John Cleese Once Told Me He'd Do

So It Became In My Mind A Nine-carol Service; An Oratorio And Orchestral Concert All In One, But With Narration. That's Something I've Learned About, Because It's The Story That Keeps You In There. I Wrote A Libretto And I Gave It To John Du Prez. We Normally Don't Work In This Fashion But I Said Off You Go, And He Went Off For About Three Months. He Brought Me Back This Demo Which Blew My Mind.

I Try To Not To Be A Celebrity As Much As Possible.

When We Graduated [ From Cambridge], We Were Grabbed Right Into Television. I Was Grabbed Straight Into The Practice Of Writing Comedy. It Was All Writing And Performing. You Wrote Something In Order For You To Perform It.

We Destroy Icons - That's What We Do.

When, In 1966, I Progressed To The Frost Report, I Was Paid Ten Guineas A Minute. I Was Guaranteed Three Minutes A Week, So This Was Good Money.