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Monty Python Stars Reunite For Dinner But Eric Idle Is Absent After Online Spat With John Cleese

posted 13 days ago by Satan2016 (23682)
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https://deadline.com/2024/05/monty-python-stars-reunite-eric-idle-john-cleese-michael-palin-terry-gilliam-1235909646/
https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1788295819013079537

Three members of Monty Python have reunited to celebrate Michael Palin‘s birthday.

John Cleese posted a dinner table picture on X (formerly Twitter) of himself alongside Palin and Terry Gilliam after Palin turned 81 on May 5.

Cleese captioned the photo: “An 18 foot Python celebrates Pallin’s 181st Birthday and 195th Travel Book. Photo taken at cafe on peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.”

The day after Palin’s birthday, Cleese wrote: “I was travelling yesterday, and forgot to wish Mickey Pallin a joyous 81st Birthday. We shall shall [sic] celebrate it together tonight, along with Terry Gilliam, if he promises to behave.”

Python was co-founded in 1969 by Graham Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Terry Jones, and Palin. Chapman died in 1989, while Jones passed away in 2020. They last performed together in 2014 at the O2 Arena in London.

[–] Oskar (277) 13 days ago

It doesn't mean Idle wasn't there because of the spat, it just means the spat happened before the birthday party, and that Eric Idle wasn't there.
(Probably due to being on a different continent)