Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
You could write a joke in the pub at lunchtime and watch it performed on television that evening. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Executives do not on the whole do well with comedy. They can't understand it, they can't read it, they can't spot it. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy.… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense,… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
It just seems to me that there's no particular reason comedy albums should be dead. There's a lot to laugh at. We… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it, life's a laugh and deat's a joke, it's true: You'll se it's… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it, life's a laugh and deat's a joke, it's true: You'll se it's all a… — Eric Idle Copy Share
Having little money to spend was a valuable learning experience. My schooling also shaped my work ethic because while other children were listening to… — Eric Idle Copy Share
Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that. — Eric Idle Copy Share
If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I always tip… — Eric Idle Copy Share
At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use… — Eric Idle Copy Share
Many years ago I also bought a house in Provence for about 70,000 francs. It had no electricity or running water, and no road… — Eric Idle Copy Share
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad. — Eric Idle Copy Share
“sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will make me cry by myself in a corner for hours.” — Eric Idle Copy Share
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society… — Eric Idle Copy Share
The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester? — Eric Idle Copy Share
I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material… — Eric Idle Copy Share
There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write… — Eric Idle Copy Share
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