Eric Idle Completely Forgot He’d Written “The Spamalot Diaries” | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@TheCulturalBomb]

Comedy royalty. One of the last true original greats

[@JackMason21]

Yup Conan is great! Oh Eric is here too! (I kid, they’re both awesome)!

[@thedarkknight2221]

Holy Grail got me through the pandemic. It brought me so much joy during one of the most depressing parts of my life.

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

No the passage of time got you through it. Not a comedy film from the 70s.

[@oneworldfamily]

Nnni!

[@thedarkknight2221]

@ NNNII

[@caterpillakilla]

holy grail has gotten me thru life. 34 so far

[@chrisf84]

Alright, we'll call it a draw!

[@geraldgarcia777]

The Holy Grail is one of my comfort movies. Always and forever.

[@TwoWrights]

Eric is a great writer. I still think about his book Road To Mars, one of the best and funniest sci-fi novels I’ve ever read. Imagine Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, but with comedians in space. It’s brilliant.

[@TheSjohnson84]

So many great book recs dropped in this great convo, ty

[@StephenOmv]

Monty Python, the "soundtrack" of my youth!! What a joy to be able to relive that as I sit and watch, listen and laugh!! They were and are the greatest

[@justgonzothegreat]

I literally gasped when I saw Conan and Eric Idle together. Wow.

[@who2u333]

Through an odd quirk of fate, I got to see Spamalot in Chicago, during it's testing before Broadway, in Mr. Idle's theater box.

[@iDede100]

Absolute legend Eric Idle

[@Spumoon]

"You're putting down life into a 26 letter code." What an incredibly interesting way to frame English literature.

[@RoccoDipoppa]

amazing interview, as usual!!

[@ankhor9252]

This is gold (Or maybe platinum Jerry). Eric classic top level.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks again to Conan, cohorts and Eric!!! 💗

[@Lawman212]

When Eric refers to Puddles, he's talking about Puddles the clown, a cover artist. He's quite an act. Check him out.

[@chaddubois8164]

Legend.

[@billjohnson7904]

Eric Idle really has been working out.

[@dj-kq4fz]

He's bulking up apparently. Looking forward to his workout vids!

[@SamElektron]

hes 84 ffs...

[@horacio-ho3bf]

​@@SamElektronhes 84 and still the quickest mind in the room

[@generaljellyroll8737]

Ya, When creating something I think "I have no idea how to get the finish line" but you if you keep your head down and focus on just the next step one after the other you and finally get your head up to realize your there. Just take a deep breath and just break it down to bite sized pieces. I stole this idea from Adam Savage but its my experience too. He made a white travel guitar case for Mr. Idol

[@thecastiel69]

King Arthur Came a lot

[@elliegee7334]

Was lucky to have seen SPAMLOT onstage years ago - it was BRILLIANT. Hoping that it's brought back again. Or that Eric Idle finally makes a movie out of it - hey, good idea! Anyone listening? 🙂

[@robertomendez187]

I’m an American published poet, married to a Brit, and I blame my insane obsession with The Pythons. Obviously changed my life for the better.

[@wildthinair]

5:46 On Writing - “You’re putting down life in this 26 letter code”

[@duringmydeath]

Eric Idle was the very first celebrity that I ever met. I had moved to Hollywood, and I was working at the front desk at Guitar Center Hollywood. I had already been told by one of my coworkers that Mr. Idle was a frequent shopper. I had been working about a week, and suddenly, in between customers, I heard a very distinct voice... It was Eric Idle. I just about lost my mind. I was a puddle of nervous goo. I watched as he left the building and walked away. I was disheartened and devastated. I thought I had lost my chance to just say, "Hey." Next thing I knew, he had come back through the entrance and was standing directly in front of me. I snapped and quickly blurted out, "Mr. Idle, I am such a big fan. Can I please shake your hand?" He looked right at me and extended his hand. "Thank you, thank you," he said as he shook my hand. I was flabbergasted and starstruck. That was all I needed. It's still one of my favorite celebrity encounters. It's in the top 5 just because of who he is. Right up there with Stevie Wonder actually seeing me. No, seriously. Stevie is not at all blind. I know from experience. Anyways, this was awesome, team Conan.

[@Johnnyhotrockets]

Ok Shaq - we know your Stevie Wonder being able to see story, enough already

[@gabrieledwards1066]

Douglas Adams once said, "I hate writing. But I love having written."

[@floretion]

The situation with Mike Nichols and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf seems to mirror the position Paul Thomas Anderson was in with Boogie Nights.

