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Where’s the Line in Comedy? Monty Python’s Eric Idle Has an Idea

Where’s the Line in Comedy? Monty Python’s Eric Idle Has an Idea

On with Kara Swisher vor 3 Jahren

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Should anything be off-limits in comedy? Kara and Nayeema discuss
this question, and the recent Dave Chappelle SNL monologue, before
Kara’s interview with our guest today: writer-comedian Eric Idle
who is an OG in the craft. When he and his fellow sketch artists
launched Monty Python on the BBC in 1969, it was unclear whether
anyone would even watch. Now there are generations of Python fans.
Today, Idle talks about what made Monty Python unique and how they
pushed the line and the social conversation with their unique brand
of humor. Both avid Twitterers, Kara and Idle also discuss
their frustrations with Elon Musk (he’s a noted fan of Monty
Python, though Idle is not a fan of Musk). And Idle describes how
his recent bout with pancreatic cancer has made him a more
accepting person. You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter
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