John Cleese calls Michael Palin’s travel shows boring

The Fawlty Towers star said his Monty Python pal is lovely but boring and joked his shows are used to cure insomnia.

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Video transcript

How is Mr Michael Palin that we love?

Because he, sir Michael Palin, actually, because we adore him and it was his birth.

Very nice.

She’s very nice.

Very nice man I ever met in my life.

But he’s so nice you forgive him.

You for me?

Because he’s so lovely.

Have you not seen this trouble?

I do.

But, you know, um, they they’re sponsored, uh, in America by the insomniac association of people who’ve never slept before in their life.

You sit them down with one episode of pole to Pole and some hot chocolate.

They’re straight off he’s doing as a public service.