Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle is a member of the English surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles on Saturday Night Live, and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot.

Early life and education

Idle was born in Harton, near South Shields in County Durham, where his mother had been evacuated to from the north west of England. His mother, Norah Barron Sanderson, was a health visitor, and his father, Ernest Idle, served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, only to be killed in a hitch-hiking accident shortly after the war. His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and bringing up a child so, when Idle was seven, she enrolled him in the Royal Wolverhampton School as a boarder. At this time the school was a charitable foundation dedicated to the education and maintenance of children who had lost one or both parents. Idle is quoted as saying: "It was a physically abusive, bullying, harsh environment for a kid to grow up in. 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. Perfect training for Python."

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"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours."
"A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate"
"As long as there are innocent nickels to be made from the gullible, Python-starved public, I shall be out there dressed in silly frocks and singing filthy lyrics. I'm coming your way in search of ancient dollars."
"The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?"
"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted."
"You look just like you!"
"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with -- doing television, doing shows every week."
"No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad."
"We're like his test audience. It's a nightmare for Steve, a terrifying experience. The fact that he's done it before doesn't stop the angst."
"Nudge nudge, know what I mean, say no more"
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Sit On My Face

by: Eric Idle

Sit on my face and tell me that you love me
I'll sit on your face and tell you I love you, too
I love to hear you o-ra-lize
When I'm between your thighs
You blow me away
Sit on my face and let my lips embrace you
I'll sit on your face and then I’ll love you truly
Life can be fine if we both sixty-nine
If we sit on our faces
in all sorts of places




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