I quickly told him there was a rule against asking for autographs during press events. “Is there?” he asked with a conspiratorial smile, continuing to sign the book and impishly handing it back to me.

Monty Python Live (mostly) at the O2 was the show to end all Python shows. Bigger, brassier, bolder than anything we'd done before. The reception was amazing. We kept adding shows.” — Legendary Monty ...