21st May 1974: From left to right, John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. (Photo by John ...

In “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography,” Monty Python’s Eric Idle opens his heart in a somewhat rushed, one-thing-after-another fashion. But if “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” is ...