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1May 19, '23I have nothing at all to do with this production or adaptation,. Apparently Cleese has cut the song. Of course.90.6×6M18k2k321
2Jun 23, '24Ok people, enough of Farago. Here's why I hate him. Eight years ago I could travel in Europe passport free, I could live in any country and work in any country and stay as long as 53.1×3.5M32k5.3k537
3Apr 30, '23The stone of destiny…..you can’t make this shit up!43.9×2.9M15k1.4k170
4Mar 4, '23I’m not quite sure how you can even make drag illegal. What is Women’s Clothing exactly? Clothes have no gender. They are idiots.32.2×2.1M26k2.2k87
5May 6, '23Must I say it? “Strange women wielding swords is no basis for a system of government.”28.3×1.9M17k2.4k102
6Mar 25, '23No offence but fuck off.26.4×1.8M9.6k30220
7Jan 15, '23Tania and I lost our lovely German Shepherd rescue Daisy last week in the storm. We held her for hours. She died in Tania’s arms. We miss her so much.25.7×1.7M20k26625
8Sep 27, '23British journalists are always on at me to say something about John Cleese and I am not going to a) because I haven’t seen him for 7 years and b) because he met me when I was 19 so24.9×1.7M24k689130
9Jul 14, '23It was explained to me very simply by a Producer. It’s hard to steal a million dollars from a 13 million dollar budget….24.7×1.6M17k2.6k487
10Jun 10, '24Sadly thanks to Brexit I am only allowed to travel anywhere in Europe for 3 months. It is disgusting.23×1.5M8.2k1k83
11Nov 3, '23Mass school shootings....?19.8×1.3M16k1.4k44
12May 25, '23Not sure I give a flying fuck…19.4×1.3M6.1k28754
13Jan 18, '24Shit flag. Shit anthem. Shit monarchy. Shit government. Great football.19.2×1.3M8.8k726104
14Nov 11, '25I love the fact the Sun is banned in Liverpool.18.6×1.2M13k609138
15Dec 10, '23Like leaving.14.9×990k13k74825
16Jul 3, '20Do not listen. This is shit advice. I have nothing to do with this. In the wise words of my wife. “What has changed?” Nothing. There is no cure, there is no vaccine. Go out at your14.4×068k15k252
17Jan 22, '20I loved him the moment I saw him on stage at the Edinburgh Festival in 1963. So many laughs,moments of total hilarity onstage and off we have all shared with him. It’s too sad if y14.1×082k7.1k105
18Feb 11, '24Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement. It means a great deal to me. In the words of David Frost - “Thank you for your support: I will always wear it.”13.2×877k8.1k16347
19May 23, '23I was offered the chance to be misquoted in The Daily Mail. But I declined. I wish you all a terrific day. Remember, you may not have long left. So think of your life in that way. 12×792k14k1.1k64
20Jun 17, '24Watching the British boo their opponents national anthem and then stand fervently asking God to save just one person in a population of 67 million you realize how absurd the whole 10.9×724k11k1k104
21Dec 24, '23Very anti. Probably the single worst decision ever taken by any government.10.8×712k8.8k57125
22Apr 6, '23The NRA is a terrorist organization.10.6×702k11k1.1k8
23Sep 7, '24I hugged him the night he died. He was about to join us in Tunisia to play a mad preacher in the Life of Brian. A lovely man. Sorely missed. Ironically I had to record Always Look 10.4×687k14k1.2k267
24Apr 22, '23The finest and funniest.9.7×640k14k60018
25Feb 10, '24I wrote to him from my lonely boarding school in Wolverhampton at the age of 16. I was a huge fan. To my complete amazement he wrote me a letter back. Isn’t that wonderful?9.3×615k8.2k54758
26Oct 23, '23View post on X9.2×611k22k1.5k90
27Feb 23, '24Thank you all for your kind messages of comfort and support. They are truly touching and I really appreciate them. I have been in the studio playing and recording with some lovely 9.1×605k8k17328
28Mar 21, '19Dear EU. We made a terrible mistake. We listened to the wrong people. We would much rather be in an alliance with 28 States than alone with the mad fuck Trump. Please can we come b8.9×042k8.3k36
29May 3, '23I have known Helen almost as long as I have known Michael. She was a wonderful, bright, lovely person. She bore her illness with fortitude. It is very sad.8.9×589k9.4k33620
30Jun 23, '24Certainly. And may I recommend you fuck off, smug little asshole.8.8×585k9.3k43929
31Mar 29, '23Photograph by Lily Idle.8.5×562k10k43625
32Jul 9, '23Today we remember with love and affection Michael’s wonderful wife Helen who was with us on the long journey from Do Not Adjust Your Set to the final Monty Python reunion. She is v8.4×558k11k26812
