Michael must surely be the nicest man on Earth

Michael Palin is in the very rare position of being both national and global treasure. He is a wonderful actor and writer, he added a new dimension to the TV travel genre and he is, without doubt, the embodiment of Monty Python's heart and soul.

Palin is a true comic gift to humanity. My favorite Python member. I highly recommend to those who have never seen any of them-Palin's series "Ripping Yarns"....especially the "School Bully" episode. What a brilliant, humble and warm man! You lucky Brits!

I admire Michael Palin so very much.

I was there! Love Michael Palin and will be seeing Monty Python this evening at the O2 live show, can't wait! :-)

I was there at City Center in New York. The only time I ever attended a celebrity show. It was everything I had hoped it would be. Before the show (and after) as they arrived individually, on foot rather than in a limousine, and they very graciously talked with the group of star-struck fans, myself being one. Don’t think that would happen today.

Listening to Michael making those walking down the stairs sound is such a python thing

Wow, this is already 7 years old. MP is simply wonderful comedian.

Perhaps the only dilution regarding the Internet is that things become much more serious and the idea of just having a laugh becomes foreign. Yet Python just makes us laugh. They only after a joke. Brilliant.

18:30, our family was living in the Seattle area in '74. On Saturday nights, we were glued to PBS for Python.

If the 20th Century had a peak in the field of comedy , Monty Python Flying Circus was it.

Brilliant host.

meaning of life is still the opus in my mind

I knew that Monty Python was very popular in my home state of Utah because we have similar humour.

Wonderful.

Jim Beach! Someone should write a biography of him. He is amazing! I didn't know he knew they Pythons. Nelson Mandela, the Pythons, and Queen. That would be a book!

Like Mike ? seen Ripping Yarns ? -- NO? -- its a MUST -do it now

I loved Python's final show on July 20th at the O2 in London but I wish they would've played Palin's "Its" man at the beginning which was totally off-beat and set the tone for the rest of the show.

It has to be at least 20 years since I found out that the BBC had wiped a bunch of Not Only...But Also episodes. Every time it came to mind since then, I felt kind of hapless annoyance. It's only recently I discovered which specific episodes were 'deleted'. For some reason I thought the bulk of the wiped eps were from the earlier series, but no. It's the 1970 series that was totally lost to history. So now, while I still mourn their loss and curse the people responsible for such a stupid decision, it makes me very grateful that Flying Circus didn't go the same way.

cool

Ah, nice!

30:30

Penny for Pm 🇬🇧

Great interview. As great as his *yawn* travel program

Love to listen to Palin.. Bowman on the other hand..

did these guys ever say no to an interview?

David Walliam isn't a writer of any great ability. Just a Roald Dahl knock-off. No idea why Palin would reference him as somebody who found the diaries useful - other than as sort of referencing a more modern celebrity.

Palin, as usual, is articulate and genteel. Accent aside, the young woman interviewing him is out of her depth!

The host has the worst fake laugh