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Eric Idle

Eric Idle 2014.jpg
Idle in 2014

Born
(1943-03-29) 29 March 1943 (age 75)

South Shields, County Durham, England

Alma mater Pembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation Comedian, actor, voice actor, composer, musician, singer-songwriter, writer
Years active 1967–present
Notable work

Monty Python, The Rutles, Spamalot
Spouse(s)

Lyn Ashley
(m. 1969; div. 1975)


Tania Kosevich (m. 1977)

Children 2
Website ericidle.com

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of the parody rock band The Rutles, and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 Pre-Python career (1965–1969)


    • 2.2 Monty Python (1969–1983, 2014)


    • 2.3 Post-Python career (1973–present)




  • 3 Other credits


    • 3.1 Writing


    • 3.2 Songwriting




  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 Tributes


  • 6 Filmography


    • 6.1 Film


    • 6.2 Television


    • 6.3 Video games


    • 6.4 Stage


    • 6.5 Bibliography




  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Early life and education


Idle was born in Harton Hospital, in South Shields, County Durham, to which his mother had been evacuated from the north west of England. His mother, Norah Barron (Sanderson),[1] was a health visitor, and his father, Ernest Idle,[2][3] served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, only to be killed in a road accident while hitch-hiking home for Christmas in December 1945.[4][5] Idle spent part of his childhood in Wallasey on the Wirral peninsula,[6] and attended St George's Road primary school until he was nine.[7] His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and bringing up a child, so when Idle was seven, she enrolled him in the Royal Wolverhampton School as a boarder. At this time, the school was a charitable foundation dedicated to the education and maintenance of children who had lost one or both parents.[8] Idle is quoted as saying: "It was a physically abusive, bullying, harsh environment for a kid to grow up in. I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority. Perfect training for Python."[8]


Idle stated that the two things that made his life bearable were listening to Radio Luxembourg under the bedclothes and watching the local football team, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Despite this, he disliked other sports and would sneak out of school every Thursday afternoon to the local cinema. Idle was eventually caught watching the X-rated film BUtterfield 8 (suitable for audiences aged 16 years and over under the contemporary film certificates) and stripped of his prefecture, though by that time he was head boy. Idle had already refused to be senior boy in the school cadet force, as he supported the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and had participated in the yearly Aldermaston March.[8] Idle maintains that there was little to do at the school, and boredom drove him to study hard and consequently win a place at Cambridge University.[8]



Career



Pre-Python career (1965–1969)


Idle attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied English. At Pembroke, he was invited to join the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club by the president of the Footlights Club, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Footlights Club member Bill Oddie.







Idle started at Cambridge only a year after future fellow-Pythons Graham Chapman and John Cleese. He became Footlights President in 1965 and was the first to allow women to join the club.[10] Idle starred in the children's television comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set co-starring his future Python fellows Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Terry Gilliam provided animations for the show. The show's cast also included comic actors David Jason and Denise Coffey. Idle also appeared as guest in some episodes of the television series At Last the 1948 Show, which co-featured Cleese and Chapman.



Monty Python (1969–1983, 2014)



Idle wrote for Python mostly by himself, at his own pace, although he sometimes found it difficult in having to present material to the others and make it seem funny without the back-up support of a partner. The other Pythons usually worked in teams and Cleese admitted that this was slightly unfair – when the Pythons voted on which sketches should appear in a show, "he (Idle) only got one vote". However, he also says that Idle was an independent person and worked best on his own. Idle himself admitted this was sometimes difficult: "You had to convince five others. And they were not the most un-egotistical of writers, either."


Idle's work in Python is often characterised by an obsession with language and communication: many of his characters have verbal peculiarities, such as the man who speaks in anagrams, the man who says words in the wrong order, and the butcher who alternates between rudeness and politeness every time he speaks. A number of his sketches involve extended monologues (for example the customer in the "Travel Agency" sketch who won't stop talking about his unpleasant experiences with holidays), and he would frequently spoof the unnatural language and speech patterns of television presenters. Unlike Palin, Idle is said to be the master of insincere characters, from the David Frost-esque Timmy Williams, to small-time crook Stig O'Tracy, who tries to deny the fact that organised crime master Dinsdale Piranha nailed his head to the floor.


