Eric Idle (1943- )
Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is a British comedian, writer, and actor.
Alien life
@ And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space...
...'cos there's bugger-all down here on Earth
Eric Idle, "Galaxy Song", Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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@ 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.
On his childhood years in a boarding school. 'The Pythons' Autobiography of the Pythons' (2003) by Bob McCabe.
@ Basically, the Germans came to us and said, "We don't have a sense of humour."
Answering the question "Why did you do two episodes in German?" on an HBO March 1998 Python reunion special.
@ Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
@ American Beer is a lot like making love on a canoe - it's fucking close to water.
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
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