Eric Idle: The Beatles Were As Funny As Monty Python | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@madamebouge1236]

Petition to get Michael Palin on the podcast.

[@elcorado83]

Silly. That IS Michael Palin.... (ask Eric, he'd explain!)

[@funforalgernon]

Seconded.

[@Muppio]

God damnit yes!

[@alexr9028]

oh absolutely!

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

I've heard he's not in great health at the moment but would love to see him on

[@Prifly70]

Sat on a greenroom couch with Eric before a show, guitar in hand he started playing “ Bright Side of Life” we all melted , then sang our asses off, because we knew this was special. Celebs were singing along too. Best damn day ever.

[@sarahdee2287]

You lucky bastard

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

wow. celebrities.

[@rodserlingoftwilightzonefame]

@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS singing celebrities, the best kind

[@garryberman894]

Yeah, I'm a huge Python fan, but I'm getting a bit tired of that song - and he insists on singing it during nearly every public or TV appearance. He's been milking it for far too long.

[@paulgovan3507]

Yeah - but its a long time since he's included the "bright side of DEATH" line - especially in America.

[@valeriyav2149]

Watching all the Beatles' interviews and listening to their bloops from recording sessions, their humour is as relevant as ever. Get Back was amazing because it showed how much they goofed around in the studio.

[@nerderspree]

I met Mr. Idle once many years ago after a show of his. I had the absolute pleasure of him kindheartedly cracking a joke at my expense and genuinely laughing at my reply. Felt like I had just played catch with Willie Mays or something (who I also once had the pleasure of meeting). He was unbelievably down to earth. I was 14 at the time and obsessed with Monty Python and he stood there and talked with my friends and I for a good 10 minutes. When my friend’s father asked him a question about a Python sketch and he didn’t know the answer, he asked for his email and promised to send him the answer when he got a chance to figure it out. He, of course, did a couple of days later. That’s just how cool Eric Idle really is.

[@Runningtaco]

I love Idle's face at 5:00 when Conan was talking about his poster you could tell he was reminiscing as well as at the same time, no comedic bits or antics, but genuinely receiving and appreciating a compliment

[@Cyke101]

Idle had the same face early on in the video when Conan said Idle was one of the finest men he's ever known, too! The heart swells up for sure.

[@YTSharkspeare]

Eric Idle is my fave of all time, this is a fantastic interview. Eric Idle is one of those people who is naturally funny. Matt, Sona and Conan are the perfect people to be in the room for this. They get the jokes and references and appreciate the depth of talent. This was like a chat with good friends, and I was so glad to be a part of it.

[@MichaelSTaylor]

7:24 "...but we'll talk about the Beatles another time, I want to talk about..." "The Rolling Stones"

[@johnmarkalston1720]

Matt is the not-so-secret weapon of this podcast

[@KenLieck]

@@johnmarkalston1720 The "Brian Jones" if you will ..

[@pensivepenguin3000]

And then Conan pretends to start having an honest, good faith conversation about their blues roots lol. This whole thing had me rolling

[@pensivepenguin3000]

@@johnmarkalston1720 wow yeah! His wit is really quick

[@MichaelSTaylor]

@@johnmarkalston1720 Peak Conan to me was the years he flew solo after Andy Richter left. I like the years with Andy, don't get me wrong. But without anyone to lean on besides occasionally Max and the band, I thought Conan really came into his own. I thought it was a real risk to bring back Andy for the Tonight Show. Maybe they had remained great friends when Andy wasn't on the show (or they didn't, I don't know), but I thought their on-screen chemistry after years "apart" had definitely lost a step or two. It was hardly the reason he didn't last at 11:30, that was mostly NBC not willing to be patient and pulling the plug too soon. Yet I can't help but wonder if Conan wouldn't still be doing The Tonight Show if he had chosen to go it alone. So I kind of had a "Conan solo" bias when I learned of this podcast. But it didn't take too long for me to see that Matt and Sona teamed with Conan are perfect. Matt spices things up with well-timed improv softballs that they all have a lot of fun riffing off of, and of course Sona is always a delight. I can't imagine Conan doing the podcast alone and I wouldn't want to.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

News reporters told The Beatles later that they had been sent down to that first airport press conference with the purpose of knocking the band and dismissing them as a bit of a con, but because they were so funny and full of charm they all reported on them positively.

