Eric Idle in Conversation With Ryan Stiles
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2018
- Eric Idle's new Book, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, can be purchased right here - tiny.cc/BrightSideofLife
Nee! Nee! Eric Idle, member of Monty Python and writer of the hit-musical SPAMALOT, is ready to make you laugh as he reads from his new book, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life! Expect silliness, a shrubbery, and more silliness.
In his "sortabiography" Idle highlights his life with offbeat humor and heart, beginning in an austere boarding house, going on to a career in television, and coming of age as a writer and comedian during the cultural revolutions of the Sixties and Seventies. This uproariously silly memoir, featuring guest appearances from George Harrison, David Bowie, the other Pythons, Princess Leia, and Queen Elizabeth, is chock full of behind-the-scenes stories from Idle's high-flying life.
Now, sing it with us: Always look on the bright side of liiiiife!
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I love that Ryan lives in my town, and I see him in my market often. I also worked with his brother, at a Refinary who is a scaffold builder.
Cool!!!
What I love about Eric Idle is that he has this grumpy old bastard streak (f*ck selfies, f*ck Christmas, f*ck off, etc.) AND YET, he's so warm and gracious. He's friends with everyone; he laughs and smiles all the time; and what he's most known for is a song that cheers people up about death, of all things. Overall, he comes across as a very real, interesting person.
He's not friends with me.
I invited him to my daughter's bat mitzvah and he stood us up. Didn't even reply. We thought he might just show up but he didn't. Made my daughter cry. It was so embarrassing.
@@mikearchibald744 Is that your fault or his?
@@davep8221 His, I even sent him a gift basket of gifts for naughty parties. I'm sure he got lots of enjoyment from the pooh pooh machine I sent him, but I didn't even get a *&^% off for christmas:)
@@mikearchibald744 OK. His fault. Let the ice remain unbroken.
RYAN STILES IS A LEGEND!!!
Ryan Stiles. The funniest individual I have ever seen, ever, and probably only 5% know who he is.
Some how I feel like he's the kind of guy that would be okay with that.
And Colin
Colin and Ryan were amazing on who's line is it anyway 😂
I was born on the same day as Ryan and 0%know about me
Ryan Stiles is the best actor on who's line is it anyway, hands down.
Oh well...about 10 years ago I first discovered WLIIA and developed a humongous crush on Ryan Stiles...
RYAN STILES IS A LEGEND!!!
both did great on this
My two greatest heroes in one video.
Really? Your two greatest heroes? Who has specifically those two as their greatest heroes. Sounds like an attention-seeking comment to me..
@@loopy7057 well it certainly got your attention!
@@renman103 yea, but for all the wrong reasons!
Face plant dude, I bet you don't show up for years
Believe me, you're a fucking idiot.
Those chairs rly do look immensely uncomfortable.
Look like typical library chairs of the 80's-90's.
It looks like they're at a tea party, esp Ryan.
looks child-sized when ryan sits on it :D
It's so they people onstage don't keep talking for hours and hours ...
Of course it loads you up there at 3 a.m. in the morning. And then you sit on the tarmac for four hours because of unforeseen difficulties, i.e. the permanent strike of airtraffic control over Paris. When you finally get to Malaga airport, everybody's queueing for the bloody toilet, and queueing for the bloody half-customs officers, and queueing for the bloody bus that isn't there, waiting to take you to the hotel that hasn't yet been built. When you finally get to the half-built Algerian ruin called the Hotel Limassol, while paying half the holiday money to a license Spaniard in a taxi, there's no water in the pool, there's no water in the bath, there's no water in the tap, there's only a bleeding lizard in the bidet, and half the rooms are doublebooked, and you can't sleep anyway, 'cause the permanent are in the jungles in the hotel next door. Meanwhile, the Spanish National Tourist Board promises that the raging cholera epidemic is merely a mild outbreak of the Spanish Conleigh, rather like the previous outbreak in 1616, even the bloody rats are dying from it!
"You weren't there" priceless
How Eric is so concerned about if the audience can hear them properly. Such humility and down to Earth. Have watched his interviews from way back from the 70s and he is still the same and not a bit of show off inspite of his fame!! 👍👏👏👏
And he is so complimenting of Ryan who is way younger and came into the industry later than him. Wow!
Love Ryan’s English pronunciation of “Beatle”. Nice touch.
This is a gem!
I knew Ryan back when he was a partner at UpFront Comedy in Santa Monica in the early 1990s...the man simply could not fail to make a scene work. He was superlative at the games, but he excelled at the far trickier long-form improv format the "Harold".
