllenFreemanMediaGuru ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @TheRjk76
      @TheRjk76 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And Elvis would do impressions of him. Not bad.

  • @BloodylocksBathory
    @BloodylocksBathory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    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
      @Jason918114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @cruisematt8585
      @cruisematt8585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Connordaboss45
      @Connordaboss45 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beach boys>Beatles

    • @lepazini7734
      @lepazini7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Connordaboss45 uh

    • @rawhamburgerjoe
      @rawhamburgerjoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's very sweet.

  • @HunnyBunny0412
    @HunnyBunny0412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    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
      @alexandrugheorghe5610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤗💜

    • @zchurchill8904
      @zchurchill8904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @effyleven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "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
      @gaymermoment 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @abhishekparmar6702
    @abhishekparmar6702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

  • @mergolf4
    @mergolf4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

  • @zacharyjarrells7084
    @zacharyjarrells7084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    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
      @NathanChisholm041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Great film but I think Life Of Brian is better!

    • @zibbybone
      @zibbybone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @merdehappens
      @merdehappens 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      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
      @MontagZoso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @alking7655
      @alking7655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @abhinavtiku4501
    @abhinavtiku4501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

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

  • @claretravels783
    @claretravels783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

  • @picklerix6162
    @picklerix6162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

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

    • @kaymuldoon3575
      @kaymuldoon3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @alexandrugheorghe5610
      @alexandrugheorghe5610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lumpyfishgravy
    @lumpyfishgravy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +596

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

    • @GranTruismo4head
      @GranTruismo4head 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mike Page Ni

    • @Alaryk111
      @Alaryk111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@GranTruismo4head where is my shruberry!?

    • @GranTruismo4head
      @GranTruismo4head 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ElCappo
      @ElCappo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @TheHappyHijaabi
      @TheHappyHijaabi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Alaryk111 a shwubbbeewy????

  • @fanofswitchfoot
    @fanofswitchfoot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +656

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

    • @MatthewC33199
      @MatthewC33199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

    • @Pusfilth
      @Pusfilth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Matthew C. How are you spitballing?

    • @mickesmanymovies
      @mickesmanymovies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @MikeRiderOOO
      @MikeRiderOOO 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cody Hutchison HELLO.

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @worrywirt
    @worrywirt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

  • @annatarlordofgifts2442
    @annatarlordofgifts2442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    His documentary voice sounds like David Attenborough

    • @hrodriguez561
      @hrodriguez561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That was the point.....

  • @doggedout
    @doggedout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    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!

  • @SaintMartins
    @SaintMartins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    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
      @LaffeeTaffeeGG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      BERTHOLD!!!!!!
      Eh?

    • @BrettsPlay
      @BrettsPlay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No transformers. :/

    • @civilwildman
      @civilwildman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @thewhoman3182
      @thewhoman3182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thx also great profile. Love clockwork and python! ✌️

    • @GODCONVOYPRIME
      @GODCONVOYPRIME 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BrettsPlay Collect and save, collect and save!

  • @throatwobblermangrove8510
    @throatwobblermangrove8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    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
      @gillianc592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @OneSixShooter
      @OneSixShooter 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      “…with a melon?!”

  • @michaelberry8096
    @michaelberry8096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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.

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    "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
      @nutsandgum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @ajnode
      @ajnode 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @tomitstube
      @tomitstube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @lucanreynolds947
      @lucanreynolds947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, that was what he was implying.

    • @ShinSennju
      @ShinSennju 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @SarahS329
    @SarahS329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    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.

  • @murraystewartj
    @murraystewartj ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @kevinwilley968
    @kevinwilley968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    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
      @spiff2268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      One, two, five!

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Three Sir!

  • @MsTeacher17
    @MsTeacher17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

    • @pandakicker1
      @pandakicker1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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**

  • @CubFlanagan
    @CubFlanagan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    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.

  • @Angelrat666
    @Angelrat666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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.

  • @elvest9
    @elvest9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +461

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

    • @andrevillela4431
      @andrevillela4431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      now i want to watch that

    • @Siresly
      @Siresly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @superanimeniac
      @superanimeniac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @lukewarmwater6412
      @lukewarmwater6412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @JimC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're a loony.

