The Dark Side of Python
Telegraph: “Avarice’s ink is darker, so John Cleese and Eric Idle – both of whom come across in the Diaries as keen on cash – are drawn rather more colourfully than our host. But for a genuinely interesting Python you need the show’s specialist in dictatorial military types, Graham Chapman. Tardy, depressive, unreliable, epicurean, homosexual and permanently stewing in gin and tonic, Chapman was, in Palin’s words, ‘the high priest of hedonism.’ In other words, he rarely pulled his weight.”
How Not to Be Fragged
“How Not to Be Seen” as Halo machinima.
A Heartbreaking Interview
And Now For Something Completely Political…
John Cleese is the purported author of the Declaration of Revocation, a missive directed at the people of the United States. With Cleese harboring possible ambitions to run as mayor of Santa Barbara, it’s very possible that Cleese may have momentarily merged his comedy with his politics. However, at present, there’s no conclusive evidence that Cleese wrote this. (via Tom)
Afternoon Tea
- Dean Koontz’s dog has written a book: a chapbook-sized ode to lapping toilet water.
- An inmate has sued Stephen King for The Green Mile, claiming that there are, in fact, no magical black men inside prison.
- It’s been reported elsewhere, but Cynthia Ozick’s book tour diary dishes fun dirt.
- Amber Frey is set to release a memoir this week. Sample chapter titles include “Oh My God! Laci’s baby is due on my birthday!” and “You know, Scott, this murder might affect our relationship.”
- The Rutles 2 is coming to DVD. Believe it or not, Salman Rushdie is in it.
- A number of prominent Canadians highlight their top reads for 2004 (including Neil Peart, who champions John Barth’s The Book of Ten Nights and a Night!).
- The Age does an admirable job trying to account for The Da Vinci Code’s success.