The second-youngest member of the Pythons, Idle was closest in spirit to the students and teenagers who made up much of Python's fanbase. Python sketches dealing most with contemporary obsessions like pop music, sexual permissiveness and recreational drugs are usually Idle's work, often characterised by double entendre, sexual references, and other "naughty" subject matter – most famously demonstrated in "Nudge Nudge." Idle originally wrote "Nudge, Nudge" for Ronnie Barker, but it was rejected because there was 'no joke in the words'.[11]


A competent guitarist, Idle composed many of the group's most famous musical numbers, most notably "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", the closing number of Life of Brian, which has grown to become a Python signature tune. He was responsible for the "Galaxy Song" from The Meaning of Life and "Eric the Half-a-Bee", a whimsical tune that first appeared on the Previous Record album.



Post-Python career (1973–present)




Eric Idle in 2003


After the success of Python in the early 1970s, all six members pursued solo projects. Idle's first solo work was his own BBC Radio One show, Radio Five (pre-dating the real Radio Five station by 18 years). This ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974 and involved Idle performing sketches and links to records, with himself playing nearly all the multi-tracked parts.


On television, Idle created Rutland Weekend Television (RWT), a sketch show on BBC2, written by himself, with music by Neil Innes. RWT was 'Britain's smallest television network'. The name was a parody of London Weekend Television, the independent television franchise contractor that provided Londoners with their ITV services at weekends; Rutland had been England's smallest county, but had recently been 'abolished' in an administrative shake-up. To make the joke complete, the programme went out on a weekday. Other regular performers were David Battley, Henry Woolf, Gwen Taylor and Terence Bayler. George Harrison made a guest appearance on one episode.


A legacy of RWT was the creation, with Innes, of the Rutles, an affectionate parody of the Beatles. The band became a popular phenomenon, especially in the U.S. where Idle was appearing on Saturday Night Live – fans would send in Beatles LPs with their sleeves altered to show the Rutles. In 1978, the Rutles' mockumentary film All You Need Is Cash, a collaboration between Python members and Saturday Night Live, was aired on NBC television, as written by Idle, with music by Innes. Idle appeared in the film as "Dirk McQuickly" (the Paul McCartney-styled character of the group), as well as the main commentator, while Innes appeared as "Ron Nasty" (the band's stand-in for John Lennon). Actors appearing in the film included Saturday Night Live's John Belushi, Bill Murray and Gilda Radner, as well as fellow Python Michael Palin, but also real musicians of the 1960s such as former real Beatle George Harrison, as well as Mick Jagger and Paul Simon. Idle wrote and directed the Rutles comeback in 2008 for a live show Rutlemania! to celebrate the 30th anniversary.[12] The performances took place in Los Angeles and New York City with a Beatles tribute band.[13]


In 1986, Idle provided the voice of Wreck-Gar, the leader of the Junkions (a race of robots built out of junk that can only speak in film catchphrases and advertising slogans) in The Transformers: The Movie. In 1987, he took part in the English National Opera production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Mikado, in which he appeared in the role of the Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko. In 1989, he appeared in the U.S. comedy television series Nearly Departed, about a ghost who haunts the family inhabiting his former home; the series lasted for six episodes as a summer replacement series.


Idle received good critical notices appearing in projects written and directed by others – such as Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989), alongside Robbie Coltrane in Nuns on the Run (1990) and in Casper (1995). He also played Ratty in Terry Jones' version of The Wind in the Willows (1996). However, his own creative projects – such as the film Splitting Heirs (1993), a comedy he wrote, starred in and executive-produced – were mostly unsuccessful with critics and audiences.


In 1994, he appeared as Dr. Nigel Channing, chairman of the Imagination Institute and host of an 'Inventor of the Year' awards show in the three-dimensional film Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!, which was an attraction at the Imagination Pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot from 1994 until 2010 and at Disneyland from 1998 until 2010. The film also stars Rick Moranis and other members of the cast of the 1989 feature film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In 1999, he reprised the role in the short-lived second incarnation of the Journey into Imagination ride at Epcot, replacing Figment and Dreamfinder as the host. Due to an outcry from Disney fans, the attraction was reworked in 2001, reintroducing Figment into the ride while also retaining Idle's role as Nigel Channing. Idle is also writer and star of the 3-D film Pirates – 4D for Busch Entertainment Corporation.


In 1995, he voiced Rincewind the "Wizzard" in a computer adventure game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. In 1996, he reprised his role as Rincewind for the game's sequel, and composed and sang its theme song, "That's Death". In 1998, Idle appeared in the lead role in the poorly received film Burn Hollywood Burn. That same year, he also provided the voice of Devon, a dragon, in Warner Bros. Animated film Quest for Camelot and as Slyly, the albino Arctic fox in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie.


