That’s what John Cleese and Eric Idle, comic icons and founding members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, did when they wanted to work out a touring show in the U.S. Instead of a destination ...

Eric Idle has set the record straight for anyone who thought he had a cushy life from his earnings as a member of Monty Python, saying that he still has to work for a living.

Mario Anzuoni/ReutersMonty Python legend Eric Idle has revealed that he’s still working at 80 because of financial reasons, using an extraordinarily candid series of public remarks to criticize ...

— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) February 9, 2024 Hours later, Idle added, “We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously.