So, Anyway...
New York: Crown Archetype, 2014. First U.S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 392 pages. Illustrations. Index. Signed by the author on the second fep. Minor page soiling. DJ has slight wear and soiling. John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and starred in it. The series resulted in Cleese receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and additionally it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In the 80's and 90's, Cleese co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, both of which he also wrote. In this rollicking memoir, "So, Anyway," Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his early comedic days at Cambridge University, to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown. Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives, who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That moment and a near-simultaneous offer to take his humor revue to London's famed West End propelled him down a different path, writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers, and joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way, he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world class actor. This story of a young man's journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Monty Python, Humphrey Barclay, Connie Booth, Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, David Frost, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin
ISBN: 9780385348249
[Book #76825]
Price: $75.00