It occasionally hits those heights - particularly in Tomkinson’s School Days.

Palin has always had some serious Good Uncle energy.

He got better . . .

it's pronounced "Throat-warbler Mangrove"! 

I’ve read one of Palin’s books. Does that mean I’ve read literally any of them?

Yeah, those post mortem DTs are a bitch.

As long as you pass the port from right to left.

and drinking more spirits

Also, when Idle complains that Spamalot only made money 20 years ago, that would have been when Idle was 60, a perfectly reasonable time for an adult’s income-earning days to start winding down.  Doesn’t Idle have, like, mutual funds?

The only thing worse than shaking his head is not shaking his head.

If you read any book about Python including Michael Palin’s, it seems very, very true that he and Cleese always hated each other, tbh.

Michael Palin’s diaries are really eye opening to how things were within the group and notably, Eric Idle was always very focused on the business side to the point of the others failing to recognize why that mattered so much (and he’s not wrong, tbh, but you can tell the others are either not happy with compromising…

If you read literally any of Palin’s books, it’s always been clear Idle and Cleese hate each other. Idle also tended to be the most money-focused.

Their brains hurt.

Cleese is like Chevy Chase...it’s funny he’s an asshole but it’s also not really an act.  Eric Idle has always been too obsessed with famous people and money.  Gilliam has always been crazy and irresponsible.  Chapman was always a huge superior asshole.  Terry Jones was always a tyrant.  And Michael Palin was always…

Somewhere the spirit of Graham Chapman is shaking his head. 

Michael Palin and Terry Jones were always my favorites. I just finished Ripping Yarns, and although it doesn’t hit the heights of Python, it’s still really good.

ugh, as much as Cleese always been horrible.... Eric should release his comedy work with George Harrison, that stuff would be gold right now. It’s silly, it’s goofy and it’s peaceful. 

Cleese appears to be an egotistical bigot, while Idle seems like a cranky bastard who apparently has issues with every other living member of the troupe.  Shocking that this apparently made for a tense working environment.

Whatever my feelings about present day Cleese or Idle, it’s not exactly a secret that the Python gang has always had multiple internal tensions. I mean, Cleese has spent 40 years complaining about the drama around his final season of Flying Circus and The Meaning of Life.