For those who want to read more context about it. Interview with Monty Python’s Eric Idle
The full Monty: Eric Idle talks 'Masked Singer,' secret cancer battle, the Rutles, George Harrison, his lost David Bowie-Kate Bush movie, and making Queen Elizabeth II laugh

"Dressing up in silly animal costumes is not strange to me. ... This is in my wheelhouse," says the Monty Python legend. But there was a serious reason why...

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