A Python in the Himalayas

Newsweek, June, 2005 by Brian Braiker

If you only know Michael Palin as a member of the legendary comedy troupe Monty Python (or, for that matter, as stuttering Ken in "A Fish Called Wanda"), then you just don't know Michael Palin. Sure, the Oxford-educated actor may have blazed new trails in sketch comedy more than 30 years ago--if the words "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK" mean nothing to you, get thee to a video store--but it's the trails he's still blazing that make him relevant today.

The current phase of Palin's career began in 1989 when he was approached to host the BBC travelogue "Around the World in 80 Days." The series was such a surprise smash, due in no small part to Palin's irresistible likeability, that he has since done five more, visiting the North and South Poles, following in the footsteps of...

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