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The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 Volume One

The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 Volume One


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Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for the Two Ronnies, David Frost etc). Monty Python was just around the corner. In this first volume of his diaries he tells for the first time how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys - Jones and Gilliam - and Eric Idle, came together and changed the face of British comedy. But this is but only part of Palin's story. Here is his growing family, his home in a north London Victorian terrace, which grows as he buys the houses next door and at the bottom of the garden, here, too, is his solo effort - as an actor, in Three Men in a Boat, his writing endeavours (often in partnership with Terry Jones) that produces Ripping Yarns, a pantomime and other theatrical plays. Meanwhile Monty Python refuses to go away: the hugely successful movies that follow the TV (his account of the making of The Holy Grail Python movie is a page-turner), the at times extraordinary goings on of the many powerful personalities who coalesced to form the Python team, the fight to prevent a American TV network from bleeping out the best jokes on US transmission - all this makes riveting reading.

About the Author :
Michael Palin established his reputation with Monty Python's Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, A Private Function, an award-winning performance as the hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda and, more recently, American Friends and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include two films for the BBC's Great Railway Journeys, the plays East of Ipswich and Number 27, and Alan Bleasdale's GBH. He has written books to accompany his very successful travel series.

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Palin's calm manner and writing style, as ever, make the journey an exceptional one. - THE HERALD - Natalie Bushe As you would expect from this most engaging of writers and broadcasters, the diaries are funny, honest and perceptive. Even better, the audio version is read by Palin himself. - PARK & HOLIDAY HOMES - Simon Evans Read by the author, these memoirs of the PYTHON years are riveting.... Palin brings to bear an affectionate but accurate eye. We experience the insecurities of John Cleese, Graham Chapman's drunken grandeur, the pleasure of George Harrison's company, the obstinacy of Woody Allen, and the wackiness of Shelley Duvall, along with glimpses of Palin's family joys and sadnesses.' - THE SCOTSMAN - Betty Tadman 3 out of 4 stars - FOCUS KNACK - Stefaan Werbrouck There's something about Michael Palin's voice which is perfect for audiobooks.... a fascinating account of the Monty Python years from the inside.... the time just flies by.... Fabulous stuff from Gospel Oak's most popular globetrotter. - HAM & HIGH - David Crozier


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780752875613
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Edition: Abridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 150 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0752875612
  • Publisher Date: 03 Oct 2006
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 170 mm
  • Sub Title: Diaries 1969-1979 Volume One
  • Width: 140 mm


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