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 ...

Monty Python’s Eric Idle is still "Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life." He’s out with a "sortabiography" and joins us. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography," by Eric Idle. ...

“Monty Python” alum Eric Idle addressed an apparent fan misconception on Friday: that he and the rest of the legendary British comedy troupe’s members aren’t swimming in cash from their productions.

Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on October 1, 2019, after "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography" was released in paperback. That audio is available here. Monty Python ...

Eric Idle of the comedy troupe Monty Python thinks it's time for something (almost) completely different. Several years ago, he reworked one of the group's classic sketches into a hit Broadway musical ...

“I think all the Pythons are nuts in some way,” Eric Idle once wrote, “and together we make one completely insane person.” That insane entity, the comedy supergroup Monty Python, convened in 1969, ...

Eric Idle is proud that Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is one of the most popular funeral songs in England. "I find that very, very moving actually," he tells ABC RN's The Stage Show. "It's ...

Eric Idle talks Monty Python spats, what keeps him on stage, and why it’s important to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Picture: Supplied) Half a century since Monty Python burst into the ...