Diaries 1969–1979 The Python Years
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family history, 408–9
talk at Brasenose College, 413–14
happiness, 414
in Barbados, 428–35
water-skiing, 430, 431, 435
guest host on Saturday Night Live, 436, 446, 447, 453–62, 475
false teeth, 437, 439, 443, 473, 490, 497
play idea (day in life of BBC film Unit), 440
writing problems, 441–2, 443
flies on Concorde, 451
tax liabilities, 479, 480, 511, 559
anti-smoking radio commercial, 483
uses Alexander technique, 483
second novel, 505, 511, 539, 550, 553, 558, 602
car accident, 509
Ripping Yaws book-signing tour, 513–14
ambition to be an explorer, 516
second appearance on Saturday Night Live, 525, 528–31
third stint on Saturday Night Live, 547, 550, 551–3
turns second novel into play, 553, 558, 581, 582, 583, 584, 594, 597, 601
holiday on Long Island, 565–70
asked to write children’s book, 585, 589
on Desert Island Discs, 591–2, 593
see also Monty Pythons’ Flying Cirais and individual films and television series
Palin, Rachel (MP’s daughter), xii, 208, 358
birth, 205
at film premiere, 226
in New York, 306
in Crystal Palace Park, 317
swims at Holiday Inn, 363
in Tunisia, 502
birthday party, 523
and MP’s birthday, 551
bike rides, 560
Palin, Thomas (Tom, MP’s son), xii
birth, 8
Great Picnic, 4
in Southwold, 15
on Hampstead Heath, 19–20, 29, 163
first flight, 31
passport problem, 34
early mornings, 59–60
visits the Zoo, 77–8
and MP’s illness, 110
Indian canoes, 128
starts school, 135, 138
birthdays, 139, 584
visits MP in Scotland, 178, 179
learns to tie shoelaces, 194
school concerts, 269, 422, 558, 602, 605
visits Geological Museum, 284
in New York, 310, 311
at Christmas, 358
sees Jabbenvocky, 166
in Abbotsley, 385
visits Shepperton Studios, 426
in The Life of Brian, 503
and William Ellis School, 553, 554
bicycle, 560
swiimning success, 564
Palin, William (MP’s son), xii
birth, 45–7
christening, 55–6
as a baby, 59, 60
and loss of MP’s diary, 63
visits the Zoo, 77
and MP’s illness, 110
birthdays, 145, 266, 416–17
visits MP in Scotland, 178, 179, 180
MP on, 183
school concerts, 269, 354, 396, 421, 602, 605
kite flying, 281
visits Geological Museum, 284
in New York, 310, 311
at Christmas, 358
at parties, 366, 367
bicycles, 373, 560
in Abbotsley, 385
visits Shepperton Studios, 426
wants to go to America, 428
tries ethnic food, 443
Scalextrix set, 518
at football match, 522
Rachel’s birthday party, 523
and William Ellis School, 553, 554
Palio de Siena, Earl’s Court Road, 11
Pan Am, 82, 597, 600
Panorama (television programme), 193, 324, 580
Pao, Basil, 545 and n, 555, 573
Paramount Pictures, 533, 543, 579, 588
Pardo, Don, 460, 530
Parfitt, Judy, 253, 256
Paris, 279, 546
Parkes restaurant, Beauchamp Place, 47
Parkin, Bryon, 462, 482, 558, 570
Parliament Hill, 17, 60, 108, 139, 198, 281, 367, 418, 574–5
Parsons, Nicholas, 257
Pascall Bon-Bon commercial, 463–4
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 74, 146
Patisserie Valerie, Old Compton Street, 381
Pavilion restaurant, London, 314 and n
Paymortax and McWhirter, 266
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), 417, 531
screens Monty Python, 187 and n, 206, 215, 273, 276
Pythons visit, 220, 221
and Ripping Yarns, 418, 425, 482
Peacock, Michael, 523 and n
Peary, Commander Robert, 361
Peck, Gregory, 20n
Peel, John, 53, 81, 226, 266, 390, 391
