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Eric Idle of Monty Python talks about his book, 'Idle in Provence'

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published September 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM MDT

Eric Idle, a founding member of Monty Python, bought a shack in France in 1971. Decades later, the shack is a "shackeau," he says. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Idle about his book "Idle in Provence."

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