Eric goes from Python to Dick

By Giles Hardie
Updated November 14 2012 - 8:08am, first published 7:09am
Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly and Russell Brand in Eric Idle's What About Dick
Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly and Russell Brand in Eric Idle's What About Dick

Tuesday was D-Day - that's Dick Day - for Eric Idle, former Python, comedy musical writer and now entertainment entrepreneur. Dick Day celebrates the release of What About Dick, a video of a performance of a play about the staging of a radio play – with songs, stand up and improvisation – that is available online. That might sound like a theatrical mutt, but it is a purebred example of a new breed of straight-to-online entertainment business model.

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