Monty Python by Douglas McCall

Author:Douglas McCall [McCall, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-11-07T08:00:00+00:00

2500  October 13, 1999

Michael Palin gives a talk on Ernest Hemingway at the Town Hall in Cheltenham, England, as part of the 50th Cheltenham Festival of Literature (Oct. 8–24).

2501  October 17–November 7, 1999

The four-part documentary series Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure airs on BBC1. In this series, writer-host Michael Palin follows in the footsteps of legendary author Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), a journey that takes him to Chicago, Italy, Spain, Paris, Cuba, Africa, Key West, etc. The project sprung from Palin’s love of reading Hemingway as a youth, a love that was reignited while doing research for his 1995 novel Hemingway’s Chair. The series, produced by Martha Wailes, airs in the U.S. in May 2000 (PBS).

Reviews: Mark Lawson (The Guardian, Oct. 10, 1999): “...the itinerary seems to be dictated mainly by the pictures least likely to make the viewer switch off.... There is no sense of the presenter being on a quest”; Paul Hoggart (The Times [London], Oct. 18, 1999, p. 47): “...‘Michael Palin Visits Some Places Mentioned In Hemingway and Pootles Around a Bit’ would have been a more honest title”; Mike Davies (The Birmingham Post, Oct. 18, 1999): “Hemingway once called Orson Welles an effeminate theatrical and took a chair to him. One suspects Palin would have warranted an entire dining table.”

2502  October 17, 1999

The Sunday Times (London) (Newspaper/U.K.). “A Funny Fellow in Deadly Ernest,” p. 17. Profile of Michael Palin.

2503  October 17, 1999

Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure (TV episode: BBC1). Michael Palin travels to Spain, where he observes the annual Running of the Bulls (Pamplona) and attends a bullfight (Valencia). In Kenya, Africa he meets some of the local wildlife and visits the Masai tribe. First episode of the four-part documentary series. Written & narrated by Michael Palin. Directed by David F. Turnbull.

2504  October 19, 1999

Donny & Marie (TV talk show: Synd.). Hosted by Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Guest: Eric Idle.

2505  October 24, 1999

Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure (TV episode: BBC1). Michael Palin visits Oak Park, IL (Hemingway’s birthplace), learns how to fire a gun at a shooting range (Chicago), then moves on to north Michigan, where the Hemingways spent their summers. Next, Palin investigates the writer’s war and post-war experiences, visiting Milan and Paris. Second episode in the four-part documentary series. Written & narrated by Michael Palin. Directed by David F. Turnbull.

2506  October 25, 1999

Michael Palin talks about Hemingway Adventure at Waterstone’s bookstore (High Street) in Birmingham, England, as part of the Birmingham Book Festival (Oct. 15–25).

2507  October 27, 1999

John Cleese turns 60.

2508  October 29, 1999

This Morning (TV show: ITV/Granada). Magazine program hosted by Ruth Langsford and John Leslie. Guest: Terry Jones.

2509  October 31, 1999

Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure (TV episode: BBC1). Michael Palin attends a Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West, FL, celebrating the author’s 100th birthday (July 21, 1999). He then visits Uganda, where Hemingway survived two successive plane crashes in 1954. In Italy Palin dons a Gumby costume for the annual carnival in Venice and joins a duck hunt (in Cáorle). Third episode in the four-part documentary series. Written & narrated by Michael Palin. Directed by David F.

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