Monty Python's Eric Idle blasts anti-woke
comedians, says he loathes conservatives:
'I hate them intensely'
Fox News,
by
Alexander Hall
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
11/22/2022 1:29:30 PM
Tech journalist Kara Swisher interviewed legendary British comedian Eric Idle on Monday, where he spoke extensively about the state of comedy in his heyday and said he hated conservatives. (Snip) "I grew up in that world," he said, explaining that he was a "war baby" from World War II, noting that fascism was "very real to us, fascism-what can happen if you let one person take over a country, so that still rings very strongly with me in my soul."
He also slammed conservatives in his own country, "I hate them intensely, I’ve always hated conservatives, I’m afraid to say I’m very prejudiced against them, they’re horrible people."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Highlander 11/22/2022 1:34:47 PM (No. 1340107)
His brains have been stained with liberalism irrevocably.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MarkTwain 11/22/2022 1:35:18 PM (No. 1340108)
Look around you Eric, it's not the conservatives that are the new fascists. By your own admitted hatred, you have become one of them. Shame.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 11/22/2022 1:35:46 PM (No. 1340109)
"Nudge-Nudge Wink-Wink . . . Say no more!"
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LadyHen 11/22/2022 1:39:42 PM (No. 1340114)
Shut up and act!
The narcissism of entertainers, that they actually think anyone gives a rat's butt what they think about anything of import. And the older and more irrelevant these "actors" get, the more they mouth off. I mean who would seriously have their mind changed about the important issues of the day by a guy who made his money by dressing up in women's clothing for laughs.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
thekidsmom66 11/22/2022 1:41:22 PM (No. 1340117)
Oh, man.... how will I ever sleep knowing someone who hasn't been relevant in art least 40 years doesn't like me?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
halfnorsk 11/22/2022 1:45:12 PM (No. 1340119)
Right back at ya, good buddy.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Right Time 11/22/2022 1:50:20 PM (No. 1340130)
That parrot is dead, Eric
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 11/22/2022 1:54:26 PM (No. 1340132)
Interesting how the Left-Liberals NEVER talk about our IDEAS only what horrible PEOPLE we are, so as to you, you old English twit, I will only quote your countryman who wrote in one of his more famous plays: "There is no terror in your threats, Cassius, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the IDLE wind, Which I respect not."
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
zoidberg 11/22/2022 1:55:03 PM (No. 1340134)
In Life of Brian, he and his mates made fun of the idea that a man could become a woman. Wonder what happened to Idle. John Cleese still seems to have his wits about him. Oh well. Always look on the bright side of life.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Safari Man 11/22/2022 1:55:20 PM (No. 1340135)
He's got it bass ackwards
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
thefield 11/22/2022 2:24:41 PM (No. 1340163)
Ain't he 200 years old?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 11/22/2022 2:38:45 PM (No. 1340169)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chnlQQCsTVw
From now on, call him Loretta
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Leftists cry “hate” and play the hate card anytime they hear or see anything they don’t like. Have you noticed that? It’s their default, especially since they cannot come up with opposing arguments.
Yet they openly hate conservatives. They hate out loud. They hate with abandon.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/22/2022 3:08:55 PM (No. 1340180)
Why are his feelings news?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
cold porridge 11/22/2022 3:12:45 PM (No. 1340182)
What #6 said. No love lost. I hate democommies.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
sw penn 11/22/2022 3:27:24 PM (No. 1340190)
Conservatives may trigger you Eric,
but, have you ever asked yourself,
Why are you hoarding so much ammunition to be triggered?
"...what can happen if you let one person take over a country..."
That's about the farthest thing imaginable from Conservatism.
Angry, ignorant boomers aren't helpful...
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 11/22/2022 4:28:40 PM (No. 1340233)
Right back at ya, punk.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Laotzu 11/22/2022 4:42:12 PM (No. 1340244)
Probably sets a records for nonsensical non-sequitors by an entertainer in a single interview. Who knew that "fascism" is when one person "take[s] over a country."
