Monty Python’s Michael Palin Reveals The Comedy Sketch That Saved Him ‘At Gunpoint’

Comedy legend Michael Palin detailed a daunting second when he was held at gunpoint whereas filming his newest journey present in Venezuela.

Palin told The Mirror that he and his crew had been stopped by police whereas within the nation, however it will definitely changed into one thing larger ― with the Nationwide Guard and “males with rifles, bulletproof vests and helmets” on the scene.

“It was the sort of factor you’d anticipate to come across if an embassy was being bombed,” he advised the newspaper. “It was fairly alarming.”

He and his group had been taken to the headquarters of SEBIN, the notorious national intelligence agency, the place the brokers Googled their captive and began watching previous clips, together with an interview of him speaking about “The Life Of Brian.”

Happily, they stored watching.

“Ultimately they acquired on to Monty Python clips and so they watched the fish-slapping dance, which is all the time a very good factor to indicate folks,” he stated. “Practically everybody on the earth, from North Korea to Venezuela, cracks up after they see that.”

He and his crew had been launched. The new travelogue, “Michael Palin In Venezuela,” will air on TV within the U.Okay. subsequent week.