33Jan 29, '24On this day 47 years ago I walked off a beach in Barbados, flew to New York to begin The Rutles and met the love of my life at an SNL after party. I have been with Tania ever since8.4×557k12k33143
34Jul 14, '23I’m so proud of the bravery with which you faced the future and what you have become and how you help others in the hell into which you fell. Happy freedom anniversary, I’m proud t8.3×553k6.4k19622
35Nov 5, '24Happy Guy Fawkes Day America. May you be as successful ridding your country of treasonous plotters as we once were.8.0×530k19k2.5k166
36Oct 21, '23No it’s a film.7.8×520k9k40218
37May 26, '23What a twat he is. Let’s wage a war on Stupidity….7.6×506k5.9k59728
38Oct 17, '24I was the first Python to climb Mt. Cleese. Without oxygen too. Some suggest it’s a shit heap….7.6×505k14k719138
39Jan 22, '20Thank you all for your kind thoughts and messages of support for our dearly beloved brother Terry. It is a cruel and sad thing. But let's remember just what joy he brought to all o7.5×046k2.9k30
40May 17, '24Nobody expects the Spammish Inquisition.7.3×486k10k1.3k99
41Nov 11, '25I have been a left wing tosser all my life and proud of it.7.2×477k16k1.2k129
42Aug 8, '24I’m sorry you have to face such abuse. You know you have many people who love you. I’m proud of your strength and courage in the face of such news. You are a good person. And I lik7.1×472k7k36917
43Nov 4, '22I will not leave without saying goodbye. And I will miss many of you.6.4×037k1.2k126
44Mar 10, '25If Trump is going to adopt English as the official language of America then he should be paying royalties to England. Obviously we'll let Canada use it for free because a) they're 6.3×420k18k2.3k139
45Mar 29, '22So look what this lovely weirdo did for me!5.8×030k2.9k848
46Apr 30, '23A lot of love today for PBS. One thing is certain Monty Python was made in America entirely by PBS. First Dallas and then it spread across the country. It remained accessible to ev5.8×384k8.5k58018
47May 6, '23Fuck kings.5.7×379k7.9k74014
48Nov 12, '23Last night amongst the standing ovation from an audience singing Always Look on the Bright Side, I felt thrilled, happy, & proud of this amazing Spamalot cast & production 5.4×358k8.7k38522
49Jun 20, '23Fuck off.5.1×340k7.2k3976
50Jun 12, '22I am very excited awaiting my new British passport. So far it’s been ten weeks. It’s going to be blue and entitle me to visit less countries than ever before in my lifetime. (Some 5.1×028k2.2k46
51Jun 22, '24Russian shill. Been revealed.5.0×330k5.7k70726
52Feb 1, '24Celebrating Terry Jones birthday. A friend shared this lovely picture he took on a walk with Terry on Hampstead Heath. A lovely man, I knew and loved since the Edinburgh Festival 14.7×313k14k71157
53Jan 21, '24Miss you Toady. Love Ratty.4.6×303k6.5k33232
54Sep 17, '25I went to Idle for the day. Yes it is a real place. In Yorkshire. Near Bradford!4.5×298k12k759116
55Feb 15, '24Taking time out to mourn the passing of our beloved dog Jack. Graduated Whitman College, Phi Beta Capa, lived in LA first with the Zappa's, and then with us for the last ten years.4.5×296k13k24231
56Apr 24, '25I have been in hospital for a few days. Just leaving. I put a sign on my hospital door saying “No J.D Vance visits.”4.4×293k19k1.5k81
57May 6, '23To believe in Kings you need to believe in Gods. I believe in neither.4.4×289k7.5k81423
58May 22, '23Today is our 42nd Wedding Anniversary. Please remember that when you think all Showbiz people are flakey. I am a very lucky man. It has been a truly wonderful time. Thank you Tania4.3×283k10k30310
59Apr 18, '25Yes.4.2×275k10k57323
60May 27, '23View post on X3.8×253k8.7k40916
61Feb 2, '24I’m sorry you get such unmerited trolling. For the record there are lots of people here who see, admire and support you.3.8×253k6.2k30811
62May 12, '23Got up. Blocked Trolls. Blocked more trolls. Blocked Republicans. Blocked trolls. Blocked Pope. Went to bed. Now that’s a day’s work lad!3.7×248k5.9k2627
63Jul 21, '21He was the most unique and wonderful friend. I know I was lucky.3.6×023k67443
64Apr 12, '20I'm very saddened to hear of the loss of our old friend and fellow Pembroke alum Tim Brooke-Taylor. He and Bill Oddie auditioned me for the Pembroke Smoker in 1963, starting my car3.4×020k1.5k16
65Apr 29, '22Is it legal to carry a concealed tomato?3.4×016k1.6k21
