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
Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering is a specialist centre for speech and language therapy for the treatment of stammering, located in Pine Street, central London. Officially opened in 1993, it is a joint initiative between Whittington Health NHS Trust and the charity Action for Stammering Children (ASC). Following his role in "A Fish Called Wanda" in which he portrayed Ken, a character who stammered, as well as having mentioned in his diaries that his father stammered Michael Palin agreed for the centre to be named after him. Palin's continued support and involvement has