Pegram, Nigel, 349 and n
Pembroke Casde, 314, 338, 339, 340
Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 421
Penhaligon’s, Covent Garden, 364 and n
Penn, Arthur, 38
Penrhos Brewery, Kington, 394n, 397
Penthouse Club, 136
Penzance, 535, 538
The People, 227
Percy (Canadian television interviewer), 120–1
Percy (screenplay), 23 and n, 26
Personal Call (radio programme), 602 and n
Perth and Kinross Fire Brigade, 173
‘Peter Lodynski’s Flea-Market Company’, 59
Peterborough, 389
Pethig, Hazel, xiv, 64, 139 and n
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 169, 170
Monty Python show in New York, 305
Jabberwocky, 329, 340
petrol shortages, 145, 517, 521, 603
Pettifer, Julian, 604
Philadelphia, 194, 219–20, 239, 302
Piccadilly, 107, 197
Piccoli, Michel, 151n
Pickles, Sheila, 364 and n, 539
Pickup, Ronald, 292
Piero (restaurant owner), 314 and n
Pinewood Studios, 23, 41, 320–1, 345, 346, 376, 377, 411, 412, 589
Pink Floyd, 146, 148, 190, 234, 268
The Pink Medicine Show (comedy show), 561n
Pink Panther (film), 406, 447
Pinter, Harold, 77n, 139n, 334, 373, 424n
Pirsig, Robert, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance, 303 and n, 322
Pizza Express, Hampstead, 448, 597
Place des Arts, Montreal, 121
Plant, Robert (Led Zeppelin), 226, 232
Plath, Sylvia
The Bell-Jar, 472
Letters, 322
Plato, Republic, 588
‘Play for Today’ (television series), 108
Playboy, 13, 22, 86, 232, 537
Playboy Club, Park Lane, 40
Plaza Cinema, New York, 597
Plaza Hotel, New York, 229, 576
Plomley, Roy, 591–2
Plum Island, Long Island Sound, 568
Plush, Dorset, 199–200
Plymouth, 535
A Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stick (Amnesty charity show), 298–9, 300–1, 322
Pomme d’Amour, Holland Park, 444, 602
Pont (cartoonist), 318
Pontevecchio, Brompton Road, 7, 150, 258
Pontins Holiday Camp, 31
Pope, Reg, 478
Porridge (television series), 320
Post House, Birmingham, 114
Post Office Tower, London, 110, 205
Potterton, Reg, 537
Powell, Anthony, 569
Powell, Dilys, 227, 415
Powell, Enoch, 28, 338
Powell, Robert, 235 and n
Powell, Robin, 3–4, 10, 48, 82–3, 263, 324, 437n, 467
Powell, Tristram, 97
Powell and Moya, 92–3
power-cuts, 47, 48, 71–3, 413
Pratt, Lily, 384 and n
Pratt, Roger, 342 and n
Prebble, John, 425
Presley, Elvis, 82, 422, 591
Press Guild Crit
ics’Award, 445
Pretty Baby (film), 455, 456
Price, Alan, 102, 103, 313, 390, 391
Price of Coal (film), 374–5
Priestland, Gerald, 592–3
Princeton University, 379
Pringle, Bryan, 329, 332
Private Eye, 40, 53n, 118, 156, 331, 579
Professional Foul (television play), 450
Prowse, Dave, 339
Pryce, Jonathan, 255, 415
Publisher’s Weekly, 547
Punch, 39–40 and n, 156, 437, 442
Purser, Philip, 104, 281, 584
Purvcs, Peter, 413
Pushkin, Alexander, 368
Puttnam, David, 108 and n, 253
Pyjama Tops (sex show), 381
Pym, Mr and Mrs (neighbours), 387
Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd, 321, 447
Python Productions Ltd, 57, 261, 321
formation of, 13
and German Python shows, 71, 356–7
contributes to Gay News libel case, 376
Q
Q5 (television programme), 501
Quaker Oats, 91
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, 124
Queen’s Crescent market, 108
Queens Head, Blyford, 184
Queen’s Hotel, Penzance, 538
Queen’s Hotel, Leeds, 590
Questors Theatre, Ealing, 36
Quick, Diana, 6 and n, 8, 423, 426, 443, 447–8, 472
