John Cleese calls Michael Palin's travel shows boring

The Fawlty Towers star said his Monty Python pal is lovely but boring and joked his shows are used to cure insomnia. Credit: Lorraine / ITV / ITVX

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00:00 How is Mr Michael Palin that we love?

00:02 Because, well he's Sir Michael Palin actually.

00:04 Because we adore him and it was his birthday.

00:07 He's very nice, he's very nice.

00:09 He's very boring.

00:10 He's not boring!

00:12 You can't say he's boring!

00:13 Oh he's terribly boring!

00:14 Oh, there you are!

00:15 Lorraine, he's the most boring man I ever met in my life,

00:18 but he's so nice, you forgive him.

00:20 You're forgiving me anything?

00:21 You're forgiving me anything.

00:22 Because he's so lovely.

00:23 Have you not seen his travel programme?

00:25 I love his travel programme.

00:26 Do you?

00:27 Yes.

00:28 But you know, they're sponsored in America by the Insomniac Association.

00:35 Of people who've never slept before in their life,

00:39 you sit them down with one episode of Pole to Pole and some hot chocolate,

00:42 they're straight off.

00:43 Are they really?

00:44 All he's doing is a public service.

00:46 Yes.

00:47 Yes.

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