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Here are some of Idles biggest and best revelations from the book.
His comedy debut came courtesy of a future Python.
Idle attended Pembroke College, a constituent school of Cambridge University.
He performed in a cabaret, which led to an audition for the Pembroke Smoker, a comedy revue.
Monty Pythons Flying Circus was supposed to be a time-filling lark.
Python was one of the first entities to own its material.
Idles attorney advised the troupe to not accept it and to ask for the masters of the show instead.
He got George Harrison to debunk a legendary Beatles story.
He was mistaken for a Beatle.
Eric IdlesAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiographyis available today.
