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class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Theatre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theatre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84" title="إيريك أيدل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إيريك أيدل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84" title="اریک آیدل – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اریک آیدل" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8A%D0%BB" title="Ерик Айдъл – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ерик Айдъл" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%86%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BB" title="Έρικ Άιντλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Έρικ Άιντλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84" title="اریک آیدل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اریک آیدل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%A6%AD_%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%A4" title="에릭 아이들 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에릭 아이들" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D4%B1%D5%B5%D5%A4%D5%AC" title="Էրիկ Այդլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էրիկ Այդլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%9C" title="אריק איידל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אריק איידל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericus_Idle" title="Ericus Idle – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ericus Idle" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92riks_Aidls" title="Ēriks Aidls – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ēriks Aidls" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%90%D1%98%D0%B4%D0%BB" title="Ерик Ајдл – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ерик Ајдл" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84" title="ايريك ايدل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ايريك ايدل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB" title="エリック・アイドル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エリック・アイドル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%BB,_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Айдл, Эрик – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Айдл, Эрик" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Eric Idle" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" 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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Eric Idle</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Idle_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Eric_Idle_2012.jpg/220px-Eric_Idle_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Eric_Idle_2012.jpg/330px-Eric_Idle_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Eric_Idle_2012.jpg/440px-Eric_Idle_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Idle in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-03-29</span>) </span>29 March 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Rutles" title="The Rutles">The Rutles</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Lyn_Ashley" title="Lyn Ashley">Lyn Ashley</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1969; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1975)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Tania Kosevich</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madge_Ryan" title="Madge Ryan">Madge Ryan</a> (former-mother-in-law)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ericidle.com/">ericidle<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210741#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eric Idle</b> (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a> and the parody rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Rutles" title="The Rutles">the Rutles</a>. Idle studied English at <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>, and joined <a href="/wiki/Footlights" title="Footlights">Cambridge University Footlights</a>. He has received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> as well as nominations for two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>. </p><p>Idle reached stardom in the 1970s when he co-created and acted in the Python sketch comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus">Flying Circus</a></i> (1969–1974) and the films <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail">Holy Grail</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">Life of Brian</a></i>, (1979) and <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life">The Meaning of Life</a></i> (1983) with <a href="/wiki/Graham_Chapman" title="Graham Chapman">Graham Chapman</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cleese" title="John Cleese">John Cleese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Terry Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>. Known for his elaborate <a href="/wiki/Wordplay" class="mw-redirect" title="Wordplay">wordplay</a> and musical numbers, Idle composed and performed many of the songs featured in Python projects, including "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>". </p><p>After <i>Flying Circus</i> ended, Idle created another <a href="/wiki/Sketch_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Sketch show">sketch show</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Weekend_Television" title="Rutland Weekend Television">Rutland Weekend Television</a></i> (1975–1976), and hosted <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> four times (1976–1979). He also worked in films <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen" title="The Adventures of Baron Munchausen">The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</a></i> (1988), <i><a href="/wiki/Nuns_on_the_Run" title="Nuns on the Run">Nuns on the Run</a></i> (1990), <i><a href="/wiki/Splitting_Heirs" title="Splitting Heirs">Splitting Heirs</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/An_Alan_Smithee_Film:_Burn_Hollywood_Burn" title="An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn">An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/wiki/Ella_Enchanted_(film)" title="Ella Enchanted (film)">Ella Enchanted</a></i> (2004), and <i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_the_Third" title="Shrek the Third">Shrek the Third</a></i> (2007). </p><p>Idle made his <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> debut with his adaptation of <i>Holy Grail</i> into the musical, <i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i> (2005), which was a critical and commercial success earning the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Tony Award for Best Musical</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Theater_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album">Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album</a>. He also wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_(He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy)" title="Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)">Not the Messiah</a></i> (2009) and performed at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony">London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eric Idle was born on 29 March 1943 in <a href="/wiki/South_Tyneside_District_Hospital" title="South Tyneside District Hospital">Harton Hospital</a>, in <a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mylife_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mylife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Norah Barron Sanderson,<sup id="cite_ref-Tel170207_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tel170207-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a nurse,<sup id="cite_ref-mylife_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mylife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his father, Ernest Idle,<sup id="cite_ref-Tel170207_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tel170207-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> during the Second World War, only to be killed in a road accident while hitchhiking home for Christmas in December 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-CWGC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWGC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Idle said his mother "disappeared for a while into depression" and consequently he was brought up by his grandmother in <a href="/wiki/Swinton,_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinton, Lancashire">Swinton, Lancashire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Idle spent part of his childhood in <a href="/wiki/Wallasey" title="Wallasey">Wallasey</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended St George's Primary School.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Wolverhampton_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Wolverhampton School">Royal Wolverhampton School</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarder</a>. At that time the school was a charitable foundation dedicated to the education and maintenance of children who had lost one or both parents.<sup id="cite_ref-McCabe_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCabe-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Idle said: "It was a <a href="/wiki/Physically_abusive" class="mw-redirect" title="Physically abusive">physically abusive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bullying" title="Bullying">bullying</a>, 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."<sup id="cite_ref-McCabe_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCabe-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Idle has stated that the two things that made his life at school bearable were listening to <a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(English)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Luxembourg (English)">Radio Luxembourg</a> under the bedclothes and watching the local football team, <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He disliked other sports, and would sneak out of school every Thursday afternoon to the local cinema. He was eventually caught watching the film <i><a href="/wiki/BUtterfield_8" title="BUtterfield 8">BUtterfield 8</a></i> (rated as suitable for audiences of age 16 and over under the <a href="/wiki/History_of_British_Film_Certificates#1951–1970" class="mw-redirect" title="History of British Film Certificates">contemporary film certificates</a>) and stripped of his <a href="/wiki/Prefect#Academic" title="Prefect">prefecture</a>, though by that time he was <a href="/wiki/Head_boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Head boy">head boy</a>. Idle had already refused to be senior boy in the school cadet force, as he supported the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament" title="Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament">Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament</a> and had participated in the yearly <a href="/wiki/Aldermaston_March" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldermaston March">Aldermaston March</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCabe_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCabe-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He says there was little to do at the school, and boredom drove him to study hard and consequently win a place at <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCabe_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCabe-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-Python_career_(1965–1969)"><span id="Pre-Python_career_.281965.E2.80.931969.29"></span>Pre-Python career (1965–1969)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pre-Python career (1965–1969)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Idle attended <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>, where he studied <a href="/wiki/English_studies" title="English studies">English</a>. At Pembroke, he was invited to join the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Footlights" title="Footlights">Cambridge University Footlights Club</a> by the president of the Footlights Club, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brooke-Taylor" title="Tim Brooke-Taylor">Tim Brooke-Taylor</a>, and Footlights Club member <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oddie" title="Bill Oddie">Bill Oddie</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I'd never heard of the Footlights when I got there, but we had a tradition of college smoking-concerts, and I sent in some sketches parodying a play that had just been done. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie auditioned me for the <a href="/wiki/Footlights#Activities" title="Footlights">Footlights smoker</a>, and that led to me discovering about and getting into the Footlights, which was great.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Idle started at Cambridge only a year after future fellow-Pythons <a href="/wiki/Graham_Chapman" title="Graham Chapman">Graham Chapman</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Cleese" title="John Cleese">John Cleese</a>. He became <a href="/wiki/Footlights_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Footlights President">Footlights President</a> in 1965 and was the first to allow women to join the club.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He starred in the television comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Do_Not_Adjust_Your_Set" title="Do Not Adjust Your Set">Do Not Adjust Your Set</a></i> co-starring his future Python castmates <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Terry Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a> provided animations for the show. The show's cast included comic actors <a href="/wiki/David_Jason" title="David Jason">David Jason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denise_Coffey" title="Denise Coffey">Denise Coffey</a>. Idle also appeared as guest in some episodes of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/At_Last_the_1948_Show" title="At Last the 1948 Show">At Last the 1948 Show</a></i>, which featured Cleese and Chapman in its principal cast.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monty_Python_(1969–1983,_2014)"><span id="Monty_Python_.281969.E2.80.931983.2C_2014.29"></span>Monty Python (1969–1983, 2014)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Monty Python (1969–1983, 2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a></div> <p>Idle wrote for Python mostly by himself,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at his own pace, although he sometimes found it difficult 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." He occasionally wrote with Cleese.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">anagrams</a>, 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. Idle is said to be the master of insincere characters, from the <a href="/wiki/David_Frost" title="David Frost">David Frost</a>-esque Timmy Williams, to small-time crook Stig O'Tracy, who tries to deny the fact that <a href="/wiki/Organised_crime" class="mw-redirect" title="Organised crime">organised crime</a> master Dinsdale Piranha nailed his head to the floor. </p><p>The second-youngest member of the Pythons, Idle was closest in spirit to the teenagers who made up much of Python's fanbase. Python sketches dealing most with contemporary obsessions like <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a>, sexual permissiveness and <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drugs</a> are usually Idle's work, often characterised by <a href="/wiki/Double_entendre" title="Double entendre">double entendre</a>, sexual references, and other "naughty" subject matter – most famously demonstrated in "<a href="/wiki/Nudge_Nudge" title="Nudge Nudge">Nudge Nudge</a>". Idle originally wrote "Nudge, Nudge" for <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Barker" title="Ronnie Barker">Ronnie Barker</a>, but it was rejected because there was 'no joke in the words'.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A talented guitarist, Idle composed many of the group's most famous musical numbers, most notably "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>", the closing number of <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">Life of Brian</a></i>, which has grown to become a Python signature tune.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was responsible for the "<a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Song" title="Galaxy Song">Galaxy Song</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life">The Meaning of Life</a></i> and "<a href="/wiki/Eric_the_Half-a-Bee" title="Eric the Half-a-Bee">Eric the Half-a-Bee</a>", a whimsical tune that first appeared on the <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Previous_Record" title="Monty Python's Previous Record">Previous Record</a></i> album. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Python_career_(1973–present)"><span id="Post-Python_career_.281973.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Post-Python career (1973–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-Python career (1973–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Idle_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg/220px-Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg/330px-Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg/440px-Eric_Idle_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="847" /></a><figcaption>Eric Idle in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>After the success of Python in the early 1970s, all six members pursued solo projects. Idle's first solo work was his own <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio One</a> show, <i>Radio Five</i> (pre-dating the real <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_(former)" title="BBC Radio 5 (former)">Radio Five</a> station by 18 years). This ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974 and involved Idle performing sketches and links to records, playing nearly all the multi-tracked parts himself. </p><p>On television, Idle created and wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Weekend_Television" title="Rutland Weekend Television">Rutland Weekend Television</a></i> (RWT), a sketch show on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a> with music by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Innes" title="Neil Innes">Neil Innes</a>. RWT was 'Britain's smallest television network'. The name was a parody of <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television</a>, the independent television franchise contractor that provided Londoners with their <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> services at weekends; <a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/David_Battley" title="David Battley">David Battley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Woolf" title="Henry Woolf">Henry Woolf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwen_Taylor" title="Gwen Taylor">Gwen Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terence_Bayler" title="Terence Bayler">Terence Bayler</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> made a guest appearance on one episode. </p><p>A legacy of RWT was the creation, with Innes, of <a href="/wiki/The_Rutles" title="The Rutles">The Rutles</a>, an affectionate parody of <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>. The band became a popular phenomenon, especially in the U.S. where Idle was appearing on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> – fans would send in Beatles LPs with their sleeves altered to show the Rutles. In 1978, the Rutles' <a href="/wiki/Mockumentary" title="Mockumentary">mockumentary</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Cash" title="All You Need Is Cash">All You Need Is Cash</a></i>, a collaboration between Python members and <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, was aired on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> television, written by Idle, with music by Innes. Idle appeared in the film as "Dirk McQuickly" (the <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>-styled character of the group), as well as the main commentator, while Innes appeared as "Ron Nasty" (the band's stand-in for <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>). Actors appearing in the film included <i>Saturday Night Live</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray" title="Bill Murray">Bill Murray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a>, as well as fellow Python <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>, and also real musicians of the 1960s such as former Beatle <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Mick_Jagger" title="Mick Jagger">Mick Jagger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>. Idle wrote and directed the Rutles comeback in 2008 for a live show <i>Rutlemania!