Eric Idle Retweeted you
Okay, for those of you who don’t remember the whole story, here it is;
My new book… (Walking Around, book 3 of ‘The Otherwhere Chronicles’… available right over there to the right in the sidebar if you click the picture of the book)… has an alien in it that learned to speak English by watching reruns of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and basically can only speak in lines from their famous comedy skits… and the scene is funny and moving… especially when the hero of my books realizes that the alien is one of the last of a dying race when he starts quoting the famous ‘dead parrot sketch’…
So, I needed permission to use a bunch of those lines in the book…
And I tweeted Mr. Eric Idle to see if he could help… (Ironically, I only started using Twitter to stalk celebrities to get them to reply to me so my older daughter… the very one who helps me submit my novels, because I am a computer moron… will think I am cool… remind me to do another post soon about all the famous people I pestered until they said something to me on Twitter)…
And he connected me to a lovely young lady… who happens to be Terry Gilliam’s daughter… and is also the publicist for Monty Python Pictures limited…
And she gave me official permission to use the quotes for free with the option that when they make the books into movies… (with, obviously, Brad Pitt playing the lead hero role, because I am the hero… well, me in another dimension anyway, so who better?)… or if I make the best seller list, to renegotiate with me to get royalties…
And I thanked Mr. Idle by doing a bunch of silly Photoshop pictures of him, and tweeting them and putting them on this blog… which I guess he liked, because he is now following me on Twitter…
And he asked me… you know, when were chatting on Twitter… like we do… to let him know when the book was done…
And I did…
And he retweeted it…
And I have gotten a lot of attention on Twitter, because he is a phenomenon… and a really nice guy.
***I would also like to thank the ellipsis… (…) for making this post possible…
Pouring My Art Out 
That’s fricking awesome!
I know, right.
Wow, that is so damned awesome I just can’t find the words! Well done/ congrats!
Thanks so much.
Arturo, this is fantastic! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I know, right?
So cool Art. I can now say I now someone who tweets with Eric Idle. Whew!
who’ld’a thunk it?
Yippee! The squirrelles are jumping for joy! Me TOO.
yay… thanks
Really inspiring!
It might even have sold one copy of the book… sigh…
Soooo good to hear!
I am on fire…
So is Eric Idle officially a minion yet?
working on it…
Woot! Go Arthur! And you said you don’t know how to market..
maybe I was wrong
😉
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I see you’ve been making good use of your Idle time.
And my Idol time… ha!
That’s terrific, Art. I hope you can retire now in the manner to which you have become accustomed!
I don’t want to retire in the manner to which I have become accustomed!!!… oooh… I need to tweet that…
Eric, who?
sigh
Sad wouldn’t you say?
I would say… I would say lots of things.
Congrats, mate.
Thanks… I am still in a daze…