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Sahara
Michael Palin
Thomas Dunne Books, 2003
"Nowhere is Paradise"
+ Informative and entertaining
+ Great Descriptions of People and Country along with Palin's Friendly Disarming Humor
+ well written and entertaining
+ A Very, Very Good Travel Book!!
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Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty Python ...
Terry Jones
Nation Books, 2004
Devastatingly funny account of Bush/Blair fiasco
+ Political satire in the best Swiftian tradition
Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction, has written a very funny book on current affairs, composed of articles he wrote for the Guardian and the Observer from 2001 to 2004.
He shows the real reason for the attack on Iraq quoting the Project for the New ...
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Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series
John Cleese, Prunella Scales
BBC Warner, 2001
Never Gets Old
+ John Cleese Shines
+ Good Stuff
+ Timesless Classic British Comedy
+ Fawlty Towers, The Complete Series
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Pole to Pole With Michael Palin: North to South by Camel, River Raft, and Balloon (Companion to the Pbs ...
Michael Palin, Basil Pao
Bay Books, 1995
Palin is inspirational
+ Pole to Pole
+ Palins travels
+ Michael Palin opens the world.
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Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery
Terry Jones, Robert Yeager, ...
Thomas Dunne Books, 2005
Extremely interesting
+ Entertaining, but suspect
+ My kind of history book
+ Murder and other things will out eventually
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The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America
Eric Idle
HarperEntertainment, 2005
A Surprising Gem
+ Great book!!
+ One of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time
+ Just what you'd expect...
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Himalaya
Michael Palin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004
Beautiful and interesting book about a fantastic trip
+ A Lively Travelogue
+ A captivating experience, and "must-read" for anyone planning to climb dangerous or potentially fatal peaks
+ a MUST for armchair mountaineers (and Palin lovers)
+ Wonderus Himalaya Wonderus Michael Palin
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Fierce Creatures
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis
Universal Studios, 1998
Continuation on Fish Called Wanda
+ Funny movie
+ Very Funny
If you loved "A Fish Called Wanda" you will love this movie. So incredibly funny I laugh so hard even though I've seen it over a dozen times. All the characters mesh so well and the story line is beyond hilarious. It's on my "must have" list.
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Full Circle: One Man's Journey by Air, Train, Boat and Occasionally Very Sore Feet Around the 50,000 Miles of ...
Michael Palin
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
Either spend big bucks and go yourself, or buy this book!
+ Michael Palin's longest journey of them all
Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) is more than funny: he's a perceptive and compassionate traveller! I loved his first two BBC travel series and their companion books, so when one day in Seattle, I read in the paper that the next evening he would begin a third, I made sure to tune in. I ...
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Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the Pbs Series (Best of the BBC)
Bay Books, 1995
The trip that started Michael Palin's new career
+ Brilliant
+ Proving Jules Verne right
+ Something Special
+ Right mix of travel and fun
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Monty Python's Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job
Graham Chapman
Rykodisc, 2005
Skiing In A Wretched Wooden Gondola And Other Dangerous Sports
+ Absolute Riot!
+ Superb!
+ Hilarious! A Rare Find!
+ Where's the subtitles?
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A Fish Called Wanda
Maria Aitken, Al Ashton
MGM (Video & DVD), 1999
This fish is delicious...
+ Review of A Fish Called Wanda
+ a classic comedy
+ The classic comedy with a fishbowl of great extras!!! this 2-DVD Special Edition is a keeper!!!
+ A Fish Called Wnda
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Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
Eric Idle, John Du Prez, ...
Decca Broadway, 2005
Tappin' Knights
+ That's no ordianary musical!
+ Monty Python
It was listening to this CD that made me want to see the show on Broadway. The show I saw had Clay Aiken in it, he did a great job. This recording has David Hyde Pierce as Robin and, of course, he is great, too. The show is hilarious and every time I hear this CD I remember the stage business that ...
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Terry Jones
BBC Books, 2004
Entertaining and provocative survey of medieval archetypes
+ `Propaganda, thy name is History'
+ Great Book
+ The Dark Ages were anything but dark.
+ I don't know how accurate this is but I loved this
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Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
Eric Idle, John Du Prez, ...
Decca Broadway, 2005
Tappin' Knights
+ That's no ordianary musical!
+ Monty Python
It was listening to this CD that made me want to see the show on Broadway. The show I saw had Clay Aiken in it, he did a great job. This recording has David Hyde Pierce as Robin and, of course, he is great, too. The show is hilarious and every time I hear this CD I remember the stage business that ...
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