“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.” HumorFunnyFreedomComedyHumourSatireRepressive Author:Eric Idle
“Executives do not on the whole do well with comedy. They can't understand it, they can't read it, they can't spot it.” WellsWholeComedySpotsExecutives Author:Eric Idle
“I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for about 50 years I've had comedy.” KnowsYearsComedy Author:Eric Idle
“I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.” ComedyTraditionLockedCambridge Author:Eric Idle
“When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy. It was all writing and performing. You wrote something in order for you to perform it.” WritingOrderPracticeComedyTelevisionPerformingCambridgeWriting Comedy Author:Eric Idle
“Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.” LifeInspirationalDoeFunnyJobsDifferencesComedyMake Sense Author:Eric Idle
“Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.” TryingLife IsComedyShareTragedy Author:Eric Idle
“To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.” IfsDoeShowsSongComedyMusicalVery GoodGood FunFunny Song Author:Eric Idle