66Mar 25, '20How very kind of Donald Trump to offer the many now empty Trump hotels to provide beds for desperately needy coronavirus patients in New York and elsewhere. Oh no. That’s right. He3.3×015k3.4k15
67Aug 18, '22Dr. Idle.3.3×020k53622
68Nov 3, '22I think one of the things I will miss most about Twitter is being insulted by strangers.2.9×015k91531
69Oct 23, '22So the Conservatives go back to the same 8,000 people and ask them for another go at who they think should be PM, is that right? This democracy thing is a lark. First they run away2.9×015k2.1k23
70Aug 15, '20Today would have been my Dad’s 101st birthday. Sgt Ernest Idle died in 1945 and is buried in Thornaby RAF cemetery. He was 37.2.7×017k32814
71Apr 22, '23I’m so very sorry to hear we have lost Barry Humphreys. I have been lucky enough to have known him and he has made me laugh out loud since 1968. One of the greatest civilized comed2.7×176k6.9k3149
72Apr 18, '25Yes intelligence is the enemy. Obviously.2.6×175k8.3k1.3k75
73May 31, '24Finally Trump has made the whole world happy!2.6×172k6.6k49817
74Sep 15, '25With Eleanor Rigby in Liverpool.2.5×169k8k37671
75Jul 24, '19Gotta love British democracy. Two million people protest in the streets of London against Brexit. 160,000 Tories choose Boris fucking Johnson as Prime Minister.2.5×09.7k2.3k15
76Nov 27, '19Savage news this morning. To lose one friend is bad but to lose two reeks of carelessness. The beloved hilarious genius Jonathan Miller who dramatically changed my life three times2.5×015k1.1k21
77Sep 5, '19Photo by Dr. Andy Gotts.2.3×012k1.5k66
78Mar 9, '21The Holy Grail film was financed thusly Michael White Limited £78,750.00 Led Zeppelin £31,500.00 Island Records £21,000.00 Pink Floyd Music £21,000.00 Charisma Records £5,250.00 He2.2×011k1.4k215
79Nov 2, '22So you're allowed to steal but you wish to charge us to verify who we are? Good luck with that then.2.2×012k1.4k37
80Jan 4, '19There was a man on the telly today who made me laugh for thirty minutes. Apparently he's your President.2.0×010k1.3k5
81Jul 21, '19Fifty years ago today I watched the moon landing with my beloved friend Marty Feldman in an Italian Restaurant near Reigate on our way back from playing football with John Cleese a2.0×012k74417
82May 18, '18So the NRA took money from Russia which they gave to Trump and now he offers us thoughts and prayers. Our thoughts are dark, and our prayers are that he will soon fuck off.2.0×09.5k1.9k8
83Sep 18, '20I’m Republican and Im okay. I tweet all night and I golf all day.1.9×09.9k1.3k30
84Apr 6, '25On the world1.8×116k8.3k91116
85Oct 29, '22I believe in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I do not believe in freedom of speech for fascists. That’s like putting diesel in a Tesla.1.7×08.5k1k31
86Feb 13, '21Biggus Dickus.1.7×09.6k77057
87Jan 30, '22Forty five years ago I began the day on a beach in Barbados and ended up meeting the love of my life in NYC. Kinda nice we’ll be watching SNL tonight. Thanks Tania for forty five u1.7×011k21414
88Nov 21, '19It’s so easy to hate Nunez and Jordan. But I don’t. Actually no, that’s wrong I’m sorry, I do. I hate both of the fuckers.1.6×09k89314
89Sep 11, '21View post on X1.6×09.8k45930
90May 26, '18Women are coming. Look out Republicans, look out male dominated religions, look out hate dominated religions, look out Weinsteins and Trumps and assholes who think they can grab wh1.4×06.7k1.2k8
91May 30, '21Still waiting for the script….1.4×08k49938
92Dec 17, '21In happier days….1.4×08.6k27217
93Sep 28, '22Did a surprise appearance at Wembley Arena for Professor Brian Cox’s Horizon Tour. Sang the Galaxy Song of course…photo by @ProfBrianCox1.2×07.9k22814
94Aug 8, '21View post on X1.2×07.6k2228
96Mar 10, '21Just found this. Tea break on a Quest.1.1×06.3k45920
97Jan 8, '21Happy Birthday to Graham Chapman, David Bowie and Elvis. Quite a party.1.1×06.1k46711
98Aug 20, '21You are disappointed I am trying to persuade pratts to get vaxxed so we don’t all die? Piss off.1.0×06.3k32411
99Aug 20, '21Just had my third jab. I’m old and have pre conditions, but please get vaxxed. We don’t want you to die. Do it now.1.0×05.9k3857
100May 6, '22Just spent a sad hour deleting from my address book. So many good people gone.1.0×06.1k9230
101Oct 16Hey I’m talking about my new book with Dave Eggers author of his new book Contrapposto at the Dominican University San Rafael. Free Signed book with ticket. Eric Idle with Dave Egg0.0×2.3k5650

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