RHLSTP 275 - Michael Palin
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
British Comedy Guide
4.7 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
#275 You’ve Got Mail - We’ve been recommissioned again for an amazing 19th series and Richard is exhausted from his final attempt to let the world know when International Men’s Day is and what are you talking about? He always wears a suit. There’s nothing unusual going on. His guest is just some guy from some old sketch show and the first Knight (that says Ni) on the podcast, Sir Michael Palin.
Obviously Rich is in awe and on his best behaviour, but that won’t stop him bringing up one of Michael’s rare career disappointments and nearly derailing everything. But Michael is everything you’d hope for and you can find out what he got paid for his script being used in Sliding Doors, how the Fish Dance went down in North Korea, how Life of Brian might have been Python at its height, the perils of being a mud eater, how Mrs Palin ended up on Saturday Night Live, why Terry Jones was the heart of Python and how this remarkable friendship between writing partners was maintained right to the end. Plus the best impression of Cicero that you’re likely to hear. Will Richard end up in the diary and what terrible things will be said about him…? We will have to wait.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my fine friends welcome to the Rahul Astapa feed also incorporating emergency questions and |
| 0:05.2 | can I have my ball back and occasionally a Rahul Astapa retro lots of stuff to enjoy on here I hope |
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| 0:25.2 | we got lots of gigs coming up I'm in Wells on the 28th of May and my guest is John Robbins |
| 0:33.0 | few tickets left for that one so get along I'm also doing stand up that evening go to richhang.com |
| 0:37.1 | slash gigs for info on that there's do I'm doing the new Boris Arts Festival two gigs in new |
| 0:43.2 | Milton and Totten on the 16th and 17th of June I think there's only two tickets left for each one |
| 0:48.5 | I think so be quick if you want to see those no guests named yet and there's a new series of |
| 0:52.8 | Rahul Astapa starting in Mondays in June and right through to July the 17th my guest until |
| 0:58.4 | July the 17th will be Sarah Millican she was promised to turn up this time and there are lots of |
| 1:04.1 | other names in the mix for that hopefully some news on that very soon rigidherring.com slash |
| 1:09.0 | Rahul Astapa for the Rahul Astapa shows I'm also doing stand up as well richhang.com slash gigs |
| 1:14.8 | gigs in Wells the Bill Murray which is selling out so book ahead and also in leads |
| 1:22.7 | and I think also the Isle of White I'm going to do one and maybe somewhere else as well |
| 1:27.2 | might there might be a few coming up so keep on checking richhang.com slash gigs if you want to |
| 1:31.6 | see me doing stand up probably mainly about my testicle anyway let's sit back relax and enjoy |
| 1:37.3 | whichever of the lovely podcast you've chosen to listen to please spread the word about these |
| 1:41.5 | podcasts especially can I have my ball back which I think is not only very good but has an |
| 1:46.6 | important message to weave and hopefully we'll save a few souls from something unpleasant thanks |
| 1:54.2 | for listening see you after |
| 1:58.4 | fancy a fever tree and vodka yes vodka not gin because this is fever tree mexican lime soda |
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