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 (@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.

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

Book review In “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle opens his heart in a somewhat rushed, one-thing-after-another fashion. But if “Monty ...