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Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown,
And things are hard or tough,
And people are stupid, obnoxious, or daft,
And you feel that you've had quite enough...
Just listen to Eric Idle for proof that you're never too old to "get it."
Yeah, someone needs to sew John Cleese and Graham Linehan into a bag along with a heavy rock and throw that bag into a deep river
@Euan of course, it is apt that the standard Python coding environment is called IDLE 😉
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Divorces, plural. And apparently he was always optimistic enough to not get a nuptial agreement when he tried again.
John Cleese has quite a bit of social awareness and is still funny. It’s a shame that he lost a lot of money on Fierce Creatures, the followup to A Fish Called Wanda. It shouldn’t have happened, it’s a good and funny film.
Michael Palin made an amazing second career for himself with travel series, most very challenging (Pole to Pole, Around the World in 80 Days, Pacific Rim, Sahara, etc.)
Eric idle just seems to be idling by comparison, although happy. Good for him.
@RodneyPetersonTalent @Euan Eric Idle basically created Spamalot by himself, after not being able to get the others interested.
After it became a hit, he got the others to participate with what they could fit in (with some appreciative embarrassment, as they couldn't "see" how good the idea was at the time).
Who knew that John Cleese would turn into Basil Fawlty?
@Euan Ugh! More info in this article. Good for Eric for speaking up.
Growing up does not mean one needs to grow old.
Cleese, he’s grown old. He’s the exact wanker he mocked 50y ago on BBC.
Idle? He’s grown up. He has the awareness and cogency to recognize that he should be the target of appropriate mockery.
And he laughs at himself.
I forget who wrote, “Life’s a laugh and death’s the joke, it’s true. You’ll see it’s all a show. Keep’em laughing as you go. Just remember that the last laugh is on you,” but Idle really gets it. ;)
[Hi! Editor in my head here. Also a long time fan of Monty Python because British comedy is one of the reasons I survived my teenage years, and that’s no exaggeration. The smiley face at the end should’ve been sufficient to indicate that of course I know The Last Cool Python™ who sang this while being absolutely hammered on screen, wrote this song which has so much insight for such a playful, seemingly throwaway piece. -ed.]
@Euan And the most musical one, too. :)
Cleese has self professed to be tone-deaf. Which is probably why in that sketch on flying circus where he's an archaeologist with someone piggybacking on him, he has someone else's song obviously dubbed over it.
@Euan The "cancel trope" ruined so much comedy tbh. It's so incredibly boring 😴
It's such a major contrast when you compare American comedy to other countries which didn't get trapped in this meme.
The worst part? Americans just can't get enough of this fake conflict. It's like you guys actively don't want to be happy or something.
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