Eric Idle credited as playing...
Self • Various Roles
- Robert Klein: [in German] Why did you decide to do TV episodes in German?
- John Cleese: [in German] What an asinine question. Could we please get to the clip? I need to use the restroom.
- Eric Idle: [in German] Yes, and I would like some Chinese take out - and Spam.
- Michael Palin: [in German] I can kill a bat with an egg spoon.
- Eric Idle: They said we'll take you on a writing recce. And nobody's ever heard of a writing recce? You know, it was like ten-days holiday in Bavaria. So, we said sure, we'll go. And we went to the airport. So, we flew to Munich and they met us at the airport with huge steins of beer. And we were going there to write sketches for Germany, to do comedy sketches. And they took us from the airport straight to Dachau. This is a true story. And as we drive to get to Dachau, everybody kept denying they knew where it was. We stopped and said, 'Where is the camp?' They said, 'What camp? You know, we've not heard of this.' And finally we got there and it was just closing. And, as we drove up, they said, 'No, you cannot come in.' And Graham said, 'Tell them we're Jewish'. God bless him and they let us in.
- Eric Idle: The Germans came to us and they said, "Look, we don't have a sense of humor. But, we understand you do. Will you come to Germany and write a comedy show for us?"
- Terry Jones: [about 'Life of Brian'] The film is heretical, but it's not blasphemous.
- Eric Idle: It's a heresy.
- John Cleese: I don't think it's a heresy. It's about - it's making fun of the way that people misunderstand the teachings...
- Terry Jones: Of course it's heretical, John! It's attacking the church! And that has to be heretical.
- John Cleese: No, it's not attacking the church, necessarily. It's about people who cannot agree with each other.
- Eric Idle: No, it's not!
- Eric Idle: The reason Carol was in the shows was because we were playing all the female parts, because we like dressing up, and we had one sketch which was really about - about sex - and it doesn't work when you play with a guy in drag. It has a different context.
- Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam: [singing] Always look on the bright side of life, Always look on the light side of life, If life seems jolly rotten, There's something you've forgotten, And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing, When you're feeling in the dumps, Don't be silly chumps, Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing, And, Always look on the bright side of life
- Eric Idle: Come on
- Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam: Always look on the right side of life, For life is quite absurd, And death's the final word, You must always face the curtain with a bow, Forget about your sin, Give the audience a grin, Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow...