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

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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@marcusweber7436 5 жыл бұрын

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

@owen7666 4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention his motivation at 13:29

@Snagprophet 4 жыл бұрын

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

@aliostrowski1935 3 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling I prefer to do the fun thing

@ianbartle456 5 ай бұрын

@@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 13 күн бұрын

Mostly? :)

@kurtb8474 5 жыл бұрын

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

@spaceghost8995 4 жыл бұрын

He is 80 or more.

@biggiec8224 4 жыл бұрын

@@spaceghost8995 he was born in 1943

@DickEnchilada 4 жыл бұрын

He's an absolute legend

@peteandurnot 3 жыл бұрын

@@spaceghost8995 nope early 70s

@dremoralord6730 3 жыл бұрын

Because he didn't live on American Cheese Burgers

@gregorflopinski9016 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Swedb4nk 4 жыл бұрын

snurk agurk It’s also on the CD

@latewizard301 4 жыл бұрын

thank god we can watch it now though.

@danieldietsche2954 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rods6405 4 жыл бұрын

Banned in Queensland as well ha ha

@garethbaus5471 4 жыл бұрын

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

@lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 4 жыл бұрын

How come his voice hasn’t aged at all

@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068 4 жыл бұрын

cockney accent i guess..

@anandadaquino3604 4 жыл бұрын

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

@j800r_aswell 4 жыл бұрын

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

@LilyGrace95 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mmorris7419 4 жыл бұрын

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!😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

@whuforever8088 5 жыл бұрын

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

@salazam 5 жыл бұрын

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

@whuforever8088 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Pariahmary 5 жыл бұрын

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

@moremerry57 5 жыл бұрын

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

@whuforever8088 5 жыл бұрын

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

@timmorris8932 4 жыл бұрын

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

@celia-ov6rm 4 жыл бұрын

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

@DickEnchilada 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jackmenace6687 3 жыл бұрын

@@DickEnchilada Hence transgenders and their struggle with reality.

@enbrat5859 3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmenace6687 *Inhales* oooooh

@rilaxkumah 3 жыл бұрын

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

@cingenedovenaugustus4558 4 жыл бұрын

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

@frostyvr9805 4 жыл бұрын

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

@zephyrsbusiness6437 4 жыл бұрын

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

@LarixusSnydes 3 жыл бұрын

He's incredible humble about it.

@grahamstepniewski6694 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ITMeCE 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he does act occasionally.

@Flynt75 4 жыл бұрын

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

@KarynPhillips Жыл бұрын

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

@ceziukozak 9 ай бұрын

Well said sir

@MayaState 5 жыл бұрын

He turned into such an adorable old man.

@hansdampf4695 5 жыл бұрын

No he didn´t.

@hansdampf4695 5 жыл бұрын

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

@hansdampf4695 5 жыл бұрын

@the Prussian Nationalist No, I shouldn´t.

@timothygraham4304 5 жыл бұрын

That's what aging does to adorable young men.

@RonMazasco 5 жыл бұрын

@@hansdampf4695 Oh yes he did

@Kwippy 5 жыл бұрын

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

@eveeehr 5 жыл бұрын

George Harrison helped fund Life of Brian

@Mirrorgirl492 5 жыл бұрын

Good call

@sander10 5 жыл бұрын

British

@coldkun_ 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sratus 4 жыл бұрын

That's been said A MILLION times

@nachogranatemalvarg 4 жыл бұрын

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

@davedecker1725 4 жыл бұрын

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

@josephhuffer9426 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 жыл бұрын

"Now GO AWAY!"

@RDB93 3 жыл бұрын

“Yes! We are all individuals!”

@amjshortfilms8204 3 жыл бұрын

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

@RB_90 3 жыл бұрын

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

@maxshea1829 5 жыл бұрын

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

@alisaangeldust4440 4 жыл бұрын

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

@scemo39 4 жыл бұрын

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

@craigj.7035 4 жыл бұрын

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

@craigj.7035 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely

@michaelchallis4129 4 жыл бұрын

Alisa Tugger is being offensive to people with diarrhea.

