Eric Idle
Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, and writer, best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
He wrote and performed in *Monty Python's Flying Circus* and the group's films, and composed many of their songs, including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." He later created the musical *Spamalot*, adapted from *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.
University city, two countries
- BBCBritish public broadcaster
- EnglandLargest British country
- LondonEngland's capital city
- WolverhamptonCity in central England
Monty Python · satire · irreverence · wit · absurdism · Oxbridge
Montgomery, shortened
- Holy GrailLegendary cup from scripture
- Life of BrianSatirical biblical-era comedy
- SpamalotMusical spoofing Camelot tales
- Spanish InquisitionChurch court hunting heretics
John Cleese · Michael Palin · Terry Jones · coconuts · shrubbery · surreal comedy
One who composes music
Creator of written works
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- autobiographerOne who writes self-history
- lyricistWriter of song texts
Cambridge
University city, two countries
Wolverhampton · Monty Python · satire · irreverence · wit · absurdism · Oxbridge
Monty
Montgomery, shortened
- Holy GrailLegendary cup from scripture
- Life of BrianSatirical biblical-era comedy
- SpamalotMusical spoofing Camelot tales
John Cleese · Michael Palin · Terry Jones · Spanish Inquisition · coconuts · shrubbery · surreal comedy
songwriter
One who composes music
author
Creator of written works
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- autobiographerOne who writes self-history
lyricist · satirist · librettist · memoirist
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- British SatirePrivate Eye, Spitting Image, Blackadder, Monty Python, John Cleese
- Cambridge AlumniIsaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing, Bertrand Russell
- Famous Erics
- Monty PythonMonty Python, Holy Grail, John Cleese, Life of Brian, Michael Palin
- Stage StarsLin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Bernhardt, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench
Eric IdleLaurence Olivier
Ian McKellen · Kenneth Branagh · Richard Burton · Anthony Hopkins