Eric Idle has weighed in on the topic of cancel culture, and seems to be much less fussed about it than his Monty Python co-star John Cleese. The 82-year-old comedian and songwriter talked on BBC ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

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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 ...

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Even as a child, Eric Idle loved writing. So much so, that he planned to become a journalist. “I think I’d always say journalist because it seemed like a writing thing to do,” he says, “but I had no ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

A Monty Python filmmaker says he could be forced out of the United Kingdom after his Thai wife's visa was revoked by the Home Office. Julian Doyle who's worked on major Monty Python films including ...

Monty Python legend Eric Idle has revealed the philosophy he lives his life by after surviving pancreatic cancer. The comedian received his diagnosis in 2019, though fortunately it was detected early ...