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John Cleese is making it clear that he - and a few other Pythons - are in complete disagreement with long-ago co-star Eric Idle, who last weekend slammed manager (and daughter of Python co-founder Terry Gilliam) Holly Gilliam for what Idle suggested were the troupe's dwindling finances.

Eric Idle, the comedian, has revealed he still has to “work for a living” at the age of 80, claiming income from the Monty Python back catalogue has tailed off “disastrously”.

Original member of comedy team says he had to sell his house as he never thought the Python income streams would tail off so disastrously