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The Life of Graham: The Authorised Biography of Graham Chapman by Bob McCabe (Hardcover, 2005)
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Author:McCabe, Bob. Graham Chapman was the quiet, pipe-smoking Python who qualified as a doctor. More than any other Python he lived the complete lunacy of the show. But it was Chapman's off-screen antics that are closest to the surreal qualities of a Python sketch.
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Graham Chapman was the quiet, pipe-smoking Python who qualified as a doctor. He was the policeman's son whose tweed-jacketed demeanour belied his true anarchic nature. More than any other Python he lived the complete lunacy of the show. Chapman was John Cleese's writing partner from their early days at Cambridge Footlights right through the Monty Python years. As a rule, Cleese would do the hard graft and Chapman would lob in a surreal ball of an idea - Norwegian blue parrot! - from left field. But it was Chapman's off-screen antics that are closest to the surreal qualities of a Python sketch. Terry Gilliam remembers how he would go into a restaurant and suddenly disappear: He'd be under somebody's table licking the girl's feet whilst her date was there! Chapman was a founder member of an infamous drinking club with The Who's drummer Keith Moon Chapman had a wine cellar stuffed full with bottles of gin and at the height of his drinking - which started out as a nerve-calmer for performances - he would consume eight pints of gin a day. Perhaps one of the more risqu sides to Chapman's character was the way he fearlessly flaunted his homosexuality at a time when it was certainly not the done thing. To add further mix to his personal life, Chapman and his partner David Sherlock adopted a 14 year oldboy. Graham Chapman died in 1989 with brilliant comic timing on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the first recording of Python. A huge celebratory Python party was cancelled as a result and Terry Jones harrumphed Chapman's death as the greatest act of party-pooping in history. On the 25th Anniversary of Python at Director's Guild in LA, Graham's long-term partner David Sherlock gave a speech and concluded it with I would like to say that I have brought a little bit of Graham here tonight and he reached into his pocket and flung out a small handful of his ashes.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139780752857732
eBay Product ID (ePID)90680474
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Book TitleThe Life of Graham: the Authorised Biography of Graham Chapman
AuthorBob Mccabe
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height241mm
Item Width160mm
Item Weight587g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBob Mccabe
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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Went to their warehouse to collect books and save on postage as my wife does regularly, no clue, no information, no help, £3.70 down the drain, rip off, and then they send you a mile down the road for other items my wife had purchased, bumper times for charities but you have lost this customer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