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kono 11/22/2022 5:11:44 PM (No. 1340258)
Maybe Eric really was that "Loretta" that he played in "Life of Brian"... The movie did hilarious work ridiculing the trans notion.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
pensom2 11/22/2022 5:34:24 PM (No. 1340279)
I've never cared much what the political opinions might be of actors or comedians. If they're talented, great. I may watch their performances. But I certainly wouldn't adopt their geopolitical opinions. When hosting the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais said, "Don't come up to receive your award and use it as a platform to make a political speech. You are in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg."
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 11/22/2022 5:35:54 PM (No. 1340280)
Well, of course he hates conservatives. He’s a moron.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Newtsche 11/22/2022 6:36:29 PM (No. 1340326)
I'll never see Eric Idle again without negative thoughts, thanks fool.
It's not like I have to see his work again, it's yesterday's news.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 11/22/2022 6:53:25 PM (No. 1340333)
My Mama used to say, "There's no bigger fool than an old fool."
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
PostAway 11/22/2022 7:47:27 PM (No. 1340352)
Eric Idle was a brilliant comedian but has also always been a bitter man. When he was a child he despised the headmaster at his boarding school for making fun of his last name, saying young Eric was worthy of it. The man must have been a brute. I heard heard Idle talk about it many years ago and was surprised at how full of vetch he still was about something that happened so long ago, particularly when he has done so well in life. Success is the best revenge. But in a way he’s become just like the man he hated, spreading discord against people who have done nothing to him. Because he can.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Aud 11/22/2022 8:02:02 PM (No. 1340356)
Ye gods!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
ThreeBadCats3 11/22/2022 9:50:16 PM (No. 1340380)
I don’t understand the argument that conservatism means that “one person takes over a country,” That is a dictatorship, or Fascism, or the present day democrat party, not conservatism. We agree with him about fascism. Democrats vote as one,
conservatives as individuals.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/22/2022 10:13:33 PM (No. 1340399)
One man's opinion that doesn't mean much. He's a cranky old guy with his depends in a wad, obviously bitter despite his own success, and that includes financial. I don't recall anyone noting how he gave it all away to the downtrodden and oppressed, living in sackcloth and ashes on a park bench in Hyde Park. He's your gas-passing, unbathed grandfather who makes Abe Simpson the character he is.
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Mr. Idle doesn't grasp the fact that it is conservatives who are huge fans of Monty Python. Liberals are too busy stroking out over their humor.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
NYbob 11/22/2022 11:50:03 PM (No. 1340431)
Now that's funny. Did he say it in a falsetto voice? You are talking about serious subjects Eric, you ought to put some effort into researching them, understanding them and offering up a serious opinion vs an ignorant rant. 'Legendary' really has lost a lot of meaning thanks to media who love anyone who gets airtime. Now go and run with the screaming mob.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
mifla 11/23/2022 4:26:05 AM (No. 1340503)
That's why we consider Dems the party of hate.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 11/23/2022 9:05:55 AM (No. 1340691)
I think that you just lost a whole lot of fans Eric. Best to keep quiet and be thought of as a fool.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Hazymac 11/23/2022 9:40:03 AM (No. 1340717)
Good points made by #24. Same as many if not most here, I love what Monty Python did. They were an inspired humorist troupe. If Eric Idle hates me because I'm a William F. Buckley conservative, that's his damn problem, not mine. I won't hate him back, and if he reads this, I hope it bothers him because it should. Leftists are miserable people, Eric more than most.
And if Idle was truly taken aback by a headmaster's silly comment on his last name, he should have taken a tip from a much better adjusted human being, fellow Brit and rock star William Broad. William Broad, you ask? Who's that? When William was in school, a teacher, irked by his lack of attention during a day's class, called him "Idle," which happens to be Eric's real last name. "Billy, you're a idle person," the teacher snapped, hoping to motivate the lad. William Broad got an idea. A rock and roll singer looking for a good stage name, Billy came up with the best stage name of all: Billy Idol. That's how to handle the name problem. Get a better one. Then run with it.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 11/23/2022 5:08:03 PM (No. 1340954)
Yet another Hollywood Has-Been seeking attention. Python has not aged well. I see endless collections on Netflix and invariably if I check them out they're not very funny. Silly really. Not a big fan of Brit humor.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Faithfully 11/23/2022 8:57:38 PM (No. 1341055)
Yes but you Iconoclast helped get us here, so live with it as we have to.
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