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Eric Idle
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Eric Idle is a British comedian, actor, and writer born in 1943 who is best known for his work with the comedy group Monty Python. He has had a significant influence on comedy and entertainment through both his performances and creative writing across television, film, and theater.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Monty Python's Big Red Book
- Brand New Monty Python Papperbok
- Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons
- Micromacrocosm
- Hello sailor
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Film & TV
Acting · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python.
Known for
- STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces — Self - Writer & Actor2024
- Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated — Self (archive footage)(uncredited)2021
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion — The Impressive Clergyman2020
- An Accidental Studio — Self (archive footage)2019
- Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails — Self (archive footage)2019
- The Masked Singer — Hedgehog2019
- The Masked Singer — Hedgehog (archive footage)2019
- The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food — Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)2018
- Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind — Self2018
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self2018
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943-03-29
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53,977
- Total plays
- 280,113
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Eric Idle is the composer of most Monty Python songs (along with Neil Innes) such as the Python anthem "Always Look on the Bright Side Of Life" (which is also played after Iron Maiden's shows). His outstanding linguistic ability has earned him the name "Master of the One-Liner". During his time at Cambridge, Eric served as the president of the famous Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club. Before Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric appeared in both BBC <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Idle">
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,880x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,784x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,759x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,638x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,193x
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Quotes
- “Always look on the bright side of life.”
- “I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.”
- “I think basically what we were doing was laughing at the authoritarian figures we grew up under. ...you know it’s nonsense, this assumed authority that's been given to you by teachers, by military figures, by police, by judges, and it's all pretending, "we know what's going on on this planet" and it's all bullshit. And I think that Python was quite good at getting rid of those inhibitions, and I think it's why it's still appealing to the young.”
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- ericidle.com
- Image
- Eric Idle with Guitar 2012.jpg
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- Eric Idle
- date of birth
- 1943-03-29
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- name in native language
- Eric Idle
- social media followers
- 519500
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Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined Cambridge University Footlights. He has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Tony Awards.
Idle reached stardom in the 1970s when he co-created and acted in the Python sketch comedy series Flying Circus (1969–1974) and the films Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian, (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983) with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Known for his elaborate wordplay and musical numbers, Idle composed and performed many of the songs featured in Python projects, including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".