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 in Monty ...

Monty Python famously performed a sketch about a joke so funny, it was lethal. Well, it turns out that John Cleese‘s latest attempt at a gag has been somewhat lost in translation. In a social media ...

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was released nearly 50 years ago. Eric Idle wrote the screenplay for the 1975 hit with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, all ...

Will Sloan talks to Monty Python veteran Eric Idle about his long career and his new "pseudo-radio play," which features actors like Russell... At the beginning of What About Dick?, a stage ...

Cleese says his comment was not sincere, and referred to not just Idle but "all the members" of the iconic comedy troupe In response to the post, Cleese wrote, “We always loathed and despised each ...

In “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle opens his heart in a somewhat rushed, one-thing-after-another fashion. But if “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” is ...

Monty Python's Eric Idle created a stage show based on Life of Brian called Not The Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy). Idle calls this production an "oratorio," or a musical without the sets and ...

At the beginning of What About Dick?, a stage performance released this week as a digital download, writer/performer Eric Idle announces that the audience will be witnessing "Aural Cinema." The story ...