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

Been a Beatles and Python fan since the 70's and am still learning new things that blow my mind. Never envisioned the Fab Four as comedians and when Eric said it, it just clicked perfectly into place. Wow.

[@SatansSimgma]

Also, 'the spirt of the Beatles was passed to Python ' is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Do u guys even hear yourself?

[@filipposgstathopoulos]

​@@SatansSimgmathe comedic spirit of them, watch magical mystery tour and you'll see that much of the absurdist comedy of the Beatles inspired Monty Python

[@sendoh873]

I can definitely believe the Beatles were comedians just from watching both the Hard Day's Night and Help movies and watching KZbin clips of some of their antics on stage and in group interviews. All of them were funny

[@r00pea]

@@sendoh873 Yeah I definitely recommend watching the movies if you like the Beatles at all!

[@r00pea]

@@SatansSimgma Hope you have a nice day :)

[@sendoh873]

9:36 "What was your John like?" LMAO that was sneakily funny

[@greg.murphy]

John Lennon and Art Garfunkel had a later conversation about their Pauls.

[@lutesjay]

John's are always trouble.

[@marks.3303]

Johns are gifted but difficult.

[@SrCrowt22]

Not funny he needs more than he wants at this point gentle men

[@chequereturned]

Both were very angry co-leaders of their British group

[@daveg6839]

Being born in 1954 I feel like I was born in the perfect year for Python and the Beatles. 9 years old when The Beatles were on Sullivan and 15 or 16 when Monty Python hit CBC. Never saw The Beatles live but was fortunate to catch Python live on tour in 1973.

[@brupic8968]

i was born in 1950 which was even better.......

[@uudethousutjapaita]

Matt was fast with that ”f*ck that guy” comment 😀

[@Swenglish]

Came here to say, Matt had the best line in this clip.

[@Ghoopty]

Lemme tell you, Matt’s sharp. You can tell he’s been casting his pod for a while….

[@beybld]

I mean... he is kwik wit afterall

[@cnnhdlvth9557]

Matt was amazing throughout. I've never heard of the other three but they seemed to play off him well enough.

[@ENigma-um8zw]

It’s easier to always look on the bright side of life when the potency of Python is still on this planet

[@zach9515]

Watching them on the "Get back" documentary, they really were all funny af.

[@wms6101]

Eric, together with George Harrison, helped create the idea of a mockumentary film titled All You Need is Cash (1978), a film about The Rutles' history and career that parodied The Beatles' real world history. George would eventually make a cameo appearance in the film.

[@EpicM1lkman]

George plays a reporter interviewing one of the Rutles standing in front of their record company headquarters as it’s being repeatedly stolen from

[@rain_down_]

Also, George Harrison re-mortgaged his house to finance Life of Brian simply because he really wanted it to be made.

[@wms6101]

​@@rain_down_ Yes, George was also in Life of Brian! He only has one line, but had his line redubbed by someone else since the nearby on-set mic couldn't catch his voice.

[@wms6101]

​@@EpicM1lkman Yes, he did play the reporter during the "Rutle Corps Heist", though the person he interviewed was not one of The Rutles, but Eric Manchester (a parody of The Beatles' press officer Derek Taylor), played by Monty Python member Michael Palin. It was also at this moment where he had his first long conversation with Michael Palin in person there!

[@lukesmith6367]

NEIL INNES

[@MusicGunn]

I remember as an adolescent that experienced the rise of the Beatles in America, what Eric said is exactly right, it was Ringo everyone in America knew about first.

[@KenLieck]

Oh, yeah! If you look through the old humor mags of the mid-60s (MAD, Cracked, Sick, Help, etc) they are *packed* with stuff about Ringo -- you'd think he was the leader of the band! There's a MAD shampoo ad parody with a Ringo portrait by Frank Frazetta that's a classic!

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

He was also the standout in A Hard Days Night.

[@rain_down_]

@@KenLieck If you watch the marathon Get Back documentary, Ringo did come across as a sort of silent leader of the band. A few discussions and decisions the band wouldn't make unless Ringo was happy with them. It was very revealing in that way and it was obvious that they all looked up to him.

[@redrick8900]

@@rain_down_ Ringo was the first professional musician of all of them and the only person to join the Beatles as an established professional. He was much better at his instrument than all of them until Paul caught up around Rubber Soul.

[@alexandresilva3427]

@@redrick8900 I think that by the end George was the best pure musician. Both his guitar work and songwriting kept getting better and better.

[@Tarasankar_Gangopadhyay]

Only Eric Idle could take Conan off guard with the first sentence. Legend Pro Max!

[@zigzagwanderer9531]

The Beatles were funny as hell. John's books are a peek into a mad genius mind. His pet names for bandmates; Paul McCharmly and George Parasol. Their cheekiness was disarming to the establishment and affected the world. They had the goods to back it all up.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Don’t forget Ringo Stone!

[@NextEevolution]

Love interviews with Eric Idle. Would definitely appreciate interviews with Cleese, Gilliam and Palin

[@madmaxandrade]

Cleese has been in the show once. He's welcome to come back anytime, of course.

[@NextEevolution]

@madmaxandrade thanks! Didn't realize that. But more while they're still among us. Not sure if he got a chance to talk to Terry Jones for a one on one at any point before his illness and death.

[@KurtI2525]

Monty Python reruns were on PBS when I was in high school and then came the movies and these guys really were like rock stars. Insane, smart, dirty, rude, fearless badasses. It’s weird to think that Life of Brian could not get made today.

[@thomaslabat]

I am French, and I LOVE Monty Python. That's how good they are!

[@Runningtaco]

Fetchez la vache!

[@Geordie504]

He’s no Jerry Lewis.

[@walter3433]

Don't fart in their general direction then mon ami

[@Sobsilus]

@@Runningtaco Ha! I understood that reference. And I liked it.

[@fruitsy_]

please don’t shout at me about my mother being a hamster

[@briankorbelik2873]

Eric, I was actually at your guys show at the Hollywood Bowl in '79. The film of the show is great, but being there was magic. Thank you! Yes, and I'm also a geezer too, on the wrong side of 65. But I had a few laughs, many of them provided by the Pythons.

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

Eric Idle is a treasure of humanity.

[@jimwallington437]

The first Beatles song played in America was “She Loves You” by Murray the K, a legendary New York disc jockey, on September 28, 1963. I had a friend who got the first Beatles album for Christmas of 1963.

[@tylerthompson1842]

When I was a kid my parents didn’t allows us to watch cable tv so we had stacks and stacks of VHS tapes of movies. One I must’ve watched over a hundred times was Nuns on the Run. Such a great movie. Very underrated comedy.

[@EmilyKresl]

Eric was always my favorite I thought he was the cutest! I LOVED his work on the Adventures of Baron Munchausen,too. Thank you for all the laughs YOU LEGEND

[@edkudray2060]

This is great really enjoy Mr Idle. Listening to him talk is always a joy. Same for Mr Palin both are my favorite Python's during interview's anyway. It's crazy how much talent they had and how long they were able to work with each other. Amazing group of gentlemen.

[@brizzyoz2462]

For the younger audience it's worth pointing out that Python and the Beatles were heavily influenced by The Goons especially Spike. The humour shines through. As most of you probably know, Parlophone was chosen because of the Goons.

[@fppenque]

Monty Python was a huge part of my adolescence in the early-mid 70's. During my junior high school summer vacations, I would spend time with a good friend watching them on Friday night on PBS. We found them hysterical.

[@GerarddeSouza-yt3fc]

I once saw George Martin in person. He said one of the things that endeared him to The Beatles was that their sense of humour was similar to The Goons (British comedy group before Python), whom he had previously produced or engineered their record.

[@KenLieck]

Look up the Peter Sellers singles he produced with Dr. Strangelove and other characters performing "She Loves You"!

[@roskypolkerkan8355]

I couldn't agree more. A Hard Day's Night is one of my favorite comedies ever. The Beatles are ridiculously funny in it.

[@themelaniedriver]

My husband and I are seeing Eric Idle’s show in Sydney tomorrow ! ❤❤❤

[@MarsAnalog]

Eric implying that the greatest joke ever told (if not for the simplest reason) was in fact Ringo's off the cuff retort to the suggestion that The Beatles were just 4 Elvis impersonators. It was a good one.

[@patrickmanion9646]

If you ever hear the Beatles Christmas records they made for their fan club, the ones from 1966 and 1967 were really as absurdly funny and surreal as a proto-Monty Python style of sketch comedy.

[@RobHollanderMusic]

I love Python and Eric has always been my favorite. Thanks, Conan!

[@raindrops21_9]

Interesting comments from Eric, because for me, The Beatles and Python go hand in hand. It was a time in the UK when so much was changing and the best of the best were being born and then leading the way.

