Diaries 1969–1979 The Python Years

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by Palin, Michael


  Langan’s Brasserie, London, 394

  Langdon, David, 39

  Lange, Jessica, 357n

  Langham, Chris, 498 and n

  Lapouge, M. (farmer), 32

  Larkin, William, 13

  Lasker, Judge Morris, 276–8, 279, 289

  Last, Richard, 131

  Last, Roger, 88 and n, 139

  Late Night Esther (television series), 143

  Late-Night Line-Up (television series), 13 and n, 73n

  Latimer, Clare, 239 and n, 600, 607

  Latimer, Hugh, 607

  Laurel and Hardy, 230

  LBC, 181, 594

  le Carré, John, 198, 587

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 198n, 200

  Le Corbusier, 604

  Le Mesurier, John, 292, 325, 329, 332–3, 335, 471, 472, 476, 571

  Le Touquet Airport, 31

  Leach, ‘Tucker’, 245

  Lean, David, 507

  Leary, Timothy, 556

  Led Zeppelin, 105, 126, 148, 226, 232, 317

  Lee, Joan, 338, 341

  Lee, Laurie, Cider with Rosie, 98

  Leeds

  ‘First Farewell Tour’, 118–19

  Yorkshire Post literary lunch, 590–1

  The Legend of the Nancy Hulk (film), 268

  Leicester, 65

  Leith’s Restaurant, London, 547–8

  Leland, Chloe, 363

  Leland, David, 234n, 315, 316, 362–3, 421, 533, 534, 536, 541

  Leland, Stephanie, 363, 533

  Lemmon, Jack, 319

  Leningrad, 368

  Lennie, John, 513

  Lennon, John, 232, 575

  Lennon, Peter, 281

  Leo the Last (film), 48

  Let’s Get Laid! (sex show), 381

  Leven, Loch, 166, 169

  Leventon, Annabel, 349n

  Levinson, Al, xvi, 405, 460

  friendship with MP, 208, 247, 251–2, 282, 304

  Millwork, 316, 320, 351, 395

  Fish novels, 351 and n, 395

  in London, 395, 396, 546–7, 549, 597

  Rue Britannia, 395, 436–7

  Shipping Out, 395

  and Ute Life of Brian, 396

  Eve attempts suicide, 409–10

  MP visits in New York, 451

  and Eve’s death, 518, 519

  Palin family stay with on Long Island, 565, 569–70

  new girlfriend, 576, 577

  second marriage, 586 and n, 588

  MP gives party for, 599–600

  Levinson, Claudie, 578, 586 and n, 597, 599–600

  Levinson, Eve, 252, 451

  in London, 395

  suicide attempt, 409–10, 411, 413

  death, 518, 519, 549

  Levinson, Gwenola, 586n

  Levinson, John, 518

  Lewis, Nancy, xiv, xvi, 153, 157–8 and n, 265 US publicity tours, 121, 122, 125, 218, 222–3 Monty Python shown in US, 187, 194, 211

  US record deal, 208

  Bert Fegg publicity tour, 252, 253

  court case against ABC, 270, 271, 274–6, 278

  Monty Python show in New York, 284, 304, 310, 311

  and MP as host of Saturday Night Live, 436, 446, 447, 450, 451, 461, 530, 550

  The Life of Brian publicity, 567

  Lewisohn, Mark, 433n

  Leyland Cars, 411

  Liberal Party, 1974 elections, 157, 193

  Liddy, Gordon, 438

  Lieberson, Sandy, 253, 294, 339, 343, 373, 426, 533

  The Life of Brian see Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  Life of Christ (film), 364–5

