Diaries, 1969-1979: The Python Years
by Michael Palin
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Author: Michael PalinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-04
ISBN: 0312369352
Number of pages: 672
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Book Review: Wonderful. An epic story of a truly talented personality
Summary: 5 Stars
Some know Michael Palin for his exotic trips shown on BBC, some older ones for films such as A Fish Called Wanda, others for the Python films, and those around longest recall the Monty Python TV programmes. Like many greatly talents, Palin's skills are the result of not just his innate ability to relate to people and to tell stories, but also to years of hard work. This volume covers the period when the Monty Python TV shows were nervously getting first approvals from the BBC, then later managed to get win over the US, during which time the Pythons often wavered back and forth about whether or not they had more to give as a team or by going their separate ways. Palin recounts his own solo efforts, in particular the Ripping Yarns series, and the film Three Men in a Boat, while coming to terms with his increasingly ill father, bringing up a family and more. The volume ends with the spectacular success of Life of Brian, which brought the Pythons together better than they had been in all their 10 years. The book is an odyssey, and it is hard to believe that despite the success of that film, that Michael Palin went on to do so much more - I look forward to the next volume.
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