Alright. Okay. I’ve given in and let Gesture claim Mickey Paah-lin (:-P) as her own*. My sudden change of heart was thanks to Kelly’s pointing out that, as adorable as Mickey is, Eric Idle wasn’t hard to look at back in his day, either. And he had the added bonus of not being previously claimed by a member of That One Superhero Team.

So, beyond rambling about your...disturbing superficial crush on some washed-up 60-year-old Brit with a nasally voice and more wrinkles than an elderly pug who is more attractive as a woman than you could ever hope to be, are you going to say anything? Is there any reason behind my being here?

It’s not purely superficial. I would never have given him a second glance if he weren’t such a good actor. Or a humourous one, at least. And if he didn’t have such a lovely voice.
But it is disturbing; you will give me that much?
Well... Okay. Possibly a bit. But only because he’s almost sixty. But I’m not discussing him now (although he remains to this day a very talented and witty actor). And besides, he’s not that much older than Kevin Kline. And what about Sean Connery, huh? Women are allowed to fall all over him!
Yeah, well... I don’t care about your problems. Tell me something interesting about Eric Idle.

Well, apparently, his Roger the Shrubber wig was modeled after an actual medieval hairstyle. And I also hear that--
Hold it! Wait! Let me re-phrase that. Why would anyone care about him?
The most obvious reason is because he is incredibly funny and has a lovely singing voice. And he writes his own songs.
So, he’s a singer, is he?
Sort of, but not primarily. He has written and sung some...quasi-famous songs – “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”, “Money”, “That’s Death”...
Yes, yes, but who IS he?!
WHAT?! You don’t know who Eric Idle is?! Alright, alright. I don’t suppose a majority of the world knows who he is. But I expected better from you.
Eric Idle is – scratch that; was – a member of the world famous comedy troupe Monty Python#.
Oooooh. He’s one of those Pythons.
And what, exactly is that supposed to mean?
Nothing. Go on.
Grrr... Anyway, where was I? Ah, yes. He was a Python. This, by definition, means that he had approximately 500 million zillion parts, about one-fourth of which were female+. Before Python, the South Shields born comic did...some stuff, including writing for a children’s show called “Do Not Adjust Your Set,” as well as some other things that I cannot currently remember.

After Flying Circus, he created a show called The Rutles and wrote an excellent book entitled The Road to Mars, which is almost as good as any Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett novel. He starred as Ratty in Terry Jones’ “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” and was Waddlesworth in 102 Dalmatians. He was in Casper, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, and Splitting Heirs. He was some guy in the live action Dudley Doo Right, as well as Mr. Parenthesis, the guidance counselor, on Hercules: TAS. And some other stuff. Most important, though, is his work on the first two Discworld videogames, in which he not only wrote and sang the Holy Wood jingle and recorded the voice for Bone Idle, he was also, quite appropriately (refer to my comment on the Discworld page made before I was aware of the existence of the games), the voice of everyone’s favourite wizard@ (“After all, I’m not voiced by just anyone, you know.”). Which I think is just awesome puh-wossum.
Alright. Okay. I think I vaguely remember seeing him in Casper. Was he that guy? You know, the one? With the thing?
Dibbs? The villainess’ trusty servant? Yes. That was him.
He was an idiot.
Dibbs is awesome!
You’re a looney.
Why should I be tied with the epithet “looney” merely because I think Dibbs is awesome?
That question doesn’t even warrant an answer.
You! Watch Holy Grail! Now! Then we’ll see who the looney is. ::woof!::
Okaaaaay... But you’re right. I will watch the movie. Because that’s a cool thing to do.