Sat on a greenroom couch with Eric before a show, guitar in hand he started playing “ Bright Side of Life” we all melted , then sang our asses off, because we knew this was special. Celebs were singing along too. Best damn day ever.
Yeah, I'm a huge Python fan, but I'm getting a bit tired of that song - and he insists on singing it during nearly every public or TV appearance. He's been milking it for far too long.
I love Idle's face at 5:00 when Conan was talking about his poster you could tell he was reminiscing as well as at the same time, no comedic bits or antics, but genuinely receiving and appreciating a compliment
I remember as an adolescent that experienced the rise of the Beatles in America, what Eric said is exactly right, it was Ringo everyone in America knew about first.
Oh, yeah! If you look through the old humor mags of the mid-60s (MAD, Cracked, Sick, Help, etc) they are *packed* with stuff about Ringo -- you'd think he was the leader of the band! There's a MAD shampoo ad parody with a Ringo portrait by Frank Frazetta that's a classic!
Been a Beatles and Python fan since the 70's and am still learning new things that blow my mind. Never envisioned the Fab Four as comedians and when Eric said it, it just clicked perfectly into place. Wow.
@@SatansSimgmathe comedic spirit of them, watch magical mystery tour and you'll see that much of the absurdist comedy of the Beatles inspired Monty Python
I can definitely believe the Beatles were comedians just from watching both the Hard Day's Night and Help movies and watching TH-cam clips of some of their antics on stage and in group interviews. All of them were funny
@@johnmarkalston1720 Peak Conan to me was the years he flew solo after Andy Richter left. I like the years with Andy, don't get me wrong. But without anyone to lean on besides occasionally Max and the band, I thought Conan really came into his own. I thought it was a real risk to bring back Andy for the Tonight Show. Maybe they had remained great friends when Andy wasn't on the show (or they didn't, I don't know), but I thought their on-screen chemistry after years "apart" had definitely lost a step or two. It was hardly the reason he didn't last at 11:30, that was mostly NBC not willing to be patient and pulling the plug too soon. Yet I can't help but wonder if Conan wouldn't still be doing The Tonight Show if he had chosen to go it alone. So I kind of had a "Conan solo" bias when I learned of this podcast. But it didn't take too long for me to see that Matt and Sona teamed with Conan are perfect. Matt spices things up with well-timed improv softballs that they all have a lot of fun riffing off of, and of course Sona is always a delight. I can't imagine Conan doing the podcast alone and I wouldn't want to.
Being born in 1954 I feel like I was born in the perfect year for Python and the Beatles. 9 years old when The Beatles were on Sullivan and 15 or 16 when Monty Python hit CBC. Never saw The Beatles live but was fortunate to catch Python live on tour in 1973.
News reporters told The Beatles later that they had been sent down to that first airport press conference with the purpose of knocking the band and dismissing them as a bit of a con, but because they were so funny and full of charm they all reported on them positively.
@madmaxandrade thanks! Didn't realize that. But more while they're still among us. Not sure if he got a chance to talk to Terry Jones for a one on one at any point before his illness and death.
Eric, together with George Harrison, helped create the idea of a mockumentary film titled All You Need is Cash (1978), a film about The Rutles' history and career that parodied The Beatles' real world history. George would eventually make a cameo appearance in the film.
Eric was always my favorite I thought he was the cutest! I LOVED his work on the Adventures of Baron Munchausen,too. Thank you for all the laughs YOU LEGEND
I once saw George Martin in person. He said one of the things that endeared him to The Beatles was that their sense of humour was similar to The Goons (British comedy group before Python), whom he had previously produced or engineered their record.
Monty Python was a huge part of my adolescence in the early-mid 70's. During my junior high school summer vacations, I would spend time with a good friend watching them on Friday night on PBS. We found them hysterical.
This is great really enjoy Mr Idle. Listening to him talk is always a joy. Same for Mr Palin both are my favorite Python's during interview's anyway. It's crazy how much talent they had and how long they were able to work with each other. Amazing group of gentlemen.
"In your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years. Are you a bit disappointed with this result?" Brilliant
The Beatles were funny as hell. John's books are a peek into a mad genius mind. His pet names for bandmates; Paul McCharmly and George Parasol. Their cheekiness was disarming to the establishment and affected the world. They had the goods to back it all up.
I might be alone here, but I first heard the name Eric Idle during a trailer for the Transformers the Movie (animated) in 1986. He played Wreck-Gar, the leader of a faction from the Plantet Junkion. He did an amazing job. Then when I grew up I watched pretty much everything he had done, he's a comedy icon, the world will weep when he passes.
