Eric Idle and George Harrison have been friends for 25 years and their friendship has never dulled. They knew when George wanted to befriend someone, and Idle experienced his power when they first met. After that, they had a beautiful friendship. They were there for each other in a heartbeat.
Eric Idle and George Harrison first encountered the pot in the screening room at the premiere of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
In his memoirs Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A BiographyIdle explained that he had met George. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Screening.
The children said, “I heard that George wanted to meet me, but I was a bit shy. I was shy and tried to avoid him, but as the credits started to roll, he snuck up on me from the back of the theater. I haven’t learned yet that he can’t stop.
“We started a conversation that lasted about 24 hours. Who can resist his opening line? ‘I can’t talk here. let’s go. Put freezers in the consular cabin. I can’t tell you how surprised the screening experts were when the Beatles came with one of the actors from the movie they had just screened and set the joint on fire.
Idle couldn’t remove George after that.
After the consular experts had left George and Idle, they went to dinner with Terry Gilliam and George’s wife, Olivia Harrison. George then insisted that Idle accompany him to A&M Studios, where he introduced Joni Mitchell to the comedian.
“Saxophone player Tom Scott was working on overdubs for George’s latest album. additional texturesAnd we listened to a few tunes, and then we went back to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and talked and talked all night.
Documentary by Martin Scorsese George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Idle says they spoke for 48 hours. “How was Python? What was it like being the Beatles? I have a thousand questions,” Idle continued.
Idle told Rolling Stone: “It occurred to me later that we both had similar roles in bands with big blocks of power. Once I was moaning a bit brian‘, ‘It was difficult to appear on screen with Michael Palin and John Cleese’. “Well, imagine what it’s like trying to spend time in the studio with Lennon and McCartney,” he said.
“I said, ‘Okay. totally. I see. To confirm. To confirm. I will be quiet. Then I realized that we were actually kind of strangers in a similar role in the band.
▶” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_FGvmbp6aM?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; automatic reading; write to clipboard; encrypted media; gyroscope; “Picture in Picture” Allow Full Screen >
RELATED: George Harrison’s Dark Joke About Eric Idle After He Nearly Died During A 1999 Home Invasion
Idle said George was “one of the few morally good people that rock and roll has spawned”.
The 48-hour conversation between Idle and George seemed to bond them for the rest of their lives. We’ve been friends ever since and we’ve done everything for each other. In the late 1970s, Idle told George about EMI’s release of the latest Monty Python film. Brian’s life.
George’s manager Denis O’Brien suggested that the former Beatles fund the film. So they founded their own production company, Handmade Films, in 1978.
After all, George made handmade films and Brian’s life. George saw the movie and wanted to give his friends a chance to do it.
inactive said George was “one of the few morally good people rock and roll has made”.
▶” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qc7HmhrgTuQ?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; automatic reading; write to clipboard; encrypted media; gyroscope; “Picture in Picture” Allow Full Screen >
RELATED: Mel Brooks Comedy George Harrison Watched ‘Continue’
The comedian has been there for musicians since the home invasion.
Idle was very grateful to George for supporting Monty Python in times of need. The comedian repaid the favor whenever possible, including after George’s 1999 home invasion nearly killed George and Olivia.
The children were in Santa Barbara at the time of the incident. He immediately wanted to see his friend. When Idle called, George said impatiently, “Where are you!?”
“Yeah, yeah, so we got on the plane right away, and it was very powerful. They’ll walk us through where the different stages of the attack were,” Idle told the Scorsese documentary.
George was hurt, but he still had a dark sense of humor. “When they lifted him up, they put him on this stretcher. They were moving him downstairs, and there were two guys who had just started work this weekend,” Idle explained.
“He is executed with eight stab wounds. He looks around and asks, ‘How do you feel about the work so far?’ He’s a very nice George.
George’s black humor about the incident didn’t stop there. When Idle and George later talked about it (according to Rolling Stone), Idle said George was joking. “Why doesn’t this happen to the Rolling Stones?”
The two gave each other more than friendship.
RELATED: George Harrison and Eric Idle disturbed Norman Lear and his wife by playing music in a hotel in the British Virgin Islands
“Music maven. Introvert. Bacon evangelist. Extreme writer. Internet aficionado. Travel scholar. Lifelong problem solver.”