Eric Idle

Remembering Ravi Shankar.

“[Ravi has] always been like a guru and father figure, but at the same time I think mainly of him as a friend, because we joke around most of the time.” - George Harrison, in his foreword to Raga Mala (1997)

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From 2003, I believe this was the last time Neil Innes & @ericidle.bsky.social performed together (I know Neil had a very brief onstage cameo alongside the Pythons in Eric's NOT THE MESSIAH a few years later)...

This got age-restricted on youtube lmao

😂😂😂😂

Eric Idle. Putting the Fuck back into Fucking Christmas. @ericidle.bsky.social

Christmas Cheer!

This might be my new favorite Christmas song!

(But of course the video isn't beating George's. :))

Fck Christmas

youtu.be/hdX3eRMXOD0

Land of Trump and Hegseth…
Your go.

The no ball peace prize 😁

It’s going to be very hard to find someone to get the second peace of shit prize. I guess Putin. It’s not easy to follow a cretin who bombs fishermen.

Just arrived in the mail from The Eric Idle Archives. The Rutles Bundle.

Thanks, @ericidle.bsky.social!

How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣

FIFA the most corrupt of the Football organizations has a peace prize and they gave it to the man who stole the Cup. This is hilarious shit.

this shit is just beyond parody, man

Santa came early, with a surprise book from Paul. I’m excited to read it.

Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.

Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.

Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.

I have been reading all three of Tom Holland’s brilliant books on Rome and I cannot think of any time they had a more corrupt government than the current US mob.

Sabrina Carpenter Slams White House For Using Her Song In ‘Evil’ Video About Deportations “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.

“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.

The funniest experience watching Spamalot occurred when the cast called up an audience member, to whom they sang a song. This poor fellow was so embarrassed plus he had some long Eastern European name, giving the cast some fits. And my 8 year old daughter sang along to everything!

YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science Ep 0: The Rise of the Science Populists

I haven’t seen this label used before but it seems apt. The video contains a good discussion of what “science populism” is and how it’s harmful.

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Ask Santa for tickets to see the new Spamalot tour coming to more than 30 cities in its first year including LA, Washington, D.C. Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, Houston and Milwaukee. Book now. You know you need a laugh!

Today's quick reminder: audiobooks created using Amazon Virtual Voice are the result of gAI and you shouldn't support any author who denies a paycheck to all the hard-working audiobook narrators out there.

Hope they have the Bright Side Book…

@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”

GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”

@postopinions.bsky.social
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Beth, @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social for including me! I fully support Costco and any corp that doesn’t cave to this Deranged man! Followed & Sharing! go.bsky.app/N2oh3gi

She added about 20 million views to this after some dipshit WH spokesperson decided the best plan was to personally attack and insult her. And counting.

I got to see it last night and it was wonderful!!!

Saw #Spamalot with the fam and I LOL’d so damn hard my face hurts. Hubs and I saw it on Broadway when it first opened many years ago with Tim Curry & David Hyde Pierce. This cast was just as amazing!! Go see this if it comes to your town. @ericidle.bsky.social thank you for a brilliant show!!