Michael Palin Python", Palin played various roles, which ranged from manic enthusiasm (such as the lumberjack of the Lumberjack Song, or Herbert Anchovy, host of the game show "Blackmail") to unflappable calmness (such as the Dead parrot vendor or Cheese Shop proprietor). As a straight man he was often a foil to the rising ire of characters portrayed by John Cleese. He also played timid, socially inept characters such as Arthur Putey, the man who sits quietly as a marriage counsellor (Eric Idle) makes love to his wife (Carol Cleveland), and Mr. Anchovy, a chartered accountant who wants to become a lion
Michael Palin in Wyeth's World as it does interviews with Helga, Andrew's son and painter Jamie Wyeth, and Andrew himself before his death in 2009. A real treat – particularly if you're as ignorant of Wyeth's world as we were." "The Independent"'s Gerard Gilbert called the film "unexpectedly absorbing". John Crace of "The Guardian" wrote that ""Michael Palin in Wyeth's World" (BBC2) was a little gem; a one-hour documentary about a 20th-century American painter, Andrew Wyeth, of whom I had never heard, yet which kept me intrigued". Michael Palin in Wyeth's World Michael Palin in Wyeth's World is a 2013 British documentary film directed by