I am not surprised that he's a good interviewer. Improvisation requires you to be an exceptionally generous performer, and you learn to listen on a sensory level that is nearly a form of telepathy. He's a master at it.
Yes, and an interview IS improvisation.
Well said
Ryan Stiles is a certifiable genius.
Genuinely 2 of my favourite people in the world. Cant believe it took 2 years to stumble upon it! Thanks for uploading this 😁😏👌
It was a love fest between narcissists!!
Ryan grew up in Richmond BC, Canada, he got his start in Vancouver at the Punchlines Comedy Club in Gastown i used to go to see his show before hitting the nightclubs.
I think the whose Line cast, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, etc... should tour together! A whose Line on the road!
Look for whose live anyway. Some of them do. Also Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood tour. I saw them a couple of years ago here in ireland.
Aye, they do it
bill murrays brother is in the Whose Live
I think it’s been said that Ryan stiles does not like air travel which could make touring a challenge.
both did great on this
The opening shot of the very first Monty Python episode on TV (with Michael Palin coming out of the sea as the "It's..." man) looks across the bay to my home! 🥳
The greatest and most UNDERRATED python! Eric is and always has been brilliant!
Two of my favorite commodians together.
A real surprise to learn they go way back.
The Universe song and the entire work of Life of Brian are incomparable. NOTE TO SELF: No selfies. Got it.
What a dream to stumble upon this video… love both of these performers
I love Eric and Ryan... so glad I found this gem!
Just great, Eric. Love your person and your attitude and performance skills - Thanks for who you are !!
They'll never make their money back. I told them. I said to them: "Bernie, they'll never make their money back."
he is so hilarious! Great talker Mr. Idle
Love that story about George Harrison and The Life of Brian.
Improv lives! Great sharing of stories.
Ryan Stiles is perfect for interviewing Eric Idle. Yes great but wow, polished honest but American. 50 years!!
I love Eric's song, I think he did on Craig Ferguson's show, about death... bend over and kiss your ass goodbye! Lol!!! That would be the song at my funeral!
I think it was called "Life Will Get You In The End".
Those chairs rly do look immensely uncomfortable.
RYAN STILES IS A LEGEND!!!
Love Ryan’s English pronunciation of “Beatle”. Nice touch.
I love Ryan Stiles's irreverent style - he doesn't even know why he's there!
Deadly duos of hilarity👏👏👏!
for a second I thought Eric Idle lost his right arm
Tis but a scratch.
If Eric Idle did nothing else in life other than write the song "Always look on the bright side of life..." that would have been enough. And to think he got the idea, and wrote the song in about 20 minutes. What a fortunate man he is to have worked with some of the funniest comedians ever, marry the woman he loved and to have stayed married. Amazing, wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
Glad to see my two idles in the same conversation
I only see one Idle... Have you been drinking?
@@khymaaren it was a wordplay. I meant idol but idle sounds similar so i made the joke
@@gamergod3378 Don't you love it when you have to explain a pun to someone?
@@RTSOB1 i love it
Johns' favourite word is interesting and Erics' is healthy...I love these living legends more than anyone else with the possible exception of Bob Newhart
99 people have never looked on the bright side of life. 😁
Do we have the chairs, the water, the mics, the two comedy legends? Yes! Aaaand... fuck the sound!
I do enjoy it when interviewers get a Python onstage and then have little trouble mocking and needling him. It's sincere and authentic. :^)
I can't believe neither of the Hot Shots films we mentioned when introducing Ryan!
I must watch this video in slow motion ten times to catch all the jokes... :)
A gem of a man.
I touched this magical man @ the Hollywood bowl show...I'd like to think that some of his infinite genius rubbed off on moi...fat chance
I must watch this video in slow motion ten times to catch all the jokes... :)
Ryan Stiles. The funniest individual I have ever seen, ever, and probably only 5% know who he is.
Great conversation with one the best!
And why is there a kindergartener chair for a 10 foot Ryan Stiles!
Well, I’ve only watched it for Ryan Stiles 😅 Love him!
I didn't realize how old Ryan is now
The name Terry Gilliam put in the advert concerning the film Brazil Eric idle mentioned is Sid Shineberg
Sheinberg.
@@NxDoyle apologies. I'm dyslexic .
Binesherg.
Good recording The most ironic thing I found was that even after virtually EVERYONE can sing ANY PYTHON SONG word-for-word from memory, NO ONE has managed to correct the CC machine.
First time I have seen Ryan in this way. I have seen all the things Ryan has been in! But mostly love him in whose line is it anyway!!!!!!(
Great men.
Goodness, their comments on Trump and they had no idea what was coming still.
They were really on point and blunt.
@@matt47110815 were they on point? The whole Nazi thing is all lies from the media, truly shows their ignorance on that subject.
I feel sad for Eric Idle, literally a day after his visit to Seattle news hits that Paul Allen died not even 24 hours and according to his interview with NPR he and Paul Allen used to hang out a lot with the original Beattles and had a lot of fun adventures because they were all huge fans of music. I hope you're okay Mr. Idle.
I'm coming, Judith!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone claps.... Remember Kathy Griffin didn't hesitate to cancel others who were innocent.
Funny man
Dude, I freaking miss drive in movies, we use to go to them when I was still a kid, we'd all go int he family station wagon.
Born and raised in Canada, then again we're bound to share a lot of similarities when we share a land border with the US.
Love Ryan Stiles. He should have got the lead for Two and a Half Men, when Charlie Sheen left.
You are too gentle with frogland : hello from France (sorry for my english).
Your English is better than most of our French (and some of our English).
I tuned in to be amused by Eric, and I was. But I didn't expect the Spanish inq....no, I mean, I didn't expect Ryan to have all the best lines. Never heard of him before, but he's one witty hombre!
He has been a member of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway since 1989 when he started on the British version, and from 1998 he was the resident performer and executive producer on the American version, which is still running today on their CW network in the states.
Thank you. But we've got Wikipedia even in the remote swamp I occupy.
@@SpaceCattttt Would recommend Whose Line for sure. Also, look up Drew Carey's Improvaganza which was a one season spinoff live in Las Vegas. It's really a good first glance at improvisation theatre and its incredible malleability.
teppolundgren the guy was helping you out. No need to be rude about it
Eric is right on the wather in the morning thing, but for other reasons, its a good idear, ^^
At 43:43 cast RYAN STILES as King Arthur! I thought Ryan did an excellent job. Eric wasn't wearing his hearing aid, else there would have been far more real content for the given time period. Also, answers to the actual questions.
Only flaw: was mentioned, but should have asked Eric to do the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink/say no more, say no more" skit as a sample at least.
Brad is better at that than Ryan
Don't know about anyone else but I would have just peed no matter where I was at!
Now all I need is some Colin mocchrie and I’ll be good
check out beyond the fringe, try to strip of the years that their material has been repeated and imagine this was the first time, cos it was.
Does anyone find it weird that Spamalot, itself adapted from movie to stage, is going to be made into a movie? Don't get me wrong, I love Python with all my heart, but how does that work? You can't _really_ be Python without the Pythons...or can you? I'd like to see big budget blockbuster adaptations of Mr Pither's Cycling Tour, Mrs Premise & Mrs Conclusion, Mr Neutron and The Piranha Brothers.
The same happened with The Producers.
It's not going to be Python. It's going to be a big budget musical inspired by Python characters and scenarios.
I'd love to see a full length Cycling Tour. Thats Pither, like brotherhood, but with pither and no hood.
@@Theateroi and with Hairspray.
Mike Archibald I would love to see The Cycling Tour adapted too. Hopefully Mr Pither could be played by Michael Palin again.
Erick icon
it really has been almost 20 years since the drew carey show ended.
Robin Williams...Dan Aykroyd...and David Bowie? And that wasn't good enough? Jesus-Tap-Dancing-Christ.
@michael homenchuk Brian wants you to stop following him
I loved “suddenly seeking Susan”. I love Brooke shields I was introduced to Kathy griffin it was just a wonderful show with a great cast.
It was never a snooze and to me that’s the only offense I have with this program was Ryan Stiles
loneIdlewolf
Theres nothing funnier of more interesting than comedians getting into politics..
"Well, you weren't there..."
Always wondered why Ryan wasn't in more movies/TV. He wasn't a bad actor and whose line really have have him name value.
I know who Ryan is!
Is that Alice from the Brady Bunch?
poor Harry Nillson died of a broken heart on Valentine's day... RIP Bob Seagrit...the schmillson ghost and Mrs. Hopelessly sexy Lange
Did they steal those chairs from the UCEN?
Feck.... Ryan is so much bigger!
The crowd not singing along at the end is either incredibly respectful or aghast to know Philosophers drink hard.
Apparently they don't know what a 'philosopher' is, Eric should have re-branded it as The Sorceror's Song. ;-)
There are singing along... they are just not mic'ed. Later in the 2nd song, when Eric is quiet you can hear them whistling faintly. I thought the same thing at first, but I am convinced there was normal participation and it just wasn't caught on any microphone for the video (which can be a common problem for lower budget productions such as this video appears to be.)
