Neil Innes (December 9, 1944 - December 29, 2019) was an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles. He was also known as "The seventh Python", something Michael Palin himself told the press.

Quotes

• I have suffered for my music. Now it's your turn.
  • Rutland Weekend Television.

• How sweet to be an idiot
  At my back
  With no fear of attack
  As much retaliation as a toy.
  • How sweet to be an idiot (1973).

External links

Monty Python
Members	Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle · Terry Jones · Michael Palin
Supporting cast	Carol Cleveland · Neil Innes
Television series	Flying Circus  (1969–1974) · Fliegender Zirkus  (1972) · Personal Best  (2006)
Filmography	And Now for Something Completely Different  (1971) · Holy Grail  (1975) · Life of Brian  (1979) · Live at the Hollywood Bowl  (1982) · The Meaning of Life  (1983)
Music	Monty Python albums
Specials	Parrot Sketch Not Included  (1989) · Live at Aspen  (1998) · Python Night  (1999)
Documentaries	The Seventh Python  (2008) · Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)  (2009)
Stage productions	Spamalot  (opened 2005) · Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)  (premiered 2007) · An Evening Without Monty Python  (debuted 2009) · Live (mostly)  (premiered 2014)
Literature	Big Red Book  (1971) · Brand New Bok  (1973)
Video games	Flying Circus  (1990) · Complete Waste of Time  (1994) · Quest for the Holy Grail  (1996) · The Meaning of Life  (1997) · Cow Tossing  (2011)
Related articles	Do Not Adjust Your Set  (1967–1969) · At Last the 1948 Show  (1967) · How to Irritate People  (1968) · We Have Ways of Making You Laugh  (1968) · The Complete and Utter History     of Britain  (1969) · Rutland Weekend Television  (1975–1976) · Ripping Yarns  (1979) · Holy Flying Circus  (2011) · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's     Graham Chapman  (2012)