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Sir Michael Edward Palin , born 5 May 1943, is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python. Since 1980 he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with fellow Python member Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as the Ken Dodd Show , The Frost Report , and Do Not Adjust Your Set . Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns . He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Pythoner, Terry Gilliam, and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians’ Comedian , he was ranked in the top 30 by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
“You can’t get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.”
“I go all the way to Sun Alliance in Chancery Lane, only to be told that they wouldn’t insure my new house because of my profession. " Actors…and writers…well, you know ." …I couldn’t help feeling something of a reject from society as I walked out again into Chancery Lane…my solicitor cheerfully informs me that several big companies, including Eagle Star won’t touch actors. The happy and slightly absurd ending to this story is that I finally find a willing insurer in the National Farmers’ Union at Huntingdon.”
“A good day’s filming at last… John Horton’s rabbit effects are superb. A really vicious white rabbit, which bites Sir Bor’s head off. Much of the ground lost over the week is made up. We listen to the Cup Final in between fighting the rabbit – Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.”
“Note that patients in hospital in 1830 were prescribed eight pints of beer a day.”
“Eric and I try to analyse this phenomenon and decide it can only be that the Swedes have no sense of humour of their own and have to import it.”
"Later in my journey I was told of an outrageous but apparently successful attempt to bring tourists to Great Nicobar. During the monsoon torrential rain comes down spectacularly. A bright Indian entrepreneur advertised a tour for rich Arabs from the arid Gulf who could sit on their hotel balcony and watch it rain for a week. It was a sell-out."
“Before entering our room we had to remove our shoes. Here Ken and myself made what I expected to be the first of many faux pas. After taking our shoes off, we noticed some oriental style slippers nearby and presumed that we ought to put these on in true Japanese style. Grumbling that they were all too small, we eventually selected two pairs and were tottering to our room when one of the Japanese ‘attendants’ – it wouldn’t be quite right to call them ‘waitresses’ – stopped us excitedly and told us to take off the shoes. Then we realized the awful truth – that they belonged to people already eating there.”
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- - - - - - -“I go all the way to Sun Alliance in Chancery Lane, only to be told that they wouldn’t insure my new house because of my profession. " Actors…and writers…well, you know ." …I couldn’t help feeling something of a reject from society as I walked out again into Chancery Lane…my solicitor cheerfully informs me that several big companies, including Eagle Star won’t touch actors. The happy and slightly absurd ending to this story is that I finally find a willing insurer in the National Farmers’ Union at Huntingdon.”
“A good day’s filming at last… John Horton’s rabbit effects are superb. A really vicious white rabbit, which bites Sir Bor’s head off. Much of the ground lost over the week is made up. We listen to the Cup Final in between fighting the rabbit – Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.”
“Note that patients in hospital in 1830 were prescribed eight pints of beer a day.”
“Eric and I try to analyse this phenomenon and decide it can only be that the Swedes have no sense of humour of their own and have to import it.”
"Later in my journey I was told of an outrageous but apparently successful attempt to bring tourists to Great Nicobar. During the monsoon torrential rain comes down spectacularly. A bright Indian entrepreneur advertised a tour for rich Arabs from the arid Gulf who could sit on their hotel balcony and watch it rain for a week. It was a sell-out."
“Before entering our room we had to remove our shoes. Here Ken and myself made what I expected to be the first of many faux pas. After taking our shoes off, we noticed some oriental style slippers nearby and presumed that we ought to put these on in true Japanese style. Grumbling that they were all too small, we eventually selected two pairs and were tottering to our room when one of the Japanese ‘attendants’ – it wouldn’t be quite right to call them ‘waitresses’ – stopped us excitedly and told us to take off the shoes. Then we realized the awful truth – that they belonged to people already eating there.”