In recent years, Idle has worked with people who regard him as a huge inspiration, such as Trey Parker and Matt Stone in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in which he voiced Dr. Vosknocker. He has also made three appearances on The Simpsons as famous documentarian Declan Desmond, so far the only appearance on the show by a Python. From 1999 to 2000, he played Ian Maxtone-Graham on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. He has also acted as narrator of the AudioNovel version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and Waddlesworth the parrot in 102 Dalmatians and the video game of the same name.


In late 2003, Idle began a performing tour of several American and Canadian cities entitled The Greedy Bastard Tour. The stage performances consisted largely of music from Monty Python episodes and films, along with some original post-Python material. In 2005, Idle released The Greedy Bastard Diary, a book detailing the things the cast and crew encountered during the three-month tour.


In 2004, Idle created Spamalot, a musical comedy based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The medieval production tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they journey on their quest for the Holy Grail. Spamalot features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by Idle and John Du Prez, direction by Mike Nichols, and choreography by Casey Nicholaw.[14]


More recently, Idle provided the voice of Merlin the magician in the DreamWorks animated film Shrek the Third (2007) with his former Python co-star John Cleese, who voiced King Harold.


Idle's play What About Dick? was given a staged reading at two public performances in Hollywood on 10–11 November 2007. The cast included Idle, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Emily Mortimer, Jim Piddock and Tracey Ullman.[15] The play returned on 26–29 April 2012 in the Orpheum Theatre with most of the cast returning with the exception of Emily Mortimer who was replaced by Sophie Winkleman. Russell Brand also joined the cast. The play was made available for digital download on 13 November 2012.




Idle (left) and Carol Cleveland performing the Galaxy Song in 2014


Eric Idle was a popular addition to the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in London on 12 August, performing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".


Eric Idle was the creator and director of the live show "Monty Python Live (mostly) – One down, Five to go", which took place at the O2 Arena in London between 1 and 20 July 2014.


In December 2016 Idle was the writer and co-presenter of The Entire Universe, a "comedy and musical extravaganza with the help of Warwick Davis, Noel Fielding, Hannah Waddingham and Robin Ince, alongside a chorus of singers and dancers," broadcast by BBC Two.[16]



Other credits



Writing


Idle has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction. His novels are Hello Sailor and The Road to Mars. In 1976, he produced a spin-off book to Rutland Weekend Television, titled The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book. In 1982, he wrote a West End farce Pass the Butler, starring Willie Rushton. During his Greedy Bastard Tour of 2003, he wrote the diaries that would be made into The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America, published in February 2005.


Idle also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Monty Python's Spamalot, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It premiered in Chicago before moving to Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004–05 season. Idle won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics.


In a 2005 poll to find "The Comedians' Comedian" (UK), he was voted 21 in the top 50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.


An example of Idle's idiosyncratic writing is "Ants in Their Pants" – a poem about the sex life of ants. It starts as follows:



'Where does an ant get its rocks off?

How does the ant get it on?

Do ants have it away, say three times a day,

Is it once a week sex, or p'raps none?'



Songwriting


Idle is an accomplished songwriter, having composed and performed many of the Pythons' most famous comic pieces, including "Eric the Half-a-Bee", "The Philosophers' Song", "Galaxy Song", "Penis Song" and, probably his most recognised hit, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", which was written for the closing scene of the Monty Python film Life of Brian, and sung from the crosses during the mass crucifixion. The song has since been covered by Harry Nilsson, Bruce Cockburn, Art Garfunkel and Green Day. Idle, his fellow Pythons, and assorted family and friends performed the song at Graham Chapman's memorial service. Idle performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012[17] and as the farewell song of the last show of the Pythons at the O2 arena, 20 July 2014.




Eric Idle and Terry Jones performing Nudge Nudge in 2014.


As Ko-Ko in the 1987 English National Opera production of The Mikado, Idle wrote his own 'Little List' on "As some day it may happen".


In 1990, Idle sang and co-wrote the theme tune to the popular British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The song was later released, but did poorly in the charts. However, when "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was adopted as a football chant in the late 1980s, Idle's then neighbour Gary Lineker suggested Idle re-record and release the popular track. With help from Radio 1 breakfast show host Simon Mayo, who gave the song regular airplay and also used the chorus within a jingle, it became a hit, some 12 years after the song's original appearance in Life of Brian, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and landing Idle a set on Top of the Pops in October 1991. He recorded a special version of the song for Mayo's own use on air ("Come on Simon, get another song on now; why don't you put on a nice Cliff Richard record?") and changed the line "life's a piece of shit" to "life's a piece of spit" in order to get daytime airplay on radio. Idle presented Mayo with a model human foot, akin to the one used in the Monty Python title sequence, as a thank you gift for promoting the song.


