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 ".

Idle wrote for Python mostly by himself, at his own pace, although he sometimes found it difficult in having to present material to the others and make it seem funny without the back-up support of a partner.

This ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974 and involved Idle performing sketches and links to records, with himself playing nearly all the multi-tracked parts.

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

Idle himself performed during this 50-minute oratorio, along with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

The nice one, Fidgit, as Palin ; the self-appointed leader, Randall, as Cleese ; the acerbic one, Strutter, as Eric Idle ; the quiet one, Og, as Graham Chapman ; the noisy rebel, Wally, as Terry Jones ; and the nasty, filth-loving one, Vermin, as Gilliam himself.

It was illustrated by Wesla Weller and was first published in 1996 with an audio version which included some songs by Idle himself.

Lowe has made another special guest voice appearance in the online game DragonFable for the Falconreach Idle event in November 2010, he voiced himself in a panel of three judges for the event.

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.

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.

Jeff Lynne, frontman of fellow Birmingham group The Idle Race, was excited by the concept.

With fellow Pythons already aware of his sexual orientation, Eric Idle replied, " We've found out who it was and we've had him shot.

Not to be outdone by Cleese, Idle was heard saying during the song's close: " I'd just like to be the last person at this meeting to say ' fuck '.

In June 2011, it was announced that most of the surviving Python members ( except Idle ) will perform in a 3-D animated version of Chapman's memoir A Liar ’ s Autobiography: Volume VI.

Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam, while promoting Holy Grail in Amsterdam, had come up with a sketch in which Jesus ' cross was falling apart because of the idiotic carpenters who built it and he angrily tells them how to do it correctly.

However, after an early brainstorming stage, and despite being non-believers, they agreed that Jesus was " definitely a good guy " and found nothing to mock in his actual teachings: " He's not particularly funny, what he's saying isn't mockable, it's very decent stuff ..." said Idle later.

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.

Bruces ' Philosophers Song ( Bruces ' Song ) was a popular Monty Python song written by Eric Idle, and was a feature of the group's stage appearances and its recordings.

At the same time the success of Do Not Adjust Your Set had led Palin, Jones, Idle and Gilliam to be offered their own series and, while it was still in production, Palin agreed to Cleese's proposal and brought along Idle, Jones and Gilliam.

The One Foot in the Grave theme song was written, composed and sung by Eric Idle.

Æthelfrith, who was for years a successful war-leader, especially against the native British, was eventually killed in battle around 616 by Raedwald of East Anglia at the River Idle.

Up until the 1990s, each of Gilliam's non-Python films was to feature at least one of his fellow Monty Python alumni ( particularly Palin, Cleese, and Idle ), and for his finished projects Gilliam has worked with the following actors more than once ( in order of first film appearance ):

He was defeated and killed around the year 616 in battle at the River Idle by Raedwald of East Anglia, who installed Edwin, the son of Aella, a former king of Deira, as king.

In early 2001 the CD Ride was released, featuring a new addition to the Idle Chatter family: " Idle Chatter Junior " and the 19-minute title piece, which tries to simulate a ride through various towns and country.

Wenceslaus ( also Wenceslas ; ;, nicknamed der Faule (" the Idle "); 26 February 1361 – 16 August 1419 ) was, by inheritance, King of Bohemia ( as Wenceslaus IV ) from 1363 and by election, German King ( formally King of the Romans ) from 1376.

The " Four Yorkshiremen " sketch was performed during Amnesty International concerts ( by members of Monty Python — once including Rowan Atkinson in place of Python member Eric Idle ), as well as during Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and other Monty Python shows and recordings.

In the musical Spamalot, the scene with the Black Knight was the most difficult to play on stage, according to Eric Idle.

" Entertainment Weekly praised the voice-acting of Eric Idle, but criticised the PlayStation version of the game, saying that it was difficult to navigate without the PlayStation Mouse and that the text was too small.

The first state is the “ Idle ” state.

In the “ Idle ” state, BGP initializes all resources, refuses all inbound BGP connection attempts and initiates a TCP connection to the peer.

* McCartney, who had just released his own album, London Town, always answered, “ No comment .” According to Innes: “ He had a dinner at some awards thing at the same table as Eric one night and Eric said it was a little frosty .” Idle claimed McCartney changed his mind because his wife Linda thought it was funny.

* In the Monty Python-derived Broadway show Spamalot written by Eric Idle, there is a song called “ The Fisch Schlapping Song ”, sung by pseudo-Finnish people, before the historian abruptly ends the song.

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.

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.

Idle claims on the All You Need Is Cash DVD commentary track that Harrison and Starr at one point discussed starting a band with Innes and Idle, based on the Beatles ' and Rutles ' shared and imaginary histories.

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 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!

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 ".

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.