
Diaries 1969-1979
The Python Years
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Michael Palin
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Michael Palin
Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by Led Zeppelin, their battles over censorship, and how individually the Pythons went their separate ways. Yet at the same time they were working on the now celebrated series of films, including The Holy Grail, many of whose lines are known by heart to a considerable portion of the English-speaking world.
The birth and childhood of his three children, learning to cope as a young man with celebrity, his friendship with George Harrison, and all the trials of a peripatetic life are also essential ingredients of these diaries. A perceptive and funny chronicle, the diaries are a rich portrait of a fascinating period.
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"Michael Palin is not just one of Britain's foremost comedy character actors, he also talks a lot. Yap, yap, yap he goes, all day long and through the night. Then, some nights, when everyone else has gone to bed, he goes home and writes up a diary." (John Cleese)
"A wealth of fascinating stuff about Monty Python." (The Independent, UK)
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The telling of his hosting of Saturday Night Live had me crying from laughter in my car. Other things such as John Cleese' apparent desire to branch out, Graham Chapman's alcoholism, and how Michael deals with the death of his father, are deeply touching and show that he is still an ordinary guy that just happens to be an international icon.
A great listen, and a great performance from Palin in the reading.
A great romp.
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always wanted to know what he was thinking
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An achingly modest genius
I have fallen in love with MP
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Amazing
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I loved it! It really is laid out like a diary, but a very thorough one. The book takes us through the beginning of Monty Python, with the tv show, and then on through "The Life Of Brian" movie. That's sadly where it ends, leaving me wanting more more more!
Anyway, it's a must-read/listen for anyone that likes Monty Python.
Loved Loved Loved This (Audio)Book!
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Too Short
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Very nice.
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Best Python biography I’ve “read”
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Great Biography Of An ICON
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Besides filling in a lot of gaps in my knowledge of the Pythons through the years, this book also reinforced my sense of just how deep the intellectual and artistic veins run through these guys.
A very enjoyable, enlightening and memorable listen. Really hope there's going to be a 1980-now sequel coming.
I was surprised how much I liked it
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