  Lincoln, 70

  Lincoln Pop Festival, 79–81

  Lincolnshire, 389

  Linguaphone Institute, 182

  Links Hotel, Torquay, 27

  Linton, Gloucestershire, 409

  Lipman, Maureen, 423, 426

  Lisi, Virna, 22

  Lismore Circus, London, 14, 93, 109, 154, 592

  Lisztomania (film), 369

  Literary Society, Stirling, 513

  Little Venice, 209

  Littlehampton, 26

  Live at City Centre (Monty Python album), 313

  Live at Drury Lane (Monty Python album), 163, 180, 185, 208

  Liverpool, 65

  Liverpool Football Club, 314

  Liverpool Street Station, London, 62

  Lloyd, John, 257 and n

  Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 269 and n

  Loach, Ken, 374–5

  Loe, Judy, 388 and n, 423, 425, 426, 540

  Logue, Christopher, 331

  Lomond, Loch, 346

  Loncraine, Richard, 396, 521 and n

  London

  IRA bombs, 110, 136, 149, 181, 197, 261–2, 290, 295

  snowfall, 519

  London Airport see Heathrow Airport

  London Docklands, 479–80

  London Dungeon, 374

  London Palladium, 17

  London Transport, 148

  London Underground, 290

  London University, 57n

  London Weekend Television, 47, 75, 78, 225, 531

  London Zoo, 77–8, 554

  Londonderry, Bloody Sunday (1972), 69, 70–1, 74

  Long Island, 565–70, 578–80

  The Long Search (television series), 523, 545

  Longboat Hotel, Penzance, 535

  Looking for Mr Goodbar (film), 533

  Lord Nelson pub, Southwold, 9

  Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 12, 549

  Los Angeles, 307, 539

  ‘First Farewell Tour’, 125, 126

  Monty Python constantly shown in, 458

  Derek Taylor dislikes, 512

  Monty Python stage show, 538, 544

  The Life of Brian marketing trip, 554–8

  The Life of Brian opens in, 571, 572

  Losey, Joseph, 77n

  Lot Valley, France, 30, 32–4, 187, 481–2

  Lotterby, Sydney, 522 and n, 541, 542

  Louis (Stephen Sondheim ‘s housekeeper), 304

  Love, Mike, 81

  The Love Show (theatrical documentary), 133 and n

  Lovell, Peter, 469

  Lowe, Arthur, 44–5 and n, 314

  Lowe, Stephen, 588

  Lowestoft, 233

  Lownes, Victor III, 13, 14

  Lowry, Malcolm, Under the Volcano, 223

  Lucan, Lord, 496

  Luce, Henry, 580

  Luff, Carolyn, 368

  Luff, Peter, 368 and n, 516, 604

  Lustgarten, Dr, 312

  Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, 21

  Lydd Ferry Port, 31

  Lynn, Jonathan, 300n, 301, 521

  Lyric Theatre, London, 268

  Lyttelton Theatre, London, 331

  M

  Maas, Robert, 511 and n, 547

  McCall, Bruce, 268

  McCall, Phil, 52

  McCann, Mrs (Thomas’s teacher), 181

  McCartney, Paul, 204, 440, 576

  McConachie, Brian, 528–9

  McCowen, Alec, 415

  McCoy, Sylvester, 605

  McDanell, Philip, 582

  McDonald’s, Kentish Town, 515

  McDowell, Malcolm, 102, 425

  McGarrigle, Kate and Annie, 505

  McGear, Mike (Mike McCartney), 41n, 42

  McGough, Roger, 41n, 42, 423

  McGovern, George, 96

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, 198

  Maclnnes, Hamish, 167, 390 and n

  McKenna, Bernard, 135 and n, 248, 344, 447–8, 571

  at Graham Chapman’s party, 326

  and Titc Life of Brian, 434, 493, 500, 504, 508, 554

  McKeown, Charles, 483 and n, 504

  McKern, Leo, 327

  McLachlan, Andrew, 488 and n, 493, 498, 504

  McLuhan, Marshall, 198

  Macmillan (publisher), 585, 589

  MacNaughton, Ian, xiv, 13, 260, 555

  first series of Monty Python, 3 and n, 10

  Q5, 13n

  second series of Monty Py
thon, 21, 29, 31

  And Now For Something Completely Different, 41

  third series of Monty Python, 75, 79, 88

  Monty Pythons Bavarian TV show, 86

  second marriage, 86n

  Pythons decide not to use again, 97–8

  wants to leave BBC, 97

  and fourth series of Monty Python, 163, 186, 189

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 191

  and proposed fifth series of Monty Python, 205

  McNulty, Brian, 175, 226

  McQueen, Steve, 432

  Madame Tussaud’s, 440, 512

  Magic Fingers Bed Relaxation System, 125 and n

  Magical Mystery Tour (film), 203–4

  Mahomet (Tunisian extra), 490

  Mailer, Norman, 229, 232, 566

  Main Wilson, Dennis, 10n

  Maitland, Lady Olga, 236 and n

  Malcolm, Derek, 375

  Malle, Louis, 455

  Mallett, Richard, 40