[@markhammer643]

The Christmas "messages" that the Beatles used to send out to their fan clubs are findable somewhere on the Sugarmegs archive/website. They ARE very funny blokes.

[@williamwade2674]

this was the random coalition of my obsessions that i didn’t know i needed today, thanks!

[@ugsof274]

Eric Idle also co-created THE RUTLES, a Beatles parody band. Had some great songs.

[@danielfisch389]

And George Harrison even has a cameo role in it.

[@allanbard6048]

Enjoying The Rutles' toe-tapping tunes are the best thing about being a Beatles fan.

[@kevfullo]

Cheese and Onions!

[@kenbshorter4494]

Ouch!😁

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Rest in Peace Neil Innes.

[@tuvantrader]

George Martin is on record stating that he signed the Beatles not because they were particularly good musicians or songwriters but because they were funny. After their first recording session with Martin, he brought them all into the control room and laid all the things he didn’t like about their performance. After he’d had his say, he then asked them, as they sat looking brow beaten and disappointed, if there was anything they didn’t like. George cheekily replied, “I don’t like your tie.” That apparently broke the ice as Martin had a good sense of humor (he produced comedy records after all) and the other Beatles just let loose and started joking around. Martin would go on to say he signed them because they were funny and charming, not for their musical abilities.

[@interneda98]

Conan is KILLING it with this guest list

[@GlennTillema]

@8:40 He got Joe Cocker on, but the next time he got Kate Bush! She was/is notorious for NOT traveling overseas or pretty much anywhere and he managed to get her to come to New York for the show! I could love him for that alone.

[@loupasternak]

Ditto. Great performance too

[@Gringa_L]

Even just the first minute of this demonstrates why his fellow comedians adore Conan. He's sooo easy to gel with.

[@carahowell4260]

Monty Python was iconic. The best ever in my lifetime. In my opinion. ❤❤❤

[@yellowblanka6058]

Was incredibly fortunate that they all happened to meet/were going to the same university etc.

[@Motortainment]

I met him once when I was working at a Cadillac dealer in LA. He's a very warm and gracious person.

[@Seantendo]

No exaggeration, A Hard Day's Night is one of the funniest movies ever made.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

That's SOME exaggeration.

[@SedatedGhostwriter]

Oh, he's very clean.

[@oskari9432]

The absolute legends that have recently been on this podcast is astounding

[@jonathanwright5338]

Press: What do you call that thing on your head? George Harrison: Arthur

[@stingbubba]

The Rutles are one of my favorite things, in music, ever 🤘🏽

[@RazyelKayneReviews]

I might be alone here, but I first heard the name Eric Idle during a trailer for the Transformers the Movie (animated) in 1986. He played Wreck-Gar, the leader of a faction from the Plantet Junkion. He did an amazing job. Then when I grew up I watched pretty much everything he had done, he's a comedy icon, the world will weep when he passes.

[@pendragon6207]

Holy mother of god. Eric Idle! :O

[@MrAM4D3U5]

Spamalot was awesome on Broadway, I saw it when it debuted with my mom. What a funny play 😂

[@linat2478]

I love Eric Idle and the Monty Python! ❤ Erics lumberjack song is forever imprinted in my mind. 😆

[@madamebouge1236]

Palin and Jones wrote it, and Michael Palin first performed it on the show.

[@linat2478]

@madamebouge1236 They're all incredibly talented comedians! 😄

[@kaymuldoon3575]

That was Michael Palin.

[@salonloewe]

This clip has the best opening joke EVER!

[@sourisvoleur4854]

If you want to see the Beatles as a sketch comedy group, you need to look up their version of Pyramis and Thisbe. Just fabulous.

[@SirCamsmorethanalot]

if you know where it is, why do you not provide the link????? WTF, always happens, recommends then leaves others to search when would be so simple!

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@SirCamsmorethanalot Good Lord, think of your blood pressure. I'll not be responsible for your aneurysm.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqmqoGywfa2lfa8&ab_channel=OxAeroBabixOhtt

[@markus6167]

Been watching The Pythons & Conan since I was a kid. This is great.

[@DanIAmIBe]

Love the Terry Jones shirts.

[@sharpskilz]

Americans saying "Pie-thawn" is so cute.. Bless your hearts, you've really taken this beautiful language and done... something, truly...

