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Article: THE OTHER PALIN As a Python he made a generation laugh, but, he says, comedy is 'not a great talent'. As a television traveller he entertained millions, but it 'wasn't a proper job'. Michael Palin is almost a national institution, so why does he feel so unfulfilled? The Nigel Farndale Interview
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
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- December 7, 2008
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There is, you sense, a discontent at the core of Michael Palin,
one that gnaws away at him with steady purpose. It's not to do with
his manner, which is as amiable as you would expect. Indeed, when I
tell him what my editor emailed - 'Good, I love her' - in response
to my email saying 'Am interviewing Palin today', he laughs
vigorously. Says he gets that a lot, and that during the American
election he found it disconcerting to see headlines such as 'Palin's
daughter pregnant'. As his weathered and handsome face is carved
with smile-creases, you suspect laughter comes easily to him. So no,
it's not that.
Nor is it to do with him looking a little uncomfortable today
because we have asked him ...