  Man Alive (BBC series), 77

  Manor Mobile Recording Studios, 300

  Mansbrjdge, Norman, 39

  Manson, Charles, 82

  Mao Tse-tung, 595

  Margaret, Princess, 207 and n, 226, 230

  Margate Pier, washed away in storm, 434

  Marine Ices, 373

  Markham, Edna, 244–5

  Markham, Harry, 244–5, 334

  Markham, Kika, 423 and n

  Marley, Bob, 395

  Marooned’ (film), 20 and n

  Marquee Club, 226

  Marquee studios, Soho, 60

  Marriott Essex House Hotel, New York, 215, 219, 220, 222, 462

  Marsden, Betty, 167 and n, 172

  Marshall, Garth, 488

  Martin, Dean, 126, 127

  Martin, Dick, 452, 454

  Martin, John, 81

  Martin, Steve, 453, 474

  Marty Feldman (television series), ix

  Marvel (comic), 211

  Marvin, Lee, 485n

  Marx, Groucho, 400

  Marx brothers, 52

  Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), 12

  MASH (television series), 585

  Mason, Lindy, 268

  Mason, Roy, 199

  Mastroianni, Marcello, 151n

  Matching Tie and Handkerchief (Monty Python LP), 136, 149, 208, 232, 288–9

  Matheson’s sausages, 328

  Matmata, Tunisia, 506–7

  Matthews, Christopher, 365

  Maudling, Reginald, 68–9 and n, 295

  Mavor, Mr (Gordonstoun headmaster), 587

  Maxwell House commercial, 16–17

  May, Jack, 537

  May Day show (1971), 57

  May fair, 95

  IRA bomb, 261–2

  MCC (Metropolitan Cricket Club), 549

  Mecca, 599

  Medak, Peter, 443

  Medavoy, Mike, 555

  Medical Aid for Vietnam, 35–6

  Medical Centre, Pentonville Road, 103–4

  Medwin, Michael, 101–2

  Megahey, Les, 442, 586

  Meibach, Ina Lee, xvi, 157–8 and n, 219, 253

  court case against ABC, 270, 272, 273, 277

  Monty Python show in New York, 284, 305

  wedding, 370

  Mellor, James, 292

  Melody Maker, 350

  Graham Chapman’s article in, 424, 425–6

  MP presents awards for, 600

  Memmo, Signor (Tunisian caterer), 492, 503

  Memorial Enterprises, 101–2

  Mercer, David, 207–8 and n

  Meridien Hotel, Monastir, 522

  Mermaid Theatre, London, 150

  Meteorological Office, 207

  Methuen (publisher), 426

  propose Python Christmas book, 56

  Monty Python’s Big Red Book, 106–7

  Monty Python’s Brand New Bok, 136, 142

  literary lunch in Bradford, 146–7

  Bert Fegg’s Nasty Book for Boys and Girls, 156 and n

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail book, 398, 421

  Round Britain by Frog tour, 483

  Monty Python’s Scrap Book, 581

  Monty Python: The Case Against, 603n

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 252

  Metropolitan Police, 195

  MGM, 412, 543

  ‘Michael Ellis’script, 183, 184

  Michaels, Lome, xvi, 465, 560, 568

  and Ripping Yarns, 482

  MP as guest host on Saturday Night Live, 453–4, 455–02

  meets MP in London, 474, 480

  MP’s second appearance on Saturday Night Live, 529–31

  MP’s third stint on Saturday Night Live, 550, 552–3

  Middlemass, Frank, 339

  Midland Bank, MP writes film for, 27

  Midnight Express (film), 488, 495

  Midnight Special (US television), 121, 126–7

  Mike Douglas Show (US television), 302–3

  Mikoto (Helen’s friend), 558

  Mill Hill, 328

  Miller, Arthur, 125, 566–7

  Miller, Chris, 501, 560 and n, 592, 599

  Miller, Jonathan, 296, 297, 298–9, 300, 322, 561n

  Millichope, Ray, 260 and n, 388, 402

  Milligan, Shelagh, 501, 594

  Milligan, Spike, 13 and n, 59, 101, 467, 468, 498, 499, 501, 592–3, 607–8

  Mills, Michael, 21 and n

  Mills and Allen, 346

  Milly (designer) see Burns, Milly

  Milne, Alasdair, 144

  Milton Abbas School, 253, 435

  Minehead, 26

  Minelli, Liza, 102n

  miners’strikes, 71–3, 150, 154, 156

  Mingus, Charlie, Beneath the Underdog, 68

  Minsmere, Suffolk, 15–16, 144

  The Missionary (film), 521n

  Mitchell, Adrian, 138 and n

  Mitchell, Celia, 138 and n

  Mitchell, Warren, 131, 326–7, 336, 337

  Miyako Hotel, San Francisco, 124

  Moby Dick (film), 412

  Molinaire, 422

  Mon Plaisir, Monmouth Street, 406

  The Monarch, Chalk Farm Road, 135, 183

  Monastir, Tunisia, 485–504, 505, 522, 583

  Monika (German wardrobe mistress), 90 and n

  Monmouth Coffee House, London, 534

 

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