</i> to celebrate the 30th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The performances took place in Los Angeles and New York City with a Beatles tribute band.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie" title="The Transformers: The Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</a></i>. In 1987, he took part in the <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> production of the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a> <a href="/wiki/Comic_opera" title="Comic opera">comic opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado" title="The Mikado">The Mikado</a></i>, in which he appeared in the role of the Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko; a performance of it was taped by Thames Television for broadcast, directed by John Michael Phillips, and subsequently released on DVD by A&E. In 1989, he appeared in the U.S. comedy television series <i><a href="/wiki/Nearly_Departed" title="Nearly Departed">Nearly Departed</a></i>, about a ghost who haunts the family inhabiting his former home; the series lasted for six episodes as a summer replacement series. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:29%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Idle has always, it seemed, been happy to have been a Python, happy to talk about Python, happy to revisit the group's glory days. Even though he has gone on to his own work – dozens of films, plays, TV shows, albums, books and screenplays – he is perhaps the most active standard-bearer for the group. It was Idle who toured extensively in 2000 and 2003, performing Python songs with a band and back-up singers. He went on the road with the <i>Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python Tour</i>, then with the <i>Greedy Bastard Tour</i>, which was documented extensively on the Python website he launched in 1996." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Dave Eggers in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, September 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Idle received good critical notices appearing in projects written and directed by others – such as <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen" title="The Adventures of Baron Munchausen">The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</a></i> (1989), alongside <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Nuns_on_the_Run" title="Nuns on the Run">Nuns on the Run</a></i> (1990) and in <i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i> (1995). He also played Ratty in Terry Jones' version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows_(1996_film)" title="The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)">The Wind in the Willows</a></i> (1996). However, his own creative projects – such as the film <i><a href="/wiki/Splitting_Heirs" title="Splitting Heirs">Splitting Heirs</a></i> (1993), a comedy he wrote, starred in and executive-produced – were mostly unsuccessful with critics and audiences. </p><p>In 1994, Idle appeared as Dr. Nigel Channing, chairman of the Imagination Institute and host of an 'Inventor of the Year' awards show in the <a href="/wiki/3-D_film" class="mw-redirect" title="3-D film">three-dimensional film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Honey,_I_Shrunk_the_Audience!" title="Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!">Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!</a></i>, which was an attraction at the <a href="/wiki/Imagination!_(Epcot)" title="Imagination! (Epcot)">Imagination Pavilion</a> at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Epcot" title="Epcot">Epcot</a> from 1994 until 2010 and at <a href="/wiki/Disneyland_Park_(Anaheim)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disneyland Park (Anaheim)">Disneyland</a> from 1998 until 2010. The film also stars <a href="/wiki/Rick_Moranis" title="Rick Moranis">Rick Moranis</a> and other members of the cast of the 1989 feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Honey,_I_Shrunk_the_Kids" title="Honey, I Shrunk the Kids">Honey, I Shrunk the Kids</a></i>. In 1999, he reprised the role in the short-lived second incarnation of the <a href="/wiki/Journey_into_Imagination" class="mw-redirect" title="Journey into Imagination">Journey into Imagination</a> ride at Epcot, replacing <a href="/wiki/Figment_(Disney_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Figment (Disney character)">Figment</a> 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 <i>Pirates – 4D</i> for Busch Entertainment Corporation. </p><p>In 1995, Idle appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i> opposite <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Moriarty" title="Cathy Moriarty">Cathy Moriarty</a> and voiced <a href="/wiki/Rincewind" title="Rincewind">Rincewind the "Wizzard"</a> in <a href="/wiki/Discworld_(computer_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Discworld (computer game)">a computer adventure game</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett" title="Terry Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Discworld" title="Discworld">Discworld</a></i> novels. In 1996, he reprised his role as Rincewind for <a href="/wiki/Discworld_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Discworld 2">the game's sequel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and composed and sang its theme song, "That's Death". In 1998, Idle appeared in the lead role in the poorly received film <i><a href="/wiki/Burn_Hollywood_Burn" class="mw-redirect" title="Burn Hollywood Burn">Burn Hollywood Burn</a></i>. That same year, he also provided the voice of Devon, one of the heads of a two-headed dragon, with <a href="/wiki/Don_Rickles" title="Don Rickles">Don Rickles</a> as the other head Cornwall, in the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> <a href="/wiki/Animated_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated film">animated film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Quest_for_Camelot" title="Quest for Camelot">Quest for Camelot</a></i>, and as Slyly, the albino Arctic fox in <i><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer:_The_Movie" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie</a></i>. </p><p>In recent years, Idle has provided voice work for animation, such as in <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park:_Bigger,_Longer_%26_Uncut" title="South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut">South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut</a></i>, in which he voiced Dr. Vosknocker. He has made four appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> as documentarian <a href="/wiki/Declan_Desmond" class="mw-redirect" title="Declan Desmond">Declan Desmond</a>. Idle provided the voice of <a href="/wiki/Merlin_(Shrek)" class="mw-redirect" title="Merlin (Shrek)">Merlin the magician</a> in the <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Animation" title="DreamWorks Animation">DreamWorks</a> animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_the_Third" title="Shrek the Third">Shrek the Third</a></i> (2007) with his former Python co-star John Cleese, who voiced <a href="/wiki/King_Harold_(Shrek)" class="mw-redirect" title="King Harold (Shrek)">King Harold</a>. He has also narrated the audiobook version of <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory" title="Charlie and the Chocolate Factory">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2003, Idle began a performing tour of several American and Canadian cities entitled <i>The Greedy Bastard Tour</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stage performances consisted largely of music from Monty Python episodes and films, along with some original post-Python material. In 2005, Idle released <i>The Greedy Bastard Diary</i>, a book detailing the things the cast and crew encountered during the three-month tour.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nudge,_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg/220px-Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg/330px-Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg/440px-Nudge%2C_Nudge_O2_Arena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Idle (right) and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones" title="Terry Jones">Terry Jones</a> performing the "<a href="/wiki/Nudge_Nudge" title="Nudge Nudge">Nudge Nudge</a>" sketch at the Python reunion in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2004, Idle created <i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Comedy_music" title="Comedy music">musical comedy</a> based on the 1975 film <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>. The medieval production tells the story of <a href="/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur">King Arthur</a> and his Knights of the Round Table as they journey on their quest for the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Grail" title="Holy Grail">Holy Grail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Spamalot</i> features a book and lyrics by Idle, music by Idle and <a href="/wiki/John_Du_Prez" title="John Du Prez">John Du Prez</a>, direction by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a>, and choreography by <a href="/wiki/Casey_Nicholaw" title="Casey Nicholaw">Casey Nicholaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Idle's play <i><a href="/wiki/What_About_Dick%3F" title="What About Dick?">What About Dick?