Authors on the Web
Inside Higher Ed, November 11, 2009
...people like Sartre and The Beatles were doing their best work.” Well, no need to persuade me. As Eric Idle says in the spam sketch, “I love it.” But how did colleagues respond to his interest in Python? As a graduate student, Larsen had the support...
Time, October 16, 2009
...the mutual interview, which became a kind of nostalgic jam session. Perhaps a surprisingly funny one, since, as Eric Idle noted in response to one question, the Pythons improvised very little in their skits. Not that the answers weren't also revelatory...
USA Today, October 14, 2009
...Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Life of Brian and Meaning of Life; writing follow-up to 1994 novel. Eric Idle, 66 Favorite Python scenes: Playing jailer (Gilliam) and jailer's assistant (Idle) in Life of Brian; sketches included in An Evening Without...
Observer, September 21, 2009
...Life, Brazil and A Private Function. The Pythons ? John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle ? still maintain a headquarters, have meetings and projects (during a dull moment on 1 April 1981 they put a small ad in the...
Chicago Sun-Times, September 14, 2009
...War to Peace, 6 p.m. at the Pritzker Military Library, 610 N. Fairbanks Court. OCT. 12 ? Eric Idle signs Monty Python Live!, 7 p.m. at Borders, 830 N. Michigan. ? Jamie Ford signs Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 7 p.m. at Borders...
Guardian Unlimited, September 4, 2009
...represent a proud literary tradition, but comedy shows have produced a number of enjoyable reads over the years. Eric Idle set the standard back in the 1970s (those glorious days when Spamalot was merely a glint in the accountant's eye) with Monty...
Tuned In, October 16, 2009
...the mutual interview, which became a kind of nostalgic jam session. Perhaps a surprisingly funny one, since, as Eric Idle noted in response to one question, the Pythons improvised very little in their skits. Not that the answers weren't also revelatory...