@housepianist 5 жыл бұрын

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

@HUGOGARCAO 4 жыл бұрын

"Bravely ran away!" "No!" xD

@samuelcosta919 4 жыл бұрын

Bravely ran away, away LMFAO

@ESousa-dn4vs 4 жыл бұрын

@@HUGOGARCAO "I didn't"

@Squiffy1025 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kaymuldoon3575 4 жыл бұрын

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

@phatbassanchor 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Altinget 3 жыл бұрын

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

@julieelias5744 3 жыл бұрын

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

@carldorsey2604 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Zett76 13 күн бұрын

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)

@Thorr97 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@markusbrownicus01 5 жыл бұрын

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

@EternalVirgin 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jasminst6321 3 жыл бұрын

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

@peterlewerin4213 3 жыл бұрын

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

@markusbrownicus01 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MC5rocks 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Perosa 5 жыл бұрын

His laugh is so amazing and innocent and childlike.

@maestroaxeman 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@AxelQC 4 жыл бұрын

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

@q-tuber7034 4 жыл бұрын

Is God really real? Or is there some doubt?

@connor48880 4 жыл бұрын

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

@declanbamforth234 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ThreadBomb 4 жыл бұрын

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

@curbmassa 3 жыл бұрын

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

@chikitabowow 4 жыл бұрын

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

@bink6778 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jacobolson6885 3 жыл бұрын

I love him, and his stories are top notch.

@elbertmyers4374 3 жыл бұрын

I second the motion...

@davidwright8432 9 ай бұрын

Please don't make him sound like Ukraine!

@matthewmcvey3494 9 ай бұрын

Amen to that

@BloodylocksBathory 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Jason918114 5 жыл бұрын

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

@cruisematt8585 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Connordaboss45 4 жыл бұрын

Beach boys>Beatles

@lepazini7734 4 жыл бұрын

@@Connordaboss45 uh

@rawhamburgerjoe 4 жыл бұрын

That's very sweet.

@DiRtYLaWs2007 4 жыл бұрын

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

@traceythompson1092 2 жыл бұрын

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more.

@TimSchmidt_art 3 жыл бұрын

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

@georgiemerry8929 3 жыл бұрын

yea na john lennon sucked

@CorePathway 3 жыл бұрын

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

@user-fx1zz3iu9z 3 жыл бұрын

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

@JohnSmith-qn3ob 3 жыл бұрын

who's Ringo?

@kerajohnson1922 3 жыл бұрын

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

@scottgfx 7 ай бұрын

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

@jamesbyersmusic 5 жыл бұрын

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

@RadioGaGago 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tianapitesr8553 5 жыл бұрын

He is the UKs Gene Wilder!

@crimesforkibble6912 5 жыл бұрын

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

@merryspy2924 5 жыл бұрын

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

@josephdolman 5 жыл бұрын

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

@HunnyBunny0412 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 жыл бұрын

🤗💜

@zchurchill8904 3 жыл бұрын

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

@effyleven 2 жыл бұрын

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

@gaymermoment 2 жыл бұрын

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

@battleverdun1914 4 жыл бұрын

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

@DrZaius 4 жыл бұрын

He's still alive...

@isaactrockman4417 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrZaius not all of them are though

@AllenFreemanMediaGuru Жыл бұрын

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

@TheRjk76 Жыл бұрын

And Elvis would do impressions of him. Not bad.

@Tentin.Quarantino 4 жыл бұрын

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

@zacharyjarrells7084 5 жыл бұрын

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

@NathanChisholm041 5 жыл бұрын

Great film but I think Life Of Brian is better!

@zibbybone 4 жыл бұрын

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

@merdehappens 4 жыл бұрын

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

@MontagZoso 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alking7655 4 жыл бұрын

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

@wrmty56413 5 жыл бұрын

Eric is very modest about his own performance skills

@mergolf4 Жыл бұрын

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

@picklerix6162 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kaymuldoon3575 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lumpyfishgravy 5 жыл бұрын

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

@GranTruismo4head 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Page Ni

@Alaryk111 4 жыл бұрын

@@GranTruismo4head where is my shruberry!?

@GranTruismo4head 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ElCappo 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TheHappyHijaabi 4 жыл бұрын

@@Alaryk111 a shwubbbeewy????

