Want to know how Eric Idle brought Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway? The original Broadway production starred Tim Curry in its lead role as King Arthur of Britain. Sara Ramirez, Hank Azaria ...

The new book, The Spamalot Diaries, is available now! The book tells the inside story of what it took to bring Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway as the unlikely theatrical hit Spamalot, as ...

The cover of "The Spamalot Diaries" and author Eric Idle. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Lily Idle) Host Robin Young speaks with Monty Python founding member Eric Idle about his new book "The ...

Eric Idle shares original journal entries and raw email exchanges that reveal the sometimes bumpy, always entertaining path to the musical Spamalot's run. 208 pages.

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Host Robin Young speaks with Monty Python founding member Eric Idle about his new book “The Spamalot Diaries.” It tells the story of how the cult classic film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” became ...