Former "Monty Python" star Eric Idle said he's still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons, sharing on social media that his income has tailed off "disastrously" and adding, "I have to ...

The film's final crucifixion scene featured a song written by Idle called "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life." That song would turn out to have a much longer life than Idle initially thought.

“We always loathed and despised each other, but it’s only recently that the truth has begun to emerge.” — John Cleese referring to Eric Idle on X.

Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.