In 2004, Idle recorded a protest song of sorts, the "FCC Song", in which he lambastes the U.S. FCC for fining him $5,000 for saying "fuck" on national radio. The song contains 14 uses of that expletive. The song can be downloaded in MP3 and OGG Vorbis format at the Internet Archive.[18]


In 2004, the musical comedy Spamalot debuted in Chicago and opened in New York's Shubert Theatre on 14 February 2005. Idle wrote the lyrics and book for Spamalot, collaborating with John Du Prez on much of the music. The original 2005 Broadway theatre production was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won three: Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Sara Ramirez), and Best Direction of a Musical (Mike Nichols).


He wrote, produced and performed the song "Really Nice Day" for the movie The Wild.[19]


In June 2007, "Not the Messiah", a comic oratorio by Idle and John Du Prez premiered at the inaugural Luminato arts festival in Toronto. Idle himself performed during this 50-minute oratorio, along with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. The composer, John Du Prez, was also present. Shannon Mercer, Jean Stilwell, Christopher Sieber, and Theodore Baerg sang the principal parts. The American premiere was at Caramoor (Westchester County, New York) on 1 July 2007. Soloists were the same as in the Toronto performance, but the accompanying chorus was made up of members of New York City's Collegiate Chorale. The show was revised and expanded for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2007, including two sell-out nights at the Sydney Opera House.[20] A tour during the summer of 2008 included performances with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia, and Houston.[21][22][23]


Idle contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Raining in My Heart" for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released 6 September 2011.


Idle also wrote and sang a variant of the galaxy song for Professor Brian Cox's show, Wonders of Life as well as the new theme for Cox's radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage.[24]



Personal life


Idle has been married twice. His first marriage was in 1969 to actress Lyn Ashley, with whom he had one son, Carey, before their divorce in 1975. He went on to marry Tania Kosevich, a former model. The couple have one daughter, Lily.[25] He is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) tall.[26]


He is a cousin of Canadian conductor Peter Oundjian.[27]



Tributes



  • An asteroid, 9620 Ericidle, is named in his honour.[28]

  • Idle was voted the 21st favourite comedian out of 50 in The Comedian's Comedian 2005 poll by comedians and comedy insiders.[29]

  • The default Integrated development environment (IDE) of the programming language Python, is called IDLE. Although officially IDLE stands for "Integrated DeveLopment Environment", the name has been chosen in allusion to Eric Idle, as the name of the programming language Python itself has been chosen in allusion to the British comedy group Monty Python.[citation needed]

  • The eric IDE for the programming language Python is named in allusion to the aforementioned IDLE IDE and Eric Idle.



Filmography



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Year
Title
Role
Notes
1971

And Now for Something Completely Different
Various roles
Also writer
1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Various roles
Also writer
1979

Monty Python's Life of Brian
Various roles
Also writer
1982

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Various roles
Concert film; also writer
1983

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various roles
Also writer
1983

Yellowbeard
Commander Clement

1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation
The Bike Rider

1986

The Transformers: The Movie

Wreck-Gar

Voice
1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Berthold / Desmond

1990

Nuns on the Run
Brian Hope

1990

Too Much Sun
Sonny

1992

Mom and Dad Save the World
King Raff

1992

Missing Pieces
Wendel

1993

Splitting Heirs
Tommy Patel / Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace
Also writer and executive producer
1995

Casper
Paul "Dibs" Plutzker

1996

The Wind in the Willows
Mr. Rat

1998

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

Alan Smithee

1998

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Evil Martin
Voice
Direct-to-video
1998

Quest for Camelot
Devon
Voice
1998

Hercules: Zero to Hero
Mr. Parentheses
Voice
Direct-to-video
1998

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Slyly
Voice
1999

Dudley Do-Right
Prospector Kim J. Darling

1999

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Dr. Vosnocker
Voice
2000

102 Dalmatians
Waddlesworth
Voice
2002

Pinocchio
Medoro
English dub
2003

Concert for George
Himself / Barber / Mountie
Documentary
2003

Hollywood Homicide
The Celebrity
Cameo
2004

Ella Enchanted
Narrator
Voice
2005

The Aristocrats
Himself
Documentary
2006

The Wild

Composer and performer: "Really Nice Day"
2007

Shrek the Third

Merlin
Voice
2008

Delgo
Spig
Voice
2014

Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Various roles
Concert film; also writer and director[30]
2014

The Boxtrolls

Composer: "The Boxtrolls Song"
2015

Absolutely Anything
Salubrious Gat
Voice


Television

















































































































































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
1967–1970

No – That's Me Over Here!

Co-creator and writer
1967–1969

Do Not Adjust Your Set
Various roles
27 episodes; also writer
1969–1974

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various roles
45 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1972

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Various roles
2 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1975–1976

Rutland Weekend Television
Dirk McQuickly / Various roles
14 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1976–1979

Saturday Night Live
Himself
6 Episodes
1978

All You Need Is Cash
Dirk McQuickly
Television film; also writer and director
1981

Laverne & Shirley
Derek DeWoods
Episode: "I Do, I Do"
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator
Episode: "The Tale of the Frog Prince"; also director and writer
1985

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Pied Piper
Episode: "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
1989

Around the World in 80 Days
Jean Passepartout
3 episodes
1989

Nearly Departed
Grant Pritchard
6 episodes
1991

One Foot in the Grave
Mervyn Whale
Episode: "The Man in the Long Black Coat"
1996

Frasier
Chuck
Voice
Episode: "High Crane Drifter"
1998

Pinky and the Brain
Pinky's Mom and Dad
Voices
Episode: "The Family That Poits Together, Narfs Together"
1998–1999

Hercules
Mr. Parentheses
Voice
11 episodes
1998–1999

Recess
Galileo
Voice
2 episodes
1998

The Angry Beavers
Spanque
Voice
Episode: "Open Wide for Zombies/Dumbwaiters"
1999–2000

Suddenly Susan
Ian Maxtone-Graham
22 episodes
2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Guzelian
Voice
Episode: "War and Peace and War"
2001–2002

House of Mouse
Pluto Angel
Voice
2 episodes
2002

MADtv
Zookeeper
Episode: "#8.18"
2002

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Narrator / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
Television film; also writer, director and producer
2002

The Scream Team
Coffin Ed
Television film
2003–2012

The Simpsons
Declan Desmond
Voice
4 episodes
2003

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Plane passenger
Television film
2004–2005

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
Scrapperton
Voice
3 episodes
2016

The Entire Universe
Himself (host)
Television special; also writer


Video games

































Year
Title
Role
Notes
1995

Discworld

Rincewind
Voice
1996

Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?
Rincewind
Voice
1996

Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
Various roles
Voice
Also producer and writer
1997

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various roles
Voice


Stage













































Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000

Seussical

Co-conceiver
2004

Spamalot

Writer and co-lyricist
Tony Award for Best Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Original Score
Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
2007

Not the Messiah
Various roles
Also writer
2009

An Evening Without Monty Python

Director
2012

What About Dick?
Piano
Also writer and co-director
2014

Monty Python Live
Various roles
Also co-writer and director


Bibliography




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    ISBN 0-297-76929-4


  • The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book, 1976, Mandarin
    ISBN 0-413-36570-0


  • Pass the Butler, play script, 1982,
    ISBN 0-413-49990-1


  • The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, children's book, 1996, Dove Books,
    ISBN 0-7871-1042-6


  • The Road to Mars, novel, 1998,
    ISBN 0-7522-2414-X, Boxtree, (hardcover),
    ISBN 0-375-70312-8 (paperback)


  • Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python Souvenir Program, Green Street Press (U.S.), 2000


  • The Greedy Bastard Tour Souvenir Program, Green Street Press (U.S.), 2003


  • The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America, journal, 2005,
    ISBN 0-06-075864-3


  • The Writer's Cut, e-Book, 2015,
    ISBN 9781910859247


  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography, memoir, 2018,
    ISBN 9781984822581



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  5. ^ see also p. 4 of Idles autobiography.


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  10. ^ Python, Monty. "Eric Idle". Retrieved 27 December 2016.


  11. ^ Comment made by Eric Idle during an interview shown on the ABC-TV program "7.30 Report" on 28 November 2007.


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External links







  • Eric Idle's profile on Monty Python's official website

  • Eric Idle singing his "FCC Song" in MP3 format from Archive.org


  • Eric Idle on IMDb


  • Eric Idle at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata


  • Eric Idle at the Internet Off-Broadway Database


  • Eric Idle at the BFI's Screenonline


  • My Girl Herbert at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 January 2006) – the 1965 Cambridge Footlights Club revue during the time when Eric Idle was President of the Footlights, as well as being a member of the revue cast












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