  • @DickTruth
    @DickTruth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

  • @pdoot
    @pdoot 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @FictionWriter95
    @FictionWriter95 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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).

  • @bongodave13
    @bongodave13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

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

  • @lomejordelamusicacristiana4474
    @lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Eric was about one of my first celebrity crushes strangely enough

  • @Mak10z
    @Mak10z 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

  • @1SaG
    @1SaG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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. :)

  • @SqeakyToy
    @SqeakyToy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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.

  • @louiso.4325
    @louiso.4325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    OH MY GOD THEY DID ONE WITH ERIC IDLE

    • @pbateman812
      @pbateman812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Barney Os. I came here to day thissss

    • @merryspy2924
      @merryspy2924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was also pleasantly surprised :D

    • @Saint_nobody
      @Saint_nobody 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THOSE BASTARDS!

  • @johnperrotto64
    @johnperrotto64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @annanSJ98
    @annanSJ98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @TheJanvicgwaps
    @TheJanvicgwaps 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Brave Brave Sir Robin

    • @maestroaxeman
      @maestroaxeman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      🎶He Boldly Ran Away🎶
      🤣🤣🤣

  • @angryyogbuscus1578
    @angryyogbuscus1578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

  • @nicholasshackleferd2546
    @nicholasshackleferd2546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

  • @vvaara93
    @vvaara93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was the greatest David Attenborough impression.

  • @bigkahunaburger1092
    @bigkahunaburger1092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    Can u guys do the rest of the Python cast

    • @aptaylor75
      @aptaylor75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      May have a bit of trouble with Graham.

    • @danwalton1913
      @danwalton1913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

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

    • @andrewbowman4611
      @andrewbowman4611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Maybe they could hold a séance...

    • @4thedoops
      @4thedoops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @neithere
      @neithere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@4thedoops nah, he's pining.

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    For me his most iconic character was Roger the Shrubber.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @smoshbooz
      @smoshbooz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I shall welease woger

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Dirk McQuickley.

    • @zackcross7190
      @zackcross7190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What about Loretta?

    • @sirlancelot4777
      @sirlancelot4777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I design, arrange and sell shrubberies

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @Seasidecc95437
    @Seasidecc95437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @thecampfire4877
    @thecampfire4877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @carolynvanasse3664
      @carolynvanasse3664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @gmann6269
    @gmann6269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @IffeOnline
    @IffeOnline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @snuggies8037
    @snuggies8037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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
      @charlie-obrien 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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
      @ianbartle456 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@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.

  • @vampirelilicios3571
    @vampirelilicios3571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @gmann6269
      @gmann6269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The weather wasn't good during filming.

    • @BlackNeon875
      @BlackNeon875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @peterlewerin4213
      @peterlewerin4213 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @maximillianford9301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @LirycNonStop
    @LirycNonStop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    my favorite Monty Python!!... the musician... George Harrison's great friend... I love him :) I've always thought he looked quite alike Gene Wilder

    • @JoDee172
      @JoDee172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Specially when he was younger

  • @martinrosendahl9134
    @martinrosendahl9134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @yomanimus
    @yomanimus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Should be prescribed as the National Elf...

  • @lizardlegend42
    @lizardlegend42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    He actually sounds exactly like David Attenborough

    • @hoperules8874
      @hoperules8874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @b9y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Completely different.

  • @DAMIENDMILLS
    @DAMIENDMILLS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +496

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

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Disney made the inverse of that. Dead black family.

    • @DAMIENDMILLS
      @DAMIENDMILLS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Clay3613 that's racist

    • @kallemon
      @kallemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a racist thing to say!

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Are you people being serious?

    • @kallemon
      @kallemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @ciaraf4158
    @ciaraf4158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    “Bring out your dead” I love that part

    • @hrodriguez561
      @hrodriguez561 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My roommate and i do/did that a lot

    • @jfan4reva
      @jfan4reva 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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
      @hazukichanx408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @gabe_s_videos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hazukichanx408 I never even noticed that part!

