— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) February 9, 2024 Hours later, Idle added, “We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously.

Though Eric was primarily a solo writer on Python, he did bring someone along with him for Rutland: the Python’s main musical collaborator, and member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Neil Innes.

Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he has continued to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian and actor, known as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty ...