Eric Idle Great Film Moments
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Trailer #1 - Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is a 1983 musical comedy film by the Monty Python comedy team. Unlike the two previous films they had made, which had more or less each told single, coherent stories, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the troupe’s original television series, loosely structured as a series of comic skits about the various stages of life.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - Trailer #1 - King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many silly obstacles.
European Vacation
European Vacation (1985) - Trailer #1 - Just because he’s in Europe doesn’t mean Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) can’t find a way to ruin his family vacation.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - A Bucket for Monsieur - The good Monsier Creosote (Terry Jones) orders everything on the menu… mixed in a bucket.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Find the Fish - When the middle of the film approaches, the filmmakers ask the audience to play a game of “find the fish”.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - It's Christmas In Heaven - Graham Chapman and the troupe have a musical moment in the grand finale.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - Berthold Runs to Austria - As Berthold (Eric Idle) runs to Austria to fetch a bottle of wine, the Sultan (Peter Jeffrey) entertains the Baron (John Neville) with his latest opera, The Torturer’s Apprentice.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - Taking the Sultan's Treasure - As the Baron (John Neville) and his men come under attack for taking all of the Sultan’s (Peter Jeffrey) treasure, the line between theater and reality begins to blur.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - Launch of the Underwear Balloon - The Baron (John Neville) escapes the war-torn city in a homemade balloon.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - Sea Monster Attack - The Baron (John Neville) and his friends are swallowed by a sea monster in the South Seas.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - The Execution - The Baron (John Neville) prepares to be beheaded by order of the Sultan (Peter Jeffrey).
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - The Sky Waltz - The Baron (John Neville) and Venus (Uma Thurman) dance in the air.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) - Victory! - The Baron (John Neville) and his men singlehandedly defeat the Turks.
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) - The V-Chip - Dr. Vosknocker (Eric Idle) introduces the V-chip to the parents of South Park, demonstrating how it works on Cartman (Trey Parker).
Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard (1983) - Yellowbeard's Treasure - Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) and Dan (Martin Hewitt) find the treasure with the map tattooed on Dan’s head, but when Clement (Eric Idle) claims it for his own, Triola (Stacey Nelkin) decides she doesn’t love Dan anymore.
Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard (1983) - Blind Pew - Clement (Eric Idle) questions Blind Pew (John Cleese) about the whereabouts of Yellowbeard.
Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard (1983) - The Shark - Clement (Eric Idle) lies about his progress in catching Yellowbeard, and The Shark (David Bowie) gets some information out of Betty (Madeline Kahn).
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Mr. Creosote Blows - Monsieur Creosote (Terry Jones) underestimates his stomach when his waiter (John Cleese) offers him a parting mint.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - The Penis Song - Noel (Eric Idle) sings a cocky little tune for the restaurant diners.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Would Rather Be Elsewhere - When the Sergeant Major (Michael Palin) asks his troops if they’d rather be doing something other than marching, he loses all his troops.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Goodbye Gifts on the Battlefield - Moments before he is about to make a battlefield charge, the Sergeant’s (Terry Jones) troops give him an assortment of clocks as goodbye gifts.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Every Sperm Is Sacred - Nuns, priests and Catholics alike dance in the street, performing the musical number “Every Sperm is Sacred.”
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - Protestants and French Ticklers - A good Protestant husband (Graham Chapman) discusses the virtues of being a Protestant with his wife (Eric Idle), most notably, the freedom to wear a condom.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - The Miracle of Birth - When a woman comes to the hospital ready for childbirth, Doctors are more interested in “the machine that goes ping” than their patient.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life (1983) - What's It All About? - Fish in an aquarium contemplate life while watching their friend being eaten.
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