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
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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