A review by mcc
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle

slow-paced

2.0

UGH. I should've added this to my DNF pile, but the sunk cost fallacy pretty much got me on this one. It was a LOT of name dropping and pretty boring on the whole, with only a few small morsels of Python history or George Harrison insights that were interesting. I used to love Eric Idle, but this book made me think less of him because it really gave me the impression that of all the Pythons the others were about staying true to their art and creating quality content whereas Idle was more about staying famous because he liked to be invited to stay on so-and-so's yacht with other celebrities X, Y, Z. It's quite funny as in his own book he kind of comes across a bit of an ass always pushing others to bank on Python whereas they are hesitant to continue to milk the success of their youth and more interested in their current projects or just keeping a nice quiet life.

I guess this is why people say 'never meet your Idles'.