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Palin played various roles in Monty Python, which ranged from manic enthusiasm (such as the lumberjack of "The Lumberjack Song", or Herbert Anchovy, host of the game show "Blackmail") to unflappable calmness (such as the Dead parrot vendor or Cheese Shop proprietor).
Sir Michael Edward Palin, KCMG CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.
Jun 19, 2020 · He was played by Michael Palin in both versions of the sketch: the one seen in Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the one seen in the mixtape movie And Now for Something Completely Different. Brook-Hampster’s father uses him as a garbage can and, according to the movie version of the sketch, he’s in the wine business. Bicycle Repair Man.
Appearing on Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly), Jim Carrey—who refers to Monty Python as the "Super Justice League of comedy"—recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler (played by Palin) laughing himself to death in "The Funniest Joke in the World" sketch. [184]
Mar 19, 2015 · Palin described his role in the 1991 television series GBH as a "challenge" and revealed that he had originally been in line to play Robert Lindsay's role, the militant Michael Murray.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - Michael Palin as First Swallow-Savvy Guard, Dennis, Peasant 2, Right Head, Sir Galahad the Pure, Knight of Camelot, Narrator, King of Swamp Castle, Brother Maynard's Brother, Leader of The Knights Who Say NI! - IMDb.
Palin's greatest Python moment, however, might be the absurd "Fish Slapping Dance," in which he is knocked off Teddington Lock into the Thames by a man wielding a very large fish. Outside of Python, Palin played a nice-guy torturer in "Brazil," and an animal-loving jewel thief in "A Fish Called Wanda."
