Cast Credits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2018-10-01: Jake Tapper, Eric Idle, Lauv & Julia Michaels (Oct 1, 2018) The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2015-07-28: Trevor Noah, Odette Annable, Eric Idle (Jul 28, 2015) The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 13x08: Eric Idle, Katherine Jenkins, Nish Kumar, Chris O'Dowd (Oct 20, 2018) Conan (2010) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2016-11-10: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Issa Rae, Full Spectrum (Nov 10, 2016) Monty Python: Almost the Truth (2009) Starring as Eric Idle The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) Guest starring as Eric Idle (2 episodes) Episode 2015-01-05: Drew Carey (guest host), Eric Idle, Tessa Thompson, Lachlan Patterson (Jan 5, 2015) Episode 2014-11-10: Eric Idle, David Tennant, Parmalee (Nov 10, 2014) Parkinson (2004) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 5x05: Eric Idle, Joan Bakewell, Lemar, Ray Winstone (Oct 21, 2006) The Soup (2004) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 12x47: Series Finale (Dec 18, 2015) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2005-04-11: Brittany Murphy/Eric Idle/Ringside (Apr 11, 2005) Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 10x35: November 16, 2012 (Nov 16, 2012) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2000-03-22: Eric Idle (Mar 22, 2000) Disney's Hercules (1998) Guest starring as Mr. Parentheses Episode 2x05: Hercules and the Prometheus Affair (Oct 10, 1998) Clive Anderson All Talk (1996) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 4x01: Adam Sandler, Eric Idle (Sep 2, 1999) Suddenly Susan (1996) Starring as Ian Maxtone-Graham Frasier (1993) Guest starring as Chuck Episode 3x17: High Crane Drifter (Mar 12, 1996) The Simpsons (1989) Guest starring as Declan Desmond (4 episodes) Episode 23x20: The Spy Who Learned Me (May 6, 2012) [Special Guest Star] Episode 18x13: Springfield Up (Feb 18, 2007) Episode 16x05: Fat Man and Little Boy (Dec 12, 2004) Episode 14x16: 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky (Mar 30, 2003) [Special Guest Star] View 1 more View 1 less Around the World in 80 Days (1989) Starring as Jean Passepartout Episode 1x01: Part 1 (Apr 16, 1989) Nearly Departed (1989) Starring as Grant Pritchard Children in Need (1980) Guest starring as Eric Idle Episode 2013-11-15: Appeal Night: Part 3 (Nov 15, 2013) Saturday Night Live (1975) Guest starring as Eric Idle (2 episodes) Episode 2x20: Eric Idle / Alan Price (Apr 23, 1977) Episode 2x03: Eric Idle / Joe Cocker and Stuff (Oct 2, 1976)