In case you arrived here looking for a circus there are no elephants or clowns….. Part one of the autobiography: Watch the entirety of the video by clicking on the other segments. Influenced listed as Beyond the Fringe The Goon Show Mentioned Bolex Camera Help Magazine The Frost Read more…
Golden Gordon Huddersfield, 1935. Barnstoneworth United is a small football club, once playing in the top leagues, now losing every game. One of their fans, Gordon Ottershaw (Palin), who has named his son Barnstoneworth United (John Berlyne), comes home after every lost match and smashes the furniture in fury. Read more…
Murder at Moorstones Manor Scotland, 1926. Sir Clive Chiddingfold (Frank Middlemass), the irascible proprietor of Moorstones Manor has his birthday. His sons Hugo and Charles (both played by Palin) drive up with their fiancées. Hugo, the elder, is only interested in motors and seen as a loony by the Read more…
Howard Molsen has a new shovel. Its a lovely shovel. It has a great big brass handle. Know what he is going to do? He’s going to put it next to the other one. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite Denley Moor, 1934. Eric Olthwaite (Palin) is interested in Read more…
The Curse of the Claw Last episode of the first series of Michael Palin’s and Terry Jones’ priceless "Ripping Yarns", in which the two Ex-Pythons wittily lampoon cultural cornerstones of the British Empire. The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and Read more…