Audiences can still look forward to hearing the tour’s namesake song, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. And Idle noted that he’s especially gratified to hear ...

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 ...

John Cleese recently embarked on a live tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Each event will be part film screening, part live Q&A and, presumably, part creeping ...

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 ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle says he no longer enjoys watching TV - saying it is not “terribly interesting”. The comedian was part of a revolutionary kind of sketch comedy on the BBC, a forerunner to ...

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The star - who battled pancreatic cancer - feels lucky to be alive COMEDY royalty Eric Idle appears to have refuelled the financial fire between his former Monty Python co-stars. LA-based Eric, 82, ...

09:34, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Updated: 10:02, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Monty Python star Eric Idle has shared the mantra he lives by following his pancreatic cancer battle. Diagnosed with the disease in 2019, it ...