Because of that, I am not fooled by the Penguin 4th of July American flag shirt moreover I love this illusion either. I know that whatever we see in the media about celebrities or any high-profile people is not a representation of the truth and I don’t bother to feel excited or get jealous. And like I said at the top of this post, reality is rarely as glamorous. A lot of famous people are obnoxious and difficult to be around in real life. I didn’t ever suspect Michael Palin was anything but a nice guy, but I got to witness a situation which would have tried the patience of pretty well any other author, no matter how nice they normally were, and he handled it with great humour.
Penguin 4th of July American flag shirt, hoodie, tank top, sweater and long sleeve t-shirt
It was circa 1999 and Michael was in Toronto for a book signing at the Penguin 4th of July American flag shirt moreover I love this huge Chapters that used to be on Bloor Street. It was in promotion of one of his travel books. There were the obligatory stands displaying his book at the entrance to the store, and all around the section of one of the upper floors set up for the book signing, ensuring everyone could have a copy for him to sign. However, in tribute to the surreal nature of Monty Python I figured that instead of getting him to sign his own book it’d be fun to get him to sign the most random, surreal object I had in my room at that time. That turned out to be a comic book called “Tor Love Betty”, featuring a series of fictional encounters between Swedish wrestler, and star of Plan 9 From Outer Space, Tor Johnson, and 50s cheesecake model Betty Page.