The first Beatles song played in America was “She Loves You” by Murray the K, a legendary New York disc jockey, on September 28, 1963. I had a friend who got the first Beatles album for Christmas of 1963.
Monty Python reruns were on PBS when I was in high school and then came the movies and these guys really were like rock stars. Insane, smart, dirty, rude, fearless badasses. It’s weird to think that Life of Brian could not get made today.
George Martin signed the Beatles based mainly on their charisma and humor. He produced the Goons records and Peter Sellers. He thought the Beatles were musically average... It was good that they were writing some sings, but he wasn't impressed until he started chatting with them and he couldn't stop laughing. Without that humor, who knows what would have happened to the Beatles. Martin was their last hope at a contract.
I've said it already the other day - and I am going to say it again, but Conan was right: *THIS IS INDEED* the podcast that gives and gives and gives... Team Coco is on fire 🧡🔥🔥🔥
That was cool... The nature of your shared perspectives came through with warmth and humor that felt real. For "entertainers" to bring it about & share it, Is the finest slice! Thanks & cudos for making it happen👍😎
@8:40 He got Joe Cocker on, but the next time he got Kate Bush! She was/is notorious for NOT traveling overseas or pretty much anywhere and he managed to get her to come to New York for the show! I could love him for that alone.
George Martin is on record stating that he signed the Beatles not because they were particularly good musicians or songwriters but because they were funny. After their first recording session with Martin, he brought them all into the control room and laid all the things he didn’t like about their performance. After he’d had his say, he then asked them, as they sat looking brow beaten and disappointed, if there was anything they didn’t like. George cheekily replied, “I don’t like your tie.” That apparently broke the ice as Martin had a good sense of humor (he produced comedy records after all) and the other Beatles just let loose and started joking around. Martin would go on to say he signed them because they were funny and charming, not for their musical abilities.
I doubt any Python fan has ever stumbled across the relatively obscure Beatles song “You know my name, look up the number” without the word “Pythonesque” occurring to them.
I heard the Patrick Stewart/Beatles story recently. McCartney and he had a mutual friend, McCartney gave him his Aston Martin after a play in 63', just because Stewart's car was crap.
"Magical Mystery Tour" even moreso. Though you can tell how they're struggling with basically doing Python before Python. As an avid fan, Terry Gilliam, in fact, was part of the "running traffic jam" of fans around the bus as it traveled the British countryside during the making of the telefilm. Unfortunately, he didn't get a hand in fixing the script or enhance the cinematography outside of the musical numbers, which very much resemble professional music videos.
If you ever hear the Beatles Christmas records they made for their fan club, the ones from 1966 and 1967 were really as absurdly funny and surreal as a proto-Monty Python style of sketch comedy.
Petition to get Michael Palin on the podcast.
Silly. That IS Michael Palin.... (ask Eric, he'd explain!)
Seconded.
God damnit yes!
oh absolutely!
I've heard he's not in great health at the moment but would love to see him on
Sat on a greenroom couch with Eric before a show, guitar in hand he started playing “ Bright Side of Life” we all melted , then sang our asses off, because we knew this was special. Celebs were singing along too. Best damn day ever.
You lucky bastard
wow. celebrities.
@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS singing celebrities, the best kind
Yeah, I'm a huge Python fan, but I'm getting a bit tired of that song - and he insists on singing it during nearly every public or TV appearance. He's been milking it for far too long.
9:36 "What was your John like?" LMAO that was sneakily funny
John Lennon and Art Garfunkel had a later conversation about their Pauls.
John's are always trouble.
I love Idle's face at 5:00 when Conan was talking about his poster you could tell he was reminiscing as well as at the same time, no comedic bits or antics, but genuinely receiving and appreciating a compliment
Idle had the same face early on in the video when Conan said Idle was one of the finest men he's ever known, too! The heart swells up for sure.
I remember as an adolescent that experienced the rise of the Beatles in America, what Eric said is exactly right, it was Ringo everyone in America knew about first.
Oh, yeah! If you look through the old humor mags of the mid-60s (MAD, Cracked, Sick, Help, etc) they are *packed* with stuff about Ringo -- you'd think he was the leader of the band! There's a MAD shampoo ad parody with a Ringo portrait by Frank Frazetta that's a classic!
He was also the standout in A Hard Days Night.
