Эрик Айдл — новинки

From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candor

We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python--from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on an unforgettable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and film. Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies, Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie, and Robin Williams, all of whom became dear lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout involving other close friends and luminaries such as Mike Nichols, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Lorne Michaels, and many more, as well as the Pythons themselves, Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal parts hilarity and heart. In Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, named for the song he wrote for Life of Brian (the film which he originally gave the irreverent title Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory) and that has since become the number one song played at funerals in the UK, he shares the highlights of his life and career with the kind of offbeat humor that has delighted audiences for five decades. The year 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Pythons, and Eric is marking the occasion with this hilarious memoir chock full of behind-the-scenes stories from a high-flying life featuring everyone from Princess Leia to Queen Elizabeth.

Сорок с лишним лет назад группа из пяти англичан - и одного приблудного американца - переписала законы комедийного жанра. "Воздушный цирк Монти Питона", получасовая ни на что не похожая телепрограмма, составленная из скетчей, шуток, абсурда и анимации, впервые появилась в эфире Би-би-си одним поздним вечером 1969 г., без всяких предварительных фанфар. Ее мировое влияние неизменно - до сих пор. Скромный телевизионный проект очень быстро стал самым значительным явлением в современной комедии. Таковым он и остается по сей день. "Питоны о Питонах. Автобиография" - уникальный взгляд на величайшую комик-группу XX века. Книгу украшают 64 страницы…

Over thirty years ago, a group of six Englishmen - well, one was Welsh and another an interloping American - rewrote the rules of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen half-hour show of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations, first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact has been felt the world over ever since. From its humble beginnings, it blossomed into the most influential movement in modern comedy. "The Pythons' Autobiography " is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age, with 64 pages of photographs, many culled from the team's own personal collections, and many more seen for the first time. This is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque.

With Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle proved he was one of the funniest people in the world. And with The Road to Mars he reaffirms this with a raucously sidesplitting vengence.

Muscroft and Ashby are a comedy team on "The Road to Mars", an interplanetary vaudeville circuit of the future. Accompanied by Carlton, a robot incapable of understanding irony but driven to learn the essence of humor, Alex and Lewis bumble their way into an intergalactic terrorist plot. Supported by a delicious cast, including a micropaleontologist narrator (he studies the evolutionary impact of the last ten minutes) and the ultra-diva Brenda Woolley, The Road to Mars is a fabulous trip through Eric Idle's inimitable world, a "universe expanding at the speed of laughter".

Although aimed primarily at an audience of fish (who, let's face it, account for over 40% of all living vertebrates) Monty Python's, film, "The Meaning of Life", spans the whole range of human experience. It starts with the birth of a seemingly insignificant human being (especially from a haddock's point of view) who, sure enough, turns out to play no further part in the film. Nevertheless, the movie manages to stagger on for another ninety minutes or so (equivalent to about six years, if you're a whiting!) during which time it encompasses subjects very close to the hearts of freshwater and marine fish alike, such as: the Great Rift in Ecumenical attitudes towards certain types of prophylactics and sex education in our schools.
For humans there is a running commentary by six well-known fish, an episode of that popular audience-participation game: Find the Fish, and a scene which demonstrates the dangers of eating canned fish. But to be quite honest, if you are intending to watch the movie, and you are human, you are advised to take along your goldfish, or some other finny friend, since some of the scenes may be frankly disturbing for non-aquatic life-forms.
But if, as with many aquatic and even semi-aquatic life forms, regular movie-going is no longer part of your life, we hope this book will convey some of the flavour and excitement of a film that has already been hailed as "an exceptionally fishy experience", "a salt and fresh-water delight" and "a real gill-tickler". We feel that little, apart from the unpleasant smell, has been lost in translating this exceptional and challenging work into literary form (remembering, after all, that it was a member of the fish species that discovered printing). So sit back, adjust your chair to slot 3 (Optimum Reading Position) or slot 5 if you're very old, put your feet up on the "Ped-a-Rest" leisure stool, pour yourself a glass of Chitty's Diet Cognac and enjoy these exceptional insights into what Life is really all about - why we're here, what it all means, how much it costs and will it keep in the salad bar of a medium-priced refrigerator. Who knows, as you turn these pages (or have them turned for you by the Hanigan-Mainbrace Auto-Reader Junior-matic) you may begin to glimpse what a rich and wonderful existence lies beneath the waters that cover 6l%c of this planet. Sixty-one per cent! So enjoy yourself, and remember, if you're not completely satisfied with this book after you've thoroughly perused its contents then you're stupid and worthless.

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Er war der erste Transsexuelle zu Jesu Zeiten, ein Showstar, der eine astrophysikalische Hymne auf unsere Galaxis sang, ein Ritter der Kokosnuss, der schrullige Diener von Phileas Fogg und vieles mehr. Aber vor allem war er der halbnackte Kerl mit dem besten Galgenhumor aller Zeiten, der am Kreuz h?ngend einen Chor von Leidensgenossen dazu aufforderte, immer das Gute im Leben zu sehen: «Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life». Eric Idle, ein Sechstel der legend?ren Comedy-Truppe Monty Python, machte sich ausgerechnet mit einem Song ?ber den Tod unsterblich. &t;br/&t; Es ist ein passendes Lebensmotto f?r den noch zu Kriegszeiten geborenen Briten, dessen Vater tragisch bei der Heimkehr aus dem Feld bei einem Verkehrsunfall starb, was dazu f?hrte, dass Idle schon im zarten Alter von sieben Jahren in einem Internat landete. Sarkastisch und mit genau dem Sprachwitz, den man von einem Python erwarten kann, schildert Idle nicht nur diese fr?hen, traumatischen Jahre, sondern auch die Zusammenarbeit mit seinen sp?teren Kollegen, die auch nicht immer ganz reibungslos verlief. Vor allem ist dieser R?ckblick aber eines: ein gro?artiges Dokument der Popkultur der Siebziger und Achtziger. Ob Musiker oder Filmstars, Idle kennt oder kannte sie alle, von John Belushi ?ber Paul Simon bis nat?rlich zu den Beatles – und niemand wei? so gut wie er, wie man eine Anekdote richtig erz?hlt. &t;br/&t; Doch es gibt auch stille, bewegende Momente in diesem Buch: Vor allem Idles intime, einf?hlsame Schilderung der letzten Tage seines Freundes George Harrison geht ans Herz, gerade, weil der schwarze Humor, der die beiden verband, auch hier nicht ausgespart bleibt. Und kurz vor Schluss dreht der musikalischste Python mit seinem j?ngsten Erfolg noch einmal m?chtig auf: Das Musical Spamalot, das er auf der Basis des Python-Klassikers Die Ritter der Kokosnuss schrieb, wurde ein Riesenerfolg, der auch auf den deutschen Musical- und Theaterb?hnen von Fans und Presse frenetisch gefeiert wurde. &t;br/&t; Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ist eine furios erz?hlte Autobiografie und ein St?ck Popgeschichte – da bleibt kein Auge trocken.