[@cesarmadero05]

The public yearns to know more about proccess instead of seeing only the goal line.

[@cesarmadero05]

Let the public know that Eric and Conan are wearing a shirt to campaign for a statue of Terry Jones! They are crowdfunding right now. "A Python on the Prom"

[@billjohnson7904]

Sona really dressed up for this

[@dimitreze]

for a while now I stopped listening to the podcast and just wait for the videos

[@Eeda01]

It’s a free podcast, it’s already out

[@JamesMurphy-vb1lu]

Genius

[@franciskey1505]

Legend

[@bhamdodger]

We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

But do you sing from a diaphragm a lot? And have to push the pram a lot?

[@MeAuntieNora]

It's only a model

[@stanistevens]

@@MeAuntieNora Shhhh!

[@Taco.Flavoured.Kisses]

genius!

[@terri6854]

"Py-thOn", lol

[@alaire1]

Monty Python got me through high school.

[@mavfan1]

So it wasn’t girls, got it. 😜

[@donskuse2194]

My friends performing some of their great lines in the library got me through high school. My family had only one TV and they weren’t about to give up their Bonanza or Gunsmoke or Mannix. It was seeing them in the movie theatre that helped me to understand and appreciate them the best.

[@JoeVington]

@@mavfan1What?

[@horacio-ho3bf]

​@@donskuse2194i worked for a kids camp 3 years ago in Montana....13 and 14 year olds were still doing dialogue and skits from their movies

[@garyi.1360]

I rarely get in at a low number. Don't know what to say now. Matt, how is the Matty-melt doing? Love Eric Idol.

[@stephenfalconer513]

[@lachauntiswashington231]

Very good

[@kczcb4697]

Believe Adam savage of mythbusters made a guitar case for Eric since they’re friends. Would be awesome to see Adam on the podcast sometime.

[@oneoldboytotheothers]

Mike Nicholls didn't stand up to Harry Warner because Harry was dead by then. It must have been Jack Warner who never gave into any artist demands which means that he agreed to filming in black and white because of other pressure, probably Taylor and Burton. Jack lost family members by being hard like that, Nichols would not have scared him even slightly.

[@gir5o1]

Monty Python made me understand who I am.

[@525Lines]

Like catching flies in aspic ...

[@stevenpiontkowski220]

Soap glass

[@SamiHukka]

Sir Idle, CBE, OBE...

[@johnking5174]

It would be the last thing he would want. None of the Pythons would ever want a trinket from the royal family. John Cleese was offered a CBE in 1996 and then in 1999 was offered to become a member of the House of Lords, he turned it down flat. Eric is even more anti royal than John. Eric's comment about the new King Charles III in 2023 was "f**k kings".

[@thespaceram2879]

That is Wreckgar.

[@grheeinhawaii]

What if they have pointed sticks??😂

[@MrUndersolo]

Oh, oh, oh...we want to learn about pointed sticks, do we?

[@ankhor9252]

Does Eric know Evelyn Waugh?

[@Pidxr]

Conan is just living under the desk now #podcastfort

[@w4t3rw4g0n]

I love the story about Robin Williams getting Conan a bike. But Conan dear it’s Colnago not whatever you said. And if you don’t want that bike, I will take it in a heartbeat. I will hang it on my wall, just to look at it. It’s literally the Ferrari of bicycles.

[@Adkb123]

Eric, why did you agree to do Casper?

[@mavfan1]

💰

[@DougPirahna]

People don't think things like Spamalot are miraculous and/or "just happened." They generally don't think of anything of that nature -- which is fine, because it's meant to be entertainment. When most people buy a car, including those in the entertainment industry, they don't think about all the work that went into the engineering, as well as the work hiring and training the human beings in the factory who build it, and what the workers do in the factory. There are others who aren't thought about: software designers for the car's system, people who've engineered and built the robotics that have replaced auto workers, and likely others who handle various functions I as a layman can't name.

[@ninjachicken8939]

Is this John Oliver’s dad?

[@Yourbankaccount]

Airbnb as a sponsor is disgusting. You Guys can do better!

[@gefaehrlich]

Do you have a recommendation for an alternative haha I was just going to use the site to find an accommodation other than a hotel in NYC ^^

[@stevenpiontkowski220]

Sophiette

[@jbtoy]

Please release these faster and in order.

[@ashleybrown4754]

Don't complain about free content

[@otownwalrus]

@@ashleybrown4754he said please

[@upscaleshack]

@@ashleybrown4754 Don't complain about people complaining about free content.

