Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he has continued to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian and actor, known as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he has continued to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian and actor, known as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty ...

“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.

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 ...

‘People say, “You’re having a spat,” and I say, “I haven’t done any spitting!” Eric Idle tells Metro, as he’s set to bring ...

Eric Idle is struggling to see the bright side of his estrangement from John Cleese. In an interview on the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, the Monty Python star reflected on his public feud ...

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was released nearly 50 years ago. Eric Idle wrote the screenplay for the 1975 hit with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, all ...

Idle, 80, said he is still having to work as he receives only a fraction of the millions the team have made in the past because the finances are a “disaster”. And he took aim at Holly Gilliam, the TV ...

Eric Idle has hit out at his surviving Monty Python colleagues, branding them "miserable and horrible and b****y" amid ongoing tensions over royalty payments. The comedy icon, 82, opened up about his ...

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 ...