Quo Vadis restaurant, London, 31
R
Race, Steve, 589 and n
Radcote Lock, 246
Radio Clyde, 514
Radio Forth, 514
Radio Nottingham, 70
Radio One, charity football match, 390–1
Radio Operators, 483
Radio Sheffield, 104
Radio Times, 35, 131, 151, 407
Radner, Gilda, 423, 462, 529
Rae, Dan, 478
Raeburn, Tommy (Props), 173, 174, 175, 180
RAF Lossiemouth, 587
Rafelson, Bob, 439n
Rafferty, Gerry, 36n
rail strikes, 152, 154, 524
Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, 112, 153
Raise the Titanic (film), 548n
Ramport Ltd, 369, 400, 406
Randolph Hotel, Oxford, 352
Rantzen, Esther, 143
Raphael, Frederic, 285
Rappaport, David, 605
Ratcliffe, Michael, 280
Rathbone, Basil, 458
Rattle of a Simple Man (play), 521
Ray (American lawyer), see Brodie
Raymond, Paul, 381
RCA, 454
RCA building, New York, 453
Reagan, Ronald, 229
Record, Eugene, 457
Red Cross Bazaar, Hampstead, 416
Redgrave, Corin, 423n
Redgrave, Lynn, 255
Redgrave, Sir Michael, 469
Redgrave, Vanessa, 109, 345n, 423n, 455, 459
Redwood Studios, 403, 406, 422, 448, 483, 584–5
Reed, Carol, 330n
Reeve, Christopher, 377, 466
Regent’s Park, London, 297, 368, 369, 394, 576
Regina, Python tour, 123–4
Reiner, Carl, 68n, 231
Reiner, Rob, 68n
Reiss, Fanny, 347 and n
Reiss, Frank, 347 and n
Remenham church, Berkshire, 4
Reydon, Suffolk, 8, 382, 607
Reynolds, Debbie, 393
Reynolds, Stanley, 49
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 6
Rice, Tim, 269n, 594
Richard, Cliff, 173
Richards, Keith, 334, 351
Richardson, Ralph, 469, 470–1
Richmond, Fiona, 381
Richmond, Tony, 335
Rick (camera operator), 75
Rickmansworth, 346–7
Rigg, Diana, 364
Ripping Yarns, 375, 401, 416
further shows to be made after Tomkinson’s Schooldays, 283, 285–6, 288
writing, 290 and n
filming, 293, 295
casting, 339, 342, 344, 387–8
pre-production, 342
costs, 345
Jim Franklin becomes producer, 362, 364
Terry Hughes unable to continue with, 362
previews, 402–3, 407
PBS interested in, 418, 425, 482
Graham Chapman criticizes, 424
book, 435, 571
second series, 438, 445, 448, 465, 521, 569, 570, 584, 585, 588
BBC promotes, 441
MP believes to be flawed, 442
awards, 445
reviews, 466, 468
BBC refuses to commission any more, 509–10
book-signing tour, 513–14
new director, 520, 521
shown in US, 547
full-length film proposed, 558, 569, 570, 583
success of, 591
‘Across the Andes by Frog’, 290, 294, 295, 299, 320–1, 324, 339, 342, 344, 345, 349, 388, 402–3, 473, 474, 514n
‘Curse of the Claw’, 293, 323, 366, 387–8, 389, 407–8, 412, 423, 471 and n
‘Escape from Stalag Luft 112B’, 317–18, 378, 386, 399, 418, 468, 475
‘Golden Gordon’, 504, 522, 533, 536, 539–43
‘Murder at Moorstones Manor’, 293, 295, 299, 339, 346–7, 388, 402–3, 410, 481
‘Roger of the Raj’, 467, 468–71, 472, 475–7, 478, 481, 554, 582, 589, 593, 606
‘The Testing of Eric Olthwaite’, 314, 323, 345, 364, 377, 407–8, 411 and n, 418, 441, 480, 481, 542, 589
‘Whinfrey’s Last Case’, 504, 515, 517, 521, 522, 532, 535, 536–9, 542, 546, 585
see also Tomkinson’s Schooldays
Rippingale, Lincolnshire, 389
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, 6 and n, 44–5
Ritz Brothers, 452–3
Robertson, Bruce, 592
Robertson, Cliff, 406n
Robin’s Nest (television programme), 508 and n
Rockefeller Center, New York, 306
Rocky (film), 533
Rod (neighbour) 92
Rodhouse, Roy, 507
Roeg, Nie, 335
‘Roger of the Raj’ see Ripping Yarns