Eric Idle Leaps from the Brow of Zeus. Or, maybe that was Athena. I get confused about these Things.

Eric Idle was born on this day in 1943, in Harton, near South Shields in County Durham in England.

He has been many things in the course of his life, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and, of course, member of Monty Python.

Glad he’s been around.

Hope he sticks around for a bit more.

We need the laughs…