[@christopherhervey]

How do you say it? I love your smugness, as if it’s not the English who purposefully changed the ways in which they speak to sound less like their former colonists, who beat them away.

[@steveconn]

3:20 that California ad was kind of jarring. Palin, Idle, John Cleese and Gilliam should do a MP reunion.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

i LOVE that bittersweet loving tribute to the late great Terry Jones. His face is on the T-Shirts they are wearing :)

[@LincolnWorld]

2 very accomplished extremely funny guys who hate getting compliments, giving each other compliments, is fun to watch. That opening was perfect! 🤣

[@Andy_Ross1962]

Eric, Terry and Michael all worked together on the nominally children's TV sketch show 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' One of the cast was a younf David Jason and it featured the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band every week.

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

Conan's exactly right about the yearbooks. My dad graduated in 63 and they all look straight and stiff - my mom in 67 and it's completely different!

[@grasshoffers]

I would sneak the little black and white tv out of our kitchen and hide under the covers and watch Monty Python. Every Sunday night at 10:30pm. I was supposed to be in bed by 8:30. My parents always wondered why I was so tired on Monday when I had to go to school the next day.

[@FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Laughing at my desk. Jolly good show.

[@brycemcneil4404]

...the legend that will last a lunchtime.

[@MichaelBonner-m6v]

"In your plan, 'A Better Britain For Us', you claimed that you would build 88,000 million, billion houses a year in the Greater London area alone. In fact, you've built only three in the last fifteen years. Are you a bit disappointed with this result?" Brilliant

[@hibob418]

That did it. 45 seconds of nonstop laughter here with that

[@tuvantrader]

I’d like to answer that question in two ways. First, in my normal voice and second, in a sort of high-pitched nasally whine.

[@florete2310]

I've said it already the other day - and I am going to say it again, but Conan was right: *THIS IS INDEED* the podcast that gives and gives and gives... Team Coco is on fire 🧡🔥🔥🔥

[@Sikudhani4]

Long Live The Rutles!

[@vangroover1903]

The Rutles were the Pete Best of Liverpool bands.

[@Sikudhani4]

@@vangroover1903 I thought that The Rutles hailed from Rutland.

[@Moekoffee2001]

It’s Sir Dirk McQuickly!

[@willshaw3493]

I have always thought in the back of my mind, cheese and onions

[@richardf.8412]

Later founded Punk Floyd!

[@toekneetogo]

That was cool... The nature of your shared perspectives came through with warmth and humor that felt real. For "entertainers" to bring it about & share it, Is the finest slice! Thanks & cudos for making it happen👍😎

[@wediehardchannel3733]

Bro what a podcast , monty is king but conan you a great prince of comedy, some day a king!

[@jeffdawson2786]

❤ Eric & Co., the greatest. Time goes by so quickly.

[@frankperry1111]

Maybe it was mentioned on a different part of that podcast, but I thought Eric would mention the Rutles. Rest in Peace Neil Innes.

[@Gaccount-cr7zn]

0.02 I knew it was a riot. 😂😂😂😂

[@crossbow1203]

I still love him in the Rutles!

[@allanbard6048]

I always thought the Beatles' had a comedic spirit, which passed onto the Python gang, to make its current home with the Boys from Red Dwarf. 🙃

[@philip5513]

What a legend I want the whole episode on youtube!

[@GameThatTune]

HELP! is one of my favorite movies and its funny as hell.

[@BILLYMORGAN1971]

All week long on NBC they promised a Beatles reunion. Was it really November 20th 1976? Jeez 5 years old and staying up to see the Beatles. I will never forget when it was show time. I want to say it was some sort of dissolve fade and...ummm Barry Wom playing drums. I can't get that picture out of my mind. The look on his face. We were all yelling at the tv...like wth is this!?!? This was a crushing blow, a dirty trick, no kid could understand. Later I forgave them(not out loud though)and am fluent in 19 Monty Python dialects. I can detect other members of this anonymous cult just walking down the street and just casually break into dialog. The Rutles help me realize, anything goes musically, especially when you're making fun of others, just as long as you hold your composure and be serious. Leg pulling is a lost art. You can't watch the Carol Burnett show and learn how to pull a leg. Once you get a bite, you've got to hold it longer than a tourist who recently expanded their vocabulary.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Yes I remember that episode on SNL. Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles a check for $3,000 to reunite.

[@BILLYMORGAN1971]

@@kaymuldoon3575 Years later it was revealed it almost happened, sorta. That was around the time John hung up his guitar I think so it might have been a mess if Paul and John walked out.