Been a Beatles and Python fan since the 70's and am still learning new things that blow my mind. Never envisioned the Fab Four as comedians and when Eric said it, it just clicked perfectly into place. Wow.
Also, 'the spirt of the Beatles was passed to Python ' is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Do u guys even hear yourself?
@@SatansSimgmathe comedic spirit of them, watch magical mystery tour and you'll see that much of the absurdist comedy of the Beatles inspired Monty Python
I can definitely believe the Beatles were comedians just from watching both the Hard Day's Night and Help movies and watching TH-cam clips of some of their antics on stage and in group interviews. All of them were funny
@@sendoh873 Yeah I definitely recommend watching the movies if you like the Beatles at all!
@@SatansSimgma Hope you have a nice day :)
7:24 "...but we'll talk about the Beatles another time, I want to talk about..."
"The Rolling Stones"
Matt is the not-so-secret weapon of this podcast
@@johnmarkalston1720 The "Brian Jones" if you will ..
And then Conan pretends to start having an honest, good faith conversation about their blues roots lol. This whole thing had me rolling
@@johnmarkalston1720 wow yeah! His wit is really quick
@@johnmarkalston1720 Peak Conan to me was the years he flew solo after Andy Richter left. I like the years with Andy, don't get me wrong. But without anyone to lean on besides occasionally Max and the band, I thought Conan really came into his own.
I thought it was a real risk to bring back Andy for the Tonight Show. Maybe they had remained great friends when Andy wasn't on the show (or they didn't, I don't know), but I thought their on-screen chemistry after years "apart" had definitely lost a step or two.
It was hardly the reason he didn't last at 11:30, that was mostly NBC not willing to be patient and pulling the plug too soon. Yet I can't help but wonder if Conan wouldn't still be doing The Tonight Show if he had chosen to go it alone.
So I kind of had a "Conan solo" bias when I learned of this podcast. But it didn't take too long for me to see that Matt and Sona teamed with Conan are perfect. Matt spices things up with well-timed improv softballs that they all have a lot of fun riffing off of, and of course Sona is always a delight. I can't imagine Conan doing the podcast alone and I wouldn't want to.
Matt was fast with that ”f*ck that guy” comment 😀
Came here to say, Matt had the best line in this clip.
Lemme tell you, Matt’s sharp. You can tell he’s been casting his pod for a while….
I mean... he is kwik wit afterall
Being born in 1954 I feel like I was born in the perfect year for Python and the Beatles. 9 years old when The Beatles were on Sullivan and 15 or 16 when Monty Python hit CBC. Never saw The Beatles live but was fortunate to catch Python live on tour in 1973.
I am French, and I LOVE Monty Python.
That's how good they are!
Fetchez la vache!
He’s no Jerry Lewis.
Don't fart in their general direction then mon ami
@@Runningtaco Ha! I understood that reference. And I liked it.
please don’t shout at me about my mother being a hamster
News reporters told The Beatles later that they had been sent down to that first airport press conference with the purpose of knocking the band and dismissing them as a bit of a con, but because they were so funny and full of charm they all reported on them positively.
It’s easier to always look on the bright side of life when the potency of Python is still on this planet
Only Eric Idle could take Conan off guard with the first sentence. Legend Pro Max!
Love interviews with Eric Idle. Would definitely appreciate interviews with Cleese, Gilliam and Palin
Cleese has been in the show once. He's welcome to come back anytime, of course.
@madmaxandrade thanks! Didn't realize that. But more while they're still among us. Not sure if he got a chance to talk to Terry Jones for a one on one at any point before his illness and death.
Eric Idle is a treasure of humanity.
Eric, together with George Harrison, helped create the idea of a mockumentary film titled All You Need is Cash (1978), a film about The Rutles' history and career that parodied The Beatles' real world history.
George would eventually make a cameo appearance in the film.
George plays a reporter interviewing one of the Rutles standing in front of their record company headquarters as it’s being repeatedly stolen from
Eric Idle also co-created THE RUTLES, a Beatles parody band. Had some great songs.
And George Harrison even has a cameo role in it.
Enjoying The Rutles' toe-tapping tunes are the best thing about being a Beatles fan.
Eric was always my favorite I thought he was the cutest! I LOVED his work on the Adventures of Baron Munchausen,too. Thank you for all the laughs YOU LEGEND
One of my compatibility questions is Beatles or Stones.. there’s only one right answer….. it’s both.
I once saw George Martin in person. He said one of the things that endeared him to The Beatles was that their sense of humour was similar to The Goons (British comedy group before Python), whom he had previously produced or engineered their record.