</a></i> was given a staged reading at two public performances at the <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Montalb%C3%A1n_Theatre" title="Ricardo Montalbán Theatre">Ricardo Montalbán Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> on 10–11 November 2007. The cast included Idle, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Connolly" title="Billy Connolly">Billy Connolly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Izzard" title="Eddie Izzard">Eddie Izzard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Leeves" title="Jane Leeves">Jane Leeves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emily_Mortimer" title="Emily Mortimer">Emily Mortimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Piddock" title="Jim Piddock">Jim Piddock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Ullman" title="Tracey Ullman">Tracey Ullman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The play returned on 26–29 April 2012 in the <a href="/wiki/Orpheum_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)" title="Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)">Orpheum Theatre</a>, most of the cast returning with the exception of Emily Mortimer, who was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Winkleman" title="Sophie Winkleman">Sophie Winkleman</a>. <a href="/wiki/Russell_Brand" title="Russell Brand">Russell Brand</a> also joined the cast. The play was made available for digital download on 13 November 2012. </p><p>Idle performed at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony">2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony</a> at the <a href="/wiki/London_Stadium" title="London Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a> in London on 12 August, singing "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-olympics1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympics1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-olympics2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympics2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the creator and director of the live show <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Monty Python Live (mostly) – One down, Five to go</a></i> which took place at <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">the O2 Arena</a>, London, between 1 and 20 July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2016, Idle was the writer and co-presenter of <i>The Entire Universe</i>, a "comedy and musical extravaganza with the help of <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Davis" title="Warwick Davis">Warwick Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noel_Fielding" title="Noel Fielding">Noel Fielding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Waddingham" title="Hannah Waddingham">Hannah Waddingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robin_Ince" title="Robin Ince">Robin Ince</a>, alongside a chorus of singers and dancers", broadcast by BBC Two.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, it was announced that Idle would adapt his script for <i>Spamalot</i> into a feature film for <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>, with Nicholaw directing and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Jinks" title="Dan Jinks">Dan Jinks</a> producing.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Idle competed in <a href="/wiki/The_Masked_Singer_(American_TV_series)_season_8" title="The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 8">season eight</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Masked_Singer_(American_TV_series)" title="The Masked Singer (American TV series)">The Masked Singer</a></i> as "Hedgehog". He did a cover of <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Love_Me_Do" title="Love Me Do">Love Me Do</a>" with help from the <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojan_Marching_Band" title="USC Trojan Marching Band">USC Trojan Marching Band</a>. When eliminated in the first episode alongside <a href="/wiki/William_Shatner" title="William Shatner">William Shatner</a> as "Knight" and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kirkpatrick" title="Chris Kirkpatrick">Chris Kirkpatrick</a> as "Hummingbird", Idle mentioned to <a href="/wiki/Nick_Cannon" title="Nick Cannon">Nick Cannon</a> that he had to get approval from <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> to do "Love Me Do" for a competition in exchange that McCartney knows what the competition in question is so that he can avoid it. In addition, Idle did an unmasked performance of "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Brian" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Brian">Life of Brian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, Idle made headlines in the UK after revealing that he was still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_credits">Other credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Idle has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction. His novels are <i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Sailor_(novel)" title="Hello Sailor (novel)">Hello Sailor</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_to_Mars" title="The Road to Mars">The Road to Mars</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1976, he produced a spin-off book to <i><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Weekend_Television" title="Rutland Weekend Television">Rutland Weekend Television</a></i>, titled <i>The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1982, he wrote a West End farce <i>Pass the Butler</i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Willie_Rushton" title="Willie Rushton">Willie Rushton</a>. During his Greedy Bastard Tour of 2003, he wrote the diaries that would be made into <i>The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America</i>, published in February 2005.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Idle also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Monty Python's Spamalot</a></i>, based on the film <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail">Monty Python and the Holy Grail</a></i>. It premiered in Chicago before moving to Broadway, where it received the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Tony Award for Best Musical</a> of the 2004–05 season. Idle won the <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In a 2005 poll to find <i>"The Comedians' Comedian"</i> (UK), he was voted 21 in the top 50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Songwriting">Songwriting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Songwriting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Idle is a songwriter with about 150 songs to his credit.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggers_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggers-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He composed and performed many of Pythons' most famous comic pieces, including "<a href="/wiki/Eric_the_Half-a-Bee" title="Eric the Half-a-Bee">Eric the Half-a-Bee</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_Philosophers%27_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="The Philosophers' Song">The Philosophers' Song</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Song" title="Galaxy Song">Galaxy Song</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Penis_Song_(Not_the_Noel_Coward_Song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)">Penis Song</a>" and, probably his most recognised hit, "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>", which was written for the closing scene of the Monty Python film <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Brian" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Brian">Life of Brian</a></i>, and sung from the crosses during the mass <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucifixion</a>. The song has since been covered by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nilsson" title="Harry Nilsson">Harry Nilsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn" title="Bruce Cockburn">Bruce Cockburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_Garfunkel" title="Art Garfunkel">Art Garfunkel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a>. Idle, his fellow Pythons, and assorted family and friends performed the song at <a href="/wiki/Graham_Chapman" title="Graham Chapman">Graham Chapman</a>'s memorial service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Idle performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012 and as the farewell song of the last show of the <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Python's reunion at the O2 arena</a>, 20 July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-olympics1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympics1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-olympics2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-olympics2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg/220px-Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg/330px-Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg/440px-Eric_Idle_Carol_Cleveland_Galaxy_Song.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Idle (left) and <a href="/wiki/Carol_Cleveland" title="Carol Cleveland">Carol Cleveland</a> performing the “<a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Song" title="Galaxy Song">Galaxy Song</a>” (from <i>Monty Python's The Meaning of Life</i>) at <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Monty Python Live (Mostly)</a></i> in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>As Ko-Ko in the 1987 <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> production of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado" title="The Mikado">The Mikado</a></i>, Idle wrote his own 'Little List' on "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/As_some_day_it_may_happen" class="extiw" title="s:As some day it may happen">As some day it may happen</a>". In 1989, Idle co-wrote and sang the theme tune to the popular British sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/One_Foot_in_the_Grave" title="One Foot in the Grave">One Foot in the Grave</a></i> and although the series became immensely popular, the song did poorly in the charts. However, when "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was adopted as a <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> chant in the late 1980s, Idle's then neighbour <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Gary Lineker</a> suggested Idle re-record and release the popular track. With help from <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> breakfast show host <a href="/wiki/Simon_Mayo" title="Simon Mayo">Simon Mayo</a>, 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 <i>Life of Brian</i>, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and landing Idle a set on <i><a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i> in October 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month Idle, accompanied by opera singer <a href="/wiki/Ann_Howard_(mezzo-soprano)" title="Ann Howard (mezzo-soprano)">Ann Howard</a>, sang the song at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded a special version for Mayo's own use on air ("Come on Simon, get another song on now; why don't you put on a nice <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_(14415367089).