One Gilliam is bad enough. Two can take out any company.” In May, Monty Python stars Cleese, Palin and Gilliam reunited to celebrate Palin’s 81st birthday, all without Idle there.

To borrow a phrase from Paddy Chayefsky, Eric Idle is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. The founding member of Monty Python, 80, has taken to X in recent days to clear the air ...

Eric Idle has explained why he’s feuding with Monty Python co-star John Cleese. Over the past few years, Idle and Cleese have engaged in a public feud, with the former declaring their friendship ...

Comedy troupe Python was co-founded in 1969 by Graham Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Terry Jones, and Palin. Chapman died in 1989 of tonsil cancer aged 48, while Jones passed away in 2020, aged ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he must continue to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons, saying he’s not “loaded” and that he has “to work for my living.” ...

— 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.

COMEDY legend Eric Idle has exposed a rift in the Monty Python troupe — and denied he is “on the take” from the group’s coffers.Idle, 80, said ...

British actor and comedian Eric Idle is known to many people for his character—or rather, characters—in the Monty Python film series. He gained global recognition in the 1970s after starring ...

Idle starred in and co-wrote the BBC sketch comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has enjoyed a long career as an actor, comedian, musician and writer.

Idle was part of the famous Monty Python comedy troupe, which was founded in 1969 Monty Python actor Eric Idle has said he is still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian ...