Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
A sortabiography
Eric Idle
Having read it
★★★★★
A funny and insightful read. He name drops quite a few well known people but they’ve all been a part of some great moments in his life.
He’s a talent that has his own foibles but he’s given a lot back to the industry that helped nurture and challenge him.
A good passage
Life has a very simple plot, first you’re here and then you’re not.
A second good passage
A party broke out and, if you can believe this, all of the Rolling Stones turned up. I of course pretended to the Star Wars folk that this was no big deal and happened all the time, but it began an epic night which ended only at 6:00 a.m. when the cars came to pick up the actors for work and the Stones sloped off to hang upside down in their caves. When I saw The Empire Strikes Back, I was so proud. The scene they shot that morning bears the scars of the evening. Carrie lurches out of the spaceship to meet Billy Dee Williams and says, ‘Hi!’ Harrison is still clearly drunk. I remain inordinately proud of the scene I spoiled and hope that one day George Lucas will forgive me.
A third good passage
Perhaps there should be a Homo sapiens passport? I feel less and less connected to individual states...