Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Eric Idleis an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle is a member of the English surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 March 1943
saved our-lives
Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.
ironic age library
Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.
trying different audience
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
bells circus sound
What's brown and sounds like a bell? DUNG!
nudge-nudge circus bats
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
work-out lucky littles
Well we were lucky because we started in Canada where everybody has a sense of humour! We flirted a little while with Josh Groban. He was personally interested in it. He said oh I'd love to do something different, and I said well it's pretty different! But in the end the dates didn't work out.
rain years house
I used to have a house in London, but couldn't face 20 more years of St John's Wood in the rain.
I was thrilled to win a Tony in 2005 for 'Spamalot'.
time
I'm drawn to things that aren't particularly popular at the time. I don't know why.
I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.
money
We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.
act love maybe plays shoot stage work
I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I rewrote Act II three times.
blessed good grateful happy health life rewarded share
I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.
contribute invent islands love people website
A website can be very time-intensive, but I'd love to have one where people can contribute to it - like invent islands and make their own flags, and their own laws. I think that'd be kind of fun.