[@Lksz-l9k]

@@ashleybrown4754 clearly not a complaint, but an advice

[@sunshine3914]

@@ashleybrown4754 It’s not without a price. I had to wait out an entire ad & half another, only to find yet another within.

[@rhettsycoplando4064]

If you know anything about Eric Idle you'll know that's a lie.

[@terri6854]

How can you be a big fan of something and yet keep pronouncing the name wrong? Even when the guy himself is right there in front of you and saying it correctly. It's like saying I'm a big fan of "Co-nAn".

[@DroolRockworm]

Why on Earth do you not just post entire podcasts or all the clips of a guest instead of a single 8 minute clip for an entire guest? So weird

[@MrSuperbear90]

millenial writers should listen carefully to not fk up more future media projects..

[@captainchaos3667]

These ad reads are starting to tarnish your reputation, Conan.

[@mavfan1]

You’re free to stop watching…

[@deakensomoza3305]

Eric Idle was going to Pixar Animation Studio, Eric Idle wants to perform Fantastic Beasts, Eric Idle is going to be in James Bond 007, Eric Idle is gonna be in PAW Patrol: The Third Movie and Eric Idle is going to appeared on 28 Years Later (2025)

[@fruitsy_]

he’a a busy man!

[@deakensomoza3305]

@ oh really?

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

​@@fruitsy_this dork spams (no pun intended 😂) the same comment on every video with whoever the guest is. Ignore him and maybe he'll go away

[@archmage_of_the_aether]

If i knew the airbnb was Sona's... goodness, i might ... hm

[@WooBino.]

Conan lets AirBNB sponsor his show? What a crappy company to associaite yourself with, they ruin neighborhoods.

[@stevenpiontkowski220]

‘

[@billjohnson7904]

Eric Idle is BROKE

[@guycampbell733]

yeah that sucks

[@felixmidas2020]

He's losing his dignity reading these commercials. That's almost as bad as the terrible cliche of the writer who hates writing. There are not half as many writers who hate writing as writers that like to say so because they want to present themselves as artists giving up everything for their art which is the core cliche but then again: If I had come up with some of this material, I'd probably hate writing too. The irony is that in order to avoid looking conceited they come across much more so. Somebody who loves writing doesn't do that because he thinks he's so frigging great at it but he knows it's a process and doesn't lose time being self-conscious but instead focuses on the task at hand. If you worry about how good your writing is, you reveal two things about yourself: You doubt your talent and other than in Graham Greene's case there is usually a good reason for that and you're taking yourself way too seriously. The worst excess of that artist's cliche is people who say, after having published books, music or films for decades, they are never really satisfied. If that's the case, if they don't even like what they're doing, how dare they ask us for our time?

[@sunshine3914]

Needs to downsize, IMO.

[@NomeIndeciso]

Dis guy loves to write. Ooh he just loves writing.

[@felixmidas2020]

@@NomeIndeciso That's kind of smart and witty.

[@patreekotime4578]

So you aspire to what? Contented mediocrity? Talk about something we shouldnt waste our time on.

[@felixmidas2020]

@@patreekotime4578 You don't engage with anything I wrote. Your comment is meaningless.

[@OgreSupreme]

STOP PROMOS IN CLIPS!!! Do you realize us viewers scan/ff thru this nonsense anyway? Save it for your podcast!!👎🏻

[@josephgabriel2336]

Hilarious!! Promos are ads that pay the creator to create more content. They are not there to annoy you. You also have the choice of not watching free content

[@mono-watermatt3894]

Conan didn't do this until the Sirius shift. This is their call, not his. And it's so easy to fast forward through it, as you said. So. It's the sad reality of the world we live in.

[@pklevansband]

I have to say, Conan does a good job making the ads funny

[@shubhanshusanjeev885]

First!

[@sirchadiusmaximusiii]

Happy Veterans Day everyone and happy MAGA to all the liberals out there. Tell your therapists I said “you’re welcome”. 🇺🇸🦁😎

[@X9523-z3v]

You're the worst of us that ruin it for the rest of us

[@Jeffreypjones0411]

Yawn.

[@michaelhockus8208]

How's Russia this time of year?

[@gr1ndstaff]

Careful what you wish for, you may get it.

[@ashleybrown4754]

Of course your name is Chad

[@jefffunke252]

I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know who Mike Nichols was before this clip. What an incredible career. I was a fan of so much of his work without even knowing it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols

[@fruitsy_]

his skits with elaine may are the best