Unfortunately, some of the lads lost money on expensive hobbies (the late Terry Jones lost big on a brewery investment) and bad marriages (see Cleese, John - who once told a live audience in northwestern Ontario that he wouldn't have come to "Thunder f##king Bay" unless he had alimony payments). On the other hand, Michael Palin has enjoyed a second career as a travel journalist and novelist. His diaries, which he's published over the years, make for fascinating reading about what it was like being at the center of Monty Python during the height of its success.

As The Onion has chronicled, the Gilliam family barbecue has gone behind schedule and over budget.

Last edited by Chrisphen (February 12, 2024 10:45 am)

It's not really sad news.  They live quite well, but the UK is a terribly expensive place to live.
Remember Sean Connery famously lived most of his life in Spain to avoid British taxes and cost of living.
Mick Jagger has lived in places like the Isle of Mustique.
As for the financial woes of Python favorite John Cleese, he did it to himself by getting married multiple times.
The really sad thing about the Pythons is the untimely deaths of Graham Chapman (probably of AIDS) after many years of extremem alcoholism.  Also Terry Jones who had a rare and horrible neurological disease.
But Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin are all alive and kicking and I'm sure would rather be a bit financially uncomfortable than very ill or dead, (like an ex parrot).






 

Capricasix wrote:

Not that it matters, but Eric Idle lives in California.

His tweets also alluded to financial mismanagement by Terry Gilliam - that may be mentioned in the OP, so I should go read the article.

Gilliam's daughter, Holly, specifically, who has been the troupe's manager for 10 years.

Last edited by Hansa (February 12, 2024 2:35 pm)

Chapman died of metastatic cancer

newsguy1 wrote:

The really sad thing about the Pythons is the untimely deaths of Graham Chapman (probably of AIDS) after many years of extremem alcoholism. 

Idle always falls out with people over money - he also feuded with longtime musical collaborator Neil Innes (who was his partner for The Rutles and various other projects).

Have you noticed that this type of “falling out” seems prevalent amongst creative types, always over money, too bad. Saw Cleese in Toronto in 2022, he touched on his financial woes, too many marriages!