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg/220px-Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg/330px-Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg/440px-Monty_Python_Live_02-07-14_11_29_34_%2814415367089%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Idle performing "<a href="/wiki/Bruces_sketch" title="Bruces sketch">Bruces sketch</a>" in 2014. Involving stereotypical "<a href="/wiki/Ocker" title="Ocker">ocker</a>" Australians, Idle said he based it on his Australian friends from the 1960s "who always seemed to be called Bruce".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2004, Idle recorded a <a href="/wiki/Protest_song" title="Protest song">protest song</a> of sorts, the "<a href="/wiki/FCC_Song" title="FCC Song">FCC Song</a>", in which he lambasts the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> for fining him $5,000 for saying "fuck" on national radio. The song contains 14 uses of the word.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the same year, the musical comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i> debuted in Chicago; it opened in New York's <a href="/wiki/Shubert_Theatre_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shubert Theatre (New York City)">Shubert Theatre</a> on 14 February 2005.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Idle wrote the lyrics and book for <i>Spamalot</i>, collaborating with <a href="/wiki/John_Du_Prez" title="John Du Prez">John Du Prez</a> on much of the music. The original 2005 Broadway theatre production was nominated for 14 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a> and won three: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Best Musical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actress_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical">Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sara_Ramirez" title="Sara Ramirez">Sara Ramirez</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical">Best Direction of a Musical</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2006 he wrote, produced and performed the song "Really Nice Day" for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild" title="The Wild">The Wild</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In June 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_(He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy)" title="Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)">Not the Messiah</a>,</i> a comic <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> by Idle and Du Prez.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> premiered at the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Luminato" title="Luminato">Luminato</a> arts festival in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>. Idle performed live during this 50-minute oratorio, along with the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Toronto Symphony Orchestra">Toronto Symphony Orchestra</a> and members of the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Mendelssohn_Choir" title="Toronto Mendelssohn Choir">Toronto Mendelssohn Choir</a>. Du Prez was also present. Shannon Mercer, Jean Stilwell, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Sieber" title="Christopher Sieber">Christopher Sieber</a>, and Theodore Baerg sang the principal parts. The American premiere was at Caramoor (<a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New York</a>) 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 <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House" title="Sydney Opera House">Sydney Opera House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A tour during the summer of 2008 included performances with the <a href="/wiki/National_Symphony_Orchestra_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Symphony Orchestra (United States)">National Symphony Orchestra</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Trap_National_Park_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts">Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic">Los Angeles Philharmonic</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl" title="Hollywood Bowl">Hollywood Bowl</a> in Los Angeles, and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Delaware Symphony Orchestra">Delaware Symphony Orchestra</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mann_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Mann Center for the Performing Arts">Mann Center for the Performing Arts</a> in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Idle contributed a cover of <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Raining_in_My_Heart" title="Raining in My Heart">Raining in My Heart</a>" for the tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Listen_to_Me:_Buddy_Holly" title="Listen to Me: Buddy Holly">Listen to Me: Buddy Holly</a></i>, released 6 September 2011.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He also wrote and sang a variant of the "Galaxy Song" for Professor <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)" title="Brian Cox (physicist)">Brian Cox</a>'s show <i><a href="/wiki/Wonders_of_Life_(TV_series)" title="Wonders of Life (TV series)">Wonders of Life</a></i>, as well as the new theme for Cox's radio show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Infinite_Monkey_Cage" title="The Infinite Monkey Cage">The Infinite Monkey Cage</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Idle has been married twice. His first marriage was in 1969 to actress <a href="/wiki/Lyn_Ashley" title="Lyn Ashley">Lyn Ashley</a>, with whom he had one son before their divorce in 1975. He met Tania Kosevich, a former model, in 1977, and they married in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have an adult daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-paynter2023_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paynter2023-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1995 they lived in a five-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot (650 m<sup>2</sup>) mansion in the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Hills" title="Hollywood Hills">Hollywood Hills</a>, listing it for sale in February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-paynter2023_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paynter2023-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is a first cousin of Canadian conductor <a href="/wiki/Peter_Oundjian" title="Peter Oundjian">Peter Oundjian</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Nigel Wray, former chairman of <a href="/wiki/Saracens_F.C." title="Saracens F.C.">Saracens</a> Rugby Club.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> made Idle godfather to his son, film director <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Jones" title="Duncan Jones">Duncan Jones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Idle is an <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>, but does not like using the term and is quoted as saying "I don't like that word, it implies that there's a <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> not to believe in."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Idle was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer" title="Pancreatic cancer">pancreatic cancer</a>. He was diagnosed early and underwent successful surgery to remove the tumour, needing no further treatment after this procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributes">Tributes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>An <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a>, <a href="/wiki/9620_Ericidle" class="mw-redirect" title="9620 Ericidle">9620 Ericidle</a>, is named in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The default <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">Integrated development environment (IDE)</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a> <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> is called <a href="/wiki/IDLE_(Python)" class="mw-redirect" title="IDLE (Python)">IDLE</a>. 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 Monty Python.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/And_Now_for_Something_Completely_Different" title="And Now for Something Completely Different">And Now for Something Completely Different</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="5">Various roles </td> <td rowspan="3">Also co-writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail">Monty Python and the Holy Grail</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">Monty Python's Life of Brian</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl" title="Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl">Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl</a></i> </td> <td>Concert film; also co-writer </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life">Monty Python's The Meaning of Life</a></i> </td> <td>Also co-writer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yellowbeard" title="Yellowbeard">Yellowbeard</a></i> </td> <td>Commander Clement </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_European_Vacation" title="National Lampoon's European Vacation">National Lampoon's European Vacation</a></i> </td> <td>The Bike Rider </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie" title="The Transformers: The Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Wreck-Gar </td> <td>Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen" title="The Adventures of Baron Munchausen">The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</a></i> </td> <td>Berthold / Desmond </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nuns_on_the_Run" title="Nuns on the Run">Nuns on the Run</a></i> </td> <td>Brian Hope </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Much_Sun" title="Too Much Sun">Too Much Sun</a></i> </td> <td>Sonny </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mom_and_Dad_Save_the_World" title="Mom and Dad Save the World">Mom and Dad Save the World</a></i> </td> <td>King Raff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Missing_Pieces_(1992_film)" title="Missing Pieces (1992 film)">Missing Pieces</a></i> </td> <td>Wendel </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Splitting_Heirs" title="Splitting Heirs">Splitting Heirs</a></i> </td> <td>Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel </td> <td>Also writer and executive producer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Honey,_I_Shrunk_the_Audience!" title="Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!">Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Nigel Channing </td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i> </td> <td>Paul "Dibs" Plutzker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows_(1996_film)" title="The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)">The Wind in the Willows</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Rat </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pirates_4-D" title="Pirates 4-D">Pirates 4-D</a></i> </td> <td>Pierre </td> <td>Short film; also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Alan_Smithee_Film:_Burn_Hollywood_Burn" title="An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn">An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Smithee" title="Alan Smithee">Alan Smithee</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH_2:_Timmy_to_the_Rescue" title="The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue">The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue</a></i> </td> <td>Evil Martin </td> <td>Voice, direct-to-video<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quest_for_Camelot" title="Quest for Camelot">Quest for Camelot</a></i> </td> <td>Devon </td> <td rowspan="2">Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer:_The_Movie" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Slyly </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Do-Right_(film)" title="Dudley Do-Right (film)">Dudley Do-Right</a></i> </td> <td>Prospector Kim J. Darling </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/South_Park:_Bigger,_Longer_%26_Uncut" title="South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut">South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Vosnocker </td> <td rowspan="2">Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/102_Dalmatians" title="102 Dalmatians">102 Dalmatians</a></i> </td> <td>Waddlesworth </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinocchio_(2002_film)" title="Pinocchio (2002 film)">Pinocchio</a></i> </td> <td>Medoro </td> <td>English dub </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Concert_for_George_(film)" title="Concert for George (film)">Concert for George</a></i> </td> <td>Himself / Barber / Mountie </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Homicide" title="Hollywood Homicide">Hollywood Homicide</a></i> </td> <td>The Celebrity </td> <td>Cameo </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_Enchanted_(film)" title="Ella Enchanted (film)">Ella Enchanted</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King" title="The Nutcracker and the Mouse King">The Nutcracker and the Mouse King</a></i> </td> <td>Drosselmeyer </td> <td>Voice, direct-to-video; English dub<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(film)" title="The Aristocrats (film)">The Aristocrats</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild" title="The Wild">The Wild</a></i> </td> <td>Wildebeest </td> <td>Composer/performer: "Really Nice Day" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_the_Third" title="Shrek the Third">Shrek the Third</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merlin" title="Merlin">Merlin</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Delgo" title="Delgo">Delgo</a></i> </td> <td>Spig </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Monty Python Live (Mostly)</a></i> </td> <td>Various roles </td> <td>Concert film; also writer and director<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boxtrolls" title="The Boxtrolls">The Boxtrolls</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Composer: "The Boxtrolls Song" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Absolutely_Anything" title="Absolutely Anything">Absolutely Anything</a></i> </td> <td>Salubrious Gat </td> <td>Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1967–1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Not_Adjust_Your_Set" title="Do Not Adjust Your Set">Do Not Adjust Your Set</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="5">Various roles </td> <td>27 episodes; also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967–1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_%E2%80%93_That%27s_Me_Over_Here!" title="No – That's Me Over Here!">No – That's Me Over Here!</a></i> </td> <td>Co-creator and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/We_Have_Ways_of_Making_You_Laugh" title="We Have Ways of Making You Laugh">We Have Ways of Making You Laugh</a></i> </td> <td>12 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a></i> </td> <td>45 episodes; also co-creator and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Fliegender_Zirkus" title="Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus">Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes; also co-creator and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Weekend_Television" title="Rutland Weekend Television">Rutland Weekend Television</a></i> </td> <td>Dirk McQuickly / Various roles </td> <td>14 episodes; also co-creator and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976–1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>6 Episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Cash" title="All You Need Is Cash">All You Need Is Cash</a></i> </td> <td>Dirk McQuickly / The Narrator <br /> Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr </td> <td>Television film; also writer and director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i> </td> <td>Derek DeWoods </td> <td>Episode: "I Do, I Do" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Faerie_Tale_Theatre" title="Faerie Tale Theatre">Faerie Tale Theatre</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Episode: "The Tale of the Frog Prince" <br />also director and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Faerie_Tale_Theatre" title="Faerie Tale Theatre">Faerie Tale Theatre</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Pied_Piper" class="mw-redirect" title="The Pied Piper">The Pied Piper</a> </td> <td>Episode: "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Around the World in 80 Days (TV miniseries)">Around the World in 80 Days</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Passepartout" title="Jean Passepartout">Jean Passepartout</a> </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nearly_Departed" title="Nearly Departed">Nearly Departed</a></i> </td> <td>Grant Pritchard </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One_Foot_in_the_Grave" title="One Foot in the Grave">One Foot in the Grave</a></i> </td> <td>Mervyn Whale </td> <td>Episode: "The Man in the Long Black Coat" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a></i> </td> <td>Chuck </td> <td>Voice, episode: "High Crane Drifter"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_Aspen" title="Monty Python Live at Aspen">Monty Python Live at Aspen</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Television special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain" title="Pinky and the Brain">Pinky and the Brain</a></i> </td> <td>Pinky's Mom and Dad </td> <td>Voice, episode: "The Family That Poits Together, <br /> Narfs Together"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Angry_Beavers" title="The Angry Beavers">The Angry Beavers</a></i> </td> <td>Spanque </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Dumbwaiters"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1998–1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1998_TV_series)" title="Hercules (1998 TV series)">Hercules</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Parentheses </td> <td>Voice, 11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Recess_(TV_series)" title="Recess (TV series)">Recess</a></i> </td> <td>Galileo </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Suddenly_Susan" title="Suddenly Susan">Suddenly Susan</a></i> </td> <td>Ian Maxtone-Graham </td> <td>22 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Lightyear_of_Star_Command" title="Buzz Lightyear of Star Command">Buzz Lightyear of Star Command</a></i> </td> <td>Guzelian </td> <td>Voice, episode: "War and Peace and War"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mouse" title="House of Mouse">House of Mouse</a></i> </td> <td>Pluto Angel </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/MADtv" class="mw-redirect" title="MADtv">MADtv</a></i> </td> <td>Zookeeper </td> <td>Episode: "#8.18" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rutles_2:_Can%27t_Buy_Me_Lunch" title="The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch">The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator / Various </td> <td>Television film; also writer, director and producer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scream_Team" title="The Scream Team">The Scream Team</a></i> </td> <td>Coffin Ed </td> <td rowspan="2">Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Christmas_Vacation_2" title="National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2">National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2</a></i> </td> <td>Plane passenger </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> </td> <td>Declan Desmond </td> <td>Voice, 4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Robot_Monkey_Team_Hyperforce_Go!" title="Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!">Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!</a></i> </td> <td>Scrapperton </td> <td>Voice, 3 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-btva_58-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i>The Entire Universe</i> </td> <td>Himself (host) </td> <td>Television special; also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Masked_Singer_(American_TV_series)" title="The Masked Singer (American TV series)">The Masked Singer</a></i> </td> <td>Himself/Hedgehog </td> <td>Eliminated in first episode </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Discworld_(video_game)" title="Discworld (video game)">Discworld</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rincewind" title="Rincewind">Rincewind</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Discworld_II:_Missing_Presumed...!%3F" title="Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?">Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_%26_the_Quest_for_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail">Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Various roles </td> <td>Voice<br />Also producer and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life_(video_game)" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (video game)">Monty Python's The Meaning of Life</a></i> </td> <td>Voice </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Seussical" title="Seussical">Seussical</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Co-conceiver </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Writer and co-lyricist<br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Tony Award for Best Musical</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Theater_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album">Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album</a><br />Nominated—<a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical</a><br />Nominated—<a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Tony Award for Best Original Score</a><br />Nominated—<a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical">Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_(He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy)" title="Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)">Not the Messiah</a></i> </td> <td>Various roles </td> <td>Also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_Without_Monty_Python" title="An Evening Without Monty Python">An Evening Without Monty Python</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What_About_Dick%3F" title="What About Dick?">What About Dick?</a></i> </td> <td>Piano </td> <td>Also writer and co-director </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance" title="The Pirates of Penzance">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i> </td> <td>Sergeant of Police </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delacorte_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Delacorte Theatre">Delacorte Theatre</a> Concert </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Monty Python Live (Mostly)</a></i> </td> <td>Various roles </td> <td>Also co-writer and director </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i> </td> <td>Historian </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl" title="Hollywood Bowl">Hollywood Bowl</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Sailor_(novel)" title="Hello Sailor (novel)">Hello Sailor</a></i>, novel, 1975, <a href="/wiki/Weidenfeld_%26_Nicolson" title="Weidenfeld & Nicolson">Weidenfeld & Nicolson</a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-297-76929-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-297-76929-4">0-297-76929-4</a></li> <li><i>The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book</i>, 1976, <a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Mandarin</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-413-36570-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-413-36570-0">0-413-36570-0</a></li> <li><i>Pass the Butler</i>, play script, 1982, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-413-49990-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-413-49990-1">0-413-49990-1</a></li> <li><i>The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat</i>, children's book, 1996, Dove Books, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7871-1042-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7871-1042-6">0-7871-1042-6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_to_Mars" title="The Road to Mars">The Road to Mars</a></i>, novel, 1998, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7522-2414-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7522-2414-X">0-7522-2414-X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" title="Macmillan Publishers">Boxtree</a> (hardcover), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-70312-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-70312-8">0-375-70312-8</a> (paperback)</li> <li><i>Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python Souvenir Program</i>, Green Street Press (U.S.), 2000</li> <li><i>The Greedy Bastard Tour Souvenir Program</i>, Green Street Press (U.S.), 2003</li> <li><i>The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America</i>, journal, 2005, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-075864-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-075864-3">0-06-075864-3</a></li> <li><i>The Writer's Cut</i>, e-Book, 2015, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781910859247" title="Special:BookSources/9781910859247">9781910859247</a></li> <li><i>Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography</i>, memoir, 2018, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781984822581" title="Special:BookSources/9781984822581">9781984822581</a></li> <li><i>The Spamalot Diaries", Diary, 2024</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Idle&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-mylife-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mylife_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mylife_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ericidle.com/my-life/">"My Life"</a>. <i>Eric Idle</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eric+Idle&rft.atitle=My+Life&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fericidle.com%2Fmy-life%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tel170207-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tel170207_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tel170207_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Barratt, Nick; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3631569/Family-detective.html">"Family detective"</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>, 17 February 2007 (Retrieved: 19 August 2009)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/film/25/Eric-Idle.html">Eric Idle Biography (1943–)</a>, Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CWGC-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CWGC_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2414186/">"Casualty Details: Idle, Ernest"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Casualty+Details%26%2358%3B+Idle%2C+Ernest&rft.pub=Commonwealth+War+Graves+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cwgc.org%2Ffind-war-dead%2Fcasualty%2F2414186%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span> Idle's father, who was 36 years old at the time of his death, was buried in the cemetery at <a href="/wiki/Thornaby-on-Tees" title="Thornaby-on-Tees">Thornaby-on-Tees</a> - the inscription chosen for his gravestone was: "SAY NOT GOODNIGHT, BUT IN SOME FAIRER CLIME GOOD MORNING".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">see also p. 4 of Idle's autobiography.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://crownpublishing.com/archives/feature/read-excerpt-eric-idles-always-look-bright-side-life">"Read an Excerpt from Eric Idle's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"</a>. <i>The Crown Publishing Group</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Crown+Publishing+Group&rft.atitle=Read+an+Excerpt+from+Eric+Idle%27s+Always+Look+on+the+Bright+Side+of+Life&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcrownpublishing.com%2Farchives%2Ffeature%2Fread-excerpt-eric-idles-always-look-bright-side-life&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/ericidle/status/650759410449518594">"Eric Idle on Twitter"</a>. Twitter. 4 October 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Eric+Idle+on+Twitter&rft.date=2015-10-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fericidle%2Fstatus%2F650759410449518594&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/65-famous-people-wirral-given-14061848">"65 famous people Wirral has given to the world"</a>. <i>liverpoolecho</i>. 26 December 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=liverpoolecho&rft.atitle=65+famous+people+Wirral+has+given+to+the+world&rft.date=2017-12-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpoolecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fliverpool-news%2F65-famous-people-wirral-given-14061848&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McCabe-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McCabe_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McCabe_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McCabe_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McCabe_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCabe2005" class="citation book cs1">McCabe, Bob (2005). <i>The Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Orion_Publishing_Group" title="Orion Publishing Group">Orion Publishing Group</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7528-6425-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7528-6425-9"><bdi>978-0-7528-6425-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pythons%27+Autobiography+by+the+Pythons&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Orion+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7528-6425-9&rft.aulast=McCabe&rft.aufirst=Bob&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.expressandstar.com/editors-picks/2014/10/01/holy-grail-of-eric-idle-story/">"Holy grail of Eric Idle story"</a>. <i>www.expressandstar.com</i>. 1 October 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.expressandstar.com&rft.atitle=Holy+grail+of+Eric+Idle+story&rft.date=2014-10-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressandstar.com%2Feditors-picks%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fholy-grail-of-eric-idle-story%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerry1994" class="citation book cs1">Perry, George (1994). <i>The Life of Python</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=My+Girl+Herbert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.footlights.org%2Fpast%2F1965&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEric+Idle" class="Z3988"></span> – 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</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output 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title="Monty Python's Life of Brian">Life of Brian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_the_Hollywood_Bowl" title="Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl">Live at the Hollywood Bowl</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life">The Meaning of Life</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crimson_Permanent_Assurance" title="The Crimson Permanent Assurance">The Crimson Permanent Assurance</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Monty_Python_Record" title="Another Monty Python Record">Another Record</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Previous_Record" title="Monty Python's Previous Record">Previous Record</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monty_Python_Instant_Record_Collection" title="The Monty Python Instant Record Collection">Instant Record Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Rip_Off" title="The Final Rip Off">Final Rip Off</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Sings" title="Monty Python Sings">Sings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Monty_Python_Rip_Off" title="The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off">Ultimate Rip Off</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Instant_Monty_Python_CD_Collection" title="The Instant Monty Python CD Collection">Instant CD Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Total_Rubbish" title="Monty Python's Total Rubbish">Total Rubbish</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus_(album)" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus (album)">Flying Circus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Drury_Lane" title="Live at Drury Lane">Live at Drury Lane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_City_Center" title="Monty Python Live at City Center">Live at City Center</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Parrot_Sketch_Not_Included_%E2%80%93_20_Years_of_Monty_Python" title="Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python">Parrot Sketch Not Included</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_at_Aspen" title="Monty Python Live at Aspen">Live at Aspen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Python_Night_%E2%80%93_30_Years_of_Monty_Python" title="Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python">Python Night</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pythons_(film)" title="The Pythons (film)">The Pythons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Python" title="Life of Python">Life of Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_Almost_the_Truth_(Lawyers_Cut)" title="Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)">Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_And_Now_for_Something_Rather_Similar" title="Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar">And Now for Something Rather Similar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python:_The_Meaning_of_Live" title="Monty Python: The Meaning of Live">The Meaning of Live</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage productions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_the_Messiah_(He%27s_a_Very_Naughty_Boy)" title="Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)">Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_Without_Monty_Python" title="An Evening Without Monty Python">An Evening Without Monty Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live_(Mostly)" title="Monty Python Live (Mostly)">Live (Mostly)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Big_Red_Book" title="Monty Python's Big Red Book">Big Red Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brand_New_Monty_Python_Bok" title="The Brand New Monty Python Bok">Brand New Bok</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_(Book)" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)">Holy Grail (Book)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Life_of_Brian_/_Monty_Python_Scrapbook" title="Monty Python's The Life of Brian / Monty Python Scrapbook">Life of Brian/SCRAPBOOK</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life_(book)" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (book)">The Meaning of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus:_Just_the_Words" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words">Just the Words</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_Incomplete_%26_Rather_Badly_Illustrated_Monty_Python_Song_Book" title="The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book">Song Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Pocketful_of_Python" title="A Pocketful of Python">A Pocketful of Python</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pythons_Autobiography_by_The_Pythons" title="The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons">The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_Live!" title="Monty Python Live!">Live!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus:_The_Computer_Game" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game">Flying Circus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Complete_Waste_of_Time" title="Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time">Complete Waste of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_%26_the_Quest_for_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail">Quest for the Holy Grail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life_(video_game)" title="Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (video game)">The Meaning of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Cow_Tossing" title="Monty Python's Cow Tossing">Cow Tossing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks" title="Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks">The Ministry of Silly Walks</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Praline" title="Mr Praline">Mr Praline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Colonel_(Monty_Python)" title="The Colonel (Monty Python)">The Colonel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Creosote" title="Mr Creosote">Mr Creosote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_of_Caerbannog" title="Rabbit of Caerbannog">Rabbit of Caerbannog</a></li> <li><a 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sketch">Cheese Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_%22Bomber%22_Harris_vs_Colin_%22Bomber%22_Harris" title="Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris">Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crunchy_Frog" title="Crunchy Frog">Crunchy Frog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Parrot_sketch" title="Dead Parrot sketch">Dead Parrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dirty_Fork" title="The Dirty Fork">Dirty Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Hungarian_Phrasebook" title="Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook">Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Night_Special" title="Election Night Special">Election Night Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fish_Licence" title="Fish Licence">Fish Licence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fish-Slapping_Dance" title="The Fish-Slapping Dance">Fish-Slapping Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Yorkshiremen_sketch" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Yorkshiremen sketch">Four Yorkshiremen</a></li> <li><a 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title="Rutles Highway Revisited">Rutles Highway Revisited</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_(album)" title="Archaeology (album)">Archaeology</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eric_Idle_Sings_Monty_Python" title="Eric Idle Sings Monty Python">Eric Idle Sings Monty Python</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics68" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #D7F1D7;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="Carol Hall">Carol Hall</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Miller" title="Roger Miller">Roger Miller</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zippel" title="David Zippel">David Zippel</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Finn" title="William Finn">William Finn</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Birkenhead" title="Susan Birkenhead">Susan Birkenhead</a> (1992)</li> 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title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Hansard" title="Glen Hansard">Glen Hansard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark%C3%A9ta_Irglov%C3%A1" title="Markéta Irglová">Markéta Irglová</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Minchin" title="Tim Minchin">Tim Minchin</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Freedman" title="Robert L. 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