@Saint_nobody 5 жыл бұрын

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

@worrywirt 4 жыл бұрын

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

@abhishekparmar6702 4 жыл бұрын

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

@abhinavtiku4501 5 жыл бұрын

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

@SaintMartins 5 жыл бұрын

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

@LaffeeTaffeeGG 4 жыл бұрын

BERTHOLD!!!!!! Eh?

@BrettsPlay 4 жыл бұрын

No transformers. :/

@civilwildman 4 жыл бұрын

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

@thewhoman3182 4 жыл бұрын

Thx also great profile. Love clockwork and python! ✌️

@GODCONVOYPRIME 4 жыл бұрын

@@BrettsPlay Collect and save, collect and save!

@annatarlordofgifts2442 3 жыл бұрын

His documentary voice sounds like David Attenborough

@hrodriguez561 3 жыл бұрын

That was the point.....

@claretravels783 4 жыл бұрын

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

@doggedout 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@fanofswitchfoot 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MatthewC33199 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Pusfilth 5 жыл бұрын

Matthew C. How are you spitballing?

@mickesmanymovies 4 жыл бұрын

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

@MikeRiderOOO 4 жыл бұрын

Cody Hutchison HELLO.

@hazukichanx408 4 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelberry8096 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@murraystewartj Жыл бұрын

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

@tomitstube 5 жыл бұрын

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

@nutsandgum 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ajnode 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tomitstube 5 жыл бұрын

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

@lucanreynolds947 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was what he was implying.

@ShinSennju 5 жыл бұрын

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

@SarahS329 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@throatwobblermangrove8510 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gillianc592 2 жыл бұрын

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

@OneSixShooter 9 ай бұрын

“…with a melon?!”

@Lexyvil 3 жыл бұрын

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

@kevinwilley968 5 жыл бұрын

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

@spiff2268 5 жыл бұрын

One, two, five!

@voidremoved 4 жыл бұрын

Three Sir!

@elvest9 5 жыл бұрын

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

@andrevillela4431 5 жыл бұрын

now i want to watch that

@Siresly 5 жыл бұрын

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

@superanimeniac 5 жыл бұрын

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

@lukewarmwater6412 5 жыл бұрын

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

@JimC 5 жыл бұрын

You're a loony.

@pdoot 7 ай бұрын

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

@CubFlanagan 8 ай бұрын

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.

@MsTeacher17 5 жыл бұрын

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

@pandakicker1 4 жыл бұрын

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**

@DickTruth 5 жыл бұрын

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

@1SaG 4 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@johnperrotto64 4 жыл бұрын

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

@lomejordelamusicacristiana4474 5 жыл бұрын

Eric was about one of my first celebrity crushes strangely enough

@SqeakyToy 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Angelrat666 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@vvaara93 3 жыл бұрын

That was the greatest David Attenborough impression.

@bongodave13 5 жыл бұрын

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

@louiso.4325 5 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD THEY DID ONE WITH ERIC IDLE

@pbateman812 5 жыл бұрын

Barney Os. I came here to day thissss

@merryspy2924 5 жыл бұрын

I was also pleasantly surprised :D

@Saint_nobody 5 жыл бұрын

THOSE BASTARDS!

@hamnchee 4 жыл бұрын

For me his most iconic character was Roger the Shrubber.

@KairuHakubi 4 жыл бұрын

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

@smoshbooz 4 жыл бұрын

I shall welease woger

@waynej2608 4 жыл бұрын

And Dirk McQuickley.

@zackcross7190 3 жыл бұрын

What about Loretta?

@sirlancelot4777 3 жыл бұрын

I design, arrange and sell shrubberies

@Seasidecc95437 10 ай бұрын

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

@annanSJ98 4 жыл бұрын

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

@thecampfire4877 5 жыл бұрын

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

@carolynvanasse3664 5 жыл бұрын

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

@FictionWriter95 Жыл бұрын

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).

@nicholasshackleferd2546 4 жыл бұрын

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

@donut_pudding2420 3 жыл бұрын

Elvis Pepperpot!

