John Cleese just loves to complain about how many decades-old jokes don’t fly with modern audiences. He moaned about having ...

A sense of humour. Cleese and Idle in a scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (1975). “Explaining a joke kills it,” he continued. “And… making a joke too obvious kills it too.

John Cleese is making it clear that he – and a few other Pythons – are in complete disagreement with long-ago co-star Eric Idle, who last weekend slammed manager (and daughter of Python co ...

Eric Idle is struggling to see the bright side of his estrangement from John Cleese. In an interview on the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, the Monty Python star reflected on his public ...

Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.

Idle was part of the famous Monty Python comedy troupe, which was founded in 1969 Monty Python actor Eric Idle has said he is still working at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian ...