Diaries 1969-1979_ The Python Years - Michael Palin [390]
horse-riding lessons, 332
holiday in Tobago, 360
fan letters, 362
directorship of Shepperton Studios, 368–9, 376, 405–6, 415–16, 573, 581
drafts will, 370
and his father’s death, 381–4
buys next door but one house, 386–7, 399, 448
charity football matches, 390–1, 412–13
at Berlin Film Festival, 391–3
at San Sebastian Film Festival, 404–5
first novel, 404, 405, 407, 409, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416 and n, 418–20, 505
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
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