In an extra on the Rutles DVD, Idle claims " Nudge Nudge " was Presley's favorite Python sketch.

Chaplin spent five months on his next film, the two-reeler The Idle Class.

it was released on the 27th of April in Ireland and the 30th of April in the UK, and features the titular character, Electra Heart, as a fictional character of Marina's creation who epitomizes the American female at her very worst, in the four " Archetypes "; the Primadonna, SuBarbieA, Homewrecker, and the Teen Idle.

In 1978, Chapman co-wrote ( with Bernard McKenna ) and starred in The Odd Job alongside David Jason who had previously appeared on Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle, Jones, and Palin.

Idle also led the other surviving Python members and Chapman's family and close friends in a rendition of " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " from the film Life of Brian.

Shortly after the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ), Eric Idle flippantly suggested that the title of the Pythons ' forthcoming feature would be Jesus Christ – Lust for Glory ( a play on the UK title for the 1970 American film Patton ).

Idle himself was said to have been uncomfortable with the character ; " It's essentially a pretty savage attack on rabid Zionism, suggesting it's rather akin to Nazism, which is a bit strong to take, but certainly a point of view ".

The oratorio, called Not the Messiah ( He's a Very Naughty Boy ), was commissioned to be part of the festival called Luminato in Toronto, Ontario, in June 2007, and was written / scored by Idle and John Du Prez, who also worked with Idle on Spamalot.

Following The Frost Report the Palin / Jones team worked both as actors and writers on the show Twice a Fortnight with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, and the successful children's comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle and David Jason.

Idle included a live version of the song on his album Eric Idle Sings Monty Python.

Following that came More Than Idle Chatter, the six compositions of which focus on processings of the human voice using linear predictive coding, granular synthesis, and plucked string synthesis ; its three highlights are granular synth pieces called " Idle Chatter ," " Just_more_idle_chatter ," and " Notjustmoreidlechatter ," which look at the same thing from multiple perspectives.

Idle was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of the Rutles on Saturday Night Live, and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot.

Cleese admitted that this was slightly unfair – when the Pythons voted on which sketches should appear in a show, “ he only got one vote ”, but says that Idle was an independent person and worked best on his own.

A competent guitarist, Idle composed many of the group's most famous musical numbers, most notably " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ", the closing number of Life of Brian, which has grown to become a Python signature tune.

On television, Idle created Rutland Weekend Television ( RWT ), a sketch show on BBC2, written by himself, with music by Neil Innes.

The band became a popular phenomenon, especially in the U. S. where Idle was appearing on Saturday Night Live – fans would send in Beatles LPs with their sleeves altered to show the Rutles.

In 1978, the Rutles ' mockumentary film All You Need Is Cash, a collaboration between Python members and Saturday Night Live, was aired on NBC television, as written by Idle, with music by Innes.

Idle received good critical notices appearing in projects written and directed by others – such as Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1989 ), alongside Robbie Coltrane in Nuns on the Run ( 1990 ) and in Casper ( 1995 ).

In 2004, Idle created Spamalot, a musical comedy based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Eric Idle was a popular addition to the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in London on 12 August.

In the spirit of the Olympic Games, Idle sang his hit Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

Idle also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Monty Python's Spamalot, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

All You Need Is Cash, directed by SNL film director Gary Weis ( responsible for the programme's short films ), though Idle was credited as co-director.

All You Need is Cash, a 1978 American-British mockumentary film written and directed by Eric Idle, featured the satirical history of the The Beatles | Beatles parody " The Rutles ".

In addition, Harrison appeared as a news reporter − interviewing Michael Palin − in Idle and Innes ' 1978 Beatles parody, The Rutles: All You Need is Cash.

This scene was later remade in the spinoff film, All You Need Is Cash, featuring Idle, Innes, Rikki Fataar and John Halsey ( who also appeared in many of the musical items in the series ) as the " Pre-Fab Four ".

Idle himself admitted this was sometimes difficult: “ You had to convince five others.

In 1970 this new lineup recorded two singles for Liberty Records ; a cover of Mungo Jerry's skiffle hit " In the Summertime ", ( which reached number one in Argentina ) backed by an Idle Race original " Told You Twice ".

An earlier song, " I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio ", written and performed by Idle on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album ( 1980 ), touched on this subject, but with two major differences: It limited its scorn to radio programmers and it bleeped ( using various sound effects ) the various obscenities.

He made his film debut in 1976, at the age of 17, as a waiter in Bugsy Malone, That same year he had significant roles in three television series: The Molly Wopsies, Four Idle Hands, and The Flockton Flyer ; however, he had enjoyed an incidental appearance ( with fellow drama students ) the previous year ( 1975 ) in Thames Television's You Must Be Joking!

One sketch features the Lone Ranger ( Idle ) transformed into the Lone Accountant, with Innes as Tonto accidentally murdering holdup victims while trying to rescue them (" too many gin-and-tonic at lunch ... You think it easy to be Indian and accountant ?").

During one first series episode of DNAYS, Eric Idle followed the Captain Fantastic segment with the song " Captain Fantastic, We Love You ", backed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Also in 1970, Idle Race recorded an album Time Is for Regal Zonophone, however Walker was incorrectly credited as " Richie Walker ".

As patrons in a pub, Idle ( playing a younger man ) asks Jones ( as an older gentleman ) personal, sexual innuendo-laden questions about his relationship with his wife, such as " Is your wife a ' goer '?

According to the DVD audio commentary by Cleese, Palin, and Idle, the sequence originated in a story told to Cleese when he was attending an English class during his school days.

The DVD also featured a soundtrack for the lonely, which is an audio commentary of a completely disgusting man ( Michael Palin ) who is sitting watching the film in his flat, throughout the commentary he usually picks up the phone and talks to friends ( Terry Jones and Eric Idle ), passes gas and talks under his voice.

The show has been released on DVD, originally in a 66-minute version incorporating cuts for syndication, later in a " special edition " restored to its full length of 72 minutes and with extras including a commentary by Idle.

However, when " Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life " was adopted as a football chant in the late 1980s, Idle's then neighbour Gary Lineker suggested Idle re-record and release the popular track.

* Track 16 is the only track with Rutles content, Idle sings " I Must Be In Love " ( First recording of Idle vocalising a Rutles song.

Yet the second single from Don't Believe the Truth, " The Importance of Being Idle " became the second Noel-sung Oasis track to top the UK charts and was named 2005's finest track by Q magazine, as well as being nominated for the NMEs " Best Song of 2005 " award.

#" Harry " ( Eric Idle ) – 2: 22 ( this track produced by Eric Idle, Trevor Jones, and Andre Jacquemin and sung by Eric Idle and Charlie Dore )