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a silly bunt...

  • @emagneticfield
    @emagneticfield 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @Sabre_Wulf1
    @Sabre_Wulf1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @nicklasbertilsson2556
    @nicklasbertilsson2556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    His voiceacting for Rincewind in the discworld games is mindblowing

  • @gotonkar
    @gotonkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @chelskate17
    @chelskate17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

  • @jaydubya3698
    @jaydubya3698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I've alway thought Idle would be a fun guy to hang out with...he seems level-headed but mischievous at the same time. Micheal Palin seems like a very thoughtful guy (especially after watching him in the series "The Himalayas" which was excellent), more serious than funny, but still witty. Cleese seems like he'd be OK, but wouldn't suffer fools and perhaps would be a bit intimidating. Terry Gilliam would be interesting to talk to, real creative, but sort of distant and out there (??). Terry Jones seems like he'd be alright as well...more like Palin maybe. After all these years you can see that the Pythons are all very different people. I can understand why they don't hang out together that much.

    • @BenjaminGessel
      @BenjaminGessel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you nailed 'em (pun intended). 😂🤣😂😁

  • @shellyhill6804
    @shellyhill6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @rachb7129
    @rachb7129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @dimitreze
    @dimitreze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I wish the Pythons were producing more comedy nowadays.

    • @renoloverxoxo
      @renoloverxoxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @raymondkent5762
    @raymondkent5762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Cleese was my favorite Python for a few years, but I have seen the errors of my ways.
    Idle is definitely the most funny. No disrespect to Cleese. I like him. But Idle is clearly the best.

    • @ComeOnIsSuchAJoy
      @ComeOnIsSuchAJoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel John has kind of lost his edge in recent years.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Graham Chapman.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd have to rate Gilliam, just for his role as the jailer in Life of Brian.

    • @starbreaker6017
      @starbreaker6017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All are great,but He has the funniest face.

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Palin rules.

  • @NitaKerns
    @NitaKerns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was 9 yrs old when the Casper movie came out. I remember watching it and thinking Dibs was the funniest character. Just a few years later, my Dad introduced me to Monty Python and all their hilariousness. What great memories!! My favorite sketch was always "Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit". I had it memorized! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @mikesweeney5244
      @mikesweeney5244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now, come at me with a raspberry !

    • @Sarah-ev1gj
      @Sarah-ev1gj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mikesweeney5244 Supposing he's got a pointed stick?

  • @TroubledTrooper
    @TroubledTrooper 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love him as the Dead Collector in The Holy Grail
    😂

  • @jenniferlawrence2988
    @jenniferlawrence2988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    The Holy Grail was the first movie I remember laughing so hard at that I felt lightheaded. 😂

    • @neithere
      @neithere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I remember having to pause somewhere during the first scene about swallows because I just couldn't open my eyes.

    • @Scottenstein
      @Scottenstein 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I had to pause the movie at the Killer Rabbit scene I was laughing so hard! I wish Eric would have talked about Dennis, the Constitutional Peasant scene in Holy Grail. That’s one of my favorite scenes of the movie.

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a good thing you didn't hear the killer joke.

    • @dannyspelman1468
      @dannyspelman1468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Scottenstein Denis was played by Michael Palin.

    • @Scottenstein
      @Scottenstein 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Danny Spelman wow, all this time I thought it was Eric Idle. My mistake. Thanks for letting me know.

  • @antonomaseapophasis5142
    @antonomaseapophasis5142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Eric Idle, you’ve still got the voice...er ...voices!
    There are so many Elvis stories, this one of the best.

  • @MrMrMrprofessor
    @MrMrMrprofessor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Tehdurkniht
    @Tehdurkniht 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    There's a great example of that "documentarian-talking-to-camera" thing he's talking about in Flying Circus. It's called Whicker Island and it's easily my favorite sketch. Highly underrated.

    • @kaymuldoon3575
      @kaymuldoon3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jack Dutt loved that one!

    • @Tehdurkniht
      @Tehdurkniht 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kaymuldoon3575 it's a classic! Every time one of the pythons cuts in front of the other im in stitches