But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.

One Gilliam is bad enough.

Two can take out any company.

Eric Idle, John Cleese in ‘Splitting Heirs’ (1993)

Eric Idle, John Cleese in ‘Splitting Heirs’ (1993)Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

Cleese continued, Michael Palin has asked me to to make it clear that he shares this opinion.

Terry Gilliam is also in agreement with this.

When another follower replied saying that made him sad, Idle responded, Why.

John Cleese

It makes me happy.

He has always stood up to bullies and narcissists and absolutely deserves reassurance and validation for doing so.

I dont know why people always assume were loaded, he wrote.

Python is a disaster.Spamalotmade money 20 years ago.

I have to work for my living.

Not easy at this age.

But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.

One Gilliam is bad enough.

Two can take out any company.

Idlealso took issue with Netflix after a follower suggested that the streaming giant should make a documentary about Python.

Fuck Netflix and fuck documentaries, Idle replied.

Idle co-founded Python in 1969 alongside Graham Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

Read the Pythons posts below.

But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.

One Gilliam is bad enough.