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020			_a9781847946973
020			_a1847946976
035			_a(OCoLC)892872079
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn892872079
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050		4	_aPN2598.C47 _bA3 2014
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100	1		_aCleese, John.
245	1	0	_aSo anyway-- / _cJohn Cleese.
260			_aLondon : _bRandom House Books, _c2014.
300			_a424 p., [24] p. of plates : _bill., ports. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aHonest, frank and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-Super-Mare went on to become a comedy giant. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-wracking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of 8 and 5/6ths; his endlessly peripatetic home life with parents who seemed incapable of staying in any house for longer than six months; his first experiences in the world of work as a teacher who knew next to nothing about the subjects he was expected to teach; his hamster-owning days at Cambridge and his first encounter with the man who would be his writing partner, Graham Chapman. And so on to his dizzying ascent via script-writing for David Frost, Marty Feldman and others to the heights of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers. Each step of the way is recalled wittily and candidly, with John Cleese taking a pause from time to time to record his thoughts on topics as diverse as the nature of comedy, the short-comings of the English, and the importance of knowing the names of the capitals of all the countries of the world. It's a masterly performance by a master performer.
600	1	0	_aCleese, John.
610	2	0	_aMonty Python (Comedy troupe)
650		0	_aMotion picture actors and actresses _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aTelevision actors and actresses _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aComedians _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
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