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Michael Palin has always probably been my favorite Python. I didnt know, prior to finding this book at a book sale recently, that he was a diarist as well as comedic genius. This first volume covers the Python Years, 1969-1979 - basically the rise and fall of the Pythons during their glory years. I grew up watching their movies (collective and individual works) and shows and Fawlty Towers, and to be honest, I didnt really appreciate them until my teen years because my younger ears didnt understand the British dialect at all; they could all have been speaking Latin for all I knew, I couldnt make sense of it. As I got older and learned to understand the British accent, I finally understood what made so much of it funny. (Okay, I always really enjoyed Fawlty Towers.)But it was probably A Fish Called Wanda that really turned it around for me. And thats not even actually a Python movie. But its my review and my life, so thats how that goes.I wasnt really sure what to expect from Palins diaries. I always figured he was sort of the gentle soul of the Python collective, the heart of the group, and for that I felt a draw towards him. I still think that assessment was fairly accurate. Theres a lot of heart here, even though these diaries were (for the most part) not written with intention originally of being read by the public. So parts are boring. Do we really need to hear about Palins gingivectomy? It wouldnt be my first choice of reading material, but it was here, so sure, why not?Aside from talk of Python stuff, we see how interested Palin was about current events. He was very interested in Nixon and the Watergate scandal, politics, space exploration, even some sports (that I didnt really understand because Brits have funny sports). We see the beginning of the Pythons, but also the beginning of his family: his marriage, each of his three children being born and beginning to grow into little interesting people (and sadly the passage of his fathers deterioration from Parkinsons), his career outside the Pythons. And as far as Python affairs go, theres a lot involved as well: talking behind backs, insecurities, ego trips, power trips, he-said-he-saids, financial concerns, personal problems, woes, and issue... the list goes on.This, of course, is the most interesting because, seriously, no one is picking this book up in hopes Palin talks about his extensive dental problems. Theres so much gossip here, in very polite British terms, of course. Many of these Pythons (coughJohnCleesecough) got pretty big for their britches very early on and were clearly only in it for the money, while others were just trying to figure themselves out however they could. Eric Idle, for example, became vegetarian at one point. Back when being vegetarian was sort of a thing no one did. And then wanted personal chefs to come on set with them, but only prepare food for the Pythons.What I like about diaries like these, while not terribly exciting outwardly, is that I get a glimpse into a time and place I am not familiar with. I was a whole year-and-a-half old at the end of this volume (he met Rowan Atkinson on my first birthday! while I was probably spitting up cake and pooping myself!); Palin was the age then that I am now - mind. blown! He was becoming a celebrity at a time that other exciting things were happening in the celebrity world, like getting to, um, hang with Shelley Duvall while she was filming The Shining (and he actually thought she was cool and not annoying at all which I call bullshit on but whatever), and Bill Murray was his biggest cheerleader evah. And stuff like this that no one else can do today:The two heroes of Star Wars are also there - Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Harrison Ford.Hamill is chirpy and is dressed like a delivery boy. Harrison Ford looks young and alienated. He would look over his glasses at us if he had any. As it is he moves broodingly around - like a famous man might do if he knew how famous he is.(p 620, Saturday, June 16th, 1979)A brooding Harrison Ford. I would totally write that moment in my diary too.Throughout all of this, Palin would write about books he was reading or movies he had seen, and it all makes it feel very personable and warm and I just want to sit down and talk to him about stuff.This was just a lot of fun to read. Its not over-the-top funny or even very Python in execution, but it is an interesting insight to my favorite Palin. I will look for the other two volumes of his published diaries and also plan on getting to those travelogues of his.Note: I wasnt planning on reading this book so soon, but funny story. The title on the side of the book is printed rather small, as his first name. His last name, however, is written in ginormous red print: PALIN. On more than one occasion since buying this book last month, my boyfriend or I have started screaming Who brought a Sarah-fucking-Palin book in this house?? before realizing its totally fine because its not her at all.But we cant take it any more. We cannot have this name screaming at us from the bookshelf any longer. So we agreed that it would be one of the next books I read, just so I can move it to the To-Sell stack in a different part of the house.(Im pretty sure, after reading this book, that Michael Palin would appreciate that. And probably even agree with us.)
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