@angryyogbuscus1578 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheJanvicgwaps 5 жыл бұрын

Brave Brave Sir Robin

@maestroaxeman 5 жыл бұрын

🎶He Boldly Ran Away🎶 🤣🤣🤣

@IffeOnline 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Mak10z 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TheEowli 5 жыл бұрын

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

@tvdan1043 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bigkahunaburger1092 5 жыл бұрын

Can u guys do the rest of the Python cast

@aptaylor75 5 жыл бұрын

May have a bit of trouble with Graham.

@danwalton1913 5 жыл бұрын

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

@andrewbowman4611 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe they could hold a séance...

@4thedoops 5 жыл бұрын

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

@neithere 5 жыл бұрын

@@4thedoops nah, he's pining.

@gmann6269 3 жыл бұрын

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

@yomanimus 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ianbartle456 5 ай бұрын

Should be prescribed as the National Elf...

@gabe_s_videos 4 жыл бұрын

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

@hazukichanx408 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gabe_s_videos 4 жыл бұрын

@@hazukichanx408 I never even noticed that part!

@vorpalblades 2 жыл бұрын

What a silly bunt...

@snuggies8037 2 жыл бұрын

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

@charlie-obrien 7 ай бұрын

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

@ianbartle456 5 ай бұрын

@@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.

@richardwilliams473 Жыл бұрын

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.

@ciaraf4158 3 жыл бұрын

“Bring out your dead” I love that part

@hrodriguez561 3 жыл бұрын

My roommate and i do/did that a lot

@jfan4reva 2 жыл бұрын

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

@DAMIENDMILLS 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Clay3613 5 жыл бұрын

Disney made the inverse of that. Dead black family.

@DAMIENDMILLS 5 жыл бұрын

@@Clay3613 that's racist

@kallemon 5 жыл бұрын

That's a racist thing to say!

@Clay3613 5 жыл бұрын

Are you people being serious?

@kallemon 5 жыл бұрын

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

@vampirelilicios3571 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gmann6269 3 жыл бұрын

The weather wasn't good during filming.

@BlackNeon875 3 жыл бұрын

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

@peterlewerin4213 3 жыл бұрын

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

@maximillianford9301 2 жыл бұрын

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

@martinrosendahl9134 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Richard0915 3 жыл бұрын

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

@emagneticfield 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Sabre_Wulf1 5 жыл бұрын

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

@seojinkimactress 2 жыл бұрын

What I absolutely adore about this interview is that they asked about his appearances no one really asked about. As a fan, I had searched for years trying to know more about them. After a while, watching interviews with the same anecdotes about famous roles gets very boring. This is such a treat, and you guys paid great respect for his career.

@lukashuettner 4 жыл бұрын

Just here to post my LOVE for the Monty Python Crew! Stars! Genius people! Thank you for all the hilarious moments!

@lizardlegend42 5 жыл бұрын

He actually sounds exactly like David Attenborough

@hoperules8874 3 жыл бұрын

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

@b9y 3 жыл бұрын

Completely different.

@jenniferlawrence2988 5 жыл бұрын

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

@neithere 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Scottenstein 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@dannyspelman1468 4 жыл бұрын

@@Scottenstein Denis was played by Michael Palin.

@Scottenstein 4 жыл бұрын

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

@nicklasbertilsson2556 4 жыл бұрын

His voiceacting for Rincewind in the discworld games is mindblowing

@joshzsmith 10 ай бұрын

Maybe not an actor, but watching him mimic McArtney's eyes was incredibly artful.

@chelskate17 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexandrugheorghe5610 3 жыл бұрын

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

@raymondkent5762 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@waynej2608 4 жыл бұрын

Graham Chapman.

@ThreadBomb 4 жыл бұрын

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

@starbreaker6017 3 жыл бұрын

All are great,but He has the funniest face.

@vorpalblades 2 жыл бұрын

Palin rules.

@MrMrMrprofessor 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lorijones9579 9 ай бұрын

Brave, Brave Sir Robin with his minstrels is one of my top favorite, hilarious scenes in any movie ever. Genius.

@A_Final_Hit 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Eric. Could listen to him talk all day about anything he wanted, and he's a comedic genius and legend. Bless his heart!

@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheRachaelLefler 5 жыл бұрын

I don't want land, father...

@Ericwvb2 5 жыл бұрын

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

@scott-mercer 4 жыл бұрын

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

@shellyhill6804 3 жыл бұрын

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.