Playboy's 20Q: Michael Palin

May, 2000

Playboy's 20Q: Michael PalinWe first appreciated Michael Palin as a founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the satirical troupe that became one of Britain's most notable exports of the early Seventies. Films followed, in which the Pythons took aim at the Age of Chivalry (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) and Jesus (Life of Brian). Palin has appeared without the Pythons, in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. But he has also given himself wide latitude--and longitude. He's made extensive u...