I met Michael at a book signing in Camden New Jersey. He broke my nose and three of my ribs. He is a mean old wanker!
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mardi789-1 — 18 years ago(October 21, 2007 06:43 AM)
He was very patient when i met him, he was probably getting a headache from writing his name 5 million times over. Id get a bit prickly putting up with doing that. Duckula youre right, hes still a stunner ;D
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DBloodnok — 18 years ago(December 31, 2007 12:30 PM)
Just re-watching "Life of Brian" and I felt a bit peckish - and you know what? That **** Palin was nowhere to be seen so I had to FIX MY OWN FOOD. Man, you'd think that, with my watching one of his seminal works, he'd be on hand to see to my nutritional needs but not a bit of it, the selfish arse.
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life_of_holly — 18 years ago(January 02, 2008 04:11 PM)
I've met Michael properly once, and he was pleasant enough. He had jetlag and was suffering from a stomach bug but was still very professional and friendly. I interviewed him a year or so later, and again he was pleasant but very professional. I think that's how he copes with celebrity. Yes, he is a very nice man I'm sure, but if he's very nice to everyone then he will never be left alone7ec. He just knows when to draw the line.
Terry Jones I've met a few times and he's one of the friendliest most generous people I've ever been fortunate enough to meet. A truly lovely bloke. -
lastaria — 18 years ago(January 03, 2008 06:38 AM)
Yes I would not let this cloud your judgement. from what I have heard he is a very nice man rl, as stated by someone else book signings are less than ideal place to gauge how someone is. He may have had a bad day, may have been under pressure to sign books when he did not want to. On another better day he might have been perfectly chatty and friendly.
Remember, celebrities are human too like us they have their off periods, I hope you start to see him in the same way you did before again.
Chris Thorpe
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BlueGreen — 18 years ago(March 29, 2008 01:46 PM)
I am very sorry for you, Imhotepj.
I can imagine what a huge disappointment that was.
And yes, anyone can have a "bad day" - but there is no excuse for letting your fans down on a personal basis.
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PrimitiveScrewhead — 16 years ago(October 01, 2009 12:25 AM)
To be perfectly honest, you cannot use 'oh he was having a bad day' as an excuse to being rude at a book signing. HE WASN'T FORCED TO BE THERE! He signed on to do it and should be professional about the proceedings.
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halcyoner — 16 years ago(October 21, 2009 11:11 AM)
I actually just heard from the mouth of the Pythons that he gets quit grumpy if he doesn't have his meal. My husband is the same way. It's annoying but all you have to do is give him a handful of nuts or a couple slices of cheese and he's back to his normal, sweet self.
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christina_h_3000 — 16 years ago(October 21, 2009 11:53 PM)
I met Michael in 2008 and I was a bit disappointed, his agent kindly introduced me to him and we started talking, but what I sadly noticed was that he simply talked to me but he never listened to what I said.
Well, I was not too disappointed by it, because later I heard someone say: "He just loves to talk" and laughed about it.
But I also met Terry Jones on the same day and he was so much kinder, which truly surprised me. I met him again a few month later and he was really great again.
So, I am not sure if Michael is really the "nicest" Python, but one can say: "he talks the most of all"It's
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cjluna-1 — 16 years ago(October 24, 2009 05:39 PM)
Well, the man's in his 60's now and can't be expected to be 'on' all the time. Plus, I've noticed that these book signings are not set up very well for the comfort of the author. Don't know about Palin's case but sometimes they have the person sitting at a table where everyone else is standing and he has to keeping looking up at the person talking and then down at the book and then up, down, up, down, etc. Could give anyone a headache AND a neck ache. I was at a book signing with George Takei (Sulu from the original Star Trek) and they had him on a platform where he was eye level with his fans and I'm sure it was much more comfortable for him and easier for him to be nice and gracious to his fans.