[@ajbianchi85]

The Beatles loved Peter Sellars and the Goons which is one of the reasons they liked and admired George Martin who had produced the goons.

[@supaklaw]

Someone asked Ringo once if he's a Mod or a Rocker, and replied "I'm a Mocker".

[@Historian212]

That’s from “A Hard Day’s Night.”

[@the_boss45]

2:10 I’ve watched a tonnnn of Conan and it’s crazy to watch him totally shaken up like that I swear he became a child there

[@milestackettmusic]

“I want to have babies, call me Loretta”. One of idols, funniest moments on screen.

[@exert2020]

It's Rincewind! ❤

[@alanhill7965]

Saw Eric’s show at the Star Casino Broadbeach Queensland and he was awesome totally entertaining and a great night to look back on

[@kurtb8474]

The movie HELP is so much like a Python movie.

[@tlatosmd7074]

"Magical Mystery Tour" even moreso. Though you can tell how they're struggling with basically doing Python before Python. As an avid fan, Terry Gilliam, in fact, was part of the "running traffic jam" of fans around the bus as it traveled the British countryside during the making of the telefilm. Unfortunately, he didn't get a hand in fixing the script or enhance the cinematography outside of the musical numbers, which very much resemble professional music videos.

[@johnp515]

⁠@@tlatosmd7074Are you saying that Terry Gilliam had a hand in the cinematography of the musical numbers in Magical Mystery Tour? What is your source?

[@tlatosmd7074]

@@johnp515 No, I'm saying I wish he'd had a hand in the script and the non-musical scenes, but alas, it was not to be. And the musical sequences look way better than the rest, even if they didn't include his input.

[@lachauntiswashington231]

Beginning was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@joeneary5146]

Matt has the funniest surprise lines on this one

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Weird how Conan does half this interview with his eyes closed. Anywho... always love me some Eric Idle. His skits and his silly songs always bust me up.

[@DrunkenCoward1]

Older generations were VERY funny. I didn't notice when I was younger, but ancient civilizations for example were hilarious. There is a Roman book we know about by Lucian called "A True Story"/Verae Historiae. It is a travelbook of Lucians travels, like when he and his crew accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up fighting in a war against the kingdoms on the Moon and Sun and then they go to Elysium and talk to Plato and Achilles and what not. "A True Story". And the book starts with these words: "If there is any truth in this book, it is this one: I am lying." That is straight up a Monty Python joke. Personally, my theory is that the funnier a society is, the better it is.

[@treborretsnom6186]

I heard the Patrick Stewart/Beatles story recently. McCartney and he had a mutual friend, McCartney gave him his Aston Martin after a play in 63', just because Stewart's car was crap.

[@Tommyr]

LOVE the Pythons! I got Eric's new book AUTOGRAPHED too! Thanks AGAIN Eric!!! Say no more!

[@PishogueEsq]

It's funny that he says that The Beatles were good comedians, because he's actually quite adept at writing music.

[@kijekuyo9494]

Python took up the mantle in 1969. They even had a John.

[@Msteve-nt5bx]

The great Dr Nigel Channing

[@MrNiceguyofficial]

My 1yo son loves when i sing him "bright side of life". Did you know learning that song also teaches you how to an Eric Idle impersonation

[@rjw4762]

When you watch very old footage of the Beatles on British B&W TV pre 1966, you realise how unique and humorous they were. Most bands were like rabbits in the spotlight - not them - they were all naturals - a Liverpool thing, I'm sure.

[@SXTransmission]

Yes, definitely a Liverpool thing... many people from Liverpool are amazingly funny, very quick, with the ability to turn something someone says on its head and make the joke on them or their assumptions instead. Witness Ringo's "I'm a Mocker" or John's "the best Drummer in the Beatles" cracks... a sort of comedy Judo. And funny even if you are on the receiving end. There's no malice in it, and I think the Beatles had that and that's a big reason why people liked them so much (other than their astonishing sound of course)

[@rjw4762]

@SXTransmission Absolutely. I think most artists did as they were told up till The Beatles. There was no way John was going to be told what to say or do !

[@Rattenhoofd]

Matt was on fire today. You love to see it.

[@nebakanezer13]

Eric Idle voices the character Rincewind in the original PlayStation game Discword. Anyone else here play it? Probably the funniest point and click adventure ever made.