Always look on the bright side of life

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Eric Idle: Always look on the bright side of life (2018)

289 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-9848-2258-1
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OCLC Number:
1053623093

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5 stars (1 review)

"From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candor"--

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Eric Idle has always been my favorite member of Monty Python so I absolutely had to listen to this book.  I can't imagine just reading this book.  Listening to him read this made the book.This book was so much fun.  He is an unapologetic famous person.  He talks a lot about all of his famous friends.  He points out that he has non-famous friends but that no one in interested in reading about them.  He hung out with Beatles and Rolling Stones and all the other famous comedians in the 1970s so the stories are as wild as you'd expect.  One of my favorite stories was when Graham Chapman had a party at his house for his parents.  His parents were ready to go to bed at 10 PM but first they politely kicked the Rolling Stones out of the house.  I can see how some people would think …

Subjects

  • Comedians
  • Biography
  • Motion picture actors and actresses

Places

  • Great Britain