EP.259 - ERIC IDLE
Adam and Eric Idle, London, June 2025
Adam talks with Monty Python star Eric Idle about the special relationship between comedians and musicians, his friendships with David Bowie, Peter Cook and George Harrison, how he coped with seismic and alarming world events in the 60s and why Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life became more than just a funny way to end Life Of Brian.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 27 June, 2025
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing
Podcast illustration by Helen Green
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BELOW: You don't need me to tell you how offensive this Derek & Clive film is, do you? It's a faiurly extreme contrast to E.L. Wisty above.
BELOW: This is (perhaps) the show that Eric Idle went to see while Bowie was staying with him in France in 1983. Very low quality home video filmed from the among the chatty French crowd, but kind of evocative - and despite the shitty sound, you can hear that 80s Bowie and band were on good form.
BELOW: One of the bits of music that Bowie introduced Eric Idle to.