Look up the Peter Sellers singles he produced with Dr. Strangelove and other characters performing "She Loves You"!
Monty Python was a huge part of my adolescence in the early-mid 70's. During my junior high school summer vacations, I would spend time with a good friend watching them on Friday night on PBS. We found them hysterical.
Even just the first minute of this demonstrates why his fellow comedians adore Conan. He's sooo easy to gel with.
Monty Python was iconic. The best ever in my lifetime. In my opinion. ❤❤❤
Was incredibly fortunate that they all happened to meet/were going to the same university etc.
No exaggeration, A Hard Day's Night is one of the funniest movies ever made.
That's SOME exaggeration.
Oh, he's very clean.
this was the random coalition of my obsessions that i didn’t know i needed today, thanks!
Holy mother of god. Eric Idle! :O
Watching them on the "Get back" documentary, they really were all funny af.
2 very accomplished extremely funny guys who hate getting compliments, giving each other compliments, is fun to watch. That opening was perfect! 🤣
0.02 I knew it was a riot. 😂😂😂😂
I love Eric Idle and the Monty Python! ❤ Erics lumberjack song is forever imprinted in my mind. 😆
Palin and Jones wrote it, and Michael Palin first performed it on the show.
@madamebouge1236 They're all incredibly talented comedians! 😄
Conan is KILLING it with this guest list
This is great really enjoy Mr Idle. Listening to him talk is always a joy. Same for Mr Palin both are my favorite Python's during interview's anyway. It's crazy how much talent they had and how long they were able to work with each other. Amazing group of gentlemen.
"In your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years. Are you a bit disappointed with this result?" Brilliant
That did it. 45 seconds of nonstop laughter here with that
I’d like to answer that question in two ways. First, in my normal voice and second, in a sort of high-pitched nasally whine.
The Beatles were funny as hell. John's books are a peek into a mad genius mind. His pet names for bandmates; Paul McCharmly and George Parasol. Their cheekiness was disarming to the establishment and affected the world. They had the goods to back it all up.
It’s Sir Dirk McQuickly!
I have always thought in the back of my mind, cheese and onions
Later founded Punk Floyd!
...the legend that will last a lunchtime.
I might be alone here, but I first heard the name Eric Idle during a trailer for the Transformers the Movie (animated) in 1986. He played Wreck-Gar, the leader of a faction from the Plantet Junkion. He did an amazing job. Then when I grew up I watched pretty much everything he had done, he's a comedy icon, the world will weep when he passes.
The absolute legends that have recently been on this podcast is astounding
The first Beatles song played in America was “She Loves You” by Murray the K, a legendary New York disc jockey, on September 28, 1963. I had a friend who got the first Beatles album for Christmas of 1963.
Monty Python reruns were on PBS when I was in high school and then came the movies and these guys really were like rock stars. Insane, smart, dirty, rude, fearless badasses.
It’s weird to think that Life of Brian could not get made today.
What a legend I want the whole episode on youtube!
If you want to see the Beatles as a sketch comedy group, you need to look up their version of Pyramis and Thisbe. Just fabulous.
Matt has the funniest surprise lines on this one
Love the Terry Jones shirts.
George Martin signed the Beatles based mainly on their charisma and humor. He produced the Goons records and Peter Sellers. He thought the Beatles were musically average... It was good that they were writing some sings, but he wasn't impressed until he started chatting with them and he couldn't stop laughing. Without that humor, who knows what would have happened to the Beatles. Martin was their last hope at a contract.
The Rutles are one of my favorite things, in music, ever 🤘🏽
Python took up the mantle in 1969. They even had a John.
2:10 I’ve watched a tonnnn of Conan and it’s crazy to watch him totally shaken up like that I swear he became a child there
I love Python and Eric has always been my favorite. Thanks, Conan!
Someone asked Ringo once if he's a Mod or a Rocker, and replied "I'm a Mocker".
That’s from “A Hard Day’s Night.”
Been watching The Pythons & Conan since I was a kid. This is great.
The great Dr Nigel Channing
I've said it already the other day - and I am going to say it again, but Conan was right: *THIS IS INDEED* the podcast that gives and gives and gives... Team Coco is on fire 🧡🔥🔥🔥
My husband and I are seeing Eric Idle’s show in Sydney tomorrow ! ❤❤❤
i didn't get three seconds in before bursting out laughing and i loooooove it! awesome, he's the bomb. the best!!
Spamalot was awesome on Broadway, I saw it when it debuted with my mom. What a funny play 😂
As a teen in the 1970s, there was only one program that I watched on *PBS,* and that was of course,
*Monty Python's Flying Circus!*
That was cool... The nature of your shared perspectives came through with warmth and humor that felt real.
For "entertainers" to bring it about & share it, Is the finest slice! Thanks & cudos for making it happen👍😎
LOVE the Pythons! I got Eric's new book AUTOGRAPHED too! Thanks AGAIN Eric!!! Say no more!
That was hilarious. Sincere LOL's.
“You were supposed to take that seriously” 😂
Beginning was hilarious 😂😂😂
I just noticed that Eric Idle looks exactly like an older John Oliver
It's Rincewind! ❤
It's Jeff Lynne's FU2 bandmate. 😋
My name is Eric, and whenever I hear the name Eric Idle it makes me stop in my tracks.
Booooooooooooooooo
Saw Eric’s show at the Star Casino Broadbeach Queensland and he was awesome totally entertaining and a great night to look back on
Eric Idle always was my favorite Beatle !
Matt was on fire today. You love to see it.
Fantastic interview!
He’s a great musician AND a great composer. He turned two MP movies into Tony award winning musicals
@8:40 He got Joe Cocker on, but the next time he got Kate Bush! She was/is notorious for NOT traveling overseas or pretty much anywhere and he managed to get her to come to New York for the show! I could love him for that alone.
Super great stuff. Give Eric a residency.
What an Legend!! Conan podcast just going beter progressive
Idk if Conan making the Casper joke during the ad was intentional for this clip but well played
Hahaha 😅
That kind of creativity doesn't just sit in one lane. I use all mine for humor AND Dairy Queen arson.
My favorite Eric Idle bit is when he gives out of order lists to Dudley Do-Right
Imagine the 60s with the Fab Four being a Liverpudlian comedy troupe instead of the biggest music act.
These guys are the funniest.
Title of the video is the last 10 seconds
George Martin is on record stating that he signed the Beatles not because they were particularly good musicians or songwriters but because they were funny. After their first recording session with Martin, he brought them all into the control room and laid all the things he didn’t like about their performance. After he’d had his say, he then asked them, as they sat looking brow beaten and disappointed, if there was anything they didn’t like. George cheekily replied, “I don’t like your tie.”
That apparently broke the ice as Martin had a good sense of humor (he produced comedy records after all) and the other Beatles just let loose and started joking around. Martin would go on to say he signed them because they were funny and charming, not for their musical abilities.
I doubt any Python fan has ever stumbled across the relatively obscure Beatles song “You know my name, look up the number” without the word “Pythonesque” occurring to them.
Eric Idle - Comic genius.
I heard the Patrick Stewart/Beatles story recently. McCartney and he had a mutual friend, McCartney gave him his Aston Martin after a play in 63', just because Stewart's car was crap.
Me realizing that Monty Python was a group and not just 1 person XD
First fifteen words, and I am dying. 😂
Conan returned back from Spain already!
I highly recommended you read Eric's autobiography, his Sortabiography. It's really interesting and witty.
I couldn't agree more. A Hard Day's Night is one of my favorite comedies ever. The Beatles are ridiculously funny in it.
I love the term that Monty Python are Mock & Roll😂
HELP! is one of my favorite movies and its funny as hell.
Oh man did I need this today
3:20 that California ad was kind of jarring. Palin, Idle, John Cleese and Gilliam should do a MP reunion.
You could see it in their movies! Iloved watching their movies as a kid they were hilarious
ROYALTY!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The movie HELP is so much like a Python movie.
"Magical Mystery Tour" even moreso. Though you can tell how they're struggling with basically doing Python before Python. As an avid fan, Terry Gilliam, in fact, was part of the "running traffic jam" of fans around the bus as it traveled the British countryside during the making of the telefilm. Unfortunately, he didn't get a hand in fixing the script or enhance the cinematography outside of the musical numbers, which very much resemble professional music videos.
Protect Eric Idle at all costs along with Michael Palin, John Cleese and Terry Gilliam..they are comedic treasures..the Holy Grail if you will..
The Beatles were absolutely hilarious.
Yep, the Beatles missed out. They could've become a comedy sketch troupe and make some REAL money.
If you ever hear the Beatles Christmas records they made for their fan club, the ones from 1966 and 1967 were really as absurdly funny and surreal as a proto-Monty Python style of sketch comedy.