Michael Palin personality. During this period Cleese contacted Palin about doing the show that would ultimately become "Monty Python's Flying Circus". At the same time the success of "Do Not Adjust Your Set" had led Palin, Jones, Idle and Gilliam to be offered their own series and, while it was still in production, Palin agreed to Cleese's proposal and brought along Idle, Jones and Gilliam. Thus the formation of the Monty Python troupe has been referred to as a result of Cleese's desire to work with Palin and the chance circumstances that brought the other four members into the fold. In "Monty
Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) Around the World in 80 Days is the book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC TV program "". This trip was intended to follow in the footsteps of the (fictitious) Phileas Fogg in the Jules Verne book "Around the World in Eighty Days". The use of aeroplanes was not allowed, a self-imposed restriction. Steam liners don't exist any more, so all of the long sea journeys had to be on container ships or freighters. The one exception was the trip from Dubai to Mumbai (Bombay) on a dhow, a