@@lwaves ROTFLMAO!!! Great literary reference! ;)
@@BadWebDiver Cheers, I'm glad that somebody got it.
Love these, but I must ask ... which university ?
University of Washington
I thought Herb was a pediatrician
This an omniversely convo I found only now :(
the mourning sucks...me and Eric are the same goddamn person...sans the international fame and fortune that puts the other Pythons' in their weasely little places
They need two comfortable chairs for guests
There's only one guest
Professionals do soundcheck before the show
that's more a failure on the part of the organiser than the guests
if this had gone just one more second it would be 1:13:13...thirten thitren
As an Irish person I can confirm a punt was an Irish pound but since 2002 we have the euro.
Yer O'Dollar?
I suppose mr Stiles is real pleased with joe Biden's performance.
I love Ryan Stiles for bringing up Trump and I love that Eric didn't hold back calling him a nazi. I love this as a writer. Glad this is a thing.
Commie Capitalists like Idle calling people Nazis. Thats rich. Idle, while funny, is a washed-up 60's relic that loves the money and security Western Democracy, especially the USA, has afforded him but rejects (publicly) the preservation of the societies that made it possible. He's a typical trendy, self hating, smug Leftist hypocrite. He knows better than to express any other viewpoint in Hollywood if he wants to have his ass kissed for the rest of his life. And he's got his loot. So virtue signalling Trump/Nazi non-sense is automatic.
The Professional Protester Ryan is a fucking idiot. Ruined this interview. Jealous of Idle. MAGA
@@kungamusic Triggered?
Stuart Dunlop No. You ?
didn't hold back from parroting lies from the media you mean? Such an amazing thing to be one of the sheeple in that case. The comment shows his ignorance on the subject, as brilliant as he may be in many other facets of life.
It doesn't feel like it took a year to write.
I love Ryan Stiles, I really do, but interviewing people is not exactly his pair of (clown ;D) shoes.
He did okay. Refreshingly casual, which suited the mood, and I think it's what Idle was going for; rather than a slick talkshow feel.
Ms Pam Cady, please...it's Monty Python, not Pie-thawn.
It's an aside but George Harrison would have been nothing without the Beatles - and also ran musician from Liverpool if he was lucky - why was he never willing to acknowledge that?
Gene Wilder - "I love the show but I HATE the business..."
*an also ran musician - sorry
It's because of him and his ilk, that perhaps USAmerica will find humour (proper spelling)....Ya...good luck!
Inevitably, someone's going to come across this video and end up sorting by new when they get to the Trump bits. Everyone's sensitive about politics these days, thanks, in no small part, to decades-long barrages of propaganda that reached their height in Trump's admin. Against him, mostly. So, for anyone who's pissed off and feels the need to complain, consider the following: Psychologically, being right-wing correlates highly with a personality trait called conscientiousness. Conscientiousness governs how industrious and orderly you are. So, in other words, how hard-working you are and how much you like to keep things organized and/or "by the book". The comedian lifestyle, essentially, is *completely incompatible* with that. The lot of them, even if they're creative from the crib to the grave, are not orderly or hard workers. Instead, there's another trait called openness, which is a person's receptiveness to new ideas. That trait correlates highly with being left-wing, and it's somewhat crucial to being creative or artistic. You MUST be open to considering new things if you want to break new ground and be a real artist. However, since that does correlate highly with being left-wing, it's a rather rare instance that you'll find a right-wing comedian. It's a strange combination of personality traits to manage that, and they likely won't end up incredibly popular. And, do consider, that there's really nothing wrong with this just being how people are. Some work harder, some are more free-thinking. But they're crucial to each other. Practically *all* entrepreneurs are going to be left-wing and high in openness. It's a necessity to come up with a new idea that'll really sell a business. But! After a business is set up and an idea takes off, you need hard workers to manage your business and keep it operating. Oftentimes, the entrepreneur will move on to the next project, leaving the operations in the hands of conscientious people. Left-wingers handing off business to right-wingers to keep it functional and profitable. They're necessary for each other's existence. So, sure, they take cheap shots at the Cheeto Bandito. Just like the right-wing will take cheap shots at Biden. They're both hilariously inept in their own ways, and I've got no fondness or preference for either. Just remember, though. These guys, were they not so fundamentally high in openness, and, therefore, creativity, would not be the excellent comedians they've been. You wouldn't know of them. Monty Python might never have existed. So, if you can, let them take their cheap shots. The world is better off for the great ideas they had, even if they've got some groanworthy opinions on the side. It's who they are, you are who you are. You can't change the fundamentals of what or who a person is, especially when it's in the past. You can only hope to bridge the gap in the present, thus creating a better, less rigid future.